AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

We now provide you with our new breakout room feature within Workshops to facilitate concentrated conversations. Getting to know everyone: The best kind of personal connection is specialized, and writing a list of questions for each breakout room will help foster that conversation!

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

No longer an abstract concept, many nonprofit staff are experiencing the “dividend of time” as they adopt tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT for scheduling and managing meetings, processing email, writing drafts, summarizing long reports, analyzing data, and creating efficiencies in other common workflows.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

During isolation, many people reported that it was nice to feel like someone is having a conversation with you, about topics you find interesting. These rooms can be open to everyone, limited to just your followers, or closed for invite-only conversations. Enter: Clubhouse. .

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Have you noticed that when talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in fundraising , the conversation frequently mentions the lack of suitable candidates of color? But if you want to diversify your development office, or even just start the conversation, here are a few relatively simple suggestions to consider.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Matt Higgins Today, Higgins shares these insights with us: Question: What is the ‘Burn the Boats’ philosophy? Question: You say you can predict CEO failure based on one thing. Question: You tell your students to think about who they want to be, not what they want to be. He was a guest shark on ABC’s Shark Tank seasons 10 and 11.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To help your organization create a powerful nonprofit mission statement that follows best practices, we’re covering the following topics: What Is a Nonprofit Mission Statement? What positive outcomes are you aiming to create? If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you’re likely due for a rewrite. Here’s an example.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

As nonprofits have gotten better at implementing multichannel communications and fundraising campaigns and improving their tracking and reporting systems, many nonprofits have come to the conclusion that creating a paid part- or full-time new media manager position is worth the financial investment. HTML Knowledge.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

B—Believe in the concept of creating an industry that is more inclusive and accessible, and want to hear from those that have been given that chance. I’m eager for the day I’ll be ready to carry weight and help create change with this team!” Make sure to read Shirley’s experience ).

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

She is passionate about creating engaging content, writing, and graphic design to help viewers easily retain information. Here’s how you can get a conversation started: Direct message potential participants – Send personalized messages directly to your most engaged social media followers to invite them to participate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2022

During these past two years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value, therefore, making for an ideal time to read, Be Where Your Feet Are , the book by Scott O’Neil. Recently, O’Neil shared these additional insights and advice with us: Question: What inspired you to write a book about your challenges and conflicts?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

During these past 1-1/2 years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value – an ideal time for, Be Where Your Feet Are , the book by Scott O’Neil , which lays out the seven principles needed to keep you present, grounded, and thriving in work, home, and everything in between. O’Neil : My knee-jerk reaction is that I was lost.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Support from a mentor, peer, or staff person. Meetings with participants, staff or donors, to talk through strategic questions, or grantmaking rules and regulations. Grantmakers should address the potential for bias through training or direct conversations. Share what support participants will have to fulfill their role.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. Ask Good Questions. Often, these types of questions focus on failure or betray that the questioner has an agenda.

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Bloomerang

JULY 16, 2021

Which leads to the question: You’ve been laid off. Mimosa : Create a plan. 2) Know the answers to these three questions: What are your strengths? Be prepared to ask questions about the organization’s mission and where they’re headed. You want to ask direct questions. How do you prepare for interviews?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

During these past 1-1/2 years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value – an ideal time for, Be Where Your Feet Are , the new book by Scott O’Neil , which lays out the seven principles needed to keep you present, grounded, and thriving in work, home, and everything in between. CEO of a sports team—dream job, right?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

If you put your question in there, it might have a little bit more visibility. But no matter where you ask that question, we’ll see it, and we will try to get to it before the 4:00 Eastern hour here. You can also tweet us those questions and comments, we’d love to hear from you there. Are you with me? So here we go.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

As far as the partnership conversation referenced above, this is a terrific way to help your volunteers understand exactly what it means to be in the volunteer role they’ve agreed to fill. What matters is that you should be prepared to have difficult conversations when needed. Remember the partnership conversation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Our group also visited Starfish Impact School , where we learned about their work to ensure indigenous girls have equal access to education and provided mentoring and training for young women graduates of Starfish. Speed Networking sessions are typically a series of short, focused conversations about specific professional questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

More importantly, it unpacks any skepticism or opposing points of view about the topic you’ll be addressing in the peer learning. It is a good idea to include a fun question appropriate to the audience to illustrate the technique. We used: I love grass-fed beef. This gave them the confidence to invest in a dedicated staff.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 1, 2009

The python community has started a conversation about diversity, with the ultimate goal of creating basically a welcoming statement. A short twitter conversation I had with a colleague brought up the issue of whether or not this is just an exercise – will this actually lead to any lasting change? Is it friendly?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 1, 2009

The python community has started a conversation about diversity, with the ultimate goal of creating basically a welcoming statement. A short twitter conversation I had with a colleague brought up the issue of whether or not this is just an exercise – will this actually lead to any lasting change? Is it friendly?

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

Amy saw that members of the nonprofit tech community were itching to dive more deeply and regularly into topics of online community building, but she didn’t want to create a space if there weren’t willing co-facilitators and a good deal of buy-in. Note that the conversation doesn’t begin and end with the weekly chats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

If you’re reading this blog, it’s probably because you’re a huge fan of social media and believe that it empowers all of us to connect, create, explore, and understand our world. Question: We’d love to hear from you. Can your community be a hub for this kind of dialog?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Here are 8 ways your organization can tackle the age-old question of growing your loyal supporter base: Volunteer opportunities: Often younger constituents want to be charitable, but they have a smaller amount of disposable income. Inter-generational mentor program: A mentor program can help make your organization more personal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. We created a network map. The debriefing question encouraged us to reflect on points of connection and reciprocity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. A few surgeries later I found my role relegated to that of a back up and mentor to a rising star. Wood : That''s a tough question. And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

Amy saw that members of the nonprofit tech community were itching to dive more deeply and regularly into topics of online community building, but she didn’t want to create a space if there weren’t willing co-facilitators and a good deal of buy-in. Note that the conversation doesn’t begin and end with the weekly chats.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 4, 2009

The Social by Social Game really took off at Net Tuesday this week when some 20 participants invented a south London borough, created a set of project ideas for better health, happiness and the environment, and then went on to plan how social technology could yield these social benefits. All within 90 minutes. Social by Social game cards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2015

When you intentionally build your professional network in the right way, you create a circle of individuals who are all rooting for your success and happy to help you. I’m not arguing for long, pointless, unstructured conversations with everyone you meet. How do you create the inner circle of your network? Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

They’re shaking up convention and putting a post-millennial twist on how we do business, connect with others, and create conversations. If they’re too young to handle their own social media accounts independently, sit down to write social updates, send thank-yous, and answer questions together.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We’ll be covering: Creating A Plan For Year-End Giving 2021 Aligning Year-End With #GivingTuesday Choosing Your Fundraising Approach Developing A Year-End Campaign Strategy Marketing and Communications For Year-End Giving. Creating A Plan For Year-End Giving 2021. Will the money be used much further down the road?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. So, the next step in the process was to have the group generate a series of questions to serve as a springboard for brainstorming ideas for program prototypes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2012

I met Debbie a few years ago while we worked together on a training committee for MicroMentor , a nonprofit that connects small business owners with business mentors. Most people who work in marketing focus on the entire customer lifecycle from prospecting to building relationships to creating a sale to building repeat business.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

It also feels that sometimes genx is being forgotten in this conversations. What are the conversations that should be happening and what advice do you have for organizations on how to be the teacher? I suggest creating inter-generational working groups that go from ideation to implementation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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