sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Learn the language and history. Talk to your funder, peers, and internal experts to ensure that you understand the language of grants and other funding sources. With many initiatives in a rapidly changing environment, it can be challenging to keep staff engaged throughout the process. Seek clarity. Keep the momentum going.

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Grant Process Management Tips 91

TechImpact

JUNE 4, 2014

Find out if all your volunteers are up to date on your nonprofit’s processes, language, best practices, and policies. Try taking these three measures to better understand your volunteers: Communicate openly: Sit down with your volunteers and get to know them better. Create a better volunteer environment.

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Retention Volunteer Marketing Help 184

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Next, ask about what language resonates with them. This input can help you measure the success and impact of your programming more objectively. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. The language in the mission statement should feel the same way that the brand feels.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Connectional intelligence and digital body language can create trust, build relationships, support work-life balance, and prevent burnout. Traditionally, Erica said, we measure our working relationships by quantity, such as how many meetings we have or how many people we connect with.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 23, 2021

However, read it only once you’ve committed yourself to creating a welcoming and productive work environment for all. And, more specifically and most importantly, how to create WE-builders to help close any gap between people who are separated by ethnicity, language, race, religion, or any factor that divides.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Maintain and develop our team's automated data processing and analysis infrastructure (POSIX-environment command line tools built on bash, make, python, and R).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Set a dollar amount goal, tie it to a specific impact measurement, and hit go! Speak the Language Your Donors Speak. This is especially true in a digital environment where you only have a few moments to capture a potential and existing donor’s attention.

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Online Tips Fundraising Nonprofit 103

EveryAction

MAY 23, 2016

With more to do, across multiple departments, and fewer resources to work with, many professionals looking to shake off the often-restricting structure in the corporate world may find they thrive in this sort of environment. Be sure to speak the “language”. How will you measure your campaign’s success?

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

Social distancing measures and the COVID-19 outbreak forced the event industry to make some uncomfortable, yet necessary changes. A virtual trade show is a virtual event run in a digital environment and hosted through a virtual platform. On-Demand Video: Beyond language considerations, a global audience can mean multiple time zones.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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Report Measure Impact Process 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Natural Language Processing. Instead, there are multiple culture types that create the right environment for data driven nonprofits to take shape and grow. Culture of Testing: There is a belief that measurable improvements can be made through iteration and testing throughout the organization. Machine Learning. Algorithms.

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Culture Data South Dakota Los Angeles 50

AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

Social distancing measures and the COVID-19 outbreak forced the event industry to make some uncomfortable, yet necessary changes. A virtual trade show is a virtual event run in a digital environment and hosted through a virtual platform. On-Demand Video: Beyond language considerations, a global audience can mean multiple time zones.

Virtual 52

Virtual Guide Registration Sponsor 52

.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. ChatGPT , from OpenAI, is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. Large language models (LLMs), adept at communicating with human speech, represent a significant advance in computing. It was launched in November 2022.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

There are two primary parts of a solicitation to keep in mind: the meeting setting and the language you use to ask for a donation. When you schedule meetings with prospective major donors, make sure to choose an environment set up for intimate conversation. Use your CRM to develop a report template to measure your program’s impact.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 97

Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

How to Manage Remote Workers: Measuring Results. Some of the most concrete advice I found on practical management of teleworkers is Jacob Griscom's article How Telecommunications Is Changing Work for Nonprofits , in particular his section on systems for measuring results and accountability.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency is currently transitioning from the ‘laugh’ to the ‘fight’ stage as the Federal Government is making plans for measured regulation s. These structures allow people to collaborate in a trustless environment without the need of traditional bureaucracy or centralized authority. Different Terminology .

Donor 52

Donor Difference Ukraine Podcast 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

How to create environments that encourage and celebrate working with a network mindset within foundations? Measuring the strength of our networks, how they change over time, what theory of change to develop, what longer term outcomes might be achieved through networks, etc. The Networked Nonprofit Board by Eugene Eric Kim.

