Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? And since advocacy often involves coalitions, it can be difficult to measure who owns the success—or quite possibly the failure—of initiatives. In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” What are you waiting for?

Advocacy 20

Advocacy Measure Policy United States 20

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Definitely the e-newsletter; our first e-newsletter in 2008 resulted in hundreds of responses and donations, though we have seen some donation activity on Facebook through special source codes tied to campaigns.

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Social Media International Interview Examples 217

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” This workshop is for intermediate organizations and will focus on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media. I am excited for a return visit to Australia. May 13, 2013: Half-Day Workshop.

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New Zealand Australia NGO Network 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

I started with an overview of the state of social media measurement and ROI in the nonprofit field, outlining some of the challenges and the needs: * Social media measurement goes hand in hand with good practice. Slightly more mature practice for measuring business results vs social impact. ″ philanthropy.

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Social Media ROI Media Conference 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. I'll be doing a presentation on a panel at the Museum Computer Network Conference in two weeks on this topic and in early 2008 for the Legal Services Corporation. | View | Upload your own. This is work in progress. What data matters most?

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Guinea Measure Social Media Wikispaces 50

Gyrus

APRIL 7, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to build adequate compliance systems, after the firm acquired Lehman Brothers' advisory business in 2008. Even companies who have a proper compliance methodology get caught in the midst of changing regulated environment, new compliance measures, etc.

Training 59

Training Train Measure Evaluation 59

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. This decline is not anecdotal. percent in 2009.

Lesson 52

Lesson Marketing Impact Giving 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits April 17, 2008 I guess because I’m a blogger, I get these interesting tidbits in my mailbox. It’s actually a pretty interesting resource, and worth a read.

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Open Source Convio Benchmark RSS 111

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. Both Giving USA and The Chronicle of Philanthropy are reputable sources of information, but the way each measures philanthropic giving for their reports differs – significantly.

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Research Arizona Philanthropy Foundation 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. For 2011, I’ve submitted a panel titled “ Making Social Media Measurement Sexy &# with a dream team of colleagues Danielle Brigida, Frank Barry, Wendy Harman, Jon Dunn, and David Neff. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following the disputed re-election of the sitting Kenyan president. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 million, depending on the size of its budget.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Social Media Today | ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media – A great post from Brian Solis on Social Media Today discussing the ROI of social media. This is a really great post to read for anyone thinking about how to measure, evaluate, and even consider the impact of social media use (and that should be everyone). "Over

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Web ROI Bookmarking Phase 108

BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time. Not much has changed since 2008. Unfortunately, response time in social media is measured in minutes. You cannot choose the right channels for your cause until your target audience and goals are defined.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

It’s one thing to justify huge consulting fees for large for-profit companies where the value can be measured in increasing profits, for instance, and the consulting fees are small fractions of the increased profits. This is a business, and successful consultants have to regard it as such. 3 admin 10.23.07

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2019

Since 2008, SEFCU’s Community Support Program has helped more than seven million people within its branch footprint – which includes upstate New York’s Capital Region, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo areas – through funding vital nonprofit organizations. with more than $3.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Over the years, I've been able to rub elbows with metrics geeks, even to pretend to be one at the 2008 E-Metrics Summit in DC. Sean has been incredibly generous helping me understand how to measure the social media funnel as well as others in the nonprofit sector. link] #measure #WAA" . I support @seanpower.

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Analytics Voice Associations Web 81

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2009

GuideStar , an organization that gathers and publishes data on charitable organizations, recently conducted a survey looking to measure impact of the economic downturn on nonprofits. As GuideStar explains , “We’ve got good news and bad news.&#

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Survey Poll Nonprofit News 105

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

If it had been, we would have done a lot more work on how to measure security. You also ignore my argument about the 2008 security audits of Drupal that resulted in numerous vulnerability reports, but more on that later. This wasn’t designed to be an in-dept, complex analysis of security. WP and Drupal had about the same number.)

