Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

Breakout Rooms are a feature on Zoom meetings (it has to be turned on in your zoom profile/account ) that allows the meeting host to put people into small groups for more intimate discussions or activities. . See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ). Which one you select depends on the activity and group dynamics.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

Many groups have adopted DEI as a strategic priority. Some groups are reluctant to divert attention from member engagement and attrition. Attaching benchmarks to your statement provides structure and something for people to work toward. Give the group some easy wins and some more visionary ambitions. Lack of resources.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

In case you missed it, Matrix Group now has a podcast. These are organizations that are not going back to their pre-pandemic structures and offerings. The BAAA’s annual conference is held at different times of the year, in different locations, and with different program elements. It’s called Associations Thrive !

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Today, in Milwaukee, the group has gone on to consider public safety, another issue that’s critical for restaurants. It’s the difference between a simple handshake and a deeply realized commitment. With this kind of structure, there are limited sources of revenue. There was no working partnership with industry and public health.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. When the group reimagined their office space, incorporating elements of culture into the new design was a priority. ENA’s culture journey brought the group from a score of minus one in 2017 to a score of 40.5

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Often, this means conducting periodic focus groups, needs assessments, or surveys. Often, this means conducting periodic focus groups, needs assessments, or surveys. Notably, both of these advisory committees have different foci (that should absolutely be defined in advance). Create structure.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

They go by many different names – volunteer councils, auxiliaries, “friends” groups, and more – but regardless of their varied titles, such groups share a great deal. Lessons from the Field. In recent years, we have conducted surveys and interviews at institutions with longstanding volunteer councils.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

It’s important to understand your traffic sources so you can attribute revenue to different ways you’re trying to find more donors. Are your conversion rates different for different audiences? They’re an industry-standard way to categorise traffic from all your different marketing initiatives. What are UTM s?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play – guest post by Meghan Ventura. One infamous example is Foldit , a protein-folding puzzle game that crowdsources potential real-world protein structures and solutions. You can register here. Games can also empower players to help solve seemingly impossible scientific problems.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. Next comes a lead gift committee and a campaign cabinet or steering committee, followed by a range of additional ad-hoc groups assembled to tackle other needs as they arise in the quiet, kickoff, and public phases of the campaign. 4 elements of a successful capital campaign meeting.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Read time: 2 minutes Elections present a myriad of challenges — the proliferation of misinformation, the widening gulfs of affective polarization and fragmentation, the rise of conflict entrepreneurs, and the weaponizing of difference all contribute to an atmosphere of deep discomfort and uncertainty. Register here.

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M+R

MARCH 1, 2024

Elections present a myriad of challenges — the proliferation of misinformation, the widening gulfs of affective polarization and fragmentation, the rise of conflict entrepreneurs, and the weaponizing of difference all contribute to an atmosphere of deep discomfort and uncertainty. Register here.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

For organizational leaders, deputizing—and supporting—the right person at your organization will return huge dividends in the form of clean, organized, and well-documented data structures. There are grassroots groups on social media, listservs, and informal peer groups for users of various Blackbaud products.

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

When we think about experimentation, consider something like what in marketing is known as ‘A/B testing’: Let’s say you’re sending out our newsletter and you split your group of 1,000 people in half; 500 get one version of the newsletter and 500 get another. Then, track those different groups. Tip #2: Subject Lines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. 9) Join and participate in LinkedIn Groups. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Today brings a must-read book for anyone who makes presentations at work, a club, a non-profit, or to any group of individuals the reader wants to persuade to take action. The answers will be different depending on if you’re coming from the perspective of the Presenter or the Listener. The book is, Presentation Ready , by Terri L.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better. Learning, we do naturally.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? Don’t try to accomplish 50 different initiatives that can create a land grab for resources. Could you develop a profile of member wants/needs in each demographic group? Critical Questions What is your association’s value proposition? To the organization?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels. Update your supporters on how their contributions are making a difference and achieving your organization’s goals.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? We’ll follow with 10 minutes to group ideas around common themes. The participants focus on the group memory, which becomes a living record of everyone’s contributions.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

It was a pivotal time when women began to exert more influence and demonstrate the different ways in which philanthropy could support the needs of all of humankind. I often refer to the post-World War II period, when civil and human rights movements came to the forefront, along with community-organized philanthropic organizations.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 29, 2022

Mobilize your volunteer group. During this process, take steps to form a diverse and inclusive SME volunteer group. Recruiting a diverse group of volunteers strengthens your association by providing a wide perspective of opinions on industry matters. Try different membership types. Strategize about the membership cycle ?and

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

It is great when we get wins and can celebrate them, and it’s tough when we take a loss and have to re-group and press onward. Proclamation requests: It’s easy to generate proclamations from cities, counties, and states declaring a specific day or month in honor of a cause or group. Advocacy is a long-term calling.

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Candid

MARCH 23, 2022

After two years of teaching online in a variety of formats and structures, one thing that I’ve realized is that when the camera is off, people may be long gone—or at least disengaged. . Encourage group discussions and don’t be afraid to speak directly to an audience member. So, how does that translate to the Zoom Room?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Here are seven different elements that any association strategy—including yours—should include. Your strategic plan should outline the issues that matter most to your members while also position your group as a credible and influential force. Start by outlining your organizational structures. Don’t stop there!

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. This is different from summing up tasks and deadlines at the end of the meeting. A structured process has a number of benefits.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2023

Every organization has different goals that they will need to track against, and different challenges that make tracking website success difficult. Comparing the relative size of a group of content to the relative amount of views it gets can help you decide what type of content is most valued by your audience.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

What are the key functions of a sales operations group? The composition, hierarchy, and primary role of sales ops may differ across industries and even across similar businesses of diverse sizes, but many of today’s sales ops leaders perform a standard core set of functions. The Structure of an Agile Sales Operations Unit.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The hard work of creating the content and basic structure is done. This can also serve as an educational tool to increase awareness about different diseases. Guess the Breed: For animal welfare groups, post pictures of different animal breeds and have participants identify them.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

a discount code for anyone who attends a small group discussion). As you build a basic structure for your community, think through which activities the majority of your members will be interested in. As you build a basic structure for your community, think through which activities the majority of your members will be interested in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Now consider all of the different ways you could tell that story, including narrative voice, structure and imagery. How you tell that story will elicit different emotions in the viewer. For example, if you work for an animal shelter, there are many different ways you could tell the story of someone who adopted a pet.

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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. But not all nonprofits are created equal.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2022

Many experts recommend grabbing a pen and paper to sketch out your presentation’s format and structure. After choosing your presentation’s structure, you can design your visual elements and brand your presentation with your nonprofit’s logo, colors, and fonts. . Research these groups and craft presentations that resonate with them.

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

When we think about experimentation, consider something like what in marketing is known as ‘A/B testing’: Let’s say you’re sending out our newsletter and you split your group of 1,000 people in half; 500 get one version of the newsletter and 500 get another. Then, track those different groups. Tip #2: Subject Lines.

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Media Cause

JULY 23, 2021

In Part One of our 75 Tips + Tricks to Optimize Your Google Ad Grant , we covered creating and structuring your account, target settings and selecting keywords. We recommend implementing sitelinks, callout extensions, and structured snippets. . Include keywords in the meta tags of your website’s SEO structure, but don’t overdo it.

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Allegiance Group

AUGUST 22, 2022

When Progress Sitefinity 14 DX was announced, Allegiance Group was thrilled to learn it would be based on Microsoft.NET Core. Allegiance Group uses Docker Desktop for local development and containerizing applications for uniform deployment across different environments. as a base. Thinking about a website redesign project?

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