Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The previous version of Google Analytics (GA3 or Universal Analytics) was around for over a decade and helped organizations of all shapes and sizes track and analyze data around their website traffic. Examples might include a steep drop in sessions that’s out of the norm or Google no longer indexing your site.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

As gestures of transparency, she released lists of recipient organizations in July and in December. In a recent analysis , we looked at the characteristics of the December cohort, which totaled $4.2 Grant size versus organization size . Further analysis of organizational size can be found in our earlier report.)

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

Where does it comes from, how is it stored and organized, who wants it and why, and so on. And sitting in the middle of the debate are data brokers – companies that specialize in the collection, mashing, analysis and sale of billions of pieces of data about millions of people. But organizations know data. Is big data bad?

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

We provide examples of how to achieve this alignment more effectively, as well as examples of common data problems that organizations encounter and need to overcome. We are aggregating answers with each recurrence of the event. For example: Why do you need two CRMs? Three donor databases? We could go on.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. Social Actions Transition: Request for Letters of Interest.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 30, 2023

When’s the last time you heard a board member say, “Members want…” followed by an aggregate of the last five conversations they’ve had. Dig Below the Surface to Find Gaps in Member Retention It’s likely that your organization measures retention rates, but are you looking at the surface or digging in below the aggregate level ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. And you shared them!

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

Based on our analysis, the answer is, it's (currently) impossible to know —but it’s important to get right. . Corporate funders are for-profit organizations funding philanthropic work. An example of an itemized pledge is from PayPal. billion dollars. This data is available on our racial equity map.[ the NBA Foundation ).

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Classy

MAY 6, 2021

Historically, organizations were able to obtain a 28-day lookback period on a user’s activity and track the process they went through before making a purchase or donation. This limits organizations to a seven-day lookback. It also delays delivering that information to an organization between 24 to 48 hours. New App Attribution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2011

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote about SoSomeThing.Org as an example of a nonprofit with a “data-driven culture.&# What initially caught my eye was the above presentation from George Weiner. o Google Analytics is free, as are many other basic analysis tools. What Does the Data Say? Tweets Into Action on Prezi.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. The community will help identify and point to the best how-to guides and useful resources that cover all aspects of creating, aggregating, and distributing social media.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 2, 2021

Many organizations measure the success of their products by aggregate revenue, engagement numbers, and member feedback. Understanding post-purchase behavior is an important part of the analysis. Or, justify if the time and money spent on a particular product contributes to the future health of the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

On the free side, Manny Hernandez mentioned NutShell Mail, software that aggregates comments and likes on your fan page and delivers it in one email. We engage in multiple social networks, some that you probably also use: Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn , YouTube , Flickr , Slideshare , our own blog , and a few other networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If you set up you presence when Google + first launched, but you didn’t organize it to learn, now’s your opportunity for a fresh start. Nonprofits Organizations This is Heather Mansfied’s Google + brand page. For example, what if your nonprofit is launching a new program and you’re holding a press conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Do you have a group or use a fan page to create a community space for your organization on Facebook? Here are a few things to consider: are you listing organization or sector-related events within the group or fan page? the names of your organization and programs/projects. Delicious / Bookmarks. Communities. Social Actions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Each type dictates a different process and therefore requires different measurement and analysis methods. Does the input aggregated allow you to move forward on a project or move forward in a new direction? There are three main types of crowdsourcing: Work, Input and Action. Does it help you solve a problem? Is different better?

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. An example would be getting your high-fidelity medical simulator to talk to your LMS and LRS. You’ll notice that right away below the fold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The interaction component was a new version of the Social Media Game that I first used in 2007 with David Wilcox. The largest group I ever worked with was with the Meyer Memorial Trust in Portland for 150 nonprofits and with Compasspoint for a 100 organizations. Hashtag Stats. The Challenge of Transfer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

But, I'd love to see a range of examples that de-construct the development of a wiki in a nonprofit setting. I'd like to see some wiki screenshots -- the first iteration, the second (when people added content) and the last or later when the wiki facilitator did some editing or weeding or organizing. There is one or two examples.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Policy-oriented organizations have long produced dizzying amounts of statistical content. Smart organizations create and publish their data widely to other sites, widgets, social networks, and aggregation applications. So how can your organization tap into these tools and trends? Kurt Voelker, Forum One Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

This is an interesting process of spreading the expertise and way of working to all parts of the organization. I asked folks on Facebook: “ What is your organization trying to accomplish on Facebook with its Fan Page? What I learned is that “drive by&# analysis of metrics is really a waste of time.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. " Map Kibera is a stellar example of "public participation GIS" -- involving a community in the creation of a map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

This takes a lot of time because I'm not just browsing, but I'm doing a pattern analysis for best practices that I can incorporate into a presentation about social media principles and nonprofits. For example, note their call to action right on the YouTube video. Some really good design points. Is there a tactical tip to share?

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

We agreed that getting representation from commercial organizations like Google and Amazon at our Global Health Data meetings could well provide useful insights into the problems we wrestle with.).

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

One of the most compelling examples are the Crisis Camps that the community of developers and web geeks are leading around the world. I jumped at the chance to participate, as I have a background in humanitarian emergency analysis and am a self-proclaimed geek. Some of the highlights include: An English/Creole translation iPhone app.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. " Map Kibera is a stellar example of "public participation GIS" -- involving a community in the creation of a map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

The Be The Media Project is a community of people from nonprofits who are interested in learning and teaching about how social media strategies and tools can enable nonprofit organizations to create, compile, and distribute their stories and change the world. Use the module template as the framework for discussion and participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

" Allan also offers an analysis of the nonprofit micro-philanthropy applications, but says it is too early to speculate where things will be in the next 21 days or next few months. Charlene Li has an analysis of the impact. I like Christopher Penn's example: Think for a moment what this means. s an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2006

I'm tagging information related to discussion, examples, and comments about nonprofits using tagging (or not using tagging) to prep for upcoming session at netsquared.org with the tag del.icio.us/nptag. A quick analysis of the types (create a visual with mindmanager - concentric circles? " This is an aggregation of the above.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

For example, event marketers can plan for certain ticket types that could gain exclusive access to event content through digital gateways that unlock follow-up webinars, Q&As, or networking sessions. That’s why teaming up with a technology solution with amazing customer support is critical. Actionable Event Growth Strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

" He said that MacArthur hopes to make investments to help nonprofits and civil society organizations address serious issues. What I'm seeing - companies and organizations that come in and are successful are those that are able to contribute something to the world itself. Linden gives the example of American Cancer Society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Since conversations are getting more distributed and in addition to using the NpTech tag to discover, aggregate, and summarize resources, I'm incorporating nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, nptech friendfeed room, and networks. It's key goal is to pair pro bono professional services with nonprofit organizations who need them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

The are many projects are out campaigning for votes -- for example - here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here ,and here. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. An analysis of the back channel from Michael Gilbert. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Stated another way, organize and simplify. It is hard for me to find posts because I have too many categories and an idiosyncratic way of organizing them. One way I'm going to do this is to focus on reorganizing them into these thematic areas. One example recently was I post I wrote about a Twitter tool.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Forum One has worked with dozens of organizations to effectively show impact and change outcomes using data. For example, if you want to improve healthcare for low-income citizens, those individuals may not be the target audience. First, they aggregate findings into broad categories such as Housing, Transportation, and Environment.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

We offer full-service technology consultation to nonprofit organizations of all shapes and sizes, and we put a special emphasis on the planning process. How does technology help nonprofit organizations? First, an effective plan enables your organization to develop a more comprehensive technology strategy. Receiving donations.

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