Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. < The first thing to accept about any technology project is that it’s not really about technology. It’s about people.

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Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

With the number of data collection tools available on the internet for little or no cost, it’s tempting to inundate members with surveys about everything from the color of the annual meeting theme to crucial issues like dues increases or social issues. It tends to take about 20 minutes to answer a survey of this length.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

Consider using surveys, direct interviews, or informal conversations to initiate this process. ” Analysis : This testimonial emphasizes the donor’s personal connection and satisfaction with the results of their contributions, highlighting the organization’s effectiveness and transparency.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2022

Candid, in turn, has the most comprehensive database about the social sector, including leadership demographics (the current demographic dataset includes 36,000+ organizations). About the research . What do we know about funding support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)? . Stay tuned .

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Research Demographics Analysis Leadership 98

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. My intent was to inventory every interesting action I came across to make it easier for people to engage in the causes they cared about. They were talking about API’s.

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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. Basically, connections can describe anything you want to gather data about to make decisions to improve your network or reach your goals. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

A successful nonprofit strategy is all about getting critical resource decisions right to achieve organizational goals. As one leader we interviewed advises , “There’s a culture piece that needs to be considered at the same time as the rest of the plan. Change management needs to be built in from the beginning.”

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San Francisco Nonprofit Metrics Boston 98

NetWits

APRIL 23, 2012

Everyone gets excited about redesigning their website. Audience analysis. Here are four steps you can take to ensure you perform proper audience analysis: 1. Next, do a few interviews with a group of your highly engaged supporters and volunteers. It’s a chance to start fresh. There’s one problem though.

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Websites Analysis Audience Design 253

Candid

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Recruitment is becoming increasingly competitive, making it crucial to be up-to-date with the latest trends, particularly being upfront about salary ranges when screening and interviewing candidates. . Published since 2001, this report continues to be the only large-scale analysis of its kind based entirely on IRS data, not surveys.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

To avoid hiring unqualified staff, incorporate accounting and technical skill assessments as part of the interview process or seek assistance from qualified accounting professionals in vetting potential candidates. When filling finance department roles, contract or hire staff with appropriate education and experience.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

In analog communication, individuals generally reach what is called the Dunbar Number , a limit of about 150 stable social connections. For example, Gretchen Buhlig, CEO of the ASU Foundation, made the following comment in a recent interview with me related to technology deployment at the foundation, “We have 1.2 Sentiment analysis.

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Fundraising Analytics Analysis Nonprofit 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits. We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good. She was also interviewed on the City Arts and Lectures podcast recently and well worth a listen. Here’s this month’s roundup. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

You don't go into using a Twitter strategy without having built up a little social capital or as Tara Hunt calls " Whuffie." I also wonder about the effectiveness of fundraising on Twitter as more and more organizations or individuals start doing it? Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned.

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Analysis Twitter Giving Lesson 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

Being intentional about learning can also help an organization scale effectively. Keep in mind that posting an announcement on an internal website or sending out an e-mail about the audit is not communication. In a much larger organization, you will likely need more time (assuming there is only one person conducting the interviews).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

I've been translating different audience analysis frameworks to a nonprofit context. These include: Audience Target Group Identification : This is the most important question and may be informed by research or listening. The primary research includes surveys, interviews, and observation. Pscyho Socialgraphics!!

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Candid

MAY 4, 2022

Based on Philea’s recent analysis of surveys, in-depth interviews, and meetings with European foundations, we’ve seen how the pandemic has had significant implications for the way philanthropy operates in Europe.

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Europe Case Study Fund Practice 98

Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s also important to contextualize the data from your platforms with qualitative data, A/B testing results, survey results, and audience interviews. The goal with your analysis is to have actionable data. Quantitative data can tell us what is happening, but it often can’t tell us why is it happening. For that, we need to dig deeper.

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Report Data Metrics Analysis 70

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

One that every nonprofits should think about from time to time. Audience Analysis. Read more about the #1 Reason Why Nonprofit Websites Fail. Learn more about nonprofit website priority and the use of wireframes to figure out how to kill the noise. And don’t forget about SEO! That’s a great question.

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Design Web Guide Slides 247

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Moreover, this work has been underfunded and its analysis happens often away from C-suite or Board discussions. Sometimes, third-party evaluation, which includes rigorous study design and statistical analysis, is required to properly understand a program’s impact. Participant-Centered Program Management.

