Bloomerang

MARCH 22, 2024

You know the old adage: “Give me a fish and I eat for a day; teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.” To teach existing staff or board how to do something so they can carry on themselves. You also want a fixed fee schedule (either hourly or by the project) so there are no surprises. They want to work with you, not for you.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 8, 2020

Here we are in part 2 of our Non-Profit Planning Series where we are going to discuss choosing your priority projects to execute our chief initiative. really what we need to do is be selective about the projects, to do, campaigns, etc we choose to work on in order to execute our chief initiative. Ready for it? Choose the obstacles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

For those of us who also focused on training, instruction, and professional learning for nonprofits, the New Media Consortium , has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale for the past ten years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Note from Beth: I was thrilled that Paul Connolly agreed to write a guest post sharing some of the public learning taking place through the OE Goldmine Project on the Packard Foundation OE Wiki. How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? Flickr Photo by Minarae. What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

By Elizabeth Ngonzi , is an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs where she teaches Digital Storytelling, Innovation and Fundraising. WhatsApp recently announced that it will soon enable group video calls of up to eight people , which nonprofits can use for donor updates, presentations, and even teaching.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Essentially, every project can be connected to business need.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2022

The Millennial Impact Project studied why donors across generations start giving. See giving as a family tradition and seek to teach their children generosity. When a major event happens, such as the pandemic, wars, or natural disasters, they make a decision for the donor that this is the wrong time to be asked for a gift.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

This got me curious about the young people blogging about education or doing projects. That lead me to Jennifer Rauch, the co-founder of The Generation Project. I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. I am currently launching The Generation Project full-time.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

One tip I could have used early on was to plan and design the grant project before writing up a query letter or proposal. A grant project consists of the actual activities that will help solve the compelling issues in your community identified in your strategic plan and needs assessments. based on the types of projects they fund.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Since it wasn’t my idea, I had to generate interest in and passion for the project. What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. And, the newest installment in the series is equally good, informative, practical and actionable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

And while video games like Zoo Tycoon or online games can teach them all sorts of skills that will need to be successful adults (and this has been validated recently by a MacArthur Foundation funded study ,) I was excited to discover this wonderful list of games for change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

I''m looking forward to teaching a Master Class at San Francisco''s Presidio Graduate School on September 18th. We''ll be using one of the projects in our current Benetech Labs pipeline, or perhaps a project proposed by one of the students (the deadline to suggest something is this Friday, September 5th).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

I had my ideal training Fung Shui — roundtables in a room with space to move around, projection, the ability to move the group outside for some of the sessions, and wall space to showcase the products of learning.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

There were a million scenarios and questions going through my head related to COVID-19, teaching remotely/hyflex/in person, reviewing assessment strategies, evaluating digital learning tools, maintaining student connection and community, etc. It was built as a passion project that now could never be retired. It wasn’t great.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 19, 2023

Also, consider shouting out ongoing volunteer projects within your program so more members are aware of the good your association is doing. Perks could include discounts on membership , event registration, allowing members to teach professional development sessions, or offering mentorship opportunities. Give awards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

I have continued to teach facilitation and meeting design workshops and coaching for online and hybrid meetings. For facilitation projects, I am working on projects with the Gates Foundation Greater Giving Summit and Google.Org. While the majority of work was done virtually, I did venture back into in-person events.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

One exec expressed interest in resources to share with our members to teach them how to have conversations about controversial topics. Some associations are doing more public education and public outreach, eliminating the jargon and focusing on the WHY. Many execs reinforced the idea that communications should be clear and transparent.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

When she’s not representing political prisoners, journalists, and victims of mass atrocities around the world, she co-teaches the Human Rights course at Columbia Law School, and serves as co-founder and President of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which aims to advance justice through accountability for human rights abuses around the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Essentially, every project can be connected to business need.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

“I contribute to the DEI Open Source project because I want to help create events that are open and affirming to people who have traditionally been excluded from working in tech,” says Sarah Pilzer , a Salesforce Trailblazer and the director of operations at Country Dance & Song Society. “I What’s next? See something? Say something.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2022

Maybe, if you: Asked for another project. A teaching moment. One thing it generally does not mean is “No, never.” “No” No” is more often than not a maybe. Asked for a different amount. Allowed me to pay over a period of years. Had someone else ask me. Turn a “No” into a follow-up question.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

They did this as a demonstration project by publicizing last year's #GivingTuesday together. The project proved its concept by raising money for the six original pilot partners in 2015. This coming year, they plan to organize more days of giving and service. Even in its first year, Orlando Gives had some impact.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Ask: How to Ask for Support for Your Nonprofit Cause, Creative Project, or Business Venture by Laura Fredricks. This book can teach you how to incorporate a storytelling framework into your communications that shows supporters how they are the true heroes in advancing your cause. The hardest part of fundraising is making the ask.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For me, that feels far less daunting and helps me find momentum in writing projects. Develop a project brief ( more on the magic of project briefs here ). Get client approval for the project brief. If you want to dive deeper into the word of fundraising writing, I teach a 10-lesson course called The Writer’s Workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

” I create a few pages in the beginning to write about my themes, what makes me happy, what to improve, and major projects for the year. And, of course, I continued working on a number of volunteer projects, including serving as a board member to NTEN, LLC and on the advisory committees for IFC-Asia, and NonprofitReady.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Salesforce is projecting $26.01 Talent for Good apprentices will undergo an immersive training program and, upon completion, will be embedded into Cloud for Good projects for the remainder of their 2-year apprenticeship, during which they will receive ongoing mentorship and training. Salesforce’s economic impact is even greater.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

65% are using it to clean-up their Monday morning inboxes. One metaphor is to think of the AI as an intern that you need to clearly communicate instructions to and then check their work and revise.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Charitable giving was up in 2020 , and projections for nonprofit giving trends in 2021 and 2022 are even rosier. And projections from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI in Indianapolis show it’s likely to happen again. Foundation and corporate giving are also projected to increase. It’s a big project, I know.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Whether you choose to do this over a livestream video, as a post on social media, or in another format, consider having two people support this project. Teaching them something. Try teaching people a fun fact or statistic related to your work. You could also try teaching them a fun new skill.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Over the past year, our research team at Arizona State University has conducted the Technology Evolution in Volunteer Management, or “TEVA” project. They wanted to help students and teachers who were teaching from home that needed curriculum ideas and ways to engage their students in this new virtual environment.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

If you are thinking about giving a social media project to an intern or a new employee who is a recent college grad, keep these four tips in mind. The team approach also gives your intern valuable project and team management experience, so she isn’t just sitting alone in front of a computer. The other three?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Black Teacher Project. Black Teach Project is the definition of “small but mighty.” A recent study they released found that schools are not adequately teaching the history of American slavery. Advancement Project. Learn more about the campaign here.

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History Support Organization Portland 51

NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. These are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on “awesome projects.” . Areas served: Worldwide.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2023

It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication.and lots more. Plus, there are five other lessons McBean teaches in the book. Reilly, this is the book for brushing up on your leadership skills, or learning what to do in your new leadership role.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

Lately, almost all her twittering is about her new obsession, the Horizon Project as well as a few blog posts. Getting ready to cook dinner -- go on horizon project and send a note to expert judges to check in with their teams. Let look at the tagging standards for the project. Is this my life? ;-). Social Networking.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This is the easiest way forward as you will have an immediate template for your grant project. Additionally, make sure to read through the FOA/RFP/NOFA and include: A response to how your project aligns with the funding sources’ priorities. The reason is that research anchors and validates the entire reason for your project.

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