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How to Approach a Nonprofit Job Interview with a For-Profit Attitude (and Résumé)

EveryAction

When discussing how you’ve made an impact with your for-profit work, thinking in these nonprofit terms will help you translate it more effectively and reinforce the “why” or passion that’s brought you to the nonprofit world. If you’ve worked in any sort of corporate capacity, you’re familiar with performance metrics. Get creative.

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8 Steps for Creating a Nonprofit Innovation Culture

sgEngage

Showcase attitudes, actions, and qualities you want your team to mirror. In the Culture of Innovation eBook, our industry experts discussed the topic from various angles – helping us determine 8 steps you can take to start creating your innovation culture. Focus on Your Metrics Metrics will help you translate your data into action.

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Better Blog Museum Metrics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just discovered that one of my blog colleagues in Australia, Seb Chan, is writing about a topic of mutual interest - social media metrics (my blog ramblings here and my wiki/presentations here ). I am also prepping a panel on the topic for NTC (more about that later) Seb Chan is focusing specifically on blog metrics for museums.

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Guest Post by Marc van Bree: Orchestras and Social Media Survey

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What are the valued metrics? Do orchestra managers share the opinion that fundraising and attracting volunteers are highly valuable metrics, or do they have different goals and objectives? The survey was designed to collect details about the state of social media, ranging from budget size and time allotment to attitudes and goals.

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4 Strategies to Increase Donor Loyalty

Bloomerang

The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Establish clear success metrics. Get the Attitude of Gratitude Donor Guide. And only 43% of all donors remain loyal? Transparency. Graciousness. Convenience.

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Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Outcomes usually imply changes in behavior, condition, skills, attitudes or knowledge in the individual, community or other target population. What resulted was a sector-wide effort to switch the focus from financial metrics to outcome evaluation.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch to a Data-Driven Culture?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Data is focused on the metrics that are specific to social media channel. Discussions on how to improve results are rarely part of staff meetings. The organizational dashboard is shared across departments and there is a process for analyzing, discussing, and applying results. Tips for Making the Switch.

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