Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Example: Using more advanced learning analytics, one association was able uncover that the courses they offered with industry certifications had significantly higher completion rates than those without. Example: An IT association discovered that learners consistently faced challenges in one specific module of a coding course.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It’s important to understand both the tasks that someone needs to do on a site—for example, donate, find resources—and the mindset they are in when visiting your site. In the examples below, some websites chose to ask their visitors what they need. In practice: 1) The Brain Donor Project.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

This is the first in a four-part blog series, Building Trust and Credibility Through Design, based on a webinar led by Forum One’s Vice President of Design. And practice, practice, practice! For example, a quick “Crazy 8s” exercise only takes a few minutes and allows everyone a safe and open space to ideate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. The Playbook includes a few examples and methods for doing this.

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Qgiv

JUNE 25, 2021

These five text message marketing best practices will help you communicate with donors, raise more money by text, and give your donors a fantastic donation experience! . Why are these text message marketing best practices so important? . That means texting is one of the most effective communication methods out there.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 23, 2024

Leadership can champion practices like clear communication, appreciation, and growth opportunities to retain volunteers. Volunteer Recruitment Strategies Equip leadership with knowledge of effective recruitment methods and resources. The post Volunteer Week: Orientation for Your Leadership appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

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Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We created the demographic research manual to meet this need, providing background and best practices for those looking to understand and use this data set in their own research and analyses. For example, U.S. It also offers suggestions on when researchers and evaluators may want to choose one method to access the data over the other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2014

That’s what we’d like to discuss in this January’s blog carnival. Wondering what a blog carnival is? Here’s the most recently published blog carnival hot off the press. Here are some more examples ). You write anything you want as long as it is about measurement and learning from your data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

My colleague, Anne Whatley, wrote this summary of what you’ll find when you dig into these two stellar and highly practical reports and resource lists. Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. Guides to Civic Tech Assessment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The idea is not only for participants to acquire the skills and knowledge to host a successful giving day, but for them share and transform practices together. This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results.

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Qgiv

MAY 21, 2021

Check out this example from Bear Creek Regional Park: Potential sponsors saw a summary of the perks associated with each sponsorship package, then see the full description when they click on individual item. Small-ticket items are awesome add-ons for event registrants—they can easily add a sticker or extra shirt (like the example below!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Here are seven excellent methods of increasing donor retention and how to automate them. Examples: Make a second gift. For example, create a filter that includes all donors who have made a first-time gift. For more information on monthly giving, check out 7 Best Practices for Automatic Monthly Giving.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. In this section, we delve into strategies and best practices for encouraging your stakeholders to come forward with their stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Blog: pancan.org/blog. There are times I learn of new social media outlets, 3 rd party technologies or methods, and if I want to apply something new to the organization, I do my due-diligence and experiment with it, strategize how it can add value to the organization, and lastly I propose it to our executive team. gid=104492.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

Our latest research uncovered that 48% of donors cite email as their preferred method of communication from nonprofit organizations. What Not to Do Growing your nonprofit email list is an important step toward increasing support for your cause, but some growth methods come with negative consequences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emerging Leaders Playbook Toolkit -The toolkit includes highly practical meeting facilitation “recipes” to help build skills in managing self, teams, and organizational culture.The facilitator agendas are designed for beginner or novice facilitators. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For example, does your fundraising team know how to tell if a donor or other funder meets the criteria to become deeply engaged? It also provides phenomenal, insightful, and easy-to-understand reporting methods for managers, leadership, and the board. Here’s how you know you’ve been successful all year long. Go on, guess.

