Evaluation, Interview, Organization and Teach

What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. And while this model is describing individual behavior, individuals make up organizations – so I think it is important for people working in organizations to understand, whether they are the executive director or the social media manager.

Technique

Technique Training Train Learning

Refreshing your peer-to-peer fundraising strategy

Candid

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re continually looking for new ways to maximize fundraising for your mission, expand your organization’s network, and bring in new supporters. Getting creative and re-evaluating old peer-to-peer fundraising methods has become especially important in recent years due to declines in household giving.

Strategy

Strategy Fundraising Social Media Evaluation

Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

Learning

Learning Classroom Classes Student

Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. As part of a.

Research

Research Culture Evaluation Arizona

Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Why get good at Excel?

Data

Data Tutorial Chart Statistics

What Does an eLearning Consultant Do? The Complete Guide

Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? To start off, an eLearning consultant is an individual who provides advice and guidance to help organizations create successful eLearning programs. Organizational readiness can be determined by looking at an organization’s internal staff and environment.

eLearning

eLearning Consultant Guide Associations

Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

You’ll be reading more about how to learn – either professional learning or learning in organizations or learning from peers and how technology – especially social networks and data supports the process. Teach: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work. 2014 will be the year of learning for me.

Tunisia

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

An approach that member-based organizations may consider from the private sector is Lean Startup, which provides a scientific approach to creating and managing startups in order to get a desired product into customers' hands faster. They are falling behind in the race for relevance. Overhaul the governance model and committee operations.

Arizona

Arizona Tucson Test America

How to Navigate the Post-COVID Novel Nonprofit Economy

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

What must your organization do now to position your mission to thrive, not just survive, once the threat from the current pandemic has been vanquished? Whatever you did, evaluation is in order to assess what worked, what didn’t and why. Different organizations will see different results. What new strategies did you add?

Nonprofit

Nonprofit Digital Virtual International

Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. My professional role includes three aspects: teaching, research, and service. Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed!

Journal

Journal Associations Philanthropy Lesson

The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. Your organization needs a solid plan for finding and holding onto dedicated volunteers. Then we’ll give you the strategies you need to find volunteers who can truly make a difference to your organization’s work. What is volunteer recruitment? Request a Demo.

Volunteer

Volunteer Strategy Guide Local

Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Pat Lewis

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 31, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. I lecture in academic courses occasionally, and I do community teaching. We are a very unique organization in the country, there’s none like it.

Philanthropy

Philanthropy Government Seattle Professional

NpTech Tag Roundup: Election Day, NPTech Blog Chatter, and Tool Talk

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 executive summary here ) ContinuousProgress: Better Advocacy Through Evaluation is an online guide to more effective foreign policy advocacy and evaluation.

Nptech

Nptech Tag South Dakota Second Life

From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

To celebrate this accomplishment, I interviewed her! Most of the projects with these programs were carried out collaboratively; so I had a chance to see how different kinds of organizations, from grassroots to national, operate. I figured out that I could offer teaching, training, consulting activities online.

Arts

Arts Community Online Intergenerational

150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this. Don’t forget the legitimizing effect of being a part of a nonprofit organization.

Donor

Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music

Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. In the most simple terms, a movement is when organizations work with, and not for, the community. What’s our role?

Build

Build Community Technology Action

How to Engage Your Supporters and Find Super Fans

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. Interview people who are your influencers and champions, and find out why. Think of a team, group, community, or organization that you're really passionate about.

Support

Support Netsquared Influence DC

7 Questions To Ask First

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The easiest way to avoid getting the boot yourself is to avoid taking a leadership job at a dysfunctional organization in the first place. As someone interviewing for a top job, how can you detect warning signs of organizational system decay *before* your professional credibility is on the line? The Seven Questions.

Question

Question System Training Train

5 Tips And Tactics To Become A Master Nonprofit Wordsmith

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We struggle to organize thoughts. A single compelling press release might land you a national television interview that leads to 100 new donors and $100,000 in funding. One of the organizations I ran, Sun Valley Adaptive Sports (SVAS), once excelled in shoddy writing. We suffer writer’s block. It’s all very humbling.

