Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The context We’ve been supporting the World Blind Union and other groups in the pursuit of a Treaty for the Visually Impaired for the last five or six years. The Stakeholders Platform and the TIGAR project were time-limited and needed to be replaced by a new structure. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. 9) Join and participate in LinkedIn Groups. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

Breakout Rooms are a feature on Zoom meetings (it has to be turned on in your zoom profile/account ) that allows the meeting host to put people into small groups for more intimate discussions or activities. . See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ). Which one you select depends on the activity and group dynamics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

It’s important to understand your traffic sources so you can attribute revenue to different ways you’re trying to find more donors. Are your conversion rates different for different audiences? They’re an industry-standard way to categorise traffic from all your different marketing initiatives. What are UTM s?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Nobody seems to notice that the same initiatives dressed in different costumes are masquerading as something new. A different perspective is needed. It’s a shift that many groups struggle to implement. We’ve incorporated the structure that many groups say they want. Tradition can be a dynamic legacy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Now consider all of the different ways you could tell that story, including narrative voice, structure and imagery. How you tell that story will elicit different emotions in the viewer. For example, if you work for an animal shelter, there are many different ways you could tell the story of someone who adopted a pet.

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.orgSource

JUNE 24, 2024

We’ve interviewed icons and iconoclasts of association leadership, conducted focus groups, and developed surveys. Associations must focus on deeply listening to these three groups; then, understanding and addressing their unique needs: To deliver value, your offerings must entice the audience. But here’s the difference.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Pairing people of different backgrounds and experience, or “bridge mentoring,” requires more intentionality and effort than casual arrangements. In fairness, so many groups operate with minimal staff that this type of program can seem like a luxury. Appreciation for the value that our differences bring to the table.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

Account Structure: . Each active campaign in your account must have at least two active ad groups. Each active ad group must have at least two active ads. Each campaign has many (tightly focused) ad groups. The ad groups within each campaign should individually address tightly targeted groups of keywords.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

Many groups have adopted DEI as a strategic priority. Some groups are reluctant to divert attention from member engagement and attrition. Attaching benchmarks to your statement provides structure and something for people to work toward. Give the group some easy wins and some more visionary ambitions. Lack of resources.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

What are the key functions of a sales operations group? The composition, hierarchy, and primary role of sales ops may differ across industries and even across similar businesses of diverse sizes, but many of today’s sales ops leaders perform a standard core set of functions. The Structure of an Agile Sales Operations Unit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This can be challenging, but with the right support structure, nonprofits can thrive in this environment. 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.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Training Employees: How to Structure a Learning and Development Program GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Learning and development programs have become increasingly critical for businesses to remain competitive in today’s dynamic and constantly changing business paradigms.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Training Employees: How to Structure a Learning and Development Program GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Learning and development programs have become increasingly critical for businesses to remain competitive in today’s dynamic and constantly changing business paradigms.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Training Employees: How to Structure a Learning and Development Program Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Learning and development programs have become increasingly critical for businesses to remain competitive in today’s dynamic and constantly changing business paradigms.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Today, in Milwaukee, the group has gone on to consider public safety, another issue that’s critical for restaurants. It’s the difference between a simple handshake and a deeply realized commitment. With this kind of structure, there are limited sources of revenue. There was no working partnership with industry and public health.

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Elevation

AUGUST 5, 2021

Confusion frequently arises about how to structure and design microsites versus parent websites. A microsite is an individual webpage or group of webpages that are used to support, enhance, or supplement your primary, or parent, nonprofit website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Membership cards: Some people like being card-carrying members of a group. Mentions at different times and places during any festivals you host. Observe your community research as it happens (polling, focus groups, town halls). Can you adapt the training for donors as a group teaching session? Invitation-only Slack Group.

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

When we think about experimentation, consider something like what in marketing is known as ‘A/B testing’: Let’s say you’re sending out our newsletter and you split your group of 1,000 people in half; 500 get one version of the newsletter and 500 get another. Then, track those different groups. Tip #2: Subject Lines.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

In case you missed it, Matrix Group now has a podcast. These are organizations that are not going back to their pre-pandemic structures and offerings. The BAAA’s annual conference is held at different times of the year, in different locations, and with different program elements. It’s called Associations Thrive !

