Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2012

But what if you don’t have the resources to hire a graphic designer and need to do it in-house? How To Create A Terrific Facebook Cover Image If You Don’t Have Resources To Hire A Designer by Guest Post Ash Shepherd. Other helpful recent blog posts on changes and tatics include: Beth Kanter. Source: Ash Shepherd.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically. The SQ evaluates a leader’s current mindset and behaviors using the “3A Framework” – acumen, allocation, action. An insight is a learning that leads to new value.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 18, 2021

Usually, the campaign is designed to resource the project. A feasibility study when a third party gathers feedback to evaluate the viability of the fundraising goal and then recommends a path forward. These conversations are an opportunity to ask for something often overlooked in donor relationship building— advice.

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Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

After explaining this for the umpteenth time last week, our ‘let’s blog about it’ light bulb went off and we started to write. It’s time to evaluate your people resources. Check out the The Exemption Test from University of Minnesota’s Office of Human Resources. Let’s schedule time.)

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. A SaaS-based LMS can help save time and resources through easy implementation and execution. Ready to begin?

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. A SaaS-based LMS can help save time and resources through easy implementation and execution. Ready to begin?

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. A SaaS-based LMS can help save time and resources through easy implementation and execution. Ready to begin?

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The training method or approach defines the structure, time, and resources that will be used within a training experience. In this case, a training program could be more effective if it provided employees with the why behind any advice they are given. Most organizations have a variety of training methods in place.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The training method or approach defines the structure, time, and resources that will be used within a training experience. In this case, a training program could be more effective if it provided employees with the why behind any advice they are given. Most organizations have a variety of training methods in place.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The training method or approach defines the structure, time, and resources that will be used within a training experience. In this case, a training program could be more effective if it provided employees with the why behind any advice they are given. Most organizations have a variety of training methods in place.

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sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

But these companies have substantially more resources than what a typical nonprofit has. Cloud-Based Software: A Priority for Your Nonprofit So, here’s the tough-love advice: Upgrade. Evaluate your vendors carefully and mitigate any security risk you may perceive. Transition. Move your applications and data to the cloud.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

This often includes engaging trusted advisors to help assess the situation, provide unbiased advice, and help set realistic goals and objectives. How can funders tap into their own networks and resources to help bridge this gap? Interestingly, recommended solutions point to increasing financial literacy.

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sgEngage

JUNE 3, 2024

For a nonprofit organization, these non-revenue resources can be incredibly valuable over the lifetime of a Gen Z supporter. Evaluate your roles and responsibilities document. My advice to other nonprofits to connect with Gen Z audiences is to be engaging. Start with a self-assessment. Is it current?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on ways to stay in touch with potential donors who have major donor potential. . Dear Charity Clairity, Do you have advice on ways to stay in touch with a possible donor who has indicated an interest in making a major gift? How would you describe your personal mission?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Nonprofits needed more streamlined applications and processes to get resources out the door and trust from grantmakers that they could do more and better work with fewer limitations. There is a significant power divide between foundations and nonprofits, mostly around money but also resources like social networks and social capital.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This blog aims to examine these challenges and offer all nonprofits leaders methods to increase diversity and BIPOC participation in their organizations. Structural barriers to success The nonprofit sector is highly competitive, with organizations often competing for the same limited resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Here’s some advice for those moments when you hit a wall.

