Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. Evaluating a Culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 20, 2021

Accomplished leadership and executive coaches Bill Berman and George Bradt have discovered over the past 30 years that: People lose their ability to influence others and impact the organizations they work at because they are not focused on the most essential, mission-critical business and cultural priorities of the organization.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We’ll finish with 10 minutes to evaluate the brainstorming session, get clarity on points of agreement and disagreement, and discuss next steps. If it’s a significant other , maybe you’re excited they might be about to propose something helpful. Instead of saying “I have an idea,” try, “ I’d like to propose an experiment (or trial).

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Set criteria for contacts, proposals, planning, and forecasting. Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. To sustain your organization’s mission, it’s imperative to develop human talent and curate a culture of excellence.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

annual appeal, grant proposal, special event, etc.) Systems would include (1) analysis; (2) planning; (3) execution; (4) control; (5) evaluation; (6) professional stance, and (7) ethics. As you see, you only get to the vehicles (e.g., once all the other things are in place. Dynamic Functions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I propose a careful exploration of social enterprise strategies is a matter of relevance and survival for small nonprofits in low-income communities, as they cannot rely on their constituents for a high level of donations or otherwise support. Understand the financial resources needed to engage in a social enterprise approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But it wasn’t until Active Voice brought on a full time evaluator that were we able to identify and actually measure the kind of shifts we think films can contribute to. But they don’t necessarily think of this as evaluation. Like it or not, evaluation is a crusty kind of term. Who are we trying to reach? Why this story, now?

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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.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 17, 2018

When your nonprofit needs a new vendor or consultant, the standard course of action is to send out a Request for Proposal (RFP) - indicating that your organization is interested in receiving information from vendors. Download our free template rubric for evaluating data vendors here! ]. What makes your nonprofit different?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

You have to measure accurately, as well as create an environment where problems can be discussed openly so you can effectively evaluate what’s working and what’s not.” The blog goes on to make a proposal to Gates about how to change the culture: Please round up a bunch of venture capitalists.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Organizational culture. We’ll go over how to evaluate your organization’s own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employee engagement strategies later on. Then, open the floor for your creative workers to submit proposals for a great prize, such as extra paid time off or a gift card. Leadership style. Tech stack.

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Classy

APRIL 22, 2021

Enable and empower a culture of environmentally conscious stakeholders. Evaluate existing company incentives and their environmental implications. Propose new incentives: In progress. Through research and many conversations, we solidified Classy’s sustainability charter and corporate commitments. . Achieve carbon neutrality .

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Two Signs Your Mission Statement Needs to Be Updated Experts recommend re-evaluating your mission statement every three years. There Has Been a Change In Your Nonprofit’s Scope Over time, technology, politics, and culture will impact your mission and how you approach it. Think about what would best speak to your audience.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

In this post I would like to share my thinking around the importance of demonstrating to the grantmaker that your organization reaches out to, and includes, varying cultures. Both our boards and our staff, not to mention our membership, need to reflect the cultures of the communities where we work and live. Demonstrating Inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Operating Principles: What rules will guide the network’s culture? Assessment: How will the network monitor its condition and performance?

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 27, 2015

Use language from fundraising solicitations, grant proposals, or the annual report. List each consultant and their fee to facilitate this evaluation. Here are six sections to check to make sure your 990 is all it can be. Program Service Accomplishments – This is your opportunity to tell your story in your own words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

I did a roundup of nonprofit panel proposals a few weeks back and wanted to give you an updated list. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Be sure to understand the nature of any proposed “customization” first in order to avoid misunderstanding. Evaluate your team: Do you have the right skills sets and capacity in house? Do you want to start (or persist) a culture of customization? What about development environments and tools? Be Aware of Precedent.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2015

Does your organization have the capacity to execute with high quality on this newly proposed program? You must evaluate all of these factors. Nonprofit Management Arts & Cultural financial management grants management overhead program costs' If yes then proceed – but don’t go into this with rose-colored glasses.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 2, 2019

However, with just a little extra effort you could be finding opportunities that help you advance your skills and position you as a thought leader in your field, whether that is fundraising, grantmaking, accounting, monitoring & evaluation , communications or one of the many other roles that make social good organizations successful. .

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

As a conference both for and by the nonprofit technology community, community members submit session proposals and then vote on them to help shape the agenda. Reading through 400+ session proposals made my brain hurt, but at the same time pumped me up. Campaign Case Studies. Planes, Trains & Winning Online Appeals.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change. Cultural institutions are increasingly developing APIs and linked-data repositories. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

The conversation touched on various dimensions of the data-collection issue: The challenge of cultural assumptions embedded in standard health surveys (what is "jogging", exactly? how do you evaluate the health significance of "one glass of rice wine per day" in China vs. Japan?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). It was organized by Ed Schipul. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Walking in the footsteps of my friend Yossi Abramowitz , these folks are putting out cultural products and shaking the traditional tree with new ideas. A healthy cultural ecosystem is one where people flock to be themselves. I too was thinking of it when reading these proposals. Is this a vision that is compelling to others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

In reading through this amazing outpouring of posts, people have been very transparent if they are nominating their own project as well as their criteria and evaluation thought process. Holden not only shared his recommendations, but gave us a detailed description of his evaluation process. " and tells exactly why.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects. Third, you need to align your idea with institutional culture. There are several good resources on evaluating participation.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity. Finance / @southwestfdns.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Create a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of your programs and activities. To evaluate the effectiveness of our nonprofit programs and activities, we will first establish specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals for each program. . Create a plan for engaging and retaining volunteers.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Not only do you need to be listening and taking action, but as an organization, you need to have a culture that supports collaboration. From listening, to creating to evaluating and then back to the listening again so that you can modify and then evaluate, and so on. Who’s the community? But think about it in more detail.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Here are six top workplace culture and compliance trends for 2024, with some suggested actions you can take to address each of them: 1. The good news is that there are many steps organizations can take to not just weather the stormy waters ahead, but also help their employees and businesses to thrive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

At our last board meeting, we discussed online fundraising strategies and I made a proposal about using the fundraising widget and a campaign. Given that we're all volunteer organization and almost all our fundraising is grassroots - the approach was not a mismatch with our culture. What is the checklist?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Given the organization-wide scope of my proposed project, effective change management practices were key to the success of the project. With the blessing of my supervisor, our development director, I charged forward, evaluating vendors and consultants before developing a plan for the system customization, implementation, and conversion.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

But with change comes new opportunities to evaluate and improve on existing business processes and demonstrate to existing and potential supporters that your organization is dedicated to compliance and ethical accounting practices. Embrace transparency. Financial Transparency , Council of Nonprofits. Invest in scalability and automation.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

To do that, you need to value quality writing as much as you value quality programming, and you need to adopt a culture of quality writing as early in your lifecycle as possible to harness its power and influence. Your board members write thank you letters , and your chief exec­utive writes partnership proposals.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. Are you going to use this to evaluate your internal operations so that you can become more efficient, more effective. Grant proposals. So, obviously, going to be a really great presenter for you. Does that make sense?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Impact Convergence 2016 brings together leaders, practitioners, and professionals from around the globe who are interested in impact and evaluation. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Social Value International / Atlanta, GA / $225.

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