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Putting Our Humanity Back at the Center of Engagement

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As we make the transition into 2024, I have been reflecting a lot on the last year as well as my dreams for the year ahead. At a foundational level we know our current physical health can drastically impact our desire and ability to engage. It needs to be at the foundation of our efforts to drive holistic employee engagement.

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What strategies should nonprofits implement for high-performing cross-sector collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofits whose organizational cultures encourage outreach and relationship building are already laying the foundational groundwork of high-performing collaboration. Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. Engage in rigorous self-reflection to gauge readiness across multiple dimensions.

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Reflections and Notes from Personal Democracy Forum 2013

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Reflections and Notes from Personal Democracy Forum 2013. Embracing measurement & uncertainty. Look, if you’re reading Beth’s Blog you probably already think measuring progress is a good thing. Kate Wing, Program Officer at the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation. The 50% conference rule. Conferences Guest Post'

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Ocean Conservancy: The Art of Social Media Experimentation, Learning, and Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The organization is a Packard Foundation grantee. It is really hard to carve out time to take a step back and reflect on what has gone well, what hasn’t, and what to do next. In 2007, Vikki Spruill attended a seminar hosted by the Packard Foundation with Clay Shirky and came away both scared and excited about his ideas.

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Book Review: The Nonprofit Business Plan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Author David La Piana. One of the things that I love at the Packard Foundation is the learning culture. Some reflections from David here ). Business plans are not difficult to measure and the process is a discipline process of asking questions. How will they measure success?

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Evaluating Networks and their Effectiveness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And it was amazing to be at this meeting and see and connect with real examples of foundations struggling and succeeding with networks in ways that were just notions (yes, hunches) a few years ago. And we’ve underscored the importance of networks articulating their values and keeping themselves accountable to those shared values.

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How Does Your Nonprofit Use Data To Improve Results?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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