ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

posted by Natalia Hurley Spring 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. The COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to the nonprofit sector and many organizations have had to undergo massive staffing cuts, eliminate programs, and struggle through maintaining minimal viable operations to avoid closing permanently.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

As a nonprofit leader guiding your staff through changes over the last two years, you might have investigated change management. Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. Benefits of Change Management for Nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Around 30% of nonprofits cease to exist within 10 years of their founding.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. We may want to move toward treating reporting as a compliance tool to public reporting as an articulation of shared desires and advocacy.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As we transition into a new phase of life with some offices requiring employees back in the office, others still working from home and some fundraisers traveling again, we are readjusting the lines of personal/professional and work/life balance. Understand that everyone is navigating new waters.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2021

Nonprofits have overcome some serious challenges over the past year. We’ve walked nonprofits of all sizes through the process of determining whether a capital campaign makes sense for them at this particular time. We wanted to share a few common questions that we receive from nonprofits and offer our own thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results. We introduced ourselves by drawing a picture on a sticky note and using the speech bubble sticky to articulate a challenge in our practice.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

I recently published the last post in my series about the nonprofit web design process and thought it would be helpful to have a final summary for the entire series. Site maps : How we create research-based site maps and special considerations for nonprofits when developing site maps. User Research. Information Architecture.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

Note: This is the tenth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Purposes for the Visual Design phase include: Agreeing on a creative vision and personality for the web presence. The final step in our process is the Solution Design phase, where we detail the administrator experience for the site. Methodology.

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See3

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

I don’t have a complete articulation of what that is yet, but two things got my attention recently that feel different. Here’s the new Mac ad format: Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Note: This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Articulating content priorities for your homepage and other key pages/sections of your web presence. The data we gathered via Analytics during the User Research phase and during Stakeholder Discovery is key to assessing content performance.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2022

Articulate your goals. . Start by articulating your virtual campaign, in-person and/or hybrid event goals so you can then create your email communications plan to support those goals. Shift: In this type of event, there really isn’t a shift phase; continue to recruit participants up until the day of the event. .

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Note: This is the sixth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Purposes for personas include: Help synthesize and articulate what we learn about constituents through user research. When we create personas for a nonprofit, we try to limit the number to 5 or 6. Build consensus around target audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

He then quotes Marc Benioff, the founder of Salesforce.com, who has described this phase of the IT revolution with the acronym SOCIAL: “ S , he says, is for speed — everything is now happening faster. With this in mind, I propose a different articulation of the acronym SOCIAL: S is for society. O , he says, stands for open.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2013

My job at Blackbaud is to help nonprofits design things. Each phase will vary a lot depending on the type of project, timeline, budget, etc. They help us synthesize and articulate what we’ve learned about your constituents through user research. When we create personas for a nonprofit, we try to limit the number to 5 or 6.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2023

Capital Campaign Models: 4 Categories Many nonprofits think of capital campaigns as major initiatives only used to fund the construction of new buildings. Mini-campaigns have smaller goals and shorter timeframes, and they can be used by nonprofits to raise funds for any capacity-building project.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 8, 2024

If your nonprofit is in the early phases of a capital campaign, you may be wondering exactly how long this period should last. The quiet phase of your nonprofit’s capital campaign should last as long as you need in order to be ready for a public campaign kickoff, which can vary widely from organization to organization.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Just like building a house, your project (and related costs) consists of three phases: design, build, and maintenance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. This is something that nonprofit professionals are just beginning to explore.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

That’s awesome, really involved in their nonprofit leadership program, which is really cool. And I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS Fundraising, which is a global fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations. As nonprofits, we have the missions of our organizations. Really thrilled to be here.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! Ready to learn more about Giving Tuesday and how your nonprofit can make the most of it? Let’s get started!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The following is an excerpt from the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits and was published in the September 2011 edition of Fundraising Success Magazine (@ frsuccess ). For your nonprofit to succeed on social media sites, make sure that your social media manager (a.k.a. Is an early adopter.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Expectations are critical for healthy relationships and so being able to be clear on those two things as a manager will also give your team members freedom and agency to be able to create boundaries and to be able to articulate expectations they might have because that’s the relationship aspect around time management.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Because course authoring software solutions tend to be robust in functionality, they’re most often used to create content for associations, corporations, and even nonprofit organizations. At the end of 2020, internet browsers phased out Adobe Flash and many organizations needed to adjust their courses accordingly. Articulate 360.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

.&# Lately, I’ve been hearing about “measurement malaise&# infecting nonprofits and not just social media measurement. It made me curious about what keeps nonprofits from measuring integrated social media campaigns and why measurement often gets pushed to the backburner. Idealware Study.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2017

The debate surrounding nonprofit feasibility studies can sometimes pose interesting questions: Do nonprofits need to conduct them to host successful capital campaigns? But first — what is a nonprofit feasibility study, and how can you succeed in conducting one? Are they worth the cost? Develop a rockstar case for support.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

While clearly there is no secret formula for success in complex projects, here are some considerations that come up regularly in the nonprofit space, where resources are (understandably) spread thin and executive focus often tends toward Mission delivery rather than operations. Executive Vision and Involvement. Every project has risk.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2014

When we design a nonprofit site, creating a responsive design is almost always a requirement. During visual design, we treated each breakpoint individually to ensure we articulated the ideal look and feel for each screen size. Going responsive just makes sense! Designs for each Break-point. Search Results. Quality Assurance.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

My last post covered a few common denominators I see in successful IT projects at nonprofit organizations: executive vision and involvement, defining requirements, and proactive risk identification and management, all of which provide a solid foundation for executing a project. What makes an IT project successful?

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a nonprofit leader, you’ll be delighted to learn that new research affirms what most of us knew: Americans are generous. Indeed, Phase 2 of our. For nonprofits that rely on donations from individuals, this poses a problem. What’s a nonprofit leader to do? This post originally appeared on. Philanthropy News Digest.

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