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Integration Impact Practice Management 69

Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2014

However, based on my conversations and experiences with many museum professionals, my guess is that many of you are aware of the issue, may think it’s worth discussing, but have limited knowledge about the core issues surrounding bilingual interpretation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. And while you can use this method to do an ROI analysis, the real gold is the deeper understanding of what works and what doesn't. It's called double-loop learning. Why was it a success?

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Analysis Reflection Experiment Time 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. Wood : Football taught me a lot about the power of understanding roles. Additionally, Coach Alvarez used to always talk about "controlling the controllables." Wood : I think it boils down to fear.

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Authoring Business Interview Disaster 62

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

An Interview with Fanny Villiers , Directora General of Donadora – an official partner of the Global Trends in Giving Report ( en español ). Older people are still doubtful about making a donation via credit card online, but donors below 40 years old are predominately giving online. About the Donors ? 93% regularly vote.

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Mexico Trend Giving Online 193

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Our new and long-term Martus partners crossed a milestone and backed up to our public servers over 200,000 bulletins, each of which captures crucial, sensitive information about incidents from a victim’s story or from a field investigation. The testimony prompted further investigation that led to the arrest of three former senior officials.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

What is a market analysis for nonprofit organizations? Market analysis, also known as market research, is the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information about target markets and customers. You can answer the following questions: How do donors really feel about your nonprofit? Let’s get started.

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Research Marketing Survey Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2018

There were many questions about how Facebook will fix it, regulation, and more. In an interview with The New York Times, he noted the company would soon institute new policies to cut back on the data given to the third-party apps that many Facebook users have opted into over the past decade. . What about you?

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New York Plugin Facebook Policy 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

Capacity building is about improving organizational (or network) effectiveness. To answer the questions, they conducted a landscape analysis of existing research on the impacts of capacity building on organizational strength and social impact. Capacity building is about improving organizational (or network) effectiveness.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

Read below to learn more about each of the Healthcare Ad awards projects. To achieve this, Forum One conducted a comprehensive landscape analysis and full audits of their technical ecosystem, communications, and analytics as well as stakeholder interviews.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Create a training outline for a staff/stakeholder webinar about a topic Prompt: Prepare an outline for a webinar on {specific topic} intended for {staff/stakeholders}. Write a thank-you email to donors/supporters Prompt: Compose a thank-you email for a donor named {donor’s name} who contributed {amount/donation details}.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. Data analysis is a process, not a one-time thing. You can follow this syllabus to boost your skills at all stages of the data analysis process. What about the minimum and maximum?

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Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

In this interview, Julia shares some of the strategies she teaches her clients, including her secret formula for social media calendars, how nonprofits can improve engagement on their social channels, and the one thing she wishes nonprofits would stop doing online. You can’t just post something that’s not interesting on social media.

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Social Media Media Tips Social 138

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open Open Philanthropy is about sharing. Open Philanthropy is about community. The time is now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2019

This week I interviewed long-time blog reader, Alison Lowndes who I first met via my blog as a regular commenter. Among the many insights that Alison shared is that the nonprofit sector needs to think about what they can do that’s more human. We reconnected, of course, through a recent blog comment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2020

and global workplace tracking, including interviews of employees and managers from 160 counties, interviews with leading economists and roundtable interviews with CHROs (Chief Human Resource Officers) from 300 of the world’s largest organizations. And, it’s based on the largest study of its kind: 37.2 Harter, Ph.D.

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Conversation Interview Review Culture 52

Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2020

First up is Colleen Dilenschneider, the Chief Market Engagement Officer for IMPACTS, a global leader in predictive market intelligence and related technologies, and the publisher of one of our team’s favorite websites, Know Your Own Bone , which shares data and analysis about how cultural audiences think and behave.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Rather than just talk about the campaign, students has to participate. They have to do a network map and analysis as well as strategy for a development organization in their area of student. Since many of the guests are from time zones that are far away, to make it convenient, I will pre-record a video interview for students.

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

When it comes to fundraising, the more information you can gather about how, why and when your supporters choose (or choose not) to donate, the better you’ll be placed to improve how you implement your fundraising strategy. Discover what you do best, and then do it better. . Ask your donors what you can do better.

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