sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions? We will also give you seven questions to ask yourself about your questions, to make sure they are relevant, clear, respectful, and useful. Why Change Up Your Questions? Does this question reflect the mission of my organization?

Application 74

Application Review Evaluation Reflection 74

Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Many in the philanthropic community desire that nonprofits reflect the communities they serve—including everyone from volunteers and donors to staff, executives, and the board. You want to ensure all voices from the communities you serve are reflected throughout your organization, especially on your board. Christal M.

Policy 52

Policy Reflection Culture Training 52

.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded? These are tips to help them make the journey toward collaboration.

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Collaboration Marketing Team Integration 221

John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

This training data reflects the racial biases, stereotypes, and disproportionate perspectives of the world where the data comes from. An overreliance on majority culture data means other voices get diminished. The marketing copy generator could simply overlook authentic representation of minority audiences and voices in its outputs.

Language 59

Language Model Sound Voice 59

Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Those conversations led to the Washington Area Women’s Foundation ’s (WAWF) report Thrive As They Lead: Advancing the Infrastructure to Support Black Women Leaders in the D.C. This pattern of recruiting talented leaders only to question their authority and capabilities can lead to feelings of tokenism, insecurity, and exhaustion. “If

Leadership 98

Leadership Washington Local Nonprofit 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Don’t just reflect on their impact. Reflect on who they are—kind, generous, and compassionate. It should sound like a conversation (not like a thank-you script a robot might write). Some examples: the person who made the most calls, the person who left the most voice mails, or the person who had the longest call.

Gift 99

Gift Script Phone Voice 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

That’s hard if deadlines are looming, but essential to have a session to explore questions such as: What is your facilitation style and philosophy? When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 29, 2021

As we come to the end of Pride month, it is important to take the time to reflect on this symbolic time of the year. Pride is not just a celebration of LGBTQ+ voices, culture, and experiences — it also creates visibility for under-represented groups and encourages us all to be our authentic selves. Listen and Educate Yourself.

Celebrate 113

Celebrate Voice Language Culture 113

CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

With the ability to continuously learn and adapt to new information, ChatGPT can remember past conversations and constantly iterate based on user prompts. Due to the vast amount of data that goes into training and optimizing ChatGPT, the AI-enabled tool can summarize ideas and answer questions with general accuracy. Because I am!

Language 93

Language Generation Nonprofit Social Media 93

BoardAssist

JUNE 3, 2014

Let’s Talk About Succession Planning: Getting the Conversation Started. Starting the Conversation about Succession Planning. Consider the types of questions that should be asked as part of a succession planning effort: What are the significant challenges facing the organization now? It’s All About Conversations.

Conversation 68

Conversation Leadership California Government 68

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. It is voiced or expressed outwardly in society in some way. Once we embrace knowledge work, not as a technical task but as social construction, we then start to ask exciting questions about relationships, purpose, and movement. Learning, we do naturally.

Knowledge 67

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

He answered all my (very rudimentary) questions with a lot of patience and the mannerisms of a natural-born teacher. We have been able to invest in community outreach to marginalized groups in order to see a more representative reflection of Utah’s population in our data sample.

Utah 106

Utah Project Lesson Fundraising 106

Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

Help them win the People’s Voice Award by voting today. To provide tools and guidance to empower people’s journeys and inspire conversation about race, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) developed “Talking About Race.” Voting closes this Thursday, May 6th. Fighting Polluters Since 1970.

Award 73

Award Museum History Storytelling 73

Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

As I dug into the advice, I couldn’t help but reflect on the way I engage with nonprofit social media: Is the use of humor and short-form video crucial for brands to grab my attention? To answer these questions and put experts’ advice to the test, I decided to ask my peers. What does it even mean for a brand to be authentic?

Advice 98

Advice Social Media Media Meme 98

Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We reflected. We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently. At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. We adapted.

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Grant Analysis Application Contact 111

AccelEvents

JUNE 28, 2021

We are working on building a diverse team and ensuring that each member of the team that joins us feels their voice is valuable regardless of their identity. Pride is also a time to reflect on the challenges that are still faced by so many in the LGBTQIA+ community, especially queer people of color, and trans women.