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Mary’s Pence funds women-led organizations and groups working for social change in the U.S., As a new board member of Mary’s Pence, Natasha was ready to make a difference. While these nonprofits function differently and serve different communities, they do have one thing in common: They go beyond money.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

They go by many different names – volunteer councils, auxiliaries, “friends” groups, and more – but regardless of their varied titles, such groups share a great deal. Lessons from the Field. In recent years, we have conducted surveys and interviews at institutions with longstanding volunteer councils.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 22, 2021

While each nonprofit must decide what their own fundraising model looks like, it’s advantageous to develop several different types of income streams. This creates a well-balanced funding structure that can withstand periods when contributions slow, whether it is due from an internal change, or an economic downturn. Federated Funds.

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The MatrixFiles

OCTOBER 7, 2024

You can either give instructions for it to create a different image, or you can upload your own. It provides suggestions on format and structure for better readability, while remaining professional and helpful in tone. We can create multiple GPTs that provide different specific outputs based on our prompts.

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Candid

AUGUST 20, 2024

Nonprofit endowments are part of an emerging trend in trust-based philanthropy focused more on structural change to achieve a multiracial democracy. This long-term commitment allows groups to gain the financial stability, permanent infrastructure, peace of mind, and strategic power they need to generate the “civic return” on investment.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

It’s easy to imagine that ChatGPT functions like a gigantic AMS when, in fact, it is quite a different animal. Fine-tuning involves training the model further on specialized data to adapt it to specific use cases, but this process is different from the continual learning or updating of knowledge.” This is an important distinction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

I am not suggesting that you make every meeting into a group therapy session. Group check-ins or icebreakers allow us to become more connected as humans as well as name, claim and move on from distractions and focus on the meeting at hand. I’ve done this with small groups of ten and also on larger calls with several hundred.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Use A/B testing to experiment with different subject lines and content structures. She’s helped groups including Feeding America, World Wildlife Fund, Oxfam America, and March of Dimes run and grow sophisticated online fundraising and advocacy programs. Those answers should be clear from the very start. Not sure how?

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. Next comes a lead gift committee and a campaign cabinet or steering committee, followed by a range of additional ad-hoc groups assembled to tackle other needs as they arise in the quiet, kickoff, and public phases of the campaign. 4 elements of a successful capital campaign meeting.

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Media Cause

APRIL 2, 2021

This is part one of a three-part series that will cover everything from structuring your account to ad copy, landing page optimizations to target setting. . In this post, we’ll cover: Creating + Structuring Your Account. Creating + Structuring Your Account. Instead, focus on a core group of services or resources.

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

But knowing that we were making a difference became a strong rallying cry.” Now we’ve moved to a hybrid work structure, requiring that everyone be in office at least two days per week. Today, in Milwaukee, the group has gone on to consider public safety, another issue that’s critical for restaurants. Our plan isn’t perfect.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Likely a sign of best practices to come, their donation pages simply ask for credit card information and an email address (not a mailing address) and have an extensive offering of different ways to donate. Despite the popular myth which asserts that email is dying, the truth is that email use is growing with all age groups worldwide.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Open Collective launched in 2015 to offer solutions to a basic need: informal groups, like collectives, have few places to put their shared money. Combining a tech platform with fiscal sponsorship, Open Collective can take on the compliance side—like dealing with the Internal Revenue Service—so that groups can focus on their work.

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Candid

MARCH 23, 2022

After two years of teaching online in a variety of formats and structures, one thing that I’ve realized is that when the camera is off, people may be long gone—or at least disengaged. . Encourage group discussions and don’t be afraid to speak directly to an audience member. So, how does that translate to the Zoom Room?

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This produces a different set of problems: * How do organizations assess these solutions? And, how do these non-traditional digital makers get access to the resources to gather core needs, structure data in ways that serve civil society, and describe and measure impact? Whats the best approach to building public good technology?

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? Don’t try to accomplish 50 different initiatives that can create a land grab for resources. Could you develop a profile of member wants/needs in each demographic group? Critical Questions What is your association’s value proposition? To the organization?

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 22, 2022

When reorganizing your pricing structure, consider adding more training opportunities , certifications, professional development classes, and webinars to maximize the member experience. . Form a member focus group. If you seek further insight before launching your communication plan, consider asking members to join a focus group.

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