Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Meetings are a big part of our work week, whether it is a recurring staff, team, or board meeting or informal check-in. Whether our meeting is useless or valuable depends on how we design, facilitate, and follow up. Meeting design is more than just agenda planning or identifying topics.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

“All businesses sooner or later face the need to reconstruct their future,” explain the authors of the new book, The Phoenix Encounter Method. Therefore, this book shares a new method of leadership thinking – the Phoenix Encounter – relevant to all organizations in today’s ever-changing environment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Pare down the most inspiring stories from the past year into bite-sized stories or quotes, and your donors will feel proud to be a part of your team. Use compelling design. Multichannel fundraising refers to reaching the same donors through multiple communication methods, or channels. Embrace a multichannel fundraising strategy.

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Forum One

APRIL 18, 2023

Two of our most used service design activities are ecosystem mapping and service blueprinting. These tools employ collaborative methods that engage both end-users and the organizations serving them. Next time you face a problem and aren’t sure how to begin, try one of these service design methodologies to get started.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In our Service Design: Where Social Impact Meets Innovation webinar, we defined service design, described how service design fits into the social sector, and broke down how mission-driven organizations can apply it to their work. . There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When combined with other methods of showing gratitude, these recognitions can help your nonprofit build long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with its corporate sponsors. If you use a premade design template, make sure you can customize it for your nonprofit. Branding also makes your catalog look more professional.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2022

How does fashion design relate to digital design? On a basic level, all designers gather inspiration from a range of sources and many design principles are consistent across different disciplines. Designers from around the world presented work inspired by issues in their community and the world.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Within Media Cause’s Creative, Brand, and Design team, one of our favorite things to do— besides creating incredible work for our clients—is sharing inspirational and educational resources with each other: articles, POVs, webinars, classes, books, case studies, blogs, tutorials, cheese. Creative-problem solving on a small budget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

The toolkit was designed through a collaboration between a European agency ( STBY ) and an Indian agency ( Quicksand ), it was commissioned by Nesta and the Rockefeller Foundation , who together saw a gap in the support for innovation provided to the development community. This is not the only social design toolkit.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2022

Doing event fundraisers puts a strain on small organizations and teams working with tighter budgets. This makes event-free fundraising a desirable solution for organizations looking for affordable fundraising methods. The post 9 Engaging, Event-Free Fundraisers for Teams on a Budget first appeared on npENGAGE.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

Training your team and developing their communication skills will be essential. Beneficiary designations. The primary benefit of this giving method is to reduce estate taxes while still ensuring that wealth can be passed to a donor’s heirs. A donor can name your nonprofit as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy.

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sgEngage

MAY 15, 2024

Choose the Method that Is Right for Your Organization When deciding on the ideal method for kicking off CDP’s change management process, we knew we wanted it to be collaborative among the eight-person grantmaking team, with everyone having the opportunity to lead. Getting the right people in the room is key.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The other day I attended an information session for a new initiative centered around increasing diversity in design. It was created and hosted by one of the largest design firms in the world, and because of their reputation and great PR team, the call was filled with designers, architects, and executives all ready to join the cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard. Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Dashboard design should also inspire buy-in and continuous improvement by using “ human centered design ” methods.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

Before we write product requirements, design interfaces, or build software, we go to our users to understand how they do their work, what their goals are, and what obstacles are standing in their way. With the information we’ve gathered from users, we can begin to design and build new Candid tools. What problems are we trying to solve?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Two of our most used service design activities are ecosystem mapping and service blueprinting. These tools employ collaborative methods that engage both end-users and the organizations serving them. Next time you face a problem and aren’t sure how to begin, try one of these service design methodologies to get started.

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Bloomerang

MAY 1, 2023

Simply put, a fundraising plan is a way to document your goals into actionable steps that you and your team can take. You need to understand who your donors are, what motivates them to give, and what methods they prefer for donating. Take a close look at your fundraising methods and evaluate their effectiveness.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Why is Online Presence Management Better Than Web Design? Here’s our top five reasons for why OPM is better than web design. How is Online Presence Management different to web design? The most important benefit that online presence management offers when compared to web design is the thoroughness of its coverage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. The Network Impact team spent 18 months consulting with civic tech thought leaders and offering technical assistance to Knight Foundation grantees focused on assessing the impact of their technologies. Hone in on your true scope of influence.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

