Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Observe to learn members’ preferences and interest You likely have data on the purchases your members are making, the events they’re registering for and the content they’re downloading. Get more serious and practical about AI Much of the work around AI these days is what we’d refer to as ad hoc. With all these uses (and more!)

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sgEngage

MAY 16, 2024

By establishing clear protocols and responsible practices, you can transform data into actionable insights, ensure that decision making is data-driven and ultimately leading to better outcomes for the causes you support. Simply put, it’s about establishing clear rules and practices for managing your data assets.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In recent years, that model is being challenged. What matters most in this model are values–and one in particular: equity. So, what does participatory grantmaking look like in practice? As many have observed, participatory funding models have likely existed for centuries in the form of mutual aid or community support.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2023

And check out our top list of practices your association should avoid. Resolve to avoid these negative practices in the New Year, and you’ll have a more effective and prosperous organization: 1. Ineffective staff engagement practices Is your organization experiencing low employee engagement? Learn more

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Association Analytics

MAY 11, 2021

Data governance is the complex, interconnected web of practice that goes on in a business, spanning how an organization collects, uses, and manages data and data systems. A less-evolved data governance model will not necessarily prevent you from using analytics in a constructive way. Schedule a demo to learn how we can help.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 23, 2024

Meaningful Volunteer Roles: By understanding volunteer skill sets and motivations, leadership can advocate for the creation of impactful volunteer roles. Leadership can champion practices like clear communication, appreciation, and growth opportunities to retain volunteers.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. Sponsorships are the model that we’re all most familiar with. Inspire and support the improvement or innovation of products or business practices. The pandemic was a wormhole.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Outline the participant role.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity. We achieve our mission through our hybrid program model with digital learning opportunities and limited in-person programs in Metro Atlanta.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

This curated track features members of Blackbaud’s K–12 Executive Advisory Board and our internal experts discussing how technology in schools has evolved, new best practices, and fresh ideas. Join us in this session to learn what responsible AI could mean for your school. Blackbaud’s 2024 ATLIS sessions include: 1. Where do you start?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Foundation leaders need to understand how grantmaking practices affect nonprofit organizations and structure grantmaking practices in ways that best support nonprofit organizations. Mowrer’s Grant-seeking Challenges highlights that funder practices and requirements are considered one of the greatest challenges for grant-seekers.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

As this gets to become a regular practice, you’ll see your open rates climb. What you can learn about solid, empathetic storytelling from an email shows how. Feedback/Survey Email Consistent feedback plays an important role in the Simple Development Systems model and you’ll want to incorporate it throughout your digital strategy.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. Learning, we do naturally. We can learn through direct experience.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

Resilience , or learning to surf those breakers, must be a priority on the business agenda. Learn Through Challenge Resilience goes beyond successfully recovering from a setback. But, it also means using the disruption to identify opportunities for innovation and growth and applying lessons learned to develop future initiatives.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Learn more about common strategic planning misconceptions in this Bloomerang webinar: How do you begin the nonprofit strategic planning process? This can help you start defining goals and considering which model strategic plan will best work for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work. Here’s a few frameworks and techniques I learned first hand from Nancy as she accompanied me to the sessions I was leading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them. Jane Hart: Jane has been blogging for many years and writes about informal and workplace learning. Why is learning the new important?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

It was a comprehensive process including an open-call part 1, an invitation-only part 2, a site visit for finalists, and a presentation highlighting best practices. Here are a few lessons we learned along the way. I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Join me on February 22nd at 9:00 am PT for a LinkedIn Live with Zoe Amar for a conversation about taking the first step for responsible AI adoption.We’ll discuss the challenges, tips, and practical resources available. It begins with learning, habituation, and cultural shifts to fully harness AI benefits responsibly.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The Disruptive Approach to the Learning Industry. Not too long ago, all the rage in our industry was shifting focus to the disruptive business model. Whenever there is a long-standing construct, it seems that someone comes out of nowhere and flips the model on its head. What is next for the learning industry?

