Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

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. Among other changes, it requires encouraging employers to have more bike friendly policies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

An Interview with Fanny Villiers , Directora General of Donadora – an official partner of the Global Trends in Giving Report ( en español ). When we started Fondeadora in 2011 (the first creative crowdfunding platform in Mexico, renamed to Donadora in 2016), processing online payments was very difficult. 93% regularly vote.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. Databases - Nonprofits can use these tools to track data in real time and report on results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

I happened to mention that I was seeing reports from nonprofit folks about the recent change in the Facebook Algorithm and Megan Keaney Anderson offered to write this guest post. How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. He studied more than 1.3

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success. How Do You Measure Up?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

that sounds a little bit like bragging, but I promise the report is worth the read. In our 2011 Online Giving Report we've combined findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multiyear giving data, which allows us to pull out a very rich set of insights. Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Just as organizations (usually!) In the report, Geoff also shares these results: The training program achieved its overarching goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. How Strong Is Your Social Net?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The survey fundings are based on a sample nonprofit CEOs whose organizations are receiving funding from foundations giving at least $5 million annually in grants called the “Nonprofit Voice,” with 170 respondents answering the questions on this survey. The report ends with some reasons why there might be a disconnect.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

Last summer, we pulled together data from some of the country’s leading nonprofits to bring you the 2011 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report, laying out basic benchmarks for nonprofit pages on Facebook. Have questions about the Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report? > Space is already filling up, so make sure to RSVP today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

I’m really curious about how networked nonprofits can use measurement and make decisions using data to get more impact from networked approaches. I want to hear about your successes and challenges in making your networked nonprofit more effective using measurement and data to make decisions about effective use of emerging media.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. Today, on every measure of growth and engagement, Twitter is growing at a record pace.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

The price is lower than the recently reported $800 million figure, but still a formidable investment from the enterprise software giant, which is on a seemingly never-ending acquisition spree. Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 and Catherine T. million, depending on the size of its budget.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Quite simply, donor retention is a measure of how many donors continue to donate to your organization. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project provides a platform for these organizations to conduct research that helps nonprofits increase their fundraising results at a faster pace. . But what is donor retention?

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

As public-facing and serving organizations, nonprofits are held to higher ethical standards than their business counterparts are. Organizational transparency, the disclosure of operational, financial, and decision-making information, remains a significant factor in the formation of the public’s trust in an organization’s mission and intent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Organization: Big Cat Rescue. Organization Size: 125 exotic cats, 9 paid staff, 107 volunteers, 80,000 supporters. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Which has helped your organization the most and how? What is on your To Do List for 2011? Name: Carol Baskin. Title: CEO.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Every organization (and by that I mean the dedicated staff) that runs some version of a peer-to-peer fundraising event wants to help their participants be better fundraisers. Here are five extremely effective ways that we’ve found to work for countless organizations. Measuring Success. Sounds familiar, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

How will you measure success? A new report from Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University suggests that “Millennial&# donors (adults born since 1981) have different approaches to giving, and suggests ways to adapt to a more connected and global-minded generation. The Increment Steps To Impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Reporting begins with benchmarking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Organization: National Wildlife Federation. Organization Size: 400 employees. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic Web Analytics Consulting: The X Change Non-Profit Analytics Challenge – "The Non-Profit Analytics Challenge is a rare opportunity for the brightest analysts in the digital measurement field to collaborate & assist non-profit organizations to optimize their websites. "What is your organization accomplishing?

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy. It can be organized and brought to bear upon a situation.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Sage Nonprofit Solutions I've been asked to present a session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on "Technical Management Techniques for Managers". When the "fire alarm" sounds, be the calm leader in your organization. Insist that the preventive measures be implemented.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Organization: The Nature Conservancy. Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Once you have looked out for the safety and well being of your employees by implementing work from home, social distancing, and community hygiene, it is critical that you turn your attention to your organization’s future fiscal health. And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The term social economy puts up front the economic value of social organizations — that they produce and market services, employ people, may own valuable assets, and generate social value. He explains that the monetary economy is what we measure. A dilemma is how to bring it to the fore and measure it for its overwhelming value.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The past decade has been rife with ideas on how to scale up successful nonprofit organizations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. In 2011, 85% of respondents reported an increase in demand. If you isolate human services organizations, 56% of the respondents received federal government funding and 69% received state or local funding. Angela Francis , Senior Associate.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

If you haven’t started, it may be time for your organization to pay special attention to how online and offline work as complimentary fundraising channels, rather than competing initiatives, so you can improve overall giving through multichannel marketing. coordinated, thoughtful multichannel marketing is still pretty rare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

The panelists include: Amy Sample Ward – Amy is an author and speaker focused on the way social technologies can be used to support social impact by nonprofit organizations and community groups around the world. USPIRG ToySafety.mobi is a 26 year annual report on toy safety. Ace: Do One Thing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, June 3, 2011 Research Friday: Really, is the Nonprofit Sector Becoming More Commercialized? As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

By 2011, American women surpassed men in gaining college degrees , including advanced degrees. The Gender Parity Index is a UNESCO measurement of access to education for both males and females. There are powerful women in these organizations. Women's participation in parliaments worldwide rose to 23 percent in 2016.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. “I This kind of phenomenon can be seen in a 2011 joint report from Social Finance, Inc. Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D. Welcome to Research Friday

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