Evaluation, Interview, Research and Technique

What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Here’s a few frameworks and techniques I learned first hand from Nancy as she accompanied me to the sessions I was leading. It is about simply learning how to use a new tool or technique. I loved this question: “How do we encourage learning from nonprofits from their evaluation data when they might view it as a report card?”.

Technique

Technique Train Training Learning

My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

Evaluation

Evaluation Generation Method Slides

Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). Help participants vote on concepts or reports as part of a report out to stimulate discussion or reflection (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique).

Poll

Poll Technique Group Tools

Webinars

Grow Big, Pay Smart: How To Unlock Efficiency In Payroll Management

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Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Ask for help.

Data

Data Tutorial Chart Statistics

Nonprofit Web Design Process Part 2a: Analytics Data as User Research

Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

It’s typically the first step in our User Research phase, providing a good overview of the visitors to a nonprofit website and how they behave on the site. Our purposes for using Analytics as User Research are: To learn about current visitors to the website. Research Questions. User Research. Surveys and Interviews.

Analytics

Analytics Design Research Process

Six Books About Skills You Need To Succeed in A Networked World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Paul Schoemaker, founder and executive chairman of Decision Strategies international and research director of Wharton’s Mack Center for technological innovation, shares critical insights on the benefits of making well-chosen mistakes. I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it

Skills

Skills Network Technique Social Media

The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Nostalgia is much more than mere reminiscing; it’s a warm, fuzzy emotion that we feel when we think about fond memories from our past. In a 2012 study, researchers discovered that nostalgizing helps people relate their past experiences to their present lives in order to make greater meaning of it all. Or just keep your ears open.

Social Media

Social Media Headline Media Social

Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Thorough understanding leads to big ideas. Creativity matters only if it sells.

Lesson

Lesson Fundraising Digital Test

Conversational Case Study: Myth or Fact - Can Small Nonprofits Win with Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge. A conversational case study is a write up our interviews identifying a few questions we still have. What techniques are you using? Does it work?

Case Study

Case Study Social Media Conversation Studies

Using Peer Learning Strategies To Build A Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress.

Network

Network Build Learning Strategy

[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So there is Pew Research. But I have been studying these types of engagements and research on community for years, and it is predominantly a religious organization that leads the way. Anything from a new approach, to a technique, to information, insights, you’re offering your emotional intelligence. Let’s move on.

People

People Community Video Podcast

Can Networks Have Social Impact?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

You can read more in this series of five reports that looks at the definitions, research, power, practices, and insights relating the impact of social networks on family strengthening and community change. I wondered whether the more general learnings about network effectiveness and evaluating networks would be considered confidential?

Network

Network Impact Louisville Social

The GRANTS Writing Formula To Secure Awards For Project Grants

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Step #2) R – Research the needs Having appropriate R esearch in the needs section is critical to scoring high on a grant proposal. The reason is that research anchors and validates the entire reason for your project. This will give more validity for your program and show that you’ve done the research.

Grant

Grant Award Project Proposal

NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

One hopes that nonprofits deciding to roll their own social networks, aren't creating their own social silos and have gone into it with a solid strategy, clear objectives and measurable metrics , and can evaluate the ROI. The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication October issue is devoted to scholarly research on social networks.

Social Network

Social Network Nptech Tag Network

NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips. David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success.

ROI

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN

Guest Post by Martin Djupdraet: Let the Decision Makers Do the Audience Research

Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2019

This guest post is written by Martin Brandt Djupdræt , Head of research and presentation and a member of the management at the Danish open-air museum Den Gamle By (The Old Town). I was impressed by his commitment to putting visitors first - and his technique for inviting more of his colleagues to do so as well. Falk and Lynn D.

Audience

Audience Research Museum Interview

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content

Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

Arts

Arts Content Create Learning

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content

Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

Arts

Arts Content Create Learning

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content

Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

Arts

Arts Content Create Learning

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

Evaluation

Evaluation Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

Creating a Nonprofit Digital Strategy: 7 Steps for Success

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your organization already understands the importance of having updated and adaptive techniques for all its digital tools and marketing outlets. During The Identification Stage, the goal is to evaluate your current digital marketing strategy (if any) and discover areas for improvement. Let’s begin with an overview of the first phase.

