sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

It doesn’t talk exactly how you thought it would with the different components in your tech stack. This looks different from school to school and only you know what works best for your environment. Some things were obvious, but I knew it was the behind-the-scenes magic that could really make a difference. It wasn’t great.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2021

Not only do you instill healthy habits, nonprofits like yours are also responsible for teaching children important lessons on teamwork, persistence, and sportsmanship. Southern California Tennis Association Foundation uses Qgiv’s text-to-donate solution to raise funds with two different text keywords. Request a Demo.

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Greater Giving

MAY 17, 2024

Some fun event themes/ideas include: Host an Intimate Tasting Event Partner with a local winemaker(s) or retail shops to host an intimate tasting event for your top supporters, or as an avenue to reach a new demographic. Learn their craft and teach them about your mission. Are you hoping to develop a new audience? Timing is everything!

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) holds a three-day conference + ongoing training for members about advocacy and communicating the value of the profession, members and association to different audiences, called the STR Program. Many execs reinforced the idea that communications should be clear and transparent.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. Wendy : First, there’s this idea that Millennials want to go their own way and be outside institutions. Are there really that many differences between generations? The ability to teach, with patience, is essential.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2017

That's because, according to co-authors Krissi and Dan Barr , dogs can teach humans a lot about leadership. Loyalty is different from engagement. That’s because people who like to explore are often the ones who uncover new ideas and trends. Barr : Perhaps the most important lesson we learned was the power of an idea.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2024

Celebrated intrapreneurs include the 3M scientist who wanted to create a bookmark that wouldn’t move and ended up inventing Post-it Notes , the Google engineer who came up with the idea for Gmail, and the Sony employee dissatisfied with his daughter’s Nintendo who developed the PlayStation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The first two books were my idea, which I had to pitch to them.) Specifically, the idea came from someone in the sales department who’s in touch with the market and booksellers and what kind of books they think readers want. The whole process from idea to seeing it on a bookstore shelf was 30 months. It didn’t take long).

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

Not to worry—we’ll help you with your event planning by teaching you our top strategies for writing an effective fundraising auction item description. In the body of the description, you can use a different, but still legible, font to ensure potential bidders can easily get the information they need to make a decision.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

LMS can store data about learners’ progress, provide filters for searching by subject or topic areas, enable different access levels for different user groups (e.g. This system can also share resources and host discussions, threaded discussions (like the discussion forums on a typical website, but more advanced), and blogs.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

LMS can store data about learners’ progress, provide filters for searching by subject or topic areas, enable different access levels for different user groups (e.g. This system can also share resources and host discussions, threaded discussions (like the discussion forums on a typical website, but more advanced), and blogs.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

LMS can store data about learners’ progress, provide filters for searching by subject or topic areas, enable different access levels for different user groups (e.g. This system can also share resources and host discussions, threaded discussions (like the discussion forums on a typical website, but more advanced), and blogs.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

The beauty of peer-to-peer fundraising is that there is an almost endless list of virtual ideas that you can explore and adapt to your unique mission. Need virtual fundraising ideas? Virtual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas. Easy Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas. BONUS – See this idea in action! Let’s dive in!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This blog series is designed to help nonprofit professionals like you make subtle mindset shifts that can make a big difference in your work, as well as increase your job satisfaction. . And by getting comfortable with our stories and sharing them, we can make a great deal of difference both personally and professionally. .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After over 20 years of fundraising, consulting, and teaching nonprofits across the U.S., I’ve seen first-hand how building in simple and inexpensive donor loyalty strategies makes a huge difference in year-end giving success and your nonprofits’ long-term sustainability. Have more ideas?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

Writing and Blogging: I’ve been writing Beth’s blog since 2004 and on this updated wordpress blog since 2010. This past year, I found myself writing less on this blog. I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications and blogs. I will continue to write about and teach workshops on digital strategy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We can combine the two (Performance Zone and Learning Zone), like salt and pepper, but doing so is different than focusing only on getting things done. Leaders inspire their staff to ask questions, share creative ideas that may seem unconventional, and discover different ways of seeing the world—and they lead the way.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2020

It’s how you deal with setbacks is what makes the difference.” The book will teach you how to: Conquer the negative emotions that naturally arise after making mistakes. How can we begin to undo this idea that has been engrained in our thinking? We all fail. It’s a part of business, and it’s a part of life,” explains Wooditch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

And while video games like Zoo Tycoon or online games can teach them all sorts of skills that will need to be successful adults (and this has been validated recently by a MacArthur Foundation funded study ,) I was excited to discover this wonderful list of games for change. The organizations listed are profiled by other young people.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

It’s how you deal with setbacks is what makes the difference.” The book will teach you how to: Conquer the negative emotions that naturally arise after making mistakes. How can we begin to undo this idea that has been engrained in our thinking? We all fail. It’s a part of business, and it’s a part of life,” explains Wooditch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

Photo from Librarianismchronicles Blog. I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up.

