Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

Skeptical because Candid is a nonprofit that describes its work ethic and culture as similar to that of the tech sector, which could mean either mission-driven with an innovative mindset, or appropriating the rhetoric of social movements while engaging in extractive practices.

Data 98

Data Demographics Aggregator Participatory 98

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.

Data 74

Data Blackbaud Policy Database 74

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.

Evaluation 97

Evaluation Generation Method Slides 97

sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

As we look to the future, it’s essential to examine how grantmaking practices can evolve to promote greater equity and inclusivity. This may involve conducting equity audits , adopting anti-racist policies and practices, and actively working to dismantle barriers to access and opportunity.

Philanthropy 83

Philanthropy Action Structure Law 83

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. Use paid media to target your ideal donor.

Digital 52

Digital Practice Donor Strategy 52

Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact. The post Asking For A Legacy Gift: 10 Practical Steps To Get Started appeared first on Bloomerang. Please let us know in the comments section below.

Gift 60

Gift Practice United States New York City 60

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

To build trust and prioritize community voices, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund adopted a participatory grantmaking practice in 2021 and 2022. It outlines best practices and specific activities that funders can employ to safeguard and support their participatory grantmaking decision makers.

Resource 120

Resource Mississippi Participatory New York 120

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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. They should put internal controls in place and help write policies to prevent loss, theft, or confusion, using current b est practices.

Roles 116

Roles Director Evaluation Government 116

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 ? Which new policies to implement to ensure the effective use of technology. The post Nonprofit Technology Assessment: Evaluate Your Tech appeared first on DNL OmniMedia, Inc.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Tech Technology Consultant 52

Bloomerang

MARCH 1, 2022

We have many tremendous employers in the state, so it’s great to see more and more companies take part in this effort to evaluate their workplace cultures and gain the recognition they deserve,” says Indiana Chamber President Kevin Brinegar. These companies consistently demonstrate to their employees how much they value their contributions.”.

Indiana 108

Indiana Place Work Evaluation 108

John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

Examples in Practice Let’s say your nonprofit wants to use an LLM to help field questions on your website’s chatbot. Define clear “red line” policies. Rigorously evaluate an LLM or AI’s performance across sensitive demographics before anything else. Complement with human judgment.

Language 59

Language Model Sound Voice 59

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. Breach plan.

Nonprofit 111

Nonprofit Software Practice Offline 111

Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2023

Every year there was guaranteed to be a policy or procedural change that required change management , which led to the second lesson I learned: Figure out how to make the change last. Many of us have been in the position of loving an idea on paper but later realizing it doesn’t work so well in practice.

Change Management 74

Change Management Culture Change Management 74

Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. This has led to situations where BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ users are disproportionately affected by policies meant to address “bad” behaviors.

Social Media 92

Social Media Media Strategy Social 92

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.

Roles 72

Roles Foundation Leadership Community 72

AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

The SOC 2 certification was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as a way of evaluating that a company follows the criteria for managing customer data based on principles of trust. . There are two parts of the SOC 2 Certification, Type 1 and Type 2. Just doing things isn’t enough though!

Organization 98

Organization Structure Guidelines Evaluation 98

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

In this article, we’ll provide some guidance to those who are ready to move beyond the board statement or public equity pledge to actively and intentionally implement Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) practices and strategies into their consultant search process. . As we move forward, we invite you to do the same. .

Consultant 111

Consultant Script Evaluation Nonprofit 111

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? I tweeted the link to the original and one colleague, Michelle Murrain, wrote a reflection called " Evaluation and Being A Learning Organization.".

Evaluation 86

Evaluation Learning Foundation Reflection 86

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. Rather than competing for limited resources, we are collaborating to secure funding and bring about policy change.

Resource 59

Resource Data Community Aggregator 59

NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

2021 was an eventful year at NTEN as we continued to promote, work towards, and model equitable practices internally and externally. This evaluation process involves all three equity committees, including board, community, and staff. This evaluation process involves all three equity committees, including board, community, and staff.

Community 88

Community NTC Sponsor NTEN 88

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Stakeholders should be asking how do we identify effective practices throughout the organization and how do we improve organizational effectiveness to achieve greater impact? Meaningful tools to evaluate effectiveness are largely absent (Liket and Maas, 2015).

