.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

But we didn’t anticipate a pandemic that would force every association to become conversant in digital solutions. They are role models who inspire teams to see from a different perspective. They work together to make the leap from ideas to processes. Association 4.0 We don’t have to rename our playbook Association 5.0

Leadership 170

Leadership Associations Skills Digital 170

sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Those questions can be in an application, in conversations with program officers, or during the deliberation meetings with your board. Or cover it during a conversation instead of the application. Take it out. Streamline your process!

Question 94

Question Application Reflection Philanthropy 94

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 77

Measure System Design Demonstration 77

.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Our books “Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption” and “An Entrepreneurial Approach to Risk, Courage, and Transformation,” summarize those conversations. The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status. Resist the temptation to model the competition.

Advice 170

Advice Course Associations Change 170

Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. Provide the tools Offer folks training to increase their skills so they can hold conversations about DEI. Most people are yearning for and want to provide inclusion.

Activities 97

Activities Active Activism Organization 97

Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. Instead, we should capture all of our tasks and ideas in a system, and then process them at a later time. If you don’t know what GPT models can do or how to properly use them with prompt architecture there is limited upside.

Adopt 52

Adopt PDF Model API 52

BoardAssist

APRIL 4, 2017

In this second part of the series, Alice Antonelli, Director for Advisory Services at NFF, shares more terrific advice and insights on financial health and nonprofit business models. Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Two: Smart Nonprofit Business Models. What is a smart nonprofit business model? Thanks Alice!

Model 40

Model Business Practice Nonprofit 40

sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

Or it can be your research and conversations to confirm the dedication to a shared mission. Defining Trust-Based Philanthropy Trust-based philanthropy is the idea that building stronger relationships with grantees—and the trust that evolves from those relationships—can lead to increased equity, better programs, and more impact.

Philanthropy 81

Philanthropy Impact Trend Grant 81

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

Knowledge 76

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

Allison Fine and I have been noodling with an evaluation model that looks social media from an organizational perspective - from social networks to social capital (relationships) to action in the real world. It eventually shifts to two-way conversation. What does this look like at an organizational level? My questions: .

Model 74

Model Relationship Strategy Social 74

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here’s my latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR Blog or below. “Innovating at the speed of communities&# is a big goal, but something organizations and civic institutions can learn a lot from as a model. Communities As A Model.

Community 167

Community Library Model Adopt 167

Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

The self-service model of public libraries allows individuals to explore at their own pace, and a librarian like me can help guide the process by sharing vetted tools and resources and how to maximize their impact. These discussions are a valuable service in itself.

Library 98

Library Grant Local Foundation 98

Forum One

JULY 6, 2021

Using data to organize your content from most to least impactful will entice visitors to stay longer and experience helpful content and engaging conversational tools. Discovery and User Modeling. This information is stored in a user model that is then passed on to the backend, which evaluates rules based on the provided data.

Personal 89

Personal Drupal Open Source Application 89

sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Experiment with Journey Mapping A colorful visualization of the constituent experience, journey mapping is a model that helps you track how and when you engage with supporters and when and why they make the giving choices they do. It’s a common practice for commercial enterprises. P2P fundraising is a heck of a competitive space.

Donor 81

Donor Registration Map United Kingdom 81

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Additional models of collaboration from The Collaboration Prize will be added soon. Check it out!

Web 108

Web ROI Bookmarking Phase 108

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. Here are some ideas to rejuvenate a shrinking pipeline: Collaborate. Re-evaluate your messaging. At a time when as many as one in three bachelor’s degree recipients in the U.S.

Education 87

Education Student Award University 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Since networked learning happens in the context of an ecosystem, perhaps Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model. . Maybe the scaffolding for learning in public for an evaluation goes something like this: Transparent: This is the first step to make learning products visible.

Public 104

Public Learning Wiki Taxonomy 104

Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2024

AI-driven marketing tools can help create personalized content, optimize campaigns, analyze audience engagement, and even help brainstorm new ideas. Generative AI Tools ChatGPT – This AI model can help nonprofits create briefs and outlines, draft content and emails, and develop interactive chatbots for supporter engagement.

Tools 45

Tools Nonprofit Analytics Adobe 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

If we lack the skills to avoid collaborative overload, manage difficult conversations, learn from failure, the resulting physical, emotional, and mental strain gets in the way of a nonprofit organization’s success. We had a dozen small groups that each brainstormed 20-50 ideas each. Here’s the list: Function.

