Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

He said that strategic plan is more wishful thinking compared to a business plan that chocked with analysis. Business plans are not difficult to measure and the process is a discipline process of asking questions. How will they measure success? So, articulated success metrics for a networked strategy is also important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

The basics include: benefits, value, metrics, and financial calculations. I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. In order for your community strategy to be sustainable, you need to be able to articulate value back to the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. It answers the "Was it worth doing?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This process of reflection is embedded in the organization’s working style, not a random moment of inspiration after a program evaluation is completed. Everyone on staff understands that the questions are the best teachers and in an effort to sustain learning articulate questions and seek answers to those questions. delivered).

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes When doing a cost analysis between two solutions, it’s tempting to compare based on sticker price alone. At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. Blog Posts About Various Steps of the Measurement Process. Once you set measurable goals, you’ve got make sure they are realistic. Pick Metrics. Select Your Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As I’ve been working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with co-author KD Paine, we’ve come to the chapter on measurement tools. I sent out a query nonprofit tech colleagues who are social media mavens and ask that age old question, “ What’s in your social media measurement tool box ?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Malaise is a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness, of being “out of sorts.&# Lately, I’ve been hearing about “measurement malaise&# infecting nonprofits and not just social media measurement. Idealware Study. Respondents that names tools were labled as “substantial.’

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2013

I recently heard this same idea from colleague Carie Lewis during our Measurement Workshop at SXSW. It means that you need to engage with a purpose or articulated goal. But that’s only half of it as KD Paine and I write in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” What is a conversion?

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