ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

Let’s face it; every day we use our smartphones and mobile technology to get through daily and simple tasks, from finding information, to exercise, to learning new languages, even finding the nearest grocery store. posted by Rudy Frank Graduate Student, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 24, 2020

Focus on updating your base on changes you’ve had to make to your organization. They also send emails if there is a change in the way business works. . In addition, make sure the language you use is clear, precise, and easy to scan with clear formatting. So, keep a check on your language. Review your automated emails.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

TED gives me the chance to brainstorm with loads of people who gather to discuss ways to change the world through technology and design. Bjorn has gotten a lot of attention for his recommendations to combat climate change by focusing on improved humanitarian efforts. If it worked, would it lead to behavior change that would save lives?

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To affect real change, each of us, from event organizers to team members, needs to be proactive and open to a range of voices, experiences, and perspectives. You should also be looking for diverse talent that can provide a new perspective or change the conversation. Use Inclusive Language. The words we use matter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

The mini-session included some practical tips and a reflective exercise based on the emerging nonprofit leaders peer learning project I facilitated last year. Before we took a deep dive with Janet on social awareness skills, we had a short session on understanding non-verbal communication such as body language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

I watch participants’ body language like a hawk, and every 20 minutes or so I make sure that the delivery mode changes. You begin to pick up a second sense of feeling when people in the room are getting tired and have lost their focus. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. Who would have thought a simple meal could change a family’s life? Use Normal Language in Your Story A long, drawn-out, flat story with a bunch of numbers and statistics and jargon is not a good way to convey your message and your needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. It has been a pleasure to co-design this session with knowledgeable and smart colleagues who are as obsessed with instructional design and interactive exercises as I am. Incorporating Movement Into Exercises. Interactive Exercises. Design Labs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I was lucky enough to be working with the digital strategy coordinator, Maria Rubi , from the Mexico office. She is not only fluent in English (and four other languages in addition to her native Spanish), she is also an excellent trainer and facilitator. Then afterwards we repeated the poll and they saw how the energy level changed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

First, WIPO, with a mandate from its member nations, is working to address the need to change national laws and get more accessible books flowing—a process that will take a long time. Thus far, more than 75 countries have signed the Treaty, and in June India became the first country to ratify it.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Your story is what you say about the lives you change and why it’s important. Your story is about how your nonprofit changes lives. Be sure to either get permission to tell the story or change the names and pertinent details to protect privacy. A bad story uses lots of insider language, jargon and “we.” Example #1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

The content has to be practical about the amount of investment required to implement ideas – and always include some “low hanging fruit” or actionable steps that don’t require a huge amount of organizational change or monetary investment. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

President’s Update Fall 2011 Don’t be surprised, but we’re picking up the pace of change at Benetech! All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2011

In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don’t work within institutional walls. Here’s what will happen: 1.) We will have a simultaneous tweet-up taking place in Beirut, Lebanon and connect with them on Twitter using the hashtag #netnon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

In the morning, we did a team building exercise to better understand the network core, the in-country teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan. Social change. Later in the day, we did a network mapping exercise. Network Mapping Exercise. Interest in people. Networking.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. ChatGPT , from OpenAI, is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. Large language models (LLMs), adept at communicating with human speech, represent a significant advance in computing. However, that may soon change.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This means that organizations should exercise a greater degree of caution when planning their solicitation activities, and generally may need to include language on their online solicitation materials that inform donors where the organization is authorized to accept donations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This means that organizations should exercise a greater degree of caution when planning their solicitation activities, and generally may need to include language on their online solicitation materials that inform donors where the organization is authorized to accept donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. I had a lot of fun with my keynote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

I facilitated a number of openings, but we also got to experience a few opening exercises they use at the Starfish School. I also the Spanish phrase for “Change.” ” And I walked through the middle of line with the noisemakers telling them it was time to change. A Good Training Starts with A Good Opening.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. Thanks again! Is Spanish more your bag?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Be sure to craft your language and tone so that you're focused on engagement and cultivation. The welcome series isn't an exercise in talking about yourself and what your mission and programs have accomplished. It's your unique opportunity to strengthen your relationship with someone. Image: Jennifer Leahy Photography.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Today''s guest post is by: Peggy Pedwano Solutions Specialist at Halogen Software As performance appraisal time draws near, managers are all too likely to be dreading the exercise. But, by all means, resist the temptation to simply take employees’ self-evaluation, change a few words and adopt it as your own.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Quotes : The status quo is enormously powerful, and the enemy of change. Leaders need to be more visible than usual during times of crisis, because they need to set the tone through their words, deeds, and body language.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2019

The large umbrella of issues covered by the SDGs is increasing transparency between philanthropic giving organizations and nonprofit organizations by providing a common impact language. Private/public partnerships are imperative to impactful change. Understand your own mission. Understand the mission of your partner(s).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2013

Through this exercise, frustration and small triumph, I’ve created a checklist that can get you started in the right direction: If you contract with a third-party vendor for planned giving webpage services, talk to them. Ask them to insert language or add a paragraph similar to Wesley Manor’s. Make Your Web Pages Work for You.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

There's a huge difference between the edgy, DIY beauty of Candy Chang 's participatory urban artworks and the dayglow colors, exclamatory language , and preschool fonts of most museum interactives. The language of the prompt--and the whole idea of the activity--is adult-oriented. Share your story with other visitors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Today''s guest post is by: Peggy Pedwano Solutions Specialist at Halogen Software As performance appraisal time draws near, managers are all too likely to be dreading the exercise. But, by all means, resist the temptation to simply take employees’ self-evaluation, change a few words and adopt it as your own.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s helpful to be present at the venue and to go through a visualization exercise with key staff or volunteers. This exercise is a great way to develop your checklist. Other things to think about include cancellation policies, last minute venue or date changes, and what their deposit policy is like. Ready to visualize?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2014

Today''s guest post is by: Peggy Pedwano Solutions Specialist at Halogen Software As performance appraisal time draws near, managers are all too likely to be dreading the exercise. But, by all means, resist the temptation to simply take employees’ self-evaluation, change a few words and adopt it as your own.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

As you adapt to constantly changing current events, you’re probably looking to explore new virtual fundraising opportunities. Switch Up Your Fundraising Language. Your donors have probably seen the same type of language from nonprofit organizations and businesses alike regarding COVID-19. 25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Along with Ed Walz, myself, and Liane, we spent a lot of time at the beginning mapping out program level outs and used a modified theory of change process. This prevents getting to tactical too quickly and places results in a larger context. ” The exercise used the layer cake metaphor and some planning questions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . The leadership changed. The goals changed. So it’s not just what’s your baseline, but it’s also, how do you hope to actually change the world in a grand way? . Think of yourself.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

COVID-19 abruptly changed that. A big pro of using the same tool is having shared language. In this exercise, team norms are agreed upon and serve as operating principles that guide remote team members’ interactions. A check-in generator is an easy way to change up questions from meeting to meeting.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

for the most current language being used and incorporate it into your plan. You may also want to include any notable moments in the nonprofit’s history, changes in mission or vision, strategic partnerships, and other information you consider relevant to the campaign. Fortunately, much of this information is likely to exist already.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Even worse, they don’t appear to be speaking the language and may work as isolated islands instead of finding ways to build bridges together to cultivate and engage supporters and do it with common values, culture, vocabulary, and practices. Here are some more resources about the process of organizational culture change.

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