Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Annual giving campaigns: Each year, some companies organize internal fundraising campaigns to support a specific nonprofit project. Evaluating your mission statement: Your company’s mission statement reflects its purpose and goals, and can even relate to some nonprofit causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Since were are on the Mediterranean Sea, I did the final reflective exercise as a walk on the beach. I got to perfect it when I taught master classes and workshops for NGOs and activists in New Zealand and Australia. Most of work projects are capacity building and training other trainers. Year in Review. Photo by Gary Clark.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are also nonprofit specific facilitation tool kits like this one for international development projects. I like to avoid being stuck in the same techniques and am always interested in expanding my toolkit. Here’s just a few: Instructional. Reflective Practice. Peer Learning / Coaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. Happy New Year ! How about you? I write down stuff I won’t do, a “no thanks” list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. It is about making it possible for participants to capture, share, and reflect on what they have learned. Year in Review. My Three Words.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Measuring this change has benefits for both your members and your learning business alike: For your learning business, understanding this change gives you insight into both the knowledge of your members and the efficacy of your courses to instruct them. What are the different types of online assessment?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? Then, I match this against participant feedback/evaluations.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. We recommend reflecting on your brand both internally and externally, surveying all of the above stakeholders against the following questions: How is your organization currently perceived? It’s reflected in your visuals, your messaging, and your interactions with the public alike.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

As with all the capacity building projects that I’ve designed, it is based on a framework and theory of change. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress. Assessment Framework and Theory of Change. Tips for Optimizing FB Content To Get Into Newsfeeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Think about those 4th grade science experiments where huddled over your experiment you all learn together. The instruction not only included the content – all the best practices and how-tos, but also took an approach that encouraged and developed reflection. Participant-Generated Instructional Content.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. You can explore the projects in full on the class wiki. This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Our favorite pair, a father and daughter on a visit for the daughter's school project, were unsure of what to recommend to us when we first met them. But a few people seemed nervous that we were trying to trick or evaluate them. The instruction becomes a kind of social object that gives people something to talk about.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity. Xperience Design Project. Xperience Design Project. Research / @SSIReview. The IMPACT Conference. The IMPACT Conference. Feb 21 - 24. Apr 11 - 12.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s a beacon that keeps mission and vision in plain view, a compass for navigating financial currents, an instruction manual for making the biggest splash with the resources at hand. It should be aspirational, inspiring, and reflect the positive change you seek to create in the world. and any necessary partnerships or collaborations.

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

Grants are usually given for a specific purpose, like a project or initiative your nonprofit is planning. A letter of inquiry is a short, two-to-three-page document that summarizes the project or initiative you are seeking a grant for. There’s a reason why you’ve approached the organization and why your project is a good fit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project. Evaluate it!

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2008

The fabulous Storycorps project partially sidesteps these problems by requiring participants to bring their own conversation partner to the booths in which they record life stories. As one of the evaluators commented, visitors want to make meaning out of their interactions with Daisy. The problems are scale and comfort.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Philanthropy and knowledge work have a long history, from demonstration projects to evaluation to the encouragement of learning communities and grantee learning networks. We may collect data on test scores because we intend to evaluate or indicate the level of success of a specific intervention or program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. Return on Investment, Return on Reflection: I will integrate my work on social media ROI with general nonprofit technology ROI More about this theme is below because it will be a major focus area for me this year.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The content focuses on the question of WHY we collect and how our collections reflect our individual and community identities. We tracked down as many people as we could and developed a big spreadsheet so we could evaluate the possibilities. First Floor Exploring and making jars with the instructional mural in the background.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

But the thousands of people who view the resultant reviews and videos will form an impression of your institution based on them--so as much as possible, make sure that impression reflects messages you'd like to share about your institution. Talk to the folks at Instructables. Evaluate the outcome. Did you get what you wanted?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Now, my second pro tip is to aim for a manageable list size, because you’re going to have to review and evaluate each of the funders. Then that’s my third tip, which is to evaluate the shortlist of potentially aligned funders. These are great ways to evaluate their alignment for you. . Use funder websites and 990s.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

By understanding what individuals are highlighting about the Exploratorium experience, the museum can craft its own messaging--and programming--to reflect and enhance the elements seen as most valuable. How does it help the Exploratorium to listen to these environments if they can't be controlled?

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

You have to create messages and experiences that are true to your brand and relevant to people, reflecting their needs. So, you would also invest some time in creating personalized donation appeal letters for those who want to give through the mail, making sure to offer clear instructions for how to send donations back to your organization.

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