Tips

Tips Sample Nonprofit Skills

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 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.

Evaluation

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Do Exit Interviews

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Interview

Interview Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Launching a Collaboration or Content Management System: 8 Tricks for Adoption

Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

I assume most people start there because it is arguably the easiest part to grapple with; at least you can quantitatively evaluate and compare various solutions. " Too often, organizations forget this simple truth because they are too focused on the content they need at launch. Do not make this fatal mistake.

Adopt

Adopt Collaboration Content System

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Interview

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government.

Policy

Policy Social Media International News

[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe you want an emotional response that leads to being an ambassador for your organization. So let me navigate around that.

Report

Report Measure Process Impact

[VIDEO] Why You Should Ditch The Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Because the topic of strategic planning is the topic of how to run your organization well. I’d love to know, what is your role at your organization right now, and what comes to mind when you think about strategic planning? Steven’s welcome to interrupt me as well. So in general, what is it that we’re told to think?

Video

Video Goal Method Impact

Attention Data Nerds! NTEN Change Journal: It’s All About Data

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As many of you know, I’ve just finished writing a book with measurement guru, KD Paine, called “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” that teaches nonprofits how to embrace the data and use it to improve decisions and get better results as a networked nonprofit. He shares some thoughts about the Open Data Handbook.

Journal

Journal NTEN Data Attention

Why is multi-channel marketing important for nonprofit fundraising?

Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

When it comes to digital, one of the most important steps you can take is to make sure your organization has a fundraising-focused website with optimized donation pages. The first channel to add to your paid search program is Google Grants, which offers up to $10,000 a month of free ads to qualified nonprofit organizations.

Channel

Channel Marketing Fundraising Nonprofit

How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

Discover Your Leader Grade

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message.

email

email Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome!

Survey

Survey Mentoring Kansas City Attitude

[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

There are a number of reasons, and you might know for your own organization what’s appropriate for you. So Fraser Green, great fundraiser in Canada who was working for an organization, left it. It could be, you know, my mom had cancer that’s why I’m doing this volunteer work for the cancer organization. .

Money

Money Question Raise Video

5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Dont evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Ask for wild ideas.

Ideas

Ideas Generation Tips Mentoring

The Five Points Of Professionalism

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Your organizations work ethic should be solution- and positive-results-oriented. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Professional

Professional Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Use A Board Of Advisors

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. For example, a presentation on LeaderLab explains: Management is made up of activities needed to run a business, unit or organization to help achieve its goals.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

Build These Leadership Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Skills

Skills Leadership Build Mentoring

Must-Read Book For Nonprofit Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Saturday, October 2, 2010 Must-Read Book For Nonprofit Leaders If you lead a nonprofit organization, the one hour it will take you to read Peter F. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Nonprofit

Make It Easy For Employees To Volunteer

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 28, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Thats the week when nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. To find organizations in need of volunteers, go to Volunteer Match and type in your zip code. Fortunately, throughout the U.S.

Volunteer

Volunteer Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

Giving

Giving Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome!

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills

How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Timm that you can use to evaluate your organizations customer service via the phone: 1. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Service

Service Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. This is best accomplished by allowing employees to see clearly where they stand in the organization versus where they want to be in their careers. A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. .

Mentoring

Mentoring Tips Kansas City Kansas

Use New-Hire Employee Badges

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

Badge

Badge Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

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Do Exit Interviews

Launching a Collaboration or Content Management System: 8 Tricks for Adoption

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

[VIDEO] Why You Should Ditch The Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning

Attention Data Nerds! NTEN Change Journal: It’s All About Data

Why is multi-channel marketing important for nonprofit fundraising?

How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Discover Your Leader Grade

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

The Five Points Of Professionalism

Use A Board Of Advisors

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Must-Read Book For Nonprofit Leaders

Make It Easy For Employees To Volunteer

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone

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Use New-Hire Employee Badges

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