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. Start by outlining your organizational structures. Want some help?

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

There is plenty of advice out there, and most leaders have the management skills to retool organizational structures for better communication and greater agility. This idea is the most practical and, in some ways, the most effective. Live stream sales maximize the impact of both strategies. Take a lesson from QVC.

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Bonterra

APRIL 11, 2024

Public Sector & Nonprofit Case Management Software Improve Impact Drive stronger outcomes with a solution that empowers your staff, enables more data-informed decision making, and provides expert guidance and best practices. Deep sector expertise and support We understand your unique needs and challenges.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1. They believe in the long-term impact of your work and may wish to create a legacy for their philanthropic efforts. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. We’ll go over how to evaluate your organization’s own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employee engagement strategies later on. Enhanced community impact. Tech stack.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. The objective here is to pinpoint, through feedback, the impact of a certain behavior so that the person practicing that behavior is made aware of the consequences of their actions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 24, 2020

This public perception influences nonprofit leadership when determining compensation structures for their employees, and can lead to significant pay disparity between the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. First and foremost, they need to examine their compensation structures and really evaluate how they are doing.

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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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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

Whether participants are joining with a corporate sponsor, or signing up with family and friends, individuals of all ages and skill levels can make an impact by raising money for kids in need. Best Practice #1: Have A Peer-To-Peer Platform. Best Practice #2: Easy Registration. Best Practice #3: Introduce Incentives And Prizes.

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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 is already changing content and SEO as we know it—and your digital marketing strategy will be impacted. Below you’ll find guidance on how to use —and not use—these tools.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. January 2018 : Ok, can we agree on some best practices how to address this as grantors and grantees? Putting an emphasis on listening.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. Why Impact-Per-Dollar is a terrible, harmful way to measure nonprofit effectiveness. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. Evaluating a Culture.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

This often overlooked and sometimes under-appreciated department uses data to drive strategy, best practices to guide training, and technology to hack success. Sales Ops Best Practices. Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. The Structure of an Agile Sales Operations Unit. Technology. Building Sales Ops.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

As nonprofit professionals, we all want to impact the greatest possible number with our work. What type of impact is the program making, and is it one that can be most effectively increased by scaling up this individual program? Organizations should examine their own structure and capacity. Who is involved?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2022

For example…” What was interesting is that after they made these types of statements, what they all went on to share about how they granted funds, vetted applications, organized their boards, and the process by which they evaluated their grantee partners was very, very similar. Collaboration in a Crisis.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. “I One such model is the Social Impact Bond (SIB). Outcomes were evaluated based on the number of times the ex-offender was reconvicted.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 25, 2022

This can be devastating to nonprofits and ultimately affect the ability to achieve impact. Leadership must recognize this impact on their staff and adapt to strengthen and build a more resilient workplace to achieve sustainability. Human resource practices play a vital role in making employees feel valuable.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. Monitor program impact. Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. 6 Steps to Get Started Take these steps to build a solid foundation for your data warehousing journey.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Development professionals employ six practices to be successful in their role. Embracing a long-term view of these practices not only unlocks your nonprofit’s growth potential, but also builds and reveals your own professional aptitude for organizational leadership. Nonprofits are allowed to do more than just break even.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Here, we’ll explore the benefits and practical ways to revisit your fundraising plan throughout the year. It’s a good practice to celebrate reaching milestones so everyone involved in the process feels valued and motivated to continue. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? In this excerpt from No More Status Quo , Heather digs into the problematic assumptions of long-held “best practices” in the grantmaking space.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Create Impact with Inclusive Audience Research. Who you speak to and how you structure your research has a big impact on the findings you gather and insights you can take action on. During this session, you will have the opportunity to put what you’ve learned into practice through case studies and activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Partnership on AI’s “ Framework for Promoting Workforce Wellbeing in the AI-Integrated Workplace ” provides a framework and practices to guide employers, workers, and other stakeholders towards promoting workforce wellbeing as AI becomes integrated into the workplace. Read the full paper here. . This is a more macro lens.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 2, 2023

Identifying Your Needs Before designing a volunteer engagement program, you’ll want to evaluate your organization’s needs and determine the specific tasks volunteers can help with. This will help potential volunteers understand their responsibilities and the impact they can make.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Understanding Revenue Projections When a nonprofit is putting together a budget for the coming year, an important step is to perform a revenue projections analysis that can inform the expected amount of income used for operational expenses and deepen mission impact. Growth Rate: The expected percentage increase in revenue.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This waste adds to the overhead for a nonprofit, distracting from the impact sought by their mission and adding to their unfunded operational costs. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent).

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Organizational Overview: Background information on the nonprofit’s history, structure, and key personnel. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. You can provide a few different metrics to show the program’s impact to your board.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 14, 2021

The growth of any nonprofit requires the constant evaluation of where their untapped potential resources lie. . This blog post will offer some practical tips to ensure you are creating the best relationships with your volunteers and ensuring you are maximizing the potential of those passionate about your mission. A box of chocolates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. Generative Social-Impact Network.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 4, 2017

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Two: Smart Nonprofit Business Models. The business model is comprised of: Service , which a nonprofit performs according to its mission and by which it impacts its community and/or constituents. Thanks Alice! What is a smart nonprofit business model?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit mission statement is how you communicate your organization’s impact to supporters, clients, and the community at large. To help your organization create a powerful nonprofit mission statement that follows best practices, we’re covering the following topics: What Is a Nonprofit Mission Statement?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 14, 2019

There are no shortcuts to cultivating such teams, but best practices involve hiring with intention, motivating performance and retaining top talent. However, limited and dated understandings of financial decisions can have disastrous effects on a nonprofit’s mission and impact. Build a Supportive Structure.

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Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

Additionally, we’ll cover GA4 retention considerations that may impact your decision. We’ll also provide insights into the reasons behind this transition, its challenges, and practical strategies for ensuring the continuity of your analytics efforts.

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