Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

I look at the big problems of the world and I would like to have big solutions. There are three simple questions that I think are useful for asking when determining if you should innovate at all: Can you achieve your ambitious goals through business as usual? Your business as usual is actually leading to ambitious goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Interview Experts. Allow Guest Bloggers to Post Commentary and Share Their Expertise.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are signs your nonprofit may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than the full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time or it has shrunk. You could sponsor and share research that may help with many of the world’s problems. The answer to both questions? Not enough.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” I know, it’s a busy time of year. There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. What it also illustrates is that, originally, ROI was a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

I also don’t have the budget to bring in a consultant or vendor to solve every non-program problem. Technology isn’t going to create a business process where one doesn’t exist. Draw a green line where information is flowing smoothly. Please leave your suggestions, stories, and questions in the comments below!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Interview Experts. Allow Guest Bloggers to Post Commentary and Share Their Expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

According this post by Gina Trapani , many geeks think QR codes are gimmicky , clumsy , not used well or enough , or that they’re “ a solution looking for a problem. There are a couple of useful business applications such as airplane boarding passes. I made the one above and if you scan it, it is the URL to my blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002. The key is to turn these moments of opportunity into concrete action."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

It includes presence information (your avatar glows green if you're online) and chat while doing things like watching YouTube or Netflix videos. Aardvark is a question and answer service that determines what topics you know about and who your friends are, then lets you ask the service questions. The Real-Time Web of People.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. It probably isn't too early to start thinking about that busy year-end online fundraising season. It probably isn't too early to start thinking about that busy year-end online fundraising season. Shiny Object Syndrome.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

I’m often asked to help nonprofits define a technology roadmap – that is, figuring out how to migrate their business from a legacy system(s) to a new solution(s) and beyond. There is no easy answer to the question of build, buy, or customize. Focus on Business Drivers and Outcomes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Learn more about how to be "green" at work, and at home, by picking up a copy of The Green Book for $5. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

It’s how you explain to a potential donor who your organization helps, what problem you are working to solve, and how your organization is changing lives. We are in our fifth year of supporting students in Green County, and this year we will help more than 350 high school juniors and seniors achieve their college dreams. .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The Problem. And so the question of ownership of devices like mobile phones and tablet computers and control over their use becomes very important. Having all kinds of diverse devices and software floating around in the workplace wreaks havoc with IT systems. What's an organization to do to get a handle on this?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Sunday, May 9, 2010 Ask These Five Questions If you are leading a business or a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Who is our Customer? What does the Customer Value?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Is it easy for your customers to: Buy from you? Make returns? Get pricing and terms? Receive timely responses to their e-mails?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 7, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone. Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Thanks to Sharon Armstrong, author of The Essential HR Handbook , for these helpful questions! Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

JVH: The primary argument coming out of the automakers at this time is I believe a bit of a cover-up for a larger problem, which is simply the inertia on the part of companies to change their model of business; to change their way of doing things. They recognize that green is very vogue right now.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

You’re starting a business after all. You really are – your business just happens to be not-for-profit.). Your website exists to tell the world why your organization is important, answer basic questions, and give people a place to learn more or get involved with your nonprofit. Build a Basic Website. Have a conversation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performan. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? Thanks for these great questions, Charlene! Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The more successful you are, the more you have to give back." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. All of those doubts and questions, that is the gremlin. You've created two very interesting products, The Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit and The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book. They don't like things to change.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. I bet most employees have never heard most of these questions from their supervisors on a consistent basis. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you have to leave early, no problem. But most importantly, feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. And it’s also certified by the Harvard Business School. You will get exactly the same amount of content and your questions answered in the time that you have allotted for this training.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. I think there is now lots of evidence to suggest that American consumers are increasingly aware of the world's problems. What is Starbucks relationship with Fair Trade?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Every topic we’ve focused on throughout the inaugural season of Force Multiplier has had a single common thread: the imperative for cross-sector collaboration to solve a big problem. So we support them and the ranchers and fishers committed to embracing restorative practices, to help them grow their business.”.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

There’s a question box and a chat box. If you want to get your answer questioned or your question answered, just a insider tip there. Did you hit the green button? But as we move through the presentation, here are a few questions to consider. You should also look at their education and business affiliations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. I believe business plans are critical to any business — new or old. The 194-page shows business leaders how to write a plan in about one hour so it fits on a single sheet of paper.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

Census Bureau , almost half (49 percent) of the nation’s businesses are operated from home. I talked to Chris Messina of Citizen Agency and Ivan Storck of SustainableMarketing.com about their green coworking space in San Francisco, Citizen Space for the Big Vision Podcast and have posted a transcript of the interview below.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So send in your questions and comments along the way. If you use the Q&A box, it might be a little bit easier, a little higher chance that we get to that question as insider tip for you, but we won’t discriminate. I’m wearing my Bloomerang green today. So type your questions in any time today. So humor me.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performan. skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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