sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

While our upcoming session at bbcon 2023 will focus on where the tools are, we also hope to help shape conversations about where generative AIs are headed. Imagine being able to ask your AI to review all your saved topics and suggest alternatives and improvements based on related assessments and grades. See you at #bbcon.

Generation 99

Generation Education Blackbaud Model 99

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Book Reviews October 21, 2007 I read three books recently that I thought would be worth reviewing here. One of which is something I would love to talk with other consultants (and clients, too) about.

Review 100

Review Open Source Consultant Profit 100

sgEngage

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Join these K–12 luminaries for a genuine conversation on building school culture and thriving in a time of significant change: Ray Cross, Director of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid/Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at St. How are we keeping staff and faculty engaged when burnout and recession loom?

Professional 79

Professional Guide Blackbaud Children 79

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Choose a board of directors A nonprofit’s board of directors is a governing body typically made up of unpaid volunteers who set policies, determine strategic priorities, and provide oversight. After a thorough review process, you’ll be ready to select your nonprofit’s board.

Nonprofit 83

Nonprofit Files Policy Software 83

sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

That includes the CEO or executive director and the board of directors. They will not shy away from difficult conversations and assess how they, as individuals, might need to change their own thinking. Start By Reviewing Common Practices. Leadership: DEI Starts at the Top. Build a Peer Network.

Application 101

Application Grant Evaluation Practice 101

Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This might be your organization’s event manager for the volunteers executing your yearly fundraisers, the Executive Director working with their Board Members on the program’s initiatives, or your Grant Writer coordinating the organization’s program funding goals. Try to keep discussions to relevant project conversations.

Project 105

Project Communication Management Doc 105

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. Reflect on past efforts.

Arizona 52

Arizona Strategy Facilitation Phoenix 52

NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.) Risa sums up the value of a collaborative approach: "Our staff conversations about ways to utilize social media are creative and energizing. Podcasts and Slidecasts are placed into a shared Dropbox folder for review.

Social Media 96

Social Media Collaboration Org Media 96

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Raise the Roots Brandon Fuller, chief strategist For starters, we always encourage partners to go ahead and create as much content as possible at the start of an advocacy campaign to ensure copyediting, reviews, approvals, and production can happen all at once. Protecting the environment or cutting taxes for billionaires?”

Advocacy 143

Advocacy Local Audience Poll 143

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. You should also review your current base of supporters and determine their capacity for increasing their support. The budget.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Nonprofit Campaign Consultant 98

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 8, 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. A nonprofit’s board of directors can be its most powerful asset for fundraising growth. About Kennari Consulting.

Ideas 52

Ideas Roles Nonprofit Consultant 52

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. ​ If anything, let’s review your chart of accounts and class set up. Here’s how you know when.

Classes 78

Classes Grant Chart Tips 78

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Clearly Identify Duties and Responsibilities Begin this process of identifying a role’s purpose by: Having a conversation with the manager who oversees the position. For example, “The program director must have excellent communication skills and a proven ability to delegate and motivate others.”

Job 59

Job Roles Skills Nonprofit 59

Twenty Hats

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

That was the advice I received 25 years ago from an experienced volunteer director. Three years ago I worked with a consultant and created a volunteer leadership development program for adults 55 and older. Great conversations, connections, energy, and laughter flowed through the room! Give away the good stuff. Double ouch.

Volunteer 75

Volunteer Americorp Leadership Maryland 75

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Ideally, every three to five years, your board and staff directors will meet to realign regarding goals and begin the strategic planning process. For instance, say your organization has an incredible grant writer, an excellent executive director, a communicative and empathetic major gift officer, and very capable fundraisers.

Examples 120

Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The good news is that almost every system we reviewed will allow your visitors to comment on articles or other site content, but accepting comments is only half of the process—you also want to be able to maintain some sense of order to prevent the distracting free-for-all an unmoderated comments section turn into.

Websites 104

Websites Social Facilitation RSS 104

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Other studies, articles, and informal conversations show that the issue of staff turnover in the sector is clearly on the minds of nonprofit professionals. Be sure to review your training program, and make sure you have the right options in place for your nonprofit. The effects of employee turnover at nonprofits can be big.

Training 52

Training Train Software Impact 52

Blue Fox

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If so, when is the last time your leadership team reviewed the policy? HOW TO START AN OPERATING RESERVE As with most strategic decisions, the first step is to broach the conversation with your board and/or finance committee. Authors: Blue Fox CEO, Chantal Sheehan and Blue Fox Director of Marketing, Chelsea Clementi.

