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Build a Board for the Digital Future

.orgSource

podcast interview, my colleague Al Dea, Founder Edge of Work , explained this more contemporary attitude and positioning. Garth Jordan, CEO of the American Animal Hospital Association , talked about how that attitude aligns with the Board’s relationship with the executive director and the staff. “We’re

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. What attitudes toward evaluation are present? What does the decision making and organizational structure look like? The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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How to Succeed With Nonprofit Direct Mail Fundraising

Allegiance Group

Then, pair those motivations with demographic descriptors to paint a more detailed picture of the audience your direct mail fundraising efforts will target. Once you’ve gathered and interpreted these data points, use the audience profiles and market opportunities to structure early concepts for your direct mail campaign.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I heard some many big picture connections to the work I do or rather improvise on the ground, that I know I’ll be mulling over and thinking about what they shared over the next few months. That they have a “Do good where ever attitude.” The New Social Economy. They want to combine both.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions. Observing and picturing (Visual). Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Nonprofit Communications Plan: How-To Determine Communication Objectives

Bloomerang

In other words, there is no real “method to the madness” but just a “hope for the best attitude.” And this blog series will help to offer a little step-by-step structure to develop a nonprofit communications plan. Will you be sharing behind-the-scenes pictures? If this sounds familiar, no worries – you are not alone!

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Thoughts on 3six5, a Successful Participatory Project

Museum 2.0

Participants can share their days however they please, as long as they write 365 words or less and include a picture. 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.