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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Visualizing Where Meaning Making Can Happen “Mapping” activities are often the starting point of identifying data collection opportunities. We are taught to create an organizational chart or a program activity graphic or a network diagram of organizations needed to address an issue like homelessness or educational equity.

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Integrating WordPress with Salesforce

Saleforce Nonprofit

Add-ons enable you to map form fields to Salesforce fields, generally using a simple graphical user interface (GUI) so you don’t have to write any code. Similar to the CMS form tools, these tools use a GUI-based system for designing forms and mapping fields. . Higher implementation level of effort. Advantages: Advanced feature sets.

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How to Form and Use an Advisory Board for Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

For example, an organization that supports homeless families could have an Advisory Board made up of formerly and current homeless people. In some cases, a current member of the Governing Board leads the advisory Board which facilitates easy communication between the two groups. How long will terms be?

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. Use surveys and donor journey mapping to understand how people engage initially and over time. Facilitate two-way dialogue to make supporters feel heard. ” Rather than gimmicks, spotlight your mission.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. He also shared an interactive map on his website so people could track the road trip’s progress visually using a tool called Track My Tour.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was honored to design and facilitate a panel at SXSW on Sunday called " Crowd Sourcing Innovative Social Change." Using this open source collaborative platform, the Manhattan-based nonprofit has so far engaged more than 600 communities in 55 countries in creating citizen maps to catalyze new environmental projects, large and small.