Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Improve internal information systems.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We’ve incorporated the structure that many groups say they want. Unify Through Purpose Passion for your mission is a bridge that allows people with unique cultural and value systems to work together for a common purpose. We’re a board of eight. That smaller size makes us nimble. The board doesn’t try to manage operations.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. Lessons from the Field.

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Bonterra

APRIL 11, 2024

Learn more Building a data-informed culture Improve outcomes Put data at the forefront of your organization’s processes. In nonprofit organizations, case management is a structured process that involves identifying, assessing, planning, coordinating, and monitoring services to meet the unique needs of individuals and families in need.

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

This climate of skepticism continues to spread throughout social, cultural, and governmental institutions. We were in the office full-time pre-COVID, so we had a strong internal culture,” Kristine noted. Now we’ve moved to a hybrid work structure, requiring that everyone be in office at least two days per week.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. Create structure. Structure is crucial to developing and sustaining an effective advisory committee.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

When you walk into Zappos, the first thing you notice is the unique structure of the building. In Hsieh’s book, “ Delivering Happiness ,” he writes about the 10 core values of Zappos culture, which include: Deliver WOW through service. Having a support system in place is crucial for employee engagement.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Davey Award winners have been announced, and we’re proud to say that Forum One and our amazing clients have officially won 10 awards in website and app design for nonprofits, health, government, cultural institutions, and more. Check out our Davey Award Winners below! congressional districts. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

Learning Management Systems (LMS) – it would be a total let down if I did not at least throw in a reference to digital learning. There are structured eLearnings and mLearnings beyond the typical certification requirements which allow for the continuing and necessary education of your people.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it. They all have a strong desire to mobilize public interest and advocate for systemic change. Komen for the Cure to spark a social movement.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 29, 2023

With different levels and types of funding, different board and staff structures and capacities, many nonprofits are less inclined to be transparent with their financials and program metrics. These numbers are most easily calculated when you have the proper fund accounting systems in place and a strong finance routine.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

When you walk into Zappos, the first thing you notice is the unique structure of the building. In Hsieh’s book, “ Delivering Happiness ,” he writes about the 10 core values of Zappos culture, which include: Deliver WOW through service. Having a support system in place is crucial for employee engagement.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 21, 2022

But nonprofit leaders at all levels can still pursue SHRM systems, even with limited time and resources. The organizational structure of small nonprofits also produces unique challenges. Organizations with small staffs create an organizational culture that is reliant few individuals.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

By making key changes in technology, processes, and culture, your organization can adopt a responsive philanthropy approach to adapt to increased community need. The increased need brought high levels of urgency, so it was essential to get funds in the system and back out through grants quickly but thoughtfully.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

It comes down to organizational culture. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. The Evolutionary Stages of A Data-Driven Culture. There are no systems in place, no dashboards or simple collection method. What is the difference?

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Forum One

JUNE 17, 2021

Delivering authenticity in your DEI messaging means not just talking the talk, but walking the walk by working to be part of a larger cultural conversation around systemic issues of inequality. . Cultural issues of privilege and oppression are bigger than your organization. They’re bigger than ours. What are your priorities?

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Establish a bookkeeping system to account for cash receipts and cash disbursements, assets, and liabilities. . Determine your fiscal year and type of accounting system (cash vs. accrual). . Develop a basic structure for collecting ongoing performance data (including client and donor information). . Establish a payroll system. .

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Solutions Privilege: How privilege shapes the expectations of solutions, and why it’s bad for our work addressing systemic injustice. On Not Being Constrained by the System You’re In. Evaluating a Culture. We Need to Talk About ‘The Giving Tree’ Systems Change Is All about Shifting Power.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Does your organizational culture fail to foster stability and conflict aversion? Create cycles of adaptation within the organization that enable staff to experiment with need ideas in a structured way. Implement an ideas management process that provides structure and identifies individuals who will “nurse” ideas.

