Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Recruit potential members Look for people who are passionate about the cause, have experience relevant to the mission, and have served in a fundraising or volunteer role at a nonprofit in the past. Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues?

Nonprofit 83

Nonprofit Files Policy Software 83

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Foundation leaders need to understand how grantmaking practices affect nonprofit organizations and structure grantmaking practices in ways that best support nonprofit organizations. Leaders and managers of nonprofit grantmaking foundations play a significant role in setting grantmaking practices that best serve nonprofit organizations.

Adopt 52

Adopt Foundation Practice Support 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The better you can articulate how you can hit the ground running and will be a problem solver, not a problem creator, the better your chances of getting hired. Ng : Clarify the hidden expectations for your role: what does your manager expect you to be able to do—or to have done—by your first day, week, month, quarter, and year?

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The better you can articulate how you can hit the ground running and will be a problem solver, not a problem creator, the better your chances of getting hired. Ng : Clarify the hidden expectations for your role: what does your manager expect you to be able to do—or to have done—by your first day, week, month, quarter, and year?

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

The better you can articulate how you can hit the ground running and will be a problem solver, not a problem creator, the better your chances of getting hired. Ng : Clarify the hidden expectations for your role: what does your manager expect you to be able to do—or to have done—by your first day, week, month, quarter, and year?

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Like other successful entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs have the will and skill set to get things done and the traditional public charity structure and requirements may seem like burdensome barriers to moving forward. Founders need to well articulate their vision and involve others in developing plans to implement the mission.

Public 71

Public Charity Structure Arizona 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

Guest blogger, Patti Anklam , author of Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World , explores the role of organizational leadership in a network world. The formal organization is represented by the (usually) hierarchical organization structure. Photo by Eric Eugene Kim.

Network 106

Network Work Structure Leadership 106

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. The Structure Lab is set up as a "game" in which you explore cards in various categories (values, assets, financing, etc.) to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept.

Structure 31

Structure Model Social Profit 31

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

When asked what aspects of the executive director role leaders find most depleting, Daring to Lead respondents named human resources more often than any other job function. One-third of executives said that they do not spend enough time managing and developing staff.

Leadership 92

Leadership Research Develop Management 92

Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2012

Too often, eager to fill a vacant seat or secure a well-known name, we fail to clearly articulate expectations of service to prospective board members, or downplay the expectations of service. Board Manual. “Board manuals can be a key resource in facilitating the work of a board member.

Fundraising 50

Fundraising Articulate Template Structure 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

As Osborn wrote in his book, “Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.” The simple rules of brainstorming are typically articulated at the beginning of a session as ground rules and include the following: NO criticism or debate. Quantity matters.

Facilitation 106

Facilitation Work Chart Exercise 106

Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. He's explicit about different project structures and their implications, listing five levels of participation and three of non-participation.

Design 49

Design Participatory Children Museum 49

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Nonprofits now must demonstrate impact to attract resources and, moreover, they must be skilled in articulating that impact. Like many nonprofits, it had professionalized the executive roles but not the activities around them, hewing to a model where the board set the strategy while the staff implemented it.

Model 55

Model Impact Business Case Study 55

Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

The ideas and narrative are laid out in a well-articulated strategic brief. What role (or roles) do we, or should we, play? identifying content goals and gaps, making sure the content is useful and accessible to everyone, creating a consistent tone and structure, and. What is our mission and what do we believe in?

Websites 36

Websites Effective Strategy New York City 36

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. First is to understand the role of the board specifically in elevating an organization’s fundraising program. Elizabeth: Yes.

Leadership 60

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

Other times we find ourselves staring in dismay at a 100 page Software Requirements Statement detailing field lengths and report structures, to which we are expected to respond in detail. We cannot even guess from their few pages of notes what major pieces of functionality they are seeking, or why they are seeking a new system.

