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SXSW 2013: Measurement and Making Sense of Your Data

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This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. Neff (@daveiam) March 11, 2013. Brian (@BrianRobick) March 11, 2013.

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Stop Days: The Secret To Nonprofit Productivity

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The NTEN Book Club, organized by Lauren McKown and Kai Williams, hosted a video chat this week.This month they have been reading The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout and discussing it in the NTEN online community. Workplace Productivity and Well Being .

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Does Your Organization Have Social Media Guidelines for All Staff?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Brian Fitzgerald (@brianfit) March 10, 2013. All this should be communicated succinctly in a document that is based on discussion, roadshows, and training for staff on using social media effectively. Social media response chart loosely based on the AirForce Blog Response Framework. YQe91n #npsmpeer. Dos and Don’ts.

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Planning Your Nonprofit’s Capital Campaign: 4 Do's & Don'ts

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You start discussing your goals with donors, but they don’t understand why you’re asking for such large gifts. They’ll shape the entire campaign, from the specific fundraising goal you seek to raise, to the case for support you develop and discuss with donors. The plan feels pieced together, and your early efforts lose steam fast.

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How Do We Balance Measuring Outcomes with Measuring to Learn and Improve? (#SM_RE)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. Click to See Larger Version. The point is that there is sometimes confusion between activities and results. There is also the issue of social media measurement tools.

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Telling the story in a new way: Should arts leaders use impact evaluation?

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At the plenary panel discussion, a woman from the audience, an arts teacher, asked, plaintively, “Why do we have to justify the arts in school? Only within the last decade has research on the efficacy of evaluating the effects of art on audiences been realized (Brown & Novak, 2013). July, 2013). Art is also very subjective.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

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For those of us who also focused on training, instruction, and professional learning for nonprofits, the New Media Consortium , has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale for the past ten years.