.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If these two drivers of engagement are a world apart, it will be challenging to deliver the seamless experience customers expect from their favorite brands. To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator.

Collaboration 221

Collaboration Marketing Integration Trend 221

Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Those conversations led to the Washington Area Women’s Foundation ’s (WAWF) report Thrive As They Lead: Advancing the Infrastructure to Support Black Women Leaders in the D.C. Metro Area Nonprofit Sector , in which 36 presidents, CEOs, and executive directors shared their experiences. What has been the impact on nonprofit leaders?

Leadership 98

Leadership Washington Local Nonprofit 98

Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Many in the philanthropic community desire that nonprofits reflect the communities they serve—including everyone from volunteers and donors to staff, executives, and the board. Often, such initiatives come from the top down and start with the board of directors. One way to solve this is by embracing DEIAB principles. Christal M.

Policy 52

Policy Reflection Culture Training 52

.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Their experiences involved unprecedented social and industry challenges that nothing could have prepared them to meet. Our members were privileged to hear their reflections on a unique time in their organizations’ history and how the pandemic’s impact reshaped their future. The abrupt switch to remote work was a global challenge.

Milwaukee 221

Milwaukee Story Share Wisconsin 221

.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

If these two drivers of engagement are a world apart, it will be challenging to deliver the seamless experience customers expect from their favorite brands. To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator.

Collaboration 221

Collaboration Marketing Team Integration 221

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The challenge isn’t knowing what to do. Your Executive Director, your board of directors, or even your colleagues may have different priorities, preferences, or perspectives on what information you need to collect. You can ask your grantees for feedback through surveys, interviews, focus groups, or informal conversations.

Application 94

Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 94

sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This need for flexibility is reflected in the grantmaking track at this year’s virtual bbcon, Blackbaud’s Tech Conference for Good, happening October 17–20. The past few years have thrown unprecedented challenges to your constituents, often rapidly increasing the demand for your services. MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2:45 P.M.

Blackbaud 79

Blackbaud Grant Application Disaster 79

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. This will be an honest and authentic conversation about the many obstacles confronted by under-resourced individuals and organizations striving to help drive social change.

Generation 99

Generation Education Blackbaud Model 99

EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Check out our last installment here ! Send regular newsletters.

Support 220

Support Build Linkedin Newsletter 220

M+R

JANUARY 24, 2022

We began to unpack the challenges and obligations of developing ethical creative in a roundtable discussion with our friends Amirio Freeman of Feeding America and Rosa Del Angel of Oxfam America. Does our creative reflect the demographics of the audiences we want to reach? Gwen is the Creative Director here at M+R.

Effective 93

Effective Rhode Island Build Demographics 93

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

With the recent pandemic, civil unrest and racism conversations front and center, nonprofit organizations are working overtime to serve communities deeply affected by these issues. On top of it all is the reality that the diversity needle has not moved much in board of directors’ positions at nonprofit organizations.

Help 96

Help Strategy San Diego Iowa 96

BoardAssist

JUNE 3, 2014

Let’s Talk About Succession Planning: Getting the Conversation Started. Starting the Conversation about Succession Planning. But many still view it in terms of “what do we do when the executive director leaves.” For this reason, it can be useful to purposefully link succession planning conversations to strategic planning.

Conversation 68

Conversation Leadership California Government 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. From Conversational Keynote To Conversational Workshop. I’ve been playing with the conversational panel or conversational keynote models for short sessions (60, 75 or 90 minutes.) A conversational approach is not an expert or a group of experts talking the whole time.

Reflection 103

Reflection People Network Colorado 103

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This list is: Involve leaders as de factor directors of diversity. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation. Foster effective conversations about topics such as ageing, sexism, and racism. Engage in self-reflection that challenges old and accepted paradigms of dominance through formal and informal channels.

Environment 52

Environment Product Create Work 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This list is: Involve leaders as de factor directors of diversity. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation. Foster effective conversations about topics such as ageing, sexism, and racism. Engage in self-reflection that challenges old and accepted paradigms of dominance through formal and informal channels.

Environment 52

Environment Product Create Work 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?". You may be wondering if that means that your executive director and CEO needs to write a blog or have their own Twitter account to share their wisdom. It has to be authentic, reflect the CEO's personality.

Social Media 99

Social Media Director India Media 99

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

But this year’s agenda also brings content based on what we’ve all learned in the past 18 months that has caused us to “Rethink Change”—a term we’ve coined at Blackbaud to reflect the gear-shifting that foundation, and all nonprofit, professionals have had to do in the now-normal.

