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Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012 – guest post by Victoria Dunning. Grit is a long-term metric, and though difficult to measure, it is a truer indicator than IQ or SAT scores and other static quantitative measures on the potential to achieve ultimate success. GEO’s 2012 National [.]

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What is the Funder’s Role in Supporting Good Measurement?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement.

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#kantersea: Data, Transparency, and Measurement In Seattle

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They crowdsourced questions that we discussed and then we opened it up for audience q/a. “Is measuring data about proving it or improving it?” Advice for Nonprofits To Get Started with Measurement. 2 What is the metric to track. “If you’re just starting with measurement, start with an easy win.”

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Measurement Takes Center Stage in Bill Gates' 2013 Letter

NTEN

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. But in the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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Embrace the Data, Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth Kanter (@kanter) October 3, 2012. I’m in Boston with Katie Paine as part of our book tour for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” where we jointly delivered a keynote at the e-metrics conference yesterday. Beth Kanter (@kanter) October 3, 2012. — Beth Kanter (@kanter) October 3, 2012.

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Your Burning Questions (& Our Answers) on Facebook Metrics and Strategy!

NTEN

Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. So many people asked interesting and thoughtful questions during the webinar that we wanted to make sure everyone gets a chance to see them and participate in the discussion! Q: My sector isn’t in the study.

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Social Media Benchmarking: Gauging Success for Project and Organizations in Global Health and Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar. By: Rebecca Shore.

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