Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 11, 2015

“Your secure software is open source: doesn’t that make it less secure?” We strongly believe not only that open source is compatible with digital security, but that it’s also essential for it. Bear in mind that a good safe design allows the user to choose their own combination at random.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 10, 2020

Now it’s time to face another challenge: As offices begin to re-open, associations must support a combination of onsite and remote workers. Here are four tips to consider as your association’s offices begin to re-open. As you re-open your offices, it’s just as important. Prepare to feel unprepared. Seems impossible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

In order to win back trust and stay top-of-mind, nonprofits must focus on establishing emotional connections with their audience through consistent, high-quality content. So, instead of pouring more resources into paid ads or buying lead lists, focus on engaging with your audience and adding value to their lives.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Industry giants are investing millions to tap the large data sets that give them competitive insight into their customers’ hearts and minds. Several providers offer open source or limited free access, which is a great way to test options. RapidMiner is another open-source platform with a drag-and-drop interface.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. A Place Where You Can Speak Your Mind to That Foundation. ” Opening Up Grants Processes Leads to More Equity’ After Slamming the Doors on Too Many Grantees, a New Approach Improved Our Foundation’s Impact. This is an open-ended list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

There are more and more resources and opportunities for nonprofit professionals seeking to learn about how to use measurement and data. You will also find a well-curated resource toolkit that includes articles, books, tools, and resources. How to collect data? Making meaning. Communicating Results. Meaning Making.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Entrepreneur, Social Media Today, Adweek, and Adage are a few of the resources on my radar. Be an open-minded reader. Break out of the association bubble. Study across industries. Forbes, CMO Network, Inc., Consider ideas that, at first glance, don’t seem like a great fit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. This resources is always good for a laugh. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The opportunity to share challenges, in confidence, with the brightest colleagues in the business is an invaluable resource. Be an Active Listener A group of advisors is an invaluable career resource. Clear thoughts about tonight’s dinner or the report that’s due next week from your mind and live in the moment. Observe behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

Many nonprofits are moving to open office floor plans with flexible seating. The three biggest problems associated with open office plans are: noise, interruptions, and a lack of privacy. Their values included: Always Open; Never Settle; Committed to Wow; and Listen, Act, Learn. But there are challenges, too.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

After these fundamental issues are identified and outlined, the staff, using their knowledge about available financial and human resources, sets the objectives that will realize the board’s vision. They will reward you by crafting messages that move the hearts and minds of your most important audiences and reinforce brand identity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

What’s more, golfers often tap into their personal and professional networks to field a team, which expands your tournament’s reach and donor pool and opens doors for further stewardship and partnerships. 2) Sponsors Will Look For New Options. 5) Online Registration Will Be Expected for Golf Tournaments.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

Beyond budgeting for courses or conferences, tap into existing structures and resources that offer opportunities for development. Partner with internal learning teams and human resources to promote use of existing in house platforms with learning resources. McKinsey & Company. Carol Dweck, TED, 2014.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

Although the firm that I worked for was one of the leading providers of association software, when the company saw the investment in resources and time that was needed to switch to the new technology, they decided to stop production. “On A week later, we were open for business.” Necessity is the mother of invention.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

By building a relationship , you’re ensuring that when the next grant cycle comes up, you’ll be top of mind. Many organizations publish a calendar of events open to the public on their websites, social channels, or in their newsletters. A funder’s personal and meaningful connection with a nonprofit can guide their giving decisions.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2022

For local organizations, hybrid events can open new opportunities to enhance donor relations. There are still over $400 billion of offline donations that nonprofits process, many of which could be transferred online through recurring giving programs to save both time and resources. Evolved recurring giving.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

As we review these techniques, keep your nonprofit’s current recruitment approach in mind and consider how these strategies can help achieve your recruiting goals. Depending on the size of your nonprofit, you might have numerous roles open at any given time. Use automated personalization tools.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. Well, here’s another mind-blowing stat: Radicati Group reports that there are over 4 billion email users worldwide, and that number is projected to reach 4.6 The numbers don’t lie! But what about reach?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

