Your gala or annual fundraiser is one of the most important events of the year! Here are some easy metrics you’ll want to capture to measure the success.
Fundraising & data peeps! This is where our worlds collide.
Continue reading “9 Metrics You Should Be Using to Gauge Your Gala’s Success”A slew of tech tools — ranging from the free & easy, to the pricy & sophisticated – to better manage those staff requests.
How do you organize work requests? Have you got your system down?
When it comes to project management, I’ve started and fallen off many systems. It’s easy to let yourself get disorganized as things get chaotic!
But it’s important to capture and organize those project needs and updates. Otherwise, details slip through the cracks and communication can break down.
It’s important to remember that technology helps us implement solutions. But we’re the only ones who can actually solve our problems.
So before you jump into a new system, really think about how this tool can serve your process. Make sure you understand the nuances around requests, that you have a framework to support the tech, and that you’ve got a way to intake those staff requirements.
Let’s talk systems.
Continue reading “11 Tech Tools to Better Manage Requests”A simple concept for something that can feel somewhat complicated.
Have you ever spent tons of a time on a request, only to realize you didn’t build the right thing? *raises hand*
It’s not a great feeling. But miscommunication can happen when you don’t have a way to organize staff requests early on.
It doesn’t matter if you write content, work with data, or submit grant applications. If you do anything highly specialized for your org….you can benefit from a solid request intake process.
Continue reading “How to Build an Intake Process for Staff Requests”A framework is the backbone for any request process. Here’s how to build one.
When you start getting overwhelmed by staff requests in your org, that’s a clue that it’s time for a new process.
A while ago, I shared tips on how to wrap your mind around creating a new process. We did some pre-work to understand the different types of requests we get, our requestors, and our own capacity.
But now it’s time to translate those notes into a living, breathing workflow. The first step? Coming up with a defining framework.
Continue reading “How to Build the Framework for a New Staff Process”Google Forms is a flexible survey tool. Here are some ideas for getting the most out of it.
Does your nonprofit use Google Forms?
Google Forms is a form-builder app that comes with the Google Suite of products. It’s often used to create simple surveys.
Now, Google isn’t sponsoring this post. I’m not even claiming it’s the best survey tool out there. But I’m highlighting it here because 1) I use it all the time and 2) for three very nonprofit-y reasons:
Reflections on how we can make unconferences a bit more inclusive.
Gang, let’s talk about unconferences. Because I’ve got a lot of mixed feelings.
First, if you’ve never heard of an unconference, let’s start there. An unconference is a “participant-led” learning experience. The main difference from a regular conference is that there’s no pre-set agenda.
Yep, you read me correctly.
There’s no agenda, until you show up to make it. The idea is that the audience –the people who this whole thing is designed to benefit– put forth the topics they want to discuss. Hence, the “un”.
Continue reading “The Unconference Model is Problematic. Here’s Why & What to Do About It”
