VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Of course, there are auxiliaries that are adaptable, responsive, and truly collaborative. Well, first and foremost, they are proceeding slowly, carefully, and collaboratively. This is where collaboration is especially crucial. But there are also many that are, well, less so. Lessons from the Field. Mapping the Change.

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Our members were privileged to hear their reflections on a unique time in their organizations’ history and how the pandemic’s impact reshaped their future. Everything was immediately canceled so that we could help the restaurant community through the crisis at hand,” Kristine noted. That day, all our plans blew out the window.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. For issues with this, check out Vu Le’s 2015 post “ Weaponized data: How the obsession with data has been hurting marginalized communities.” Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 10, 2016

“Proposition 22: The normal expectation ought to be that success will be very difficult to achieve in cross-sector collaborations.” - John Bryson, et al., "The The Design and Implementation of Cross-Sector Collaborations". Collaboration is emerging as a popular vehicle to solve complicated problems that our communities face.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

You find a local nonprofit in your community that you think might be able to help you find and utilize resources relating to rental assistance. With an attempt nonetheless, you begin to explain in English your needs and the struggles that your community is facing with the hopes of receiving useful support. Why does DEI matter?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

From traditional fundraising methods like membership drives and community events to embracing crowdfunding or corporate partnerships , your plan should include a variety of revenue sources that go beyond simply collecting membership dues. Start by outlining your organizational structures. Don’t stop there!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing. Teampedia -This collection includes many useful team building activities, icebreakers, teamwork resources, and tools for teams that want to improve their collaborative processes, including meetings.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Their mission is to strengthen the philanthropic community by helping nonprofit organizations thrive in today’s dynamic, competitive environment. Partnering together, we collaborate to help people fulfill their passion to make a difference for others. TAG: We work with the entire nonprofit community! TAG: Ah, so many!

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We reflected. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Collaborative Partnerships and Community Support (5 percent). Willingness to collaborate with other funders, infomediaries, and product providers in finding shared technology solutions that ease nonprofits’ burden. We adapted.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media for nonprofits is one of the best ways for organizations to reach out, engage with the community, and promote the work they do. SMART goals are the foundation of your social media strategy and should be tied to building brand awareness, increasing engagement with your community, or raising more funds. Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

Now that we’ve had some time to reflect, I am wondering about how the Sharing Economy will catalyze new forms of philanthropy and CSR? Lucy Bernholz wrote a reflection post Share Conference called “ Sharing Data.” Want to look at structural racism, affordable housing or daycare, or gender and safety issues?

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

The process was a collaboration in itself, with TSNE MissionWorks , and Essential Partners serving as co-hosts. What you see here are a few notes that reflect my individual experience. Studying (and implementing) community-based participatory research methods. __. Sharing responsibility for building the relationship.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Can you describe a time when you had to work with a team to secure a major gift, and how did you manage the collaborative process? Managing Obstacles These questions will require the candidate to reflect on, share their experience with, or describe their approach to major gifts in the ‘real world’ where things don’t follow a perfect plan.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

said Cory Howat, Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. “We That motivation is often centered in a desire to improve communities, said Seth J. Faith-based giving can be deeply reflective of a person’s belief. Katzen, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Delaware. “All

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Each student signed in to the collaborative Google document to indicate that they were in attendance. Collaborative technology is incredible. Throughout the session, we’d divide into smaller groups or pairs to learn from each other more collaboratively. So I started using collaborative Google documents.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

What''s the best way to get formal input from diverse community members? I''ve mostly seen museums employ one of two methods for formal community advisors: Create special "spots" on the board of trustees for certain kinds of community representatives. PRO: gets diverse community members in positions of real authority.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In early 2020, several longstanding NTEN members and community leaders created the first iteration of the NTEN Equity Guide for Nonprofit Technology. But this is what nonprofits do: share research, community standards, methods of service, and more, to elevate the needs of shared constituencies. This is genuinely a good thing.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

How do you develop programs that are responsive to your community in a meaningful way? How do you find out what's important to different communities, and how do you change your plans based on their needs? So we've started a new committee called C3--the Creative Community Committee. Six goals for MAH community programs.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. As you reflect on these questions, feel free to update the answers accordingly in your fundraising plan. How have things been coming along?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

"Adin Miller, a friend and all-around smart guy, wrote a blog post reflecting on James Surowiecki’s talk about the“ Wisdom of Crowds ” at the Communications Network and CommA Fall 2010 Conference. " Tags: Influence Collaboration Communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. But whether you call it “networked” ways of working, “collaboration 2.0” Photo by Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Peer learning is certainly not new, and there is rich insight draw on from the study of communities of practice. How do you set up a peer learning community that can prove valuable to a wide range of participants? Yet, we still have much to learn about how funders can tap the power of peer learning.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Instead editing is, or should be, a collaboration — where multiple perspectives combine to shape content so that it can better connect with audiences. Or do these opening lines just reflect your own process of writing your way to the thing you really wanted to say? Repetitive structure. That’s not how we should approach editing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2012

During the conference, “a small army of guest bloggers [and] grantmakers, who [attended GEO] posted their reflections on the session and LIP in general on my blog. These are here: Bridge Building or Trust Busting: A Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? The learning in public (slides and resources here ).

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The premise is that governing well is essential for strong nonprofits working efficiently and effectively to address critical needs in our communities. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Nonprofit Management / @usdsoles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

I have been reflecting on my system for doing this – looking at the tension between curating one’s network and get things done, but leaving room for serendipity. As far as geekery topics, I’m particularly excited to explore some of the new tools for coping with the ever expanding information on social networks and mobile.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We invite you to join in this extraordinary conference experience and community in the spirit of love, curiosity, and respect for each other and our LGBTQ family. Governing well is one of the most profound ways to help our communities. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / San Francisco, CA / $350.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. He's explicit about different project structures and their implications, listing five levels of participation and three of non-participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

There are many learning theories and can be categorized in different ways: External: These theories take into account self-learning and learning in groups. This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism. Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. They talked about community building. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. We are unapologetic about focusing local.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Part 2 in a 2-part Davos report for the Social Good Community ( See Part 1 here ). And the social good community – across the entire social economy – has powerful potential to ensure that these changes benefit the world. The collaboration and innovative thinking around building a better world I saw at Davos this year encouraged me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. Rick wanted a better way to describe what kinds of projects led to different community outcomes. Wiki users are often collaborators.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

I received a copy of her reflections and asked if I could share it with more people. As an intern, I was working for Bookshare in Chennai, India, as their "on-the-ground" person, doing outreach and helping to establish a structure that will support their service there. Thanks to Anna for saying yes, and for sharing her experiences!

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Because of these nuances and our desire to ensure that every organization’s presence reflects its individual mission and personality, establishing an ownable and unique visual direction for the work is critical. The designer deconstructs the visual elements of the page designs and applies simple HTML values to each. What are stylescapes?

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