BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

One of a board member’s main roles—while rarely discussed—is to support the executive director (ED). For help understanding this complex relationship, we turned to nonprofit consultant and author Susan Schaefer in this week’s blog. Is Your Board Properly Supporting Your Executive Director.

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Director Support Roles Relationship 40

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Some foundation executive directors form peer coaching circles with other Eds to help each other meet specific challenges or embrace new opportunities. When funders come together and share insights from reading grant applications and from conversations with local nonprofits, they see patterns and trends emerge.

Collaboration 97

Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 97

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

This will help shape your conversations, strategies, and goals. Remember, working with a consultant or a facilitator will require resources, which may be limited. Remember, working with a consultant or a facilitator will require resources, which may be limited. Engage with a DEI professional. Create a plan of action.

Arizona 52

Arizona Strategy Facilitation Phoenix 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. Senior Consultant, Slalom. Today, she uses her consulting skills and ethnographic experience to help clients on their sustainability journeys. What Ideas Were Generated? Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Emma Visman. Imelda Awino.

Hunger 52

Hunger Global Impact Rwanda 52

Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

Mary Sumners, Vice President of Annual Giving, Kennari Consulting – Mary’s areas of expertise include annual giving strategies, capital campaign management, and board and volunteer committee support. About Kennari Consulting. Kennari Consulting helps nonprofits build relationships with donors by creating passionate advocates.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Nonprofit Campaign Consultant 98

Blue Fox

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If you are a nonprofit executive director or a development professional who’s tasked with writing grant proposals, you’ve probably thought to yourself: there must be a better way. We are happy to include that in our free consultation Let’s schedule time! Have you considered the benefits?

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Classes Grant Chart Tips 78

sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

They point out that if you calculate your ROI for an annual fundraising program the same way every year, you will have an effective comparative way to evaluate its effectiveness. You calculate the campaign’s overall expenses (including consultants, events, communications, materials, staffing, etc.) Capital Campaigns and ROI.

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ROI Campaign Gift Metrics 77

.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

This comprehensive exploration of your digital systems could include evaluating security, network functions, system management, user experience, and overall performance. Kevin Ordonez,orgSource’s Managing Director of Digital Strategy, explains what you have to gain from an assessment this way. We start with a conversation.

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Technology Evaluation Attitude System 221

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 74

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 15th).

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Hunger Web America Case Study 120

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Partners typically fall into one or more of these categories: Consultation services. Some consultants also offer ongoing support, which can be essential for managing your software solutions long-term without needing to hire a new internal team member. What is the Blackbaud Partner Marketplace?

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Blackbaud Integration Nonprofit Platform 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

I went to the Learning in Public session expecting to hear that the process the Packard Foundation used to evaluate their capacity building work was wildly successful. In true GEO style, Kathy Reich and Jared Raynor, the evaluator from TCC Group shared what worked and what didn’t…and what they plan to do in the future.

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Public Action Challenge Learning 93

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

About De’Yonté Wilkinson: De’Yonté is the Director of Site Builds at Cornershop Creative. He’s spent the last three years specializing in WordPress and conversion optimization, and is an active proponent of coding guidelines. Lastly, when searching for a web builder, you should evaluate its user-friendliness and scalability.

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Websites Social Media Search Nonprofit 59

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 24, 2013

Stop telling your executive director to lower the salary they can offer a talented development director, not to spend money on technology, or to use volunteers when they need experts. Then make the case for why a development director, or a strategic plan, or an evaluation study, or new technology will grow the results your.

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Gift Giving Oregon Nonprofit 92

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Are you ready to evaluate the success of your major gifts program? As a development director or major gifts officer, you’re well aware of the importance of large gifts. But, to be honest, carefully tracking and evaluating each and every point would be more stress than it’s worth! Overview of Major Gift Fundraising Data.

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Metrics Gift Track Tech 52

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. The board chair and the executive director are the interface between the board and the staff.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Policy Advocacy Awareness 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Museum 2.0

MAY 6, 2016

Five years ago, I left the consulting world to take the helm at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) at a time of crisis and change. The theory of change has been invaluable as a "playbook" that we use to guide programming decisions, evaluation protocols, and marketing messages about our impact. and it feels amazing.

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Museum Director Arts History 20

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

" That blog entry came about because she and I had a long conversation about what kinds of skills nonprofit technology providers needed, and what we felt was missing. I realize that we’ve been having this conversation ever since NTC used to be called the "Circuit Rider Roundup."

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Open Source Conversation RSS Teach 100

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Michaela Hackner, Project Director, Forum One Communications. Is Content Strategy a fancy term invented by consultants? Invented by consultants? Using all of the information you captured during the content audit, you can evaluate your content’s quality. Are you conversational, formal, academic, cutesy? Fancy term?

