The NonProfit Times

MAY 28, 2024

Understand Grant Guidelines and Restrictions Before diving into the budgeting process, it’s essential for nonprofits to thoroughly review the grant guidelines and restrictions provided by the funding organization. This helps the funding organization understand how grant funds will be utilized to achieve the project’s objectives.

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

Without an agenda or with one that’s poorly organized, your board will drift off-topic, fumble through different topics, and waste time on items that are best handled outside of meetings. . If you’re looking for ways to evaluate your current agendas and optimize them for efficiency, you’ve come to the right place!

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. In a Harvard Business Review Article , authors Robert S. If you’re wondering whether there are gaps in your safety net, ask your colleagues to share their documents to evaluate what you might be missing.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 31, 2023

Project Manager Location: Remote (HQ is in Boulder, Colorado) Type: Full Time Supervisory Duties: None The Project Manager (PM) position provides project management support to the Visionlink Director of Planning and Design. We look forward to reviewing your application. Learn more and apply on Indeed. Learn more and apply on Indeed.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Harvard Business Review Analytic Services recently released a report that illustrates the gap between knowing and doing. Make space to give your current staff the time and training they need to become engagement specialists. Appearances don’t need to be time-consuming, but they should be frequent. We all know this, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup. Formative Evaluation.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At a bare minimum, the RFP should include: A description of your organization and your work, Why your nonprofit is issuing the RFP, The project requirements along with the software and services you need, and Your proposal submission, review, follow up, and selection process. This is not a time to maintain secrecy about your budget.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Some people will participate every now and then, others every time it’s near their home, while some may have a pattern of participating in specific types of events. Identify advocates Review reports to find your most active participants. Maybe it’s time to conduct some personal outreach!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Having a predictable and consistent grant cycle will ensure your team members are able to evaluate each request efficiently and effectively. Statuses will help you know which task needs to be performed next for the request under review. Will several teams review the requests? Do you have outside reviewers leaving feedback?

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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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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When you are considering an update, it’s also a good time to take the temperature of trust in your organization. Viewing mission, vision, and values as timely rather than timeless, reinforces their significance both to members and to the association’s daily activities. That’s why they also deserve frequent exploration and evaluation.

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Voice Associations Culture Environment 221

sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. What am I looking for with this question?

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. Over time, we’ve found that the first step to creating an optimized tech stack is developing a clear understanding of the nonprofit’s current tech lineup. Step Four: Review. So, let’s dive in!

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It hurtled us into the future with no time to prepare for that demanding new reality. I am still evaluating the lessons learned. I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty. Building supportive relationships requires an investment of time and effort.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman , who was the founding editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business magazine and editor of the Harvard Business Review. Use data to make objective decisions based on site traffic, evaluations, sales, professional development activity, focus groups and/or other types of outreach. This is critical.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Many nonprofit professionals will tell you that the answer is “time” and/or “resources.” Check out the following breakdown of offerings you may want to consider when evaluating fundraising solutions. Giving yourself time to get familiar with your new software. Now ask yourself, what’s keeping you from achieving that goal?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

With the year half way over, this is the perfect time to evaluate your progress so far. If you raised 15% more in January 2019 compared to January 2020, take a look at the difference in your fundraising strategies between these two time periods. Did you mail out an appeal at a different time? This Year Vs. Last Year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To efficiently provide this information, nonprofits need detailed financial records and real-time data to help gauge their progress towards their financial goals on both a monthly and annual basis and meet reporting guidelines. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources. 2020-07.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Because the teams were not prepared at the year-end audit for these types of significant changes, there were often issues that required auditors to spend additional time in discussions with management or to document their understanding of the changes. This type of collaboration should be happening throughout the year.

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Relationship Practice Build Evaluation 96

Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

However, I encourage you to take some time to analyze your online fundraising campaigns to optimize your overall fundraising results. Reviewing your campaign daily, weekly, and monthly allows you to adjust the campaign for optimal results. Evaluate post-campaign data. Access your data. doing so without accomplishing anything.

