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grist.org: Measuring Along the Ladder of Engagement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline.

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Turning Low-dollar Fundraisers Into Money Raising Superstars

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In 2011, Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council conducted an online survey of individuals who have participated in at least one run, walk or ride event in the last two years. Measuring Success. To close out I’d like to leave you with a simple way to measure success. Tailoring your communication is key.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Taproot Foundation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We use Hootsuite and Sprout Social to manage our accounts and track metrics. A present, all of our marketing and volunteer recruitment campaigns really rely on social media to spread the word and energize our audience and so we use tools built into the aforementioned interfaces to help us measure the effectiveness of a campaign.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. Look first at your organizational metrics. What do you measure every day, week, month, year? I am so thrilled to have the chance to participate in this event and thankful for the invitation.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, let’s get out the nonprofit vote for the nonprofit panels at SXSW 2011 ! Its true impact has yet to be measured, but Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and every other social media platform have already caused a revelation in how people want to communicate. Online numbers don’t always equate offline results.

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The Evolution of NPTech: Keynote and slides

Amy Sample Ward

We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. The magical kingdom in which offline and online worked together, where strategies that were proven in one place were re-imagined in new ones.

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5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics | Nonprofit Trends with Steve.

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All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. That’s not the case this time.