Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

When building a campaign and exploring your options for the structure, actions and engagement pieces, look first at your organizational metrics. Maybe you want to run a campaign for awareness around one of your proposals and want to showcase teachers in the process. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! Start with Metrics.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

In addition to bringing issues into the open, you need to build a mechanism in which there is a consistent opportunity for calling in/calling out behaviors: Are there structural and procedural processes in place in which to have these feedback conversations? Is there a process where one can provide upward feedback?

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Activities Active Activism Organization 97

Forum One

JULY 29, 2021

Consider proposed name options through the filter of your brand pillars to help your stakeholders decide if a name authentically represents who you are. Before getting too wedded to a name, do a cursory Google search to see what other products or organizations already have similar word structures for their name.

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Arts Fun Proposal Consultant 89

Care2

MAY 18, 2011

When building a campaign and exploring your options for the structure, actions and engagement pieces, look first at your organizational metrics. Maybe you want to run a campaign for awareness around one of your proposals and want to showcase teachers in the process. But, it doesn't have to be that way! Start with Metrics.

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Campaign Design Impact Metrics 73

Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2023

Flexibility and structure are not mutually exclusive. Here’s some examples: The ability to scrap a new design and start over when it’s obvious that it doesn’t meet an objective. Regardless of the feedback, make it a practice to acknowledge it, address it, and when appropriate, implement it.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It starts with a six-week period to gather session proposals from the community, followed by two weeks of voting — which just started this week! Presenter(s): Amanda Halacy, Senior Strategist, Forum One; Julia Bradshaw , User Experience Design Lead , Forum One. Increasing Your Nonprofit’s Impact with Service Design.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It can be uncomfortable to admit, but many web designers, myself included, first learned about digital accessibility as a regulation. It’s not a way to design—it’s simply design. The “I’m Determined” website focused on better addressing its audiences’ needs through a participatory design process. Focus on content.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

However, you don’t need to be an expert on website design or marketing to create a valuable website, because you can call in someone who is! . Nonprofit consultants specialize in a number of different aspects of nonprofit management from fundraising and accounting to web design. Internal management consultants. Website review.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

I was reminded of this recently, at the first evening of the online course in Grant Proposal Writing: Our fifteen working adult students logged in to Zoom and were welcomed into our shared virtual classroom. Then one of the last arriving students, typing their name into the designated row, somehow deleted the whole roll sheet.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Learning can be formal or informal, designed or serendipitous, individual or collective. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. It helps us to adapt, adjust, and evolve amidst complexity. Fast forward to today….

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Bookshare’s role was mixed: we didn’t end up attending many of these meetings and critiqued early efforts that were crippled by heavy-handed publisher influence, although we did propose at one point to supply technology to TIGAR based on Bookshare. Benetech team-members will recognize this as the same thing that we call “ Born Accessible.”

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

This should serve as a foundation for your new website content and structure. a security team, a 508 compliance testing team, content creation, content approvals, legal compliance or review for content, government approvals for designs, branding and/or imagery, etc.). Think about why they would come to it and what they need from it.

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Government Websites Proposal Digital 71

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. Before you dismiss a proposal that incorporates unfamiliar technology, make sure to do your research.

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

Grants aren’t always easy to get, but with a well-written proposal, you can blow your competition out of the water. These grants can be difficult to get and require a well-thought-out grant proposal. Letter of inquiry, grant letters, and grant proposals. There are three types of proposals you may face when searching for grants.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

These models are presently built on snapshots of internet data and aren’t designed to be research assistants. Grant Proposals : AI writers can help nonprofits create persuasive grant proposals that secure funding and support for their initiatives. Start from scratch : some interfaces like ChatGPT allow for long threaded chats.