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Network Conversation San Francisco Support 99

Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

So, what are good practices we can instill in our corporate learning environments that will ensure the highest level of safety, the greatest output, and best compliance to corporate guidelines? E-Learnings can quickly instruct and measure user issues with content, and let you know what further actions may be necessary.

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Learning Instruction Instructional Training 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The chapter suggests “Tearing down the silos” and that this will encourage more open leadership, and create a transparent environment. The idea is to go from a hierarchical structure (what Allison Fine and I described as Fortress in our book) to a more collaborative, team offer. Develop shared language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

The principal task of preparing organizational leaders is to provide them with the language and tools they need to be able to discern and describe network activity, the insights they need to understand network structure, and an appreciation for the vital yet often subtle tasks of managing a network’s context.

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Network Work Structure Leadership 106

Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

As I mentioned in my previous two blog posts about the GMN 2016 annual conference , we asked conference attendees to respond to the following question: Where are you on your journey to measuring outcomes and impact? We need more evaluation and measurement as this is vital to moving a cause forward and the only way to improve.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Nonprofit marketing, fundraising and communications specialists need to spend more time talking to donors and learning to speak their language. They should have all their member contact info, lists, events, conferences and webinars, social media, and other files in one location that has an open API environment.

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Game Strategy Change Advocacy 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. You also need to consider the learning environment, any constraints, the delivery options, and the timeline for the project.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. Community Managers should measure increased speed from word of mouth or marketing awareness, the best way to measure this is time from awareness to close –or spread of WOM. This matters most.

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ROI Results Community Online 66

.orgSource

JULY 3, 2023

Understand the New Environment Back in 2019, when I interviewed Dan for our book “Association 4.0: Tone—The advice above also applies to tone and language. Dan offered this bit of wisdom, “Digital platforms allow you to measure engagement and revenue. (Animoto) Dan Stevens, President of Association.TV/WorkerBee.TV,

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Video Communication Create Strategy 221

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2012

Ask the candidate to explain why and watch body language. Eric: How should you measure the performance of a newly-hired marketing leader after 30 days, 90 days, and one year ? Does he/she take ownership of the campaign? Also, ask about marketing campaigns that might not have yielded the expected results.

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Marketing Business Interview Industry 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

The key takeaway for me is the whole point about the need for new metrics to measure learning from games. There was some push back from someone in the audience "How can we measure virtual worlds when we really haven't yet figured out what works and what doesn't. New learning environment puts games at the center.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. A grant proposal utilizes research to demonstrate emotion and not poetic language. will also reinforce more achievability).

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Grant Award Project Proposal 93

NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

They are the result of research — measuring something quantitatively or qualitatively, formally or informally; usually involving a question, a purpose, and by necessity a methodology and instrument. All data depend on measurement, even data as common and seemingly objective as the weather. What if I don't speak loudly enough?

Data 91

Data New York Government Digital 91

Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S. InterConnection received the computers from Microsoft, installed Windows 7 Pro and Office 2007 (Czech language version of course), and shipped 157 computers by sea. How It All Started. and everywhere else.

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Czech Republic Library Poland Romania 54

NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Donations will be a consequence of meaningful engagement, not a measurement of it. Raising money in 2012 will require creativity and foresight.

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Money Raise Contest Social Media 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

How can you describe user participation in a shared language that helps your team make the right decision for your project? What do these categories look like outside of the science environment? A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. Speaking your donors’ language — lose the jargon! If the donor retention trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%.

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Retention Donor Change Blackbaud 37

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Ann Wizer is an artist who uses design and education to protect the environment and reduce poverty. Measurement is the major theme as the sector grows up. There is something beneath the language of "what works" that can kill innovation. But Socap 09 has taken the concept of socially conscious schwag to new heights.

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Social Kiva Artist Sample 88

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The language we use September 6, 2006 I came across, in my catching up period, an article titled " Ten ways to change the world with Web 2.0 Is the environment any cleaner? is not a good idea.

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Language Open Source Web RSS 100

Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

While many nonprofit professionals are digital immigrants , we’ve had 20 years now to learn the language and customs of the digital native world. A changing social media environment is going to drive changes in strategies and tactics. People will manage, monitor, and measure their philanthropic activity primarily on a mobile device.

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