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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? These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data.

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A New Year: A New Learning Journey Begins

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Geoff has moved on to working on exciting projects , including a book and Kami will continue the brand Zoetica working on strategy projects such as this important effort to keep.NGO domain in the hands of nonprofits. Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

Double-certified neurologist and preventive medicine specialist with a background in public health, working toward the transition to replace the use of animal experimentation with superior human-based testing methods. Previously served as deputy director of the U.S. Kelly Tweeddale. Executive Director. San Francisco Ballet.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. I did not use any of these methods.

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Going Green: Paperless Evaluations at the 10NTC

NTEN

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. A critical part of the scientific method is the development of a hypothesis, which can then be tested with well controlled research. Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions.

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Welcome to the New Age of Accountability in Grant Management

Connection Cafe

Congress and President Obama came together in a rare show of collaboration to pass the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and pump nearly $800 billion dollars into the economy to stimulate jobs and support numerous public works projects. In 2008, the US economy was languishing in the Great Recession.

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