Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. The reach, impression, and even engagement metrics provided by the top social networks on organic posts are often inflated and not a true reflection of the power (or lack of power) of your pages and profiles. Keep that in mind!

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Unlike the board of directors, which has oversight of the organization, advisory committees don’t have any oversight of the organization. These questions should help you make sure you are recruiting people with the right skill sets who can represent experiences and voices that you may not have on your staff.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Engaging the consultant search using a JEDI approach requires clarity of intent, a commitment to being uncomfortable, and a great deal of “cultural humility” (self-reflection, personal critique, and acknowledgment of existing biases), especially in white-lead and white-dominated organizations and institutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. We were welcomed by directors of two partner organizations, Connie Wolf, Director and CEO for the Contemporary Jewish Museum and Brad Erikson, Executive Director, Theatre Bay Area.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. This week, Van Gorder kindly answered the following questions for me : Chris Van Gorder Question : Even when a CEO does his/her best to be approachable to their employees, often employees find it difficult to approach that CEO. Fly-bys don’t count.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. This week, Van Gorder kindly answered the following questions for me : Chris Van Gorder Question : Even when a CEO does his/her best to be approachable to their employees, often employees find it difficult to approach that CEO. Fly-bys don’t count.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. This step provides a golden opportunity to include the finance director in your work and create an important ally. It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

I followed up with Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director) to learn more about how they went about this first very important first step for measuring social media – defining results. Pictured is: Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Nonprofit leaders need to use social media to drive conversations online and offline, influence others, and shape perceptions. What other executive directors in your field that you respect, follow, and/or feel inspired by are using social creatively? How will social improve things you already KNOW and value?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , we highlight the work of the Sunlight Foundation and its executive director, Ellen Miller. Its ruling on the Citizens United campaign finance case earlier this year has overturned a century of jurisprudence on the appropriate limits of corporate influence in elections.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. This week, Van Gorder kindly answered the following questions for me : Chris Van Gorder Question : Even when a CEO does his/her best to be approachable to their employees, often employees find it difficult to approach that CEO. Fly-bys don’t count.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

The strategic planning process involves reflecting on your mission to identify your most important goals and determining the strategies you’ll use to reach them. Ideally, every three to five years, your board and staff directors will meet to realign regarding goals and begin the strategic planning process. What can we automate?

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Including a budget in your marketing plan should help answer this question. Reflecting on these nonprofit marketing pillars, your mission, and your goals for the campaign will help you craft a plan that is detailed, realistic, and, above all, relevant to your organization and its supporters. social media marketing director).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. This week, Van Gorder kindly answered the following questions for me : Chris Van Gorder Question : Even when a CEO does his/her best to be approachable to their employees, often employees find it difficult to approach that CEO. Fly-bys don’t count.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Note from Beth: Last spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley Boyd,Campaign Director, for MomsRising.org who told me about Joyful Funerals. Ashley and her colleague Anita – as well as the whole team at Momsrising does a fantastic job of reflecting after each campaign on how it could be improved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Bahia Ramos wrote this post as part of a learning culmination process where we reflected on the design and what was learned as we moved into another round of giving days. Guest Post By Bahia Ramos , director of community foundations at Knight Foundation. Bahia Ramos , director of community foundations at Knight Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

Many of them, like the lightbulb , the phonograph , and the motion picture camera , were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. In his question to create the storage battery, he conducted 10,000 experiments before arriving at a method that worked. What were some tactics that you tried?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

George Scheer is the director and co-founder of Elsewhere Collective, a fascinating "living museum" in a former thrift store in Greensboro, NC. At every moment the question of restoration was countered with the preservation of traces. risk participatory museum guestpost Unusual Projects and Influences'

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

For many donors, your nonprofit’s website provides their first impression of your organization and subsequently influences how they’ll interact with your organization going forward. Sarah Fargusson – Director of Digital Strategy at Cornershop Creative. Fundraising consultants. Submit your RFP. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. California Public Policy Director Judy Darnell offered a case study how she got started simply on Twitter. ” The exercise used the layer cake metaphor and some planning questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Making sure each department can access its data to answer their questions.&#. Example of A/B Testing Results.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

I got this great question from someone and I know that many of you may have struggled with this issue and have some wisdom to offer: Hi Beth, My question is: does the voice/tone of a blog need to match up with the voice/tone of the nonprofit? saw what you wrote, how would it reflect on you and your abilities? (If What resources?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Here are my reflections (theirs are at the links above). I had just taken the job as director of a museum that was struggling financially. And then we celebrate their generosity, rarely questioning why they had the capacity to give in the first place. We can influence change when we put our money where our hearts are.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then we’ll have some time for question and answers to make sure that we can do our best to address some of the things that you and your teams and your boards are facing today. So we have three questions that will help anchor our conversation. And just to make it easy, we’ll ask you to type your questions in the chat.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. One answer to these questions may be the social enterprise model, which has the potential to revolutionize both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. Defourny et al.,

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

This year’s research found that digital teams that are represented in senior management, influence decisions on new campaigns and receive leadership support run higher impact digital programs. This should be a wake-up call to all campaigns and executive directors. The Importance of Digital Leadership. The Team Restructure Trap.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Sixteen arts administrators, journalists, and researchers weighed in on the question over a series of posts. Several decried the oversimplification of the question, arguing that it's not an issue of "lead vs. follow" but a spectrum of forms of participant engagement. How do you respond to this question? and a few more thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Here's but one example from a blogger: “I took an American Red Cross class I thought was less than satisfactory. […] Someone found my blog post and told the local chapter director. Identifies influencers. The point is - you need to steal five or ten minutes from the doing to reflect in action.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

If this were a web-only project, I wouldn't be surprised: many museum directors and curators ignore what happens on their websites (and technology people use those loose reins to create all kinds of content experiences). These research questions are where I start to get really excited about Click. This makes sense. The fact that 4.3

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Attendees include approximately 200 Directors and senior staff from Service and Conservation Corps across the country; officials from federal agencies; representatives from philanthropic foundations; and friends and supporters of the Corps movement. We know you've got questions. The Great Ideas Conference. The Great Ideas Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Return on Investment is what many executive directors may be thinking when social media strategy comes up. Learning is using experiments with metrics and the right questions at the right point to understand what works, what doesn’t. Pause for reflection time before next reiteration: How to improve results? Return on Investment.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

posted by Alexis Roeckner Executive Director,Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary. The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? Clarify the requirements of a board of directors: to set direction; ensure resources; and provide oversight. 1996, 370-73).

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Early on, the directors had decided that the lifespan of the permanent exhibition would be about ten years, and in 2006 the first meetings on innovation were convened. The minutes of meetings held in 2006, 2007, and early 2008 reflect a hurried and rather superficial process. It should not surprise the Museum 2.0

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