BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

According to Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices 2015 , many nonprofit boards across the country are earning B-minuses for their performance. BoardSource, the country’s leading nonprofit governance consultants, provides some great advice in this week’s guest post. Thanks BoardSource!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind. we’ve gone from addressing a sliver of the “accessible book famine” to solving most of it, and we now deliver an accessible book to a student for less than one-fifteenth of the cost of traditional approaches. In the U.S.,

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. Leadership. Jan 13 - 15.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When setting your own goal, use the SMART principles approach, making sure it’s Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. They don’t get discouraged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

The key takeaway for me is the whole point about the need for new metrics to measure learning from games. There was some push back from someone in the audience "How can we measure virtual worlds when we really haven't yet figured out what works and what doesn't. National Science Foundation. How do you measure the change?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

We gather more than 800 board members, chief executives, staff, and nonprofit professionals for two days to discuss the newest thinking and best practices in nonprofit governance. 2016 Alliance National Conference. 2016 Alliance National Conference. 2016 Alliance National Conference. 2016 Alliance National Conference.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

While not a new concept or strategy, environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs are on the rise. 196 0s – Anti Vietnam War protests and the push for peace in the United States is well-known for the actions taken by University students and protesters, but also involved outspoken members of the business community.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the intersection of digital and mission-driven work, 2023 was a year of significant changes, big decisions, and growth for many organizations in the nonprofit and government space. We are proud to see how this work continues to make an impact on communities, the nation, and the world. For us, it was no different!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

We need to do a better job of understanding social needs, both to improve our programs and measure their ultimate impact. She suggested: In Uruguay: What is the poverty rate among individuals and households (using any of a number of poverty lines – absolute or relative, national or regional)? Which outcomes/patterns are unusual?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

While making an impact always comes first, each of these awards is a great honor for the fantastic teams of clients and Forum One staff that work every day to make an impact on their communities, the nation, and the world. Forum One worked with the National Rural Health Resource Center to design their new website in Drupal 9.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 3, 2021

Experience monitoring student outcomes and behaviors to improve learning experience. Create KPI’s, metrics to measure training effectiveness (e.g., Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

We see those feel-good stories about amazing fundraisers on our feeds: “Viral Irish GoFundMe Raises Millions for the Navajo Nation In Act of Generosity That Bridges Historical Debt of Gratitude ”. How many students did you help? Requirements may vary depending on country, state, and/or tax-exempt status. We’ve all been there.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

When the Afghanistan crisis reared its ugly head again this year, a group of veterans, active-duty service members, former government officials, civil servants, and nonprofit organizations came together to work online to help individuals and families evacuate the country. Because we are all stronger when we work together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

” After spending five years living and breathing networks and measurement and designing and delivering many, many nonprofit capacity building programs, my focus is going to be on how nonprofits can apply measurement and their networks to learn for impact. Is Your Nonprofit Using Lean Start Up Methods for Lean Impact?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. In one day, more than 20 students from 6 universities and five AIDS organizations hit the streets with only cellphone video cameras to produce 8 short video messages to encourage youth to be tested for HIV. *. As a result, over 44,000 student applied in 1.5

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

You can watch the video below to see a moving speech from 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who founded the Fridays for Future movement that has seen hundreds of thousands of students striking from school across the world. It’s not just about institutional change. Conserve your water. Make your voice heard.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

You can watch the video below to see a moving speech from 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who founded the Fridays for Future movement that has seen hundreds of thousands of students striking from school across the world. It’s not just about institutional change. Conserve your water. Make your voice heard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Last week, we helped out our friends at Visible Government with their Beers for Canada campaign. In the end, the campaign raised just over $1,000 in two days; donations will help open government data to citizens and promote transparency in public offices. We had links to the Visible Government website, and generated enquiries there.

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Forum One

MARCH 24, 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $12 billion for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Federal law that governs special education, as well as other funds to "build robust data systems that allow districts to better track the growth of individual students.

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VisionLink

MAY 28, 2012

He has an insightful ability to remind us that we are in fact in this nation an "us." It was here that I learned that we the people brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. These are good times to remind ourselves of that. That was 1970.

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