BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A good leader proactively offers his/her board members a chance to impact those exact interest areas. Do they reflect the organization’s truest priorities? The post Nonprofit Board Best Practices – Lessons From the 2020 BoardAssist Board Summit appeared first on BoardAssist. Give/Get or Get off. Rain, Rain Go Away.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? i nternal self-awareness , represents how clearly we see our own values, passions, aspirations, fit with our environment, reactions (including thoughts, feelings, behaviors, strengths, and weaknesses), and impact on others. However, awareness of the distractions can minimize their impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

” Here’s a methodology for doing an After Action Review, but it boils down to: Capture the lesson learned (big or small). Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned. In other words, how to scale reflective practice in age of connectedness? Share your examples in the comments below.

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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. A good facilitator knows how to shift or tweak the lesson plan in real time if it isn’t working as planned. Photo by Trav Williams.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Our review discussions became more interesting, and the impact of the entire program was strengthened. Here are a few lessons we learned along the way. Questions can have a significant impact on the relationship funders have with their grantee partners. Your questions should also reflect your values as a funder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

By Scot Chisholm , CEO and Co-founder of Classy ––a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. One key lesson we learned in 2020 is that we’re truly stronger when we work together.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. What is our culture’s most significant impact area? An emphasis on teamwork.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

As a result, not enough funding is flowing to climate change efforts and even less of it for reducing harm to communities most impacted by the climate crisis. . There was also a growing understanding that centering equity in these grants was essential to mitigating the inequities of COVID’s impact. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

At the heart of this principle, we call on philanthropy practitioners and thought leaders to not only step up their learning practices, but to also commit to building sector-wide knowledge by sharing lessons learned and seeking wisdom from others who are also pursuing change and impact. This is the engine that drives transformation.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 21, 2022

We learned important personal and professional lessons through the trials and sprints of the last two years: resiliency, the importance and interdependence of our personal and community safety nets, our boundaries, and awareness of our respective privileges and challenges.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Unlocking Success: Recap of Greater Giving’s Top 5 Fundraising blog post in 2023 As we bid farewell to 2023 and gear up for a promising new year of fundraising, it’s essential to reflect on the valuable insights our fundraising blog posts have offered throughout the past year.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Why Impact-Per-Dollar is a terrible, harmful way to measure nonprofit effectiveness. Lessons Learned from Two Decades in Philanthropy. Justice over greatness: A new year’s reflection. Reflections on a Conference for Well-Intentioned Funders: We can do better. Tools: Reflective structured dialogue.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Review your strategic plan, business goals, and data to identify where automation could make an impact. Her savvy, quick-witted, and inspiring messages reflect the distinct allure of the resort. Associations could take a lesson in customer delight from Las Vegas.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Being stuck in chronic performance can have a devastating impact on your skills, confidence, job, and personal life. We also need to ask questions, experiment, solicit feedback, reflect on surprises or mistakes, learn from others, and habituate other Learning Zone strategies. Briceño : This depends on the situation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray. With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. We want our donors to be advocates. So I’ll wrap it up by talking about copy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. External assessments researched by Hartman and Dhanda examine the “compatibility of prospective partners, a commitment to clear and well-informed mutual goals, and the monitoring and measuring of the impact throughout its lifecycle.” Measure and share impact.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 17, 2022

The social impact sector was thrilled to see this conference return—Cause Camp supports its nonprofit audience with targeted sessions across marketing, fundraising, and leadership, and has long been known as a “must-attend.”. Welcome to the Hybrid Work World. The post Reactions from Cause Camp 2022 appeared first on Whole Whale.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. See you at #bbcon. We also have t-shirts for the best audience-submitted prompts).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Lessons are disseminated, multiplying impact beyond our foundation’s reach. Katelyn Mack from FSG gave a presentation about the results of social media impact for the Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge. Our foundation is viewed a valuable information source. Our foundation is viewed as transparent.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

