Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

And, of course, don’t forget that you also need to measure your content strategy and “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” has lots of tips and resources that help you do that. This is a great tool to help them do just that, thanks for sharing it! ” – John Kenyon, 2013. What is it?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. The 7 steps of measurement. What you'll learn: How to lead with a networked mindset. Ashley has a M.A.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

It’s not a new concept; in fact, as far back as 2013, GuideStar (Candid’s predecessor organization along with Foundation Center), the BBB, and Charity Navigator came together to issue a call to stop the overhead myth. . Work with a nonprofit accountant to create an ironclad budget and stick to it.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Blackbaud’s 2013 Peer to Peer Fundraising Benchmark report provides information that you can use to not only measure your success but to learn about trends and best practices in event fundraising. What is your retention plan and how is it different than your recruitment plan?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced today that Lucy Bernholz will join the Foundation as a Visiting Scholar effective fall 2013 and through 2014. com. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled, The Future of Good. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled, The Future of Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

I do, however, run into good friends who work in the technology and social media sector – such as Chris Prillo who was vlogging this year’s SXSW. This leads me to a question, “Why don’t more people who work for nonprofits embrace this “learning from failure” or growth mindset – especially when using technology?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 22, 2021

Innovative colleges and universities, including USC , Stanford, Purdue, Rutgers, Michigan State, UPenn, and Notre Dame have recently implemented the Salesforce platform to help modernize their fundraising, personalize engagement, and conduct AI-powered research and reporting to inform strategy and measure ROI.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Only within the last decade has research on the efficacy of evaluating the effects of art on audiences been realized (Brown & Novak, 2013). Using different terms to mean the same thing confuses the story. How do you measure that? As artists, we can be very insecure about our work. Telling the wrong story.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Continue reading to learn how to determine what type of posts you should write, how long your post should be, how to edit your own work, strategies for getting past the dreaded writer’s block when writing your blog, and more. Find topics for your blog Make your blog work for you. Not sure what to write for your nonprofit blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. Based on the her book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Award, Beth Kanter will share frameworks, strategies and practical tips for engaging with your network in ways that lead to measurable results.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Despite this, less than half of employees know what their organization stands for and what makes it different. Any area of the company that would be directly impacted had a seat at the table, connecting purpose and strategy to the people working in the stores. “We Brands With Purpose Link Day-to-Day Work to a Shared Purpose.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

We are excited to announce that Forum One has been recognized as a 2022 Communicator Awards winner of 11 awards in seven different categories! The Communicator Awards honor excellence in innovation and creative work in marketing and communications. Truman Foundation staff selected Forum One to redesign and develop the new Truman.gov.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

Nonprofit organizations have a responsibility to embrace client perspectives, as serving clients often represents a primary purpose for many nonprofits (Twersky, Buchanan, & Threlfall, 2013). Implementing mechanisms to transfer power to clients provides the greatest opportunity to improve downward accountability (Benjamin, 2013).

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013. Email raises money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” I often hear nonprofits say, “We don’t have those skills within our organization so we don’t do measurement.”

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013. Email raises money.

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John Kenyon

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

A study from Bowker Market Research in 2013 showed that the majority of book buyers are female. Have our staff read any of them and could relate to our community the connections they observed to your mission or program work? This might point to working parents who are looking for quick meal ideas.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I'm just wondering how they're different from today's PCs? The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. It's a 40-page study that measures what's going on with nonprofit email, fundraising, social media, and mobile. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Note from Beth: “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” is getting a lot of good feedback as people read and apply the ideas in the book. We talk about finding the right tool for the data collection job and tools come in three different categories: analytics tools, content analysis, and surveys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Sharing memories from Seminar 2013 at the #icnola reunion! RamahSeminar (@RamahSeminar) December 24, 2013. You can also engage with alumni about their professional work experiences, especially if it is directly connected to your program. Images work for engagement. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Achieve

AUGUST 27, 2017

Instead of simply asking for an email address, you want to get potential supporters to take a low-level action on behalf of your issue or cause that reinforces their belief in your organization and its work. 2013 Millennial Impact report. Let’s say you support the work of an organization like PETA. So, what should you measure?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. Sunrise on Sacred Maori Land outside of Auckland, NZ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Harvard Business Review, March 2013. SSIR Blog, January 2013. Upwell, an organization incubated by the Ocean Conservancy and that works in a different way to support Ocean Conservation is using social media data, campaign experiments, and failing fast and learning fast to get impact. Disaster work.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2013, the Wikimedia Foundation raised $37 million from more than 2.5 Wikipedia supports donations in more than 70 different currencies and 16 payment methods. Last year, they tested more than 800 different banners that influenced this year’s online campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

As a long time reader of Beth’s blog, I am very excited by the release of Beth’s new book, Measuring the Networked Non-Profit. They can either work in opposition or complement each other depending on your priorities. Order your Social Branding Blueprint now and receive an extra online access pass FREE to give to a non-profit colleague.

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Care2

APRIL 1, 2013

We who work in the nonprofit sector are blessed to have many outstanding innovators in our midst. Or else they’re data geeks who connect the dots so insightfully that they recognize before everyone else does that it’s time to try doing things differently. They are the ones who try risky stunts to advance great causes.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

By doing so, you’ll avoid the extra time and energy required to redo this work and ensure your forward-facing messaging about your organization is consistent. Be sure to provide a full picture of the expenses you expect to incur, not just snapshots at different points along your timeline. Running periodic fundraising reports.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Looking at overhead alone is a poor way to measure a nonprofit organization’s overall performance (Letter to the Donors of America, 2014). Therefore, conducting these time studies will help organizations better allocate their employees’ time based on the work they do in a typical work-week. 2013, March). Pallotta, D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

million in a day on #GivingTuesday 2013. It’s got to be fun – games and activities can make a big difference. ” All good nonprofit strategists know that you have to begin with setting measurable goals. A unifying theme creates excitement and engagement. The execution details matter: flow, food, decorations, music.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Also, can form factions of different community boards representing different groups (i.e. We took a year off of C3 in 2013 and reconsidered our goals for the group. Our work would become more relevant, our collaborations more timely, our network more diverse. I struggle with both these options. Low on long-term impact.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. Use Personalized Messaging on Different Audiences. I’ve worked with many nonprofits that have seen a good jump in clicks and conversions from subject line testing. Send another one to a different 10 percent.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Question: My board of directors and staff are working, doing their jobs in the day to day, but they don’t seem to have the energy or interest in the overall mission and future of the organization. used this process successfully with two different groups, and one of the best outcomes were the ideas generated by the cross-pollination.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Keep in mind that a user on Flickr consumes and engages with media differently than the audience that engages on Instagram simply because of how the platforms of engagement are set up. That's how it works! Simply Measured touts. Then dig into its Cutting Edge Social Media report from May 2013 to really satisfy your craving.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2015

Where I see nonprofits often still coming up short, though, is measuring multi-channel results, especially beyond email conversions. If these other channels are now part of your campaigns, then you have to be able to measure them, too. Try different visuals and messaging during a campaign. Donation Form Conversion Rate.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2013

You may have heard that Blackbaud recently released our 2013 Online Benchmarking Study. How did your organization measure up? This is something I constantly have to work on during interviews, especially since I’m interviewing over the phone about 99% of the time. So, what gives? Why are fewer people coming to your website?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

This was very different from the typical nonprofit websites that I’ve worked on. It’s a very different line of thinking, and in this case, much more rewarding. Josh: I was recently inspired by Kickstarter’s 2013 Year in Review , and I’ve had a lot of ideas related to their design. WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO FEEL CREATIVE?

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