Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning often gets a bad rap, but time spent mapping out your organization’s future can save you from spinning your wheels, being busy but not effective. Look, a goal is not a goal if you don’t have a way to measure it. A crucial piece of strategic planning is setting goals you can measure. It’s a vision.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Use your About page as a jumping-off point and go more in depth, using engaging historical photos, maps, and documents as much as you can. There are also programs online that rank how your text works with SEO and programs that help you measure your site’s search traffic performance. If you’re a beginner, don’t be overwhelmed.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The Elements interface includes three editing modes called Quick, Guided, and Expert that provide a step-by-step process for beginners or allow advanced image editors to get right down to work. If your organization doesn't need truly professional image-editing functionality, you probably don't need Photoshop CS6.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 11, 2013

The Elements interface now includes three editing modes called Quick, Guided, and Expert that provide a step-by-step process for beginners or allow advanced image editors to get right down to work. If your organization doesn't need truly professional image-editing functionality, you probably don't need Photoshop CS6.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

She re-mapped the data in Google Earth and shared the new map with community members, local politicians, and presented it at the community meeeting to a much different response. The new map galvanized the community because they were able to really understand the impact of the plan. Link to things that can be measured.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 14, 2022

Strategic objectives – these are often harder to measure. Define personas – aggregate data and build a journey map by persona. A Free Tool for Beginners. Here are a few ideas: Use individual engagement scores to find: Buyers. Award nominees. Use aggregate engagement scores to: Validate your value proposition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2013

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation this year, I’m facilitating a peer learning group based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and the next session we are focusing on the sense-making step of measurement. The deck provides specific practical advice on charts, color, and maps.

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