Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Because no one wants board members approving budgets that they don’t fully understand or making decisions to expand staff when they aren’t clear if the budget can withstand additional salaries and benefits or voting on fundraising approaches when they don’t understand cost/benefit analysis. Here’s how you can build that board. It’s not sexy.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

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. Where does it comes from, how is it stored and organized, who wants it and why, and so on. Consumer Data Privacy Activities in Washington.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

Some definitions they used in the study: " House Social Network " refers to a socialnetworking community built on a nonprofit's own web site. " Commercial Social Network " An online community platform owned and operated by a corporation such as Facebook. Research Studies of Nonprofit and Social Media Adoption Overbook Foundation Web 2.0

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Gartner’s study found that even though most organizations are expecting a return to more normal revenue levels this year, the majority still indicated a desire to reduce the cost of operations. Determine which tasks require high-level creativity, analysis, or other human intelligence—and which might be automated.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The City Health Dashboard provides a case study in data storytelling that is unique to their platform but provides universal lessons for any organization looking to use data to reach audiences or influence action. Develop a strategy for data storytelling. Know your audience. Attract attention with “Snackable” content. Tell your own stories.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

This short-format case study of the French company Brioche Pasquier highlights how one organization successfully implemented the principles of agility using the socio-economic approach to management, detailing each step of the process and describing how every decision brought the goal closer within reach.

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Achieve

AUGUST 10, 2014

In my graduate work in Philanthropic Studies and Nonprofit Management at IUPUI, we often discuss demands by today’s funders and donors for nonprofit accountability, transparency, performance, and return on investment. Standards for High-Quality Research and Analysis. , Hallmarks of Outstanding Research and Analysis.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Their foremost philanthropic priority is to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children and youth by aiding progress in the field of child welfare through dissemination of knowledge about research, studies, surveys, projects, or by supporting programs and activities benefiting the welfare of children and youth.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Their foremost philanthropic priority is to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children and youth by aiding progress in the field of child welfare through dissemination of knowledge about research, studies, surveys, projects, or by supporting programs and activities benefiting the welfare of children and youth.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Founded in 1981, NALEO Educational Fund achieves its mission through integrated strategies that include increasing the effectiveness of Latino policymakers, mobilizing the Latino community to engage in civic life and promoting policies that advance Latino political engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

.” The participants were a cross-disciplinary group and included people who work at different foundations in the areas of evaluation, communication, social media, and programs as well as people who work for nonprofits and as consultants who work in evaluation, social media, network analysis, data scientists, and others.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

One research study found that, given similar price and quality, 90% of shoppers worldwide are likely to switch to brands that support a good cause. Step 6: Prepare feasibility Financial Analysis. foreign policy. How to start a social enterprise. You may be thinking, “well this sounds great, but how do I start one?”

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Different types of nonprofits will have different needs — e.g., associations are different businesses than research and policy institutes — so do what is more directly connected to your mission and goals. Creating a personalization plan Personalization is key to standing out in an increasingly crowded digital media environment.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

If you really study what they do, it looks like they’re repeating themselves a lot. The third main responsibility of a social media manager is community management–answering questions, DMs, comments, maybe creating policies if you work in a controversial or polarizing issue and need to make sure your community is safe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2009

One of the issues that they are thinking about as related to strategy (and policy guidelines) is the Personal VS Organizational. Yesterday, I was reading Jeremiah Owyang's Corporate Twitter Profile Analysis and thought it could be easily adapted to nonprofits and foundations. Tags: policy twitter. Your thoughts?

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

One study found that 86 percent of respondents believed that having a strategic plan positively impacted revenue generation through grants, donors, events, and other avenues. You may begin with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 18, 2006

Benetech staff Tamy Guberek, Romesh Silva and Daniel Guzmán are currently in Guatemala City helping the Ombudsman's Office to refine and implement a series of statistical pilot studies conceived by Benetech's Human Rights Program Director Patrick Ball.

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VisionLink

JULY 4, 2010

Study after study demonstrates human behavior being what it is, we listen to the arguments that support our conclusions while ignoring those that don’t. In our arguments over the war on terror and our Afghan policy we hear the sound of freedom. Hear our reasoned analysis and our quiet prayers, our anger and our disrespect.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. 2 Again, the study surveyed nonprofit financial managers such as CEOs and CFOs. posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional. in Residence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

Here’s an analysis of what and why it happened from the HSUS’s Director of Emerging Media – Carie Lewis. Because we monitor our comments and have an internal policy to respond to everyone that comes to us with a legitimate question or concern on our posts or our wall, we could tell that our fans were contacting NPPC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

3) Social Network Analysis of the #GPF13 tag during the discussion created by Marc Smith. ” He talked about how the private sector is using this sophisticated analysis in real-time, but his organization is using data to answer the question: How can we measure human well-being with this real-time data? Notes from Session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Example: Northern California ACLU social network analysis of their followers on Twitter. I introduce a couple of basic social network analysis concepts and how they apply to an organization’s friends, fans, and followers on social media sites. I also offer some pointers around developing a social media policy.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Next, you’ll use that risk assessment and conduct a business impact analysis. The easiest way to begin is to know what is already handled, so start by reviewing all of your company’s insurance policies to see what would really be covered in the case of a disaster. Of course, it is not always accurate, but it is better than nothing!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

posted by Joseph Garcia Director of Communication, ASU Morrison Institute Director, ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center. This study raises basic questions about the ability of many boards to truly represent and respond to the diversity of the public they serve,” said the research author Francie Ostrower. “The

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. The Chronicle of Philanthropy studied the exact dollars contributed by taxpayers as reported to the IRS for 2008.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 5, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Few existing empirical studies, however, have examined what affects Hispanics' decision to volunteer and what type of organizations they volunteer for.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy. She uses information from the University of Iowa College of Public Health's Rural Policy Research Institute. The institute studies high rural poverty and has statistics on it that are useful for grant writing. Just for Libraries.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

This month's highlights include a review of cost-saving technologies in Rhode Island, a discussion on how technology can help build community in Los Angeles, and a case study on the importance of weaving IT in to your strategic plans in Las Vegas. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Monday, July 11, 2016.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Exponent Philanthropy identified five qualities and characters’ that effective nonprofits have including clear mission and purpose, ability to perform key functions, strong practices, procedures, and policies, good people, and the ability to mobilize others (2014). Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness: Analysis of Best Practices.

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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? Led by Ian David Moss of Fractured Atlas , Createquity offers weekly(ish) long format posts on arts policy, research, strategy, and funding. When you want cogent arguments with charts to back them up?

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

One case study a week paired with a multiple-choice question makes a ton of sense, perhaps even as a replacement for high stakes certification. That list of uses is apt: xAPI is the tool organizations should be using to study the efficacy, engagement, and value of online education. Plateau of Productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. PostRank scoring is based on analysis of the " 5 Cs " of engagement: creating, critiquing, chatting, collecting, and clicking. This analysis took all of five minutes. Nonprofit Blogging Policies. Giving Good Poke.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Do a regular task analysis of your social media work flow looking for redundant actions or where you've simply lapsed into automatic pilot or bad habits. Learn from nonprofits and other organizations that have shared their social media case studies. Do you have a friending policy ? Are you impulse adopting tools? Take Breaks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

It's about field scanning, pattern analysis, and trends. Nothing proprietary or sensitive, just that I've been exposed to papers, studies, links, thought provoking articles. There are barriers - mostly having a clear understanding and policy about outward facing communications and feeling comfortable. Why keep them locked up?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. Benchmark Studies and Examples. In fact the range of issues is pretty wide ranging.

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Care2

MAY 9, 2008

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