Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Some reflections from David here ). He gave a brief reflection with how is strategic consulting to nonprofits practice has changed over the many decades he has been in service to the field. ”It used to be that nonprofits developed five-year plans – we used to refer to as “The Stalin Approach.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. What is needed for nonprofit organizations to make this shift? Dormant: At this stage, the organization does not know where to start. Example of A/B Testing Results. What is the difference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I was most interested in Part 2 (pages 17-21) because I think the advice is applicable to organizations beyond those managing head start programs. It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. It outlines the practices and skills needed to create a learning culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Does not have a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. In addition to weekly check-ins, the dashboard includes key performance metrics related to goals as well as more detailed metrics. Staff performance reviews incorporate how well the organization is doing on KPIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Grantee organizations will measure what matters. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. Program Design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. “Who twitter.com/aclunj.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Grantee organizations will measure what matters. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Transform your vision into actionable steps and watch your organization thrive. But, even with the best of intentions and heaps of hard work, keeping these organizations up and running is no small feat. They tackle everything from local environmental efforts to major global humanitarian causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

Dave Webb said "I have always had a problem forcing something that is organic by nature into a mechanical straightjacket. On Twitter, Kami Huyse pointed over to her reflections on this paper which lead me again to the paper itself. I mean, they're not called "intangibles" for nuthin'!" There's a lot to digest here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Defined Audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Can you be an effective grassroots nonprofit organization in 21st century without a robust integrated social media and mobile strategy and measurement strategy? As measurement guru KD Paine says, you need the right measurement tool for the job – identify SMART objectives , pick metrics , and then your tool.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. Because technology is our signature tool for creating impact, we can easily build in the metrics. Open Over Proprietary We’re an open source organization. Rebranding is about telling our story better, not changing our core values. They just worked!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The key to success in social media is to leave room for reflection at the end of a project. Reflection gives you a chance to understand what worked and what didn't. You need metrics or measure against goals, but you also need harvest those insights. My challenge was to get into a reflective mindset. So is creativity.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

So I started migrating my corporate career a long time ago now, if you do that math, and had some early success in scaling the organization, and specifically scaling the organization’s unrestricted charitable funding. Our goals are really easy to articulate.” A little stressful too, but really fun. How do we do this?

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both its appeal language and its CTA. While you want to include the program’s metrics and efficacy, you’ll also want the central piece to relate to a real story from your community. Why should people contribute toward your goal?

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both their appeal language and on their CTA. While you want to include the program’s metrics and efficacy, you’ll also want the central piece to relate to a real story from your community. Why – THE STORY. 4-3 weeks ahead: .

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

But this age group is the second most likely to fundraise and volunteer for your organization, and the most likely to spread the word. Support in the Philippines is needed and this post has compiled a list of nonprofit organizations providing aid. Mary Cahalane challenges organizations to do more asking. Every dollar helps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2011

Here’s how Eli describes it in his book: “More and more, your computer monitor is a kind of one-way mirror, reflecting your own interest while algorithmic observers watch what you click.”. Articulate learning questions on the front end, identify metrics/data to collect to answer questions.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? From my perspective the line wasn’t between libraries and museums but public-facing and private/researcher-facing organizations. How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? The six topics are: How do you plan for the future?

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