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 your eagerness to demonstrate your organization's impact, you may be wishfully interpreting the data to draw conclusions that can't be drawn.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

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. In this process, it can be particularly helpful to conduct a SWOT analysis.

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Analysis Guide Nonprofit Retention 52

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Make the mission or program the hero – Focus messaging on your nonprofit’s values, impact, and service. This showed him that ad campaigns should spotlight the product itself – the emotional impact it provides. Clear human impact should take center stage. Passionate explaining of impact?

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The skill, of course, is hosting a Giving Day and we are now looking at processes, techniques, and ideas for follow up and assessment. My colleague, blogger Michele Martin has this well-researched deck with many more examples of methods for doing a process evaluation and reflective practice.

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Reflection Practice Results Storytelling 119

Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Impact 4 Ways to Expertly Manage Donor Data 9 min read Read Now Perform Prospect Research What Is This Strategy? Major donor prospecting is a research technique used by fundraisers to uncover donor data that will help determine giving capacity and willingness to donate. That’s a recipe for frustration! Why Implement It?

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Gift Strategy Raise Database 52

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Whether you’re planning holiday events or social media campaigns, incorporating texts into your promotion strategy can have a big impact on your success. RSVP here to join us for a fun day out in support of our local after-school program. Fundraising event invitation: Damien, you’re invited to our annual golf fundraiser on 9/27 at 2pm!

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Practice Puerto Rico Fundraising Metrics 59

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . Formulation of Incentives Program. Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Implementation of Recommended Compensation and Incentives Program.

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Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 145

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Rather than another potential recipe for information overload, content curation can be a method for self-directed learning that builds your expertise while enhancing your organization’s brand and content strategy. Content curation can empower us to learn more and use that knowledge to get deeper impact for our nonprofit’s programs.

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Content San Francisco Technique Skills 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I’m always on the look out for useful and thought provoking resources on how nonprofits can use data to make better decisions that lead to greater impact. I was most interested in Part 2 (pages 17-21) because I think the advice is applicable to organizations beyond those managing head start programs. Cultural Indicators.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2021

The better job you do at making sure your websites can be conveniently used by as many people as possible, the more people will use your websites, and the more impact you can have as an organization. And as more services are moved to the internet, the negative impacts of inadequate web accessibility get more severe. It’s a legal issue.

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Beginner Accessibility Web Lesson 46

Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In corporate training programs, often the focus is strictly on compliance. In modern times we expect a lot from our training and development programs, and it safe to assume that progression in our industry is strictly relational to a number of additional learning aspects we can obtain from our Learning Programs themselves.

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Application Training Train Business 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Networked nonprofits are experts at using new media (social media, mobile, and other emerging technologies) to spread their missions, design and scale programs, communicate with stakeholders, or inspire behavior change. Their impact is to make the world a better place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. What models of “collective impact” or multi-stakeholder collaborations have emerged; is there a typology?

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Build Change Social Facilitation 112

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

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. Put these goals in order of priority – which ones which have the most impact, and which ones should you prioritize? So, let’s touch some more on these fundraising techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

Knowing that your staff is going to continue to improve throughout their tenure at an organization will positively impact employee morale, as well as reduce the amount of turnover your organization may experience. Take the time to evaluate this list and see if any of it could be applicable to your organization.

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Culture Learning Create Industry 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

This framework works like a charm, whether it is a one-hour webinar or 7 day intensive International training or college graduate course or year long peer learning program. Recently, I was on a call with colleagues to plan our NTC session on training , and co-presenter Cindy Leonard said to me, “You are using ADDIE !”

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Communicate the concrete donation impact of your callers’ fundraising goals. Listen for matching gift asks during calls and provide guidance to improve techniques. Give your callers the information they need to have the biggest impact. Your callers should always be asking donors if their employer offers a matching gift program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In the past year, I''ve seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation. Where do you see the biggest resistance to incorporating participatory techniques? Yes and no.

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress. Communications have more impact. intense days of meetings. The design incorporate many interactive learning techniques to ensure that participants were actively learning and sharing, and not falling asleep!

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Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”. Here’s a summary: There was a range of practice for using data and measurement to improve social media and demonstrate impact: Crawl. Often overwhelmed.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2023

Just as you and your team run critical day-to-day nonprofit functions, you can practice Brand Leadership to contribute to a smooth, impactful operation imbued with energy, creativity, resilience, and sustainability. No one has more impact on brand health than the leadership team. Ignore Brand Leadership at your peril. Clear as mud?

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Leadership Strategy Nonprofit Collaboration 221

Gyrus

OCTOBER 14, 2016

But just because that mentality exists, it doesn’t mean that it cannot be gamified or even done in an impactful way that can and will completely benefit your system’s learners. Each component must be broken up into its most basic form, for the highest degree of impact.

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Training Train Game Fun 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis. Year in Review.

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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

It provides strategies, techniques, and an approach to recognizing and confronting any threat faced by an organization in fulfilling its mission.” . It’s a defined, routine commitment to gather, evaluate and respond to threats and opportunities. Here’s a small list of programs you could consider to protect your data.

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Guide Management Profit Issue 61

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In the past year, I've seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation. Where do you see the biggest resistance to incorporating participatory techniques? Yes and no.

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

It provides strategies, techniques, and an approach to recognizing and confronting any threat faced by an organization in fulfilling its mission.” . It’s a defined, routine commitment to gather, evaluate and respond to threats and opportunities. Here’s a small list of programs you could consider to protect your data.

Guide 59

Guide Management Profit Issue 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity. The IMPACT Conference.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas San Diego 111

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

So consider this just the first of many posts related to issues of cultural inclusion, evaluation, and impact. I have seen a lot of inclusion practices and policies in museums and cultural institutions, but I haven''t seen many evaluations of their success. This blog is about shared learning, and I went to engineering school.

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Measure Arts People Museum 47

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Products, Programs, and Services. This is where you describe the need and who benefits from your programs. Note who carries out your programs and services and whether you use mostly volunteers or whether you have paid staff in place. What do you and your staff do every day to run programs and provide services?

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Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. Personal stories have an undeniable impact on fundraising efforts. Authenticity 1.

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Storytelling Impact Arts Nonprofit 81

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. 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.

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People Community Video Podcast 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

My goals for the guest blogging program were modest: To keep my sanity during the move. Many folks have asked how I implemented the program so let me share how I did it. See Allistair Croll's guest post on some tracking techniques). I used PostRank to evaluate the engagement of posts. I'm taking it as a compliment.

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Reflection Florida Social Media Metrics 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Technology and Its Emerging Impact on Foundation Communications " is a new report that describes how philanthropy communications professionals are using social media. tools and techniques. Evaluation and Measurement: How will foundation asses and evaluate the impact of sucess of their online communications efforts?

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Social Media Foundation Report Media 50