Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We're still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally "out there" and is well-received. However, a small organization with a small budget can make some pretty big changes. We focused on action and making change for the patient.

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Cancer Phase Research Change 226

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

The individual organizations making the two lists (the best nonprofits to work for and the rest) during a given year vary but the metrics track over the years, giving something that looks like longitudinal data, with external pressures such as the economy generating rises and dips in their fortunes that largely pass the smell test.

Data 52

Data Work Aggregator Attitude 52

Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Some of the tasks you’ll want to cover during this portion of pre-production include: Proper testing of the virtual platform you will be using to make sure your team is comfortable with it, and that you avoid day-of surprises by discovering bugs or workarounds in advance. If so, share the news.

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Virtual Professional Marketing Fundraising 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

My first step with a new platform is to create a “Circle of the Wise” consisting of people who regularly share useful tips and news about the platform. Or people whose Google + is focused on Google + tips, news, and resources. You are testing to see what works and what doesn’t.

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Google Time Nonprofit Metrics 98

Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2014

Sometimes extraordinary things can happen when we look at problems from a new point of view. ” (Ben Gose, “Charities Try New Ways to Test Ideas Quickly and Polish Them Later,” Chronicle of Philanthropy [March 23, 2014]). You can read more about it in the announcement. Range App: Feeding Children.

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Problem Children Social United States 44

Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We’re still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally “out there&# and is well-received. However, a small organization with a small budget can make some pretty big changes. We focused on action and making change for the patient.

Cancer 100

Cancer Phase Research Change 100

Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2019

The content leveraged in the relationship is tailored to an individual’s interest / phase of life. They test a broad set of products (and regularly introduce new ones) to see what works and what doesn’t. In a sense, this is where the working theories of what might resonate with groups of constituents are tested and applied.

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Technique Fundraising Gift Relationship 26

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The grant world has changed. The new federal regulations add layers of additional accountability and complexity for grant recipients. This monumental shift of responsibility onto grant recipients could be one of the most pivotal changes in grant management in decades. What Changed: Focus on Performance Management.

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Grant Management Phase Award 20

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Team up with local news. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Try partnering with your local news station to increase the reach of your campaign. Plus, you’ll get free publicity for your campaign and tap into a whole new group of supporters—the news station’s audience.

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Campaign Ideas Giving Tips 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes, video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about.

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Story Action Model Adopt 79

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While migrating donor data is one of the most important steps in implementing a new CRM, it’s also the part that’s most time-consuming, mind-numbing, and prone to error. Here’s the bad news: This is not a step that can be avoided! Now for the goods news: We’re to help! Sound exciting? Well, we’re starting anyway!

Data 52

Data Donor Map Test 52

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5. The first thing you have to tackle is fear of change. This isn''t unique to audience participation; it''s a reality that any new project or course of action stirs up all kinds of anxieties about organizational change. What''s the biggest obstacle to more of these projects happening?

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At Classy, we put our own fundraising skills to this test with our annual #ClassyGives initiative, where our staff collectively fundraises for a nonprofit organization. The honeymoon phase is over and we’re in that mid-campaign slump… Have no fear though, it happens with every peer-to-peer campaign. Hi Fundraisers, It’s official.

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Goal Fundraising Help Africa 306

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

was a 2008 Knight News Challenge Winner. While working toward his master’s degree at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Cohn worked as an Editor at newassignment.net , which focused on citizen journalism and ways news organizations could explore the social web. --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us Why is this needed?

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Interview Fund Report Community 40

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5. The first thing you have to tackle is fear of change. This isn't unique to audience participation; it's a reality that any new project or course of action stirs up all kinds of anxieties about organizational change. What's the biggest obstacle to more of these projects happening?

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Even the tiniest of changes from posting natively can result in decreased Return on Investment (ROI). Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 264

DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Conduct beta testing. The main goal of beta testing is to get real-world experience and insights into how well your app will perform with actual users after it’s launched. Beta testing is extremely important, so don’t neglect this crucial step. Set a launch date. Create a landing page. Leverage social media. Use paid ads.

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Effective Marketing Press Review 52

Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

As a Certified B Corporation , we strive to hold ourselves to the highest standard of social and environmental performance for business, motivate other companies to do the same, and celebrate those who are working to create positive social change. Microsoft changed the way the world works, studies, and plays with their computers and software.

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Companies Social Product Children 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Even the tiniest of changes from posting natively can result in decreased Return on Investment (ROI). Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 210

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 253

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They broadcast and unite women's voices from around the world into a powerful force for change. We unite those voices to accelerate change. World Pulse is really at a point where we've demonstrated proof of concept, and we've tested all of our media channels over the years. I've posted an edited transcript below.

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Voice Global Saudi Arabia Journal 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

A week before Canada Day (July 1) we built and tested a simple site that encouraged donors to “buy their country a beer” — basically making a donation. What would we have changed? We tested it a lot. Set up Reddit, Digg, and other social news aggregators. How it worked. What worked? What didn’t? Here’s a quick list.

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Canada Lesson Twitter Learning 50

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 16, 2013

which of course introduces a host of risks into the project, and leaves little room for testing and adjustments (more on that later). Changes late in a development cycle are exponentially more labor-intensive (and expensive) to implement than changes early in cycle ( this is a must-read on the topic ). Solution Design.

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Lesson Learning Test Project 35

Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Reich: Right now, in Silicon Valley with Big Tech, we’re in the kind of late-teenager phase of development, where technologists have become fully aware of all of their power. Historically, in the United States, we’ve seen just tremendous periods of change. Costello: Yeah. Costello: And Sahami says this is key.

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