ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Get all of your nonprofit’s stakeholders involved in this process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. The Process Steps in Detail. What is your process?

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. And are you asking them in the right way?

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re looking for ways to evaluate your current agendas and optimize them for efficiency, you’ve come to the right place! This guide will walk through several actionable tips that will transform your meeting agendas from subpar to extraordinary. Boardable’s guide to board administrators. Whether you’re strategizing about.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. Check out the following breakdown of offerings you may want to consider when evaluating fundraising solutions. How long is the onboarding process? Do you offer a consultation to fully customize my system to my needs?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Learn more.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

Traditionally, nonprofit governance has been perceived through a hierarchical lens, with board members primarily overseeing and guiding the organization’s direction while staff execute the operational tasks. Evaluation of partnership: Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of the board-staff relationship.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Learn how your organization can take full advantage of social media in this guide! You can also run fundraising campaigns directly on social media, encouraging your followers to share and donate to make the fundraising process more collaborative. Branding best practices Branding is how your supporters recognize your organization!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

We’ll cover five best practices you can use to improve your texting strategy and earn more for your mission: Ask every supporter to opt in. Any nonprofit can benefit from these best practices, even if you’re new to text marketing or have limited resources. Segment your list of contacts. Write tailored messages for every occasion.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

If you didn’t prioritize accessibility best practices when creating your nonprofit’s website, you could be excluding a significant portion of your nonprofit’s supporters from engaging with it. In this guide, we’ll cover the importance of nonprofit website accessibility and how to improve your organization’s standing. Let’s get started.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the need-to-know information and steps of creating a major gift fundraising strategy, including: What is a major gift? Evaluate external threats and opportunities. Assigning responsibilities ensures that everyone is clear on their role in the major giving process.

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Qgiv

MARCH 12, 2024

Learn how corporate giving programs can help your organization in this quick guide! This practice helps businesses cement stronger relationships with the communities they serve. Evaluate programs and show data. What is corporate giving? Offer partnership opportunities.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1. Consultants gather this information to guide you in your cultivation and solicitation. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. The Team DNL Technology Assessment Process. But, because you’ll be investing in consulting and any new strategies identified in the assessment, it’s important to make sure this process is the right fit for your team before beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. ” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. Use Learning Theory.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

This idea is the most practical and, in some ways, the most effective. Instructions, such as a style guide and taxonomies, are part of this process. Hiring a contract employee is also an opportunity to “try before you buy.” Often current freelancers are actually seeking a permanent home.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. This document will help new team members absorb your unique grantmaking process and keep everyone on the same page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Now, you might be wondering, “how do we practice empathy in our leadership styles?” It’s the counterproductive practice of sending after-hour emails or direct messages, causing unnecessary panic, or scheduling meetings during universal time off. Some are even considering tying incentives to well-being objectives.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Foundation leaders need to understand how grantmaking practices affect nonprofit organizations and structure grantmaking practices in ways that best support nonprofit organizations. Mowrer’s Grant-seeking Challenges highlights that funder practices and requirements are considered one of the greatest challenges for grant-seekers.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

To build trust and prioritize community voices, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund adopted a participatory grantmaking practice in 2021 and 2022. This case study illustrates the outcomes they achieved by directly engaging community members in their grant funding decision-making process.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: . When chosen properly, impact metrics can accurately evaluate everything from individual program effectiveness to an organization’s overall performance. Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of programs and services.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. They should put internal controls in place and help write policies to prevent loss, theft, or confusion, using current b est practices.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 24, 2021

Nurturing nonprofit legacies is a lengthy process, the fruits of which are hard to evaluate in the short term. Insider’s guide to Leading with Nonprofit Legacies. Remember though that although making a will is a practical and logical exercise, the drive to leave charitable gifts is an emotional one.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Below is a list of processes and procedures you can take to prepare yourself and your organization to start your website build or redesign on a solid footing. Your 5-Step Guide to Prepare for a Successful Website Redesign. Recommended resources: A guide to Google Analytics and A guide to obtaining user feedback.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 30, 2021

However, navigating the myriad regulations and best practices can be confusing. In fact, research shows that many self-administered relief funds are inadvertently in violation of regulatory requirements and/or are operating with inefficient practices. Grant criteria includes: What occurred to make the applicant eligible for a grant?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2022

But how can you take practical steps to develop DEAI goals at your organization and ensure that equity, accessibility, and inclusion become a core part of your culture and decision-making? The goal is to equip you with questions to make evaluating solutions easier and more effective. Getting Organized for bbcon 2022.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

An RFP, or a request for proposals, is a process disguised as a document. Whether it’s finding the right candidates, having to wrangle their department to “get on board” with the details, or just spending so much time running the entire process, everyone agreed: RFPs can be a pain. Outline your ideal process. Key takeaways.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

In this process, it can be particularly helpful to conduct a SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique that involves evaluating your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Fundraising You can also use a SWOT evaluation to analyze your organization’s fundraising streams.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Practice with mock calls. Practice with mock calls. Consider these four components of effective matching gift phonathon training: Materials: Document how callers should ask about matching gifts and the process by which they should share company rules, guidelines, and instructions. Create a standardized script. C: Come prepared.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Born from necessity, the pandemic catalyzed the shift to a more digitally-driven selling process, and consequently thought leadership has become an increasingly important top of the funnel marketing tool.” Evaluate Expertise Who exactly are the members of your new brain trust and where will you find them?

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

Many funders have made a real effort to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grantmaking practices, but how this looks in practice can vary widely. Grantmakers are looking to one another to share effective practices and case studies. 2. Internal Processes: Grantmakers Must Look Inward.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Practice Critical Thinking The Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can perform 10.51 In this age of unprecedented processing power, why is critical thinking important? Letting ideas flow freely seems like the opposite of the filtering process required for critical thinking. Avoid cookie-cutter hiring.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Tokenism: According to Merriam-Webster, tokenism is “The policy or practice of making only a symbolic effort.” With the nonprofit storytelling best practices included below, you can tell stories that not only engage the reader but do so ethically, respecting the dignity and privacy of the people featured.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? This guide will help you decide whether partnering with a consultant is the right move for your association and how to choose the right team member when doing so. This step helps us understand what level of support your team will need along the process.

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Media Cause

JUNE 7, 2023

In this piece, our goal is to share AI best practices for nonprofit organizations when utilizing them for content and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. AI Best Practices: Things Nonprofits Should Be Aware Of While AI can be beneficial, knowing it’s an aid, not a replacement for critical thinking, is important.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

UTM Tracking Best Practices. You can find a quick guide to manual tagging in Google Analytics here. This setting enables your organization to automatically collect the source, medium, campaign, term, and content information associated with each of your paid campaigns, offering a great deal of efficiency in the production process.

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