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Team Celebrate Reflection Brazil 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

In our Thought Leadership Spotlight, we’ll be hosting a conversation about organizational resilience and embracing a digital-first future. As we gain perspective following a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll use this opportunity to reflect on what we’ve learned, and how to use those lessons to prepare us for the future.

Nonprofit 134

Nonprofit Headline Teach America 134

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Question: What is the most common pain point of a company trying to change culture?

Culture 69

Culture Classes Build Lesson 69

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Question: What is the most common pain point of a company trying to change culture?

Culture 87

Culture Build Impact Lesson 87

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Protecting the environment or cutting taxes for billionaires?”

Advocacy 143

Advocacy Local Audience Poll 143

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

There are so many big questions about the connected world we live and how it transforms our society, as this opinion piece from CNN discusses. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet. Why aren’t we talking about nonviolent approaches to resolving conflict?

Tunisia 104

Tunisia Reflection NGO Libya 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. The social business sector has shared metrics and understanding of being data-informed. That changes the conversation for nonprofits. The New Social Economy. I want to control the communication between staff and board.”

Skills 96

Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

He answered all my (very rudimentary) questions with a lot of patience and the mannerisms of a natural-born teacher. We have been able to invest in community outreach to marginalized groups in order to see a more representative reflection of Utah’s population in our data sample.

Utah 52

Utah Project Lesson Time 52

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 30, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine ‘s book, The Networked Nonprofit , is now out and starting lots of conversations. They engage in conversations with people beyond their walls—lots of conversations—to build relationships that spread their work through the network. But what’s everyone talking about? Getting Started.

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Network Slides Review Nonprofit 123

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

.&# It is a chance to connect in real time, share ideas, and generally have space to explore ideas or questions that we have encountered during the week as we push ahead with our various jobs, projects and goals in the nonprofit and technology sector. Put questions before answers. Find and talk to others using the same tools.

Change 123

Change Technology Build Social 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2008

Yesterday, Marnie Webb asked an interesting question about choice of tools - specifically the choice the question of "Twitter or Blog?" " Great question. I don't think it is a black of white question, a question of voting on one tool versus other. A blog is great for more reflective practice.

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Twitter Question Minneapolis Aggregator 56

Whole Whale

MAY 17, 2023

Start by asking questions. Remember, you have a voice in this process. Fear vs Function: “AI Generative Tools Don’t Work” The quality of an AI response is now a bigger reflection of the author rather than the AI. The quality of AI response is starting to be a bigger reflection of the author rather than the AI.

Adopt 52

Adopt Generation Picture Reflection 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

I got this great question from someone and I know that many of you may have struggled with this issue and have some wisdom to offer: Hi Beth, My question is: does the voice/tone of a blog need to match up with the voice/tone of the nonprofit? Perhaps that is why I am protective of my blogging voice. What resources?

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Voice Advice Personal Nonprofit 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

In 2005, at the Les Blogs conference in Paris, there was a flap about the backchannel because the conversation crossed a line. . I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation. One of the reflections.

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Reflection Conference Resource Arts 69

Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

Empathetic audience research centers and amplifies the voices of research subjects without causing harm or inconvenience to them. Alongside conversations about research ethics, forecasting challenges through risk planning is an effective way to mitigate future roadblocks. Risk planning helps to navigate uncertainties.

Audience 66

Audience Research Change Sample 66

Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. Whether a digital content creator or a researcher assembling resources, curation seeks to answer these two questions: What is it you are trying to say? Art, artifacts, books, and manuscripts are all documents of human innovation, thinking, and activity.

Library 73

Library Museum Content Digital 73

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

Museum 45

Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Question: What is the most common pain point of a company trying to change culture?

Culture 52

Culture Build Impact Lesson 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

Of note, I wanted to let you know that the reflection paper about America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation has been published ( Allison Fine and I were the co-authors.) The plenary sessions were a gift and were focused on answering the question how we can inspire with these tools.

America 91

America Social Network Challenge Reflection 91

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you’re likely due for a rewrite. If your nonprofit has made any large-scale changes, your team should sit down and assess whether your mission statement still accurately reflects your work. Conversely, what would happen to your community without your nonprofit’s presence?

Examples 95

Examples Language Iowa Nonprofit 95

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Question: What is the most common pain point of a company trying to change culture?

Culture 52

Culture Classes Build Lesson 52

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49