Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2020

By Dana Bakich , founder and CEO of Positive Equation – a digital consultancy focused on equipping nonprofits with the tools and resources to build impactful digital strategies. She’s worked with Movember, Dress for Success, USTA, American Idol, The Gary Sinise Foundation, Hashtag Lunchbag, and many more. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this age of Google Ad Grants and inexpensive Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter targeted advertising, one can drive traffic from what is a primary relationship-building platform to an organization’s website or to a lead or landing page. Social media sites are for relationship building.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 29, 2024

How does membership predictive analytics work? Spotlight what matters most – first, we identify what factors have the strongest correlation to membership renewal (with a robust decision tree model but we won’t hurt your head explaining that). Use your new crystal ball to help build your mid- and end-of-year strategies.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2023

Capital Campaign Models: 4 Categories Many nonprofits think of capital campaigns as major initiatives only used to fund the construction of new buildings. While this is often true, there are other, more flexible use cases for the capital campaign model.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s about a nonprofit I once worked with. Fundraising systems allow your staff to do more work with less hassle. Systems bridge the gap and allow few people to do more work with less financial investment. Systems that make sweeping pronouncements without breaking work down into simple steps are unlikely to be successful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 16, 2024

Let’s use Habitat for Humanity , a nonprofit dedicated to building homes and improving communities, as an example. It’s a great model for smaller nonprofits looking to forge stronger connections with their audience and drive meaningful change in their communities. This can lead to disengagement and decreased support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Efficiency Gains By automating tasks like donor targeting and messaging, AI frees up your team to focus on building relationships and crafting high-level strategies, driving more value from every interaction. This means your strategy can adjust based on real-time performance on the fly to ensure maximum effectiveness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The newest book from New York Times bestselling author Patrick Lencioni is, The 6 Types of Working Genius : A Better Way To Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, And Your Team. The book provides a fast way to help people identify the type of work that brings them joy and energy and avoid work that leads to frustration and burnout.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 5, 2023

5 major educational resources published: Data Analytics Maturity Model (DAMM ) – 10-minute assessment that will uncover your association’s analytics maturity stage, show you how you compare to others and provide a custom report with recommendations on moving to the next level. Building Successful Partnerships. What an event!

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Machine Learning, predictive modeling, and natural language processing are a few of the ways AI makes data more meaningful. Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. It’s free with limited usage.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They’ve tried what they know to raise money, but it just isn’t working. Or it kind of works but not at the level they need it to. It’s not easy to figure out what works in fundraising when you have little to no experience raising big bucks. The way you’re trying to raise money doesn’t work, no matter how hard you try.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

You’ll need to build strong connections with your audience, collect important details, and manage fundraising. You must be able to customize the CRM to so it works for you. This is especially important if you have a team that working externally, as they might not be able to get access to a desktop to use the CRM technology.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Through Salesforce, we began to build our vision of one legal aid network to help all of Illinois. CARPLS and the legal aid community in Chicago and across Illinois are working together to ease some of the legal fallout for vulnerable community members. These issues will continue to pile up as moratoriums end.

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sgEngage

JUNE 26, 2024

Over the past year, I’ve spoken with more than 100 heads of schools and industry leaders about the independent school business model. ” When I asked this pre-COVID, I likely would have heard something like, “Peter, people have been saying this model has been challenged for at least 20 years, but yet we’re still here.”

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Association Analytics

MAY 11, 2021

A less-evolved data governance model will not necessarily prevent you from using analytics in a constructive way. While it is valuable for organizations to compile analysis questions from staff, members, volunteers, and board leadership, that alone is not an effective starting point for building a data strategy. Just Get Started.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 6, 2024

Perhaps your organization is one of those tradition-bound groups with a history that has been a decades-long cast iron model for culture, governance, and operations. Most of us are wondering how AI will impact the future of work and our own professions. And, if you asked why I made that choice, I would say “AI.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Those thoughts are also a source of existential dread, even for people working at a tech company like Eventgroove! To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