Culture 126

Culture Activities Active Activism 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

I went to the Learning in Public session expecting to hear that the process the Packard Foundation used to evaluate their capacity building work was wildly successful. In true GEO style, Kathy Reich and Jared Raynor, the evaluator from TCC Group shared what worked and what didn’t…and what they plan to do in the future.

Public 93

Public Action Challenge Learning 93

Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Qgiv provides extensive reporting and analytics, allowing you to evaluate the effectiveness of your campaigns and make data-driven decisions. This platform relies on voluntary contributions from donors to provide their services to nonprofits in a “pay free forward” business model. Text-to-Give vs Text-to-Donate: The Complete Guide.

Platform 59

Platform Giving Plugin Pledge 59

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

PayPal Best for: Nonprofits looking for a payment processor that prioritizes digital conversions. Small nonprofit with fewer transactions: A pay-as-you-go or flat-rate model works best for these organizations. This can give you an idea of how much you will pay for each platform. Evaluate features. fee per transaction.

Process 88

Process Paypal Method Nonprofit 88

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

The downside is that they tend to leave no room for anyone else’s ideas which squashes creativity and can lead to high staff and volunteer turnover. The upside is that team members feel included and many good ideas are born and refined through the group think. Surprises are few and opportunities are easily evaluated and leveraged.

Skills 119

Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

They point out that if you calculate your ROI for an annual fundraising program the same way every year, you will have an effective comparative way to evaluate its effectiveness. And, with that sort of analysis, you’ll be able to tinker with your model and see what works over time. Capital Campaigns and ROI.

ROI 78

ROI Campaign Gift Metrics 78

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

If it is really something that is coming from the community, you can’t just take the idea and run; you’ll want to co-create it from idea to implementation. If you’re making connections and supporting conversations across the network, you’re helping the community create strong ties that will not require your time and energy to maintain.

Community 253

Community Build Organization Case Study 253

.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Understand the Context Before considering Jane and Amy’s ideas, it’s helpful to have some context about this bot that so effortlessly hooks users into time-melting conversations. ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. A single model can cost millions of dollars.

Model 221

Model Language Images Associations 221

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 6th).

Web 117

Web San Francisco Bookmarking Search 117

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

It means honestly that the ideas, shape and even strategy came from the community and you as the organization are the ones to support it or nurture it. From listening, to creating to evaluating and then back to the listening again so that you can modify and then evaluate, and so on. What’s the foundation of CDSI?

Case Study 117

Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog here , or read the copied post below. The evaluation and recognition of peer influence, something that is not only prevalent but inherent in social media, is something that help empower and sustain your communities AND increase your staff capacity.

Influence 114

Influence Giving Broadcast Empowerment 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

It answers many questions hosts may have about planning, implementing, and evaluating the day. The transcript is here ) The online conversation about how to host successful giving days continues today with an online chat at the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Giving 96

Giving Texas Philanthropy Hosting 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

Social Media 96

Social Media Research Share Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I’ve been facilitating design labs for nonprofits and foundations, and continue to be excited about them because it is a way to generate feedback and ideas that can improve a strategy or program in service of the participants being served. How might we create a funding model that nourishes flexibility and innovation? Why Use One?

Design 50

Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. The world cafe technique is where participants learn through conversation in small groups. I first met Juanita Brown who created the method through my blog in 2006.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Technique Tunisia 94

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I bike to work and at least once every couple of weeks it’s Lindsay having an awesome conversation with somebody that speeds up that commute for me. Really cool conversations, lots of different topics, social justice, criminal justice, I think you talked about last week. . – [Steven] Yeah. – [Lindsay] Yup.

People 80

People Community Video Podcast 80

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2014

Social impact models seek to move beyond basic performance measures to better understand and illustrate what has been accomplished and, more importantly, what it meant. These ideas are not new. Moreover, this is part of a larger ongoing conversation within our society. number of people served) to impacts (e.g.

Memphis 63

Memphis Measure Arizona Nonprofit 63

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. How do you evaluate your programs and services? I am so thrilled to have the chance to participate in this event and thankful for the invitation.

Build 220

Build Community Technology Org 220

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

Literacy 208

Literacy eBook Images Accessibility 208