Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

When it comes to raising visibility on a given issue, nonprofits often strive to achieve broader impact—the kind of change that comes through collective action. These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it.

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Hunger Cancer Kenya Structure 106

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 21, 2022

The organizational structure of small nonprofits also produces unique challenges. Organizations with small staffs create an organizational culture that is reliant few individuals. A sector-wide solution must be pursued, creating a shift in attitude toward SHRM within small organizations. Solutions.

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Resource Management Attitude Oregon 97

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. What attitudes toward evaluation are present? Guide to building evaluation capacity.

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Evaluation Program Attitude Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

It comes down to organizational culture. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. The Evolutionary Stages of A Data-Driven Culture. Bob concurs. &# DoSomething.Org understands the value of data-driven social change and has backed that up by creating a “data team&# of three staff people.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When your mission is effecting positive change it’s sometimes easy to overlook that at its heart a nonprofit is still a business model, with all the same ways of failing. If you wish to make a difference that may mean looking at an alternative place to affect change than the one you first envisioned. Could I have listened more?

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Nonprofit Advice Skills Studies 89

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Through raw data collected from more than 2,700 nonprofit and development professionals from across the country and representing a cross-section of organizational structures, Underdeveloped illustrates the oftentimes challenging career tract of fundraising, particularly within smaller nonprofits. Philanthropy is impactful and rewarding.

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Fun Fundraising Attitude Indiana 79

Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

Like many museum and library professionals, I am enamored of the idea of cultural institutions as “third places” – public venues for informal, peaceable, social engagement outside of home or work. While the talk may encompass serious topics, the attitude is light and the conversation is not structured or overly guided.

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Place Discussion Culture Museum 41

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Each of these women push the boundaries of cultural institutions in different ways, with digital and physical manifestations. She writes about race, history, parks, culture, and politics. Since we're "telling the story of America through structures," how in the world do we tell this one? Our cultural universe is full of stars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

networks, training and capacity building approaches, and culture change. For networked learning to be beneficial, it requires an open attitude toward learning and finding new things. That means I’ll continue to build my personal networks and content sources in these areas.

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Share Reflection Social Media Model 102

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

constituent engagement), implementing and optimizing CRM (a constituent relationship management system), is the easy part if you work at an organization whose culture isn't constituent centric. Or, “management must embrace and imbue a constituent centric attitude throughout the organization.” So Step 3: Change what you can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

In a comment I suggested that crowdsourcing for visioning purposes was reminiscent of the use of OD (organizational development) principles and methods often found in large-scale organizational or system change initiatives. Beth asked me to elaborate. This blog post is my response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

And, those who wanted to make money would head to Wall Street. That’s changed. That they have a “Do good where ever attitude.” The social business sector has shared metrics and understanding of being data-informed. That changes the conversation for nonprofits. They want to combine both.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? I honestly think the only kind of cultural institution that cannot support audience participation is one in which staff members don''t respect visitors or what they have to contribute. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments!

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Seema) In some museum work places, the culture of stress is tied to perceived effort, as you mention. See also this book about DEAI work from Sara Taylor (of deepSEE), Filter Shift: How Effective People See the World , that the Alliance is giving to all the Facing Change museum board members as a tool during the program.

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Museum Culture Professional Training 21

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? I honestly think the only kind of cultural institution that cannot support audience participation is one in which staff members don't respect visitors or what they have to contribute. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments!

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Leaders strive to change the way that other people think, feel and act”. . Deep change is all about a change in the collective story. It is a change in the way that people, think, feel and act. . We have to get behind the trajectory of story described above, and use peoples’ stories to effect more and better change. .

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

Jane believes that introducing clear, intentionally designed gaming structures can make people happier as they work, explore their communities, and deal with tough personal and collective challenges (like climate change, as evidenced in the game World Without Oil ). This is not an argument that is specific to museums.

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Museum Game Structure South America 21

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

While the evaluation component of the report is focused on the extent to which these various projects promote science learning and behavior change among participants, the rubric of participatory models introduces a language that can be useful to many kinds of institutions and projects. One last thought on evaluation.

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Public Research Participatory Report 36

Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

So I was at a university and in the early part of the pandemic, the university was hit hard by just the economic changes that were happening in the country and in our state. I like that attitude and the way you framed it. And, Marty, I saw your comment about the career change and everything else. Mimosa: Absolutely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Meet Karen Bloom who is Chief Advancement Officer for Project Kesher , an organization that trains women to become change-makers across 9 time zones, with leadership programs that are based on Jewish identity building and social activism. Does your organization incorporate walking as part of its work or office culture?

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Nonprofit Interview Empowerment 50

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The reward for participants of having your contribution displayed is fairly and clearly structured. Both of these barriers are easily overcome, not with dollars or equipment, but with a change in attitude. Could your institution make the change? Participants only get 24 hours of fame, but they know exactly when they are.

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Participatory Project Museum Journal 34

Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2009

changes the perception of who "owns" art. This already happens in the case of standalone shows, theaters, and programmatic experiences, but I don't know of any museums that apply atomized fee structures to physical exhibits. helps facility managers maintain and track the usage and popularity of different exhibits.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

And what are the major changes you have witnessed in those years? All of a sudden, I’m starting to see nonprofits create organizational and budget structures that encourage multi-channel marketing and fundraising. It took leaving my job for me to fully appreciate how amazing my colleagues were. For example: Mobile devices?

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

And what are the major changes you have witnessed in those years? All of a sudden, I’m starting to see nonprofits create organizational and budget structures that encourage multi-channel marketing and fundraising. It took leaving my job for me to fully appreciate how amazing my colleagues were. For example: Mobile devices?

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2013

These dramatic changes in the marketplace have broad implications for organizational governance and for the viability of the conventional nonprofit business model. The methods, channels, and venues for service delivery will change. The methods of cost reimbursement are changing and are performance-based.

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Reflection Management Time Attitude 90

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

I introduce these notes with three general observations: Some leaders are more radical than I hoped, and these people have a hard time advocating for change when their accountability is to those who have not changed. This attitude is often self-serving: it’s also a practical problem for those who actually want to create change.

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