Greater Giving

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Use this opportunity to highlight the impact their donation has on your cause, creating a personal connection between the donor and the positive change they are facilitating. Highlight the specific initiative or project the donation supports.

Donation 85

Donation Sample Template Roles 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

I use my own self-care plan template to write down what I will do. Remote and Hybrid Facilitation Workshops : During the pandemic, interested soared in learning how facilitate better virtual meetings. I’ve also facilitated many nonprofit staff retreats and convening and provided training for other facilitators.

Professional 111

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 111

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

.” — Alex Osborn, How to Think Up , 1942 seminal book on concept off brainstorming The process of getting a group to generate and build on others’ ideas depends on how you facilitate openness in the group. Today, Claire will be the facilitator. The primary roles are idea generators and facilitators. Give everybody a turn.

Generation 94

Generation Ideas Arts Share 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

I use my own self-care plan template to write down what I will do. Remote and Hybrid Facilitation Workshops : During the pandemic, interested soared in learning how facilitate better virtual meetings. I’ve also facilitated many nonprofit staff retreats and convening and provided training for other facilitators.

Professional 96

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

I use my own self-care plan template to write down what I will do. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic.

Professional 140

Professional Personal Croatia Build 140

Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

The ability to build customized reports using templates and analyze data in real time has notably enhanced my fundraising efforts. Features like step-by-step reporting guides, a vast selection of predesigned templates, and the ability to customize data fields for targeted insights are pivotal.

Report 60

Report Effective Fundraising Template 60

.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

As the executive director, you facilitate an International group that is service-oriented and driven by women. Make it easy for committees and leaders to access resources like PowerPoint templates. The diversity of needs and perceptions is both energizing and complex. Women who join Zonta are doers. They want to accomplish goals.

International 221

International Conversation Issue Leadership 221

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

If you haven’t done so already, update your procedures to collect contact methods and donor information that will facilitate virtual fundraising. The templates in The COVID-19 Fundraising Template Kit for Nonprofits are meant to save your staff members time while helping you effectively engage your donors today. You’ve got this!

Survey 337

Survey Virtual Nonprofit Sponsor 337

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

It’s a standardized template that enhances the consistency and comparability of nonprofit financial statements. It automates and facilitates these comparisons, allowing for more efficient monitoring and decision-making. How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA).

Activities 78

Activities Active Activism Comparison 78

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Use this template to facilitate the persona creation process: This template offers space to add demographic and behavioral information about your personas and strategize your intended messaging. Facilitate a stronger relationship by sharing compelling personal stories related to your nonprofit. Tell compelling stories.

Practice 36

Practice Organization Nonprofit Content 36

Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

So often, nonprofit fundraising efforts are facilitated and driven by staff members. Is your staff prepared to make the asks, attend the events, mail the collateral and try some Facebook fundraising ads? What about your board members… are they fired up for fundraising season? What’s wrong with that?

Ideas 147

Ideas Fundraising Script Nonprofit 147

Cloud 4 Good

MAY 26, 2022

This retention period helps facilitate a strong bond between employer and apprentice so that the apprentice will join the client full time upon program completion. If for any reason there needs to be a change in apprentice, Cloud for Good will facilitate that need. This ‘stickiness’ helps eliminate the cost associated with turnover.

Facilitation 64

Facilitation Press Training Train 64

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2022

While leaders remain ultimately responsible for what the organization does or fails to do, organizational structures become less hierarchical and instead, facilitate collaboration between individuals throughout the organization, regardless of position. The process also helps build an organization that can adapt to changes in leadership.

Leadership 98

Leadership Impact San Diego Structure 98

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Philanthropy is an effort an individual or organization undertakes based on an altruistic desire to improve human welfare, and wealthy individuals sometimes establish private foundations to facilitate their philanthropic efforts. In the U.S., The event is being held at the Drumlins Country Club starting at 8 am on Nov.

Celebrate 82

Celebrate National Philanthropy Time 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. The template has been adapted by others, including this version for small organizations created by John Haydon.

Calendar 106

Calendar Measure Strategy Digital 106

Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2020

Associations need technology that facilitates business with both individuals and organizations. However, most professional associations also have membership levels for “associate” members, which typically are businesses such as vendors, suppliers, etc. That’s why Salesforce developed the Person Accounts data model.

Associations 78

Associations Test Model Environment 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Kudos to NTEN for breaking the template on the typical type of events it has hosted. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Photo by Trav Williams.

Reflection 124

Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The main challenge in facilitating root cause analysis is to drill down on the same idea before moving to another root cause. To re-iterate, the great value of this technique is from engaging subject matter experts on a guided conversation to get to root cause.