Practice 40

Practice Effective Impact Evaluation 40

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. Evaluating a Culture. From Promise to Practice — Embedding Equity and Inclusion. Bay Area Equity Atlas.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Through an internal compensation review, as well an external one to benchmark against market rates, we are actively evaluating our current salary structures to ensure that they are equitable across the organization. We’ll evaluate practices and processes to see what’s working and what needs to be improved or done differently.

Survey 58

Survey Evaluation Accessibility Practice 58

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

At its core, TBP is rooted in a set of values and practices that help advance equity, shift dynamics, and build mutually accountable relationships across funders and practitioners. The movement espouses six key practices of TB grantmaking : Give Multi-Year, Unrestricted Funding : The work of nonprofits is long-term and unpredictable.

Philanthropy 71

Philanthropy Literacy Gift Grant 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. Putting the Networked Nonprofit ideas into practice and using social media and other emerging technologies will only be success if nonprofits take small, incremental and strategic steps. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. Their impact is to make the world a better place.

Social Media 101

Social Media Practice Media Social 101

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

The book is divided into four sections: Section 1: Planning and Preparing a Hybrid Work Policy. They are changing as organizations are struggling to figure out what policies (including work location and time differences) yield the highest-level productivity and the company’s definition of success (e.g., Section 3: Making Hybrid Work.

Guide 52

Guide Policy Collaboration Mentoring 52

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Research and advocacy: Conduct research on the state of local journalism, produce reports, and advocate for policies that support the industry. John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation, calls the philanthropic funding “seed money,” not charity.

Journal 89

Journal Local News Fund 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2014

Evaluate the Campaign Climate. A successful campaign strategy lays down the basics and then adds more details and nuances. This framework leads you through a logical decision-making chain where each step and decision builds upon the next. The six simple stages to successful campaign planning are: Define the Victory.

Campaign 134

Campaign Chart Free Policy 134

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

Salesforce understands the elements of your funding practices that are important to you: improved outcomes, advancing equality, and furthering your organization’s impact. Define, measure, and evaluate your organization’s outcome strategies all in one place. Additionally, you can add extra layers of security to your work.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Application Integration Grant 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Partnership on AI’s “ Framework for Promoting Workforce Wellbeing in the AI-Integrated Workplace ” provides a framework and practices to guide employers, workers, and other stakeholders towards promoting workforce wellbeing as AI becomes integrated into the workplace. Read the full paper here. . This is a more macro lens.

Homeless 163

Homeless Research Global System 163

Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There are two new major online privacy policy changes coming in 2020, the CCPA in California and SHIELD act in New York. These acts mimic the standard set by the European Union with GDPR and many of the policies will sound familiar. Know your data The practices are in alignment with nonprofit values AND good practices anyway.

Law 52

Law Digital Guide New York 52

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. Co-Designing Solutions Using Empathy and Experimentation.

Collaboration 78

Collaboration Foundation Test Skills 78

Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

It’s been well over a year since Yahoo’s controversial non-telecommuting policy, which created a firestorm of reaction. I know it turned out to be a tempest in a teapot, but it did make us rationally evaluate it again like the way Mark Craemer did in the Seattle PI in his piece Telecommuting: When Does it Make Sense?

Policy 57

Policy Yahoo Work Audio 57

NTEN

JUNE 29, 2023

Practically, we are a Slack-based organization. It even came up in yearly evaluations and manager check-ins. A year ago, the operations and admin team committed to investigating what could be possible and whether we needed to modify our policies and benefits to make the change. We are a team of humans with full lives.

NTEN 68

NTEN Portland Test Team 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

Content curation can provide visibility, but before you can reap results you have identify the opportunity — a campaign, announcement of a new program, or release of policy information – to curate news and information around your topic. They should know the topic area, but also understand practice of curation.

Social Media 107

Social Media Content Practice New York City 107

CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Here, we’ll explore the benefits and practical ways to revisit your fundraising plan throughout the year. It’s a good practice to celebrate reaching milestones so everyone involved in the process feels valued and motivated to continue. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

Develop 76

Develop Fundraising Pledge Track 76

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Here are twenty-six practical and proven ways to help increase accessibility and inclusion across the nonprofit sector Conduct a diversity audit to assess the current level of diversity within the organization and identify areas for improvement. So what can the nonprofit sector do to help increase accessibility?

Accessibility 104

Accessibility Challenge Leadership Tips 104