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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The curriculum was based on their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book and “ taxonomy for innovation.” These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions.

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Ultimate Guide to the Community Services Recovery Fund

CauseVox

They are securing more donors and creating new methods for obtaining grants, individual and corporate contributions. Use the flow chart below to determine where your organization should apply: Local Stream Investing In: People, apply to the Canadian Red Cross. Systems and Processes, apply to Community Foundations of Canada (CFC).

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. For nonprofits, this means rigorously testing different emotional appeals, stories, and calls-to-action and then reusing what proves most effective. Don’t change just for novelty’s sake.

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3 Ways to Assess Donor Giving Patterns to Boost Donations

Achieve

For example, you might test different Giving Tuesday email strategies or affinity month themes to see if donors respond better to certain appeals. Do donors like to give via cash, check, online donation, stock transfer, or some other method? Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Statements: User experience: We provide relevant and personalized experiences to our users and optimize this through an ongoing programme of testing. Each facilitator’s “corner” has two pieces of flip chart paper on the wall which was divided into a two x two grid and a stack of colored sticky notes. Full Group Discussion.

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The New Roadmap For Entrepreneurial Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It’s a must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, and a roadmap charting the path to startups success. Essentially, they apply the scientific method to their startup by testing hypotheses. Before Lean Startup logic took hold, some smart entrepreneurs would test demand before launching their business.