Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This was my chance to put my teachings to work for Praxis. If you haven’t evaluated your board before, you can use this board tune up kit , produced by board coach Michael Davidson, as a starting point. Evaluating your board is something you should do regularly but must done before setting out to find new board members.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Daring to Lead report finds that a full 55% of your peer executives name technology as a “depleting” aspect of their job (it would have been the most depleting of all options surveyed, if not for the joys of HR – like evaluating and hiring/firing staff). The Seven Questions. ” Follow-up questions might be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. I was surprised that many of the participants hadn’t heard of or taken advantage of the many useful and free resources out there for getting a pro bono volunteer to do some of the technical skills.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Here is the first critical question to ask before you do anything else: WHY will your nonprofit exist? Sit down and write out the answers to these questions. As you consider these questions, here are two important exercises that will help you clarify your vision and goals: 1. This will help you gain clarity of mission.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

But nonprofits don’t just have volunteers. The more a person’s job includes the following elements, the harder it is to fairly evaluate (and reward) individual performance: 1. Cooperation with others—when the task involves working in cooperation with others, there are always questions of relative credit.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 31, 2016

We are responsible for the Ask the Nonprofit Specialists program, in which we answer questions anybody may have about the nonprofit sector and philanthropy. I lecture in academic courses occasionally, and I do community teaching. From there I became the executive director of a nonprofit in Seattle.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

The study reveals that current leaders in the local nonprofit sector believe the skills most needed in the nonprofit workforce are financial literacy, communication (verbal and writing skills), knowledge of laws pertaining to the nonprofit sector, information technology, volunteer management, and donor cultivation. All You Need is Love.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 13, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The cockroach under the refrigerator: scandal and malpractice in philanthropy posted by Travis Butterfield , Project Coordinator ASU Lodestar Center Ever since I worked with Laura Tan on editing her recent blog post , I have been thinking about the unintended effects that volunteer service can have.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? However, thats hard enough to do when evaluating any one nonprofit organization, let alone the many thousands that we would like to compare. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. The Holy Grail for an informational watchdog like Charity Navigator is to actually (gasp!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

To build your organization’s bank account and volunteer base, you need a flourishing community of supporters. For example, a carved, sewn, painted, or drawn item by a regular volunteer or service recipient. help to evaluate resumes of kids). Can you adapt the training for donors as a group teaching session?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. If you use the questions box, it might be a little bit easier to call out your question, but we’d love to hear from you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. Don't Praise.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

to teach our computers to do our work for us. Each night, an automated flow looks for new gifts, evaluates the language preference of the donor, and adds a gift attribute indicating the language to be used for the acknowledgment letter. Tutorials offer on-demand training videos to teach you how to use the connectors in Power Automate.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2021

Answering the why question requires two elements: knowing what and who something is for. Unless you know the answer to the why, what and who questions, you can’t do meaningful, effective or efficient work. Nor can you evaluate the success of your completed work. How many volunteers do you need?”. There must be a reason.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2021

This year, in particular, this is an important question. . Having difficulty persuading other staff and volunteers? Invest in evaluation tools. I was recently asked what I saw as a change or trend on the fundraising horizon. We seem to be at that “every few hundred years” marker. — Brian Solis. It’s simply a tool.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010 Ask These Five Questions If you are leading a business or a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Druckers book, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so use that chat box, use the question box, you can use either of those, we would love to hear from you. But you’re also welcome to just pop a question into the chat anytime. I want to make sure you get your questions answered along the way. ” .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 28, 2010

Sunday, March 28, 2010 Make It Easy For Employees To Volunteer April 18-24 is National Volunteer Week. will celebrate and honor their volunteers. If you are not already volunteering, what a great time to start. Make a commitment to yourself to start volunteering before that week starts! Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these "open leadership skills assessment" questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Thanks for these great questions, Charlene! Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 New Mobile App Makes It Easy To Find Volunteer Opportunities You can now find local volunteer opportunities on VolunteerMatch.orgs new free mobile app for iPhones. Download the app, type in your zip code, and you will be presented a host of nonprofit organizations with volunteer opportunities in your area.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

By Volunteering As the nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. on Monday, January 17, volunteer or make the decision to volunteer in your community. King routinely asked “What are you doing for others,&# and January 17th is the ideal day to ask yourself that question. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review Here are five important questions you, as a manager and leader, should ask during employee performance reviews: What have I done to help - or hinder - your job performance? 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performan.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. This all-day interactive conference allows for-profit and nonprofit business leaders, executive directors, business development directors and volunteer coordinators to collaborate and share best practices. Volunteering.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

And this is true not only for personal situations like planning a family reunion, but also for how your nonprofit markets its mission, fundraisers, and volunteer opportunities to the world. They can help you with more technical processes and teach you how to improve your data hygiene routine. Communication is never one-size-fits-all.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2011

ASB is a great opportunity for college students who choose to spend their spring breaks volunteering in communities across the country. Since 2006, nearly 2,000 students have participated in ASB, volunteering over 64,000 hours of service. Its a pretty good question, right? Shelina had no response.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Teach something new to your team 24. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Volunteer within your community and allow your employees to volunteer 39. Ask questions to clarify 64. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Exercise more. Stop smoking. Show trust 41.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Druckers book called " The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization " will be well worth it. Perhaps one of most challenging questions Drucker asks the reader is: " Do we produce results that are sufficiently outstanding for us to justify putting our resources in this area ? Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The online survey tool uses a 45 question assessment to measure your leadership skills across 15 dimensions of leadership. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Don't Praise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Source: Dollar Bin, Flickr In February, I'll be co-teaching the " WeAreMedia Live " intensive two-day workshop in San Francisco from NTEN. Not everyone needs a web site and a blog - that age old question - to blog or not to blog? Resources Heather Gardner-Madras, Should You Use A Volunteer or Intern To Do Your Social Media?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

But, perhaps the more important question is, "How will I remembered as a leader?" The answer to that question is likely going to be based on the valuable lessons you shared with those you led. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Don't Praise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Teaching in an international context. When teaching in different contexts, especially outside of the US, you need to make some adjustments to your context. I am also very transparent with the audience about the challenges of "lost in translation" and include discussion questions like 'How does this translate to an Indian context?".

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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