Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Make it matter: Even though everyone on a nonprofit’s staff typically knows its mission well, team members’ experiences and goals can be very different – whether its seniority (entry level to executive level), department (fundraising, programmatic, finance and admin), location or another dimension of their experience.

Goal 27

Goal Headline Environment Collaboration 27

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It is important to establish a clear direction as to what you want these new structures to accomplish. If you are hoping to encourage the use of a specific platform, focus solely on that platform and perform the necessary steps to ensure the success of that social entity over time. Migrate legacy information over to new platform.

Program 61

Program Learning Social Learning Environment 61

Connection Cafe

APRIL 17, 2018

Over the years, my experience in a variety of financial leadership roles has led me to the following hypothesis: nonprofit finance is critical to mission success. With mission success comes financial success and, ultimately, long-term organizational sustainability. Completing the Circle. Completing the Circle.

Roles 35

Roles Culture Nonprofit Stream 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Last year, Rick Bonney and a team of educators and science researchers at the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) tackled this question in a project designed to define the structures and benefits of public participation in science research (download the full report as a PDF here.) Wiki users are often collaborators.

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Model Activities Active Activism 98

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

Answers will differ depending on who's asking, but they are also influenced by the designed environment in which questions are asked. The outcome of our conversations is dependent on the diversity of designed environments in which they occur. "Where were you last night?" If someone asked you that question, how would you answer?

Design 31

Design Goal Difference Platform 31

CauseVox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

That is why crafting compelling narratives that help the donor see their place in the story are so powerful. That is why selecting the right fundraising strategies and crafting a comprehensive plan for the year is imperative for your success. Mixing both story and statistics will help you create a powerful proposal.

Strategy 82

Strategy Organization Fundraising Grant 82

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And really appreciate the opportunity to share my experiences on the frontlines working on these campaigns with all of you here today. They bring a diverse set of experiences, skills, talents, perspectives. And what is expected of them to be successful on your board and for your organization.

Leadership 62

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 62

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Our essential intention is to cultivate partnerships of grassroots women who are working at the community level on issues of environmental sustainability and social justice, so that they can really find opportunities to collaborate and to exchange best practices, exchange resources, and really build a collective agenda.

Green 40

Green Global Action Network 40

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. We had incredible success transforming our institution into a vibrant cultural center. They are artists whose experience deserves a home in our institution alongside painters, photographers, and sculptors.

Build 20

Build Community Museum Artist 20

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE uses a collaborative, rather than top-down model, to serve refugees' needs, and much has been written in the blogosphere and media about Erickson's "radical transparency" around the organization's financial challenges. You use a process that on your website was described as the, "collaborative project planning process."

Interview 40

Interview Sudan Africa Congo 40

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

She’s also the founder of The Rooted Collaborative, which I think she’s going to tell you more about later on. And as Steven mentioned, my baby that I released into the world is The Rooted Collaborative. Flat structures have hidden hierarchy. Y’all are in for a super awesome treat over the next hour or so.

Management 91

Management Work Video Slides 91

Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

We also are practical, and agile, and collaborative. So, let’s close that, and I will pass the mic virtually over to Francis to kick us off with a story. So, going into my story here, for this story, we’re going to go all the way back to March of 2020. Can you relate to that story? Francis Johnson: Sure.

Policy 102

Policy Team Virtual Tech 102

Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Among other highlights, it was an honor to lead the ambitious AR project Lumin , which helped us, and the field at large, to confirm that it is possible to create meaningful AR experiences , even when technology has some catching up to do. Both projects received awards by AAM. Swarupa Anila, and Ken Morris.

Museum 22

Museum Detroit Arts Leadership 22

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And I really wanted to do this session because grants can feel so mysterious to so many nonprofit leaders, even ones that have some degree of grant success. . Development directors who wear many hats, entry-level grant staff who don’t have much experience, and even program staff who get thrown into grant-writing roles.

Grant 76

Grant Lesson Tips Video 76

Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

I've become convinced that successful paths to participation in museums start with self-identification. If you want visitors to share stories or personal expression in your institution, you need to respect them as individuals who have something of value to contribute. Who is the "me" in the museum experience?

Museum 20

Museum Personal Experiment Profile 20

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

They also have a deliberate approach to connecting with specific audiences and managing their experience. And, if building this successful communications engine is a cake, which, you know, I like to think of things in cake terms, what are the ingredients that help you bake that cake? Your brief can even be a sentence or two.

Build 124

Build Video New York City Communication 124

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

We’re sort of in this kind of hybrid environment related to COVID. And so now you’re seeing that, “Okay, there’s a chance for us to be successful in this space.” And I think Steven was right. We’re not exactly post-COVID yet. And this is really the meat.

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Grant Build Video Strategy 117

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

We also work with groups like Oxfam and their Make Trade Fair Campaign , Doctors without Borders , the ACLU , Global Exchange and this summer will be collaborating with Witness , Greenpeace , the NRDC and others. I took a few groups out on Warped Tour in the summer of 2002 as an experiment, and things have just sort of grown since.

Teach 40

Teach Campaign Info Volunteer 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2014

We seek to identify, test, and co-create new ways of engaging individuals more deeply to protect the environment and promote peace. The Mobilisation Lab works with Greenpeace and its partners on the following services: Mobilisation Strategy and Design :: creative and collaborative workshops with multidisciplinary teams.

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Journal Change Learning Technology 101

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

We've been friends since we were seven, so we already had a very long collaborative history. We put up a website; we did not even have any practical experience in the field, but we put up a website and said that we only serve progressive non-profits. Sometimes it's very successful, and yet there is no real formula for it.

Storytelling 40

Storytelling Causes Interview Free 40

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

And so I thought well, it seems like if we're going to actually change the human patterns that are so severely impacting our environment and communities around the world, maybe there are some other ways to do it. So the more that we can create institutions and structures and organizations that do just that.

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Podcast Interview Action Network 40