Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Prior to soliciting proposals from vendors in a formal request for proposals (RFP), you can have informal conversations with them in a request for information or RFI process where you articulate your needs and invite them to provide feedback and express interest in your project. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Keep your ratings and reviews on nonprofit evaluation sites up to date. It might not matter if you’re very effective at serving people, if you can’t articulate that clearly. I’d suggest emailing them links right into Twitter or Facebook, which helps them share with the least amount of extra work.

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Social Media Media Tips Results 129

Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

Yet, we see that many organizations are still quick to limit or cut back technology-related investments of all kinds, including training, evaluation, planning, and community feedback. Organizations need to realize that treating technology as a peripheral expense actually limits mission delivery and effectiveness.

Policy 52

Policy Practice Technology Training 52

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

. — Debra Riggs from National Association of Social Workers, Virginia and Metro DC chapters People Who Can Effectively Communicate the Mission I would seek someone who is passionate about my organization’s mission, capable of articulating it effectively in a room full of opportunities.

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Skills Children Collaboration Leadership 106

.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

It opens services and activities to ongoing evaluation and adjustment. Integrate Vision, People, and Process Clearly articulate your shared vision for the organization and identify benchmarks for success. This concept can be applied to everything from creating a website to developing a practice marketing manual for members.

Associations 221

Associations Trend Technology Attitude 221

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Because I know how confusing and frustrating the fundraising process can be for a founder, one of the topics I like exploring is “How to get into the mind of an investor” – particularly when an investor is evaluating you for an investment. A founder’s vision is the foundation of a company’s culture and brand.

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Culture Articulate Mentoring Communication 146

sgEngage

JULY 8, 2022

AI and machine learning predictions are—essentially—a collection of algebraic equations that articulate the most probable outcome to a very specific question. Articulate how removing the uncertainty would be valuable for the organization. What impact on the organization would you see as a result of less uncertainty in this area?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Writing them down has been powerful for us: these truths articulate who we are and how we do things at Benetech. We seek to evaluate our people and our work, and to continue to document and improve our procedures. We're striving now to fully live up to them! Benetech Truths 1 We are committed to social change through technology.

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Literacy Articulate International Professional 145

sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2024

A technology migration project typically involves several key steps, including defining a project scope, assessing the current tech stack and gathering requirements from across the organization, evaluating technology vendors and implementation partners, and ultimately planning, building, configuring, testing and training staff on the new system.

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Impact Technology Grant Articulate 99

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals. We have to look at what the result overall is – it is not just views for the sake of views or comments and likes for the sake of comments and likes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

The art part is how you articulate your organization’s measure of success and formulate strategies to realize that success. The science part of the equation starts with a solid methodology and tools. Donna Mehr, Smart Annual Giving, wrote “ How To Evaluate the ROI of Your Annual Appeal.” ” Advocacy Campaigns.

Measure 118

Measure Learning Case Study Social Media 118

Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

Your mission statement and supporting language should clearly articulate why your organization exists and may include elements about the impact you expect to have on the population you serve. Do you have the evaluation expertise required to evaluate grant activities? Do you have a well-defined mission statement?

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Grant Organization Evaluation Proposal 109

Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

Yet, we see that many organizations are still quick to limit or cut back technology-related investments of all kinds, including training, evaluation, planning, and community feedback. Organizations need to realize that treating technology as a peripheral expense actually limits mission delivery and effectiveness.

Policy 98

Policy Practice Technology Training 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Ultimately, she realized that the highly participatory process resulted in a robust strategic plan that articulated goals and initiatives through 2015 to stabilize infrastructure, increase participation, improve quality, and encourage innovation. ” Paul Connolly. He can be reached at pconnolly@tccgrp.com.

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Open Source Open Case Study Wikipedia 92

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming. Has the organization’s policies, practices, and overall culture been evaluated through the lens of a JEDI approach? . Have you evaluated your public-facing JEDI statements and practices? . Avoid labels and stereotypes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

A theory of change is a specific and measurable description of a social change initiative that forms the basis for strategic planning, on-going decision-making and evaluation. It requires stakeholders to articulate underlying assumptions which can be tested and measured, and it also charts an incremental path towards results.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Step #3) A – Articulate the goal(s) of a grant An A rticulate goal is the main aim that will result because of your program and will solve your problem statement. Step #4) N – Narrow your objectives Now that you have a goal articulated, you will need specific activities to ensure that the goal is achieved.

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The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2014

She shared Cowboy Ventures’ investment thesis and her approach to evaluating potential investments. Semil Shah wisely articulated the risk of hive mind thinking in his recent piece about the wildly successful messaging app: Silicon Valley and the tech world at large are filled with a variety of conventions.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This means you’ve got (1) a constituency who cares about your mission, vision and values; (2) a relevant case for support with clearly articulated needs and goals; (3) commitment from all stakeholders; (4) a communications mechanism, and (5) processes in place to steward your resources. Human Resources. Dynamic Functions.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

As you start to feel the priorities of your community evolving, here are four ways to evaluate and respond so your grantmaking organization stays relevant to your community’s changing needs. Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals.

