Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. Discoveries are essentially risk mitigation exercises, and they should be a separate contract from the build phase whenever possible. Trust them.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

This step enables you to build rapport and establishes expectations for a positive outcome. Why do I get the feeling that this isn’t working for you? With a donor-centered approach, it takes time to build relationships and get to know your donors. She has facilitated numerous workshops with hundreds of nonprofit professionals.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

2) The bots will be our BFFs freeing us from a multitude of mundane tasks to work at a higher level. We have the power to create a world where each innovation brings us closer as communities, makes us stronger leaders, and builds more impactful organizations. These unique insights facilitate objective decision-making.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships? Turn the focus away from individual success and toward team building. Turn the focus away from individual success and toward team building. Winton also notes that this skill-based, collaborative model is the way millennials prefer to work.

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Charity Village

MARCH 17, 2023

The stress had been building from the pressure I was putting on myself to complete my draft while also being on the road this past month facilitating our storytelling workshops across […] The post Resisting a Rest: How Urgency Culture Polices our Work appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators. Don’t wing it alone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Many nonprofit organizations have made the transition to working remotely due to COVID-19 health concerns. Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. Work with Existing Partners In New Ways. Build A Multichannel Donor Strategy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Although much of our work over the past year and a half has focused on providing immediate support to communities acutely impacted by the pandemic, we’re on a mission to build a thriving San Francisco in the months and years ahead. Their work and in-depth knowledge of the communities they serve have fostered critical networks of care.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Why Remote Work Is Exhausting. In the virtual workplace, being on video conference meetings and communicating via online collaboration platforms takes more energy than working face-to-face. Virtual work can easily zap our energy and drain our emotions bringing on a type of malaise called “Virtual or Zoom Fatigue.” .

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The motivation to build stronger relationships, both remote and in-person, resonated across the association community. Teri Carden, Founder and CEO of 100 Reviews , facilitated a panel discussion on how to turn your next great idea into gold. Sharon will facilitate a 360-degree discussion about trust. Leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Using rituals as part of our professional work is one strategy that can help. I have discovered first-hand the benefits of incorporating rituals into the way I work. My New Year’s rituals help me let go of things in my professional work that can open the door to positive change and growth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others. Authenticity is the validation of the nonprofit’s work and legitimacy by a third party — what is sometimes referred to as “social proof.” Storytelling is core to how we as human beings communicate.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In relationship building, trust is the place to start. A participant at.orgCommunity’s Leadership ColLAB event* made this comment about the importance of building confidence with your constituents. Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. An annual survey is a good start.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It’s an ongoing process that should keep membership and marketing teams working together routinely. Set Common Goals to Inspire Performance When the teams have established a comfortable working relationship, setting common goals that advance the strategic plan can be a powerful incentive to take collaboration to a higher level.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

As of March 2020, I had never worked from home—not for a single day. Employers, including Candid, pivoted by shipping equipment to staff, adjusting remote work policies, and reconsidering how work gets done. Three years later, we are finding better ways to work in remote environments. COVID-19 abruptly changed that.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The process often involves bringing in outside consultants to scope the work, costing tens of thousands of dollars before even a single line of code is written. Sometimes, after all that work, the project goes no further. It costs millions to build a tech platform. Sustainability and resilience are key. The Open Collective Idea.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

It’s an ongoing process that should keep membership and marketing teams working together routinely. When the teams have established a comfortable working relationship, setting common goals that advance the strategic plan can be a powerful incentive to take collaboration to a higher level. Data is an important connector.

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EveryAction

MARCH 29, 2023

From our friends at Media Cause If you are an organization that does advocacy—particularly if you’re wondering how to grow your supporter base and build more people power to achieve your purpose—then this is the blog for you. You can learn more about the building blocks of effective advocacy messaging here.)

