sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. To help you better review submissions so that you are set up for success, here are 10 items you should look for as you evaluate your grant applications. Program Description. Measurement Plan.

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.orgSource

MARCH 4, 2024

This methodology was used to evaluate expanding the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABMS CertLink®, platform into new markets. The goal is to identify products and services members can’t live without; then deliver those unique offerings at a price they can live with. Jennifer shared the organization’s ongoing research process.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times. To stay healthy, nonprofits must continually generate and share new ideas. Create a judgment-free zone. Do you have one in place?

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Outline your digital marketing goals. Before you start crafting your messages, it’s important to define clear goals to guide your digital marketing activities. Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) that your team can track to evaluate your progress toward your goal. Create a Google for Nonprofits account.

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Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Planning ahead ensures you’ll stay organized and keeps you on track with your goals. A fundraising calendar enables you to keep your goals, campaigns, strategies, and due dates all in one place that your whole team has access to. Another objective you need to define for your fundraising calendar is your awareness goal.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. But each slice of the pie shares a common point of origin. If you’re wondering whether there are gaps in your safety net, ask your colleagues to share their documents to evaluate what you might be missing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. The goals were to talk about the great things that restaurants do in their communities. And, that value was shared throughout their respective communities.

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

The agendas you create for your board meetings will act as the roadmap for your meetings, letting everyone know what will be discussed and how they can best contribute to the conversation. or focusing on refining your budget for the upcoming year, an agenda will help everyone stay focused on creating better outcomes for the organization.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

That includes both the budget and the process for creating it. In addition to reviewing and updating your nonprofit operating budget each year, your financial team should also regularly evaluate your process for creating that document. Review your strategic plan so everyone is familiar with the organization’s larger goals.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating new things.” When I Googled “How to create joy at work” these are a few of the best ideas I found. Create a Comfortable Environment. Survey the office and evaluate the comfort quotient. Plans can be tailored to your group’s needs and goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Going for Goal: Shared Knowledge Inspires Successful Giving Days. To complement the Playbook, we organized a Peer Learning Exchange where participants could gather, share ideas and ask questions. Beth facilitated the calls, but the community foundations drove the content, creating a true peer exchange.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Instead share the largest amount of your budget on SEO and content marketing (blog posts and fresh website content). To Determine Your Goals for the Coming Year. Those written goals will serve as an overview map for you and your leadership team. Again, the goal is to be proactive and prepared instead of perpetually reactive.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

They’ve created their own cloud computing platform, revolutionized logistics with prime delivery, and invested in AI and robotics. They collaborated with popular franchises, developed video games and apps, and created products for adults. Motivation— supports developing strategy, setting goals, and staying focused.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Imagine this: you set what you think is an ambitious fundraising goal for your virtual event and then watch as you double, triple, quadruple that goal in the days leading up to the event. Then, you cross the finish line – and end up raising 12 times your fundraising goal ! Ah, the powers of technology.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. The end goal is to discover opportunities to optimize your tech stack further. Over time, we’ve found that the first step to creating an optimized tech stack is developing a clear understanding of the nonprofit’s current tech lineup.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 8, 2024

They were regarded a little like sorcerers hanging out in the shadows creating marvels with tools that weren’t well understood by the rest of the office. As a result, IT leaders are called on to share their wisdom with the rest of us, and they are challenged to help us collaborate in ways that are unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Cindy McGovern shows you how to step-by-step create a powerful personal brand. Whether your brand has created itself, you’ve outgrown your original brand, you’re ready for the next level, or you’ve changed your passion or purpose, this book is for you,” shares McGovern. Your thoughts become your words. A new wardrobe?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One goal was to identify how the pandemic impacted their business models. They point to long-term aspirational goals. That’s why they also deserve frequent exploration and evaluation. Create Community Shared values are important for any group, but they are especially powerful for an association.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

If you need proof that this profession boasts its share of innovators, read a few chapters of our Association 4.0 We began this project because, as early adopters of digital solutions, we could see that technology was creating waves and that a rogue tsunami was not out of the question. It does the association a disservice.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They enjoy being surrounded by others who share those passions and who stimulate their thinking. Opportunities must be a two-way street that advances both individual and organizational goals. To move beyond the easy solutions, begin by reviewing your current goals and assessing where there are gaps and weaknesses.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. Charlie Judy, Chief People and Culture Officer at Intelligent Medical Objects, and another contributor to our book, shared this advice about the value of clarity. That’s a goal your team should be eager to achieve.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

” Kurtzman believed that thought leaders should help shape the way people think about the world by sharing their ideas and insights and by challenging the status quo. Thought leadership helps bring your audience on a journey of shared understanding and insights, in order to drive toward impactful solutions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

1) Creating Custom Donation Appeals in Minutes Use ChatGPT to craft a sequence of donation appeals with the goal of encouraging your stakeholders to make a donation. The tool can draft stewardship emails, create impactful copy for annual reports, and even generate speeches for stewardship events.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

So when I learned about Candid’s Demographics via Candid —an initiative that allows nonprofit organizations to share demographic information on their Candid nonprofit profile , where funders, donors, and researchers could easily access it—I was both intrigued and skeptical.

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AccelEvents

JULY 1, 2020

Steps for Creating a Virtual Career Fair. Fortunately, creating a virtual career fair is much like creating a traditional one. Define Your Goals. Before you can create or host any event, virtual or otherwise, you need to define your event goals. What type of event are you hosting?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Volunteers can have an enormous impact on reaching your goals. Create and Implement a Volunteer Management Plan. Create and Implement Your Engagement Plan based on Your Volunteers. Sometimes the most challenging part about creating a plan is getting started. Select the Right Tools. Let’s get to it! Process Volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Here we also share the key components of each phase and best practices for streamlining your efforts. Step 1: Set objectives and goals Start by outlining your campaign’s strategic purpose and objectives. Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Define the problem.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Our goal was to help association professionals navigate a new technological era or Industry 4.0. Marc Benioff, Co-Founder and CEO of SalesForce, describes the goal like this, “A digital ecology is a network of interconnected digital systems that work together to create value. Make them think you’re reading their minds.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2018

Evaluating volunteer programs within nonprofit organizations is a key step in continual improvement and data collection. Systematic evaluation can positively impact the organization by creating more structure, providing results for adaptability, increasing volunteer retention and improving staff-volunteer relationships.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. And are you asking them in the right way?

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Greater Giving

MARCH 7, 2023

Donor Engagement involves creating an emotional connection between donors and the organization, leading to increased support and donations. Donor engagement at events starts with careful planning Begin by defining your target audience, setting clear goals, and identifying the best event format to achieve your objectives.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

But scenarios are also a tool that can be used to evaluate longer-term initiatives. The goal is to develop short, mid, and long-range strategies with flexibility baked into the design. Build Competencies Connecting with diverse groups and people creates nuanced vision. What will the operating strategy be for each scenario?

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

57%t of people who watch nonprofit videos go on to make a donation. In September 2022 (and thanks to support from our Innovation Fund, which you can learn more about in Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang’s open grant report to MacKenzie Scott ), we decided to dive into creating short-form videos for social media to evaluate the potential benefits.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Six Best Practices for a Stronger Audit Relationship Now, however, nonprofits and auditing firms are more likely to share and leverage their diverse experiences to better collaborate with one another. Create Clear Channels of Communication Effective communication is the foundation of any successful relationship.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. Factoring in the nonprofit organization’s size, capacity, and budget – making sure that the demand for data and evaluation is commensurate.

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