sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? Most funders themselves use status quo problem-solving skills, so they expect you to do the same. Next, funders stunt risk with their beloved wait-and-see approach.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2022

With technology becoming the essence of every business sector, the healthcare too adopted it with open arms and included the LMS in the employee training model. It has ever since worked in the favour of the industry in many numerous ways. Here is a complete snip-through!

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Conduct staff training. Predictive analytics: BWF defines predictive analytics as the process of assessing your nonprofit’s data to make predictions and model future donor behavior. By analyzing historical data, AI models can anticipate future donor behavior and identify potentially valuable fundraising opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Can participants apply the skills?” There are two different methods to evaluate your training.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Allied Airlift is made up of veterans and volunteers who scoured open source intelligence reports to provide Afghan allies with critical information necessary to find a place aboard one of the limited U.S. True to their military training, the veterans quickly mobilized to help from afar. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 23, 2024

Equipping them with volunteer orientation knowledge ensures they understand the value proposition of volunteers and can champion: Effective Volunteer Recruitment: Board members and committee members can leverage their networks to attract skilled volunteers. This allows for open discussion, brainstorming, and knowledge sharing.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

Provide the tools Offer folks training to increase their skills so they can hold conversations about DEI. Those in positions of power can invite traditionally excluded people to the table, but to sustain meaningful dialogue, everyone must have some skills to hold these important and often difficult conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. The flexible classroom is a large open space. It also had a lot of open wall space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. Rachel Hassinger (@solidarity4just) March 15, 2014.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? These social enterprise efforts can add a business model by creating sustainable revenue.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This article will discuss several key points to help you make an informed decision, covering topics such as open-source vs. closed-source platforms, software costs, licensing methods, and more. Many do not have open-source code, but some, like Umbraco, do. Nevertheless, choosing isn’t simply about popularity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. As nonprofits are impacted by the CoronaVirus and need more virtual meeting skills, I’d like to share what I have learned. This post takes a deeper dive into meeting and training icebreakers and check-ins.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Be open to collaborating on programs, events, and funding opportunities with other local organizations that serve the same or complementary constituencies.

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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. Is this you?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Consider offering supplies, professional coaching, skills training and resources, technology, leadership, feedback loops, convening space (and snacks), communications tools, writing expertise, fiscal policies , quiet or loud encouragement, and endorsement to other funders—to name just a few options. Change begins with you.

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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 What’s next?

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The dedication and openness of our clients , who adapted, listened, offered solutions, pivoted from in-person trainings to virtual, asked for guidance and accepted it, made the case to leadership, and continued to be our partners in this work. Thank you. [1]

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2021

Success was defined simply: avoid layoffs, sustain programming, and keep actual (or virtual) doors open. The social impact sector cannot return to a pre-pandemic operating model because we have adapted and grown in the last year. Some programs won’t survive in a post-pandemic service model, and that’s okay.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

First in the series is a Q&A with Gary Flowers, Chief Information Officer at Year Up , a nonprofit that ensures young adults gain the skills, experiences, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through careers and higher education. The partnership between Salesforce and Year Up is a model for year-round impact.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Afterall, nonprofit is your tax status, it shouldn’t be your business model. You may feel stress about keeping your organization’s doors open during the COVID-19 pandemic. While they may not fill your bank account, these tips for cutting costs at a nonprofit may keep your lights on, doors open, and sustainability closer and closer.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And in the absence of understanding, people do whatever they think is right, which leaves the organization open to micromanaging, mismanagement, and more. You should also acknowledge that your Board members each have different skills and personalities, and some will be better at asking for money than others.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This group is a go-to for many fundraisers looking to learn and improve their skills. As of writing this, there are over 1,600 open fundraising roles open in the US. Orr Group applies analytical frameworks and ROI-based models developed in the for-profit world to help with nonprofit development. Graham-Pelton.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2021

Opening doors. For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country opened their doors each day to millions of kids and teens, literally and symbolically. By: Sara Leutzinger, National Director, External Communications & Content Strategy for Boys & Girls Club of America.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

Looking at these trends, they discuss strategies on how to best lead the new workforce including: Understand the New Habits of Your Workers and Share Vulnerability : due to accelerated changes, there is a gap where leaders no longer have all of the skills needed but must still run their team. Ask open ended questions. Request feedback.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

I try to be very clear that no one is exempt from learning and mastering new skills.” To be successful,” he notes, “you have to be open to lifelong learning. They should be role models who inspire colleagues to see from a different perspective. Create Capacity I can’t over-emphasize the importance of training.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It’s going to open up doors and help us become more effective and more efficient as we serve youth and community.”. Coleman, a Black educator who left a legacy of training young Black people with the skills they needed to take on jobs in Philadelphia. Serving more than 4.2 Its director was William T.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It’s going to open up doors and help us become more effective and more efficient as we serve youth and community.”. Coleman, a Black educator who left a legacy of training young Black people with the skills they needed to take on jobs in Philadelphia. Serving more than 4.2 Its director was William T.

Accessibility 52

Accessibility Technology Georgia Philadelphia 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 25, 2022

Kanter & Sherman remind us that respect, kindness and compassion must be modeled from the top-down in order to become an organizational norm. Nonprofits need to invest in practices that enhance and develop skills, create career paths and take work-life balance into consideration. Build relationships.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Retention saves money by reducing recruiting and training costs and increases income by eliminating relationship disruptions, thus shortening the time between first solicitation and first gift. Accountability meetings keep a pulse on things and maintain open communication. How can you continue to coach and develop their skills?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While the framework allows each entity to remain true to its institutional identity, it also provides the organizational model necessary to scale impact. For more on topics like this, the ASU Lodestar Center offers Best Skills Best Churches , a training program for church leaders specially designed to meet the needs of communities of faith.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

According to the ADJAR Model, there are three phases to change. Aside from communicating the goals, timeline, and vision for the change at hand, it is also extremely important to make sure your team has the skills to implement the change. Is part of the change process going to be training your staff or team members on something new?

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

This group is a go-to for many fundraisers looking to learn and improve their skills. As of writing this, there are over 1,600 open fundraising roles open in the US. Orr Group applies analytical frameworks and ROI-based models developed in the for-profit world to help with nonprofit development. Graham-Pelton.

Consultant 52

Consultant Fundraising Phoenix Atlanta 52

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Today’s students see high tuition costs, increased demand for skilled labor, and a decline in degree requirements for open positions. The reality is that the higher education pipeline is even smaller than what demographic statistics show.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 9, 2023

Salesforce nonprofit consultants have a wide variety of specialties and unique skill sets related to the Salesforce platform. Research consultants to get a sense of top consultants’ current pricing models and fee ranges. Training methods. Does the consultant stay on post-launch to train your staff?

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

You want to tap into the integrations between your systems or have systems that have open endpoints, allowing you to customize them to your needs. Effective data transformation requires a lot of time and the right skill set to get right and will require your team to handle sensitive information with special care.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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