ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Learn more.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Webinar Next-Level Storytelling Tactics for Nonprofits Learn More 5.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We’ll go over how to evaluate your organization’s own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employee engagement strategies later on. Each role has specific responsibilities, and training helps set a foundation for each worker’s confidence. When hiring for middle- and upper-management roles, consider existing employees first.

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Ideas Practice Leadership Roles 52

.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. Evaluate your current community and identify where expanded representation might be beneficial. Inspire and support the improvement or innovation of products or business practices.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Collaboration Associations 221

Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Here are some digital marketing best practices for finding new donors by driving prospects to your nonprofit organization’s website using search engine optimization, online advertising, and email campaigns. Consider a content audit to evaluate how well your website meets search intent.

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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. Mowrer’s Grant-seeking Challenges highlights that funder practices and requirements are considered one of the greatest challenges for grant-seekers.

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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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Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

While usage is a great data point to evaluate your product’s success, there’s so much more to consider when weighing the options to build an in-house solution or use an off-the-shelf product. Throughout the evaluation process, it’s important to keep your association’s unique goals and success metrics top-of-mind.

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Software Build Analytics Associations 321

BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

We learned a lot at the recent BoardAssist Nonprofit Board Summit on how to be an outstanding board member. Our amazing panelists, some of New York’s most prominent nonprofit and corporate board members, had lots of practical and actionable advice for those of us who want to truly #bethechange. Show Them What you Got.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

At Candid, we believe that sharing and learning from one another helps empower our sector’s collective success.  To build trust and prioritize community voices, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund adopted a participatory grantmaking practice in 2021 and 2022. As the saying goes, “knowledge is power.”

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this guide, we’ll provide four CRM training best practices. For example, a fundraiser will need to focus on donor management , while a program manager will need to learn how to track program outcomes. These resources can serve as quick references and reinforce what they’ve learned during training sessions.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

This curated track features members of Blackbaud’s K–12 Executive Advisory Board and our internal experts discussing how technology in schools has evolved, new best practices, and fresh ideas. Join us in this session to learn what responsible AI could mean for your school. Blackbaud’s 2024 ATLIS sessions include: 1. Where do you start?

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Blackbaud API Empowerment Nevada 85

.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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Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Lesson 221

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. Learning, we do naturally. We can learn through direct experience.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 69

DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. Do you have standardized practices for data management ? Now that we’ve covered the role your nonprofit plays in the nonprofit technology assessment process, let’s cover the tasks your consulting team will complete.

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Evaluation Tech Technology Consultant 52

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities. One approach to documenting skill requirements could be to create a matrix of skills and roles for your organization. Provide opportunities for people to learn by watching, reading, practicing, and reflecting.

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Skills Technology Develop Training 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I was very fortunate to be a part of the early Network of Network Funders community of practice. I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite this risk, there are some best practices that you can implement that allow you to fundraise online without the constant worry of a cyberattack. Common type of cyberattacks NIST guidelines for cybersecurity Nonprofit cybersecurity best practices What is cybersecurity for nonprofits? Best practices.

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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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Technique Training Train Learning 127

Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The role of your volunteer supervisor should not just be to manage, but to also lead, communicate with, and engage volunteer constituents. Here are a few best practices for managing volunteers and avoiding micromanagement: Focus on each volunteer as a person. Do they feel confident in their volunteer role? Evaluation Process.

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Volunteer Management Tips Training 92

Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Here we also share the key components of each phase and best practices for streamlining your efforts. Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Seek to round out your campaign’s messaging by giving your audience a clear call to action to get involved or learn more.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The Ultimate Benefit of Learning Management Systems. The Benefits of a Learning Management System (LMS) are quite wide and can contain everything from basic functionality to cool recently implemented features. LMS are not only for E-learning activities! Who needs additional learning? One Stop Location.

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Learning Management System Benefit Learning 71

sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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Data Blackbaud Policy Database 76

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

With the right training and practice, middle managers are in the best position to evaluate employee performance and provide feedback that’s continuous rather than just a pro forma yearly review meant to create a paper trail,” share the authors. Build their organization’s knowledge and realign it with shifts from digital disruption.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. It was a comprehensive process including an open-call part 1, an invitation-only part 2, a site visit for finalists, and a presentation highlighting best practices. Here are a few lessons we learned along the way.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Let’s begin with some practical strategies, including ground rules, defined roles, supplies, and tools. Define roles for each participant. In this role she will… Today, Cynthia will be the recorder. In this role she will… Today, everyone else will be an idea generator and sharer. Banish assumptions and criticisms.

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Generation Ideas Arts Share 94

Gyrus

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The Power of Free Learnings – Non-SCORM Content. There are devoted websites that provide free E-Learnings and there is even a virtual Galaxy full of compliance offerings and operational tutorials on video hosting sites such as YouTube. When evaluating your learning program, are you making the most of what is available to you?

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Content Free Learning Evaluation 64

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. Lessons Learned from Two Decades in Philanthropy. Evaluating a Culture. Bay Area Equity Atlas.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

The best way to ready ourselves for this shifting environment is Continuous Learning. 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. Establishing a formal policy of Continuous Learning.

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Culture Learning Create Industry 60

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

So, if a leadership role interests you, look no further than the approach you bring to the position. Development professionals employ six practices to be successful in their role. The forward-thinking development professional performs the following six practices: 1. Nonprofits are allowed to do more than just break even.

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Professional Leadership Develop Proposal 72

Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Here’s an update on where we are, what we’ve learned, and how we hope to continue to grow. Our role is to understand our clients and their audiences and build the right solution with them—not for them. How we think about DEIA now. DEIA is also about what we do. Staff manager training. Mentorship and career opportunities.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? You probably learned that not everyone needs to be in your office to effectively carry out their jobs. Most importantly, with all of these changes, your team’s roles changed, too. But are you ready?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

When creating a crisis management plan, the board needs to be part of it , and their role should be defined. Learn from the crisis. What did we learn? When the crisis is over, have an organization-wide After Action Review, and use the lessons learned to strengthen your crisis management plan. Communication is key!

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Philippines Children Lesson Arizona 98

Nimble AMS

MAY 25, 2022

Like it or not, in our digital-driven world, non-members will evaluate how your association leverages innovative technologies to determine whether your organization is worth joining. Become a career resource for professionals by mapping career paths for various roles in your industry. Offer various learning mediums.

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Associations Technology Adopt Industry 130

Greater Giving

JUNE 15, 2023

At the forefront of this team is the Event Committee Chair, a pivotal role responsible for orchestrating successful fundraising events. Job Description: As the leader of the event committee, the Event Committee Chair plays a vital role in planning, coordinating, and executing fundraising events for nonprofit organizations.

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