sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

Fostering a Culture of Empowerment to Enhance Your Team’s Sense of Belonging Presented by John Yen, Director of Technology, Polytechnic School How can technology leaders provide avenues for success, growth, and agency among faculty and staff? The Inside Story: Blackbaud’s Approach to Customer Success Presented by Hiram Cuevas of St.

Blackbaud 85

Blackbaud API Empowerment Nevada 85

.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Abilities rooted in a deep understanding of human behavior remain essential for success in business and life. Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see. Welcome people who can contribute unique stories and experiences. Don’t waste valuable brain power. Diversity is an easy path to a variety of perspectives.

Skills 221

Skills Collaboration Communication Classroom 221

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations. So what makes organizations successful at building evidence? The challenge is developing the right evidence at the right time to evaluate the right areas. About the Author. Mélodie Kinet.

Impact 120

Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts. However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better.

Knowledge 69

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 69

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. 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. One story I encountered on my journey will forever make me sick to my stomach.

Problem 76

Problem Skills Proposal Grant 76

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 provide any examples of success stories from your work?

Library 98

Library Grant Local Roles 98

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

So, if leadership is the difference between a nonprofit’s success or failure, what does it take to be a good leader? Success doesn’t happen by accident. Surprises are few and opportunities are easily evaluated and leveraged. Passion, clarity, and confidence are key to telling your story. Where do you need to improve?

Skills 119

Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When your website showcases your organization’s impact and tells your story well, visitors will want to know more. It’s important to record data to evaluate donor engagement and create new strategies for stewardship. Refresh your website with recent pictures, fundraising updates, and results of your work. Social media.

Digital 75

Digital Marketing Donor Channel 75

Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Many of the tools organizations work closely with were built by different teams with different business models. Digging into each analytics platform individually to pull your information to try to tell a cohesive story can be frustrating. These insights should help your team evaluate and prioritize the next question to tackle.

Data 64

Data Analysis Map Accessibility 64

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

Note: See all the Best Nonprofits To Work For stories in the 4/1 digital edition … [link] ** There are some surprises in the data from 2023 for this year’s The NonProfit Times ’ “Best Nonprofits To Work For.” During the pandemic, around 90% transitioned to either a remote or hybrid work model. But there are a few exceptions. “We

Data 52

Data Work Aggregator Attitude 52

sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2023

Capital Campaign Models: 4 Categories Many nonprofits think of capital campaigns as major initiatives only used to fund the construction of new buildings. While this is often true, there are other, more flexible use cases for the capital campaign model. But remember that flexibility is key—other objectives can be included, as well.

Model 76

Model Campaign Build Phase 76

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

As we reach the end of 2019, reflections and evaluations are at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Switching to a new model/brand/style. Talk about your mission, programs, ways to get involved, impact and success stories. What is working well? What could we change? How can we grow and create a larger impact?

Donor 58

Donor Mind Audience Channel 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

The opening plenary was both fun and informative – an improv company “performed” the results of GEO’s latest research on the relationship between grantmaking practices and grantee success. Besides creating the conditions for grantees to be more successful, making these changes just might free up time to spend on learning and reflection.

Culture 91

Culture Public Learning Reflection 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

If we lack the skills to avoid collaborative overload, manage difficult conversations, learn from failure, the resulting physical, emotional, and mental strain gets in the way of a nonprofit organization’s success. Establish norms around compassionate behavior and modeled by SLT. Accomplishment wall related to mission/program success.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

After reading the book The Spider and the Starfish, the Lumpkjn family had been inspired to not follow the recommended model of endowing a nonprofit center at the local university. The effort is currently undergoing an evaluation which will direct its geographic focus and future online presence. What do members give to get?

Roles 88

Roles Illinois Evaluation Boston 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits.

Measure 99

Measure Track Model Seattle 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Your organization needs to think holistically. If you don’t have a developmental model, you won’t know where to start or how to prioritize your time. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. These nonprofits need to see inspiring stories of similar size and type of nonprofits and from adjacent practices.

Social Media 101

Social Media Practice Media Social 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

Here are three simple steps to get you started: Plan for Success. Another option is to create a Theory of Change or Logic Model , which should include inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact. Start with the question, “what does success look like?” Remember – a story well told can change the world.

Measure 50

Measure Impact Program San Francisco 50

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. I captured his talk in this blog post " What do Maori Creation Stories Have in Common With Social Media? " He shared the creation story of Maori people. This is the essence of developmental evaluation.