Digital

Digital Strategy Create Phase

Do Exit Interviews

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Interview

Interview Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Interview

Interview Question Kansas City Mentoring

Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Using Social Networking Tools - Advice, Brief Case Study, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

It takes some action learning, small focused experiments where you track, evaluate, and learn from before investing more time and effort. There is enough secondary research published either via blog posts or research hubs about who uses these tools. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher.

Case Study

Case Study Social Network Philippines Advice

Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

This is a long post focused on strategic uses of listening rather than specific techniques. Charlene and Josh relate listening to research, and since they focus on business examples, they are primarily talking about market research: the way a business learns what people think of their brand, their products, and their potential.

Museum

Museum Teen Second Life Discussion

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

That is why Polaris recommends that business leaders conduct employee research that allows leaders to better understand what motivates employees, drives loyalty, and makes and keeps employees happy. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Survey

Survey Kansas City Mentoring Attitude

Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010 Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

Effective

Effective Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

Kansas City

Kansas City Mentoring Kansas Leadership

Discover Your Leader Grade

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The survey typically takes respondents seven to 10 minutes to fill out and the results you get will identify your strengths and weaknesses, and will allow you to compare your evaluators responses to your own self-assessment. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program.

Kansas City

Kansas City Mentoring Kansas Skills

How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010 How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Research from universities around the country show that employees who "click" with each other at work have more career success. Consider these findings from the research: How much you reveal about yourself to a co-worker helps you click.

Work

Work Help Kansas City Mentoring

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

email

email Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Every time I have taught a social media and digital communications strategy over the past decade, I always include useful research studies about the who and how people are using these tools. For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected.

Policy

Policy Social Media International News

5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Dont evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. So, be sure you provide the forums and mechanisms for your employees to share their ideas with you. Ask for wild ideas.

Ideas

Ideas Generation Tips Kansas City

Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Heres some information about the research supporting the link between sports and leadership, along with some first-hand testimonials. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Skills

Skills Leadership Team Build

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone. GEN X Employees -- Think up a list of solutions on their own.

Giving

Giving Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

Build These Leadership Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. Then, call a meeting to discuss those solutions.

Skills

Skills Leadership Build Kansas City

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone. GEN X Employees -- Think up a list of solutions on their own.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone. GEN X Employees -- Think up a list of solutions on their own.

Leadership

Leadership Communication Kansas City Mentoring

How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Timm that you can use to evaluate your organizations customer service via the phone: 1. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. So, heres a checklist that is primarily from sales expert and author Paul R.

Service

Service Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone. GEN X Employees -- Think up a list of solutions on their own.

Mentoring

Mentoring Tips Kansas City Kansas

Be A Manager Who Makes Decisions

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. These managers dont necessarily request needless data, but simply just never decide. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

Management

Management Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Despite study after study that shows pay is not the top reason employees stay with a company, research results like these often surprise workplace leaders. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone. GEN X Employees -- Think up a list of solutions on their own.

Survey

Survey Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

Read Good To Great

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 20, 2010

The five years of research that Collins and a team conducted to prep for the book consisted of examining 1,435 U.S., 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. publicly traded companies and their performance over 40 years. The book focuses on 11 good-to-great companies. .

Kansas City

Kansas City Mentoring Kansas Leadership

What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Webinars

Trending Sources

Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

Webinars

Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Nonprofit Web Design Process Part 2a: Analytics Data as User Research

Six Books About Skills You Need To Succeed in A Networked World

The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Conversational Case Study: Myth or Fact - Can Small Nonprofits Win with Social Media?

Using Peer Learning Strategies To Build A Network

[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Can Networks Have Social Impact?

The GRANTS Writing Formula To Secure Awards For Project Grants

NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Guest Post by Martin Djupdraet: Let the Decision Makers Do the Audience Research

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Creating a Nonprofit Digital Strategy: 7 Steps for Success

Do Exit Interviews

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Using Social Networking Tools - Advice, Brief Case Study, and Resources

Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader

How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Discover Your Leader Grade

How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Build These Leadership Skills

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Be A Manager Who Makes Decisions

Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Read Good To Great

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