Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we provide professional services to help associations like yours build their ideal learning business. What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? We begin by evaluating organizational readiness, also known as the capacity that your association has to make changes to your learning business.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Fast forward to today….

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we specialize in both learning management systems (LMSs) equipped with assessment authoring tools and providing consulting services to help professional, medical, and trade associations create top-tier eLearning experiences for their members. This tests knowledge acquisition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion. The students, who would also be going out on field internships where they would conduct or assist with an evaluation project at a social service nonprofit, asked fantastic questions. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

There are more and more resources and opportunities for nonprofit professionals seeking to learn about how to use measurement and data. The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

I’ll be doing a session with colleagues Danette Peters and Roberto Cremonini on Outcomes, Impact, and Communication where will not only share some case studies and techniques for outcome-based evaluation, but model some small group facilitation techniques for the process. LUMA Institute: March 19-20th.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

LinkedIn LinkedIn is a professional networking site, and its audience is typically more career-driven and looking for thought leadership and industry insights. You can use LinkedIn to connect with potential corporate partners, recruit volunteers, and share professional content like reports, case studies, or success stories.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The Vera Institute (2015) offers this definition of social impact bonds: “In a social impact bond, private investors fund an intervention through an intermediary organization—and the government repays the funder only if the program achieves certain goals, which are specified at the outset of the initiative and assessed by an independent evaluator.”.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

A well-designed, professionally executed direct mail conveys professionalism and legitimacy. Evaluate peer organizations to identify your peers’ strengths and weaknesses, compare them to yours, and find opportunities to differentiate your organization. Mail enhances trust and credibility. Peer organizations.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It brings together over 2,000 of the best and brightest nonprofit professionals from around the world. During this session, you will have the opportunity to put what you’ve learned into practice through case studies and activities. We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Each speaker then went on to unpack one of the three areas of intersection and drive her point home with a compelling case study. Jara Dean-Coffey discussed impact, with a focus on how organizations should be evaluative , rather than simply doing evaluation. Impact: Be Rather Than Do. Be systematic rather than episodic.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Then, it’s how you evaluate and refine that message over time. A Mighty Citizen Case Study: The University of Texas Permian Basin. But in terms of professional opportunity, clear messaging, and content sophistication, they’re now one of the mightiest. Take a look at our full case study with UTPB.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While you also want to always do an evaluation survey so you can quantify the participant’s assessment of their learning and feedback, I find verbal feedback is like doing a mini-focus group – getting feedback from participants right afterwards is always extremely valuable. Here are some tips.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

This has left you juggling multiple systems, without a clear path forward into additional professional development opportunities. Ongoing professional development is a large non-dues revenue-generating activity for your association, and if you’re working with a sub-par LMS you could be watching that revenue drop month after month.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Surprises are few and opportunities are easily evaluated and leveraged. When a leader is a planner, the organization is more stable and the team feels a sense of security knowing what’s coming down the pike. When the leader isn’t a planner, the nonprofit loses a lot of time to disorganization and chaos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The professional tools for monitoring and analyzing social media data can be expensive and pose a steep learning curve. We also discussed that it would be useful to have a map or fuller array of case studies that illustrate how the data might be used for different interventions.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Put a human face on the cause through case studies, testimonials, and videos. Evaluate telethons and phone banks – what makes people donate on the spot? Study email subject lines and opening sentences that motivate instant open rates. Talk to fundraising professionals experienced at spurring immediate response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

Jeff Pryor and Alexandra Mitchell from Pathfinder Solutions shared some specific case studies about how 30 nonprofits in Colorado are measuring the ROI of Social Media, specifically what they are learning from some preliminary research results. This will be very valuable information to the field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Crowdsourcing can be done at an organizational level, blended into the way nonprofits create , implement, and evaluate their programs. United Breaks Guitars is just one recent case study of crowds being evil. We've also seen nonprofits use crowdsourcing marketing , fundraising, and activism.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2019

Over the last year, we’ve done our best to extol the benefits of skills-based volunteerism to npEngage readers , offering best practices for and case studies on pro bono service. The business case for pro bono is a great tool for nonprofit staff to use when looking to steer the conversation and engagement towards a skills-based model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Setting up a Fan Page is an efficient way to share professional information. This experiment focused on using metrics to evaluate how engaging content was and recruitment tactics. As she notes in her case study, “The world of social media was quite new to our organization. An Unanticipated Outcome.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Storytelling for nonprofits can come in a variety of forms, from case studies in your annual report to personal stories or testimonials from people your organization has served. As you do a final proofread, look for anything that may perpetuate stereotypes or biases. If possible, share the story with a sensitivity reader beforehand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. Learn from nonprofits and other organizations that have shared their social media case studies. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Use Help Applications That Streamline Social Media Tasks. Take Breaks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Technology and Its Emerging Impact on Foundation Communications " is a new report that describes how philanthropy communications professionals are using social media. The 45 page report is based on an extensive literature search and interviews with Philanthropy professionals who are currently experimenting with Web 2.0

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Forum One

JULY 14, 2009

This includes, for example, making the wealth of information buried in monitoring and evaluation reports more accessible and structured in a way where information can be gleaned across projects, activities, and yes, donors. We badly need an open standard for publishing web content: reports, tools, resources, case studies, blog posts, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

All the major case studies are about large national and international organizations, and their success on Facebook has a lot to do with their brand being well known. Small nonprofits just can not duplicate that success, so in many cases they inevitably get disappointed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. Learn from nonprofits and other organizations that have shared their social media case studies. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Use Help Applications That Streamline Social Media Tasks. Take Breaks.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes. One last thought on evaluation. Tags: evaluation Museums Engaging in 2.0 Projects design participatory museum.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

As a nonprofit professional, you’re well aware that every dollar that goes to your internal operations is one dollar less for your mission— and unfortunately, that includes the funds spent developing your website. They shouldn’t need to jump through hoops to get involved but rather be able to do so as soon as they land on your website!

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective. You’ll notice that right away below the fold.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Attend If You’re: A PBD fundraiser or public media professional looking for the inside scoop To Register: [link] FFE Summit Cabo San Lucas January 22-25, 2024 Hosted by the Foundation for Fraternal Excellence, Summit gives foundation executives, board members, and alliance partners an opportunity to spend time with each other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. Effective Professional Networking Skills I've written about this in the next section.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Agents of Change Summit aims to unify and expand the community of professionals using marketing and technology to change people’s health and lifestyle behaviors for social good. Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum / Orlando, FL / $945. Annual Conference for Media Relations Professionals. Agents of Change Summit. Fundraising.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

Some of these essays in this section offer some much-needed perspective on that road map, a perspective lacking in some of the more specific case studies. Most of the case studies in the book are expository, not analytical, and it was sometimes hard to evaluate how one kind of outcome (e.g.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Then, I match this against participant feedback/evaluations. Speaking with an authentic voice on behalf of your organization - where is the line between personal/professional networking and being a spokesperson for your organization on a social networking site. I need more experiential case studies of this from nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. This panel will go over success stories from nonprofit organizations and professionals. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. Submitted by Sarah Davies.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Case Study: The lost art of writing. Had SVAS written about the good work they were doing in a compel­ling, professional manner, it may have been able to raise more money, secure more media coverage, attract more volunteers, and establish more business partnerships. Use a professional. You have many choices.

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