Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. You can follow 10 sites instead of one. But first, a great example of Web 1.0

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Qgiv

MARCH 9, 2022

If you’re reading this article, you probably don’t need to be convinced that fighting poverty and homelessness is worthwhile. For example, a 2012 article published by American Health and Drug Benefits found that stable housing contributes significantly to better health outcomes and less utilization of the healthcare system.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. Want to get your site checked for inclusive language before the end of 2021? You read the full article. Click here to learn more about our Inclusivity Tool!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader. They do this with compelling imagery, a simple form and the ability to get to their main web site. Facebook is an outpost, but your main web site should provide people with added value and ways to connect with your organization. Stats, stats, stats ….

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2 million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

With that in mind I’d like to share 4 Keys to Building a Successful Web Site based on similar tactics we’ve deployed on this blog. Then use what you learn from them to grow your site! Plan on spending some time on this and blow your boss away next time you bring her your web stats and action plan! Put these tools in place.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2009

Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. You may be surprised to see some recent stats that question how successful Facebook is as an engagement tool. According to a recent BusinessWeek article , Cameron A. Those with smaller networks follow even fewer,&# the article mentioned. What does this mean?

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Care2

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Email, according to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Between 2008 and 2009 the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5 While this stat is technically true, many people who sign up for social networks are not connected to social networks all day long. million people.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

By now, you're probably all too familiar with the compelling stats of why you need to start going mobile: 91 percent of American adults own some kind of cell phone and 61 percent own a smartphone ( Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project ). Optimize Your Website. Mobile Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. Can you share some stats? t get stats from MySpace, take the time to track on your end. Sunny (the seal).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

When looking at our google analytic stats, I usually note the number of visitors, sites that people come from and keywords. But sometimes, those stats don't really tell us anything. Wikipedia - editing articles of films, events, and organizations that we are closely linked to in order to mention our affiliation with them.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

If you’re heading into 2020 unsure of the state of your site, it might be time for a refresh! What are your goals for your site? Here’s what we’ll cover: Frontend elements of your site. Backend elements of your site. A nonprofit’s website is one of its most valuable assets. Is it performing well? How does it look?

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 01:28PM | by Allyson Kapin Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. You may be surprised to see some recent stats that question how successful Facebook is as an engagement tool. According to a recent BusinessWeek article , Cameron A. Take a look at the stats below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Kaushik's thinking is based on " Occam's Razor Principle " (which boils down to a poetic way of saying " KISS ") The screencast will show some practical examples of how at least one nonprofit organization's web site, the Idealist , is using the software in practice. What follows is a very rough draft for a script.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I referenced Liza Sabater's Brown Bloggers meetups, but could not point to any studies or stats. She sent me these links - and I've excerpted some points from the articles - most interesting is the point about new generation of civil rights activists, using social media. So, once I got home, I put a question out to my Twitter network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Nonetheless, he had to write an article. He suggests starting with the context here and then read his article.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2010

And other sites and tools like Yelp and Twitter have added check-in and geolocation functionalities as well. You can login to Foursquare (via its website) and see your “stats”. Here are some of my favorite articles on this topic: The Keys to Fundraising on Foursquare by Allyson Kapin. But I digress…. say about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2009

I get to use sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace for a living! My job is actually using sites like that to help spread brand awareness of our company and our product, the WHERE mobile application. It's my job as a social marketer to use the stats to figure out what is working and what is not. Efficiency: Numbers don't lie.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

In part one of this article, we’ll cover the big dogs of social media: Facebook Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. If you don’t have the time to commit to sending multiple tweets every week, then your efforts might be better off on a different social site. Stay tuned for part two of this article! Handy tips: Tweet often!

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Earned media is comprised of coverage through: Blogs Media outlets both online and offline Podcasts Photo sharing sites like Flickr Tweets on Twitter Links shared on Facebook Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Word of mouth, etc. Brand Your Issue. Be Everywhere. Blog Searches: Technorati.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Andrew spoke about the huge access the Internet offers — citing stats from how the presidential candidates used social media in the 2008 election. Farra Trompeter, Big Duck. [Ed. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 19, 2007

And knowing that engines like Google rank pages by "authority" -- by how many pages link to them - site owners were engaging in link exchanges and other less honest games to increase this statistic. The daily posts to your blog increase your site's "cross section" and thus the likelihood that a search will hit one of your entries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In the comments of a post I wrote titled " Reports of Social Networking's Death Are Exaggerated ," Paul Caplan from Content to Be Different said I think the point about measurement/evaluation is vital as long as we don't get hung up on stats etc. Some ask if they can use the images and some just want to know more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

How many people visit your Web site every day? Through demos of free tools such as AWStats and Google Analytics, we'll look at what these tools can tell you about your site. We're using the Idealware stats to explore Google Analytics and to look at some of the basic reports and explain metrics. Which features are most popular?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

The site was developed by Democracy in Action. There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. NpTech Community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

“Your outreach should not be limited to social networks created especially for Boomers, sites like Eons or Grandparents.com ," Reece says. Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g.,

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

help to improve site usability for everybody thus expanding our reach and audience. It would also influence the number of potential customers that access your site [.] Learn more in this article from Mashable. Accessibility is good for the business bottom line - "The benefits of accessibility would [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach. o is Transparency - and the best example of that is what the Indianapolis Art Museum has done with its pubic metrics on its web site. Another theme of web2.o

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

“Your outreach should not be limited to social networks created especially for Boomers, sites like Eons or Grandparents.com ," Reece says. Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g.,

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

We’ve put together a list of the most up-to-date stats on how nonprofits are using social media to make a difference. Often times this requires shifting through many useless articles in the hopes you’ll find one that will make an impact on your organization. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

” Visitors who clicked on the ads were encouraged to complete the voter registration form on our site, sign our Pledge to Vote form, and check out our educational resources on women and voting. For example, NWLC’s website is undergoing a redesign, but right now, our site isn’t very well optimized for search engines.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

Organizations also added 28% more new constituents to their online list, although this stat is 10% lower then in 2007. Marketing your site through online advertising, earned media, and other channels are essential to driving traffic to your website. What do Convios latest benchmarks mean for your nonprofits online program?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Provided some stats on Internet ads, ???even Target ads aligned with news cycle are viewed more favorably and if ad is placed next to relevant news article more likely to click. on your site and expect to raise money. Emailed your code and you showed your phone to get in. At U2 concerts, text message and spool it on the screen.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 22, 2006

To give constituents a place to voice their opinion Example: Ann Arbor District Library System Uses a blog for the front page of their site. Check out these stats from an article entitled, "Blog Readers Spend More Time and Money Online." I added the bold.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

For more interesting industry metrics, check out these 50 fascinating philanthropy stats —Danielle . A terrific resource for more on nonprofit marketing and communications is John Haydon, he has a great article on how to curate content for nonprofit communications and appeals. — Danielle .

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Here are the 7 Things You Need to Know About 2013 Online Donors from Gail Perry, with action steps you must take to ensure your site is armed and ready for the online giving season, and every season in between. It’s important that you begin paying attention to the stats. It’s not a blog or an article- it’s better.

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