Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2022

Highest User Adoption. Earlier this year, Bloomerang was also named a leader in a G2 spring 2022 report , was named one of the “ Best Places to Work in Indiana” in 2022 , and launched a new brand identity to better articulate the value and services offered to the nonprofit community. Best Results. Best Relationship. Best Usability.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It took me another 20 years before I realized the importance of actually establishing a fully realized grantseeking program built on clearly articulated goals and objectives, as well as the importance of creating a specific strategy around each and every project that required funding.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2022

Highest User Adoption. Bloomerang achieved an average satisfaction rating of 94% across all categories, with an 85% average user adoption and 94% of reviewers likely to recommend the product. Bloomerang was recognized by G2 in the following categories: Spring 2022 Leader & Momentum Leader. Best Relationship. Best Support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

As with all new major technological changes (we’re looking at you, electricity and the internet), we must adapt and adopt. Though it’s startlingly articulate, AI doesn’t think, and it doesn’t know your nonprofit’s goals or supporters as well as you do.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It can reveal connections between novels you adore and foreign films youve never heard of, or help you articulate why certain stories stick with you while others dont. Heres an example you can adopt or adapt: You are a perceptive literary critic and cultural analyst with deep knowledge of literature across genres and cultures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

The report describes current nonprofit use, adoption challenges, and best practices. The report, “I nto Focus: Benchmarks for Video and A Guide for Creators ,” is based on a survey of 500 nonprofits and interviews with experts (including me). Free webinars are being offered to share the report.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We can help you move analytics to the top of the list by giving you tips to build a business case and how to articulate it to others. This will drive adoption of being a data-driven organization. Culture shift – getting company-wide adoption of anything new can be challenging. This will save time and money.

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Candid

AUGUST 14, 2024

Although there is concern about how generative AI affects the integrity of written work and images, there is also hope that responsible adoption can boost the social sector’s impact. Whether assisted by AI or not, applicants need to articulate their needs and alignment with our areas of giving in order to receive favorable assessment.”

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2025

You can prompt it to come up with 10 bullet points where the values you enact through your work best align with the funders values and any articulated funding guidelines. You just need to adopt a learning mindset and commit to experimenting for a few weeks to master AI for nonprofits. This is especially useful for responding to RFPs.

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Generation Nonprofit Donor Charity 71

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

There are six steps that foundation leaders need to take to adopt grantmaking practices that best serve nonprofit organizations. The leaders of a foundation must ensure that the foundation’s mission is clearly defined and articulated. Heed legal requirements. Establish values and priorities.

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Tableau

JUNE 15, 2021

"Every decision at the board level involves an element of technology or the implications of technology, so there is a real requirement to understand that digital is an accelerator, and then to articulate the risk.". Richard Williams, CIO, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Quality Conversations with the CIO.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

I recently read this article that I found interesting on “ Seven Criteria for the Adoption of New Technology. &# It’s written by someone who is working at living a simple life, and finds the same kind of conflicts in this that I do: As the world rushes toward an overcrowded but new and improved grave full of “articulated task lamps” with (..)

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Environment Technology Green Hosting 160

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. We’re pragmatic enough to adopt a proprietary approach when we think it’s the best way to accomplish our mission goals, but we always lean towards open over closed. Rebranding is about telling our story better, not changing our core values.

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

If technology investments and roadmaps arent articulated at the highest level of your organizations plans and shown to support and drive the success of all other strategic areas, how can we expect staff, board members, or partners to see that technology spending, systems, and adoption are essential to our work and help advance our mission?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Then that person becomes an internal champion, driving adoption across the organization. The MAP customer value framework requires deeply understanding your customers in order to clearly identify and articulate their needs across Metrics , Activities and People. Once you do, you can “MAP” them to help align pricing with value.

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Map Metrics Articulate Open Source 121

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2009

I realized, in getting this stuff, and trying to figure out what to do with it, that I needed to be better at understanding myself what I was doing, and articulating that clearly. Once I get this blog post done, I can clean out that “To Blog&# inbox.

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Drupal Open Source Articulate Case Study 100

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 19, 2014

However, since the rewards are often in the future while the pain of change is immediate, the rewards have to be clearly articulated to serve as motivation. Smith and O''Connell go on to explain that: Given the importance of peer influence, people need to perceive that respected peers are adopting change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

Whether compared to adoption of the wheel, the car, or even fire, the mobile phone is the most popular tool in human history. I’ve signed up and love the fact my my mobile broadband hotspot is helping someone in need! Check out their devices and plans. It’s easy to switch.