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Bloomerang

APRIL 21, 2023

Let’s take a look at some possibilities: (1) Start a memorial fund with an existing nonprofit, (2) Contribute time and expertise to a program at an existing nonprofit; (3) Work with a fiscal agent, (4) Start a local chapter of a national nonprofit, and (5) Start your own nonprofit. This is well meaning, but under-informed.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

When you focus on what’s iconic to you, you can find deeper meaning in life and work. Interactive Workshop Facilitator Jennifer Proctor, Senior Consultant, ,orgSource will guide a discussion centered on Collaborative Activities to Discover AI-driven Solutions. Pralines n’ Cream will always have a place in my top ten.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 22, 2022

How to brainstorm and build a communication plan?. Crafting a communication plan where your motivation for change is clear and necessary for success will help all team members work toward the common purpose. . Once you recruit your focus group, select a moderator who can facilitate the discussion. Notify long-time members. ?

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.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

To make a point about technology and its impact on the future of work, Hugh Lee, Co-Founder of Fusion Productions, told me this story: “Several years ago, we invited some young presenters who were developing cutting edge farming technology to digitalNow. The CEO must inspire employees to see value in new ways of working.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

Depending on the request for proposal, specific funding criteria that we may look for include geographic location, groups engaged in movement-building and organizing work to advance systemic and structural changes, and organizations that have budgets under $2 million and are led by and for women, girls, and nonbinary leaders of color.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic). Update & Review My Work-Life Balance Plan: In my workshops on personal and organizational wellbeing, I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience through life-work balance and self-care.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

But endorsement from their peers goes a long way toward building buy-in. An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. We strive to include diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the center of our daily work. Build Excitement Goals create excitement.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One of the things you are responsible for as a development professional is building and nurturing community. Let’s not stop with the impact you have on the beneficiaries of your charity’s work. They want to do this together , with you and with others, working toward a common purpose to achieve social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

I’ve been working in my pajamas since the early 1990s, during the early years of the Web. My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. Here’s a few ideas.

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.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

She’s also the author of two books, “Building Your Brand” and “Connect to Influence.” “The The organization and its members work at the international, national, and local levels to realize the vision of a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2023

It’s the deliberate practice of designing, building, and evolving the positive perception and experience of everyone inside and outside of your ecosystem. If you uncover misalignment and/or a lack of clarity, consider holding a facilitated Leadership Alignment Intensive process , designed to get your team rowing in the same direction.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

According to the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft and LinkedIn , the use of generative AI has nearly doubled in the last six months with 75% of global workers reporting using it. For most employees – 68% – work has accelerated faster than employees’ ability to keep up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ll also look at how popular fundraising activities can be adapted to these different galas and what online platforms you can use to help build a better fundraising strategy. They enable nonprofits to build their brand and inform newcomers of their mission. Advantages of In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Fundraising.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

The following list of DEI consultants also have experience working with nonprofits and social impact organizations. These are DEI consulting companies that have more than 10 employees and tend to work with larger companies. Note that this is not exhaustive and we hope to continue to grow this list. Larger DEI Companies. true north EDI.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

That comment isn’t meant to cast shade; just to point out that although the bots are fun, there are still some hurdles involved in really putting them to work. Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic). Update & Review My Work-Life Balance Plan: In my workshops on personal and organizational wellbeing, I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience through life-work balance and self-care.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 100

Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When a member completes volunteer hours, all work is reflected in their account. Unlock limitless possibilities with Salesforce Flows by using our new Nimble Actions to build orders, retrieve records, and write back data to Nimble AMS, all with point-and-click configuration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

We are only about one month into the world’s largest work from home experiment. A few tips include: use the phone instead, switch to asynchronous modes of working, or use a few camera tricks. For other activities, random or automatic assignments work best. It has surfaced a new technology affliction: Zoom Overload. .

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

Since then, we’ve been hard at work bringing together the wide range of tech, tools, and services we all offer, including case management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and fundraising and engagement, as well as some functionality from our friends at Mobilize. Here’s a look! Engage your community.

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