CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

But as any fundraiser worth their salt will tell you – planning is something you need to do, without question. It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. Creating a fundraising plan may seem daunting. How much time can they devote each week?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

When Maddie Grant at Social Fish invited me to do a FREE webinar over at the 365 Engage Community, I was thrilled to have an opportunity to reflect the practice of incorporating social media into instruction. Introduction to six different social media tools and techniques for a planning, delivering, and evaluating a training session.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The points include: 1) notice the situation; 2) evaluate the situation; 3) Respond to the situation. The books is filled with techniques and best practices for getting people to be more civil online and how to handle the people that just can’t be civilized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.” Leap of Reason Books (Free download).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2014

In addition, the nonprofit evaluation services GuideStar , Charity Navigator , and BBB Wise Giving Alliance have teamed up on something called the "Overhead Myth letter." In mid-November, Idealware held one of its free webinars to address this question. Find the free webinar recording here , and the presentation here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. This is evaluation. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

Then when it comes down to writing up a formal policy, take the following practical continuous learning foundations into consideration: An Open Environment – Establish to your employees early on that it is ok to ask questions when something is not understood. Use this as an opportunity for knowledge transfer.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Prepare for donor questions. Here are the key components to any phonathon script: Introduction: Answer the most basic questions: Who are you? See how they respond when a donor has questions about the campaign, voices objections, or is looking to complete their transaction. Prepare for donor questions. Why are you calling?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). There are key questions to consider before investing in a social media monitoring solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Look at your score and ask yourself the following reflection questions. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Live in a tool or technique for at least month before adding something new. Use Time Management Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

The nonprofit’s social media policy formalizes the value and vision for social media use and networked approach and encourages “outsiders&# or free agents to help with implementation. Organizations in this category also need to focus on using more sophisticated measurement techniques , tools, and processes.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

It’s totally free, really comprehensive and easy to install. Ideally, we’d evaluate the previous year of data to observe patterns in different giving cycles. If a client hasn’t had Analytics for a year, 3 months would be the shortest timeframe we’d want to evaluate to ensure we get a clear enough picture of trends over time.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. We’ve got an awesome expert here that’ll answer as many questions as we can before the 2:00 hour. Just look for an email from me towards the end of the day. You can also use Twitter. But say hi. ” .

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Major donor prospecting is a research technique used by fundraisers to uncover donor data that will help determine giving capacity and willingness to donate. Once you’ve mastered this part of the process, you can expand your search outwards and evaluate donors who tend to support specific programs. Do they have questions?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Read the complete article in NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Yet organizations regularly implement campaigns again and again without evaluating their results and practices, and even fewer measure campaigns in progress to try and improve mid-stream. Working for what?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We have a free downloadable tile game of building your own museum that makes me pretty happy. Forgive me, as I am going to tackle this sideways, as your answer brought up a different question for me: am I a ludologist or a narratologist? Also, familiarity with game design techniques, and tools, and exercises, and processes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

Another fun role is “Rabbit Hole Monitor” that uses a technique called “ ELMO ” (enough already let’s move on). A great meeting or training starts with a great icebreaker.Icebreakers are discussion questions or activities used to help participants relax and ease people into a group meeting or learning situation.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

SEO is a set of techniques for making your website more discoverable to people using search engines to find information. WordStream and Answer the Public offer free tools that can help you generate ideas for keywords relevant to your nonprofit. The same study cites budget constraints as a common barrier to making this happen.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

One leader at Candid wisely uses the progressive stack method , a technique to prioritize voices less-heard in team meetings. A check-in generator is an easy way to change up questions from meeting to meeting. If you’d like to try this, you can borrow free eBooks and audiobooks from Candid’s extensive online library.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? And maybe this should not be an either/or question, but most likely resources will dictate that.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. Don't Praise.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Expert speakers aim to answer the big questions that experienced fundraisers and marketers face, such as how to build the best staff, how to stay motivated, and what new technologies to try. The event will also include breakout sessions where you can share data and strategies to evaluate your mid-level program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

A great meeting or training starts with a great icebreaker.Icebreakers are discussion questions or activities used to help participants relax. Here are some more techniques to ensure that your virtual meeting participants are listening. 6-Techniques for Virtual Brainstorming, Voting, Feedback, and Energizers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010 Ask These Five Questions If you are leading a business or a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Druckers book, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

When we did the final evaluation for the project, one comment from the teens really surprised us: they complained that it felt like we were "hiding" the goals of the project from them in the first of three weeks. The teens were free to be as creative as they wanted, without limitation of specific requirements or criteria.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these "open leadership skills assessment" questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Thanks for these great questions, Charlene! Don't Praise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. Learning is using experiments with metrics and the right questions at the right point to understand what works, what doesn’t.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review Here are five important questions you, as a manager and leader, should ask during employee performance reviews: What have I done to help - or hinder - your job performance? 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. It takes some action learning, small focused experiments where you track, evaluate, and learn from before investing more time and effort. Identify 2-3 questions you want to answer from your experiment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Check Out These Free Tips For Making An Effective Presentation Speechworks has published a free eBook entitled How to Create a Seven Minute Rifle Shot Presentation. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. To get the eBook, go to the Speechworks home page.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

Fred created the Net Promoter Score, a metric related to the number of people who answer affirmatively to the question: "How likely are you to recommend X to a friend or colleague?" To evaluate this, you have to consider whether your visitors are Web 2.0 Do visitors really want to review museums and collections?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The online survey tool uses a 45 question assessment to measure your leadership skills across 15 dimensions of leadership. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program. A full reporting on your results costs $79.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010 Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Don't Praise. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

It involves evaluating the effectiveness of your narratives in terms of engagement, donor response, and, most importantly, the real-world change inspired by your stories. Consider asking questions like, “What would you want the world to know?” The best way to craft ethical stories is to ask those you serve what story they want told.

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