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Mobile Causes Tips Social Media 119

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

My decades as a consultant have shown me that the most successful leaders adopt this mentality. Don't dwell on the mistake but reflect on it - then move forward smarter. This mindset allows you to take risks without fear of failure holding you back.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

A board is made up of a group of people, and people have varying levels of comfort with, and willingness to adopt, new technology. Even the most technically articulate board members will start to push back if they have to remember a handful of different log-ins and passwords, or have to learn too many different tools or systems.

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Collaboration Tools Adopt Journal 59

TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

companies wanting to adopt synthetic data in innovative ways is the key reason why MOSTLY AI wants to grow its team in the U.S. ” This will be supported by growing demand for responsible AI, articulated around key concepts such as AI fairness and explainability. ” Seeing more U.S.

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sgEngage

JUNE 24, 2024

If your organization doesn’t have one already, create a cohesive and widespread policy about AI adoption and implementation. Grantmakers need to be aware of potential bias in the AI-enhanced tools you may be adopting. Your policy also must outline how you are articulating to stakeholders how you are using this technology.

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Tableau

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For many years, the underlying complexities of AI, paired with a dramatic portrayal in the media as an inevitable replacement for human jobs, created a daunting narrative that made AI difficult for most people to understand, let alone to widely adopt. Now, we’re at an exciting turning point with AI. So what’s changed?

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People Data Strategy Government 98

Tableau

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For many years, the underlying complexities of AI, paired with a dramatic portrayal in the media as an inevitable replacement for human jobs, created a daunting narrative that made AI difficult for most people to understand, let alone to widely adopt. Now, we’re at an exciting turning point with AI. So what’s changed?

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People Data Strategy Government 95

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And with today’s rapid pace of change, confident learning has become critical to adapting, adopting, and feeling connected to the world we inhabit. How might you more fully adopt writing as a learning strategy for yourself? Take the time to thoughtfully articulate them. Actually, it has to do with everything. It can be daunting.

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Learning Strategy Change Journal 123

DataRobot

MARCH 16, 2023

This important milestone is the first step in drastically modernizing not only the development, but most importantly, the interpretation, understanding, and adoption of AI use cases. It is a time-intensive process that can slow the adoption of AI across an organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

However, since the rewards are often in the future while the pain of change is immediate, the rewards have to be clearly articulated to serve as motivation. Smith and O''Connell go on to explain that: Given the importance of peer influence, people need to perceive that respected peers are adopting change.

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Culture Change Articulate Influence 45

Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

But as much as fundraising is a calling, it’s also a career that requires business development, sales, client retention, and articulable value propositions. Fundraisers may find additional success by adopting the following professional service principles. Demonstrate (and articulate!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2008

I did a version of the social media game that focuses on strategy, adoption, and selection of tools. The questions articulated by participants at the beginning were excellent and have given some good ideas for future posts. The wiki for the workshop is here.

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Blogher Social Media Wiki Articulate 50

sgEngage

AUGUST 7, 2024

Articulating this to your team not only sets appropriate expectations, but also allows users to better understand the implementation process and get excited about new functionalities on the horizon. Processes The ability to articulate current processes and desired outcomes is essential when adopting a new system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. Over the past five years, we’ve stumbled our way into social media.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Your organization will need to make a strong impression and deliver a clear articulation of how you carry out your mission. In addition to developing solid landing pages, adopting an omnichannel approach will create more unique donor touchpoints without being repetitive or redundant. Is there drop off? If so, where?

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Fundraising Donor Giving Campaign 119

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Articulating this to your team not only sets appropriate expectations, but also allows users to better understand the implementation process and get excited about new functionalities on the horizon. The ability to articulate current processes and desired outcomes is essential when adopting a new system.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 10, 2013

At Tawkon we’ve developed a culture of precisely articulating our goals for every new product and feature we intend to develop, and apply Lean UX as a working process to get a tangible product and test with the market as quickly as possible.”. - It takes time (and some guts) to adopt this process, but the rewards are immediate.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

It helps leaders to: Share vision : Effective leadership communication helps leaders articulate their vision and expectations and share them with employees to help them align with the common goals. The Impact of Effective Communication on Leadership Effective communication is a cornerstone of successful leadership.

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Skills Leadership Communication Develop 59

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I love the way Laura articulates this. When we adopt social media strategies, we often tell ourselves that it's not just about donations, it's about starting a conversation. People want to volunteer, wanted to ask you something, and, not coincidentally, donate at considerably higher rates after.

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Phone Test Articulate Social Media 43

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy.

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