Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

If you haven’t done so already, update your procedures to collect contact methods and donor information that will facilitate virtual fundraising. Now, more than ever, your donor management software is a lifeline to maintain good donor relationships. The bottom line: if you can’t reach your donors, you can’t solicit them.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The good news is that there are numerous cost-effective strategies that can help your staff develop new skills, stay motivated, and bring fresh ideas to your mission. Consider their skills, experiences, and professional development goals. Instead, it’s (brace yourself) a lack of cash. We can’t wait to see you there! Sign me up!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Tailoring your recruitment efforts to find individuals whose skills and expertise align with your organization’s mission is fundamental. Keep the conversation going: Develop relationships with potential members through regular updates and check-ins. Transparency builds trust and sets clear expectations. Provide the right tools.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2022

Leadership requires cultivating healthy inter-personal relationships based on mutual trust. Leaders who do not follow this structure may lack the capacity for the authentic relationships required to build trust. Authentic engagement. The degree to which a leader is trusted is based on their ability to authentically connect with others.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To reenergize your board and refocus their attention on your nonprofit’s priorities, use these best practices: Engage your board members in nonprofit strategic planning Empower board members to help with fundraising Create productive working relationships Your board is a powerful resource for your organization. Let’s begin.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Coordinate efforts through a backbone support organization: Facilitate, convene, coordinate, mobilize. By design, the Church thrives in this environment. Communicate openly and timely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. As nonprofits are impacted by the CoronaVirus and need more virtual meeting skills, I’d like to share what I have learned. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education. According to Exponent Philanthropy’s 2022 Foundation Operations and Management Report , sixty percent of our members collaborate with other funders.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s volunteers are not a monolithic group; they come from diverse backgrounds—with varying motivations, skills, and availability. Skills-based volunteering, leadership roles, or training sessions can add a layer of professional and personal development to the volunteering experience, making it more enriching and fulfilling.

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Gyrus

JULY 1, 2024

It aims to equip new hires with the necessary skills, company knowledge, and cultural understanding required for success. Utilize video conferencing, regular check-ins, and team-building activities to bridge the physical gap and build stronger relationships. Building rapport remotely requires extra effort.

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Gyrus

JULY 1, 2024

It aims to equip new hires with the necessary skills, company knowledge, and cultural understanding required for success. Utilize video conferencing, regular check-ins, and team-building activities to bridge the physical gap and build stronger relationships. Building rapport remotely requires extra effort.

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Gyrus

JULY 1, 2024

It aims to equip new hires with the necessary skills, company knowledge, and cultural understanding required for success. Utilize video conferencing, regular check-ins, and team-building activities to bridge the physical gap and build stronger relationships. Building rapport remotely requires extra effort.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Additionally, managing cooperative relationships is a necessary skill for any leader, who must be adept at uniting staff and stakeholders around a common goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2018

CSR trends point to the rise of skills-based volunteerism. The 2017 CECP Giving in Numbers reports that more than 50% of companies have developed skills-based volunteer programs to support community and business goals. Skills-based volunteerism is a powerful resource because its value is far greater than the sum of its parts.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

This specialized software addresses the unique needs of nonprofits by providing tools to streamline administration tasks, manage donor relationships, and optimize fundraising campaigns. Bloomerang uses the latest technologies to present a clean interface to help your nonprofit enhance donor loyalty and build relationships.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Free Resource Tips for Stewarding Responsively 3 Ways to Redefine Risk and Build Stronger Relationships with Your Grantees Download Now Supporting Grantees Beyond the Dollar Foundations have the potential to offer invaluable support to grantees that extends beyond financial assistance.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 24, 2024

This group is a go-to for many fundraisers looking to learn and improve their skills. Sabrina Walker Hernandez, MPA Supporting World Hope Certified consultant, coach, & facilitator that helps nonprofits build relationships that convert into more donations. I raised $14M in the 3rd poorest county in the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

The space creates a calm and reflective environment. How many of us pay attention to the relationship between physical space and our productivity ? Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well. There are couches and comfortable chairs. The group also paid attention to group energy and taking brief breaks.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

In fact, they vary greatly depending on your location, the skills of your volunteers, and your past training and experience at fundraising. Craft personalized thank-you messages and updates to strengthen relationships with donors and enhance donor retention. Not all fundraising programs look alike. Do you have a fundraising plan?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

And our virtual communication skills were not up to the task of addressing those negative emotions. Relationships that had been tenuous in the office became untenable in the remote environment. These five competencies are the core of the EI skill set. Empathy— is the basis for all productive relationships.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Touchpoint Leadership is founded on the belief that relationships are the primary unit of value in organizations and that for enterprises to be healthy, effective and immensely rewarding leaders need to put relationships at the heart of everything they do.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

From a Tech Club organizer, to NTEN Lab facilitator, to NTC speaker, to Editorial Committee member, he has demonstrated his commitment for nearly a decade. How easy it is to forget that the role of technology in building community is that of simply a tool to support better connections and relationships. Leadership'

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Nonprofits can enhance the operation by utilizing volunteer skills, talent and expertise. It is vital that nonprofits seek out volunteer talents and interest during the hiring process and assign volunteers to tasks related to their area of interest and skill. However, volunteers can also be advocates.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Both Millennials and GenZ are incredibly entrepreneurial and will expect more independent work environments. Train your managers on the value of appreciation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. In Education. SimCityEDU has been piloted by over 100 teachers and 3,000 students. Around Gender. Social Impact Through Digital Games.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Both Millennials and GenZ are incredibly entrepreneurial and will expect more independent work environments. Train your managers on the value of appreciation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Both Millennials and GenZ are incredibly entrepreneurial and will expect more independent work environments. Train your managers on the value of appreciation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

"It is a driving passion of mine to get people to understand that improv skills can be effectively translated into the business world with powerful results," says Bob Kulhan , veteran improv performer, university professor, and author of the fascinating new book, Getting To "Yes And": The Art of Business Improv. It facilitates conversation.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 20, 2019

Salesforce is the #1 enterprise-level customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Salesforce offers myTrailhead, which allows you to customize the Salesforce Trailhead learning environment with your own content and branding. Salesforce offers Chatter functionality, which facilitates collaboration among your staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One? Concept 5: New Power / Old Power Hybrid.

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Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

What skill-sets are required? How about, will it work within your pre-existent learning environment? Do your research, if your learners are tech savvy and accustomed to utilizing these features or are constantly attached to their mobile devices, these environments will need to be accommodated. Any guesses? Get feedback.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When large corporations partner with specific nonprofits, they usually advertise these relationships, both to their own staff and their customers. They may prefer for their employees to only give to education-based organizations or environment-oriented nonprofits, depending on the type of work that resonates with the company.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

.” It describes the benefits of walking as part of work — creativity, leadership development, and relationship building. The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. It can also help to build relationships. It’s not a luxury.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

For nonprofits, that means moving from the transactional to the constant relationships. As we discovered last week from looking at movement building , relationship building skills are really important. what does this type of relationship building look like in the weeds? I got curious.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

To do so, they need to be skilled collaborators, adept at bringing diverse perspectives together, and confident in their abilities to collaboratively steward supporters at every touchpoint along the ladder of engagement with other teams, departments, and senior leadership. Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time.

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