sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

Knowledge 97

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 97

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Of course, qualities such as financial expertise, legal knowledge, and leadership are all welcomed and useful additions; however they are not in place of the most important quality — caring. It might be a good idea to get a few people on the board with commercial real estate experience, finance/lending folks, etc. Return emails?

Skills 110

Skills Children Collaboration Leadership 110

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Why focus on that instead of content, or knowledge or information or anything else? Why Community? So, why community?

Library 241

Library Community Model Collaboration 241

.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Passion plus knowledge is a powerful hook, making people who were about to swipe stay for a while. Thought leadership is an old idea that has been made new again. He defined it as “those people who possess a distinctively original idea, a unique point of view, or an unprecedented insight into their industry.”

Leadership 221

Leadership YouTube Audience Professional 221

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Check out the following breakdown of offerings you may want to consider when evaluating fundraising solutions. CFRE certification – Obtain certification for fundraising professionals who demonstrate the knowledge, skills and commitment to the highest standards of ethical and professional practice in serving the philanthropic sector.

Software 330

Software Fundraising Nonprofit Training 330

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Explore how the strategic integration of SWOT analysis, audience mapping, SMART communication targets, channel identification, content strategy, execution and evaluation, and high-level communications planning can shape a successful digital transformation. The following prompt and instructions can help you develop it.

Digital 312

Digital Strategy Create Guide 312

NetWits

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

After you read the list I’d love to hear what additional ideas you’ve got. Fund the development of a website to facilitate peer-to-peer evaluations of nonprofits. Appoint a “sales force” for the body of fundraising knowledge. I’ll get us started with one – Master the multichannel approach to fundraising.

Philanthropy 223

Philanthropy Giving United States Fundraising 223

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Unsupported or half-supported ideas and arguments, not so much. Essentially, this is a folder of Word documents each containing answers to common grant application questions, like organization mission and activities, the greatest challenges our nonprofit faces, how we measure and evaluate program impact, how we recognize funders, etc.

Grant 100

Grant Application New Hampshire Library 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Going for Goal: Shared Knowledge Inspires Successful Giving Days. To complement the Playbook, we organized a Peer Learning Exchange where participants could gather, share ideas and ask questions. In fact, we’re conducting an evaluation this year on what’s working in Giving Day campaigns, and we’ll be updating the Playbook.

Knowledge 101

Knowledge Goal Share Giving 101

.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. That’s a simplified example, but it’s the kind of idea that woke me up.” Creatives can generate ideas, whereas participants who are process-oriented will ensure that the work gets done. Hiring for skill is easy.

Team 221

Team Build Skills Culture 221

.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. In contrast, knowledge models are designed for housing and accurately analyzing information. I love the idea of becoming more strategic.

Language 221

Language Associations Model Knowledge 221

.orgSource

MARCH 4, 2024

That idea might seem a little miraculous. This methodology was used to evaluate expanding the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABMS CertLink®, platform into new markets. The idea is to differentiate yourself by putting the customer at the center of planning and building what they need.

Strategy 221

Strategy Marketing Associations Professional 221

Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This is the basic idea behind microcopy. When you're done, evaluate your experience. Once your microcopy is written and your platform is ready to use, it’s a good idea to make sure it’s ready to be used by other people. Once you have a ready-to-use site, it's always a good idea to do a private showing or a soft launch.

Associations 295

Associations Search Contact Audience 295

.orgSource

JULY 22, 2024

Part Two When the generative AI bots made their debut in early 2024, they signaled a definitive end to the idea that yesterday’s technology is good enough for today’s members. Self-evaluation isn’t easy. Expectations for high-touch service and personal attention are rising steadily.

Associations 221

Associations Leadership Exercise Phase 221

.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

Review Systematically How do you evaluate whether your organization’s data is pristine, polluted, or somewhere in the murky in-between? Build communities where data experts share knowledge, best practices, and challenges. Assessing the status of your data involves reviewing activity across several areas of competence.

Government 251

Government Data Experiment Disaster 251

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

If there’s an idea that the community is behind, and a project or plan that’s adopted (whether it’s a new way of operating or a new tool), then it moves forward, regardless of “who&# thought it up or campaigned for it. Leadership and decision making come from adoption not from executive authority.

Community 167

Community Library Adopt Evaluation 167

Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re looking for ways to evaluate your current agendas and optimize them for efficiency, you’ve come to the right place! For instance, an agenda item that’s designed to seek input may include everyone tossing out theme ideas for an event down the line. Whether you’re strategizing about. These items don’t require a formal vote.

Evaluation 96

Evaluation Product Discussion Indiana 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2023

2) Always Be Evaluating To ensure that healthy Leadership Alignment actually leads to excellence, there is just one question, the most important question, that brand leaders must ask every single day: “Is it true?” Participants who feel heard and respected will volunteer unique information, stories, and ideas.

Leadership 232

Leadership Strategy Nonprofit Collaboration 232

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Your knowledge can make the difference between failure and success. How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger. Really interactive way of learning: How to turn ideas into infographics.

