sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The Nonprofit Operating Reserves Initiative (NORI) created a toolkit with helpful information and sample language. The policy will include clear guidelines and protocols on how the fund should be managed, what the fund can be used for, and how the fund is replenished if funds are used.

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Policy Create Guide Fund 70

Kindful

JUNE 3, 2021

The Council of Nonprofits boasts a treasure trove of free sample gift acceptance policies. You should also develop your own sponsorship agreement that details promotional guidelines.

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Support Sponsor Gift Benefit 91

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. You should provide samples of your documentation as appropriate to accompany these requirements.

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Software Guide Award Grant 312

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

After each presentation, one of the “responders” other experts in the field including Amy Sample Ward (see her write up ), Mark Horvath, and David Neff offered their insights in two minutes about the topic. ” @ brianreich #sxsw #npsmpeer #nptech — Amy Sample Ward (@amyrsward) March 10, 2013. rachelannyes #npsmpeer.

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Social Media Management Instructional Design Media 101

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

Bylaws are not guidelines, recommendations, or suggestions. You can also find templates for nonprofit bylaws and nonprofit bylaws samples online, if you feel like your refresh will be more of a rewrite. Why Is It Important to Update my Nonprofit Bylaws? Is that reason enough? Your bylaws are your rules and they are legally binding. .

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Government Nonprofit Review Language 122

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Also, don’t forget to review the funder’s grant guidelines , eligibility criteria, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) if they have a website. This sampling of funding opportunities available in their database shares both national and regional grant leads.

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Grant Place Free Nonprofit 98

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Timo Luege recently shared the new social media staff guidelines created at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Why create social media staff guidelines? What I like best about the IFRC Guidelines is that they start with best practices! Highlights from IFRC Social Media Staff Guides.

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Social Media Examples Guide Guidelines 114

NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

Participants will be selected based on the guidelines and their commitment to full participation. Does the following sound good to you? I was initially very timid, because my knowledge base was low, but feel much more adept as a result of the Academy. Many, many thanks! I would highly recommend it to others!

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Application Tech Classes Change Management 84

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? Big thanks to Debra Askanase , Megan Keane , Laura Norvig , Claire Sale , Amy Sample Ward , Mera Szendro Bok , and BJ Wishinsky for their contributions to this post.

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Facilitation Guidelines Hosting Twitter 82

Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

Think of them as rules or guidelines. If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible. By creating by-laws, you’re setting a standard for how your Board must function.

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Fun Product Law Nonprofit 98

Care2

JULY 16, 2012

However, many organizations look to create an official policy to satisfy legal concerns, make senior leadership more comfortable, and to provide more in depth guidelines to staff who engage supporters and the public on social channels. The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide , also from Idealware, is a good complimentary resource.

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Report Guidelines Ratio Policy 78

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated. And Claire Sale shared the British Red Cross guidelines: The British Red Cross values comments both complimentary and critical. Read the full transcript here!

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Community Guidelines Americorp Listserv 108

Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

That is the donor’s responsibility under IRS guidelines. In accordance with IRS guidelines, we do not place a value on inkind gifts. State the type of gift, but don’t attach any value to it. For example, “Thank you for your generous gift of 10 cases of bottled water for our community event. Our tax ID number is 11-1111111.

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Donation Online Create Gift 98

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

Whether it’s “Call Me Maybe,” “Sh*t People Say,” or any other meme that comes along, here are three guidelines you can use to decide when and how to get your nonprofit involved in an Internet meme. 3 Guidelines for Nonprofits. Why meme at all? Above all else, don’t compromise your values and mission.

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Meme Guidelines YouTube Remix 140

sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

This includes those event-specific logos to use in all your marketing as well as guidelines and samples of donor engagement strategies. Download the Toolkit Good news: Library Giving Day has created a free online toolkit to help you plan your campaign.

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Library Giving Literacy Social Media 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning. Lotte Leicht , EU Director.

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Case Study Central African Republic Twitter Personal 50

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? Big thanks to Debra Askanase , Megan Keane , Laura Norvig , Claire Sale , Amy Sample Ward , Mera Szendro Bok , and BJ Wishinsky for their contributions to this post.

Facilitation 60

Facilitation Guidelines Hosting Twitter 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.”

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Campaign Online Chapter Model 97

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A sample of funding allocations are found below : . Additional information and guidelines related to this legislation will be posted to Blackbaud’s COVID-19 Relief Hub and we will do our best to bring you valuable updates as other legislation related to COVID-19 relief for the social good community evolves. . . .

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Organization Retention Social Government 40

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

This will ensure that your contest guidelines are watertight to avoid any rule-breaking issues. Create a feedback survey and post it to your Instagram and other marketing channels to reach the largest survey sample possible. Choose winners randomly and direct message them to tell them how to claim their prizes.