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Care2

JULY 16, 2010

300 billion was raised in 2008 (Giving USA); * $15 billion was raised online in 2008 – a 44% increase over 2007) (Blackbaud); * $21 million has been raised by Causes since its launch three years ago; * 30% of online giving happens in December. How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up? Did You Know? *

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Online Practice Fundraising Benchmark 64

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Other evaluation forms include: process evaluation, which requires that specific program activities and procedures be reviewed in order to help explain why a program worked or did not work; and program monitoring, which uses in-process measures to track whether a program is being executed as designed. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook.

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Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Open Copyright Open Source Europe 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning analytics is not brand new and first identified in the education area in about 2008 according to this excellent primer on Learning Analytics that found by searching the Project Navigator on the topic. It also has benefits to students themselves who can use the data to customize their participation in the class.

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Analytics Teach Training Train 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I'd like to know more about the specific results and how they are measuring the success of their social media strategy - as well as what they are tracking to improve what they are doing. In early 2009, the Compete Blog posted its media trends for 2008, suggesting that publisher media continue to integrate social media. .

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Policy Social Media Research Impact 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Getting the Big Picture: Intro to ICT Systems and Analysis (1/10/2008). Building the Foundation: Hardware, Software and Networks (1/17/2008). Mission Critical: Databases/Constituent Relationship Management (1/24/2008). Measure Twice and Cut Once: Technology Planning, Budgeting and Implementation (1/31/2008).

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NTEN Leadership Technology Analysis 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Measuring the Value of Your Blog. The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. Gnomedex Real Time Fundraising Experiment. Online Community Engagement Strategies. Vote for All These Awesome Nonprofit Panels At SXSW. What's the sweet spot between personal productivity and social productivity?

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ROI Widget Metrics Cambodia 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Speaking of Kintera … Kintera: try to catch up – Of course, the big 800 pound gorilla has become Salesforce – and their platform is becoming what people are measuring against. The Kintera API looks, quite honestly, seriously wimpy in comparison to either Convio or Salesforce.

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Open Platform Kintera API 100

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

Though the practice is decades old, the term was only coined in 2008, making it a relatively new field of study. Therefore, nonprofit organizations should have the capacity to collect data and accurately measure the impact of the investments.

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Impact Social Arizona Homeless 40

Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

Some of us may even be wondering if our jobs will still be here when the social distancing measures have lifted. Strategize with this economic downturn in mind, not the 2008 recession. While it’s natural to look back at the recession of 2008, this is a very different economic disaster.

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Fundraising Gift Problem Donor 27

NTEN

MAY 10, 2010

Ah, 2008, you are missed. If your organization isn't measuring the results of its social media initiatives, you may be wasting time and effort. Need to build community? Let's create a Ning site! No budget for a web site redesign? Start a Facebook Page instead! Maybe it will work. Well, playtime's over. You just don't know it yet!)

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Social Network Network Ning Social 67

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

As some sort of measure of accountability, raw web statistics (this site got x visits and y pageviews in t timeframe) mean zilch. Asking NTEN to show leadership by publishing web stats is to suggest that NTEN would think that publishing web stats is a useful measure of nonprofit accountability.

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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 24, 2011

SNA is a visual, quantitative measurement tool that has been used across disciplines since the 1950's. The type of tie depicted in a social network map depends on a study's content and purpose (Knoke and Yang, 2008) [3]. In fact, the Arizona sector works that way, too — we often connect to each other through hubs. 78(6), 1360-1380.

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Research Phoenix Arizona Organization 90

Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

The evaluation tools and techniques you choose will depend in large part on the message, the method of delivery, and the outcome that you want to measure. Consider the different ways you might measure the success of a specific process (e.g. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM.

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Knowledge Effective PDF Evaluation 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. Sunrise on Sacred Maori Land outside of Auckland, NZ.

New Zealand 96

New Zealand Arts Australia Open 96

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects. We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

Advocacy 44

Advocacy Social Media email Online 44

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Phil’s observation about less money to be made in open source has this choice retort: “Remember, trying to measure the information / attention / netocratic economy in dollars is like trying to figure out the worth of Microsoft by the number of acres it occupies.&#

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. You can read more about the 9 goals for Social Actions in 2009 here , which include scale, translate, report, change, measure, standardize, collaborate, lead, and inspire. fundraising campaign started: For the last 2.5

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