Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Some nonprofits may only require basic contact and background information, while others may require extensive background checks due to sensitive work. Learning this type of information about your volunteers can help your organization best utilize each volunteer to further your mission and even extend your internal team’s work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. Social problems still endure, despite PM’s prominence as a way to ensure accountability and inform strategic decisions since the 1960’s. According to the Center for Evaluation Innovation’s “Lab for Learning” initiative , “make thinking visible” to cultivate a learning culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz. Make Time for Reflection. What needs to change?

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. As you reflect on these questions, feel free to update the answers accordingly in your fundraising plan. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

One of the newest resources, a free online guide called “ The Data Playbook ,” was recently published by the Schusterman Foundation and written by Rella Kaplowitz, Program Officer, Evaluation and Learning. The Playbook includes a few examples and methods for doing this. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

Informal professional groups – Groups exist in some larger cities and virtually on Facebook and LinkedIn. Pro tip: Reflect on your existing network. Get ready to use the evaluation matrix you created. The matrix is the tool you will use for candidate screening, evaluation, and interview outcomes. Timeframe for screening.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Break down your goals into objectives and strategies: Objectives are the specific steps or milestones needed to achieve your goals, while strategies are the methods or tactics you’ll use to accomplish your objectives. These methods can help you gain insights into potential supporters’ preferences, motivations, and concerns.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

THE RESEARCH The challenge, of course, was to figure out how to evaluate the experience in a way that would help us identify the power of the project. These methods revealed that the majority of participants had a meaningful experience with the memory jars that stuck--even in followup a year after the initial project. What was it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. Round Robin Brainstorming.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2022

With business process management, you evaluate repetitive processes throughout your organization and analyze how they can be improved, regardless of who created them and how long they’ve been used. Instead, they can manage their expenses as soon as they happen and get the business office the information they need. Machine Learning.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

They’ll also help you build profiles on your donors that include their contact information and communicatino preferences. Then, evaluate what donor acquisition and engagement strategies worked and what didn’t. . This way, you can note which engagement methods were most successful and focus your energies accordingly in the future!

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

From traditional fundraising methods like membership drives and community events to embracing crowdfunding or corporate partnerships , your plan should include a variety of revenue sources that go beyond simply collecting membership dues. Addressing cybersecurity and data privacy is important, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2023

It also provides a mechanism to identify opportunities for growth and development, and make informed decisions about how to allocate resources and prioritize efforts. Information is often subjective and prone to bias. SWOTs can result in data that reflect the lived experiences of a relatively small group and ignore a broader context.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Reflecting on these nonprofit marketing pillars, your mission, and your goals for the campaign will help you craft a plan that is detailed, realistic, and, above all, relevant to your organization and its supporters. These tools aggregate and organize information about your supporters, past campaigns, and the broader market.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network. We can no longer afford to get distracted by the volume of information flying past us. Evaluating: Rate and rank items in your collection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. The term “continuous” that the organization has create a virtuous cycle of feedback that repeatedly inspires staff to reflect on what is working and what can be done differently to get better results. The term means learning culture.

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Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

For example, people are more attentive to an image over a large block of text as it is easier to understand and digest the information presented in a visual manner. Organizations can also introduce real life examples or real life scenarios for problem solving, encouraging employees’ to think and reflect their learning right away.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. Once you plan your project, it will be easier to evaluate specific funding sources (our next step!) Evaluation Plan. Evaluation Plan. Outcomes 3.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Segment your donor base : Use the information from the report to segment your donor base effectively. Tailor your fundraising messages and methods to specific donor categories based on their preferences and behavior. Show appreciation for their contributions and keep them informed about the impact of their donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole. This blog aims to examine these challenges and offer all nonprofits leaders methods to increase diversity and BIPOC participation in their organizations.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

That doesn’t mean they don’t appreciate a personal touch; the next most popular method of receiving updates was through personal phone calls. That doesn’t mean they don’t appreciate a personal touch; the next most popular method of receiving updates was through personal phone calls. Evaluate ad performance and make adjustments.

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

Whether it’s information taken from your online donation forms or metrics on past campaigns, your fundraising data can clue you into which supporters are likely to give and do wonders for your donor communication strategy. What you include in your messages to supporters reflects your relationship with them. Let’s learn more!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 4: Media Measurement Requires Quantity and Quality : This principle is about measuring both quantative and qualitative information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

Terry and Rusty Stahl have just published a new book, “ The Talent Development Platform ,” that provides strategic and practical information to help nonprofits guide, nurture, and strengthen the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Evaluation. Heather Carpenter and Tera Wozniak Qualls, along with Alexis S. Agreed upon plan.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Nothing is more critical to nonprofits than their data, composed of donors, constituents, and operations information. It’s inefficient, costly, and it means that nonprofits will always need to evaluate, at some point or another, when to leave one large platform ecosystem behind for another. This is genuinely a good thing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2014

While more robust marketing and fundraising plans may seem like the most beneficial uses for social impact data, we should be using this information to inform ourselves as much as others. However, without allowing the space for reflection and critique we run the risk of stifling innovation.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Before I start, it is best to issue a few disclaimers: I am not a neuroscientist; this blog post is not written with appropriate scientific method. This post is written based on my personal understanding and could reflect deficiencies experienced in my own personal learning process. Do the one-size fits all approach not work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Michael Quinn Patton , an evaluation guru, speak at the Packard Foundation. He described the challenges of adapting evaluation methods to non-Western systems in developing countries because evaluation has traditionally been deeply rooted in the Western ways of thinking.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Other outreach methods for engaging your community can start to be costly, but outside of paid advertising, social media is free! Create professional videos where you introduce your team and mission and provide information on how people can help. Why should nonprofits use social media? Interactions. Happy posting!

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

An eLearning assessment is a tool used to assess your members’ understanding of a topic and document that information in a measurable way. For example, learners in a communication course might take a grammar test at the end of the course to measure how well they retained information about various grammatical rules and standards.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. We recommend reflecting on your brand both internally and externally, surveying all of the above stakeholders against the following questions: How is your organization currently perceived? After fleshing out your positioning, you’ll use it to inform your other branding decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. Make Time for Reflection. Build in daily or at least weekly time for reflection on your social media strategy and use to make improvements. Build in daily or at least weekly time for reflection on your social media strategy and use to make improvements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Does not have a dashboard or simple collection method. Does not have a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Getting accurate data and the right information. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Even if your donor profiles aren’t 100% complete, start your search for potential major donors off on the right track by working from information that’s as current as possible. Once you’ve mastered this part of the process, you can expand your search outwards and evaluate donors who tend to support specific programs. Why Implement It?

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