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

As nonprofit professionals, we often wear many hats, having to fill the roles of copywriter, editor, marketer, and more. ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that processes vast amounts of information to generate responses to questions and statements entered by the user. If this sounds familiar, then we’ve got some good news.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Business Model Innovation. Universities are learning from other industries and accelerating business model innovation, with a focus on hybrid learning and teaching. More and more universities are adopting a “customer mindset” from other industries, and implementing learner-centric operating models.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

In part one of our new blog series, Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org , we will explore long-term maintenance and success strategies, starting with best practices for staffing your Salesforce instance. Your Tier 2 staffing model will typically include both Salesforce Administrators (SA) and Developers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

About a year ago, Mario Marino reached out to me and several colleagues with some provocative questions about e-learning in the nonprofit sector. Mario and his colleague, Katie Paris explained that this was part of a landscape or mapping process that they were doing to get an understanding of the e-learning space.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Read the report to discover how COVID-19-related funding flowed in 2021 compared to 2020 and learn why today’s funders will be key to philanthropy’s long-term recovery from the pandemic. . Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal-Child Health and Addressing Disparities through a Reproductive and Birth Justice Lens , by W.K.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Heroes emerge, who recognize that a strong grants management function leads to a funder’s ability to operate more equitably, with nimble practices rightsized and appropriate to the nonprofits and communities it seeks to support. Risk models were not designed for our sector. But the myth of risk stubbornly persists.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2022

Best practices for Nimble AMS administrators. This Nimble AMS best practice session was the perfect choice for any new administrator. Rachel Seratte led the session, teaching administrators what to expect in their new role and how to use Nimble AMS to get the job done. 20 apps Nimble AMS customers love.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2022

Training, development and resource support are often scarce within the sector, leading to increased workload and decreased training for necessary roles, which adds to the “struggle to hire and train employees,” as Paul Light asserts. Create a trajectory and people will be future-motivated. Validate your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Unlocking the Potential of Peer Learning – Guest Post by Noah Flower. Unlocking the Potential of Peer Learning – Guest Post by Noah Flower. Many funders are interested in using peer learning to help nonprofit leaders advance their capabilities. The model has a natural appeal. It’s a form of network building.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

To this end, the Job-Demands-Resources model offers a simple equation: burnout = demands > resources. This model highlights three important things to understand about burnout: Burnout isn’t about too many demands but demands without enough resources. workers reported experiencing burnout symptoms this year.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Keep in mind that we’re not suggesting that the best CEOs excel in every aspect of the role—in fact, we’ve yet to meet one who does. It’s also a critically timely must-read, when you consider that 30% of Fortune 500 CEOs last fewer than three years in the role, and two out of five new CEOs are deemed to be failing within 18 months.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 19, 2022

Is your association staff satisfied in their current roles? You’ll learn if they are satisfied in their current role and what steps your organization can take to improve the situation. Online survey: An online survey is one of the most successful survey models. Learn more about employee engagement.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

The power of data for creating social change Data and analytics have long been used to improve the quality of products and services, optimize efficiency in production and distribution, and fundamentally shape business models. For example, Dawn shared how her organization offers nonprofits practical resources and tools to help to get started.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While it would be easy to focus on the many difficulties that this year delivered (and we don’t take any of those lightly), for this exercise in reflection, we choose the lens of gratitude – as we learned from our mentor and friend Jill Friedman Fixler who perfected the practice of gratitude [1]. Thank you. [1]

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To start, we were applying marketing and fundraising launch best practice to communications. Professionals in these roles rightly value their followers and don’t want to serve content that isn’t aligned with their expectations. This created a model for an email campaign any partner could follow. What were we doing wrong?

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

And looking forwards through data modeling allows you to make predictions about the future. They are like a compass that uses historical data as one point and forward-looking data modeling as another point to determine your direction and set your course of action. Looking backwards at historical data helps you answer that question.

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sgEngage

APRIL 21, 2021

In fact, 800 foundations signed a pledge to adopt more trust-based practices in order to move money more quickly and with fewer restrictions. Trust-based philanthropy is not about “blind trust”; it is a rigorous practice rooted in relationship-building, learning, and mutual accountability.

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