Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Much like a developing human, our data collections have gotten bigger over time (see chart below), undergone developmental changes, and experienced the associated growing pains. Analysis tip : We still create these annual data sets. And this year, it enters full-fledged adulthood! government agencies ii.

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Grant Data Pledge Analysis 98

Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn from my mistakes and create better charts for your audience – to show fundraising results, organization’s impact or benchmarking. Have you seen a chart and asked yourself, “What is this? Are we guilty of creating such charts ourselves? Here’s a chart from my thesis I created about 15 years ago.

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Chart Results Create Fundraising 27

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

This statement is crucial for demonstrating how effectively your nonprofit manages its resources. These resources can offer timely insights into changes in accounting standards and how they affect your organization. Financial statements must reflect the true nature of resources available.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It might be even useful to locate a volunteer with a background in sales or data analysis and see if you can get them to come on board as the one person in your organization who can go through the feedback and present the results. U tilize untapped resources. S elf-care prioritization. Do all you can to recover and recharge.

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Results Nonprofit PowerPoint Map 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Click to See Visualization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. How would you describe Virgin America in social networking analysis and mapping terminology? . I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Analysis Social Network America Network 95

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

To understand why nonprofit healthcare data silos are an issue, let’s examine their ramifications more closely: Inefficient workflows: Data silos cause duplication and can force operational teams to manually input data, wasting both precious time and resources. So, how do healthcare organizations overcome these data silos?

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Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 79

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You may begin with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis. Realistic: Reasonable based on your available resources. Measurable: Quantifiable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

One of my favorite resources is The Noun Project which is a visual language site that collects and organizes symbols and icons for public use. After helping my kids with math homework (they had to represent some data in a chart), I found this awesome, free chart maker at the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around. ” Or if you are a self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Data analysis is a process, not a one-time thing. Data nerds know how to clean and recode data, look for patterns, calculate key statistics, and then show off the most important information in graphs and charts. You can follow this syllabus to boost your skills at all stages of the data analysis process. Secret #8.

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Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, throwing a million charts and graphs together or writing a 10,000-word essay on why your nonprofit is the best isn’t going to be so effective (or worth anyone’s time). In a traditional PDF, this would take 5 separate charts and even then we wouldn’t get the same effect of watching this program grow on a national level.

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Report Template Org Nonprofit 85

Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2017

These results are based on the largest analysis of charitable giving data and come from the 2016 Charitable Giving Report. It provides one of the most credible resources on fundraising performance in the social good community. Download the report at Blackbaud's 2016 Charitable Giving Report page. Image 2 : Blackbaud. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.” from MIT in rocket science.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 109

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

What kind of Gift Chart represents your current distribution of donors, and how many donors do you need at each level to meet your goals? . Next, prioritize numbers that are the most meaningful and strategically allocate resources accordingly. How many donors do you have? . How many donors currently make gifts below that average?

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Notes and Resources. It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2020

Through the uncertainty, nonprofit staff, volunteers, and fundraisers show signs of being resilient, resourceful, and resolute. We’ve all seen the charts, where our actions directly affect outcomes. Recently, Blackbaud data scientists performed a cluster analysis of 1.4 Are we flattening the curve?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making. This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. Click to See Larger Version. Measurement'

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you. Here are two great resources to get you started: unconference and open space technology. Tags: presentation webtools analysis community mapping listening notes tools webinar women womenwhotech.

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It also creates a resource called the Horizon Navigator an online, open-content database of free research on emerging technologies, is a dynamic social media platform overlying an innovative set of intelligent search tools and a comprehensive collection of resources.

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Analytics Teach Training Train 97

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The tweet chat covered why data is important for nonprofits and libraries, how to identify what data to collect, and provided guidance on software resources organizations could use for collecting and analyzing data. Even text can be measured with text analysis tools that can provide statistics on keywords and gauge sentiment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

He agreed to write a four-part primer on a visual diagnostics, mapping, and social networking analysis primer and how nonprofits might use these tools for social change. There are new forms of “mapping”, including social network analysis , which can vastly enhance and speed understanding of the systems.

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Map System Profit Guatemala 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

They have also provided resources for nonprofits to learn how to use tools to get feedback in t he Feedback Commons or the DIY Toolkit , and join GlobalGiving to earn points (which leads to more funding!) What other online resources are valuable to help you Listen, Act, Learn and Repeat? by using those tools to become more effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). Jeremiah Owyang has a good analysis of what features Google + needs to go mainstream. Wait for maturation? What are the potential uses for nonprofits?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This tool makes social media a very valuable outreach resource for your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy. Backlink analysis. Get an idea of who is linking to your site, the anchor text they use, and their domain authority with Moz’s backlink analysis. Social media. Then, track your rankings for those keywords in Moz.

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Org Raise Tools Help 81

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. At the heart of most issue-focused policy and research is data analysis. Connect the dots from raw source to visualization to analysis.

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Policy Data Content Share 36

NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

The Organizational Chart ~ Look for Obstacles. The way in which mission focused technology comes to be is largely based on the organizational chart, that funny diagram made up of boxes and lines that either puts tech on the path to success or the highway to, well. and the mission. that can awaken and visualize the needs. Conclusion.

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Tech Org Chart San Diego 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? Here's a question I get all the time: How much time and resources does it take to implement social media? Key skill is pattern analysis. Link listening and analysis to decisions or actions. Download it here. In A Museum? 5 hours per week).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you implement a new survey system to use on your website and emails but then neglect to develop an easy, scalable way to actually export the survey results to your database for analysis, what’s the point? Here’s a very basic example of a TCO chart detailing the costs of implementing a new CRM platform: Begin researching vendors.

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Tech Develop Strategy Guide 42

Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

You ascertain averages, browse benchmarks , and create charts. This type of analysis has served us fairly well to date. With it you can: Reallocate resources by spending more time and money on those who are most likely to participate. If you’re like most peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) staff, you’re drowning in data.

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Analytics Data Fundraising Amazon 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I first came across their thinking and work on building social networks for social change via the resources section on the Barr Foundation web site back in 2006. Later, I found the chart in Net Gains. I first came across their thinking and work on building social networks for social change via the resources section on the.

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Network Authoring Social Media Ipod 95

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2015

Marketing research done on a regular basis will allow you to make better decisions, chart changes over time, plan initiatives, and assess your success. This will help you better allocate resources. Nonprofit Marketing Analytics data data analysis market research nonprofit marketing'

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2012

You know those times when you are looking for a blog that provides you with meaty analysis on contemporary issues in arts engagement? When you want cogent arguments with charts to back them up? Here's what I love about Createquity: In-depth analysis of arts research reports. Stop looking and start subscribing to Createquity.

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Arts Museum Analysis California 29

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

" Accounting Resources for Nonprofits. There are numerous resources for nonprofits to access in order to learn how to accurately calculate their total costs. More Resources. Bridgespan Group Nonprofit Cost Analysis toolkit. Budgeting, fiscal policies, and internal control resources. Image 2: Hydeh Ghaffari.

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San Francisco Ratio Nonprofit Interview 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Return on Investment.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

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. I used the wiki to take notes and add resources on the fly that come up during Q/A. The groups were thrilled to win points.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data. However, as Map Kibera's public website points out: "Without basic knowledge of the geography and resources of Kibera it is impossible to have an informed discussion on how to improve the lives of residents."

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