Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

They capture their discussion by taking notes on the “tablecloths,” (in this case, it is flip chart paper). You can control the fire by addressing it once and analyze why it is happening or determine and eliminate the root cause through problem solving. One of the topics includes stress triggers in the workplace.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2013

Oftentimes with other applications, data needs to be prepped before it can be converted into visual form (such as a graph or chart), whether that means adding a column, combining data sets, inserting a new formula, or the like. Users can input data in seconds with a couple of points and clicks. The exact opposite is true. Images: SAP.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

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. A theory of change lays out the results and preconditions on a visual map that lays out the pathway for social change.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Capriza Zapps can also connect to things like barcode scanners, Google Maps, and other outside devices and services. It's a security cloud service that will address this problem: Most IT systems are fortressed. With a Capriza app, the installer can register the equipment and activate it immediately with a smartphone. Everything.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

Or anything else with a center (read: core idea or problem) and shoots (related points to consider for that idea realization or problem solving). The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed. For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Use surveys and donor journey mapping to understand how people engage initially and over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

Collecting stories from people who aren’t direct participants in your programming is a great way to understand the problems the broader community experiences, and the solutions they do (or don’t) appreciate. Batchgeo is a free mapping tool that helps you visualize the data that lives in your spreadsheets. Try the free version.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

Org charts, like maps, aren't given the attention they should be, especially in large institutions. The problem is, even when they do exist, they often have so little information or are updated so infrequently that they become useless. Org charts are not just about putting people in their place. Is that too much to ask?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The rest of Wednesday’s sessions are breakouts—this day will go smoother for you if you’ve had time prior to the event to chart out which presentations are most useful. Map out a session grid. There will be networking, the opportunity to learn new skills, and approach problems from new angles based on the experiences of your peers.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Unfortunately, many founders or leaders skip creating one — which generally leads to fundraising frustrations and stalled services, among other problems. A good plan answers a number of who, what, when, where questions like these: What problem is your nonprofit trying to solve? Management and Organizational Charts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. The wiki becomes an electronic flip chart and resource collector. So, it is making me think that I need to revise the "life happens" to win points if they solve the problem in their strategy.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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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. It also connects the social media technical assistance to results. Content Curation Primer.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

” He cited Portal 2, one of the games in Valve’s portfolio, as breaking the mold of a traditional game model by eschewing the conventional collection of monsters or weapons and positioning itself instead as a game about physics and problem-solving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

What's your strategy map? My problem now is that I don't do a lot of processing with a pen or marker/flip chart anymore -- but I was standing up there, so I jotted some notes down on my moleskin. What's the outcome? What's the key metric? How might you measure it? What might be a first step, low risk experiment?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Are you looking at a map or the rearview mirror? What you really need are metrics that provide you with a plan of action, or a map, to help bolster your fundraising efforts. . Map Metrics. A large onslaught of single gifts would lower your frequency (a great problem for any nonprofit).

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning often gets a bad rap, but time spent mapping out your organization’s future can save you from spinning your wheels, being busy but not effective. And it causes lots of problems later when the mission becomes difficult to explain because of all the various pieces that don’t always go together or make sense.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 29, 2022

It’s a common problem. You should map this out with your Board member and decide who will do which piece, but as much as possible, let the Board member do the work. But, if you’re like most, when you ask Board members for prospect names or to help you ask people for money, they’re suddenly busy that day.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

A platform to aid in, “solving global health and development problems for those most in need.”. Organizations that provide grants to address critical global problems are able to make smarter investments if they know who else is investing in similar problems and locations. Grand Challenges Awards Repository.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

So if you get interrupted, or you have to bounce early, no problem. ” If you’re not moving for the right reasons, it’s a problem because moving is expensive, it’s time-consuming, and it takes a lot of brainpower. So make that map and keep it updated so when a new product comes into your environment, somebody.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

We have a problem," she announces. Give Your Data More Meaning The kinds of problems we address in the nonprofit sector are not simple. How might your perception of your work change if you mapped your organization's service areas over low income housing geographies? Know What Data You Have and What it Means. We're down 3%!"

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

We have to take risks and experiment in order to innovate because we’re solving some of the world’s most complex unsolved problems. So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. They are not documents, there is no fancy graphic design, they are mind maps. Those issues turn to problems.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

An intervention might not solve the problem you are working on, but can serve as a catalyst for positive change. Don't rely on maps, charts, or graphs because that's what you're familiar with; instead, use the best medium or format or organizing principle to express the idea best. Put in your zip code and get a map.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

An intervention might not solve the problem you are working on, but can serve as a catalyst for positive change. Don't rely on maps, charts, or graphs because that's what you're familiar with; instead, use the best medium or format or organizing principle to express the idea best. Put in your zip code and get a map.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

You’re going to see a big map of the U.S. Big map of the U.S. So this might be you wrote a fantastic grant application, but maybe your organization had some budgetary problems in the past. And here’s my summary chart, kind of the dos and don’ts of site visits. Yeah, common problem.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

For instance, tech companies use algorithmic management to precisely surveil and manage the details of workers’ daily working conditions—tracking every delivery time, cataloging every customer review, mapping workers’ daily locations, even noting the length of bathroom breaks. 9</sup).

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