Software 40

Software Articulate Org Journal 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

identifying the new ways of working you want to see or articulating a new set of beliefs and values associated with them. Most people won’t change their behaviors until they observe the role models in their organization acting. Changing a nonprofit culture isn’t as simple as. differently as DoSomething.Org has done.

Culture 115

Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Organizational Structure. There are other types of nonprofit organizations such as fraternal beneficiary organizations, or horticulture, labor, and agricultural organizations that are structured as nonprofits as well…so be clear here.). This section should identify the type of nonprofit organization that you have and how you’re set up.

Business 124

Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

They play a pivotal role in fostering collaboration, advancing causes, and driving change across diverse industries and sectors. When talking about memberships, there are three important topics to discuss: membership structures, membership benefits, and membership dues. Organizational Memberships: This structure is also quite common.

Associations 52

Associations Guide Structure Industry 52

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Below we’ll explore four things to consider in nonprofit storytelling: The narrative structure The content The medium The donor experience Managing all of the moving pieces of your nonprofit can be tough; sharing your authentic story as a change-maker doesn’t have to be. We are constantly seeking purpose and significance in the world.

Storytelling 81

Storytelling Impact Arts Nonprofit 81

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2021

Lack of a structured process for quality assurance (QA) testing and remediation. Are they able to articulate this in straightforward language? The project manager communicates client needs to their team, sets a production schedule and timeline, and ensures the client understands the process and their roles. Going over budget.

Project 58

Project Digital Work Tips 58

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

When I started in the sector right after grad school, I realized that there weren’t a lot of folks who I thought looked like me who were in leadership roles. And I ascended into an executive role pretty early in about three and a half, four years into my career and I spent almost all of my career in the C-suite. Absolutely.

Management 91

Management Work Video Slides 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually.

Environment 50

Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

So many of these women are local leaders, and Women's Global Green Action Network is attempting to provide a space for women to step into roles of being global advocates, and to really have a more prevalent platform for the messages and the work that they are doing. We do it in a number of ways. And we have been operating on those goals.

Green 40

Green Global Action Network 40

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Steve Williams: One of the interesting things that we have seen historically is that women's labor, and particularly women of color, have played a central role of supporting the economy. I think that is related to fundamental shifts that are happening in both the political and economic structures in this country and in the entire world.

Podcast 40

Podcast San Francisco South Africa Homeless 40

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

This post will cover key considerations after you’ve thoroughly defined the project, secured sponsorship, and documented risks: getting the right people and team structure in place, managing changes to the project, and preparing the user population for a successful go-live.

Project 35

Project Adopt Change Management Team 35

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. And the book is structured in a way where each of these elements is given its own chapter with a whole bunch of stuff in it. Prior to that she served on several different committees and in committee chair roles.

Build 122

Build Video New York City Communication 122

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. All of a sudden, I’m starting to see nonprofits create organizational and budget structures that encourage multi-channel marketing and fundraising.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. All of a sudden, I’m starting to see nonprofits create organizational and budget structures that encourage multi-channel marketing and fundraising.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And even since Sarah and I started this presentation a couple of years ago, this has changed as the younger generations, we all are aging up, and the next generations are starting to enter the workforce more, and millennials are taking over more leadership roles. Just determine those roles with them and then assign them out.

Professional 56

Professional Video St. Louis Group 56

Achieve

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And one of those things is articulating how a small action by a supporter can connect with other small actions to create bigger impact with respect to an issue or cause. Update your organization’s structure. Which means you should align that structure in ways that engage and support your audience. Make it about the issue.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Structure Issue Generation 52

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

The role of nonprofits in a post-affirmative-action world. That is, when nonprofits pursue social change agenda in partnership with the communities, their funding partners must continue to articulate value for (and fund) this racial equity and racial justice work. Last June, the U.S. Recommendation 2: Support advocacy efforts.

Action 52

Action North Carolina Grant Nonprofit 52

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? One of the most promising models for doing so (and a potential way to structure the NAS report) is scenario-based planning. How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? The six topics are: How do you plan for the future?

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20