Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. The guide below covers the key steps to running a Facebook fundraising ad campaign from start to finish, including set-up, monitoring and evaluating success after completion. 1) Set up a conversion event and create a campaign.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Before you partner with a nonprofit tech consultant, complete the following steps to ensure your team is well-prepared for the evaluation. This budget should include the cost of the assessment itself, such as any consulting fees, as well as the cost of investing in software optimizations (new software, data hygiene efforts, etc.).

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Before beginning a full rebrand, it’s worth evaluating why your nonprofit is considering this in the first place. Be prepared: the research phase may take weeks or even months to complete, but it’s important groundwork to lay for an effective nonprofit rebranding effort. Your audience’s perception of your nonprofit will change.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 9, 2020

It’s important to understand several concepts before evaluating the cost of a new AMS system. Consider if you will upgrade the AMS yourself or pay a consultant to do it for you. With these ideas in mind, here are three things I would want to know before purchasing a new AMS system: The vocabulary. But, that is not always possible.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 13, 2021

In this phase, we start by questioning and seeing what gives us pivotal knowledge. During this phase, it’s important to spend time determining and designing solutions for specific goals. Success | In this phase, we evaluate. The process flows like this: Insights | This is the beginning of the process.

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Achieve

MARCH 31, 2021

This exploratory study, conducted by a third-party fundraising consultant, gauges your (and your donors’) readiness for a capital campaign. Give yourself plenty of time to plan and host them during your campaign’s public phase. for spreading the word about your campaign during its public phase. virtual events. online auctions.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Before committing to a collaborative venture, you evaluate each potential partner to ensure alignment with your organization’s mission, values, and goals. Think creatively about how existing programs can be monetized or leveraged in some way, such as through training workshops or consulting services.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

They are setting the stage for transparent communication when evaluating compatibility and complementary “value exchange between partners” are in effect. There are six strategic recommendations as noted in La Piana ’s consultation map to ensure your nonprofit’s cross-sector collaboration efforts get a strong start. Recommendations.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 29, 2021

While it is important to take into account an organization’s culture and what they have going on at the moment, as a consultant, the latter option can break your heart. Many of the LCRM customers are evaluating whether they move from LCRM and Luminate Online at the same time or take a more phased approach.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

So, to help these ideas come to life, our next phase will focus on working directly with farmers and those in the field to get their feedback, and shape a useful, scalable, sustainable solution. Senior Consultant, Slalom. Today, she uses her consulting skills and ethnographic experience to help clients on their sustainability journeys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Maybe the scaffolding for learning in public for an evaluation goes something like this: Transparent: This is the first step to make learning products visible. Maybe it takes the form of consultants using the findings to examine their own practice and improve it. Maybe it leads to other collaborative creation.

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Everyaction

MAY 30, 2018

Because of these principles, the process of evaluating and deciding on investments such as technology tools can be difficult for many nonprofits, because it requires a complicated process of weighing short term costs with long term benefits, while keeping multiple stakeholders happy.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The needs assessment is a learning and listening phase. How will you evaluate your results and measure impact? Consider hiring a consultant to help you establish a fundraising plan that will help you make sure you can cover your costs. Consider working with a branding consultant to get this just right.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Philanthropy loves “new” things. Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

This guide is here to help you create a strong foundation for your first web build project, setting you up for success a few years down the line when you’re reading to work with a consultant like Team DNL. We’re going to cover the following topics: How to Create a Nonprofit Website: Frequently Asked Questions.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

bbcon 2016 , the conference where technology and social good meet, featured a session from Alan Levine, a senior consultant at Barker & Scott Consulting. As the Principal Consultant for Arts & Cultural organizations at Blackbaud, I am often asked – What makes a successful implementation of new technology in a nonprofit?