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Qgiv

MARCH 4, 2024

For example, even if most of your fundraising events occur in person, you can still greatly benefit from an online software solution. Registration forms, branded communication methods, and donor databases are just a few of the benefits you’ll find in an online fundraising suite. Event registration pages. Silent auctions.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Moving forward, the data collection needed to create personalized experiences is practically a requirement for the modern professional association. Make sure you’re collecting only what’s necessary to accomplish your goals and that your program has backing from a reputable company with secure data privacy methods.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

The following is an excerpt from How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back A Practical Guide for Taking Care of Yourself While Changing The World by Meico Marquette Whitlock and a foreword by Beth Kanter 3 Ways to Thrive When Your Work Doesn’t Love You Back You’re committed to making a positive difference in the world.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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Socialbrite

OCTOBER 6, 2022

To fully embrace the future of fundraising, your nonprofit organization can’t simply move all your typical campaigns, initiatives and practices online. For example, communicating with donors on social media or through your app’s push notifications can keep your nonprofit top of mind. Consider allowing less traditional donation methods.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As a best practice, use a constituent relationship manager (CRM) such as those included in EveryAction’s guide to picking a nonprofit CRM to help organize and monitor your campaign’s success. On the other hand, advocating for a corporation to stop a certain business practice might simply require the sign-off of just one person at the company.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Here are a few things you can expect for each step of the grant management process, including some best practices on how to ensure the entire cycle works smoothly and effectively. Some examples could include cash, scholarships, or in-kind requests. And what is the workflow once an application is received?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2016

While our book focuses on both what individuals can do and how organization’s can support it, we wanted to share some practical tips and techniques for individuals that worked at nonprofits to get more energy for 2016! The Practices: Create A Self Care Bill of Rights. Self-Care Bill of Rights: Aisha Moore Example.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

Employing these latest trends and best practices can help you amplify your organization’s fundraising success! For example, ChatGPT is easy to learn and use. Jasper AI is great for analyzing decisions and making personalized recommendations and is used primarily for marketing copy such as blog articles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Many in the audience were colleagues that I have met through my blog over years and have helped me with Cambodian fundraising, like Roger Carr. Her blog is a must-read and I hope someday that she writes a book. Wendy has let me shadow her work for the past five years and share her wisdom in many blog posts. Here are my notes.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You only have a small budget allocated to the fundraiser, and you don’t have much time to plan between prepping for games and holding practice sessions. For example, a school football team might use its school colors and logo in fundraising promotions and on merchandise. Let’s say you coach a Little League te am.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

“Workarounds are effective, versatile, and accessible methods for tackling complex problems,” shares the author of the new book, The Four Workarounds. A method that ignores or even challenges conventions on how, and by whom a problem is meant to be solved.” They are a creative, flexible, imperfection-loving, problem-solving approach.

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Greater Giving

JULY 20, 2022

Nonprofits are struggling to connect donors with the cause—but these four donor engagement best practices can open up new communication channels. Multi-channel marketing means spreading the word about a specific event or campaign through many different methods of communication. And it’s not just your major donors who need face time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

Photo from Librarianismchronicles Blog. John Kenyon and I wrote guest posts on the NTEN blog that will give you a flavor of what the session is about. I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. The Accelerated Learning Handbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook Toolkit -The toolkit includes highly practical meeting facilitation “recipes” to help build skills in managing self, teams, and organizational culture.The facilitator agendas are designed for beginner or novice facilitators. The facilitation methods are participatory. Here’s my curated list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Any many more.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2022

While traditional methods can still impact supporters, more and more organizations interested in starting an advocacy initiative look to virtual campaigns first. Before launching a virtual advocacy campaign, your nonprofit’s leadership should be familiar both with current trends in the advocacy space and digital advocacy best practices.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Tokenism: According to Merriam-Webster, tokenism is “The policy or practice of making only a symbolic effort.” This is just one example of how storytelling impacts engagement and why it’s so crucial to build storytelling into your nonprofit’s strategy. For example, let’s say you’re planning a storytelling campaign.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

After you’ve considered your foundation’s readiness and decided this approach makes sense, here are some practical, actionable ideas for developing participatory grantmaking in your funding institution. Check out the blog post, “ Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do With It? ”. Making Sense of This Evolving Practice.

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