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Organization Change Community Evaluation 93

Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

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. Do they articulate an understanding of and/or demonstrate affinity for your mission and vision? Evaluation matrix . Interview questions.

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Consultant Process Nonprofit Proposal 125

Bloomerang

MARCH 21, 2023

proposal letters and pitch decks) to articulate the vision of an event in a way that makes the sponsor’s decision easier to make. A sponsorship deck is a tool that is used to articulate to a potential sponsor who your organization is, who your audience is, what your event is about, and how they can be a part of what you are doing.

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Sponsor Program Nonprofit Articulate 102

Blue Avocado

JULY 16, 2024

Improve how your nonprofit evaluates, recognizes, and motivates its employees. If you would like to significantly improve how your nonprofit evaluates, recognizes, and motivates its employees, there are a few strategies that you might implement to help guarantee success. So How Do We Achieve This Gold Standard of Evaluation?

Measure 75

Measure System Design Demonstration 75

Google Research AI blog

JULY 20, 2023

When the societal context in which a product will operate is not articulated well enough to result in robust problem understanding, the resulting ML solutions can be fragile and even propagate unfair biases. The first phase of AI product development is problem understanding , and this phase has tremendous influence over how problems (e.g.,

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Knowledge Application Articulate Structure 81

Candid

AUGUST 14, 2024

The risk of AI unduly influencing our evaluation process is minimal.” “We are agnostic to the tools that applicants use to create grant applications. 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.”

Grant 111

Grant Proposal Foundation Generation 111

Tableau

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Anyone with access to data sets can explore their data, looking at it this way and that, until they find the best articulation of their analysis. . Judging panels can be a group of people with diverse experiences and perspectives to make for a balanced evaluation. The judges. We recommend anywhere from 3-5 judges.

Game 98

Game Storytelling Analysis Culture 98

Tableau

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Anyone with access to data sets can explore their data, looking at it this way and that, until they find the best articulation of their analysis. . Judging panels can be a group of people with diverse experiences and perspectives to make for a balanced evaluation. The judges. We recommend anywhere from 3-5 judges.

Game 97

Game Storytelling Analysis Culture 97

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. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs. You probably have a long list of great things you want to accomplish this year…including making analytics a priority.

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Analytics Associations Case Study Data 169

NTEN

JUNE 3, 2010

One of the main stats we track to articulate the value of our social media presence is site traffic. There are some interesting and different takes out there on measurement, including: Social Page Evaluator What's the Value of a Facebook Fan? Mix vigorously -- and frequently. The more you make this recipe, the better it gets!

Facebook 76

Facebook Social Media Articulate Stats 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Articulating measurable goals. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media. Overwhelmed by data collection process. Technical or Systems Challenges. Getting accurate data and the right information. A streamlined and well designed dashboard.

Results 95

Results Data Nonprofit Social Media 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

When nonprofits look at ROI, the question is not so much about dollars invested, but " Are We Really Making A Difference? " The problem is that nonprofit end up trying to think like social scientists trying to prove causation and like lawyers calculating risk. Isn't best to focus on evaluating results?

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ROI Social Media Media Social 74

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Donors don’t like duplication of services, and getting grants will be tough if you can’t articulate how your approach is unique. Evaluation Plan. This can be a separate section, or evaluation methods can be added to various other sections. Marketing Plan. Make sure someone is noting which social media posts are catching on.

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Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2013

As a startup, you have the pressure of fundraising and needing to articulate to potential investors a “big vision,” which in many ways can be an extension of your original value proposition. All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces. It’s hard to tell who you should really please.

Communication 128

Communication Mentoring Conversation Articulate 128

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Evaluate how your organization’s and your community’s core values are being articulated and experienced in the stories you tell , in your interactions with the public, and in your communications with donors. Gaining a deeper understanding of a donor’s motivations is an important step in earning and reinforcing their trust.

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Retention Donor Strategy Build 98

VQ Strategies

JUNE 22, 2021

That’s the first opportunity to clearly articulate the expectations for the volunteer – and to assess whether the role is, in fact, realistic. Discuss how to evaluate the assignment. What will you assess during the project and what will be evaluated upon completion? I often consider this the first vital reality check.

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Volunteer Articulate Evaluation Roles 75

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Good hiring is a habit that involves consistently articulating what is important for each role, evaluating those criteria and making sound hiring decisions. Make sure they clearly articulate four to five of the main skills required for the job, not a laundry list. You’re also setting up extremely bad company habits.

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Policy Articulate Job Evaluation 75