Policy 78

Policy Sample Nonprofit Review 78

Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

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. When finding the right consultant, be sure to look for someone who understands nonprofits.

WordPress 52

WordPress Plugin Nonprofit Analytics 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

NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Lead Organizers are planning an orientation next year for the many group organizers to connect virtually and also during the 22NTC Community Conversations. I am from and currently live in Pittsburgh, PA, and am an elected public school board director. Let’s get to know the new Lead Organizers. Lead Organizers for Tech Clubs.

Organization 46

Organization New York City Denver NTEN 46

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a development director or major gifts officer, you’re well aware of the importance of large gifts. These gifts require impactful, one-on-one conversations between your team and prospects. You may want to consider working with a nonprofit consulting firm that specializes in major gift fundraising to set these goals.

Metrics 52

Metrics Gift Track Tech 52

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

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. And through the included Consultant Directory, you can find a professional to help define and implement your strategy."

Web 114

Web Bookmarking Twitter Social Media 114

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Each person of the knowledge team—the board chair, the executive director, marketing and administrative staff, and a community diversity and engagement consultant—came together in conversations about what mattered most in the organization’s work and what data could be collected to illuminate how their work was progressing.

Knowledge 72

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 72

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.”.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 17, 2012

Norman, MBA, Director of Research, Behavioral. Imagine my surprise when in my new position as Director of Research, Behavioral Health and Wellness, I was subjected to audits by not one or two regulatory bodies, but by four: the Food and Drug Administration, the State, the County, and the Regional Behavioral Health Authority.

Phoenix 86

Phoenix Files Badge Analysis 86

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Often, they had to pay a consultant to help them set up their database and teach them how to use it. Even with the consultant’s help, they had to endure a lengthy implementation period; it was months before the system was set up. This keeps all conversations focused. Their team found its solution in Bloomerang.

Software 88

Software Free Tools Adobe 88

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

So if you have to leave early or maybe you get interrupted, or you just want to review the content later on, maybe share it with a friend or a colleague you’ll be able to do that because I’m going to send you the recording also going to send out the slides. And this is one where these guys definitely have a lot of knowledge.

Campaign 92

Campaign Video Project Process 92

BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

BoardSource, the country’s leading nonprofit governance consultants, provides some great advice in this week’s guest post. Having this standing committee become more active will force the right conversations about roles and responsibilities, composition, orientation, effectiveness, and the right leadership.

Government 40

Government Children Attitude Aggregator 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

ReviewBasics is a collaborative editing and reviewing tool. I’ve perused the demos, and it does look like it would be useful for reviews of things like specs, wireframes, etc. I started a little Twitter conversation about it, and people seemed intrigued. at 11:06 am Hi Michelle, Thank you for your review of ReviewBasics!

Open Source 111

Open Source Convio Benchmark RSS 111

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

During the conversation, Melissa shared a few of here top tips to help other organizations best leverage #GivingTuesday for year-end fundraising. During the session “Crush Your Year-End Fundraising in the New Normal,” nonprofit consultant Pamela Grow provides a template for effectively running your year-end fundraising campaign.

Fundraising 79

Fundraising Social Media Sponsor Mail 79

Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

I’m here with our Art Director, Devyn Taylor. And I made a decision to, in consultation with you guys as well, of course, to bring in this archival tape, because there was archival tape of Amy Cooper’s phone call to the police. This article references the book The Politics of Design. Good morning, Devyn. How are you?

Images 92

Images Audio Sound Voice 92

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Michaela Hackner, Project Director, Forum One Communications. Is Content Strategy a fancy term invented by consultants? Invented by consultants? Are you conversational, formal, academic, cutesy? Tools include editorial calendars, content workflows, style guides, and editorial reviews. Fancy term?

Content 83

Content Strategy Question Calendar 83

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help and Consultations. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Bordeaux, France: Les Personas pour Optimiser Votre Conversion. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Allegheny.

Netsquared 54

Netsquared United Kingdom San Francisco Tanzania 54

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. Bob says, “The data should tell us whether or not the program is effective.”.

Culture 115

Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

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." In addition, have a conversation with the three people who joined you - what did you learn? Read Allison Fine's Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age (I reviewed here ).

Case Study 50

Case Study Social Network Philippines Advice 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

as well as newsgroups, commerce sites (like Amazon), review sites, forums, and news groups, and even searches the general Web to find out where your people are and what they’re doing online. An interesting conversation ensued on the list – with some arguing that this was a problematic thing.

Public 100

Public Widget Open Source Demographics 100