sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2023

In a conversation with Laia Griñó, who leads Candid’s Data Discovery team, she recommends putting your grantees at the center of your data governance plan. This can also be helpful for your internal staff and stakeholders who might get questions about your information. The key is to be intentional.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

To help you work through these decisions, and what to do about the maybes, check out our conversation guide, Aligning on a Revenue-Wise Strategy. Make sure your internal control documentation includes the naming conventions, so your audit team doesn’t have to slow down the process by asking what specific entries are.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. What kind of Gift Chart represents your current distribution of donors, and how many donors do you need at each level to meet your goals? . This type of numbers-based analytic approach is useful not just internally but externally as well.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

Break out information and use charts to visualize bigger picture concepts, such as changes in spending categories over time. Set realistic timelines : Everyone from your intern to your Board president wears a variety of hats, both for your organization and outside of it. Make sure others can understand it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The video chat provided a nice opportunity to have conversation in real-time about the relationship between self-care and workplace productivity. The chart above comes from a recent study on the link between well being and workplace productivity and the impact of office design. Workplace Productivity and Well Being .

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. Give me an interactive map, a pivot table, even a plain old pie chart and I’m happy. —– I love data as much as the next person. data nten'

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Consider this: The average pay of a white woman in the United States is 78 cents on the dollar, compared to her counterpart… and much lower for women of color (see chart, below). Since 2008, extensive research and conversations have revealed the state of women in nonprofit careers.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

To help you work through these decisions, and what to do about the maybes, check out our conversation guide, Aligning on a Revenue-Wise Strategy. Make sure your internal control documentation includes the naming conventions, so your audit team doesn’t have to slow down the process by asking what specific entries are.

Foundation 52

Foundation Build Fund Review 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

We’ve become addicted to generating pretty charts and graphs, while taking any opportunity to play with any new (and especially free) social media measurement tool that we read about on blogs. How have you used surveys as part of your measurement strategy?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

No matter where you are in your growth stage, taking action, in concert with your internal stakeholders, will always bring you closer to the goal of raising more revenue. The report groups nonprofit fundraising dilemmas into external and internal factors. Do you have a case for support tailored to younger donors?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Whether it’s volunteers , interns, subcontractors, or paid staff, having others around you will help you get more done. But I forced myself to listen to the financial conversations at the Board meetings. I didn’t always follow the conversation, but I usually picked up a nugget. You must have help. What help do you need?

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BoardAssist

JUNE 6, 2017

The chart below summarizes data compiled from 242 nonprofit organizations that had requested BoardAssist’s counsel in selectively adding to their boards and were actively engaged in the search process on January 1, 2017. Additional Findings. – Was not based on the years the nonprofit had been in existence. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

She set up a private Facebook Group to facilitate our support for the campaign. A few weeks ago, she reported back to the group some of the results of our work with some insights based on Google Analytics charts. Shonali kindly agreed to an interview to share this story more broadly. Describe the Twitter Charts: What are you showing?

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The chart below summarizes data compiled from 282 nonprofit organizations that had requested BoardAssist’s counsel in selectively adding to their boards and were actively engaged in the search process on January 1, 2018. Additional Findings. – Was not based on the years the nonprofit had been in existence. .

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The chart below summarizes data compiled from 220 nonprofit organizations that had requested BoardAssist’s counsel in selectively adding to their boards and were actively engaged in the search process on January 1, 2016. Additional Findings. – Was not based on the years the nonprofit had been in existence. .

Money 40

Money Mali Giving People 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. It may require internal culture change – actionable listening and experiments.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They can give directly from their seats without disrupting conversation with one another. Hootsuite allows for a set-it-and-forget-it approach that frees up more time during your fundraising campaign for more face-to-face conversations with supporters and less time watching your computer screen. Outbid notifications.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Ken Homer is the founding partner of Collaborative Conversations , a consultancy offering numerous approaches to bringing people together in ways that are both productive and fulfilling. Homer started off the conversation by talking about the roadblocks to collaboration. Collaboration Tools Chart. Barriers to Collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2013

” Porter’s definition about networking is about charting your own course, following your passions, and making meaningful connections, which in turn increase your happiness and productivity. I was one of twenty mentors that visited the school for two hours of conversation and speed networking. I was blown away.

