sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

No matter your role, the following 10 simple fundraising tips are guaranteed to improve your effectiveness. Professional fundraisers usually rely on data and collaborative planning to establish campaign fundraising goals. Tell a Powerful (and Personal) Story Humans are hardwired for narrative. Stories help us pay attention.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

We know that technology can play an essential role in reimagining a new system that benefits families and communities alike. A comprehensive solution will require a collective effort, and creative collaboration across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. But technology alone isn’t the answer.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

This framework not only breaks down the components of the key seven indicators of school quality, but it also serves as a practical guide for educators who are designing and operating school models to fulfill a community’s shared vision of student success.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

In the panel Rethinking Strategy: The Intersection of Impact, Brand, and Business Model, three experts defined these terms and illustrated their use for effective nonprofit communications. Minch accomplished this using two main methods: Looking beyond how work is done to the difference it makes by telling stories about the people served.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. Platform builder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

What does it take for women to flourish in leadership roles today? Create a healthy team environment that personifies your organization’s values and is supportive and collaborative. Lead inclusively by modeling it for others and creating a culture of equity. What stories are you repeating in your head about who you ‘should be’?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. Platform builder.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

From scientists to politicians, activists to storytellers, women have always played a major role in shaping society into what it is today. This year, the theme has been designated as “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.” Donate to support the Women Business Collaborative here. Donate to the fund here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes, video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2018

In our interviews, we heard stories of physical attacks on clinics, on individuals being served, and on staff. Larger nonprofits like the ACLU face the opposite challenge, as they grapple with how to absorb donations driven by political headlines and aspire to step into a larger role on behalf of under-resourced communities.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2003, my collaborator Stephanie and I began an excavation, declaring nothing for sale. George will respond to comments on this post and is also reachable here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Spinning off projects when they reach sustainability, and when doing so would allow them to better achieve their mission, is all part of the Benetech model. I want to especially highlight the role of the Oak Foundation in supporting this transition and continuing to support both Benetech and HRDAG for the next two years.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

To do so, they need to be skilled collaborators, adept at bringing diverse perspectives together, and confident in their abilities to collaboratively steward supporters at every touchpoint along the ladder of engagement with other teams, departments, and senior leadership. Get Everyone Aligned Around the Culture of Philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Despite having modeled institutionalized sharing for literally centuries ( hello, public libraries! ) In some models, it's not sharing that's taking place at all; it's renting a commodity owned by the community, rather than owned by the company. What role does the social sector play?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. There were many ideas, but all agreed sharing success stories from NGOs in their country was important.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If a staff member looks at an organizational goal and doesn’t see how their role plays a part – or how working on it will make their job easier or better – they’re less likely to engage or support leadership in moving it forward. It’s important for leadership to tie strategic goals to the various motivations and outcomes of their staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. The members of these networks are intentional about building, strengthening, and maintaining relationships with one another that generates collaborative activities together. Resources: What is the network’s funding model?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. What’s our role? Instead of asking what’s our role, let’s look at what the opportunity is. What is it about?

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Join Krista, Libby, Lisa and many more inspirational speakers at the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions for sessions dedicated to nonprofit wellbeing and resilience. A: With many nonprofit leaders holding multiple hats and roles in their organizations, we constantly hear that they are exhausted. Get Registered Now for Free.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

Whether I’m talking about my role at NetSquared , my blog , or my network of friends, I am inspired every day and find value in, and rewards for, my participation. you are interested in collaborating (not dictating). Messages shouldn’t just be about you, stories shouldn’t just be about you. —– I love my community.

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Achieve

AUGUST 28, 2016

Here’s how: People who can tell your organization’s story. Ask them why they have been successful and what kind of role your organization should be playing in terms of building a movement. Look for opportunities to collaborate and to introduce your organization’s stakeholders to these movement builders. Don’t panic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them. What was most exciting for me was to finally meet three people in person after following their writing, blogs, and books for almost a decade.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

We are also doing far more to spread the word about technology for rights activists, often in close collaboration with major partners in the human rights field such as Human Rights Watch and WITNESS. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website. Photo credit: Katy Steinmetz, TIME Magazine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Mary Joyce leads a session on digital activism using the Story of Electronics. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. It is important to add this framing.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

What are they like: what are the demographics, the data, the stories? Lastly, you’ll want to identify what roles are needed. This is an excerpt from a blog post I wrote quite a while ago that compares the roles of gardeners and landscapers in the context of community building. The first step: Who’s your community? No Short Cuts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

” I was lucky enough to collaborate with Janet McIntyre , a nonprofit leadership coach and Jeffrey Golde , Adjunct Professor of Management: Columbia Business School, along with Abe Flores from AFTA. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

From the English book review : " In the third chapter, "Thinking about change in five different colors", Caluwé and Vermaak introduce their color model. The five ways of thinking addressed by the model include different views on what the authors say, "why and how people or things change" (p. Can social media play a role in this?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

He adds that the old model for a leader – a top-down, unilateral, single-focus boss, isn’t effective in today’s workplace. That old model no longer attracts talent, invites collaboration, or gets the best results from the team. Be available to connect with the person, and not just the person in their role to make them feel seen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Transmedia immerses an audience in a story’s universe through a number of dispersed entry points, providing a comprehensive and coordinated experience of a complex story. Does your organization have access to the technology tools and skills as well as the capacity to collaborate beyond your organization's firewall?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Many of this latter group of are veterans of what Extraordinaries’ Jacob Colker calls the “Command & Control Model” – programs that seek to control the relationship of the volunteer with the organization and/or cause. Opportunity Design is the process of understanding the required skills and experience for a given volunteer role.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

WORTH Trust uses a two-pronged model that addresses challenges faced by people with different abilities at various levels. With this unique cross-subsidy model, WORTH aims to mainstream children like Arjun by providing them with training and employment. Success Through Collaboration: NASSCOM Foundation Partners with TechSoup.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

There’s a thriving debate about the role computers should play in children’s museums, with many professionals sounding the alarm about the negative impact of exchanging screen time for tactile environments. Why haven't children's museums pushed past the 1970s model? To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. To model and practice integrating the use of social media tools and networked approaches to document, deliver, and share learning. February 27, 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

Media and narrative play significant roles in creating and building these platforms. The fact is that the more people are exposed to stories around a cause and the ideas behind theories of change, the more likely that change will be effected or you'll influence the people who can help create impact. The Story of Stuff.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

There are several areas to target for increased collaboration: Human Resources, Marketing, Communications, Executive Team. Offer profile/success stories for employee communications. Locate the right person in HR and conduct an open exploratory to discover how CSR can support and collaborate with HR. Human Resources.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

El Museo Reimaginado is a collaborative effort of museum professionals in North and South America to explore museums' potential as community catalysts. Everyone seemed to agree on two basic concepts: that museums should embrace community co-creation AND that museums can play significant roles in city-making.

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