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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. There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. Decision-making in generative social impact networks is distributed throughout members.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The Ford Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or inquiries; however, they do have a year-round open funding opportunity in the arts, specifically for documentary filmmakers. Daniel & Pamella DeVos Foundation. Albuquerque Community Foundation. The Ahmanson Foundation. RedLine Contemporary Art Center. Ford Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

I design and facilitate a day long, in person meeting every other month dedicated to one of these topics. The goal of the day was to develop a collaborative grant proposal for a project that would be pertinent and beneficial to each CMC. I really appreciated the structured and in depth discussion this activity created.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. The proposal to Metlife was all video. We had this moment where we were going to sign off on design and move to fabrication, and I was really worried.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2012

With that in mind, Zero1's community engagement manager Danielle Siembieda-Gribben organized HackFlux : a weekend hackathon bringing together a mix of coders, developers, designers, artists, and thinkers this past June. Siembieda-Gribben structured the hackathon to maximize learning and shared knowledge. The Teams Get to Work.

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Arts Tech San Francisco Proposal 58

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit consulting services might solve a specific challenge, like customizing and cleaning up your database , or serve as more of a long-term investment, like designing a complete technology plan for your nonprofit. Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals. GivingMail – Direct Mail Design.

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

501(c)(3) is a designation given to organizations that are exempt from federal taxes and include public charities, private foundations, and private operating foundations. 501(c)(3) is unique from other 501(c) designations because charitable contributions made to 501(c)(3) organizations are tax deductible. Grant writing.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In our mobile, social, always on, multi-screen world it’s important to ensure that your for that your organization’s home on the web is robust, well designed, and well-built. Design – Get final sign-off from the key stakeholders. Maybe this is your board communications committee, or your top staff leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. The photograph above documents a creative stretch break from a recent Leadership Training I designed and co-facilitated at the Americans for the Arts Conference. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Standardization around portfolio tracking, donor interactions, documenting proposals, and next steps is critical to the health and sustainability of any fundraising program. The moves management structure may vary depending on your goals and priorities. Are annual giving and sustainer donor programs a priority?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

It’s time to ask yourself some tough questions: Does your nonprofit have the structure in place to manage your growth and the additional work that will come with your realized dream of a new building? A well-designed feasibility study will help you learn: The community’s perception of the proposed project and your organization in general.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Ford Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or inquiries; however, they do have a year-round open funding opportunity in the arts, specifically for documentary filmmakers. Daniel & Pamella DeVos Foundation. Albuquerque Community Foundation. The Ahmanson Foundation. RedLine Contemporary Art Center. Ford Foundation.

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Arts Grant Culture Fund 73

Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2020

The systems in which these organizations are operating under are not designed with these tenets as part of their fabric, in fact the opposite is true. Is it the hierarchical structure of organizations? I would like to share them with you, in case they resonate as something you could do and/or propose in your organization.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Every Saturday, the curatorial team at Elsewhere , a living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, reviews the project proposals of its artists-in-residence. Proposals involve sculpture, performance, participatory-projects, videos, and installation that use and respond to the museum’s collection.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2019

At Common Impact, we’ve identified three keys that will help you confidently structure a pro bono project, identify organizational challenges your potential partner could help solve, and propose a skills-based volunteer engagement that meets your nonprofit’s needs and supports the interest of the volunteers.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Step 3: Analyze Your Nonprofit’s Work The most important questions you should answer in your mission statement are who you serve, how your programs are structured, and your impact on your cause. They could be helpful in finding new ways to talk about your mission in your fundraising appeals, grant proposals, and more. Who Do You Serve?

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Examples Language Iowa Nonprofit 95

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. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Finance / @southwestfdns. 41st Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

The Fund's Request for Proposal ("RFP") is available, and the Application Instructions and Application Form are available through 5 PM on June 27th, when all applications are due. The app is free to use and designed to give nonprofits the opportunity to communicate privately with staff, volunteers, and other stakeholders.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 7, 2013

This usually elicits some looks of shock and surprise until I elaborate further and explain that I’m not proposing that they cease to engage the community in their work through volunteerism but, rather, that they modify how they think about volunteers in their organization. Such organizations answer with an emphatic “yes!”

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Finance / @southwestfdns. 40th Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas DC 85

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

And if you are CFO, you need to be at the planning meetings—not to meddle in the program design but to provide insights into the financial impact of the decisions. It is important to note, however, that the M&G rate varies across organizations depending on their cost structure. Read on to find out more!

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Are you willing to take risks within your organizational structure? I filled out “wild-card” grant applications and wrote first-time proposals to national and government groups. Social media and design abilities using email marketing became a priority. Are you willing to work longer hours? New ideas take additional time.

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