sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

The Statement of Activities—commonly referred to as an SOA—is one of four essential financial statements for nonprofit organizations. As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. Now we’ve covered the underlying types of events you can choose between, let’s focus on the kinds of activities you can expect from these events.

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Method Fundraising Nonprofit Virtual 354

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Technology facilitates much greater drilling down today, and you’re in danger of malpractice if you don’t use some of the new tools available. AI facilitates radical connection in a manner most directly aligned with individual identities, interests, and preferences. The right message to the wrong people? Both are crimes.

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Tips Strategy Volunteer Donor 114

VQ Strategies

JANUARY 13, 2023

In response to many requests, we have developed a facilitation guide for formal and informal book groups. Filled with warm-up activities, questions, and compelling quotes, the guide also prompts “concepts to action” so that participants can translate these ideas into action. That’s where book groups come in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ll also look at how popular fundraising activities can be adapted to these different galas and what online platforms you can use to help build a better fundraising strategy. However, this hinged upon adapting a fundraising events strategy that could adapt popular activities and events to online and hybrid venues.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Klarna says it has approximately 93 million active users and counts 675,000 merchants as partners across 26 countries as of 2024. The company says that in that same year, it helped facilitate $105 billion of gross merchandise volume. Klarna was originally founded as Kreditor in 2005, making the company 20 years old this year.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Heres what music can do for sleep: Facilitate faster sleep onset : A study involving women with insomnia found that participants who listened to self-selected music at bedtime for 10 nights reduced their time to fall asleep from 27 to 69 minutes to just 6 to 13 minutes. How does sleep impact wellbeing and confidence?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Facilitation: The Secret Sauce of Participatory Processes Especially when it comes to participatory decision-making, we believe that a skilled facilitator is essential. The role of strategic facilitation of decision-making in participatory philanthropy is often unrecognized and underappreciated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2024

Today, text messaging platforms enable instant, direct interaction with wider audiences, facilitating greater fundraising, awareness campaigns, volunteer coordination, and real-time updates during crises. The open rate for text message marketing is a staggering 98% , which means almost every message you send out will be seen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Encouraging a colleague to shoot for that sought-after certification, offering advice on an important project, or simply inspiring the confidence to see future potential, are the less visible activities that make leadership meaningful. Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships?

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The content offers videos, scripted lesson plans, and interactive classroom activities. With the increase in online dangers, this partnership will allow facilitators of the lessons to empower millions of young people to speak up and be comfortable in asking for help," Michael Medoro, chief of staff at Childhelp, said in a statement.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Pursuit of Influence sheds light on what motivates or deters organizations from taking an active role in public policy advocacy. That report found a substantial decrease in nonprofit advocacy and lobbying in the United States since 2000. Its key findings include: * Nonprofits play a vital role in representing people and communities.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 3, 2025

At its core, this success hinges on the active participation of the board in stakeholder engagement. Yet, crucially, the efficacy of strategic planning rests on the board’s active involvement in stakeholder engagement. It facilitates discussions that foster consensus among board members, staff, and volunteers.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 13, 2024

Fundraisers starting with page 35 – titled Moving Past the Barriers – are presented with five solutions for activating donors. By providing a mental path to limiting options, fundraisers can spur activity. ** Burdensome and tedious tasks. These barriers include: ** Too many choices. For some, donating is as simple as writing a check.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

The inability to create a variety of different contexts in our lives including different social roles, relationships, activities and goals. It is a fun activity that gets a few laughs, people moving, and replenishes energy. The easiest way to integrate team building activities is to create a ritual of meeting check-ins or check-outs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2025

This complexity diverts valuable time, energy, and resources away from mission-critical activities. This requires tools that not only collect and manage data but also work together seamlessly to facilitate its transformation into meaningful insights and narratives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

This can be accomplished with creative use of the Zoom Breakout Rooms for activities to support the meeting objectives. . Breakout Rooms are a feature on Zoom meetings (it has to be turned on in your zoom profile/account ) that allows the meeting host to put people into small groups for more intimate discussions or activities. .