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Mentoring Los Angeles Student Network 137

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Without an internal understanding of humanity, it’s hard to be audience-centered. Gallery Talks become conversations instead of lectures (well, for some audiences). Being transparent about goals is the first step, but then if you want to get to the end together, you have to chart a shared path. You have to get through the feels.

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.orgSource

APRIL 10, 2023

They should be visionaries who chart the direction, evaluate options, and are prepared to challenge ideas they feel are not in the association’s best interests. From the Peterson Institute for International Economics—increasing the share of women in senior management positions by just 10% could boost annual corporate profits by $1.2

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2018

What charts or slides did the group focus on? What background research was critical to the conversation? Usually the person with access to analytics is a low-level communications staffer or even an intern. It’s time we had a little talk about strategic objects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

This can be done with a flip chart and markers or there might be one graphic facilitator dedicated to this task. When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know. Then we opened up for discussion.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Goldman relied on user-generated content for Imagining Ourselves at the International Museum of Women. As Online Community Manager, DeLong oversees the work of staff and volunteer moderators who help guide the many conversations happening in the forums. Collaboration Tools Chart for Libraries. Asking for What You Want.

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Generation Content Sample Nonprofit 50

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

While this letter is a positive step, both a panel at this year's Stronger Together Conference and follow-up interviews with the participants demonstrates that more than open letters will be needed to change the conversation around costs, impact, overhead, and mission. Nonprofits can change the "overhead" conversation.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Those are the conversations we have on a daily basis. . That’s our internal evaluation of are they even ready? I met them in the fall and we had conversations after the new year’s. We actually had a conversation yesterday with a large ministry outside of Atlanta that they’ve kind of already taken some steps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

ACLU-Northern California: They are recruiting for a social media intern on Facebook. The note itself is an excellent job description for a social media intern. This prompted a thoughtful discussion about to effectively manage social media interns. They shared how they worked through this internally.

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Social Media Game Media Social 87

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2016

But radical collaboration with our community only works if we also collaborate internally as a team. This growth has strained our internal ability to collaborate in two ways: Sometimes, we fail because we are too collaborative. Slack is a combination messaging/file-sharing tool intended to replace internal email and intranets.

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Collaboration Tools Build Organization 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking. Engaging internally.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Gift range chart. Removing those obstacles will boost your conversion rates, which means you’ll attract more donors and raise more money. . Ensure you allow comments and actively participate in the conversation. Budget for expenses. Don’t risk accidentally spending more on your fundraising activities than you raise. .

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Often times the community’s ideas or needs are shared in ways that require translation, of sorts—someone that can bridge the community and organization, listening to the conversations and identifying the opportunities for the organization. What’s the foundation of CDSI? This touches back on letting the community know itself.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. You should spend as much time and energy making your data, charts, and tables findable as you do making your reports and other content.

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Policy Data Content Share 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

This was really important – hearing colleagues talk about their posts being read by EPA officials or members of international negotiating teams made the point in a way no consultant could. Breaking up into small tables worked – I saw table after table of people leaning in, standing up, gathered around flip charts.

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Social Media Media Remix Social 94

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Los Angeles, California: November Conversations and Connections with Tech4Good. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Netsquared Benin San Francisco United Kingdom 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

He finds blogging valuable for the same reasons I do, although I love the way he phrased it: I'm really hooked on the idea of blogs all being linked together into one big mega-conversation. e.g. is it correct to have an email conversation like this and then go blog about it ? (I I probably will anyway!). it will come I'm sure!

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Group Research Bookmarking Wiki 50

Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2019

Many of us believe our power is defined by our ‘role’ in society – in the contract, on the organizational chart, or within the hierarchy of our family tree. We use communication and coordination methods that keep us both on the same page internally and externally. Our Wants and Their Wants.

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