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. You’ll be a data nerd in no time!

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Data Security Concerns Data security concerns are inevitable in today’s digital world, and organizations are wary of integrating LMS systems due to potential vulnerabilities that could compromise sensitive learner information. Data Security Concerns Implementing robust encryption techniques is necessary to safeguard sensitive data.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Data Security Concerns Data security concerns are inevitable in today’s digital world, and organizations are wary of integrating LMS systems due to potential vulnerabilities that could compromise sensitive learner information. Data Security Concerns Implementing robust encryption techniques is necessary to safeguard sensitive data.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Data Security Concerns Data security concerns are inevitable in today’s digital world, and organizations are wary of integrating LMS systems due to potential vulnerabilities that could compromise sensitive learner information. Data Security Concerns Implementing robust encryption techniques is necessary to safeguard sensitive data.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Here’s my advice for finding the right consultant for your nonprofit. . This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. Use this information internally and share it freely during your search. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Andrea’s book is filled with practical information on how deal with the situation. The points include: 1) notice the situation; 2) evaluate the situation; 3) Respond to the situation. There is also a recommendation for simulating an online crisis from start to finish and then have a debrief about how it could have gone better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

For example, if location information will prove useful in tracking place-based impacts, best to build this metric into registration from the start, rather than try to capture the information later. Hone in on your true scope of influence. Guides to Civic Tech Assessment. If you have any suggestions for inclusion please send us a note.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Keep an eye on trends in employer information. Fundraising advice from phonathon experts. Listen for matching gift asks during calls and provide guidance to improve techniques. Second, append relevant information to your file. Give your callers the information they need to have the biggest impact. C: Come prepared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I was most interested in Part 2 (pages 17-21) because I think the advice is applicable to organizations beyond those managing head start programs. Data visualization techniques are used not only to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data. There are periodic (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

The taxonomy is rudimentary and not very informative. and elsewhere, and on these social networking sites there is at least the basic evaluation of how many others link to the sites. It's part of helping people to easily adopt RSS readers as an information coping skill. There's not even a description of what the blogs do.

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JUNE 23, 2021

They’ll also help you build profiles on your donors that include their contact information and communicatino preferences. These days, investing in fundraising tools with CRM integrations is more of a necessity than general fundraising advice. Then, evaluate what donor acquisition and engagement strategies worked and what didn’t. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Understand how information overload might be effecting you and take a break to assess and rethink. Live in a tool or technique for at least month before adding something new.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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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. Take advantage of that information. I've pointed to a lot of resources in my blog.).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. Thanks Lynn for this great end-of-the-year advice. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

They’re a great way to learn new techniques, brush up on industry knowledge, and learn about up-and-coming trends—all of which are important as you hone your fundraising skills. You’ll capture key information without risking missing something else while you’re scribbling down notes on the last slide. Have a webinar buddy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll Legal Issues and Social Media. Take your legal counsel to lunch! Social Media and Employees.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

This is a long post focused on strategic uses of listening rather than specific techniques. For many museums, visitor research--how people use the museum, navigate exhibits, and understand content--may be an equally important arena in which to adopt groundswell listening techniques. What does it mean to listen to the groundswell?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Use print to provide detailed information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010 Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

It acts somewhat similar to an email spell checker, and you can select the suggested alternatives or ignore the advice. The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message. Use print to provide detailed information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal. MacKay writes, "Common sense, thorough research and sound advice should allay your fears to a reasonable level." Take a moment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2010

They provide the following great, simple and straight-forward advice about giving feedback: Make it timely -- give your feedback as soon as possible to the performance. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Use print to provide detailed information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The survey typically takes respondents seven to 10 minutes to fill out and the results you get will identify your strengths and weaknesses, and will allow you to compare your evaluators responses to your own self-assessment. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Thats because you can use the reasons a departing employee provides to gather information about processes, people and departments that might need some redirection to correct situations that may have contributed to the employees reasons for leaving. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

Via the App, David promises to bring his communications industry expert advice and wisdom right to your fingertips. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Use print to provide detailed information. David just launched his new App, called " Ask David."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Listening and Learning: You're monitoring what stakeholders are saying about your organization, your issue, or programs and using the information to support your marketing goals. While secondary research may help inform what general direction you may want to go in, there is no substitute for primary research.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite books of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose? Use print to provide detailed information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Dont evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Use print to provide detailed information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Timm that you can use to evaluate your organizations customer service via the phone: 1. Did the employee provide accurate information or refer the caller to an appropriate person? 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Was the phone answered after two rings or less?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Heres some information about the research supporting the link between sports and leadership, along with some first-hand testimonials. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Use print to provide detailed information. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

To prioritize the organization’s actions based on objective results – rather than relying on subjective information or your best guesses. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Use print to provide detailed information. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

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