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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community.

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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

These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making. It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals. Click to See Larger Version.

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ROI (Results on Insights) of Online Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, for the purposes of an ROI analysis and reporting to decision-makers, maybe you don't emphasize those values in the report or be the only value. In order for your community strategy to be sustainable, you need to be able to articulate value back to the organization. He recommends to prioritize according.

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