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Forum One

MARCH 30, 2023

Forum One’s recent design work with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Simmons Talks series was a dream come true: an opportunity to put passion behind a design that I believe in and honor the work of others who inspire me. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

The same historical and cultural structures that have held back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in so many aspects of our lives are also mirrored in much of the nonprofit sector. True inclusion and equal representation of all people requires overhauling both systems and ways of thinking. Change Organizational Culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

I found that deep purpose companies are extremely attentive to their culture and bring it into close alignment with their purpose. Culture is the translation of purpose into a set of behavioral anchors and principles by which the firm operates. There are some common themes in the cultures of deep purpose companies.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

But perhaps more than anything else, sales operations brings a system to selling. The Structure of an Agile Sales Operations Unit. Given the variance of organizational structures even among similarly scaled players in the same industry, pinning down the ideal structure for sales ops is nearly impossible. The gateway (i.e.,

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In the anti-rape movement, we see the work of ending violence as dismantling systems of oppression, like sexism, racism ableism, classism, homophobia, etc. Structure Your Message Effectively . The way we structure our stories is key to maximizing their impact. Our words matter, but the way we organize them is just as important.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

By making key changes in technology, processes, and culture, your organization can adopt a responsive philanthropy approach to adapt to increased community need. The increased need brought high levels of urgency, so it was essential to get funds in the system and back out through grants quickly but thoughtfully.

Philanthropy 52

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

I found that deep purpose companies are extremely attentive to their culture and bring it into close alignment with their purpose. Culture is the translation of purpose into a set of behavioral anchors and principles by which the firm operates. There are some common themes in the cultures of deep purpose companies.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 2, 2023

Implement mentorship or buddy systems Pair new volunteers with experienced ones to help them learn the ropes and feel more connected to the organization. This mentorship approach provides a valuable support system and promotes peer-to-peer learning. Provide a warm welcome Make volunteers feel welcome and appreciated from the start.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis. However, there is still a lot of confusion about what knowledge work is, what it is for, and how to do it.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Their mandate is to exhibit and preserve the collection of the best assets that represent the story and chronology of a culture or a society. Curation has a distinguished position in cultural institutions. Museums, archives, and libraries share many goals and functions. Now, these digital collections are essential to telling a story.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2022

I found that deep purpose companies are extremely attentive to their culture and bring it into close alignment with their purpose. Culture is the translation of purpose into a set of behavioral anchors and principles by which the firm operates. There are some common themes in the cultures of deep purpose companies.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Philanthropy is often an important part of any company’s structure. An employee giving program is a great way to show your company’s culture to potential and current employees. Regardless of what you choose, you need to define a timeline for your campaign to provide your program with some structure.

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Socialbrite

JANUARY 15, 2021

Knowledge management is the process of creating, structuring, using, sharing and retaining knowledge within an organization. Knowledge management tools are systems used by organizations to share information. These can be customer relationship systems (CRMs) or knowledge bases or learning management systems (LMS).

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

As a nonprofit technology consultant, I spend a lot of time talking with people about their systems, staffing, and business processes. The database didn’t have space for the multi-part campaign codes that corresponded to Barbara’s financial system. Leverage automations and workflows to share data between systems.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 14, 2019

In order to counter the pending “leadership deficit,” organizations must take a new approach to building HPT’s, which involves approaching human resources strategically, creating a development plan, building a supportive culture and measuring performance. Build a Supportive Structure. Approach Human Resources Strategically.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I found that deep purpose companies are extremely attentive to their culture and bring it into close alignment with their purpose. Culture is the translation of purpose into a set of behavioral anchors and principles by which the firm operates. There are some common themes in the cultures of deep purpose companies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

The same constructs which were discussed around combating issue fatigue can be used in creating a cultural movement around an issue. Creating a sustainable engagement platform within your existing structure takes time, creativity and dedication. that effective cultural movements move. 3) What are you trying to change?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. Organizational culture. Building relationships across team boundaries helps strengthen your overall company culture. Leadership style. Set clear expectations. Neglect employee input.

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