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sgEngage

MARCH 14, 2023

For major donors, the emphasis is on their ability to make a significant impact, while for low-level donors, the focus is on the power of collective action and the potential of even small donations to make a difference.” The post ChatGPT: A Fundraising Perspective on the AI Tool first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

We wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy on the age of automation and it implications for fundraisers, Leveraging the Power of Bots for Civil Society on SSIR Blog and The Robots Have Arrived: How Nonprofits Can Put Them To Work on Guidestar. I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications and blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week I was honored to teach a Happy Healthy Nonprofit Workshop at the 1440 Multiversity Nonprofit Service Week. This past week they opened up the campus to nonprofits and I was lucky enough to be part of the faculty to teach a workshop. They also teach yoga and meditation classes in this room. These are just a few ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I really enjoy teaching in different cultural contexts and observing different learning styles and approaches to working for a nonprofit. Before I left for Finland, I read Timothy Walker’s Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2021

It’s not a bad idea to ask these donors how they would prefer to be recognized. For example, if you receive six recommended gifts from different Vanguard Charitable DAF holders – $100; $250; $1,800; $3,000; $5,000; $10,000 – be sure you list Vanguard under your $20,000 giving level. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Fortunately, Wiggins’s new book, The New CEO , fills that educational gap by teaching you the 10 components that make for a successful CEO transition – whether you are a newly announced or newly appointed CEO. It’s a bit like driving a new car in a new country—yes, you are an experienced driver, but everything feels different.”

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

What do you want to teach your children and grandchildren? . Are there others you would recommend we contact you to brainstorm this idea? And don’t ask leading questions or questions with an agenda or a particular idea in mind. Or “Here’s my brilliant idea; what if we were to try this?” . — At a loss.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In addition, I was lucky enough to be the online facilitator for a virtual leadership program for arts administrators co-hosted by the Cornell University School of Management where I learned and practiced a range of instructional techniques for teaching adults. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The first Nonprofit Blog Carnival of 2015 is on the theme is personal productivity. That was the call for blog posts. I received a rich selection covering this topic – from changing mindsets, new tool sets, and lots of tips on how to manage your social media, email, and work flow. Here’s a summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I don’t set goals, but use the themes to guide the type of work I will take on, what I want to write about on my blog as well as my professional reading and professional development. I have different color codes for different types of work that also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This book is the result of what we have learned teaching leadership and business acumen classes to rising and senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies for twenty years,” share authors Nathan Kracklauer and Bjorn Billhardt. As we process new ideas -- including from management books! -- we're always looking for social validation. "I

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Join our panel of experts to discuss not only how to build belonging in your processes, policies, and daily operations, but also how to communicate with one another across those differences and why doing so is imperative for your organization to thrive. Our thought leaders are: Susan Baldridge, Ph.D. Register for bbcon now !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

Each month I create the task list organized with different color codes for different types of work/life. There are lot of productivity journals out there, for example, “ Best Self ” and I have reviewed those for inspiration for different checklists, formats, and questions to ask regularly. Year in Review.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The difference is, the best get back up, right the ship and recommit. Question: What’s the difference between a “goal” and a “declaration”? The idea is I want you to think: I'm not going anywhere because I'm a lifer. Question: How can a person get and stay motivated every day? Eason : Look, no one is 100% committed every day.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Your website serves as the central hub for your digital strategy, followed closely by the ways you drive folks to your website, including email, blog posts, newsletters, social media, text messaging, QR codes in print media, and advertising. Develop a written plan to promote your online appeals, blog posts, videos, and other digital content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

There is a lot of learn and refine in each of these areas. And that’s why I love teaching and training because it is all about the learning for both you and the participants. That’s why I love looking and testing different methods. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. A simple “who else has an idea?”

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