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Qgiv

MARCH 12, 2024

While corporate giving is often monetary, it can also include various giving strategies, from resources to volunteer programs organized with different nonprofits. Volunteer programs Volunteers are one of the most needed resources for nonprofits. Evaluate programs and show data. Increased volunteer recruitment.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 3, 2021

A recent project by NTEN and Cornerstone, “ The State of Nonprofit Professional Development ,” uncovered that “nonprofit staff want to learn and grow in their jobs and careers and that they seek to pursue professional development even if it’s not an official part of the expectations and evaluations in their jobs.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Crowdsourcing is the technique of allowing many people to provide feedback, advice, knowledge, expertise or ideas for a project or create collective intelligence for an issue. Crowdsourcing can be done at an organizational level, blended into the way nonprofits create , implement, and evaluate their programs.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Yes, we must steward our investments responsibly and ethically, but what is responsible and ethical about potentially wasting massive amounts of resources, using outdated problem-solving skills, and getting minimal impact for our efforts? The information is often shared and received by another funder as an appreciated heads-up.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . Sometimes they won’t have the support, time and resources. . It may be helpful to evaluate together how many prospects you have and how many face-to-face hours may be required.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? To start off, an eLearning consultant is an individual who provides advice and guidance to help organizations create successful eLearning programs. They provide advice and guidance to help elevate your learning business, which your team would then put into action.

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Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

Your key players are folks whose input and advice you’ll need to resolve a crisis and craft messaging to deal with the crisis. Debrief: Once your crisis has died down it’s important to evaluate your performance. appeared first on Qgiv Blog. Identify your key players.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. It takes some action learning, small focused experiments where you track, evaluate, and learn from before investing more time and effort. I've pointed to a lot of resources in my blog.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The effort is currently undergoing an evaluation which will direct its geographic focus and future online presence. Here is the advice I am taking away: We need to give more time, money and value to relationship building, especially developing the network weaving skills of members. What do members give to get?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Other areas include: communications, executive transition, evaluation/learning, networking/convening, and professional development. Engage grantees in the evaluation design and implementation. Make creative choices about what to evaluate. Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Hopefully tomorrow the connection will sustain some real live blogging with CoverItLive (my favorite live blogging tool). Peter Campbell’s How to Decide session: Nonprofits have limited resources, which usually means that we have to make tough choices about where to spend our time and money. Takeaways: 1.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

Luckily, we have some advice! Instead of over-inserting yourself every time you have a conversation, allow the dialogue to flow between what they can do for your organization and how your nonprofit can effectively utilize the resources they’d be willing to give you. Instead, take a step back and evaluate your asking process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2012

Note from Beth : In March, I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the GEO Conference (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) with Kathy Reich, Director, Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation at TCC Group, that helped OE analyze its “goldmine” of grantee data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

My colleague, Anne Whatley, wrote this summary of what you’ll find when you dig into these two stellar and highly practical reports and resource lists. We summarized what we learned in two guides that are designed to help civic tech innovators monitor progress towards their intended outcomes and evaluate the impact of their efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

They just marked their 150th first-person story on their blog , so in the 150 hours leading up to Labor Day, @GoodwillIntl is tweeting out one of these success story per hour under the hashtag #150job to spotlight someone who has found work, education or volunteer opportunities with support from Goodwill. What advice do you have for others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The points include: 1) notice the situation; 2) evaluate the situation; 3) Respond to the situation. The book is a great resource for nonprofits and social media managers who are dealing with sensitive topics on a daily basis – and want to avoid wasting valuable time and resources, feeling helpless, or a full-scale crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

My colleague, blogger Michele Martin has this well-researched deck with many more examples of methods for doing a process evaluation and reflective practice. The skill, of course, is hosting a Giving Day and we are now looking at processes, techniques, and ideas for follow up and assessment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Given that the challenge is open to all nonprofits “experienced in AI to those with an idea for how they could be putting their data to better use,” what advice do you have organizations that do not have deep experience or technical expertise implementing AI and want to participate?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I’m always on the look out for useful and thought provoking resources on how nonprofits can use data to make better decisions that lead to greater impact. It was designed to complement existing technical assistance resources through tip sheets, examples, and links to multiple resources. There are periodic (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Here’s some great advice from my colleagues at CommonSense Media. If you’re reading this blog, it’s probably because you’re a huge fan of social media and believe that it empowers all of us to connect, create, explore, and understand our world. There’s no going back now. Contact Emily.

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