Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Note from Beth: Whether you are planning to present at a conference or deliver a one-day workshop, the secret to success is in good design. We recently launched the Call for Presenters (CFP). Now through November 8, we invite anyone who’s interested to submit a proposal to present a workshop at the Conference.

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Double the Donation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The set-up for connecting DTD with our CRM system AND our email platform literally happened in just a few clicks. Food Bank For New York City: “Double the Donation is such a helpful tool to ensure we are presenting the most current matching gift opportunities to our donors both during and after the online giving experience.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At a bare minimum, the RFP should include: A description of your organization and your work, Why your nonprofit is issuing the RFP, The project requirements along with the software and services you need, and Your proposal submission, review, follow up, and selection process. Granular functionality requirements are very helpful to include.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Audit firms have now, however, transitioned to long-term partners, particularly for nonprofits contemplating transformative system or operational changes. Nonprofits would sometimes modify or overhaul their systems and controls without engaging their auditors. This type of collaboration should be happening throughout the year.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Leaders must be able to communicate each of those points to both staff and volunteers and to present risk within a cognitive framework.” Companies with between five and 250 employees are the target market for this system. It gives any employee with an idea a platform to present their innovation. View customers as individuals.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition to reviewing and updating your nonprofit operating budget each year, your financial team should also regularly evaluate your process for creating that document. Review your strategic plan so everyone is familiar with the organization’s larger goals. Update your documentation each time you review your budgeting process.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Most associations don’t have an easy way to measure member engagement across all their different systems and touch points. Step 2: Explore – In addition to reviewing the data in their dashboard, IAEE asked members in its annual member survey and in post webinar surveys about topics they’d like to learn more about.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems. The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year. Full disclosure — I contributed to the report and am one of the consultants listed.). read more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Most organizations seek business benefits from their award management system such as these: Improve decision-making with access to real-time information, expenses, subawards, and obligations, presented in easy-to-understand displays. Increase efficiency. The ability to drill down to underlying data in reports.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

Ideally, you might present both. Use the Buddy System. Mentors can contact new directors before the meeting to review the agenda, discuss norms for behavior, and answer questions that might be awkward in a more public setting. These are kernels of truth that move people to affiliation and action.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

Without proper care for your data, your system can fall prey to data inconsistencies, causing major problems across your organization. Data could be listed differently in member, education, or accounting systems presenting integration issues and data integrity damage to your records.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 21, 2022

But nonprofit leaders at all levels can still pursue SHRM systems, even with limited time and resources. While proper HR systems are critical to supporting small staffs, the nature of these organization often leads them to rely on informal HR practices. A dangerous cycle is found where these systems lack.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

When we first started publishing and presenting on Smart Tech and AI tools to audiences of fundraisers, nonprofits, and funders in the social sector field, the media narrative around AI was presented as binary. And while the outputs may appear to be smarter than humans, they won’t replace humans. And never should).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

After the presentation, we worked in small groups to review a couple of scenarios of nonprofit funding requests and whether or not a business plan should be requested and what to look for. Do you have a measurement system to help you track impact along the way and improve what you’re doing?

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While I have presented countless workshops and webinars and written toolkits on the topic, I know that I have much to learn, and the best learning comes from clients and peers in the field. Earlier this month, I left the office to attend an in-person “Network and Share” event hosted by DOVIA Colorado.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

As Kevin Starr, director of the Mulago Foundation and the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program, wrote for the Stanford Social Innovation Review , “If you’re trying to save the world, you need numbers—metrics that are selected carefully and gathered reliably. That starts with a fund accounting system built for nonprofit organizations.

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sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

The annual financial audit is a great time to review your statements through a risk lens and search the corners of your financial statements for long-forgotten issues that could contaminate an entire balance sheet. As part of your regular discussion with your auditor, preferably at the start of your fiscal year, review your internal controls.

