Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

This can help you start defining goals and considering which model strategic plan will best work for your organization. Choose a strategic planning model based on your nonprofit’s current circumstances, opportunities, and threats. It’s best to use this model when your organization’s external surroundings are generally calm.

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Access comprehensive insights : AI models can analyze vast amounts of data far faster than any human. By analyzing donor data, AI models can help you learn more about your donors, prioritize outreach, and identify new major donors. AI shines here with its wealth screening and predictive modeling capabilities.

Gift 81

Gift Game Philanthropy Fundraising 81

sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

Participatory 112

Participatory Model Leadership Application 112

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

Watch the video clip At the recent Demographics via Candid launch event , Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green opened with a powerhouse keynote, followed by Ann Mei and Anna Koob, senior research lead at Candid, to further set the stage with details on the initiative and the demographic data Candid collects.

Demographics 98

Demographics Build Social Green 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.” This takes patience.

Digital 93

Digital Foundation Community Strategy 93

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Think about the last time you heard someone mention a safety deposit box and compare that to the last conversation you heard about creating, managing, or forgetting login credentials. And looking forwards through data modeling allows you to make predictions about the future. Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit.

Chart 81

Chart Map Data Attention 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Join me on February 22nd at 9:00 am PT for a LinkedIn Live with Zoe Amar for a conversation about taking the first step for responsible AI adoption.We’ll discuss the challenges, tips, and practical resources available. As early adopters, they shared valuable insights on the early stages of AI adoption for nonprofits.

Adopt 79

Adopt People Nonprofit Skills 79

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . When the pandemic hit, BGCA quickly realized they needed to rethink their entire service delivery model in order to continue making an impact.

Nonprofit 73

Nonprofit New York City San Francisco Oracle 73

Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) has been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network since 1980, providing local nonprofits and the public with access to Candid’s resources, including Foundation Directory, for free. Candid: How does your library support the work of nonprofits in the community? Zach: Get a library card! ??

Library 98

Library Grant Local Roles 98

Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

Long gone are the conversations about online as a future investment. The lines are blurring between for-profit and nonprofit models like never before, and the strain of 2020 proved to us that the traditional CSR model is outdated and broken. . The future is officially here, and it’s here to stay. . New Beginnings.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Chapter Product Roles 98

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better. Fast forward to today….

Knowledge 67

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Open source projects are now prominent players in middle layer.

Open Source 88

Open Source Open Application Oracle 88

Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 5, 2021

vaccination rate in UVM students, opening eyes, and doors, for internal personnel to build off that success and adopt a new CRM solution. We’ve achieved a model for success that we can now use as a foundation to build from. Centralizing Communications + Connections in the Community.

Vermont 59

Vermont University Research Alabama 59

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2023

We often hear that nonprofits should model themselves more like businesses. The tune up needs to feature private conversations with your leading donors on what they believe provides the greatest satisfaction from their gifts. Is your major gift prospect list missing potential individuals, corporations, and foundations?

Help 64

Help Gift Nonprofit Donor 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Recently, with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, we published research on the impact AI is having on giving. For instance, NeonMoves, a mobile application, is designed to help fundraisers spend less time trying to figure out whom to contact and more time in conversation with donors. Using all of this data, Quilt.AI

Benefit 65

Benefit Fundraising Retention Conversation 65

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Chuck is the president of Naropa University , but we first met when he was leading the Greyston Foundation, a pioneering social enterprise known for originally making brownies for Ben ‘n Jerry’s ice cream while employing formerly incarcerated individuals as the primary workforce. I’m looking forward to trading notes on that.

Impact 100

Impact Colorado Social San Francisco 100

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

With the current distance between nonprofits and foundations and the power dynamics that buttress this separation , there are few spaces and even fewer trusted relationships that make sharing this learning, these pivots, acceptable and safe.

Collaboration 70

Collaboration Impact Test Grant 70

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. And, support from the Open Society Foundation made this event possible! In the meantime, we’re going to continue the conversations begun at the meeting.