Analysis 95

Analysis Problem Causes Business 95

Neon CRM

MAY 9, 2023

Fundraising Software: Fundraising software facilitates donations, fundraising events, and other online fundraising activities. Flexibility: You can adapt your fields and templates specifically for your organization’s needs. Limited templates: Users complain of limited customization options in templates.

Software 52

Software Management Donor Guide 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2016

I am serving as the Master Trainer and facilitator for the event. The tool is easy to use, includes templates, and lots of useful how-to information. Advisers contribute their skills and expertise to provide training and mentoring to help amplify the work of anti-trafficking organizations in Cambodia.

Cambodia 104

Cambodia NGO Blogger Mentoring 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day. So having a few brainstorming facilitation techniques to use with your team, is useful. Format Templates and Cheat Sheets.

Social Media 50

Social Media San Antonio Content Strategy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Too often, our participant surveys only focus on the first level. Formative Evaluation. Documentation. Training Design'

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

CauseVox

JUNE 26, 2023

It enhances the donor experience and ensures that tribute details are captured accurately, facilitating meaningful connections and gratitude. CauseVox allows you to customize the tribute dedication email templates, ensuring that the honoree and their family receive a personalized message of appreciation.

Donation 78

Donation Donor Help Celebrate 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. Making: Methods for Envisioning Future Possibilities.

Design 128

Design Strategy Digital Technique 128

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Bloomerang’s tool allows your organization to: Save time by automatically creating tribute notification letters using a template. Facilitate peer-to-peer fundraising. Learn about the best practices for facilitating peer-to-peer fundraising. Customize letters with a personal note.

Donation 106

Donation Management Tips Gift 106

Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Types of fundraising software to consider When you think about fundraising software, you probably first think of online donation platforms that allow nonprofits to facilitate online gifts. Save your most-used reports as templates to reuse in future data analysis. Communication templates. Customized donor reports.

Software 88

Software Guide Fundraising Platform 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. From GiveMN Case Study - Click for Case Study. This learning approach has two ways to capture knowledge.

Campaign 96

Campaign Tips Wichita Giving 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. All of these work well with small groups and inside of organizations. In other words, how to scale reflective practice in age of connectedness?

Reflection 119

Reflection Practice Results Storytelling 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

There are lots of useful resources created by nonprofits to help facilitate kindness and mutual aid. For example, GivingTuesday has a daily kindness text and email action alerts and you can download this kindness template and use it to check with neighbors.

Tips 168

Tips Exercise Nonprofit News 168

The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 5, 2022

WRITE AS IF YOU’RE HAVING A CONVERSATION Nobody wants to read a letter that is too formal or that seems out of a template. They want to know how they're going to make a difference, how they're going to facilitate some amount of change. If what follows isn’t straight to the point, I know I’ve got some editing work to do.

Fundraising 67

Fundraising Advice Conversation Profit 67

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Donate buttons can also be easily implemented and Facebook facilitates other ways their users can show non-monetary support through drives, volunteering and crisis response. . Can Facebook fundraising and Peer-to-Peer Platforms work together?

Platform 92

Platform Facebook Tips Social Media 92

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the following essentials: Employee Engagement FAQs Employee Engagement Dos and Don’ts Employee Engagement Program Ideas Employee Engagement Plan Template Let’s explore why employee engagement is so critical and how you can promote it on an everyday basis. Employee Engagement FAQs What is employee engagement?

Ideas 52

Ideas Practice Roles Leadership 52

Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

This encourages active engagement because it facilitates a friendly, competitive environment. You’ll also get access to written templates for social posts, schedule posts in advance, and let supporters easily share pages. Let’s take a look at some of Qgiv’s unique benefits: Game elements keep the participants engaged.

Platform 98

Platform Fundraising Nonprofit Gift 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The Giving Day Playbook has this useful staffing template. This Sample Budget Template provides a more detailed expense breakdown and can be used to start your Giving Day budget. What are the different options for matching funds and prizes that are awarded to nonprofits during the Giving Day?

Hosting 94

Hosting Foundation Question Giving 94

Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Similar to direct mailings, make sure you can create and save templates for your nonprofit’s emails. Plus, you can even save report templates so you can pull the same type of information from quarter to quarter. Design and save direct mail communication documents like solicitations and acknowledgments. Engaging emails.

Profile 93

Profile Software Nonprofit Donor 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2011

One of many ‘ah-has’ came early during the well facilitated conference. We see it when people share documents/templates. Scott Bechtler-Levin is Co-Founder and President of IdeaEncore Network ( www.IdeaEncore.com ), an online resource sharing platform that builds networks to disseminate and curate nonprofit tools / templates.

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Template Network Conference Flickr 96

Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management.

Government 88

Government Digital System Fund 88