Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I co-lead a workshop on digital transformation, co-facilitated a master class on digital fundraising campaigns, co-hosted a learning breakfast for scholarship participants, co-designed a Big Room session on Technology for Good, and in between attended some amazing sessions. I also served on the program advisory committee.

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re looking for ways to evaluate your current agendas and optimize them for efficiency, you’ve come to the right place! Assign a speaker to each agenda item and notify them, so they can gather the right resources and practice any presentations. This could include anything from deciding on a t-shirt design to sell to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

Skeptical because Candid is a nonprofit that describes its work ethic and culture as similar to that of the tech sector, which could mean either mission-driven with an innovative mindset, or appropriating the rhetoric of social movements while engaging in extractive practices.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Here are some digital marketing best practices for finding new donors by driving prospects to your nonprofit organization’s website using search engine optimization, online advertising, and email campaigns. Consider a content audit to evaluate how well your website meets search intent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Never underestimate the value of services that are designed to ensure you’re set for success from the moment you purchase your software and beyond. Check out the following breakdown of offerings you may want to consider when evaluating fundraising solutions. Do your due diligence by reading third party software evaluations.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

We believe that technology systems intended to be used in fragile environments must be “protective by design,” and seek from the outset to minimize the risk of harm. Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Learn more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

There are three main components to integrating impact management practices in your organization: continuous evidence building, participant-centered program management, and integrated financial management. However, in a robust impact management practice, everyone must be involved in the evidence generation and use process.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

We’ve taken a closer look at the Jane-A-Thon event to provide some best practices that can be applied to your spring peer-to-peer fundraising events. Best Practice #1: Have A Peer-To-Peer Platform. Best Practice #2: Easy Registration. Best Practice #3: Introduce Incentives And Prizes.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact. The post Asking For A Legacy Gift: 10 Practical Steps To Get Started appeared first on Bloomerang. Please let us know in the comments section below.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. These action steps are designed to correspond with the developmental stage of your fundraising program. Collaborate with peers : Engage with other fundraisers and organizations to share insights and best practices.

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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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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. Do you have standardized practices for data management ? The post Nonprofit Technology Assessment: Evaluate Your Tech appeared first on DNL OmniMedia, Inc. That’s where a nonprofit technology assessment comes into play.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2017

Go from zero to 60 — or at least gather enough speed to get on the highway entrance — with our Design for Nondesigner course series. Get your design driver's license by taking a few of TechSoup's online design courses. identify and apply standard processes for creating visually appealing and effective design.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

MARCH 31, 2020

We know it’s difficult to stay caught up with the latest trends and best practices. Our webinars take an important topic and show you the ins-and-outs, best practices, tips for getting started, and more. In this webinar you will learn: How to evaluate your current website for improvements. We can help! Watch the Webinar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. One of the newest resources, a free online guide called “ The Data Playbook ,” was recently published by the Schusterman Foundation and written by Rella Kaplowitz, Program Officer, Evaluation and Learning.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Design a program that reflects the customized service you want to deliver and the quality of outreach you want to produce. Use data to make objective decisions based on site traffic, evaluations, sales, professional development activity, focus groups and/or other types of outreach. They will be representing your organization.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you make kindness official by designating it as an organizational value, you can weave the threads of consideration throughout your team. Practicing kindness with intention puts us closer to realizing the best in ourselves. Survey the office and evaluate the comfort quotient. Kindness is a foundation for equity and inclusion.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

As an educational consultant, I offer nonprofits instruction on best practices around their technology. I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. First, I believe in forming a user-based perspective for the design.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 1, 2022

We have many tremendous employers in the state, so it’s great to see more and more companies take part in this effort to evaluate their workplace cultures and gain the recognition they deserve,” says Indiana Chamber President Kevin Brinegar. These companies consistently demonstrate to their employees how much they value their contributions.”.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

Many funders have made a real effort to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grantmaking practices, but how this looks in practice can vary widely. Grantmakers are looking to one another to share effective practices and case studies. This requires a full examination of institutional culture and practices.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Of course nonprofits’ ability to accurately evaluate their impact is married to their funding. Grantee evaluation is a perennial hot topic in the foundation world, nonprofit evaluation is a lucrative industry in universities, and there is a whole high tech industry emerging to rate charities online led by Charity Navigator.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2023

Many of us have been in the position of loving an idea on paper but later realizing it doesn’t work so well in practice. Regardless of the feedback, make it a practice to acknowledge it, address it, and when appropriate, implement it. Training as demonstration without evaluation is only an overview.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A website build or redesign has technical but also design and execution aspects. Well-defined technical and design scope and constraints. Next would be technical and design requirements. Design and creative requirements. You’ve been put in charge of leading the revamp of your organization’s website. Target audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? I tweeted the link to the original and one colleague, Michelle Murrain, wrote a reflection called " Evaluation and Being A Learning Organization.".

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Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

While usage is a great data point to evaluate your product’s success, there’s so much more to consider when weighing the options to build an in-house solution or use an off-the-shelf product. Throughout the evaluation process, it’s important to keep your association’s unique goals and success metrics top-of-mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The idea is not only for participants to acquire the skills and knowledge to host a successful giving day, but for them share and transform practices together. This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. The objective here is to pinpoint, through feedback, the impact of a certain behavior so that the person practicing that behavior is made aware of the consequences of their actions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations. They’re also hungry for data and evidence-based solutions that generate practical insights for program implementation, continuous improvement, and core operational decision-making. This is where impact management comes in.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We are designers and researchers, communications professionals and developers. Through an internal compensation review, as well an external one to benchmark against market rates, we are actively evaluating our current salary structures to ensure that they are equitable across the organization. DEIA is also about what we do.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2014

On December 17, TechSoup hosted a SoupChat for nonprofits and libraries looking for more information on website design and hosting. Design and Web Building forum moderator Yann Toledano led the SoupChat. " Responsive Web Design. People discussed responsive, mobile-friendly design and touched briefly on security.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Her specialty is blending communications theory, field research, and practical sales experience to help professionals and non-professionals become more polished and persuasive presenters. They are not designed to be a crutch to help get a person through their content. Preparation and practice are the keys to managing nervous energy.

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 4, 2022

However, upon occasion, even those established practices aren’t enough, and an individual’s behavior strays beyond the acceptable. training, coaching, job aids, or other resources) designed to achieve it, while also outlining the steps to be taken, timeline, and accountability process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Networked nonprofits are experts at using new media (social media, mobile, and other emerging technologies) to spread their missions, design and scale programs, communicate with stakeholders, or inspire behavior change. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Accountants Content moderators Legal Assistants Proofreaders Entry-level stock traders Transcribers Graphic designers, where creativity isn’t a priority Customer service representatives Soldiers Writers, where quantity is a greater concern than quality I reviewed several of these lists. The nominees varied depending on the publication.

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