Global 157

Global Group Thailand Burma 157

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. billion, and the number of private foundations has nearly doubled since 2005. billion to $4.8 Bridging the Gaps.

Create 99

Create Philanthropy Alexa Local 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Since networked learning happens in the context of an ecosystem, perhaps Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model. . Co-Create: At this higher level, the conversations lead to co-creation.

Public 103

Public Learning Wiki Taxonomy 103

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.

People 77

People Community Video Podcast 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

Social Media 96

Social Media Research Share Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens &# that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? Listening to and consulting the crowds: Actively listening to online conversations and openly asking for advice.

Network 104

Network Report Empowerment Structure 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2012

Today, I have the honor of doing a session at The Allstate Foundation ‘s 60th Anniversary Executive Summit (hashtag #60summit ) where I’ll be talking about leading nonprofits with a network mindset. SF Goodwill's CEO, Debbie Alvarez-Rodriguez Source: Flickr, Goodwill SF. Social Media 4 NPOs (@SM4Nonprofits) July 26, 2012. .

Network 122

Network Social Media Detroit Nonprofit 122

Global Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Excellent data tools will continue to get cheaper and easier to use… This trend has been going strong for a while now, particularly as more and more of the data landscape has shifted to using open source tools. Featured Photo: Help Kids Learn How to Code Globally by CoderDojo Foundation. EXPLORE MORE TRENDS.

Trend 52

Trend Track Data Organization 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. Here are a few areas discussed I was challenged by: Challenge #1: At The Lumpkin Family Foundation , we developed our first comprehensive evaluation plan last year.

Public 93

Public Action Challenge Learning 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. It was inspired by a conversation we had during the planning sessions in San Francisco in January about whether or not there was an Arabic word for Nerd (there isn’t).

NGO 105

NGO Network Lebanon Yemen 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

This is a summary of my notes and take-aways from the small group discussion on the Boston Youth Sports Initiative with Roberto Cremonini with Cremonini Consulting (formerly with Barr Foundation, funder of project) and Chris Lynch with Squash Busters (formerly with the Initiative). The message was that the network was open to everyone.

Boston 83

Boston Network Story Case Study 83

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team.

Effective 96

Effective Program Work Review 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook. Community Foundations were thrown into crisis mode as the amount of time the server was down went from minutes into hours.

San Antonio 50

San Antonio America Local Philanthropy 50

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. If you’re just starting this process, consider the creation of a logic model.

Organization 26

Organization Disaster Boston Blackbaud 26

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Modeling the Network Mindset. As Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, one of the areas of inquiry as been Network Effectiveness which is part of Organizational Effectiveness area. The question has come up: Does leading networks require a different a skill set than leading organizations?

Global 100

Global Structure Model Network 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Environmental Defense Fund or EDF is a grantee organization and also attended the Packard Foundation's recent Network Effectiveness Convening by the Monitor Institute in Washington, DC in May. This is an open and transparent network. Open conference callsWe are a laboratory for the organization - to pilot - we're first movers.

International 87

International Business Remix Slideshare 87

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Some of the donations will have twice the impact because of a matching grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. My collaborator, JD Lasica , at SocialBrite has just posted the interview and details below. Please make a donation on the Socialbrite Giving Page.

Social Media 120

Social Media Interview Challenge Classroom 120

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 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. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1

Web 114

Web San Francisco Bookmarking Org 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. Over the past twenty years, the Brainerd Foundation has invested nearly $50 million in organizations working to protect the environment in the Northwest. Why Use One? Understanding: Landscape and Opportunity Analysis.

Design 50

Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

I also work closely with our innovator community, those who have submitted Projects on our platform and participated in open innovation Challenges. I hope that I can extend my personal community-driven model of development to aid both the colleagues on the trip as well as those we meet. Like I said, I cannot wait!

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India Network Netsquared Offline 126