Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

The results: evaluating the success of our social media video experiment We ran this experiment from September 26 to December 9, 2022, and collected analytics to evaluate its success on December 12, 2022. Some of our top videos were just authentic conversations on topics that we knew would be valuable for our audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Joan Garry and I had the joy of collaborating on this article together based on a conversation we had recently. From our previous conversations, we’ve realized that empathy is not just a warm and fuzzy “soft skill,” but an essential leadership skill to ensure that your nonprofit’s work survives and thrives in the future.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. Provide the tools Offer folks training to increase their skills so they can hold conversations about DEI. Most people are yearning for and want to provide inclusion.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Those questions can be in an application, in conversations with program officers, or during the deliberation meetings with your board. Or cover it during a conversation instead of the application. Take it out. Streamline your process!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? Learn more about the conversation here. The latter reflects an approach we refer to as “real-time” evaluation.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

To grow your donor file, add three easy upgrades to your current acquisition plan and watch how kickstarting a better content, promotion, and conversion strategy can work wonders for your donor pipeline. In fundraising, digital acquisition is the process of acquiring email addresses and converting them into donors.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

This blog is the third in our series on MarTech for nonprofits. If you want a refresher on what MarTech is, check out the first blog here. If you want to know why every nonprofit organization should have a MarTech stack, read the second blog here. In this way, the MarTech stack also helps shape part of the user’s journey.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder. Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization''s customer service via the phone: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have said it many, many times and so have lots of others—you’re probably tired of hearing about how social media is supposed to be “a conversation.&# And that’s okay! Because it isn’t JUST a conversation! How have you mapped your conversations and messages at your organization? What do you think?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 25, 2015

Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder. Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization's customer service via the phone: 1.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the significance of advancing equity in philanthropic grantmaking and discuss actionable steps that donors, organizations, and social changemakers can take to make a meaningful impact. This can help identify best practices, leverage resources more effectively, and avoid duplication of efforts.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Evaluate past fundraising and acquisition campaigns. Craft a conversion journey. When the entire donor journey is addressed in your plan, conversion rates for donor acquisition are much stronger. Evaluate your progress and course correct if some of your strategies aren’t resonating with your audience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 5, 2014

Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder. Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization''s customer service via the phone: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge. A conversational case study is a write up our interviews identifying a few questions we still have. So, go join the conversation in the comments over at the Case Foundation blog.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2024

A technology migration project typically involves several key steps, including defining a project scope, assessing the current tech stack and gathering requirements from across the organization, evaluating technology vendors and implementation partners, and ultimately planning, building, configuring, testing and training staff on the new system.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

We need a bit of time to take a step back, evaluate what worked and didn’t work, and realize we’re not in a “new normal” but an “interim normal.” The conversation must be reset, moving away from how do we do this to why are we going to do this and finally to how do we build from there ? AD = After Disruption. AC = After COVID.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2010

Allison Fine and I have been working on an evaluation of the second America’s Giving Challenge. As part of the process, we are facilitating “Conversational Case Studies” that explore some of the themes that have surfaced from surveys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Fine Blog Lucy pointed me to this great post on Change.org about Tori Hogan’s video series called Beyond Good Intentions. I’ve been thinking about conversation lately. Conversation is the natural, driving force of social change. Social media speeds up the conversations and allows more people to participate and shape them.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? You can ask your grantees for feedback through surveys, interviews, focus groups, or informal conversations. Does it ask for information that helps you measure your progress, evaluate your impact, or learn from your failures?

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We suggest that you have a conversation and not send a survey. Check out our blog on overcoming your fear of dirty data. Read our blog on Creating a Data Culture for Your Association. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs. Ask your colleagues questions. Be sure to ask stakeholders in different departments.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Candid

JULY 26, 2023

In this blog, we will revisit the basics of in-person meeting prep and provide suggestions for setting up successful hybrid meetings. Prepare with time on your side Once you’ve scheduled your meeting, evaluate your conference room and technical setup. The post How to run a successful hybrid meeting appeared first on Candid Blog.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 18, 2021

A feasibility study when a third party gathers feedback to evaluate the viability of the fundraising goal and then recommends a path forward. These conversations are an opportunity to ask for something often overlooked in donor relationship building— advice. This blog was written by Sandi Frost Steensma from Kennari Consulting.

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sgEngage

JUNE 12, 2023

Critical information gets added here such as a new gift, a breakthrough conversation with a potential donor, or the assignment of a fundraiser to manage the relationship with a major donor. Evaluate what is in current use and what perhaps can be removed. That aside, there could be queries built and not processed since 2013.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

I recently had a conversation with a friend and colleague about what I perceive to be a revolution in progress. It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Share the hard data with your Development Committee and have a conversation about it. Evaluate and adjust Continuously monitor the performance of your post-GivingTuesday campaign and make adjustments as needed. If so, let Laurence know and he’ll set up a phone interview with you to possibly be featured in an upcoming blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

In a guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog I started brainstorming about what was next. If investment was required to get a tool, I believe many groups would be willing to participate in evaluations, provide feedback, submit user stories and help in the development of the tool. Your invitation : Join this conversation.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

Or it can be your research and conversations to confirm the dedication to a shared mission. Rethinking Risk When Evaluating Grant Applications For some funders, the idea of trust-based philanthropy can cause anxiety. Grant applications and grantee research should be an opportunity for conversation and curiosity, not a “gotcha” moment.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

While our upcoming session at bbcon 2023 will focus on where the tools are, we also hope to help shape conversations about where generative AIs are headed. Imagine empowering a teacher with generative AI to improve question-building workflows for online assessments and open-book evaluations.

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sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

These hurdles are a few of the challenges facing school business offices and nonprofit organizations doing their best to evaluate and keep track of employee purchases day-to-day. Of course, there are caveats to consider when evaluating new tools. Lost receipts, multiple tracking spreadsheets, and unchecked spending, oh my!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up! . You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —–.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I was familiar with using data from Candid to evaluate a nonprofit as a prospective employee or when considering giving a donation—I love digging into a 990 ! appeared first on Candid Blog. The results were dramatic, and they caused me to re-think how nonprofit mission statements relate to fundraising effectiveness.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

I have a guest post up on John Haydon’s blog ! You can visit his blog to read the post and join the conversation there. Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. Before sitting down to work on your social media strategy, evaluate what kind of capacity you already have in your network.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

As we head into the new year, you’re likely evaluating last year’s successes and shortcomings, making this the perfect time to adjust your marketing strategies. This could easily spark a conversation or inspire others to research your organization on their own and become new supporters. Maintain an updated blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Can’t wait!

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2021

We’ve evaluated our employee benefits to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our staff and consistently explore ideas to enhance our benefits. To ensure that we continue to look to the future and plan how to better create practices and projects with equity at the center, I have met with all departments to discuss the upcoming fiscal year.

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