Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Make it as smooth as a great conversation. Consider using scoring rubrics or structured interview protocols to standardize evaluations and minimize bias to keep things equitable. Keep the conversation going: Develop relationships with potential members through regular updates and check-ins. Streamline the application process.

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Director Guide Metrics Nonprofit 83

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Once your website is designed and structured according to this technique, it becomes easier to update it when those needs change by asking these questions: Which tasks don’t apply anymore? For those who want to skip the “conversation,” the menu is also available in the top right corner.). In practice: 1) Civil Voices.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

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 reflected. We adapted.

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Analysis Grant Application Contact 94

Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

” “The conversation easily gets off-track, and before you know it, 30 minutes have passed and we haven’t even discussed important business because we’ve gotten off on a tangent again.” Think about it: if all you do at your Board meeting is go over reports from the previous month, you’re looking back.

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Fun Product Law Nonprofit 98

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It is voiced or expressed outwardly in society in some way. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. Knowledge, however, is socially constructed and located specifically in place and time. Fast forward to today….

Knowledge 71

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 71

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! Learn more at WeRaiseTheRoots.com ! Learn more at Facturly.com !

Advocacy 143

Advocacy Local Poll Audience 143

Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Conversions. On social media, a conversion might be a donation, a sign-up for a newsletter, or attendance at an event.

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Guide Social 52

Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

However, a recent Giving USA report showed a 13.4 Personalization alongside a donor’s individual case for support can entirely change conversations around year-end giving. Identifying your organization’s unique value proposition is key to structuring your year-end campaign narrative. What are your donors saying to you?

Campaign 52

Campaign Guide Fundraising Storytelling 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Thought leaders drive conversations – online and off, influence others, and shape perceptions in their field. They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. Conversationalist: Starts conversations with target audience, other influencers or peers.

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Social Media Leadership Media Social 134

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Unfortunately, cases like this are already showing up; it was revealed that Peabody EDI Office responded to the MSU shooting with an email written using ChatGPT ( February 2023 report by the Vanderbilt Hustler ). This can also be a good place to add your brand voice or donor personas to describe who you are talking to.

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Ideas Model API Language 52

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

You might still see yourself as a local animal shelter, but if 80% of your programmatic impact reports focus on one cohort of service (in this case, dogs from Tijuana), some of your donors may not feel the same connection to your mission. Conversely, what would happen to your community without your nonprofit’s presence?

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Examples Language Iowa Nonprofit 95

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

In July 2015, two of the earliest SIBs in the US reported markedly different results from which a nonprofit manager can learn. The Rikers Island State Prison SIB, which had a goal of reducing recidivism among youths detained, reported after two years that it would cease operations after failing to meet benchmarks. Sources: Grossman, A.

Program 58

Program Management South Africa Evaluation 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

And the sector is getting better at measuring social change and that there has been a lot of progress in the way the sector measures and reports on big social change outcomes. But expect how you report and measure impact with the social business sector. She touched on some of the implications for staffing and governance.

Skills 96

Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

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. I wish I had done a structured creative thinking exercise to get people comfortable. Then we opened up for discussion. Concept Poster Session.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They can give directly from their seats without disrupting conversation with one another. Hootsuite allows for a set-it-and-forget-it approach that frees up more time during your fundraising campaign for more face-to-face conversations with supporters and less time watching your computer screen. Compliant reporting.

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Org Raise Tools Help 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

At the ending "All Star" panel, there was a moderated conversation with 7 luminaries, including Ami Dar and Steve Wright. Stories come out experimenting, helping people find their voices or the confidence or the desire to take an action, volunteer their time, or raise money for a cause they care about.

America 91

America Social Network Challenge Reflection 91

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Earlier this year, a group of informal science researchers, led by Rick Bonney of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, published an extremely useful report on public participation in science research (PPSR). In this report, the authors describe three specific models for public participation: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation.

Public 36

Public Research Participatory Report 36

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Author: One of my favorite science/interests stories in the news recently was a report published in late July by Science Magazine about how researchers have found that the brain of speakers and listeners become synchronized as they talk. Over the last several years some of my most engaging conversations have been online.

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Mind Online Brain Synchronous 30

Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

It follows a basic, yet effective structure – First, getting into the particulars of the issue and then portraying your solution. They are short and to the point: People’s attention span isn’t very high ( some reports clocks it at 8 seconds.) What Is An Explainer Video? Your mission. Final Thoughts.

