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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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

In a 2022 survey, nearly 70% of respondents cited building measurement, evaluation, and learning capabilities as a critical area in which they would like to invest. Like other types of grantmakers, collaboratives seek to measure effectiveness and learn from feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Therefore, we need to recognize and respect this dynamic as we lead and support our teams. As leaders, we have a responsibility to model this behavior, demonstrating an authentic interest in our people as humans. We may not fully relate to someone’s specific loss, but we can still act empathetically and provide support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. An organization may have many funds supporting?its?mission.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Foundation leaders need to understand how grantmaking practices affect nonprofit organizations and structure grantmaking practices in ways that best support nonprofit organizations. Evaluate to learn. A focus on taking action based on what we learn ensures that we are engaged in strategic or applied learning.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? Learn more about the conversation here. Improvement should be continuous, and we should learn from our mistakes.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Whether you decide to “hand over the keys” to an AI system or use it as an assistant to support the work you do, you have to trust the model. There are decisions to be made when building the models, decisions when using the models, and the decision of whether to use AI at all. AI is another tool in your toolbox.

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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. I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work. Here’s a few frameworks and techniques I learned first hand from Nancy as she accompanied me to the sessions I was leading.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

Resilience , or learning to surf those breakers, must be a priority on the business agenda. Learn Through Challenge Resilience goes beyond successfully recovering from a setback. But, it also means using the disruption to identify opportunities for innovation and growth and applying lessons learned to develop future initiatives.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Access comprehensive insights : AI models can analyze vast amounts of data far faster than any human. By analyzing donor data, AI models can help you learn more about your donors, prioritize outreach, and identify new major donors. With pre-written touchpoints, it’s much easier to regularly connect with your supporters.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

To succeed, you’ll need these skills: self-awareness to understand what you don’t know, curiosity to study the business landscape, and humility to learn from unexpected teachers. They are role models who inspire teams to see from a different perspective. 24/7 support: Deliver round-the-clock support that never takes a break.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Begin by defining AI for non-technical team members, explaining that it can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as learning from data, making predictions, or recognizing patterns. By analyzing historical data, AI models can anticipate future donor behavior and identify potentially valuable fundraising opportunities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The entire social sector learned a valuable lesson in 2020: even the most rigorous planning can’t insulate us from the need to be flexible and adapt to the changing world around us. One key lesson we learned in 2020 is that we’re truly stronger when we work together. 4) You Need to Meet Your Supporters On Their Turf.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way. Preparing a board matrix is a learning experience. Preparing this document is a learning experience. A buddy system helps to reinforce the culture and model the behavior that you want to promote within the organization. Create Synergy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2018

Evaluating volunteer programs within nonprofit organizations is a key step in continual improvement and data collection. Systematic evaluation can positively impact the organization by creating more structure, providing results for adaptability, increasing volunteer retention and improving staff-volunteer relationships.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

To quote Mahatma Gandhi, “The path is the journey,” and what we learn along the way as we encounter resistance, as we motivate ourselves, and as we engage others, offers great learning that supports personal and professional growth. You need to create gracious space where it is safe to learn in public.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Here are a few lessons we learned along the way. In its blog post “ Practical Tools to Help Grantmakers put Learning First ,” the Johnson Center for Philanthropy reminds us how challenging this can be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Learning in Public Challenges and Actions – guest post by Annie Hernandez. I went to the Learning in Public session expecting to hear that the process the Packard Foundation used to evaluate their capacity building work was wildly successful. Would this make sense for an evaluation you are in the process of completing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2011

I’m just beginning a new crop of peer learning projects for nonprofits to learn the practice of being networked nonprofits and use social media effectively at Zoetica and through my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. How do create an environment where it is okay to learn in public? Photo by Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. What is funder’s role to support good measurement? Beth Kanter (@kanter) October 4, 2012.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

They are setting the stage for transparent communication when evaluating compatibility and complementary “value exchange between partners” are in effect. Model selection. Implement a model that aligns most closely with the partners’ mission, capacity, and vision. Layer two begins with the implementation process. Recommendations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

with support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Chronic Homelessness Artificial Intelligence model (CHAI) .

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Forj

AUGUST 17, 2021

In episode 7 of the Managing eLearning Podcast , Jon & Matt sit down with Celisa Steele Co-Founder & Managing Director for Tagoras to discuss the Learning Business Maturity Model , which articulates the characteristics of a mature market-facing learning business or line of business, as well as the stages that typically precede full maturity.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. Learning, we do naturally.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

The self-service model of public libraries allows individuals to explore at their own pace, and a librarian like me can help guide the process by sharing vetted tools and resources and how to maximize their impact. Candid: Can you tell us about the patrons who visit your location looking for support? Zach: Get a library card! ??

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Learning in Public – Guest post by Victoria Dunning. Learning in Public. It involves creating a forum where wide and varied stakeholders can share and learn together in an open, transparent way. It allows us to see and share our success and failures for ourselves and others to learn from and advance to the next level.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

Funders providing these types of gifts have a responsibility to trust their grantees to do what’s best for the organization while also supporting them with financial literacy. Streamlined approaches focused on dialogue and learning can pave the way for deeper relationships and mutual accountability.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

Allison Fine and I have been noodling with an evaluation model that looks social media from an organizational perspective - from social networks to social capital (relationships) to action in the real world. We've been calling it " Listening and Learning Loops." Learning is a combination of listening and learning.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Many funders want to wait to see how new models, programs, and leaders will perform, and they often require other funders to buy in before they will.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, if you’re in a rapid growth phase, records-based billing models can cause costs to skyrocket. As you evaluate your options, consider platforms that can support the types of nonprofit events you need to run. This is a great comprehensive solution, but some users report it is challenging to learn.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. Start-up organizations often adopt a “working board” model due to limited funds or the desire to generate community buy-in with a 100% volunteer-led mission. An organization transitions into a “governing board” model when an ED is hired.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

They don’t evaluate the numbers. . Many organizations I’ve worked with have an entire advancement team supporting their fundraising efforts. Before you do, consider that you might need to shift your funding model and mindset first. Learn more about that shift in my white paper on changing your funding model and mindset.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Top Features: Access to over 100 payment methods Global reach Machine-learning optimizations that help mitigate fraud Payment Methods: Credit/debit cards, Apple Pay, Afterpay, PayPal, Google Pay, and many more Payout Timeline: Daily automatic Pricing: Discounted processing fee for nonprofits 3. Evaluate features. per transaction 7.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

It also seeks to provide a common baseline of the diversity of the field, as well as ensure that demographic data is available to those who can make use of it to evaluate their programs and assess progress around equity. Nonprofits supporting the environment and animals are similarly overrepresented.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Old dogs must learn new tricks to keep getting rewards. In the case of social and political upheaval, these might include coming together with others to advocate, share music and art, create and offer support (sometimes virtually). What did you learn that will help you navigate the way forward? Ask your supporters directly.

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