Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Together, participants collaborate, innovate, and discover new ways to spark change with technology. We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. The annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is NTEN’s signature technology event. Rethinking Your Digital Ecosystem from the Ground Up.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

This past November, I had the pleasure of being in the audience when my colleague, Catherine LaCour, gave a talk on the Social Economy and posed the question—“ How will we build a better world? ” She described a road map for the future, with one of its superhighways being a focus on “radical collaboration.”.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. Hildy Gottlieb’s Pollyanna Principles are a great place to start if you want to learn more about how you can evaluate and identify your organizational goals (and larger view) in a way to successfully design projects, programs and even partnerships for real impact.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

” Impact investors, social entrepreneurs, foundations, and global NPOs come together with the goal of furthering social, environmental, and economically sustainable solutions. Among this year’s many themes, I want to highlight two: (1) Impact Investing and (2) Measurement & Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. The focus was on learning about "Network Effectiveness" and the specific topics included strategies for network impact, approaches to evaluating networks and tools for accelerating and assessing network impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We would like to give a huge acknowledgment to our dynamic guests who jumped right in: Renato Almanzor from LeaderSpring, Marla Cornelius from CompassPoint, Beth Kanter (yes, Beth of the Networked Nonprofit), Kathy Reich from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Odin Zackman, former LLC board founder of DIG IN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Last week at the Packard Foundation, I finally had an opportunity to meet Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor face-to-face. I first came across their thinking and work on building social networks for social change via the resources section on the Barr Foundation web site back in 2006. And, of course, what metrics to use.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While there are many technology consultants available, take the time to evaluate what they specialize in and the services they provide. Be sure to include evaluating consultants in your timeline, as this process can often take weeks to months. Remember that software implementation is a collaborative process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Do nonprofits and foundations listen to the people they seek to help and act on what they hear? And, more disturbingly, even though a majority of foundation CEOs believe seeking beneficiary feedback will increase their impact, fewer than half of nonprofits receive funding to collect feedback. Carefully Map Out Timing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. The project is under the visionary leadership of Cheryl [.]

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Forum One

MARCH 6, 2009

Last week at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation a group of 23 folks who manage Global Health data met to talk about common issues and best practices. Some of the key issues: how to get researchers, institutions, and governments to share and collaborate on their work. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

What’s the foundation of CDSI? Think of it like this: In “Community-driven Social Impact,” the driving is up to the community; but you can act as the vehicle and event the map for those “drivers.” From listening, to creating to evaluating and then back to the listening again so that you can modify and then evaluate, and so on.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. All You Need is Love.

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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. Synergistic Collaboration: Who are you aligned partners online/offline?

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2009

Flickr Photo: akakumo Yesterday, I had the privilege of sharing the stage at an event on cloud computing hosted by the Salesforce.com/Foundation , Facebook, and Google. I'll confess that I owe the genesis of my thinking around this to Steve Wright at the Saleforce.com/Foundation. You've noticed this, I'm sure.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Philanthropy and knowledge work have a long history, from demonstration projects to evaluation to the encouragement of learning communities and grantee learning networks. Mapping the Nature of Our Questions Mapping the nature of a question can help us to design or select questions that most directly connect to desired change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Funding Perspectives: New Initiatives Connie Yowell (MacArthur Foundation), Franklin Madison (ITAC), Chinwe Onyekere (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), Jee Kim (Surdna Foundation); moderated by Suzanne Seggerman (Games for Change) Description How can funders with a specific social goal ensure they get a useful game?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

That word change supports co-design, it encourages collaboration, and it ensures engagement. We can provide a map, the vehicle, and even the road snacks, but the community needs to be the driver. The community will see that you aren’t making changes, aren’t communicating, and aren’t collaborating and will disengage.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2015

This week, Ian David Moss and I are each writing blog posts about our collaborative process to develop a theory of change at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. A little over a year ago, we received a three-year grant from the James Irvine Foundation to strengthen our commitment to community engagement.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This evaluation isn’t just about numbers; it’s a vital step in determining your ROI , and helping you make informed decisions about repeating or refining strategies. Engage in strategic partnerships, like teaming up with a local business for sponsorships or collaborating on workplace volunteering initiatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And so before their case for support was even dry, before they mapped out their gift tables, their leadership team was. . That’s our internal evaluation of are they even ready? Here’s how much it’s going to take for us to break ground,” and invite that donor, that foundation to come sit down with them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2021

Technology has an important role to play in solving the world’s biggest issues, but for trafficking in particular, technology is a foundational piece to solving the problem — for everything from tracking offenders to supporting the survivors who are critical to developing a more victim-centered solution. How are you combating trafficking?

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. There is a big difference between a federal application and then a private corporate foundation application. This is through the Kellogg Foundation.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Director of foundation relations, so you’ll probably know a few things we talk about today. Looking for foundations that fund similar organizations means that those foundations might be well aligned for you as well. Foundation Directory Online, which I’ve listed as number one, is our very favorite. Fantastic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Maine Health Access Foundation did an experiment on Facebook , including it in its channel to promote a funding opportunity but also posted the initial letters of inquiry on their Facebook page to get feedback. .&# Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Access to capital has been growing over the past ten years, and international collaboration is increasing in order to build a stronger infrastructure to support impact investing. This should be evident through consistent reporting, structured platforms and networks, and aggregated data around mapped outcomes. But it’s not that easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Last week, as part of my work at the Packard Foundation as visiting scholar I had the opportunity to participate in a face-to-face convening of the "Network of Network Funders," facilitated by the Monitor Institute. They think about the network structure, evaluation, communication, training, opportunities, and reflection.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The memorandum outlined the three pillars of open government thereby narrowing the discussion to transparency, participation, and collaboration. USAID contractors collect enormous amounts of valuable data as part of research, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation activities. Vote for this Idea]. Vote for this Idea].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The analytics tools will also evaluate your posts to deduce the best possible times to share your content. Loomly is an online social media calendar that allows multiple users to collaborate from one master calendar. Mapme is a web-based platform for creating, sharing, and embedding online maps. Social Media. Cureo :: cureo.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

The analytics tools will also evaluate your posts to deduce the best possible times to share your content. Mapme is a web-based platform for creating, sharing, and embedding online maps. Dropbox is a cloud storage service (sometimes referred to as an online backup service) that is frequently used for file sharing and collaboration.

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