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Video Create Donor Los Angeles 45

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. Qui - for clients that are larger, we set up media citation reports (like a word doc with titles and links and relevant info about the mentions and how they should respond). even one voice can give you great insight. what things need to be measured.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

Museum 45

Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

"I would wake up in the middle of the night and still hear their voices. I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. We unite those voices to accelerate change.

Voice 69

Voice Global Saudi Arabia Journal 69

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

Question 49

Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Ordinary Americans not formally affiliated with any organization or cause are rising up to make their voices heard. Then be sure you set clear expectations, including when the names will arrive, how you want your team to follow-up (including how quickly), and the process for reporting back on those efforts.

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Offline Campaign Channel Cancer 44

M+R

JUNE 7, 2023

While we push ourselves and our clients every day toward a more equitable future, we’re also continually evaluating our internal structures to determine how we can bring an equity-centered approach to all of our work. Is there a product you’re promoting, such as a report release or new data?

Guide 73

Guide Media Language Storytelling 73

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In most cases, however, these steps can provide your nonprofit with some structure as you bring your digital campaigns to life. Measurable: Have a way to track how marketing tactics help you progress toward your goal, such as conversion rate. Report final results. Define your nonprofit digital marketing goals. Engaging visuals.

Digital 52

Digital Marketing Channel Nonprofit 52

Candid

AUGUST 16, 2022

As we get ready to observe Women’s Equality Day on August 26, we celebrate and advocate for women having an equal voice. . For starters, gender equality is a human right, and the social movements that nonprofits support are interconnected, with human rights at the core of the conversation. Well, yes and no.

Culture 40

Culture Classes Nonprofit Structure 40

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

The voices are recorded, the doors perpetually closing. Unlike trains, which depart from dedicated, specific structures and often travel underground through landmark-free tunnels, buses are on the streets where we live and work. This post is not intended as a pro-bus manifesto. Instead, I'm interested in the why.

Participatory 20

Participatory Design Museum Childhood 20

Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Topics include annual giving, capital campaigns, donor engagement, impact reporting, and much more. It uses special facilitation techniques to stimulate conversations among guests and unleash the potential for guests to emerge as leaders. The result is often greater leadership and innovation.

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Conference Las Vegas Fort Worth San Diego 52

Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Each week, I’ve been ceding the blog to others as a chance to hear many voices share their thoughts about our field, where we are, and where we are going. This field is varied, and each voice adds to our collective understanding of the situation. For this week, I’m re-posting Andrea Montiel de Shuman’s Medium post with permission.

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Museum Detroit Arts Leadership 22

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For causes, this can range from increasing conversion rates by testing simple design tweaks, to nailing rapid response and raising $24M in a weekend. How we advance causes, how we share our voices, how we connect. Growth hacking is more of a mindset of experimentation than tactics and techniques. Technology. How we live our lives.

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People Structure Influence Voice 25

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

And so we were able to through understanding that there are these moments that there’s a disconnect and using a community planning process, create conversations where we can sit down and say, “What is your assessment of this situation and why do you behave that way?” Do we have a clear structure?

Community 80

Community Video Slides Survey 80

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And that’s what I’m going to do today, I’m going to try to cover a lot of ground but leave some time at the end for Q&A and conversation and all of that. A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. So thank you for bearing with me so far on this conversation.

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Build Video New York City Communication 125

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

She hustles her face off, she scavenges around her CRM system, she runs report after report on her donor data and prospect list, she sends out an email to her board members to see who they’re connected to, she starts talking to her staff members about running a campaign. So is that going to be a challenging conversation?

Raise 75

Raise Map Fundraising Money 75

Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

She hustles her face off, she scavenges around her CRM system, she runs report after report on her donor data and prospect list, she sends out an email to her board members to see who they’re connected to, she starts talking to her staff members about running a campaign. So is that going to be a challenging conversation?

Raise 88

Raise Video Map Fundraising 88

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Optimize – Report on goals and refine your strategies that increase the productivity of input > output. Structure Content With An Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. This is what makes structure such a critical component of any content marketing process. What Is A Digital Marketing Process? Introduction.

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Process Content Digital Marketing 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

So it’s such a wonderful time to get to have that conversation. So the best ways to engage gen Z are to give them a voice, we’ll talk more about that, but making sure that they have opportunities to, you know, give their own ideas and speak their voice. They like to be challenged and appreciated.

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Professional Video St. Louis Group 59