Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I used to conduct advocacy, communications, and fundraising trainings for local nonprofits and political candidates, and one of my favorite frameworks to share with them was the Story of Self, Story of Us, and Story of Now. Almost everyone has an experience that motivated them to get involved in a given cause. What was the outcome?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 10, 2016

So much, in fact, that organizations are boarding the train without a map, a travel bag, and even a destination. Worse yet, they have not considered the repercussions of boarding the collaboration train. This can cause friction in the formation of process and plan. This is the “train” on the tracks.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Clear goals and a detailed timeline will give the necessary direction and structure to your advocacy campaign. It’s much more difficult to advocate for a cause that takes several hours—or even several minutes—to explain. Overall, consider the intended outcome of your advocacy efforts and all the steps needed to achieve that outcome.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2021

When was the last time you trained? When you neglect your social structures, you worry about it, which then causes more stress and resentment at your work, in turn lowering your productivity. There are always going to be a portion of life’s events and business outcomes that you can’t change. The hard part is doing it.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

What positive outcomes are you aiming to create? Rewriting your mission statement to more accurately represent your work can help you build deeper and lasting connections with supporters because they can see the explicit impact you have on your cause. Why does your nonprofit exist? Next, ask about what language resonates with them.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2018

Systematic evaluation can positively impact the organization by creating more structure, providing results for adaptability, increasing volunteer retention and improving staff-volunteer relationships. It is a useful tool that can define whether the program is meeting expectations, outcomes and goals.

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Achieve

AUGUST 27, 2021

prospective donors who care about your cause. the strength of an individual’s personal connection to your cause. . You can determine a prospect’s affinity for your cause by looking at the following indicators: . a deep connection to your cause. and have the capacity to contribute a large donation. .

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This problem is compounded by nonprofits’ lack of investment in manager training, leaving nonprofit organizations unprepared for the inevitable succession of leadership (Koenig, 2016). Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure. Frost on Fundraising – Speaker Training. Staff, management, and executive-level coaching and training in a variety of areas. Board governance training in a concise “Boards 101” format.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Cause Camp 2019. Cause Camp 2019. Cause Camp isn’t just another nonprofit conference to get you out of the office for a couple days. The Cause Camp equation is simple and foolproof. Mar 25 - 26. Nonprofit Hub / Lincoln, NE / $499. It’s an experience. General / #CauseCamp19 / @NPhub. Marketing & Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Fluidity of the social media implementation process is a benefit: The overall communications planning approach requires a lot of structure and discipline. This causes a lot of anxiety. Cards: Some really good suggestions about having a sub header on the cards that describes an outcome.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Cause Camp 2018. Cause Camp 2018. Cause Camp isn’t just another nonprofit conference to get you out of the office for a couple days. The Cause Camp equation is simple and foolproof. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Mar 26 - 27. Nonprofit Hub / Lincoln, NE / $299.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

For organizations that stick to a more traditional managerial and communications structure between now and then, however, raising money is going to be tougher in 2012 than in the darkest days of 2009. In this medium, openness, responsiveness, and inquisitiveness serve your cause well. You'll probably be pleased with the outcome.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Instances where change management might be needed include adopting a new technology solution, product line, compensation structure, or standard operating procedure. ” The associated initiatives could include selecting a suitable donor management system, staff training, and data migration plans.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

Your organization probably generates and collects a lot of data, and AI-powered data analytics tools can help you gain insights into donor behavior, program outcomes, and other key metrics. Using statistics and modeling techniques, predictive analytics helps predict future outcomes. Here are some AI-powered tools to get you started.

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Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

Approach Cause Work with Abundance It is often true that nonprofit employees CHOOSE to work in a sector because they are called to do good or want to leave their community a bit better than it was found, but why does that need to come at a cost? What does it cost to post, interview, hire, and train someone? Assess salary structures.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences and forums, informal trainings, and more that will be taking place all over the world, focusing on essential topics like: Nonprofit management. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Cause Camp 2016. Cause Camp 2016.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It’s awesome that we got a full room because you always bring great trainings, you did a great session for us last year on budgeting. They have to train year round for years. We have outcomes, those are results, and we have execution goals. So the execution is the action, the outcome is the reaction. .

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Video Goal Method Impact 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There is no better way to structure your thinking that the POST which stands for People, Objective, Strategy, and Tools. Then breaking it down into a micro campaign goal one of the following ways: Item Specific: We need x items to see this specific outcome. Dollar Specific: We need to raise $ to see this specific outcome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

While it is probably difficult to absolutely prove cause and effect, implementing a crowd artistic creation requires a discussion about letting go of control or at least being explicit about how creative contributions will be accepted or curated or added to the work. Crowds Can Not Be Trained Like Seals by Beth Kanter.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Because a couple of things, I do a lot of these trainings throughout the year and two thoughts I have before we start. So I give kudos to you for coming to this training today, that’s an important step, and then to actually implement it, right? We have a shared cause or geography. One is you already know a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I love designing and delivering trainings on social media and the added challenge of working outside of the US. I do a quick review of my training materials with a "US Centric Lens." What does that mean? I have a basic structure. Finally, when you are delivering the training, you need improvisation skills.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

Some of you may have actually seen her at Cause Camp, which was last week, right? And I’m explaining to you a way that in my experience has been much more effective for the people that I work with, that I coach and train. It’s always a kind of a pep talk in my inbox when that comes in. It’s all this good stuff.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

Because nonprofits and charitable foundations also frequently apply a race-conscious lens, they girded themselves for a potentially devastating case outcome. These questions have caused concern among many in the nonprofit sector. What sources of information or guidance (trainings, articles, etc.) have you found useful?

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And the way in which that developmental trajectory moves ahead is when lots of other people get involved, lots of other adults in the lives of a teenager, to steer them in a better direction rather than a worse direction, to install some guardrails so that the worst possible outcomes don’t happen.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. You feel close to them and their cause.

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