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Our reputations, intentions, ambitions, and activities are represented by and deeply intertwined with our electronic systems. Stronger Facilitators Even the most junior members of the IT team may be called on to be trainers and facilitators. Although no one ever built trust with a computer, IT still leads that charge.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Sometimes an outside facilitator can move members forward more quickly. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you think EI is a soft skill, one of those activities that requires maximum effort for minimum results, these statistics tell a different story. Actually, introducing EI is probably easier than more concrete activities, such as choosing a new software platform. However, like that puppy, EI is not a one-and-done sort of activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications and blogs.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

“If you want your best people to stay, then you must show them that you are actively dealing with the silo issues, the lack of agility, the slow pace of innovation, or anything else that messes with their success,” Jamie advises. Sharon will facilitate a 360-degree discussion about trust. Watching, Listening, Learning.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Analyzing website traffic, social media, product sales, and marketing campaigns together strengthens activities on both sides of the equation. Recognizing and rewarding mutually supportive activities and behavior. A facilitator can help sort through obstacles and guide people toward effective interaction.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Analyzing website traffic, social media, product sales, and marketing campaigns together strengthens activities on both sides of the equation. Recognizing and rewarding mutually supportive activities and behavior. A facilitator can help sort through obstacles and guide people toward effective interaction.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Others find renewed life purpose in new activities or hobbies that make them feel useful or special. The AARP Fraud Victim Support Group program tries to offer this by hosting free virtual meetings run by trained facilitators. The most critical thing and the hardest thing.is

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Examples: The AI helps verify the veracity of unfamiliar communications like scam phone calls; identifies activities of interest and assists in planning how to participate; offers timely reminders to take medications; and prompts calls to friends and family members on their birthdays.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A donor database and tools that facilitate one-to-one fundraising. If your fundraiser is doing everything within their control, and actively reaching out to build meaningful relationships with supporters, then you should reward them. The executive directors understanding of their role in fundraising.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Remember, your goal ( why you do what you do ) must encompass building community, facilitating human connection, and creating opportunities for people to find meaning. This helps them connect with their own values – and personal story – in a way that activates the meaning/purpose proposition most humans seek.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

AI for Research and Collaboration Medical, scientific, and a myriad of other professions are being rapidly redesigned by AI’s ability to streamline all types of research activities. We’ll share real-world experiences and actionable insights. If this topic hasn’t lit your organization on fire yet, it will soon.

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sgEngage

MARCH 24, 2025

These workers serve as a liaison between healthcare services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. This position is externala frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of the community they serve. What does a Community Health Worker Do?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Fundraising Manager Your nonprofit’s fundraising manager or director will oversee all fundraising activities, develop high-level strategies, and ensure that fundraising efforts align with organizational goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2023

Here are 5 strategies to activate and sustain Brand Leadership in your organization: 1) Start with Leadership Obviously, Brand Leadership must start with leaders. If you uncover misalignment and/or a lack of clarity, consider holding a facilitated Leadership Alignment Intensive process , designed to get your team rowing in the same direction.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Your tone of voice and your brand will then guide you as you actively employ the five communication methods most commonly used in the nonprofit sector. To engage effectively is to respond genuinely to questions and comments and facilitate the discussions that your followers are having with each other. Branding isn’t only visual.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This data helped ASAE identify popular meeting facilitators by showing which members were active in the chats. For example, he said conversations about Covid-19 helped the ASAE team plan events and resources around the topic. And you know what? All the CEO Roundtables had record attendance,” Reggie said. This is what they needed.

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Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

Assessments Facilitates preparation for regulatory audits by offering robust assessment tools to gather evidence of employee knowledge retention and compliance. Robust Reporting & Analytics: Detailed insights into learner progress and knowledge gaps facilitate informed adjustments and effective program delivery.

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John Kenyon

DECEMBER 4, 2023

PATHWAY + ACTIVITIES 1. Activities: Facilitating learning for the board, management and staff 2. Activities: Providing examples of how nonprofits use these tools, facilitating discussions on how your organization is already using them and might use them in the future 3.

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