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My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. ” This books updates their experiences and provides easily understandable, field-tested information on how to form and manage social-impact networks. Network Types.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this week, I wrote a guest post over at FrogLoop blog about Five Social Media Books , although not everyone liked the post. I admit that I mostly read non-fiction, but if I only read social media or geeky books that would be too narrow. There are countless books that tell you how to avoid mistakes. Schoemaker.

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My Goals For 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. And, I also need to make my information tracking a bit more systematic.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. The organization works to provide donors and the charities they love with tools, ratings, and information needed for informed decisions and investments .

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Where to Start with Interactive E-Reports

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She asked for some help in identifying interactive e-book resources that she could then use to create an annual report, referencing the 2009 annual report from VolunteerMatch as an example of what she was looking for. Once you've got that figured out, evaluate how your audience is likely to receive that information.

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Using Social Media to Share Research

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. The results make me optimistic about scaling social good by leveraging information. Money is tight, but information is elastic. Every year over 7,800 grants are made in the U.S.