Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Language barriers For those who are not fluent in English, language barriers can create additional challenges and make it difficult to access certain opportunities and succeed in certain fields. Often the distance they have traversed simply to get to the start line in life is greater than many others in leadership roles.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This can range from them being consulted to owning the results. Practitioners are tasked with understanding how their assumptions or mindsets about objectivity, rigor and evidence; resources; roles; definitions, perceptions, and decisions; relationships; and productivity and accountability all may bias their MEL approaches.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

No AIs were used, consulted, or harmed in generating this summary of our bbcon session. Much of the public discourse currently revolves around natural language models, and you’ve probably read commentary positing that ChatGPT offers a solution to virtually every problem. See you at #bbcon. Want to learn more about AI?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We generated ideas for features like crop-specific guidance, multi-language accessibility, real-time market pricing data, and access to peer-to-peer training and resources. Senior Consultant, Slalom. Today, she uses her consulting skills and ethnographic experience to help clients on their sustainability journeys. Emma Visman.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. She owns her own consulting shop right now, and I think you’re going to want to connect with her after the presentation. You got to check her out.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

Use urgent, actionable language. Use urgent, actionable language. To create a truly eye-catching CTA, you can’t just rely on using urgent, inspirational language. You know that your digital design choices play a major role in encouraging supporters to engage with your organization online. Optimize your landing pages. .

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

For a recent webinar, Blackbaud experts invited panelists from nonprofit consulting firm Cause and Solution, Inc. Watch the full conversation on demand in Blackbaud’s webinar, “Ask The Experts: Unpacking the Role of Technology in Financial Sustainability.”. How the Role of Technology has Evolved for Nonprofits.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Inclusion – Change management gives your organization a framework with the language and instructions needed to ensure all stakeholders have a chance to voice their viewpoints. It should not be so broad that people have trouble understanding its significance to their role, nor so specific that it fails to inspire people.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Has strong role-based security as well as strong protection against hackers. Supports multiple locations or chapters, multiple currencies, multiple languages, and multiple character sets. Provide data integrity tools to keep the data clean. Has an open API and flexible import and export tools.

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2022

You may also hire a consultant. You’re also likely to get increased volunteer involvement: a capital campaign is a time specific ask with clear roles for volunteers. Hire a consultant. While it’s certainly possible to run a capital campaign without hiring a consultant, there’s a reason they’re so popular.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2017

Fund, author and consultant Cynthia Gibson set out to capture some of the core elements of such a culture, including key indicators that might suggest what it looks like when you have one. What is a culture of philanthropy? In a report last year for the Haas, Jr. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Nor do many consultants, who, like most nonprofit leaders, tend to operate in functional silos and be very good at a few things (e.g. What is the role of facilitators, consultants and intermediaries in these networks? What kind of frameworks/ tools/ approaches do these consultants need? So what to do?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

In this roundup, I compiled the best year-end fundraising advice from several nonprofit consultants in my network. From Sabrina Walker Hernandez, Founder of Supporting World Hope and consultant, coach, facilitator, and bestselling author. Book your year-end consultants, creatives, and vendors before August ends.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. In this excerpt from No More Status Quo , Heather digs into the problematic assumptions of long-held “best practices” in the grantmaking space. Please help now.”

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

You may decide to address this by working with an external fundraising consultant or directing your staff’s attention to building relationships with your most engaged donors who are likely to increase their giving amounts. This statement should use precise language but non-finite verbs. What is it that you’re trying to accomplish?

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Classy

JULY 20, 2021

In the for-profit sector, it’s no secret that a sales department plays a pivotal role in the success of both its company and those of its customers. Our conversations are quite consultative about the software; we can work with and learn about these organizations in order to match our software to what they need.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For health and safety, or simply because programs and services are not operating, many volunteer roles across all three types of non-profits have been suspended. With less traditional volunteering roles available, how are companies supporting non-profits through employee engagement? If so, why? I certainly hope so!

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

Update your donation page to clearly include language about email and the types of messages you may send to donors in the future. Work with a nonprofit technology consultant if needed to conduct an assessment of your current data policies and protections. About the Author Sharon Cody Sharon Cody, J.D.

