Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 million, depending on the size of its budget. and Catherine T.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Review requirements before applying for or accepting awards to ensure that you understand what is necessary to effectively manage the grant and if the grant lifecycle is a good fit for your organization. Learn the language and history. The OMB’s Uniform Guidance (i.e., In managing grant funding , communication is key. Seek clarity.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Goals are typically broad, general statements of need, while objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timebound ( S.M.A.R.T. ). Always follow the funder’s guidelines and keep your language clear and concise.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Back in the mid-2010s, I served as chair of the selection committee for the Washington, DC region’s biggest award recognizing excellence in nonprofit management. Make small changes, perhaps tweak the language a little or edit the question into a simpler format. What if English is not their first language?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Of course, we’d have to focus on local language content. While English might be very useful in Nairobi, Swahili would be the language needed in rural Kenya. Andrew’s challenge wasn’t an empty one: his team could measure the effectiveness of interventions we might try and see how well they work.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Just make sure your language emphasizes the safety and wellbeing of attendees in a positive way. Strava is perfect for measuring the distance a participant travels in cases like a 5K or marathon. Instead of measuring laps completed for a walk-a-thon, participants can collect donations on every hundred steps walked.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. A grant proposal utilizes research to demonstrate emotion and not poetic language. will also reinforce more achievability).

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). Data analysis on the forms was conducted by data scientist Kwame Porter Robinson, a PhD student specializing in human interaction with artificial intelligence (HAII) and natural language understanding (NLU) at the University of Michigan's School of Information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Words : Language is tricky. Bob Filbin from DoSomething says they test language all the time, especially for the call to action – learn more versus sign up. The day ended with a talk by Christie George, New Media Ventures, about the need for more risk capital (funding that makes it okay for a project to fail and learn ).

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

An easy way to start with item descriptions is to use the language that describes the item on its packaging. If the manufacturer shared measurements and other helpful details, you can pull that information from the packaging and type it up in the description. This prevents crime or lost items during the event.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . How are you measuring commitment and ROI? . Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award. Do you know your areas of strength and weakness? .

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 17, 2021

” Peter Ross | How to Measure the ROI of Your Marketing Strategies. Her focus on going behind the curtain of internal communications demonstrated how “different people speak different languages when they are experiencing work at different corners of the organization.” Not with Julia.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

G4CG’s New Songs Rising initiative , which focuses on uplifting and resourcing indigenous girls, has awarded $2.7 Through this framing, the young people who participate in their grantmaking have started adopting language that has traditionally been reserved for a different community. “We million to date.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Teachers used my IQ to recommend me for advanced courses, and such avenues awarded me the ability to attempt learning more difficult topics. E-Learnings can quickly instruct and measure user issues with content, and let you know what further actions may be necessary. Use language that relates to the user.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

They are the result of research — measuring something quantitatively or qualitatively, formally or informally; usually involving a question, a purpose, and by necessity a methodology and instrument. All data depend on measurement, even data as common and seemingly objective as the weather. What if I don't speak loudly enough?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We are proud to see this great work honored and to share that, across our roster of mission-driven client organizations, we took home 63 awards as well as a notable Webby nomination. That’s a rate of over one award per week! This beautifully designed branding and website won five awards this year!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We are proud to see this great work honored and to say that across our roster of clients, we took home 63 awards and even one Webby nomination ! That’s a rate of over one award per week! This tool was awarded five different awards for its interactive design and ability to communicate key health and livability data.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When setting your own goal, use the SMART principles approach, making sure it’s Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. For example, Woven Health typically has their annual award ceremony in November, kicking off the giving season. Thanks to the match, Fiver was able to set an impressive goal of $80,000.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2021

For example, simply saying “we prioritize major gifts” or “we focus on donor retention” isn’t helpful without understanding specifically how you’re doing so and then tracking and measuring your results so you can improve. . It would be like hiring one person at the United Nations to be a simultaneous translator for every language! .

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Qgiv

JUNE 12, 2023

When done well, these statements breathe the essence of your organization into language that can reach diverse audiences. Well-crafted statements give them the language and the confidence to make the important asks! Writing nonprofit mission and vision statements can be an exciting (and often anxiety-causing) exercise! Happy creating!

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Museum 2.0

MAY 20, 2008

The photos above were provided by Paul Martin of the Science Museum of Minnesota from their award-winning exhibition RACE. Paul has suggested that this metric—pointing—may be a valuable evaluation measure of a particular kind of engagement. Pointing is a measure of how viral something is. On one level this is fuzzy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

So we're designing the website so that there are templates for each language, and the local volunteers in that country can then just translate the information into that language. The EPA doesn't even have a model yet to measure carbon footprint reduction for reuse. That doesn't even exist yet for reuse.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

Utne Reader named Favianna one of their 2008, 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World , and she recently received a Sisters of Fire Award from the Women of Color Resource Center. I work with a lot of young people, and it's interesting to me that, at any given moment, you sometimes cannot measure how you impact a young person's life.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

Of every philanthropic dollar awarded, it is estimated that only 6 cents goes towards racial equity work and a single cent towards racial justice work. The awarded funds are a drop in the bucket, given that “ less than 1% of venture capital funding goes to businesses owned by Black and Hispanic women.” Recommendation 4: Carry on.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

They created the award-winning film, The Meatrix , about factory farming, and the hilarious film, Store Wars , about the importance of organic farming. In this world the name of the game, in a lot of ways, is collecting email addresses, getting donations and that is the metric by which a lot of these non-profits measure themselves.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

She has been the recipient of many awards, including Fast Company's 2007 Social Capitalist Award, and the League of Women Voters' Women Who Could Be President Award. Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format. BB: How do you know that you are successful?

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