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Candid Data for Academics: Go back to school with better data 

Candid

We also conducted a (highly unscientific) candy-poll at ARNOVA ’s conference last November. In this poll, we asked researchers to take a candy from a candy-jar labeled with the data field most important to them (the options were: mission statement, IRS schedule J, Candid Seal of Transparency status).

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What Have We Learned About Creating Engaging Meetings from Virtual Conferences?

The MatrixFiles

Worked with their speakers to add interactive elements, from polls to contests. Polls and contests to add sparkle to a session or break. appeared first on The MatriX Files. .” But with virtual, more thought has gone into the quality of the sessions to make sure people stay engaged and don’t log off.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Online Interaction Tools To Engage Your Audience in the Room and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flash polls. I wanted the ability to do report outs visually and quickly, flash polls, and an online Q/A function. Colleague Jeremiah Owyang mentioned a tool called “ Slido ” he was using in Paris at the Leade.rs The free version limits you to three polls. I did not have a remote audience. Conference.

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Watching Our Vote Live on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am in Brasil to keynote the Social Good Brasil Conference (had to vote early), but I can still watch democracy unfold in real-time through my friends updates on Twitter, Facebook, and other social channels. I love seeing these photos of polling places where my friends are voting. Features include: Easier reporting.

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Ning: Phoenix or Fizzle?

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this year, Ning announced that it would be dropping 40% of it’s staff and dropping the free service which came as a shock to much of the community, including author of the Ning for Dummies book Manny Hernandez and spurring many forums and blogs to create lists of Ning alternatives that were still free. Interview. And the catch 22!

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How to Import Your SurveyMonkey Data into FluidSurveys

Tech Soup

If you currently use SurveyMonkey and have been looking for an alternative survey software program for building online surveys, polls, and forms, FluidSurveys may be just what you need. In this blog post, we're going to walk through the steps to show you how this is done. Lastly, you will be asked to browse for a file to upload to.

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CRM data migration: it’s all about the future

3rd Sector Labs

Side note: While I am writing this blog post for the nonprofit audience, my friends who manage commercial CRM migrations will tell you the same thing. ” Reach out and invite your donors to tell you more about themselves – offer polls and surveys, ask for feedback on website content, and use social media.

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