sgEngage

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If you have predictive modeling results , that is the best place to start (and if you don’t, put it on the wish list for next year!). There’s always someone who hasn’t given much, but the capacity is there, so I want to know their story. Here are a few of my tips to getting the most out of your annual portfolio review: .

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2022

While it’s easier than ever to access data—every digital action, from website clicks to member signups produces a trackable trail—knowing how to use the data is a different story. Often, our mission-driven partners are swimming in data, but need support to create systems that analyze and provide meaningful direction from that data.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? I have used it to help me write appeals, emails, thank you letters, and draft some 1 and 2-page proposals. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. How and why did Object Stories come to be? We imagined an cart at the farmer’s markets where people could record stories. The proposal to Metlife was all video.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, if a nonprofit organization operates health clinics inside public schools, the Advisory Board might be made up of pediatricians, family physicians, and nurses, who could advise the Governing Board on how the model could best operate to meet families’ needs. Writing a story for their company newsletter about the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

What if instead of reviewing another program report and proposal for continuation funding, program staff sat together and engaged with each other about what they were learning from their portfolios? Let’s say you saved even an hour’s worth of paperwork per grant. How many hours could be freed up across the foundation?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Each organization is so unique in its own way that if it simply told a better story, the minute details of how it spends its money would be overshadowed. This is an outdated model that limits the impact and diversity of the work in the nonprofit sector. Be upfront about the funds it will take to implement or run a program.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2018

Unique staffing models are emerging. Four years ago we heard story after horror story in which new mid-level donors would get tagged by major gifts based on a wealth score, at which point the donor would be removed from the mail stream. Unique Staffing Models. The strengths of each discipline are blending.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Social Innovation Camp: the story so far. But, are proposal based approaches good for finding people who are going to start new things? Finally, a lot of new ideas, the newness is the business model. Need finance that’s responsive to business models that aren’t charities or companies.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Peer-to-peer mentorship can help new team members acclimate to the organization faster and have a role model in a similar role to them. Then, open the floor for your creative workers to submit proposals for a great prize, such as extra paid time off or a gift card. Mentorship programs. Fitness and mindfulness challenges.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. We built it to be a tool that truly puts power and responsibility in the hands of its users, and we’re finally beginning to change the Martus project’s operations to match that model.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

Seeing you leave a comment, or share a resource, will model the desired behavior so others can see what to do (especially if they are new to social media or new to your community) and how to do it (especially if they are new to your tool or platform). Messages shouldn’t just be about you, stories shouldn’t just be about you.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech. Be sure to provide parameters for staff who are young and hungry as well as seasoned employees who are new to the nonprofit sector. Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Production Network: This type of network inspires and encourages collective action by members to create innovative practices, public-policy proposals, and other tools or products that lead to social impact. Resources: What is the network’s funding model? Generative Social-Impact Network.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

" Braided River's Seasons of Life and Land book on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was held up on the floor of the Senate during a debate on a bill proposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the bill was ultimately defeated. This story was written by Jim Lynch, director of green technology at TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

" Braided River's Seasons of Life and Land book on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was held up on the floor of the Senate during a debate on a bill proposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the bill was ultimately defeated. This story was written by Jim Lynch, director of green technology at TechSoup.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2019

Instead, she believes that social good organizations should emphasize lean principles and model their development after tech companies, and shares success stories of this from USAID and Harambee Youth Accelerator. I think that social good organizations face a lot of pressure to do exactly the opposite of this.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

In honor of our Safer Online theme this month, our lead nonprofit tech news story is about a low-cost device that protects your electronics devices from data theft while you recharge them in places like airports, the "USB Condom." Here's another "as California goes, so goes the nation" story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model?

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2010

To be clear, I am not sure Pietersen's proposal is that new — I have been saying something similar for some time — but that shouldn't stop one from finding value in it. The model consists of a four-step cycle: Learn: The act of reviewing the external environment in which the organization exists. Learn, etc.:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

I did a roundup of nonprofit panel proposals a few weeks back and wanted to give you an updated list. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. For example, we just closed an RFP to solicit proposals to build a game for kids k-3 to better understand STEM. People and policy is often first influenced by compelling stories. What are your thoughts?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2009

Smart Studio launched with two layers of content in the hotspots--educational (how the blast furnace works, explanation of certain elements and history) and poetic (imagistic stories from the perspective of steel workers, based on historical content). But they are also in control of the content experience, revealing stories on demand.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I’m going to weave in stories that are connected to … oops, there we go. Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So here’s a model for how you can establish common ground. . ” What drives your commitment to philanthropy?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

tell her personal story and make a clear, specific legislative ask. ACS CAN is a major proponent of the Direct Action Organizing model created by the brilliant grassroots campaigning organizers at the Midwest Academy. Every grassroots organization has volunteers like Susan. Step 1: Our Internal Partnership. Again, emphasizing local. “If

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

” Nonprofits once limited to raising money through cookie sales, charity balls, and foundation grants now have access to almost limitless fundraising streams with new technology platforms, micro-funding models, and evolving culture of giving. Jen recently spoke at TechSoup’s Online Community Meetup.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Discussion: Ideas about telling the story about “what do I do as a consultant?&#. Models: Create a capped-rate, a retainer + hourly for tech support, project-based. During the dialogue for proposal and contract, there is a real opportunity to observe each other, so time spent can have an effect on the relationship.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? It was organized by Ed Schipul. What is it?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. Chat-GPT is a generative large language model.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

One of the best parts of developing a book is learning new stories. For me, the early stage of writing a book is a treasure hunt--an excuse to seek out new examples and ideas that strengthen the story. Since we're "telling the story of America through structures," how in the world do we tell this one?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Subvert the rules explore the limits of system propose alternate responses Great skills for social change. Gaming is testing ideas, proposing solutions, and moving through the system. Kids can go online an build stories. What you do inbetween the beats is up to you. That's where dancing takes place. Important to test.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

I tried to give them a framework in which to think about this kind of change and we discussed different models to explore and teach this subject. 31 Jan 2008 Maya Norton (The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy) Dear Michael, Thanks for linking to Ariel Beery’s proposal on my website. It’s fantastic.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

They can't build the schools and they can't train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. For example, we just closed an RFP to solicit proposals to build a game for kids k-3 to better understand STEM. People and policy are often first influenced by compelling stories. They are going to look for innovation solutions.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I want to start, first, with a story…. There are a few core elements of the way communities work that we can learn from as a model for innovation as well. Community-Driven Model. But in a community-driven model, you can’t just listen for the sake of learning. Communities are flexible. Principles.

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