The NonProfit Times

MAY 31, 2024

As co-director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, she advocates for AI development that prioritizes human needs and diversity, ensuring technology reflects a wide range of perspectives. Then we aim to support sustainable development that reflects the specific aspirations and needs in the region.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

It’s important for nonprofit leaders to learn how to incorporate fair and good fundraising best practices when connecting with diverse audiences. In this webinar follow-up, Kristal Frazier answers your pressing questions on DEI donor best practices. Question: How can we add NTEE codes on the IRS file or Candid?

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

That’s a question every association CEO should be able to answer. Allow plenty of time on the agenda for the financial staff to explain when and how statements will be available, review banking, investment, and auditing arrangements, and answer questions. Be sure to allow time for questions. What is your board’s financial IQ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The idea is not only for participants to acquire the skills and knowledge to host a successful giving day, but for them share and transform practices together. This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Below are five frequently asked questions related to indirect costs to help organizations identify how to calculate and allocate indirect costs. This is a question that does not have a simple answer because each organization’s indirect cost will be reflective of its mission and structure.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The MGO is a big deal because it requires a unique skill set: A love for people A genuine dedication to your cause A good storyteller (and ‘question asker’!) But not all of these may be immediately on display when you’re interviewing someone – so you have to ask the right questions to find out! What makes you nervous?

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions? We will also give you seven questions to ask yourself about your questions, to make sure they are relevant, clear, respectful, and useful. Why Change Up Your Questions? Does this question reflect the mission of my organization?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Want some help? Which CRM is right for me? Click on this image to take the quiz!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community. For example, you can answer these questions: What communication platforms do these individuals use?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While the practice seems to be on the rise, these statistics indicate that regular temperature checks are not the status quo. Discussions about best practices, strategic planning sessions, or board development exercises can launch conversations about how and when to evaluate the board’s performance. An annual survey is a good start.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Success requires intention, practice, honesty, and effort. Become an active listener by practicing these skills. Ask open-ended questions that invite feedback and follow-up. Make time for reflection. Practice questioning your attitudes and intentions before every decision. Listen actively. Engage fully.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JULY 25, 2020

Today I’m going to share 4 questions that I always use when I’m trying to answer the question, “What next?” The Four Questions For context, these questions come from one of my all-time favorite strategy books called Blue Ocean Strategy. Without further delay, here are the four questions from Blue Ocean Strategy.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Envisioning the process from end-to-end allows those in charge of a system change to anticipate questions, concerns, and pain points from all those affected by the new system. Here are some key questions to ask: People. This is also the time to ensure that processes are following good accounting practices. Mindset matters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

That’s hard if deadlines are looming, but essential to have a session to explore questions such as: What is your facilitation style and philosophy? Later, these questions were organized into categories so we had a concept map of issues people wanted to explore and these categories were also used in different activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. Below is my fully human-generated reflection. Create small low risk experiments to answer the question: does this use case make sense for our organization? Then move onto learning and improving, but organizations should to start small.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Practice Critical Thinking The Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can perform 10.51 Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? No matter how intuitive a system may be, there are always a few questions, tips, and tricks that a training professional can help you with so you get started on a solid foundation.

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sgEngage

MAY 15, 2024

The goal was to become better grantmakers by completing a review of our practices, processes and forms. We also ensured that we reflected industry best practices for funders and our own organizational values were embedded deeper into our grantmaking practices and partnerships.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. Unfortunately, none of them had an answer to that question.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But is this the right question? We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation? Where does the learning go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. Analytical Style people control their emotions but tend to ask questions rather than give orders. Amiable Style people show their emotions openly and prefer to ask questions rather than give orders.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Everyone will be practicing these skills together. Provide recognition and compensation that reflect its importance. Ask questions that invite self-evaluation. Questions like these probe below the surface: If you started your own company what would its top values be? There are plenty of online and in-person courses.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

If participants are working through an exercise or set of discussion questions, create a google document with your prompts and include space for taking notes. It is a good idea to get a few people together on a call to practice doing it before you host your first meeting with zoom Breakout Rooms. Icebreakers & Check-Ins.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Online Auction Website Software Online Auction Site Best Practices Online Auction Website Ideas. Online Auction Site Best Practices. Building an engaging website for your auction is easy if you stick to a few essential best practices. When it comes to an online auction , your participants will probably have many questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The goal of this book is to provide an intensely practical guide to making that transition by sharing insights, stories, and approaches from hundreds of leaders to build the skills you will need to make the leap to leader,” explains Bryant. “As Many of his discussions are included in his interview series on LinkedIn.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

The practices of this relatively new form of philanthropy are still evolving. They are keenly aware that they need to avoid harmful philanthropic measurement practices that overburden grantees, eat up grantee resources, focus on compliance rather than learning, or privilege the concerns of donors over those of grantees.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

In this article, we’ll provide some guidance to those who are ready to move beyond the board statement or public equity pledge to actively and intentionally implement Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) practices and strategies into their consultant search process. . Ask clarifying questions. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level. I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. You should have a mix of approaches in your webinar.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what you’re doing. Leaders inspire their staff to ask questions, share creative ideas that may seem unconventional, and discover different ways of seeing the world—and they lead the way. Are you stuck in chronic performance?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long does it take for your grantees to fill out your application? Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? If your application has not changed in more than three years, it may not reflect your current goals, strategies, or priorities.

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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. My journal is not only an annual planning and goal-setting tool but also supports daily reflection as the year progresses. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead. Keeping Resilient in 2021.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

She said the workshop gave her the time to get started working on it and was confident that she’d be putting it into practice immediately. That’s part of the reason why I developed the “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” framework because it gives participants practical, but strategic small steps.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Part 3 – Adopting and maintaining a new perspective and putting your human leadership into practice ( mindbuild ). Hortense le Gentil Earlier this year, the author shared these additional insights with us: Question: What is the primary takeaway you hope business leaders will take away from your book?

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