The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But the one similarity across all kinds of messaging is that they need to be relevant to and reflect your audience. The urgency you create in a fundraising appeal must be genuine and true. When I develop messaging on urgency, the key question I want the message to answer is, why does donating today matter?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In her new book, Selling Yourself , Dr. 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.

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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

APRIL 10, 2024

In many cases, the training data is curated from the internet, with all the prejudices and biases of the humans creating it. We continue to refine the data we use for training and evaluating our grants auto-coding system. These evaluations can provide usage restrictions or even mark an AI tool as inappropriate to use.

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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. The answers to straightforward questions will typically indicate whether an applicant is technically qualified. Don’t rely on games or group lunches to turn incompatibility into excellence. Hiring for skill is easy.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 10, 2020

Gathering this information is the only way to improve future offerings and to create a virtual event that people are clamoring to attend. To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions. A culture of learning, where curiosity is valued and debate encouraged, creates fertile ground for critical thinking.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

By setting expectations early, your organization and audit team can both adequately prepare for , address and streamline not just the audit process, but also any issue or question that may arise during the year. 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. What you see here are a few notes that reflect my individual experience. Meanwhile, I’d like to offer my own recommendations.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way. The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. Create Synergy. Preparing a board matrix is a learning experience.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

MarTech Ssacks, or Marketing Technology stacks, provide nonprofit teams with a vital way to create efficient and effective marketing efforts. A few questions to consider include: How do we organize information about our donors, volunteers, members, and constituents? But, how does an organization begin to piece one together?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long does it take for your grantees to fill out your application? Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? If your application has not changed in more than three years, it may not reflect your current goals, strategies, or priorities.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At the end of a recent strategic planning retreat, each participant shared brief reflections on the day. That’s why we start out by asking this question: “What are the most important conversations for this group to be having right now?” . So we start with that question, and we keep asking it along the way.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 10, 2020

Gathering this information is the only way to improve future offerings and to create a virtual event that people are clamoring to attend. To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

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. Giveffect, for example, offers online applications with options to customize fields and questions. Select the Right Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Learning, we do naturally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. Packard and the TCC Group collaborated on an alternative approach evaluating the foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. It outlines the practices and skills needed to create a learning culture. They have a created a safe space for staff and program participants and other stakeholders to give feedback, reflect, ask questions, and think creatively about solutions.

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DipJar

JANUARY 28, 2022

Join Sam Lee, Digital Marketing Strategist from Elevation , for an introduction to the nonprofit marketing funnel that includes Brand Building, Awareness, Consideration, Evaluation and Intent, and Conversion / Action. We’ll reflect on: – What stories will my nonprofit tell? How will we present them on our channels?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” There were some excellent “burning questions” that folks shared about nonprofit training. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session. The Feng Shui of Good Teaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2018

A recent work product from this community includes “ Small, But Mighty ,” created by a small group led by Debra Natenshon and Karen Walker, the guest post authors. As a member of the NTEN Board, I used this framework to help us work through our performance evaluation process. How small is small?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

Pro tip: Reflect on your existing network. Get ready to use the evaluation matrix you created. The matrix is the tool you will use for candidate screening, evaluation, and interview outcomes. Remember to stick to the questions you developed in advance. The questions can be asked in rotation. .

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Whether you’re creating a new plan or adapting an existing one to address new trends and unprecedented events – a common occurrence in recent years – it’s important to remember that fundraising plans are dynamic. As you reflect on these questions, feel free to update the answers accordingly in your fundraising plan.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

So here’s why reflecting on the acronym “RESULTS” is so worthwhile in our efforts to achieve nonprofit success! Evaluate your initiatives regularly, set up feedback boxes on your website, and create regular nonprofit focus groups. L isten and ask questions. R ead up on the latest research.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Over the past five years of researching and writing about AI adoption for the nonprofit sector, we have argued for nonprofits to use AI ethically and responsibly—which means taking a human-centered, strategic, and reflective approach. The COVID-19 pandemic created a surge in hotline calls of over 100%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I always like to start with an icebreaker that allows participants to reflect and identify burning questions. I started with an introduction to the Networked Nonprofit and an assessment that allows them evaluate where their use of networks and social media is along a continuum.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Calderoni Question: What inspired you to write your book? Calderoni : I’ve always wanted to share a business strategy that I’m passionate about, creating corporate character. Question: Why do we hear so much about company culture and so little about company character? Strive to be a role model for the culture you want to create.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

He creates a visual representation of his story. THE RESEARCH The challenge, of course, was to figure out how to evaluate the experience in a way that would help us identify the power of the project. I think most of us are familiar with interview and survey-based evaluation methods. A man walks into a museum. He shares a story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Avoid any discussion of ideas or questions, as these stop the flow of ideas. It can also be used to create work norms or processes. A second process is used to evaluate the ideas – clustering the ideas into themes and identifying the best ones. You can brainstorm questions to kick off your session.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

It also seeks to provide a common baseline of the diversity of the field, as well as ensure that demographic data is available to those who can make use of it to evaluate their programs and assess progress around equity. “Gender” combines two survey questions and reflects organizations that have answered either question.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We reflected. Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. questions) that are similar and shared by many funders. We adapted.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

Finding – or worse yet – creating projects for large groups of volunteers to do in one day has been challenging for years. How can we evolve the vision of service days towards days of reflection or learning ? Which leads to the other half of this double-edged sword.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 21, 2023

Be conscious that you may need to adjust your expectations as your project continues and work with your consultant to create alternative plans if you experience a setback. Plan to give consultants a few weeks to respond to your RFP before making your final evaluation. When first reaching out, do not submit your RFP upfront.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Used in the wrong way, AI toys will suck people into productivity holes of asking never-ending ‘what if’ questions. In the 90’s the world of productivity was revolutionized with principles like the 2-minute rule, a cornerstone of the Getting Things Done (GTD) a book and methodology created by David Allen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. evaluate the results of your social media experiment and use the information to improve your next social media strategy experiment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Michael Quinn Patton , an evaluation guru, speak at the Packard Foundation. This is the essence of developmental evaluation. A big question is how do you get people in your organization to value this learning versus viewing it as a failure or waste?

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