Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2018

My first experience with modeling happened at the University of Washington development office in the fall of 1992. I arrived as the freshly-minted director of prospect research. In fact, most reactions resembled pity: “Poor naïve researcher, trying to mess up our fundraising expertise with science.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

According to HubSpot Research , Linked Pages that have 100 followers or more earn a median of two clicks on the first two posts that a nonprofit shares on LinkedIn per week. In the age of monetizing social media through algorithms and paid advertising revenue models, getting two clicks per 100 followers is generous. Keep that in mind!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Some reflections from David here ). He gave a brief reflection with how is strategic consulting to nonprofits practice has changed over the many decades he has been in service to the field. ”It used to be that nonprofits developed five-year plans – we used to refer to as “The Stalin Approach.” Competitors?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

How to research consultants . Make sure to invest in a web design consultant who will work with your nonprofit to build a website that not only reflects your organization but is also something that your team can continue to update and maintain on your own. What you need a consultant for . How to approach consultants .

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Large data platforms, especially those that make donations of products and services, are putting high-powered software into nonprofits’ hands at a fraction of the cost that would ordinarily reflect on commercial customers. This is genuinely a good thing. But this is what large software platforms do with nonprofit data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. The recent election proved that rising income inequality and structural economic shifts are the critical issues of our time. Bridging the Gaps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic). Talking and hearing (Auditory). Development.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

"Adin Miller, a friend and all-around smart guy, wrote a blog post reflecting on James Surowiecki’s talk about the“ Wisdom of Crowds ” at the Communications Network and CommA Fall 2010 Conference. But, I’m optimistic – I am seeing good models of this today which can be applied by foundations in their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Listening to the participants in our session talk about listening, I realized there are three different models: Actionable Listening : This is the first step that many nonprofits take for listening. No matter the approach, it is useful to have a structured approach and track trends over time.

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Care2

OCTOBER 26, 2011

What we’ve seen across all organizations, regardless of size, is that digital teams—their structure, leadership, and how they are affected by the culture of the institutions where they work—are the biggest predictor of online effectiveness. Most teams need more full-time help.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector." Taking risks in the business sector is considered research and development.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

They will need to destroy part or all of the incumbent business model in order to build their breakthrough, future-ready organization.” As you read the book, you’ll also benefit from the book’s specific exercises, checklists and reflection questions to challenge your thinking and encourage growth and success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

They will need to destroy part or all of the incumbent business model in order to build their breakthrough, future-ready organization.” As you read the book, you’ll also benefit from the book’s specific exercises, checklists and reflection questions to challenge your thinking and encourage growth and success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

I did a scan of the several hundred organizations registered for the webinar, many from Jewish education organizations, looking at their social media engagement practices as well as a literature scan of alumni network engagement with social mediaHere’s some reflections: Alumni Networks: Benefits, Challenges, and Strategy.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

Some of the findings in this year’s survey included the importance of having leaders with digital experience, the connection between well-structured teams and outcomes, the challenges in restructuring digital teams, and the gap between the value organizations place on supporter engagement and how they are prioritizing managing and tracking it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The lab does research on the relationship between physical fitness and cognitive function. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content. I’ve done this as a reflection exercise towards the end of a multiple day training or full day training. Here’s some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The model has a natural appeal. We at Monitor Institute have been digging into questions such as these as part of a broader reflection on the networks-focused work of the organizational effectiveness team at the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. Unlocking the Potential of Peer Learning – Guest Post by Noah Flower.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? People who can bridge networks – fill structural holes – stand to benefit.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I was very interested in the way an event like this can effectively flip the standard model for brainstorming with outsiders; rather than each project leader paying individuals to come help work on their project, everyone paid to come and help each other. That said, the phrase "structured opportunity" is where MuseumNext suffered most.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. Also, perhaps you’re interested in the podcast and reflections that I’ve learned.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

According to research by the Congressional Management Foundation, nearly half of congressional staff believe that “most advocacy campaigns of identical form messages are sent without the constituent’s knowledge or approval.”. At ACS CAN, we’re seeing this newly inspired level of activity reflected in our offline recruitment as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Participants voted on the questions that would be most important for the Brainerd Foundation to consider in its strategy: How might we adopt a hybrid model of new and old power? How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? Research has shown that organizational competence, or lack thereof, is linked to board of director performance (Brown & Iverson, 2004, p. 378) (Brown, 2005, p. 330) (Bradshaw, 2009, p. 1996, 370-73).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2015

” Professional networking gone wrong includes a mismanagement of structure, relationships, and behavior. But what really matters is structure: Core connections must bridge smaller, more-diverse kinds of groups and cross hierarchical, organizational, functional, and geographic lines. List them and do an analysis based on: Age.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 18, 2013

Solis will challenge you to rethink your business models, approach, and customer and employee relationships in order to create amazing, real-world experiences. The traditional funnel that exists today, or what I refer to in the new book as the Cluster Funnel , reflects how businesses are organized today. You know that's not true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2005

Sequence, structure, and operation??? ??? make reflect creativity. The development model is one person. it requires research, memos. The development model is like an Amish Barn raising. Zittrain mentioned there is some HBS research in how big the community needs to be. The development model is ???firm-based.???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Some reflections about the newest web2.0 applications have changed the rules of online community. Also announced 2.0

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

Using statistics and modeling techniques, predictive analytics helps predict future outcomes. Pricing : Amazon Rekognition offers a free tier with limited usage and a pay-as-you-go pricing model that may be more accessible for nonprofits with a limited budget. Here are some AI-powered tools to get you started.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And there’s been also a lot of questions about that and applications about racial equity, and then the makeup of your staff and reflective of the people that you serve. It’s prospect research. So logic model, this is my tried and true. I love this logic model. It’s cultivating relationships with funders.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The things that I tell you will not stick unless you are able to reflect upon your own experience and go, “Ah, yes, I think this is what Julie is talking about. ” That reflection is really important. . We tell our colleagues, other folks have mentors, or we do some research about it. We start to take action. .

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So first is how we can reflect on the importance of diversity to our board’s work, specifically fundraising. And the way that I’m going to talk about these case studies is the purpose, the structure, and the outcome of each. And I would say this is a pretty replicable model, right? It’s how my brain works.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In this article, we’re going to break down 10 of the top website builders for nonprofits currently available and lay out a “shopping list” of features that you should look for when researching a new website solution. Their focus on e-commerce and running an online store reflect that. All right, let’s get to it!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Maybe you use a structured process and a grants database. I’m glad to see that more than half of you are using a structured process and a grants database. With grant prospect research, we do just that. I call this developing core narrative materials. So maybe your board members randomly tell you about grant opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There is no better way to structure your thinking that the POST which stands for People, Objective, Strategy, and Tools. Now matter which type of story you choose to tell or what medium you use (video, text, photos), here is a simple storytelling structure you can use to create the first draft of your story: Once upon a time….

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And when I started researching this book, one of my goals was to do that, was to come up with a definition that the nonprofit sector might embrace and use to answer the question, “What is communications in a nonprofit? There really isn’t a clear definition that is universally accepted in the sector. Who could you engage with? .”

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Bloomerang

APRIL 25, 2024

His extensive work on effective leadership and organizational success offers valuable lessons for structuring boards that not only meet but surpass organizational goals. The goal is not to create a board that reflects just one person’s vision but to build one that embodies the collective vision of the entire organization.

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