In exchange, the sponsored organization is able to operate as a nonprofit, primarily through receiving tax-deductible donations, allowing them to focus on mission-critical work. There are seven different models of fiscal sponsorship to choose from, each with its own guidelines, rules, and regulations. Fiscal sponsorship saves money.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Turn the focus away from individual success and toward team building. Turn the focus away from individual success and toward team building. Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption , she explained her commitment to skill-building like this. “My I’m not sure that mentoring is a priority in most associations.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2024

Some employees have invented tortuous workarounds to keep using their new toys to continue working in the same old way. Lego is another company that has consistently expanded its business model. Some models are more focused on individuals and others on groups and culture. The truth is no one seems happy. What went wrong?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

By Lyn Chamberlin , President at Lyn Chamberlin Leadership – an award-winning nonprofit brand strategist who works with organizations and successful women to create transformative brand narratives. 7) Building Trust and Transparency: Transparent storytelling lets you showcase your impact, successes, challenges, and commitment to your mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2024

According the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft and LinkedIn , the use of generative AI has nearly doubled in the last six months alone and 75% of respondents said they use AI tools to help them save time, focus on building relationships rather than administrative tasks, and enjoy their work more.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 14, 2022

Building Your Engagement Score. Engagements scores should start with a model using these 3 easy steps: Choose Activities. Start with Model Building. A model is basically what you are going to count (activities) and how much you are going to count (weights). Implement your engagement score model!

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Strategy 2: Double Down With the Double Down strategy, you’re looking for products, services, and member segments that are really working well for your association. Once you’ve identified what’s working, you can reinvest, and promote those projects. This helped to nurture and engage these members until they were eligible.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

And making too many personal sacrifices, wanting to leave your job, and having a bad or cynical attitude about your work. Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Ask your manager for a change in your work conditions. Get proper sleep.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The actual giving experience for recurring donors is often better too, since the organization needs to work for the repeat support each month (not dissimilar to other subscription services in your life). One key lesson we learned in 2020 is that we’re truly stronger when we work together. We also saw organizations like St.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

Yes, he worked on space lasers! Community building and engagement are new priorities. Build Value “In an increasingly competitive environment, the priorities may need to be realigned,” Garth noted. In my way of thinking, this is the wrong business model. Because this is a fun fact, I’m sharing it with you.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact. People of color already face several levels of discrimination during the hiring process and at work; having a criminal record compounds this discrimination.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2018

Ray’s experience in launching and building businesses spans nearly three decades, including leadership positions in multiple technology companies. This move could unseat nonprofit players like GoFundMe and GlobalGiving that charge a fee as a part of their business model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. Now, with over a year of virtual meetings under our belts and the future of office-centric work for all being unclear, hybrid meetings are likely to become our new normal. Give your remote participants a seat at the table.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A new threat is building in the wake of every previous challenge. Although the firm that I worked for was one of the leading providers of association software, when the company saw the investment in resources and time that was needed to switch to the new technology, they decided to stop production. Then, my customers started calling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

To build your organization’s bank account and volunteer base, you need a flourishing community of supporters. How can you grow your email list to activate and build your organization’s power? Name something in your building after them like the conference table, the kitchen, the board room, or even a vestibule! Touch the work.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) is an example of what can be accomplished when leaders engage everyone on the team in building a workplace characterized by collective well-being and respect. Over the past three years,orgSource has been working with the PCI team on several significant projects,” Kevin said.

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.orgSource

MARCH 25, 2024

Groups that share these traits work well together and produce amazing work. The passion that takes a job beyond work into fulfillment and fun. Yet it is foundational to all positive relationship building. And work goes on. Trust isn’t just about modeling good behavior or making people like you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“Given the research-validated outcomes and demonstrated financial impact belonging offers, organizations should make cultivating belonging a personal leadership imperative across the world,” says Brad Deutser , author of the new book, Belonging Rules: Five Crucial Actions That Build Unity and Foster Performance.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

Even if you know a donor’s income, a big “if” with legacy models, do you understand their expenses or true net worth? Legacy-modeled data often fails to take details like these into account. Besides building relationships with specific donors, you may also develop avenues to tap into corporate philanthropy.

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