Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

Terry and Rusty Stahl have just published a new book, “ The Talent Development Platform ,” that provides strategic and practical information to help nonprofits guide, nurture, and strengthen the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Evaluation. There are also some great practical tips , sample mentor/mentee agreement , and plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. Measuring Networked Nonprofits: Using Data for Social Change is the topic of the book I’m co-authoring with KD Paine. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2012

They also include time spent watching the film from the previous game, play by play, evaluating, learning, and preparing for the next game. And what if their job evaluation was based partly on how effectively they are at coaching the more junior folks? You prepare (or not), and then you perform well (or not).

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the book Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions For Financial Viability , authors Jeanne Bell and Steve Zimmerman offer a handy framework for approaching different revenue generation programs. These are but a sample of the decisions that nonprofits need to make when entering into a budgetary process.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

In the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere , that I co-wrote with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, we disucss the pyschology of fundraising. This steady growth of peer-to-peer fundraising is a good sign for nonprofits, and Blackbaud asks you to consider a few insights to really evaluate the giving within your own organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

From the forthcoming NTEN book: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. Sound advice on how to evaluate which tech projects need to be done the exact same way that a for-profit would and which ones can be done creatively, with a deep dive into what “creatively” means. Buy Peter’s book! Takeaways: 1.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

For example, one of the case studies that Amy Sample Ward and I profiled in the mobile section of our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere was about “Missed Calls” as an organizing strategy. They share best practices in online campaigning as well as concrete data and analysis from their A/B testing.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2014

The Proof is in the Program Evaluation: Applying the Idealware Program Evaluation Pyramid [#14NTCprogeval]. Key Takeaways: How to gather data to evaluate your programs and show funders how you’re meeting your outcomes. Hosted by: Allyson Kapin, Sheila Katz, and Amy Sample Ward. When: Thursday, March 13, 1:30-3PM.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2019

My children particularly loved watching a technician/ scientist work on processing an avian taxidermy sample. Our Staff is Taxed: I wrote a book ages ago now about Self-Care. I was so glad other people liked the book. But, in writing that book, I also found people came to me about their problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

There's an entire book devoted to the topic: Nonprofit ROI. For nonprofits, this should not be a foreign concept. Here's a sampling: Lewis Green warns not to use the traditional investment financial calculations but instead measure value. But is there is thread here - measurement should be practical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

We brainstormed a few: Real-Time evaluation of communications strategy for a nonprofit or foundation. How are you using it to inform decision-making, action, and real-time evaluation? Please share your thoughts in the comments. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Disaster work.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Gardening package Appeal to supporters with green thumbs by creating a gardening package with items like: Seeds Gloves A gardening book A gardening hat You could even include a free consultation with a master gardener who can help the winner ensure their garden is in tip-top shape.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I talked with Tiffany, and also with Hazel Markus and Alanna Connor, Stanford social psychologists who recently co-authored a pretty fascinating pop-science book about understanding cultural difference. The book of the same title that he edited is rocking my world, both as a museum professional who cares about inclusion and as a new mother.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I think that we have a lot to learn about where gamifying is most helpful, but we are so far from the saturation point that we should push ahead with full speed so we can evaluate what works and what doesn’t and make adjustments. How do you evaluate organizations that you invest in that develop games to support learning?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

calendar, call, sms, facebook, twitter, address book = level of closeness of social data. Evaluate where social makes sense. professional v personal = two profiles. w/ openid you pick where to put your context and info. friend management. pick your friends once - social networking fatigue. relationships are always changing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

It is a fantastic laboratory to take some of the ideas in the book and put in them into a practice. One of the themes in the book, The Networked Nonprofit , is the importance of doing experiments. Here’s quick sampling: LA Universal Preschool. They do not frame them as success or failure but as learning.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. I think that we have a lot to learn about where gamifying is most helpful, but we are so far from the saturation point that we should push ahead with full speed so we can evaluate what works and what doesn't and make adjustments.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

When I look at any piece of technology (business or personal), my first instinct is to evaluate the hardware and software eco-system around it to support the tablet in question. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN CEO. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom Tom Maszk, Blackbaud VP of Product Management.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Evaluate if the style and tone fit the intended audience and goals. Critique the previous reply, pointing out the flaws in thinking Rewrite the response based on this evaluation Summarizing Key Points Distill the core ideas from the previous reply into a concise 5 sentence summary. You publish with shorth!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

You can find more examples of companies with impressive guiding principles in the book, 1001 Ways To Energize Employees. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Get pricing and terms?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Fine writes about in her book Momentum. The book includes a "Connected Quiz, a set of reflective questions that can help an activist think about how well they or their organization is connecting with others -- something to think about before jumping into the tools. the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

One of the first major to-dos the staff tackled after I took the helm at SVAS was evaluating corporate documents and marketing literature. If an applicant gets an interview, ask him or her to bring along a few writing samples. If you’re hiring a grant writer, request samples of grants he’s written. Is the text well formatted?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

help to evaluate resumes of kids). Access to password-protected content like checklists for camping with kids or sample lesson plans for outdoor educators. Same for any grants, regrants, mini-grants, or loans you offer. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Saturday, October 2, 2010 Must-Read Book For Nonprofit Leaders If you lead a nonprofit organization, the one hour it will take you to read Peter F. Druckers book called " The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization " will be well worth it. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books? However, if you dont have time to read books about how to be an effective and good leader, you can select a few words from the list below and then practice what those words mean, as you lead your team every day. The answer is yes. Great post Eric.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

As I’m sure many of you already know, much of this work, whether it’s building up the community, working on engagement, listening, evaluation, or anything else, relies on a strategy continues to come back around to the planning elements and through to evaluation, over and over. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." What's Up With Feedburner by Beth Kanter Google Analytics Primer sponsored by NTEN with screencast and wiki created by Beth Kanter Using Postrank To Evaluate the Top Content on my blog by Beth Kanter.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson, wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 23, 2010

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Whats The First Leadership Book You Would Give To A New Manager? Earlier this year, various discussion groups on the social media site LinkedIn helped me build a list of favorite leadership books. For me, that book would be Timothy R. For me, that book would be Timothy R.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Join me, Allyson Kapin, Co-founder of Rad Campaign and Blogger-in-Chief of Care2''s Frogloop blog and Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director of NTEN for this free webinar. Social media tips directly from our new book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere Social fundraising - when is social media the right place for this?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Actually, I think that the two of you combined now hold the record for the most books written by a Bloomerang webinar guest. If I was in the office, I would hold up Harvey’s great new book on monthly giving, which is behind my desk and really awesome. So monthly giving if you’re interested in that, please, get that book.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

However, as several new books elaborate upon the concept from different perspectives, and a growing number of organizations have recently launched ambitious initiatives to expand the paradigm to other areas of business, I thought it might be a good time to reframe “Open&# from a design point of view." You get on. And you fall.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Sunday, December 5, 2010 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips Here are three great tips from the book, The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book : Coaches do not motivate their employees; they inspire them to motivate themselves. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The survey typically takes respondents seven to 10 minutes to fill out and the results you get will identify your strengths and weaknesses, and will allow you to compare your evaluators responses to your own self-assessment. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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