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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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A well-structured onboarding process is instrumental in setting the stage for a new staff member’s success with your AMS. The post 6 Tips for Successful AMS Onboarding for New Staff appeared first on Matrix Group International. Become the association you were meant to be through MatrixMaxx! Schedule a demo today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

In addition, to needing to get your Google Grant Application approved, you will also need to build out your Google Ad accounts with the appropriate campaigns, ad groups, ads, keywords, etc. You will also want to use multiple campaigns and in each you will want multiple ad groups each of which would have at least 3 ads.

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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

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By Joe Frye , Account Group Director, Nonprofit and Cause at Town Hall Agency – a full-service marketing & advertising agency built to serve organizations that do good, shape futures, and make the world a better place. This structure includes the recipient’s name showing and adds a clear mission-based call to action.

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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. What We’re Learning from the Associations Thrive Podcast appeared first on Matrix Group International. It’s called Associations Thrive ! Many are re-imagining their conferences.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? Marketing can customize campaigns utilizing information from the group that regularly communicates with constituents. Using data to upsell and cross-promote products and services, both groups can support increased revenue streams.

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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. We even wrote two books on this topic.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Let’s say you’ve taken the important step of hosting a focus group for your nonprofit. A focus group will likely have both written and recorded data. Zoom has become a great place to conduct virtual focus groups. Why did you conduct this focus group in the first place? Transcribe your results. Go to the navigation menu.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

Sample Google Drive Structure Available for Download. About the author: Annisa Wanat has 20+ years global experience in the public and nonprofit sectors, with a focus on analyzing new situations and mentoring groups to create locally relevant solutions to strength communities, organizations and institutions. 3) Conserve Resources.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s a shift that many groups struggle to implement. We’ve incorporated the structure that many groups say they want. Although there are still groups that look too much alike, every association is a brighter rainbow than it once was. How do you push the reset button and start exploring other directions?

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? Marketing can customize campaigns utilizing information from the group that regularly communicates with constituents. Using data to upsell and cross-promote products and services, both groups can support increased revenue streams.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

It can also let you boost engagement with the people who have already joined your group. Features include client management, online payment processing, email tracking and marketing, ticketing, accounting, SMS, point-of-sale, and much more – with a flexible, affordable pricing structure.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2023

If your group is more sigh than sizzle, you need to meet Adele Gambardella and Chip Massey. Hear how she structured an initiative that hits all the right targets. We wrote two books on Association 4.0 Leadership, or how to navigate fast-moving digital markets and we’ll be sharing what we learned. Sponsored by WorkerBee.TV

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

Association professionals are seeking a support group to help them face challenges and to gain the skills to stay ahead of trends. People benefit from the encouragement and wisdom of groups like.orgCommunity’s Leadership Circles. The tiered structure is a trap I’d stay clear of. Leading is not a mission.

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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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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In fairness, so many groups operate with minimal staff that this type of program can seem like a luxury. If mentoring is a new concept for your group, baby steps may be needed to create buy-in. To change that, we came up with a structure that allows for on-demand project work in blended, cross-functional teams.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Most groups navigated the unusual challenges and got work done. Groups that developed a structure and schedule for online meetings managed their time and effort more efficiently. Spouses, kids, roommates, and pets all shared a workspace. Moms and dads did a daily transition from mild mannered parents into ninja educators.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

What are the key functions of a sales operations group? The Structure of an Agile Sales Operations Unit. Given the variance of organizational structures even among similarly scaled players in the same industry, pinning down the ideal structure for sales ops is nearly impossible. Performance Management Software.

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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. Convenience: Being able to attend a fundraiser online or in-person is very accommodating to supporters, provided that a nonprofit offers good experiences for both groups.

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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. Watch what this group of teens did for their community. Think about a story that your nonprofit can tell about one of your beneficiaries. How you tell that story will elicit different emotions in the viewer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Whenever you see this juicy URL (in your case, filled with awesome information relating to your charity), the UTMs help your analytics tool identify and group this traffic. The breakdown of campaign/source/term/medium used as UTM parameters is a tried and tested structure for understanding acquisition. We’ll get to that next.

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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. With this kind of structure, there are limited sources of revenue. Look Outward Every group, no matter how successful, has these “missing pieces.” There was no working partnership with industry and public health.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Membership cards: Some people like being card-carrying members of a group. 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 Facebook group. Invitation-only Slack Group. Invitation-only Google Group.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Kelly Buhles outlines some of the ways to structure participation in her article, “A Primer for Participatory Grantmaking,” and divides them into two main groupings: participatory committees and collective groups. Committees tend to be smaller groups of selected representatives who review and decide on grants.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Seeing how systems and structures can favor some and disadvantage others Growing up in a predominantly Black country, surrounded by successful, multifaceted people who looked like me, self-advocacy felt instinctive. I began to see how systems and structures were designed to favor some and disadvantage others.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2022

The combined disruptions of these phenomena are affecting business structures, organizational cultures, and processes. Leadership styles conducive to authentic engagement, providing clear guidance and building integrated processes and structures that foster collaboration and team cohesion is essential. Authentic engagement.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

There is plenty of advice out there, and most leaders have the management skills to retool organizational structures for better communication and greater agility. Encourage them to explore and bring new ideas to the group. Of the four bullets listed above, the last two seem to be the most challenging. Become a trendsetter yourself.

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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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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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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. How many people click through?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Golf tournaments engage a whole NEW group of people Golfing and fundraising are perfect partners. Tournament Set-up and structure Once you choose an activity, you’ll have to choose the structure of the tournament. Once you choose your activity, it will be easier for you to determine the most useful structure for your event.

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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.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

The $126 million grant, to Easterseals, is an outlier in size and structure—it actually represents an aggregation of grants to a set of individual Easterseals chapters. Grant coding by issue area and beneficiary group. The patterns behind Scott’s grantmaking are much clearer when it comes to issue area and beneficiary group.

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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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Greater Giving

APRIL 22, 2021

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. A federated fund is a fundraising tactic that mobilizes people within a specific group, such as a workplace, to gather contributions to give to a diverse range of nonprofits.

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