sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Identify What You Need Short-Term By reviewing and documenting your processes, you now have a clear picture of your non-negotiables for a new grant management system. Plan for What You Need Long-Term Your grant programs are probably different from where they were five years ago, and they will likely be different five years from now.

Grant 74

Grant System Foundation Management 74

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Each member of the team brought a different perspective based partly on their work in the organization. Visualizing Where Meaning Making Can Happen “Mapping” activities are often the starting point of identifying data collection opportunities. I asked each person to fill in cells in a matrix. These are opportunities for meaning making.

Data 96

Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 96

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Check out these seven tips to enhance your event registration page: Customize your event page Use a fundraising thermometer Promote your event sponsors Include videos Add social sharing buttons Provide seating options Embed maps to the event 1. However, you can help fix this issue by embedding a map onto your event registration form.

Business 52

Business Tips Registration Sponsor 52

Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

There are many problems with this which is the subject of a different novel… The purpose of this guide is to help organizations take advantage of this truth. DIY Multimedia tools to create social content Canva for nonprofits – pictures dominate social comms and a good canva template can go a long way. Social Media Tools.

Profile 98

Profile Social Linkedin Audio 98

Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For many organizations, different departments have different data storage requirements and they end up with their data stuck in different platforms. Many of the tools organizations work closely with were built by different teams with different business models. Does this sound familiar?

Data 64

Data Analysis Map Accessibility 64

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you offer many different paths on your site, a good strategy is to let users pick their own way forward. Instead of making site visitors click around extra pages, they put the different ways to help front-and-center so people can choose. In the examples below, some websites chose to ask their visitors what they need.

Technique 325

Technique Design Websites Brain 325

Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Direct mail reaches different audiences. Then, pair those motivations with demographic descriptors to paint a more detailed picture of the audience your direct mail fundraising efforts will target. Start by mapping the journey your supporters follow when engaging with your organization. Choose impactful visuals.

Mail 52

Mail Fundraising Nonprofit Channel 52

Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

How to glean insights: Having the data is one thing, but knowing what insights to pull with confidence that it is the right picture is quite another. Format for your stakeholders’ preferences and needs Once you have a good sense of your analysis and recommendations, you need to think about how you package it for different decision makers.

Story 60

Story Report Data Blended 60

Candid

APRIL 20, 2021

A recent analysis of Candid’s Foundation Maps data by Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy ( AAPIP ) found that between 2014 and 2018, approximately 0.2 The story so far in 2021 has been very different. To further explore how philanthropy is responding, check out Candid’s Racial Equity map. [i]

Pledge 119

Pledge United States Foundation Grant 119

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 22, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's Spring Fo.

Picture 40

Picture Arizona Americorp Philanthropy 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

My Ocean , is a niche social network of more than 9000 divers and this guest post by Darren Barefoot describes some powerful outcomes for ocean conservation by bringing together several strategies: niche social network, crowdsourced data mapping, and deep engagement. For decades, scuba divers have been cleaning waterways. million divers.

Awareness 99

Awareness Project Data Map 99

Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Understanding the goals and objectives, and the potential data that could serve these goals, Forum One helped develop a system to aggregate payroll and advancement data from employers, then map it to internal data attached to members who had matriculated through the professional development program. Then the tools can be tuned.

Trend 69

Trend Digital Data Storytelling 69

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Missing the Big Picture: The database coding is set-up for one-off events, reports, or initiatives rather than considering the long-term strategy. Do your financial reports differ from those of your Finance department? Step 3: Map out the Data. Map the coding and what type of information is stored in each code.

Database 52

Database Donor Fundraising Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

People and Connections Map : Helps you map your network. Tell stories and make maps. Look at both the detail and the big picture. ” It is a social innovation toolkit for those who work in the development sector. A few tools that caught my eye: 1. Evidence Planning: Helps define outcomes for a project.

Method 116

Method Ideas Adopt Facilitation 116

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We’ll walk you through what GA4 is, how it differs from previous versions, and how you can get set up. GA4 has much of the same functionality but with some key differences. This enables you to map the entire journey to the form so you can see where people are falling off. You’ll be pulling in rich data in no time!

Analytics 52

Analytics Google Fundraising Track 52

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Community Mapping. >> Content Mapping. >> Presentation. YOU can do it! Step 2: Goals.

Metrics 219

Metrics Community Map Template 219

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Improving Business Process with Process Maps : Is it really an improvement if you can’t measure the impact? You’ll get a look at the roadmap for where we’re going, our strategic vision, and the long-term big picture for Financial Edge NXT. They need information that helps them make data-driven decisions.

Blackbaud 79

Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 79

Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

7 Things Your Association Strategy Should Include Mapping out a strategy for your membership association isn’t a one-time process. Here are seven different elements that any association strategy—including yours—should include. But don’t forget to craft a vision statement, too, that lays a vivid picture of the future you aim to create.