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Robert Weiner

MAY 4, 2010

I received the following email from Keith Heller , a database consultant who works with Raiser's Edge and Common Ground clients: We’ve been involved with responding to many RFPs over the years and I have a general inquiry that is in your bailiwick. Techsoup article: Nine Tips for Navigating the RFP Research Phase.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

From time to time, we work with consultants or outside vendors. . Centralized administration and management - Administrator can create/assign projects - only assigned managers can edit milestones and the phases of the project. These are the tools I've evaluated/looked at and why I like them/don't like them. . . Not so much.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Although it might seem strange, because they participate freely and out of their own time, organizations should recruit, delegate, evaluate and show appreciation like they would with any employee. Effective delegation should be based on clearly outlined qualifications and responsibilities drawn from the recruitment phase.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

From time to time, we work with consultants or outside vendors. . Centralized administration and management - Administrator can create/assign projects - only assigned managers can edit milestones and the phases of the project. These are the tools I've evaluated/looked at and why I like them/don't like them. . . Not so much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

For an excellent summation of the controversy and attendant commentary, see writer and consultant Beth Kanter’s blo g.) Just evaluating all the submissions can take many, many people hours. Chase Community Giving in four days away from its second phase of the competition and Pepsi has launched it’s Refresh Project.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Then, evaluate what donor acquisition and engagement strategies worked and what didn’t. . The potential donor turns into a donor after evaluating their options and donating to the organization. The post-donation phase is when donors either feel good about their gift or totally forget about it. After the Donation.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2017

It is essential for every organization to evaluate what software and hardware it is using from time to time to ensure that it truly has what it needs. You might need a phased approach. Things like disaster and recovery plans must be discussed. MSPs will sell you backup solutions, but how do you recover your systems?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Introduction to six different social media tools and techniques for a planning, delivering, and evaluating a training session. When formulating learning objectives, this is typically done in consultation with your workshop host. How to think like a social instructional designer. Audience Research.

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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. Phase 2: The Planning Stage. Phase 3: The Execution Stage.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 29, 2011

As a technology consultant for nonprofits, I work with many organizations, often helping them implement and optimize their use of software to collect various types of data, and I see that when you regularly capture and use your data, it can help you to run your organization more efficiently and serve your mission more effectively.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2023

Organizations, seasoned fundraisers, and campaign consultants naturally bring these preconceived notions to the table, shaping the campaigns they join in all kinds of ways from start to finish. The bulk of your energy will go towards quiet phase fundraising strategies and soliciting major donors.

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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. You think about the various models that are out there, the templates, the timelines, the job descriptions, the consultants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

With social media, listening needs to incorporated into the research phase at the beginning but must also be used as the social media strategy unfolds (real time monitoring) and as ongoing evaluation. Importance of Fast Failure : That's a difficult one to negotiate because staff members (or consultants) don't get paid to fail.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

BWF is a complete fundraising consulting firm employing consultants with extensive expertise in every facet of philanthropy, a base Salesforce.org partner, and a trusted partner of Cloud for Good’s. . When does the planning phase end? This staffing solution can range from full-time to part-time staff augmentation. .

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. How do you evaluate participatory engagement strategies? My simple answer is: evaluate these projects as you would evaluate any new technique or program.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 9, 2009

It can be used internally by staff, or externally (as in the students' cases) as a consultant with a partner organization. What is the evaluation plan? Here is the process I offered them for developing and writing these plans. What is the promotion plan? How can the institution reach out to the target audience?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Rachel Sacks, MPH will help demystify all five phases of the grants lifecycle: identifying well-aligned prospects, cultivating funder relationships, preparing compelling submissions, maintaining grants through stewarding and reporting, and submitting renewals. My team thinks of the grants lifecycle as having five phases.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

With the blessing of my supervisor, our development director, I charged forward, evaluating vendors and consultants before developing a plan for the system customization, implementation, and conversion.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Consult your donor database and do a little digging into what makes your donors tick. Look at any information you have that can key you into your donors’ interests, and evaluate your supporters’ giving capacity to ensure the items you select will fit into your attendees’ budgets. You may be surprised by what you discover!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

And a lot of the research is market research, is, you know, evaluating our constituents and our stakeholders. I’ll never forget the story of a now consultant, but executive director when we talked about like, “Well, what did you do for support or for help when you did this job?” I got some stucks here. .

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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. And I want you to think about this because in each of these different phases, there’s different components required. Rachel: Mm-hmm.

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