Social Media 99

Social Media Culture Create Media 99

.orgSource

MARCH 25, 2024

They understand that when you commit to making your team successful, they will live up to your expectations. Trust isn’t just about modeling good behavior or making people like you. My colleague, Sandy Marsico, Founder and CEO of Sandstorm Design, tells this story about how she established trust in her organization.

Attitude 221

Attitude Skills Environment Team 221

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Based on IRS data and done using a complex model – one that is freely available for others to review and evaluate – the report tells us how much has been donated across the country in the previous tax year. What’s in the report? Read the chapters on how different types of nonprofits fared over the previous year and why.

Data 42

Data Giving Indiana Philanthropy 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. That model uses social media a mechanism to give feedback. It seems like the nonprofit sector is having great success harnessing technology to rally communities and drive donations.

Social Media 96

Social Media Research Share Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

Social Media 97

Social Media Training Train Network 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. There is a regular report to senior leadership which details high level successes, challenges, and recommendations for moving forward. Staff performance reviews incorporate how well the organization is doing on KPIs.

Culture 115

Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

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. Once you implement your organizational changes and new engagement programs, check in regularly and gauge their success. Tech stack. Why is employee engagement important? Set it and forget it.

Ideas 52

Ideas Practice Leadership Roles 52

.orgSource

JULY 3, 2023

Giving your association’s stories their 15 minutes of fame has never been easier. was to help them leverage and monetize assets they already owned and showcase their brands in a new context while creating a simple model that could become self-funding.” Fonts—Evaluate whether your current brand typefaces work well on screen.

Video 221

Video Communication Create Strategy 221

Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

The platform allows nonprofits at any level of experience with pro bono support to plug into tools and resources that can help them connect to volunteers, measure the impact of a past project or work step-by-step through our recommended process to scope, implement and evaluate a successful volunteer engagement.

Support 32

Support Tools Skills Volunteer 32

.orgSource

JANUARY 22, 2024

Empathy is what helps identify members’ needs and provide products and services that contribute to their well-being and professional success. Deliver creative and impactful solutions by evaluating the emotional impact of strategies. This is something that successful entrepreneurs quickly learn.

Life 221

Life Digital Data Skills 221

NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Help nonprofits evaluate their use of technology. Nonprofits need to evaluate their use of technology against a set of standards. Nonprofits need to take into account the many human resource issues involved in successful technology implementation. Help nonprofits share their technology successes with others.

NTEN 55

NTEN Evaluation Software Director 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Each of these network types has different requirements and can accomplish different things, although connectivity is a critical aspect of success for networks. However, some caution is needed.

Review 106

Review Change Cleveland Generation 106

Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

After working on over 400 nonprofit email recruitment campaigns, and helping clients plan successful recruitment strategies, I’ve realized that most nonprofits don''t send nearly enough standalone fundraising appeals. In short, more good emails = more revenue. You can download the Breakeven/ROI Calculator here.

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email Fundraising Rate ROI 77

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I’m going to weave in stories that are connected to … oops, there we go. Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So here’s a model for how you can establish common ground. . ” What drives your commitment to philanthropy?

People 76

People Community Video Podcast 76

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Enhanced technology has made giving simple and convenient, so why aren’t you booming with success and increasing your donors and donations year over year? Offer profile/success stories for employee communications. Sounds like you? Don’t take it personally and definitely don’t worry. Increase Employee Giving.

Program 28

Program Giving Companies Storytelling 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

The framework is a social media maturity of practice model called “Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly” Maturity of Social Media and is featured in my next book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress. Solicit and share stories.

Network 97

Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Piotr Bienkowski's final report for Our Museum tells a different story. Extra credit if you read the Our Museum evaluation (or its summary ) as well. The evaluation additionally called out some faulty assumptions in program design about leadership and staff continuity throughout the multi-year process.

Museum 20

Museum Participatory Resource Place 20

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Well, you’ll find that much of the work that involves your community, whether it’s building up the community, working on engagement, listening, evaluation, or anything else, involves strategy that goes in a circle. What are they like: what are the demographics, the data, the stories? The first step: Who’s your community?

Case Study 117

Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

There are so many resources available to ensure that your organization has a successful campaign. You think about the various models that are out there, the templates, the timelines, the job descriptions, the consultants. And I know that there are organizations out there who have not done a feasibility study and been successful.

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Campaign Video Project Process 89