Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. Normalize Feedback Use the technique of calling in and calling out. Provide the tools Offer folks training to increase their skills so they can hold conversations about DEI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In this blog post, we'll review the research results, discuss implications, and identify the soul-searching needed to move forward in new alignment with our values. Thanks to the generosity of these funders, we were able to identify 13 groups where duplicative questions are present using several human-guided machine learning techniques.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique that involves evaluating your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This guide reviews the steps of creating a nonprofit SWOT analysis , including when to use this type of analysis and how to put your insights into action.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We’ll finish with 10 minutes to evaluate the brainstorming session, get clarity on points of agreement and disagreement, and discuss next steps. Tools and techniques, both virtual and in person Tools and techniques that facilitate visual thinking can significantly improve brainstorming outcomes. Ask if anyone has any questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The skill, of course, is hosting a Giving Day and we are now looking at processes, techniques, and ideas for follow up and assessment. ” Here’s a methodology for doing an After Action Review, but it boils down to: Capture the lesson learned (big or small). .” Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Here’s a brief book review. Set up A Brand Monitoring Program: Listening or brand monitoring is a social media best practice – and the tips include standard recommendations such as selecting a tool, tracking dashboard, and regular review process. Andrea is a lawyer and expert in communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

It is less about the tools and more about the new mindsets you need to be successful. There are two excellent books that talk about this in the context of running an organization and addressing social issues – and I plan to review these in more depth next week. Michael Quinn Patton is the godfather of evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Activities Active Activism Integration 105

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. So, after you’ve mapped out your goals, the next step we recommend taking involves “looking backwards” to critically evaluate the fundraising activities of your previous year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? Measure, Test, Refine. Engagement'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Maybe the scaffolding for learning in public for an evaluation goes something like this: Transparent: This is the first step to make learning products visible. Maybe it takes the form of collaboratively interupting the results of the evaluation. What are the techniques and methods for moving people up the ladder?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Evaluation of sales processes, and salesforce structure. Performance Metrics Analyses. Market training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Harvard Business Review, March 2013. Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation. Jacob Harold, “ Nonprofits Master “Medium Data” Before Tackling Big Data.”

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 12, 2012

No matter which fundraising techniques you use, you need to include these three targets. Review your plan frequently to see how things are going. If you don’t ever evaluate your plan, there’s no point in creating one in the first place. Set your targets. Choose your strategies. You want to be a successful nonprofit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. This is evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends. Often overwhelmed.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Ideally, we’d evaluate the previous year of data to observe patterns in different giving cycles. If a client hasn’t had Analytics for a year, 3 months would be the shortest timeframe we’d want to evaluate to ensure we get a clear enough picture of trends over time. Research Questions. Deliverables. What’s Next. Introduction.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Elements to include when studying techniques that inspire immediate action and applying those lessons: Analyze effective ad appeals – what motivates rapid response? Evaluate telethons and phone banks – what makes people donate on the spot? Evaluate telethons and phone banks – what makes people donate on the spot?

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The iPhone camera comes with a grid that you can turn on and you can train yourself to think about composition so it becomes embedded in your shooting technique. Develop Your Eye: The more you shoot and evaluate your work, the better your eye will become. Experiment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis. Year in Review.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

It provides strategies, techniques, and an approach to recognizing and confronting any threat faced by an organization in fulfilling its mission.” . It’s a defined, routine commitment to gather, evaluate and respond to threats and opportunities. Call for Nonprofit Risk Management – Stanford Social Innovation Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I started with an introduction to the Networked Nonprofit and an assessment that allows them evaluate where their use of networks and social media is along a continuum. Participants reviewed the social media policy from TNT , which has been translated into Spanish, to see how it could be adapted for their regional network.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

It provides strategies, techniques, and an approach to recognizing and confronting any threat faced by an organization in fulfilling its mission.” . It’s a defined, routine commitment to gather, evaluate and respond to threats and opportunities. Call for Nonprofit Risk Management – Stanford Social Innovation Review.

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Guide Management Profit Issue 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Introduction to six different social media tools and techniques for a planning, delivering, and evaluating a training session. I also always review Bloom's Taxonomy and have found this diagram really useful. How to think like a social instructional designer. Audience Research. Share Your PowerPoint Deck with SlideShare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Care2

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Jonah’s passion lies in exploring the crossroads of ancient storytelling techniques, social responsibility and emerging technologies. Justin developed one of the first social network ROI calculators to help nonprofits plan and evaluate their social media efforts. He also launched frogloop.com , a leading nonprofit marketing blog.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Because as a federal grant reviewer for a decade, I can tell you that this is the easiest way to ensure that you remember to respond to all items, and it’s the easiest format for funding sources to find your answers. Include the task description, role responsible, start date, completion date, evaluation that the activity is completed.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Then, evaluate what donor acquisition and engagement strategies worked and what didn’t. . After you wrap up each campaign, take time to review what tactics worked and where you can improve. Your nonprofit’s fundraising team should be consistently using your data to improve your techniques! New, lapsed, or at-risk donors. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

They use data visualization techniques to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data. Rather than bringing a number to a meeting, people should be reviewing their own statistics and data. This is part of what I am doing at Do Something – closing the data loop.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So if you have to leave or leave early, or maybe get interrupted or just want to review the content, don’t worry, we’ll get all that good stuff to you later today. . Anything from a new approach, to a technique, to information, insights, you’re offering your emotional intelligence. So this is a true question to you.

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People Community Video Podcast 77

Candid

JULY 5, 2023

One leader at Candid wisely uses the progressive stack method , a technique to prioritize voices less-heard in team meetings. Encourage ongoing feedback Many organizations chose to bypass formal performance evaluations during the pandemic. Writing reviews didn’t seem fair when so many things were in flux.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Prospects and stakeholders who interact with you online have only your online communications to evaluate your organization. Are you up-to-date on the latest tactics and techniques in your area of focus? When we reviewed their website statistics, we found that nobody ever visited that calendar. Are you credible? I know I would.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We were luck to have Donna Norton from Momsrising share a presentation about their approach to integrated social media campaigns and success stories using a planning technique called “Layer Cake Strategy.” View more presentations from Beth Kanter. ” The exercise used the layer cake metaphor and some planning questions.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 29, 2011

Instead, divide the overall campaign into a number of smaller segments or phases, and use the data collected during each phase to fine-tune your fundraising techniques for the next phase. To use real-time data effectively, you need to do more than count donations at the end of the campaign. number of donations received. total amount raised.

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