But with newsletters being so popular today, how can you stand out in crowded inboxes and create a member newsletter that your members open and—equally important— want to read? But, generally, your member newsletter should have a few strategic sections that deliver updates, resources, and more to your members. Let’s get started!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

&nbsp Best of all, this framework requires no budget and no technical resources from your team – just an open mind and a willingness to get curious about the data that’s under the hood of your non-profit.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2023

Unless the email is paired with a very important action… people must open your email. Mostly, people won’t open your email. GenZ receive an average of 20 emails/day , though they may be no more likely to open your email and/or act on it (especially if it’s urgent) because they visit their inbox infrequently. And guess what?

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Blue Fox

JUNE 18, 2023

Driving to our next stop, STARability’s headquarters also in Naples, our CEO reminded us that our financial guidance helped the board and staff decide to open the STAR Store in 2021, and later that year, we also helped them ensure product profitability through some financial modeling and analysis. Queue the goosebumps.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This guide will provide a framework for how you can recruit with long-term development in mind. Depending on who you’d like to see fill your open positions, listing both of these skill sets will help you narrow down your eligible candidates. Provide relevant training and resources. Necessary experience.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This guide will provide a framework for how you can recruit with long-term development in mind. Depending on who you’d like to see fill your open positions, listing both of these skill sets will help you narrow down your eligible candidates. Provide relevant training and resources. Necessary experience.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

How can your organization embrace the speed and power of low-code development and still have the peace of mind that your data is protected ? How can you help low-coders keep security considerations front of mind? Even if you have deep resources to do up-front research, discovery and design, projects can fail. The reasons?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

I’ve collected the resources, notes, slides, and tweets from the session in this post. You can find all resources materials here. Think of “House of Cards” when Francis turns to the camera and shares the dialogue inside his mind. The Art of Good Openings and Closings. I nominate #14ntctrain.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 14, 2023

This role fosters collaboration and open communication within the team so that the group achieves project alignment and coordination of all members. Resource Management Every project operates within resource limitations. Resource Management Every project operates within resource limitations.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Raw data—such as customer lists with phone numbers and email addresses—is a valuable resource as-is. The Association for Institutional Research ( AIR ) provides resources and connections for those “working at the intersection of people and data.” It means that you are open to the importance of the role data plays in your organization.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Finding cost-effective ways to launch new services, having the ability to iterate quickly, providing non-resource intensive access to remote and underserved communities, and creating the most accessible and secure experiences possible, just to name a few. This means a more performant and less resource-intensive experience.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Like others, revenue is most likely top of mind for your association. For example, are they opening newsletters, attending meetings, volunteering? This is especially valuable for smaller associations with limited resources. We are going to share three ways to generate new revenue using your data. age, geography, job type).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

He began his career at age 23 when he founded Amerex Oil Associates, followed by Hamilton Resources, both privately held. Give the speaker your full attention and keep an open, receptive mind. This entrepreneurial titan leads with humility, compassion, and accountability, and recommends all leaders do the same.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. Donate your skills (graphic design, strategic planning, human resources). Then help implement these tools. Prospecting.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Another shocking static: “There are fewer than one available worker for every job open. What self-care training, wellness-related programming, and other resources can you provide to ensure your team remains strong and steady? That’s something that’s on my mind when interacting with others and when checking in on myself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can watch the video here as well as the human curated resources shared and a Copilot created summary transcript here. I think we need to use a beginner’s mind and be open to learning. She shared a few highlights from Microsoft’s recent nonprofit sector research.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. The Creative Power of Datamaking Focusing on the action of datamaking opens a world of possibilities for developing knowledge.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

While this can be intimidating, micro-influencers are often an excellent resource for nonprofits. As video and creative are so important on social media, teams need the creative resources to make this content. Don’t have the resources internally to work on social? What if you stopped investing in social media ads altogether?

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