Learning 156

Learning University Language Course 156

.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

A technology assessment is a performance evaluation of your IT systems. The purpose of an IT assessment is to evaluate whether your systems’ functionality and efficiency are in alignment with organizational goals and strategy. Any of the following objectives and concerns might trigger an evaluation.

Technology 170

Technology Evaluation Associations System 170

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The idea is not only for participants to acquire the skills and knowledge to host a successful giving day, but for them share and transform practices together. The skill, of course, is hosting a Giving Day and we are now looking at processes, techniques, and ideas for follow up and assessment.

Reflection 122

Reflection Practice Results Nonprofit 122

.orgSource

JANUARY 22, 2024

Jen Wong, Chief Design Officer at Canva, expresses the idea like this. Member community and customer relationships Build trust and create meaningful connections by demonstrating that you are knowledgeable about audience preferences. Deliver creative and impactful solutions by evaluating the emotional impact of strategies.

Digital 221

Digital Life Data Skills 221

The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

The sixth grade game, called “The Annual Picnic,” was designed to evaluate how a student thinks on their feet. He noted that while I seemed like more of a leader, my teammate had more useful ideas. There are also some Easter eggs built into the game that can help differentiate students with sophisticated knowledge.

Student 86

Student Evaluation Virtual San Jose 86

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Fine Blog – "The Case Foundation has just released an evaluation of their innovative “Make It Your Own&# program. One would be hardpressed to find more knowledgeable, thoughtful folks on civic engagement and social media.

Web 120

Web Bookmarking Volunteer Evaluation 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Fifteen of us met for 90 minutes to share, commiserate, trade ideas and think about our work at the intersection of evaluation, knowledge management and organizational learning. How to create systems for accessing knowledge resources that foundation staff will use. How to set aside time for reflection and learning.

Learning 92

Learning Knowledge Management Seattle Evaluation 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference will offer a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Cindy Rizzo, Senior Director, Grantmaking and Evaluation, Arcus Foundation. Casey Foundation.

Results 96

Results Nonprofit Seattle Evaluation 96

.orgSource

JUNE 10, 2024

Because they have an intimate knowledge of products and services. When you give people time for reflection, evaluation, and creativity you develop a new crop of leaders. Sharon and Jennifer’s conversation explores these ideas in depth. I’ve never heard of an association that thought they made a mistake sun setting a program.”

Associations 221

Associations Activities Active Activism 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

If you are curious what funders learned, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work.

Blogger 91

Blogger Conference Effective Organization 91

Google Research AI blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Posted by Ziniu Hu, Student Researcher, and Alireza Fathi, Research Scientist, Google Research, Perception Team Large-scale models, such as T5 , GPT-3 , PaLM , Flamingo and PaLI , have demonstrated the ability to store substantial amounts of knowledge when scaled to tens of billions of parameters and trained on large text and image datasets.

Language 113

Language Training Train Knowledge 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

The session was about transparency and conducting evaluations. One of the takeaways was that in order to pursue this type of learning, organizational culture was the key indicator to success. Peter’s post shares some ideas about cultivating a learning culture and while written for funders, these are applicable to nonprofits.

Conference 92

Conference Learning Organization Effective 92

.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

It introduced the idea that disruption is more like a wave than a precipice. But scenarios are also a tool that can be used to evaluate longer-term initiatives. Cultivating continuous learning—Identifying what you don’t know and striving to fill the knowledge gaps.

Milwaukee 221

Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Relationship 221

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

It lies in the knowledge, network and support an investor brings to the table. De Santis Breindel asked CEOs what was the top evaluation criteria when choosing a VC firm. How can you evaluate it? It is not only a matter of market perception or an identified trend. So how has the industry responded to this?

Evaluation 115

Evaluation Money Platform Global 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Rather than another potential recipe for information overload, content curation can be a method for self-directed learning that builds your expertise while enhancing your organization’s brand and content strategy. Content curation can empower us to learn more and use that knowledge to get deeper impact for our nonprofit’s programs.

Content 126

Content Nonprofit Skills Technique 126

The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2014

How can stupid-sounding startups with untested ideas become so successful? “It With each one, they learn and invest in technology for their next idea. Curiously, I asked where the idea came from. Abdur explained: Me and the team sat in a room, brainstorming ideas. Ev Williams ( source ).

Twitter 151

Twitter Sound Ideas Team 151

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion. What might a growth mindset intervention for a nonprofit look like when going through a program evaluation process?

Technique 129

Technique Training Train Learning 129

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them! Now, we evaluated tools based on who was using them, and how. We use all of our technology – from the website, to the database, to facebook – to evaluate our efforts, monitor the community, and create data-driven strategies. Holistic Paradigm.

Nptech 213

Nptech Slides Community Strategy 213

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Innovation / Generating New Ideas. A simple “who else has an idea?” Writing people’s ideas on a flip chart or white board helps with the group memory and knowledge capture. That’s why I love looking and testing different methods. Here’s just a few: Instructional. Peer Learning / Coaching.

Facilitation 124

Facilitation Technique Nonprofit Chart 124