Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status. It also makes it possible to be more fearless tackling tough problems. This is a taste of how some of the most creative leaders in our industry approach problem-solving. A contemporary approach must incorporate continuous transformation.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

This can include bringing in a national speaker to train nonprofits, investing in leadership development programs, or providing technical assistance via a set number of consulting hours to support strategic planning and evaluation. By investing in community leadership, foundations pave the way for a more equitable and thriving society.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And this is a problem. 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. The Board should also be involved in planning for accountability and evaluation of the strategic plan once it’s implemented.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Lifelong learners, problem-solvers, innovators, and creative thinkers don’t want to work in an intellectual vacuum. Do all staffers have the knowledge to be brand ambassadors? The benefits of adding expertise to your workforce far outweigh the losses you might incur. Are communications skills strong across the organization?

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

You need to know where your money is doing the best for your business and lean into that knowledge to plan the spending for the coming year. This knowledge will help you introduce new marketing channels into your strategy. At what other point in your business year do you evaluate where you are at? To Stop Putting Out Fires.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity. They are knowledgeable about resources and have the skills to manage projects, develop budgets, create timelines, and communicate progress to stakeholders. Make them responsible for understanding technology trends.

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 4, 2022

A performance improvement plan intends to fix problems and close knowledge and skill gaps. Yet, a PIP is should not be used as a standard training assessment, nor should it be used for regular evaluations. For standard evaluations or leadership development, other tools are useful—such as VQ’s Individual Volunteer Plan (IVP).

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

Yes, it involves assessing the situation and addressing problems. But scenarios are also a tool that can be used to evaluate longer-term initiatives. Cultivating continuous learning—Identifying what you don’t know and striving to fill the knowledge gaps. Entrepreneurs are especially adept at finding the sweet spot in chaos.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically. The SQ evaluates a leader’s current mindset and behaviors using the “3A Framework” – acumen, allocation, action.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Our Community Co-Creates Solutions to Tackle Problems. Director of Measurement and Evaluation. Eric is the director of measurement & evaluation at Salesforce, where he leads efforts to evaluate the social impact of global technology initiatives. Morgan Buras-Finlay. Director, Impact Management and Strategy.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

This is a story about acknowledging how there isn’t one piece of software that can solve all your problems, which is why the extensibility of your systems is so important. Naturally, it will take a lot of time, training, and labor to get it up and running, but once it is all configured, it will solve all your problems. You did it!

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. Effective communication â??

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

This can cause problems when tasks fall through the cracks or emails go to inboxes that no longer exist. Record that institutional knowledge in an accessible Policies and Procedures manual. Evaluate the tasks the new user will perform regularly before handing over keys to the system.

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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. Testing Your Assumptions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work. Scaling Impact sessions offer strategies and knowledge about how we can help nonprofits achieve better and more results. Stefan Lanfer, Knowledge Officer, Barr Foundation.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Identify staffers who can be your IT ambassadors and fill these significant roles: Strategists Strategists are the visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity throughout the organization. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers. Test and evaluate as you move ahead.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work. Scaling Impact sessions offer strategies and knowledge about how we can help nonprofits achieve better and more results. Stefan Lanfer, Knowledge Officer, Barr Foundation.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In order to unlock its full potential, your team needs to be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills. Create role-specific training plans: For each role, Detail what topics will be covered for each role, how long the training will take, and any assessments or evaluations they’ll need to undergo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

AI4Good is a somewhat new field that sits at the intersection of big tech companies and the world’s biggest problems. This information can help set the stage for potential partnerships and field-wide sharing of knowledge. Evaluate model performance across different dimensions that may highlight areas of unfair bias (e.g.,

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

These exercises can measure knowledge gained, skills learned, or even attitudes or mindsets changed. This tests knowledge acquisition. Further, they can understand their own knowledge and areas of improvement that they should seek to alleviate. What is the importance of eLearning assessments?

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Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

Continuous learning is an established persistent learning process, designed for bolstering the knowledge and skills of your workforce over time, and presents itself in many forms. Use this as an opportunity for knowledge transfer. This can establish a line of communication and lead to increased knowledge transfer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Here’s a quick overview of the framework: Stage 1: Pre-contemplation – This is denial where you think not changing is not a problem. During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion. My thought is that many nonprofits need to have a growth mindset intervention.

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JULY 16, 2023

In the absence of knowledge of what the right thing is, your Board is probably swinging in the dark because they truly don’t know what is expected of them. Overcoming Challenging Board Members Almost every small and growing nonprofit Board has problems. People-problems are harder to fix. What’s on the Agenda?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The blurring lines between government, nonprofit and for-profit sectors have led to innovative vehicles to fund interventions that address society’s most intractable problems. Nonprofit managers ought to consider how a SIB might affect their evaluation, program management and fundraising efforts.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Once you plan your project, it will be easier to evaluate specific funding sources (our next step!) Evaluation Plan. Outcomes are used to identify a change in behavior, attitude, or knowledge in the people being served by the project. How will the project help to solve a problem or meet a need in the community?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Yet the public will expect knowledge, and their decision-making ability is enhanced if they have a significant working knowledge of your mission’s discipline. That level of knowledge builds over time with ongoing training at board meetings, through tours, at events, and by other means. Board Evaluations.

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.orgSource

APRIL 10, 2023

They should be visionaries who chart the direction, evaluate options, and are prepared to challenge ideas they feel are not in the association’s best interests. A bigger portfolio of ideas is needed to evaluate the complex challenges in a post-pandemic world characterized by volatility and change.

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MARCH 20, 2012

I believe that training can solve (or prevent) a multitude of Board problems. From Penn State on a national level to the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation (KTSC) here locally, we’re seeing a variety of problems that could have been prevented by a Board doing its job. Problem #1. Problem #2. Problem #3.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

We solve social problems that otherwise would not be solved. We seek to evaluate our people and our work, and to continue to document and improve our procedures. Benetech seeks to empower its managers with knowledge, authority and responsibility, and encourages them to use their judgment and expertise.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While there are many technology consultants available, take the time to evaluate what they specialize in and the services they provide. Be sure to include evaluating consultants in your timeline, as this process can often take weeks to months. Troubleshoot technical problems. Set concrete guidelines. Research top providers.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Building on last year’s session, we were pleased that this year we had the opportunity to introduce the “crowdsourcing” experiment to collectively solve our nonprofit technology problems." But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user. They are not exclusive – you can mix and match.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2012

I believe that training can solve (or prevent) a multitude of Board problems. From Penn State on a national level to the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation (KTSC) here locally, we’re seeing a variety of problems that could have been prevented by a Board doing its job. Problem #1. Problem #2. Problem #3.

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Causes Nonprofit Problem Evaluation 59

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

The intermediary only pays the return on the investment for programs that work, based on the findings of independent evaluators. The report argues that few government contracts are performance-based and the role of evaluation distinguishes the SIB from government contracts. The Role of Evaluation.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 3, 2017

To begin, it’s important to evaluate your needs. When you have an account with a managed host, you literally don’t have to do any of the work: experts will optimize your site for speed and performance, make sure it’s safe and secure, alert you if there’s a problem such as bad plugin and even do regular backups of your data.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This year, the premise was certainly tested – and participating organizations reported that the encouragement to creatively adapt to these challenges, the tools and templates designed to support innovation, and the understanding that many volunteers are interested in partnering in problem-solving were what made the difference.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. Testing is a way to move from opinion to knowledge. Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy.

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