Despite this outsized impact, Toyin has yet to secure adequate funding to support and scale TLNYC. Written in partnership with Equivolve Consulting, we capture lessons from the BMA Fellowship as a case study of what’s possible when Black social innovators exist in an affirming environment of support and respect.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

For a sector that provides pivotal services to the public, the impact is difficult to comprehend. The expectations of our employees are shifting, which then impacts the way in which nonprofit leaders need to manage through a crisis. Many organizations are now finding that a crisis management plan is not the whole story.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

You’ll learn how to make the leap, and will gain practical strategies and tactics for building a loyal following, moving up quickly to broaden your impact, and making the subtle but crucial mindset shifts that are required to lead others effectively. Bryant : So many lessons and insights, so it is very difficult to pick just one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. Where Twestival Global focused all of its energy on one cause, on one day; Twestival Local, taking place the weekend of 10-13 September 2009, has the potential to impact hundreds of causes.

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Candid

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But, if you have trouble getting to it, it can severely limit the impact of the content. In this post, Candid shares the mistakes it, too, has made along the way, the things that keep our team up at night, the fixes, and our hard-won lessons learned. The information can be highly relevant and compelling. Grantmakers, not so fast!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Note from Beth: Last spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley Boyd,Campaign Director, for MomsRising.org who told me about Joyful Funerals. Ashley and her colleague Anita – as well as the whole team at Momsrising does a fantastic job of reflecting after each campaign on how it could be improved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Panelists Cassandra Butts (Millennium Challenge Corp), Betty Hudson (National Geographic Society), and Angela Mwanza (UBS Private Wealth Management), taught them about ways to have an impact in their communities and world. Together they discussed their personal challenges and accomplishments as leaders in their fields.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

#thankful4home: A Lesson in Project Based Learning & Gratitude guest post by Lisa Colton. Through an impact-producing grant from the Polk Bros Foundation, we’re helping these local organizations raise awareness of their work and mature their online networks. Being with family? What does “home” mean to you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

They are also experts in reflecting and learning about what works and what doesn’t with social media and I’m lucky that they have offered to continue sharing their knowledge on my blog! Using Social Media to Leverage Family Stories: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned. You’ll learn lots.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

Most innovation happens when you least expect it,” Jordan reflected. As a nonprofit organization that advocates for the care of all children, from birth to the age of three, by supporting the educators and communities that impact them and their development, time was of the essence for Zero to Three to pivot quickly.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. What is our culture’s most significant impact area? An emphasis on teamwork.

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Our members were privileged to hear their reflections on a unique time in their organizations’ history and how the pandemic’s impact reshaped their future. But COVID reinforced that lesson. Sharon Rice ,orgSource, Managing Director of Business Strategy, moderated this insightful conversation.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

As the east coast continues cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy, those of us who have been in the industry a while can't help but reflect on what this means for the fundraising sector and think back to the lessons of Katrina. The impact is not only going to be offline. At most, we have warm prospects, not donors.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A Major gifts officer cultivates high-level donors, connecting with them individually to build relationships that significantly impact your nonprofit. What lessons did you take away from the experience? How do you measure the impact and effectiveness of your major donor fundraising efforts beyond just the amount of funds raised?

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Care2

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Now is a good time for nonprofits to not only reflect on the impact and lessons learned from your 2016 marketing and fundraising strategies, but to also begin preparing for the year to come. In just a few hours we will ring in 2017.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Each year, the Blackbaud Institute invites leading experts in the world of social good to reflect on current trends, giving insights to stay ahead of the curve. Findings about giving from the annual global day of generosity reveal key lessons about how to engage givers all year.” Bringing in New Givers.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. As you reflect on these questions, feel free to update the answers accordingly in your fundraising plan. Your narrative should inspire donors by showcasing the impact of their gifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2016

” What this means is being able to see and experience first hand the impact of your organization’s programs and how those programs transform people. ” He routinely goes on site-visits into programs to see and understand the program’s impact. For Chuck Collins, YMCA CEO, “It is all about the kids!”

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