sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tim sat down with Steve McLaughlin as part of the Blackbaud Institute Index’s 10 th Anniversary Celebration series to discuss how testing and data are critical to identifying and optimizing your value prop. While testing may seem risky, the fear of a failed experiment should not be a deterrent. But we must set up a system to listen.”

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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.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Your charitable organization has probably fielded questions from curious supporters and internal audiences on the ways it might be leveraged. A few key things to keep in mind: AI measures probabilistic outcomes in response to a question to determine what data it should show. Is it just a fad? ChatGPT is a probabilistic model.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

So, I'm excited Sarah DiJulio and Kristin Koch will address one of my pet obsessions at our upcoming webinar, " Beyond Tactics and Techniques: Email List Management Strategy ". We'll also present case studies and test results from nonprofits that have analyzed different approaches to email list management to find out what works.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Here at Forum One, we have been busy helping organizations prepare for GA4 , and even though our partners have now had time to test it out, GA4 still poses a steep learning curve, and frankly, prompts a lot of complaints. The interface already benefits from intuitive phrasing: presenting questions like “Where did my visitors come from?”

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2019

This is the question all advancement and stewardship professionals should be asking. They test a broad set of products (and regularly introduce new ones) to see what works and what doesn’t. In a sense, this is where the working theories of what might resonate with groups of constituents are tested and applied.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Be sure to continuously test different fundraising techniques and messages to see what resonates most with your volunteers. Use A/B testing to refine your approach. Why Bloomerang After using Bloomerang for two years, Paul answered a few questions about his experience: What do you like best about Bloomerang Volunteer?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

As a group, I have participants take an online poll, answering the questions, “What are your workplace stress triggers?” What is your favorite journaling technique? ” As the word cloud appears on the screen, we discuss the triggers and reactions. How you manage stress triggers at work? Do you keep a journal?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 12, 2022

ALSAC has an internal accelerator where new ideas are explored and tested. is the wrong question to ask, says Kari Bodell, vice president of development programs at Susan G. Instead, use funding from your ‘cash cow’ to go and test new things.”. Judging success by old standards makes it hard to do anything new.”. Bonnie Caver.

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Impact Time Nonprofit Leadership 111

CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

ChatGPT (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. It’s the second chatbot to ever pass the Turing Test , the current standard for measuring sophisticated AI models. What is ChatGPT?

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Language Generation Nonprofit Social Media 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. Participants volunteer their question for the Spectragram.

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Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 76

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Chatbots can help you with your donor communications by providing more personalized and detailed responses to your supporters’ questions. AI tools for nonprofits can also answer common volunteer questions and maintain consistent engagement with your volunteers to make them feel appreciated.

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Fundraising Nonprofit Analysis Donor 97

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

How do you write a question for a comment board that will generate authentic, on-topic, diverse, interesting visitor comments? Explain the exhibit or topic around which you want to generate a visitor response question. Ask each person to write a question on the top of their sheet that they think might work. Pencils down.

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Question Technique Exercise Museum 33

sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

This is a continuing series of 5 Questions for experts from across the nonprofit sector: 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston. In a nutshell, creating a social media strategy that can stand the test of time. He has worked as a public relations strategist in the Washington, D.C. region for more than 17 years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? How can we get people to talk to us?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

You can also test the use of a pop-up box to encourage giving wherever a visitor happens to be on your website. By embracing new tools and techniques—from social media and email campaigns to analytics and optimized giving processes—you can uncover sources of new donors that may be right under your nose.

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Donor Social Media Websites Content 83

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2011

I also tested some of the tips suggested by the research. Here’s what I learned: After Hours Posting. Ask Questions. The research also suggests that asking questions works best for increasing engagement. Jo Johnson over at the London Symphony is a master of this technique. Mari Smith also has a post here.

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Global Giving

JANUARY 21, 2015

I clicked a link to an article on Upworthy , a viral news site always on the forefront of testing stickiness and psychological hooks. The Big Question. What We Tested. Was I undermining their trust by posing a seemingly harmless question, then asking them for their email address? And it should happen more often.

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Experiment email Test Language 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Christie Hunter Arscott Today, Hunter Arscott shares these additional insights with us: Question: How can women address and improve feelings of frustration and burnout in their careers? Question: How can women best support and advocate for other women? This is tried and tested in real-world settings.

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Voice Exercise Chapter Script 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

You will find answers to questions like, “Why are some learning tasks easier in the morning or afternoon?” ” Plus many more provocative questions. From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques from Trainers. Social Media for Trainers: Techniques for Enhancing and Extending Learning.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He provides you proven techniques, workshop processes, real-world case studies and examples and insightful observations from business leaders and his own career – which includes 20 years as an executive at IBM and CFO positions at Cisco and Red Hat. Calderoni Question: What inspired you to write your book?

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

Experiment with different styles, such as using questions, statements, or even storytelling, to find the approach that works best for your organization. Test and iterate : AI-generated images may not always meet your expectations on the first try. Test different prompts and variations to find the best results.

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Images Build Library Generation 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? But, if you use reflection, documentation,pilot tests, and iteration, it is like tasting your soup while there’s still time to make adjustments. I use both. Use Learning Theory.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Asking for feedback about how to improve the school experience is also a good technique, as used in the example above is from URJ Camp Kalsman. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement. There are several tactical techniques that consistently work on Facebook to inspire engagement. RSVPing to an event.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

Can you scale down the target size of your usability test if you anticipate lower engagement or need to handle recruitment differently? If you are experiencing a delay in research approval, are there other existing data sources such as web analytics that can be used to help answer a research question? Ongoing challenges remain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. The questions were keyed to when the content was explained.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

Spectragram is a facilitation technique I learned from Allen Gunner at Aspiration. I use a “Living Case Study&# technique — it is less formal that your traditional case study because it covers a work in progress and shares lessons learned as well as successes. Spectragram. We used: I love grass-fed beef.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. Ask Good Questions. Often, these types of questions focus on failure or betray that the questioner has an agenda.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Paul Smith Question : Which of the three books ( Lead with a Story , Parenting with a Story , Sell with a Story ) was the most challenging to write and why?

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Evaluation is not about getting to a best practice that can be spread around the world in a standardized way and to answer the question, “Is everyone following the recipe?” Systems are non-linear, complex, and dynamic. But on the other hand, traditional evaluation models are: Focused on model testing.

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Evaluation Generation Method Slides 97

CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that processes vast amounts of information to generate responses to questions and statements entered by the user. This model was developed by Open AI and is one of the few language models to pass the Turing Test. You’ll have to set up an account, but it’s totally free for the time being.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Paul Smith Question : Which of the three books ( Lead with a Story , Parenting with a Story , Sell with a Story ) was the most challenging to write and why?

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2011

Over on my Facebook Page and during recent Leveraging Social Media Peer Group discussions , there have been questions about Edgerank and colleague Devon Smith has been experimenting. It was particularly high this week because I’ve been a/b testing different engagement techniques and some of them seem to be working!

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