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.orgSource

JULY 29, 2023

Review the instructions you wrote to yourself. If you don’t already have those mentors in place, it’s past time to begin developing an executive support system. Whether you can make a thorough presentation or simply offer a preliminary plan, be your most professional self, even if you are shaking in your shoes.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While grant funding may not require the continual stewardship efforts and nurturing of traditional donor-led funding, it often presents its own challenges: extensive reporting mandates, a list of requirements to qualify for funding, and the possibility of mission creep to meet those requirements. Adopt a robust fund accounting system.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

While it goes both ways, the easy target is often the younger generation who present the newest challenge to “the ways we’ve always done things around here.”. Become a Coach, not a Reviewer. Not only does it reduce the pressures surrounding a year-end performance review, but ongoing coaching improves performance.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Review your strategic plan, business goals, and data to identify where automation could make an impact. It might live on your website, social media, product center or be integrated with one, or all of, your association management systems. How you proceed will vary depending on your organization’s goals and resources.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2023

Opportunities External factors that may present new opportunities for an organization to grow or improve. Changes in the market, new technologies, partnerships with other organizations, grant opportunities, and more efficient digital systems ; these are all examples of potential opportunities for growth, and therefore, increased impact.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Gather Data on Your Current Application Before you present your suggestions to your leadership, have the data on your current application ready. Or you can track the time it takes you to fill out the form, either with sample data or by trying to collect similar data from your own systems.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In Part I , I covered rating choice “Level 1,” and how this signifies that an organization does not have a formalized prospect management system in place. I also provided instruction on setting up prospect review meetings to discuss status.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For non-finance folks, they may have heard the term “ internal controls ” in college or in a presentation from the accounting department. The team must review and communicate the importance of these concepts and their practical applications for programs staff, human resources, and IT. Risk Management starts before funding.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

So how do you build a business case to get executive buy-in and board support for a new membership system? Building a business case starts well before the board reviews bottom line costs. The business case presents your proposal for change. This is where you outline the opportunity cost for staying with the system you have.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. Those recommendations are then presented to leadership.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 27, 2022

People provide the real growth capital for any enterprise — and make it possible for them to have an impact,” writes Gerald Chertavian in the Harvard Business Review. Being aware of the benefits that a diverse work environment in the twenty-first century has on its staff and community is a fundamental requirement for any organization.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

This is a story about acknowledging how there isn’t one piece of software that can solve all your problems, which is why the extensibility of your systems is so important. You just signed a multi-year contract for a new student information and learning management system (SIS/LMS) that does everything you want it to do. How cool, right?

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s designed to consolidate and integrate data from various sources, including CRM systems, fundraising software, financial databases, program management tools, and more. For instance, one CRM system may be a better fit for small organizations while another is built for enterprise-level needs. Discuss the project with your board.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 25, 2020

You might know that it’s time for a new association management software (AMS) system for your organization. Are your organization’s current tools and practices adequate to protect your data and systems? It just might be time to move to more secure system. Maybe your current AMS is outdated. Fewer disruptions. Related content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

These rituals also help me set-up systems for consistent reflection and positive habit change throughout the new year. Since I do this every year, I also review what I wrote at the start of the last year. We did numerous presentations, workshops, and interviews and will begin writing a book together in 2021.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

Third Sector Labs recently presented a data migration webinar with host Bloomerang. You may download a copy of the presentation from the Resources section of our website. You may download a copy of the presentation from the Resources section of our website. Gary Carr , co-founder of Third Sector Labs, presented.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

Provide training opportunities for employees and review your taxonomy from time to time to update any new processes. Additionally, to resolve this trust issue, you’ll want to refer back to your data governance template and management systems. When cleaning up your data, you’ll want to weed out old and incomplete data.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

Once the right staff members are in place, they become the foundation for building solid financial systems and play a central role in maintaining a secure internal control environment. It is the assurance that financial statements are fairly presenting the entity’s financial performance. It involves management and the board, as well.

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Achieve

JANUARY 6, 2021

During this planning month, your team should present the strategy and approach for the year-end campaign to the organization. This includes reviewing various methods that will be used to seek support, the timing and intended outcomes of each solicitation approach. . Clay holds a BS in Systems Engineering from Boston University.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

This guide will review these tips for bringing in more donations: Prioritize building strong supporter relationships. Use the donor data in your nonprofit’s constituent relationship management system (CRM) to segment donors into groups based on shared characteristics and preferences. Explain the impact of donations.

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