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MAY 2, 2011

Benchmarking is the process of comparing your organization’s practices and results with a group of peer organizations. It can be an informal study and fairly simple to do. You identify a list of similar organizations and collect specific metrics to compare. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network. We can no longer afford to get distracted by the volume of information flying past us. Instead, content curation helps us keep focused. Is it accurate?

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JULY 23, 2012

We have set up a Web site, [link] , to share information and conversation about the ongoing review. Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011).

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

What is your message and what do you want the audience to do? How do your all your communication channels work together to inform, engage, and motivate? What would be of most value to your existing audience – information, ability to transactions, and how? Is mobile on your organization’s radar for 2011?

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. Nonprofit Technology #FAILS: How to “Fail Informatively”. Part of what makes the NTC unique is how they involve the community in every aspect of conference planning. The Potentials and Pitfalls Of Using Web Analytics. Serenity Now!:

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. Chalk up my vote for 2011’s “Best Debut Artist” and “Best Supporting Actor.”.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

In December, we launched the The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 8,000 nonprofit folks have been engaging in informal learning about nonprofits and social media. Top 10 Young Nonprofit Bloggers to Watch in 2011.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Last month, we launched the The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where over 7,000 nonprofit leaders have been engaging in informal learning about nonprofits and social media. Good for you! Tell us about your success stories!

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APRIL 15, 2014

If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them. Jane Hart: Jane has been blogging for many years and writes about informal and workplace learning. Jason Adam Young (@jasonadamyoung) March 27, 2014.

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Donors are frustrated by difficult donation forms, lack of receipts and a dearth of information on the impact of their gifts. In addition, the top reason donors cite for ceasing their giving to a charity is how they were treated by the organization. It’s the most important time of year to remedy these kinds of mistakes.

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MARCH 23, 2012

As of August 2011, an astounding 8.1 Earlier this month, MomsRising tested a strategy to reach Latinos with information on the Affordable Care Act (or health care reform) by tweeting about a range of issues including ACA during a Latino State of the Union event hosted by MALDEF. We, too, are online, but the fiesta is at Twitter.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed. Beth’s Blog, September 2011. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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APRIL 30, 2013

I first came across Harold’s Seek Sense Share model back in 2011 and I actually made my New Year’s resolution for professional learning. Later that year, I had begun to notice that I needed to pay more attention to training my attention and to be more intentional about how I was sharing information.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Another wished that funders would “include funding for proper assessment tools to systematically capture and analyze data and other pertinent information.”. (The event is sold out, but they are live-streaming it ) They are crowdsourcing questions for the conversation here. The report ends with some reasons why there might be a disconnect.

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MAY 5, 2011

The State of Marketing 2011 report recently released from IBM analyzes over 300 online and direct marketers across a wide range of industries, geographies, and company sizes. A key finding: Nearly 60 percent of respondents listed “ measurement, analysis, and learning &# as their top information technology bottleneck.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

GuideStar is the premier source of vetting nonprofit information. Looks like 2011 is going to be the year where I do a lot more thinking and writing about the convergence of social media, mobile, and nonprofits to better understand what the best practices are for integrating a mobile strateg y. That is if Apple is listening.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Watech4good Summit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. It’s a design challenge.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Specific measurable objectives included: Increase page likes to 12,000 by 12/31/2011 (achieved on 12/1/11). Tactics: Measure what content works, especially during Online Action Challenge, and implement throughout 2011 holiday season. Increase post feedback by 300% in September and by 200% in following months.

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JUNE 13, 2011

4: Media Measurement Requires Quantity and Quality : This principle is about measuring both quantative and qualitative information. 2011 Putting Principles in Action: Valid Metrics Matrix. It isn’t just impressions, but you should also look at measuring tone, relevance, message delivery, and sentiment. .

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MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. According to this recent nonprofits and mobile survey summarized on the NTEN Blog , only 16% of the surveyed nonprofits plan on having mobile websites in 2011 compared to 90% of surveyed nonprofits use email marketing and social media in their engagement strategies.

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APRIL 1, 2013

The culture chapter also talks about the importance of launching pilots and failing informatively (one of my favorite topics and looking forward to the plenary session I’ll be facilitating about this topic at NTEN’s NTC next week). This is called the hybrid model – although it has to be silo free for it work.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Resident apps help us put the most up-to-date information in the hands of users, since our consumer seafood recommendations are updated twice a year. It’s won awards from Treehugger.com as the “Best of Green in Food and Health” and is cited regularly in mainstream and new media as a trusted source for sustainable seafood information.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

It will be led by Simon, author the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller, We First: How brands and consumers use social media to build a better world (named Best marketing Book of 2011 by strategy+business). For information and to register, visit: www.WeFirstSeminar.com.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

After all, measurement is but a means to an end, and without the domain knowledge and judgment to use data, it remains just that – data, never becoming information, and certainly not evolving to knowledge.

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APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. focusing on how information consumption patterns are changing in light of these two technological developments. . focusing on how information consumption patterns are changing in light of these two technological developments.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Input” usually means getting others to provide information of some kind such as feedback on an initiative or ideas for new campaigns or even to get answers to questions. Even for other information-based crowdsourced actions, you can still measure outcomes. You’ve raised $11,000? You’ve surpassed your goal.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

On November 16, 2011, Minnesotans will take part in the 3 rd annual Give to the Max Day. For more information, visit www.GiveMN.org. Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. Jeff Achen gives us the inside view. Good luck and Go Minnesota! Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org.

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MARCH 24, 2011

People who reading content on their smartphones or tablets will not be consuming text heavy information – it has to brief text and visual or videos. researchers suggest Apple could sell 25 million units in 2011 — or even their smart phone. What how to make that efficient? But people are less and less likely to need. The PDF is.

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APRIL 26, 2007

By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500. Check out the Nonprofits and Second Life Wiki and Blog for information about the nonprofit side. Hat tip to Jay Moonah for the pointer to this Gartner article about virtual worlds. enterprises) will have a ??? second life, ??? Ah, but what about ROI?

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JANUARY 25, 2013

Ever since I’ve been recommending it and teaching it to nonprofits after being inspired by Holly Minch’s model in 2011. (I The curation is part of my work flow to write the blog post and keep myself informed, so it isn’t extra work. She asked me in the Facebook thread whether or not I used an editorial calendar.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org is a data-informed organization that uses a ladder of engagement not only to guide its content and social media integration strategy, but uses measurement at each rung of the ladder to ensure that they are getting results. This helps inform decisions about content topics. Source: grist.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

We convened the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit (MDS11) as a way to build a more engaged conversation around the Millennial Donor Survey conducted earlier in the year. But in these tough economic times, new advances in technology are making virtual events an interesting and compelling alternative to the traditional in-person conference.

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MARCH 1, 2012

( I was honored to have participated in the kick off one-day training event last October. ) The report looks at how Giving Days can impact a metropolitan area’s nonprofit community and is a gold mine of data as well as success stories from participant nonprofits.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. If your true goal is inspire people to learn, then you need to incorporate techniques so people can process the information every ten minutes. Also, if participants don’t know each other yet, it gives them a chance to informally introduce one another.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

February 27, 2011. The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. Network Mapping Exercise.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

So, let’s get out the nonprofit vote for the nonprofit panels at SXSW 2011 ! Here’s my picks for SXSW Nonprofit Panels: A Conversation About Change Agents Through Social Media Social media is causing a revolution in how information is shared and communities are formed. How has human behavior changed? How much do we share?

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