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Campaign Tips Online Fundraising 87

Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

You can do this by implementing mid-course check-ins or post-course evaluations. Example: A professional association analyzed instructor performance and found that courses taught by a specific expert received consistently positive reviews and higher completion rates. Which courses do they have a difficult time completing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Recently, we have been exploring a fascinating topic that is not only close to our hearts, but very timely due to burnout in the nonprofit sector – empathetic leadership. It’s the counterproductive practice of sending after-hour emails or direct messages, causing unnecessary panic, or scheduling meetings during universal time off.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

At the Honnold Foundation, we had been working in partnership with grassroots organizations for some time before we learned that there was a term for the kind of grantmaking we do: trust-based philanthropy (TBP). We only ask for the information we need to understand the proposal and then dive deeper via phone calls.

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Philanthropy Proposal Application Metrics 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. Unfortunately, none of them had an answer to that question.

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Evaluation Reflection Open Source Journal 111

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

If it’s time for you to start looking for a new grant management system, use this opportunity to evaluate your processes, figure out what needs to change, and find a solution that can growth with your organization. This includes reviewing your process documentation or creating it if necessary.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2013

AMACOM''s (of the American Management Association) sixth edition of the best-selling book, The First-Time Manager -- originally published in 1981 is a must-read for new managers and leaders in business. The First-Time Manager is an excellent how-to guide for anyone new to managing people. Class leads by example.

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Management Time Review Classes 41

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. Normally that seems like something they would do during the startup phase of the nonprofit, but missions can change over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Together these best practices form an “engine of impact” that nonprofits need to build, maintain, and hone over time to scale with results. Impact evaluation is the thrust indicators, providing measurement and evaluation of the performance. In other words, creating a strategic plan. This is not sustainable.

Leadership 92

Leadership Impact Review Chapter 92

Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

When I’m evaluating a charity for a client who is looking to make a significant donation to a nonprofit, I measure 4 key things: 1. So when does reviewing overhead become important? Reviewing this data can be helpful at times in ensuring charity accountability.

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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Pre-Award Stage Generating Grant Guidelines Developing grant guidelines requires creating a comprehensive outline of the grant’s objectives, eligibility requirements, application procedure, and evaluation metrics. In order to ensure compliance, these documents are often reviewed by legal professionals before signature.

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Grant Management Award Evaluation 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Our review discussions became more interesting, and the impact of the entire program was strengthened. When was the last time your application was given a solid review? If it’s been more than five years, you’re behind the times.

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Question Application Reflection Philanthropy 85

sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition to reviewing and updating your nonprofit operating budget each year, your financial team should also regularly evaluate your process for creating that document. Review your strategic plan so everyone is familiar with the organization’s larger goals. That includes both the budget and the process for creating it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Amacom (of the American Management Association) has just released the sixth edition of the best-selling book, The First-Time Manager -- originally published in 1981. The First-Time Manager is an excellent how-to guide for anyone new to managing people. Class recognizes the best way to build oneself is to first build others.

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Management Review Time Classes 47

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These are often aligned with the funder’s strategic priorities and should also align with the criteria for evaluating a successful proposal. Review the criteria for an award. Have others review the criteria to ensure you have met the mark. Reading the RFP in detail is critical and should involve more than one individual.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations. The goal of impact management is to help social sector leaders and practitioners build and use evidence to make timely, informed decisions about how to execute, adapt, and grow their programs and their organizations.

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

Kindful

JULY 8, 2021

There are much better ways to raise money that are cheaper, require less staff time, and generate more net revenue. . You may have a boss or board members who don’t realize how much heavy lifting and staff time it takes to put on an event and think it’s some kind of easy windfall for the organization. . The answers are many. .

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Grant Money Strategy Evaluation 104

NTEN

DECEMBER 17, 2014

It's time to take a moment to marvel at the wonders that the nonprofit technology has made possible this year (thanks, team!). 14ntc Community digital inclusion evaluation net neutrality women in tech' Amy Sample Ward. I know you''re not supposed to have favorites, but 2014 has truly been an incredible year.

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