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Content Strategy Question Calendar 83

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

By Rob Leighton , Executive Director and Founder at iMission Institute – a social sector marketing agency and technology consulting firm specializing in helping nonprofits raise more money, fire up engagement, and streamline work. About the Sponsor iMission is a social sector marketing agency and a nonprofit technology consulting firm.

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Marketing Fundraising Test Nonprofit 193

.orgSource

MARCH 25, 2024

In my role as a consultant, these are four core qualities that I’ve observed. Keep the conversation meaningful with an honest discussion about strengths, weaknesses, and progress that avoids judgment. Smart leaders take an approach that is outward-facing and altruistic. What chemistry creates an exceptional team?

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Attitude Skills Environment Team 221

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We got the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Elizabeth Dove, the Director of Corporate Citizenship for Volunteer Canada. The conversation then shifted to creative ways to give employees opportunities, with a recognition that giving back can have a very positive impact on the mental health of the giver. We’re here to help!

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Canada Volunteer Virtual Companies 27

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

They do a lot of really great consulting and placement if that is something that is of a need from you. I’m with Bright Street Solutions, a full-service consulting and placement firm in Birmingham, Alabama. Hey, I’m Brian O’Neal executive director of Third Lens Ministries a nonprofit based in Atlanta.

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Campaign Video Project Process 92

Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2013

Rapid-fire presentations followed by honest conversation. I''m also hoping while in Baltimore to have conversations to explore a few of these topics: Social bridging: how to design for it, how to assess it, who it works for, who it doesn''t. Small-scale evaluation for non-professionals. No, really. Let me know.

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Baltimore Museum New York Mentoring 33

Care2

APRIL 5, 2011

Join Jeff Regen of M+R Strategic Services, Adam Scruggs of the Human Rights Campaign and Justin Perkins of Care2, and hear them discuss how rapid, multichannel conversion strategies can turn your new online supporters into multichannel donors. See case studies and data on what’s working and what’s not.

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South Africa Colorado Congo Case Study 59

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

All accounts created after January 2018 must have conversion tracking in place in Google Ads and need to have at least one meaningful conversion per month. You should set up the conversion in Google Analytics and import it into Google Ads. Use Maximize Conversions for at least one Campaign. Use Lots of Keywords.

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Google Grant Guide Nonprofit 347

NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

From there, you can start to understand where to begin conversations. Start planting the seed now for including someone in those conversations who can bring a strategic technology perspective, whether it's you or one of your colleagues. If you burst into your Executive Director's office to tell her that "RHEL 3.0

Tech 86

Tech NTC Listserv NTEN 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." It takes some action learning, small focused experiments where you track, evaluate, and learn from before investing more time and effort. Look at your data for answers. The Case Study.

Case Study 50

Case Study Social Network Philippines Advice 50

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I bike to work and at least once every couple of weeks it’s Lindsay having an awesome conversation with somebody that speeds up that commute for me. Really cool conversations, lots of different topics, social justice, criminal justice, I think you talked about last week. . – [Steven] Yeah. – [Lindsay] Yup.

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People Community Video Podcast 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Works with measurement consultants or specialists to improve skills and capacity. Works with measurement consultants or specialists to improve skills and capacity or to commission independent study and provides training and professional development for staff. Celebrates successes by sharing measurement data across the organization.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 4, 2015

through conversations, a perusal of board minutes, attendance at meetings and possibly a self-assessment. Make routine use of external consultants to infuse talent. Many people ‘want to do it right,’ and I’d rather see a more relaxed confidence emerge where you try a few things, evaluate, change course as may be required.

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Fundraising Summary Gift ROI 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

This was really important – hearing colleagues talk about their posts being read by EPA officials or members of international negotiating teams made the point in a way no consultant could. But I’m most pleased that EDF staff are evaluating how blogging will help achieve their goals, not just blogging for the sake of it.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Remix Social 94

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

If you reach the end of this guide and determine that you could use some additional help getting started, consider partnering with a nonprofit marketing consultant. Explore Team DNL’s nonprofit marketing consulting services to learn more. Typical nonprofit conversion metrics include: Completed donations. Speak with stakeholders.

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Digital Strategy Create Phase 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Return on Investment is what many executive directors may be thinking when social media strategy comes up. What's Up With Feedburner by Beth Kanter Google Analytics Primer sponsored by NTEN with screencast and wiki created by Beth Kanter Using Postrank To Evaluate the Top Content on my blog by Beth Kanter. Inquiries for consulting.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 I was looking for the big conversation – why are we doing this anyway? Is it still just in the pursuit of “efficiency&# ?

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Summary Consultant NTC Technology 100

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2021

As little as a decade ago, when I left my last full-time Director of Development gig, it wasn’t uncommon to hire one person as the Online Fundraising Manager or Digital Communications Manager. . — Reinier Spruit , Fundraising Practitioner and Consultant. Invest in evaluation tools. Tip: Don’t get freaked out by technology.

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Digital Marketing Fundraising Strategy 97