Foundation 78

Foundation Virtual Professional Blackbaud 78

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 23, 2021

This list is: Involve leaders as de factor directors of diversity. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation. Foster effective conversations about topics such as ageing, sexism, and racism. Engage in self-reflection that challenges old and accepted paradigms of dominance through formal and informal channels.

Create 52

Create Lecture Culture Voice 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

That’s why I was inspired to read this recently published report “ Today’s Challenges: Training and Capacity Building ,” written by Sara El-Amine for the Mobilisation Lab in partnership with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. (I Need safe and supported spaces for difficult movement conversations.

Global 91

Global Network Change Create 91

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This list is: Involve leaders as de factor directors of diversity. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation. Foster effective conversations about topics such as ageing, sexism, and racism. Engage in self-reflection that challenges old and accepted paradigms of dominance through formal and informal channels.

Environment 52

Environment Create Work Culture 52

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.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Protecting the environment or cutting taxes for billionaires?”

Advocacy 143

Advocacy Local Poll Audience 143

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

Skills 96

Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. Although the work on the ground was creative and engaged, they faced the familiar challenges of aligning the organizational processes of executive and staff with the timeline of board engagement. Learning, we do naturally. We can learn through direct experience.

Knowledge 72

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 72

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

This will help shape your conversations, strategies, and goals. Still, the investment will help push through critical and possibly challenging conversations with the board, staff, and other stakeholders. Reflect on past efforts. Engage with a DEI professional. Wrestle with terminology and ideologies.

Arizona 52

Arizona Strategy Facilitation Phoenix 52

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

It has some of the same feel as the disconnected affection of people wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook, with professional reflection baked in. Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary.

Museum 49

Museum Director History Teen 49

Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. Melissa Hill Dees and Sandi Zellner’s conversational session, “Have You Considered the Consequences?”,

Chicago 59

Chicago Knowledge Practice Attitude 59

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 19, 2022

Nonprofits lead in addressing some of the world’s biggest challenges—and in recent years, their work has never been more essential. The research reflects insights from a survey of 800 employees of nonprofit organizations and 1,500 nonprofit program participants across the U.S. Today, the demand for digital services continues to grow.

Digital 59

Digital Report San Francisco Children 59

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In her conversation with Blackbaud Institute Managing Director Ashley Thompson, Rachel shared insights into how your organization can assess your marketing effectiveness and goals that you can set to reach marketing maturity. The trends that appeared reflect that orgs struggle the most with Research and Analytics.

Marketing 85

Marketing Blackbaud Analytics Trend 85

Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

We all lived through the challenges of this past year together—and like it or not, there’s still more to come. – Sarah Ackerman, Director of Copy + Content . – Rob Shaw, Art Director . – Sarah Dunlap, Associate Fundraising Director . – Ida Persson, Associate Creative Director.

Change 98

Change North Carolina America Nigeria 98

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. This step provides a golden opportunity to include the finance director in your work and create an important ally. Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation? Do you have a fundraising plan?

Action 75

Action Report Practice Fundraising 75

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

And I talked about some of the challenges of finding the right income and expense models for a museum that operates more like a community center than a traditional cultural institution. It was terrific to have a packed room and a long, open conversation (we split the session into half presenting, half audience discussion) about these issues.

Reflection 43

Reflection Columbus Museum Participatory 43

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. The strategic planning process involves reflecting on your mission to identify your most important goals and determining the strategies you’ll use to reach them. Online fundraising. Peer-to-peer fundraising.

Examples 120

Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. The design challenge was: How do we come up with concrete tools, frameworks and methods for helping people better understand and adopt network systems leadership? The questions: What do you hope to learn today?

Design 105

Design Course Leadership Network 105

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Reflecting on “Make It Your Own&# « A.

Web 120

Web Bookmarking Evaluation Lesson 120

NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

As the NTEN Community overall consists of a greater number of non-members than members, we are pleased to see this balance reflected this year in response rates. Conversely, only 2% of members reported they were at the "Struggling" level, while 9% of non-members reported they were at this end of the spectrum.

Survey 88

Survey NTEN Report Community 88

Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

As Tim Sarrantonio, Neon One’s Director of Brand reflected, a 5.2% But there’s a catch: Collecting extra data is useful, but adding additional fields to your donation form will decrease your conversion rates. A large community of supporters helps you mitigate that risk.

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Retention Donor Gift Template 98