Associations 52

Associations Practice Strategy Leadership 52

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Information Architecture: Everyone accesses information on your website differently. You have a site map that resonates with the way your audience accesses information. Remember, your website is not just a pretty picture. Learn more about nonprofit website priority and the use of wireframes to figure out how to kill the noise.

Design 247

Design Web Guide Slides 247

Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

With the ability to run paid advertising across a variety of different channels and placements, it can all seem a little daunting. By setting your budgets early on, you can strategically plan to maximize your spend and map out the rest of your strategy. and back into how much you will need to spend to reach your specific goal.

Tips 52

Tips Organization Channel Benchmark 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Jeremiah Owyang has some good suggestions on how to integrate the intern into the team so they understand the strategic big picture. Free Work: Seth Godin wrote a post a while back about the difference between using interns and "free workers" people who are unemployed or underemployed who want to build their resumes.

Social Media 90

Social Media Map Media Strategy 90

Forum One

APRIL 27, 2021

The purpose of a content strategy is to map out the goals for your website and the content that will help achieve the messaging for each section. By mapping your business goals to your audience needs and seeing how your content can connect the two, you can craft an integrated, seamless experience for your audiences on your site.

Content 47

Content Strategy Map Audience 47

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The solution is to have a recipe or rather, a plan, that maps out all your fundraising for the year. You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. You may have different buckets.

Fundraising 134

Fundraising Activities Active Activism 134

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Use different links on different sites to see what really gets people clicking through. Community Mapping. Community Mapping helps you identify not just the various segments of your audience, but also create a clear picture of which tools/platforms are associated with those groups and which messages are best to target where.

Tools 162

Tools Tech Map RSS 162

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Data reports and personal snapshots are often generated separately, then placed side-by-side with the hope that the juxtaposition of hard metrics with an emotional picture and blurb will resonate with a wide range of people. In June, Tides partnered with Rhiza on a data mapping pilot using their Insight software. and "to what ends?"

Case Study 68

Case Study Story Data Studies 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. As you can see there are many different ways to apply social networking analysis to understanding networks. When you map your network, it tells you a story.

Analysis 104

Analysis Social Network Social Media Network 104

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Virtual memberships have taken a variety of different forms, including new digital benefits, virtual member events, and even full-fledged virtual membership levels. Map out a session grid: I recommend that you ask yourself what you want to get out of bbcon. This will help you pick your sessions. Do you want to hear about technology?

Arts 66

Arts Culture Virtual Guide 66

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

In some place-based funder collaborations, members combine grantmaking information to create a collective picture of private funding in the community and compare it to a community needs assessment conducted by the local government, a nonprofit, or community foundation. Pursuit of a specific goal cuts across their differences. .

Collaboration 92

Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. . Otherwise, you waste a lot of time creating meaningless, but cool maps. When you map your network, it tells you a story.

Analysis 96

Analysis Social Network Social Media Network 96

NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

It’s evident that each of them cares about making a difference in the world through the work they do each and every day. This has got to be the best of all our pictures. I think Geoff lives a double life as a model … based on that picture.). (make sure to read the whole post). Incredible!). Nice work Noah!). 20 @ 5pm.

Question 116

Question DC Blackbaud Social Media 116

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

We’ve assembled a list of some of the best tools you can implement in your professional association to help you meet different goals. A branded app can contain useful information such as the schedule, room numbers, floor maps, networking opportunities and wayfinders. Association Management Resources. Accounting and Payment Tools.

Associations 141

Associations Professional Software Tools 141

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

A Google Account is different from a Google Profile. ” It’s worth noting that beginning July 31 Google made it mandatory that all Google Profiles be public which means that your first name, last name, and profile picture will be visible when you participate in public Google Products such as Google Places, Maps, Images, Sites, etc.

Google 207

Google Practice Profile Avatar 207

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The group will working together over the next three years, meeting regularly face-to-face in the different countries as well as work together online. The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills.

Rwanda 113

Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

Analysis 95

Analysis Social Network America Network 95

The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

I start by getting a big picture things like the send date, the universe and targeting. Sometimes it means thinking about a better way to characterize something or a different word choice. And if you’re working with the team on an approval process, it gets everyone on the same page right from the start.

Guide 89

Guide Fundraising Storytelling Process 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

We introduced ourselves by drawing a picture on a sticky note and using the speech bubble sticky to articulate a challenge in our practice. Next, each person got to introduce themselves and their challenge, while the instructor, Pete Maher, expertly facilitated a network map on the wall. Round Robin.

Facilitation 132

Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events. There were also many sites so a searcher would have to go through several and sort through the many different search protocols and syntax. Indirect Content. Examples from Haiti.

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206