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Contest Headline Social Media Survey 86

sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

To get started, consider this sample workplace giving plan; then, build out each phase to craft a clear roadmap for success that fits your organization’s efforts. A well-crafted plan will help your team navigate the workplace giving process, prioritize related tasks, and track progress toward the finish line.

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Build Giving Strategy Tips 74

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2012

This session will provide an overview of the latest research on social networking and online fundraising and provide some guidelines and best practices to get you started today. Is it even helping you raise money to support your work?

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Conference Pennsylvania Guidelines Slides 120

Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

Get Started with These Tips and Sample Telework Policies. Womans-work.com has a no-nonsense sample telework policy template , a telework application and screening questionnaire for employees, and a telework employee agreement. The University of Wisconsin also has some useful language in its telecommuting policy and guidelines (PDF).

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Work Management People Policy 36

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Learn more about the contest guidelines and how to submit your video! And… wait for it: the winning videos will be announced at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN and featured on YouTube’s homepage in March. The YouTube part is sort of like having your nonprofit video seen during the Super Bowl.).

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Video Award Contest YouTube 137

fusionSpan

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Follow these guidelines to arrange your tasks, projects, tools and new ideas. Stay tuned for Prioritization: Part 2 to see a full sample of this process and detailed instructions on how to execute step 6. The results may surprise you! The first step is to acknowledge the importance of prioritization. You have just prioritized.

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Project Guidelines Instruction Instructional 52

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

This session talks about the importance of data and metrics to your work and offers how-to guidelines on ways to map and monitor your community and your work. Description : Social media, online campaigns, and community engagement can be tricky things to dive into and do well without measuring, monitoring and evaluating. But what to measure?

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Metrics Community Guidelines Slides 100

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Fast forward to 2009, Wendy led a process internally to create a social media guidelines and operational handbook. Operational guidelines need to be specific and include examples! .&# As she started putting into practice some great listening practices, she realized that listening was the gateway drug for social media. Transparency.

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Network Nonprofit Guidelines Social Media 173

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The Global Scale project aims to create a resource for NGO practitioners where guidelines, lessons learned, tips, links and other help for ‘scaling up’ effective programs can be found. How to Contribute. Global Scale Discussion Group. This email group is intended as a conversation space to supplement and support the Global Scale Wiki.

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Global Discussion Wiki NGO 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

A blog carnival is a series of blog posts related to one theme, in this case, the promotion of USDA-proposed nutritional standards for snacks in schools, which coincided with a Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project poll showing that most Americans support the guidelines. This proved to be fruitful. Lesson #5: Craft those thank you notes!

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Blogger Lesson Childhood Poll 111

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2011

The book features: engaging case studies of actual coaching challenges sample coaching documents a variety of useful tools self-assessment questions.

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New York City Work New York Case Study 50

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Corporate Social Media Policy: Top 10 Guidelines « PR-Squared - “How can corporate employees’ participation in Social Media be dealt with and managed in a way that liberates them — without putting the company at risk?&# Here’s a free PDF with the Top 10 Guidelines for a social media policy.

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Mexico Bookmarking Web Guidelines 111

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2010

That’s what led us to start the Global Scale wiki, and we hope that you’ll join us… With this wiki, we are aiming to create a resource for NGO practitioners where guidelines, lessons learned, tips, links and other help for ‘scaling up’ effective programs can be found.

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Wiki Global Share Case Study 156

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Once an appropriate target amount has been determined for operating reserves, the board needs to draft a policy that establishes the fund and sets forth guidelines for using it. reserve ratio, outlines and sample language). Implementation – Put into practice the guidelines established in the Operating Reserve Policy.

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Policy Guide Guidelines Fund 20

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

But to give you an example of what a social media policy consists of, here’s a sample of the ASU Lodestar Center’s: Who can post: We determined which employee is ultimately responsible for all of our social media profiles and which other employees are allowed to post on behalf of the Center.

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Social Media Policy Media Social 84

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2013

s Fashion Police, nonprofit social media authors Amy Sample Ward, Allyson Kapin, and Melanie Mathos shared the latest trends, campaigns and faux pas in the nonprofit social media world during bbcon 2013, Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits in National Harbor, Md. So, don’t do it. Channeling Joan Rivers and E!’s

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Social Media Media Social Meme 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Use Scientific Methods: These include having a significant sample size, randomly selected groups and some split testing. Here’s some guidelines for how long to run your test. The focus of your test will be challenging this one thing, everything else needs to remain the same during your testing.

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Test Impact Experiment San Francisco 114

Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Work with the supervisor of each volunteer activity to draw up safety guidelines and training procedures. Safety procedures: Do not assume volunteers know about safety precautions they should take when working with animals, planting trees, or doing other types of labor. What about working off site?

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Volunteer Create Policy Roles 119