How to sell merchandise with ease through dropshipping Through the art of dropshipping, an organization can design and create products for individuals to purchase without having to stock and sell the products themselves. If you are more educationally inclined, designing and selling notebooks, backpacks, and pens would be a great first step.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now’s the perfect time for us to take a step back and celebrate the team that has built Nimble AMS over the last decade. . It’s been pretty amazing getting to see the different aspects of our development process as well as so many talented teams. Prior to Nimble AMS, I started out as a member of the QA team. And, are we ever.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

Traditionally, fundraising has relied on old methods. For instance, Keela’s Smart Asks for Donation tool offers advanced features designed to leverage data analytics for personalized donation requests. They do so through donors’ preferred methods, like email, social media, text messages , or direct mail.

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sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

But learning how to master gift capacity will help your team know how to best approach a prospect and draw up accurate, thoughtful proposals. Here are three methods for fine-tuning your gift capacity estimates. Learning more about these donors helps position your team to invite them to partner for specific projects and initiatives.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

Kindful offers a beautifully designed, intuitive, fully integrated online fundraising CRM. And the way we do that on the software development team is to build features and products that provide real value to our customers. Create technical specifications and technical designs.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

By: Kate O’Connor, Senior Analyst (Strategy), Innovation Consulting, Salesforce Ignite UK&I; Kevin Smeeing, Senior Analyst (Design), Innovation Consulting, Salesforce Ignite UK&I; Anna-Sophie Oertzen , Innovation Consulting Manager, Salesforce Ignite EMEA. For Ignite, this pro bono project represented a new way of volunteering.

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Media Cause

MARCH 20, 2024

Organizations can expand their impact by using tools designed to reach, cultivate, and convert constituents into customers or donors, and that is where MarTech comes in. 5 Cost-Effectiveness Digital marketing tools can be more cost-effective than traditional marketing methods, providing a better return on investment.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Think about your nonprofit’s team. As a nonprofit, you likely use a variety of methods to promote your services and gain more support—two of the most common being email and website marketing. That way, both methods can inform each other, taking your marketing efforts to the next level. Each staff member has unique strengths.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Data model” might seem like a techy concept that only your IT team needs to know about. It’s designed to support the way associations work. Person Accounts was designed to streamline the user experience. Centering all individuals in one method streamlines the process. It offers a simplified user experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

The team at Giveffect , comprised of former nonprofit professionals and technologists with experience working closely with nonprofits to build the best all-in-one nonprofit software solution, compiled the top three tips to increase volunteer engagement. The more your team is involved, the closer you will connect with your volunteers.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. Algorithms can be designed to be objective and unbiased, reducing the risk of human error and judgment in decision-making. The team watches data and member behavior.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

Flyers are a tried-and-true advertising method to get the community engaged with your event and organization. If you see them as an outdated outreach method, we have great news for you. Use a minimalist design. Create unique designs. Look no further! Feature relevant images. Try different fonts. Tip 2: Include a QR code.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

Online giving options also provide a range of payment methods, allowing donors to give using their preferred payment method, whether that’s a credit card, PayPal , or another online payment service. In this example, notice how Legado’s donation form is beautifully designed.

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Forum One

JANUARY 5, 2023

I am a senior leader on the Account Growth team, responsible for staff management and satisfaction, training and continuing ed, and strategic planning. I’m also an Account Manager day-to-day, supporting project teams, ensuring project success, and setting a long-term strategic vision for the clients within my portfolio. Get in touch!

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tracking the status of your pledges and developing a follow-up method as deadlines approach is key. Ensure that it is designed to inspire and prompt action, and that donors can easily navigate to your optimized online donation form. With a positive sense of urgency, there are potent ways you can incentivize follow through.

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Achieve

MAY 18, 2021

For nonprofits, social media is one of the most effective methods of raising funds and awareness. We recommend keeping all of your designs in the square shape, or “Instagram Post” size.*. Make sure to take advantage of the “Folders” feature and name your design to keep everything organized. It’s that simple! charitywater.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 23, 2024

Branded Site CauseVox’s intuitive drag-and-drop tool allows you to easily layout and design your fundraising site in a way that’s unique to your mission and beneficial to supporters. From campaign inspiration to team details, achievements, and the communities you serve, it’s a comprehensive look at your story.

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