Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I spent a year co-writing on a book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” with measurement guru KD Paine because I felt strongly focusing on vanity metrics such as follower counts or Facebook likes was a waste of time. I didn’t get asked ”What are the best tools to measure followers on Twitter?

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JUNE 4, 2013

And very few organizations are applying that data to make decisions about their programs or measure their strategic outcomes. In the spring of 2013, NTEN and Avectra surveyed nonprofit communications, fundraising, and leadership staff about their engagement data management practices, findings, and future plans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The template has been adapted by others, including this version for small organizations created by John Haydon. I also suggest that you pick up a copy of Kivi Leroux Miller’s “ Content Marketing for Nonprofits “ to also help you in your content strategy for next year. Great idea! Great implementation! How do I use it?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

As organizations serving public interests, nonprofits answer to the voices of multiple stakeholders. The complex accountability relationships facing nonprofit organizations include responsibilities to donors, clients, community partners, staff members and volunteers.

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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. By: Rebecca Shore.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

as measured by total giving. 2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. So where once our annual data sets (which had been used to summarize yearly changes) contained a mix of fiscal years among foundations, they now would include the same fiscal year for all included organizations.

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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. How to build your organization's capacity to be networked one small step at a time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

Holly published the 2013 version back in December, but you can never have too much of a good and incredibly useful resource!!! It’s Not Too Late To Set Your Communications Agenda with LightBox Collaborative’s 2013 Editorial Calendar – Guest Post by Holly Minch, Lightbox Collaborative.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

The overhead myth is a pervasive challenge for nonprofits, often leading to organizations that are under-funded, unable to make an impact that aligns with their potential, and rapidly losing high-performing employees. And, it can make organizations feel the need to limit their operating expenses to a detrimental degree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2013

This session is my first interactive keynote based on the content of my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. In today’s complicated and networked world, legal services organizations need to adapt and improve their programs and fine tune their networks at a much faster pace than ever before.

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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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Care2

JUNE 13, 2013

Unfortunately, the old rule - good content is still king, seems to have been forgotten by many organizations on social media, particularly on Twitter. It’s no secret that social media has experienced incredible growth over the last couple of years. In addition, almost all nonprofits have a social media presence.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

If you’re going to the BBCON 2013 Conference starting September 29 th , you should expect a great conference filled some of my favorite nonprofits and campaigners who will be sharing their insights in email marketing, storytelling via multiple channels, and social media wins and fails. million organizations. 2:15 to 3:30.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

These events create new and exciting opportunities for organizations to not only raise more money, but engage constituents in deeper, more meaningful relationships. During the webinar will I will be presenting the key findings in the report and explore trends that will define the P2P industry this coming year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

It is superb for visual storytelling about your organization, its stakeholders, and results. 15 Tips for Nonprofits on Instagram (2013) by Giftworks. There are lots of photo editing apps that work with Instagram, management tools, and tools to measure Instagram. Free Report: Simply Measured.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

Here’s my some of my itinerary while I’m in Australia and New Zealand: May 11, 2013: Full Day Workshop: The Networked NGO in New Zealand. This workshop is for intermediate organizations and will focus on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 29, 2013

21, 2013), with a step-by-step guide to creating an organized and successful Giving Day Campaign. Here are the 4 core steps to launching your nonprofit’s Giving Day campaign: Set measurable, attainable goals. Image courtesy of Coordinating Public Relations. What would your nonprofit like to gain from a Giving Day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW). How does your organization learn from failure?

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APRIL 2, 2013

In a couple of weeks, the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study will be released (previously the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study ). The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. You may ask, does that mean my organization should be sending more email?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. Only within the last decade has research on the efficacy of evaluating the effects of art on audiences been realized (Brown & Novak, 2013).

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MARCH 29, 2023

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order named “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity”. NIST did a pretty darn good job organizing the massively broad topic of cybersecurity. This may sound like a no brainer, but you’d be absolutely shocked at how many organizations are weak in this area.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

In this case, the photo draws you in, and when you click through to the website , you can read full length stories and see great photos of children who have been helped by the organization. Donors love to see the behind-the-scenes work of the organization. 2) Share photos of your volunteers in action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis. I foresee that 2013 will be the year that this strategy really takes off. Flickr Photo by Toddy. I’m so glad you asked.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This can also be a great reason to make initial contact with an organization that you could partner with for other things in the future. Another great topic is the history of your organization. Finally, have other people in your organization read your post, and get at least one outsider perspective as well. Mind blank of ideas?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Purpose is an organization’s aspirational reason for being, beyond profits alone. It’s why an organization matters to people. Despite this, less than half of employees know what their organization stands for and what makes it different. So, how do organizations pursue purpose successfully? What’s next?

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JUNE 12, 2023

Organizations that use a Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) system will typically rely on it everyday. The documentation of these details is essential for an organization to move forward with goals and maintain existing relationships with supporters. Organizations are interacting with constituents on a daily basis.

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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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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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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Demographic, economic and technological challenges are making it increasingly difficult to raise the money organizations need to meet the ever-increasing demand. Demonstrating and Measuring Real Impact. The issues in the industry are profound. Nonprofits are under a lot of pressure. Million Dollar Gifts and Donor Loyalty.

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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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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). For nonprofits, measuring their broader impact can be easier said than done. The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact.

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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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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

It's mind boggling how something like this could be harnessed for digital inclusion and social sector organizations. 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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

Keep in mind that many of the most complex and intractable social issues that nonprofits face can only be effectively addressed by collective impact, via collaboration among organizations or even across sectors. Are they the best possible actors for the mission the organization seeks to achieve? Codify, then adapt” (Paul, 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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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

As you refine your fundraising strategy and explore new ways of connecting with donors, check out Blackbaud ''s 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits to compare your organization to others and gather new ideas. who was recently named a "Top 100 Workplace 2013" by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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