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Classy

JULY 9, 2021

Consultants and Volunteers Are Easier to Engage. While nonprofits may have relied on getting everyone in the same conference room in the past, they now have access to a wider network of potential volunteers and consultants. Knowing the trends that have changed and stayed the same can inform your planning process.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

for the most current language being used and incorporate it into your plan. Share your organization’s mission, who you serve, the influence your organization has on its audience(s), and the role it plays in the larger conversation around your issue area. The roles on your fundraising team will vary from generalized to more specific.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Toan Lam is a multimedia consultant, university professor, thought leader, and former TV reporter and host who is on the forefront of the changing landscape of multimedia. Presenting the $400 Best Buy gift certificate for the community-choice award for best video is Toan Lam, founder of GoInspireGo.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 22, 2007

Just got some information on this cool program: The Hadley School for the Blind has launched an innovative program of English language learning and empowerment which spans the Pacific Ocean. They consult online, Chinese-English dictionaries. Chinese are still eager to learn English, because it remains the language of business.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

People with liberal arts degrees can inadvertently find themselves in tech support and/or management roles in an organization. Students from the age of 4 to 104 have learned about code using hands-on tutorials offered in more than 40 languages. The good news is that we are not alone! An 11-Step Program to Cure Shiny Object Syndrome.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

As one of those monolingual American types, I’m learning a huge amount about what it takes to create open content in different languages. My role has been to gather up the use cases (specific examples of translation processes). The event itself has been fab. It is actually pretty mind-boggling. What are the tools like?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 17, 2018

When your nonprofit needs a new vendor or consultant, the standard course of action is to send out a Request for Proposal (RFP) - indicating that your organization is interested in receiving information from vendors. Do we need a consultant or just someone who can train our staff? What are our end goals and any specific deliverables.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It’s also been productive for us to increase our transparency into agency decisions and to give staff an active role in strategic deliberations, program design and policy creation. Creating a shared language or best practices will help bring clarity on what your organization stands for. Second, is to be consistent.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2014

Steve is a Principal at Audience Viewpoints Consulting, has a Ph.D. If someone asked you whether museums should or need to have text in more than one language, what would you say? Maybe you are in a country that mandates multiple languages, or at an institution already committed to bi- or multi-lingual interpretation.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Catchafire : Time-sensitive requests for short-term projects in our active, virtual volunteer pool can assist with items such as email marke ting setup to spread awareness about health and safety, consultation on remote best practices, and much more. There’s an app for that!

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.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

Podcast,orgSource Senior Consultant, Kevin Martlage , interviewed PCI staffers, Beth Taylor and Randy Wilson about that experience. Developing an agreed-upon language to describe those qualities. In my role, I oversee departments that interact with employees throughout the organization. On a recent Association 4.0

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

school consultants. Middle school consultants. consultants. The software is intended to accompany the book, a needed resource as the thinking and language is non-traditional; the book is very explanatory. Patricia Lewis' role as Sr. Placements. # Hours per Volunteer. Elementary. High school. coordinators.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Community ownership of software is in itself consonant with the missions of many nonprofit organizations, whose role is in strengthening community. This part of the stack includes web servers (Apache), database engines (MySQL, Postgres), version control (SVN, Git), programming languages and frameworks (PHP, Ruby, Zend). .

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

How to use language to represent your organization’s style and mission. In his role he oversaw a nearly $7 million dollar revenue budget that had grown more than 21% during his tenure. In this webinar you will learn: Why early communication with a new supporter is so important. Which images will make the biggest impact.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The accidental techie may not like the label, but we love the role. We're also good at translating tech-geek into language that the average program-focused person can understand, even if we can't write a line of code ourselves. Even if we can't personally solve the problem ourselves, we know just what to ask potential consultants.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I’m a social scientist by passion, but a fundraising consultant and executive by trade. Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So, yes, this podcast … this podcast, oh, man. Now I am in my podcast zone. This webinar is about my podcast actually.

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People Community Video Podcast 85

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. A grant proposal utilizes research to demonstrate emotion and not poetic language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

I did floating consults. So, I demonstrated how to tag a person in a wall post and posted the question: Manny Hernadez : Should an organization that serves both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking audience (and some only speak one language) have two different Fan Pages in the native language? This is the gift of time.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Those of us who collect data in low resource areas continue to evaluate technology’s role in finding the proper solution(s) for collecting data. Sometimes, it’s having the solution use local languages or other appropriate cultural marks. The user must understand the importance of the role that s/he plays.

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