Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

It will help you understand when to use a pie chart versus a bar chart – but it goes beyond that. If you are working with data in any way, you need this book. It is a practical and easy to understand and implement handbook on how to present effectively.

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JUNE 1, 2012

I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.” .” Understanding this, I can adjust and customize the curriculum level and content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Writing people’s ideas on a flip chart or white board helps with the group memory and knowledge capture. The chart writer’s role is to captures the groups ideas. Whenever possible, the chart writer writes down the speaker’s exact words. It is basically a pause. It helps people process complex thoughts.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Chart the Course. This framework leads you through a logical decision-making chain where each step and decision builds upon the next. The six simple stages to successful campaign planning are: Define the Victory. Evaluate the Campaign Climate. Choose Your Influence Strategy. Message for Impact. Manage the Campaign.

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Campaign Chart Free Policy 134

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2013

One of the topics the peer learning group took a deep dive into was selecting the right chart and techniques offered by nonprofit data nerds Stephanie Evergreen (who write a guest post on how to create great graphs ) and Anne Emery’s tips on how to avoid boring bar charts. Slideshare how do i say it with charts from Beth Kanter.

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Social Media Metrics Media Chart 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

One of my favorite icebreakers in face-to-face workshops is called the Human Chart or SpectraGram created by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. Bear in mind that some people, especially introverts, hate them so you have to design them so they are less awkward.

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Online Technique Facilitation Training 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

One effort to address this problem, in which I wish more funders would participate, is the Charting Impact initiative. Charting Impact is a strategic alliance among Independent Sector , BBB Wise Giving Alliance , and GuideStar. For many, answering the questions Charting Impact asks would be easy. The questions are: 1.

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Seattle Chart Conference National 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Data nerds know how to clean and recode data, look for patterns, calculate key statistics, and then show off the most important information in graphs and charts. Here’s an example where I created data bars —miniature within-cell bar charts—to quickly compare each youth’s pretest score and posttest score.

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Data Chart Tutorial Statistics 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

She set up a private Facebook Group to facilitate our support for the campaign. A few weeks ago, she reported back to the group some of the results of our work with some insights based on Google Analytics charts. Shonali kindly agreed to an interview to share this story more broadly. Describe the Twitter Charts: What are you showing?

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Analytics Interview Story Phase 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2012

Guillaume DeCugis, founder of Scoop.It , took issue with the chart because of using the words “theft.” To me this a good chart or reminder of being a good curator. The content curator’s code is a useful framework, but I wish it was as easy to use as a creative commons license.

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Remix Chart License Aggregator 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It also important to think about to development skills internally regardless and the Playbook offers a good list: Being “data-minded”: Someone who currently has or can build skills for creating charts, graphs, pivot tables and Excel formulas; someone who is interested in building surveys, exploring data and helping to make meaning out of numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The chart above comes from a recent study on the link between well being and workplace productivity and the impact of office design. discussed the issue in relation to remote working staff and how to address some of the common issues that hinder group and individual staff productivity. Workplace Productivity and Well Being .

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Product Technique Nonprofit Method 110

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2019

There are grant deadlines, events dates, and campaign milestones — and many of Gantt Chart with deliverable dates for projects. Over time these reactions can lead to acute anxiety, depression, irritability, fatigue, and other health problems from heart disease to lowered immune response.”

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Tips Exercise Brain Facilitation 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2013

You might also want to brush up on what types of charts and graphs are best for making presenting your insights gleaned from the data. In this post, “ How to Create An Infographic in 30 Minutes ” offers some easy step-by-steps for accomplishing this important pre-drawing work.

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Design Colorado Chart Storytelling 131

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AUGUST 22, 2011

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. It was created in the 1920s as a financial measure developed by DuPont and used by Alfred Sloan to make General Motors manageable.

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Social Media Change Media Social 101

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MARCH 20, 2013

Social media response chart loosely based on the AirForce Blog Response Framework. It begins with an overview of why the organization is using social media, goals, and a friendly invitation to employees to use the guide. Dos and Don’ts.

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Guidelines Social Media Media Organization 129

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Delight: Check out these charts and graphs! However, the use of a pie chart is a little meaningless – I would change to a bar chart. Denial: You can’t measure social media! Fear: What if we find out our social media didn’t perform well! Confusion: I don’t know what or how to measure social media.

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Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

We had several flip chart pages on the wall that were divided into quarters with the following labels: Keep, Delete, Adjust, Amplify. We used a private group on What’s App to do this during the event so it was simple to capture. We also met as a group every morning and shared what we were learning over breakfast.

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Practice Thailand Asia Reflection 105

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JANUARY 18, 2009

See Larger Version here from Labnol's Flickr Account Charting and graphing your data helps you see patterns and trends more easily and articulate them to decision-makers. Digital Inspiration found this terrific visual field guide to selecting the right chart or graph or graph format.

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Social Media Data Chart Analytics 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2015

Keep the Weekly Energy Chart in Mind: According to Tony Schwartz, in “ The Way We Are Working Is Not Working ,” certain types of meetings and work require more energy than others. The chart below reflects the common pattern for organizations and individuals in terms of their energy over the course of a typical week.

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Culture email Work Conference 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2015

Her workshop included presentation, demonstration, and lots of hands-on time. She took us through an excellent data visualization checklist, how to pick the right charts , and shared some of her creative process. She actually makes many sketches of a data chart and the sketching is part of the sense-making process.

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Conference Data Chart Chicago 50

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APRIL 8, 2020

See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ). As with face-to-face training, how many participants per breakout room depends on the task they will do together, how much time is needed to complete the task, and time for a full group report out. Which one you select depends on the activity and group dynamics.

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Exercise Reflection Structure Google 177

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APRIL 7, 2014

Billboard’s audience, presumably, is passionate about songs and lyrics given it is the source for music charts, news, and events. Here’s another example of how Billboard is using nostalgia in its tweets: This Week In Billboard Chart History: TLC Takes ‘No Scrubs’ To No. Billboard (@billboard) April 7, 2014.

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Social Media Headline Media Social 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

I've been looking around for an article just on this topic! Robin Good's Web-Based Delivery of Audio and Video Materials provides a great feature-by-feature comparison. of the most popular video sharing tools. He also tells us what users need to know before taking advantages of these services. understanding of screen size and resolution issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

At an upcoming staff meeting, you might create a chart for each month and post it around the room, then ask staff to mark key dates on the charts – including events, conferences, key issues up for consideration in the legislature, or program milestones. These can be gold mines of content for your communications platforms.

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Calendar Voice Chart Content 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2013

It also requires an institutionalized process beyond having a staff person (or an intern) quickly generate a couple of charts and graphs from a spreadsheet brimming full of trivial data. This interactive session will provide practical information on how to use data for social change.

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Jacksonville Data Social Media Social 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2011

That’s some great advice from KD Paine for the last chapter of our forthcoming book , ”Measuring the Networked Nonprofit,” which is on data analysis and turning data in action. So, look at every chart, every graph, every number and ask does it make sense.

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Map Twitter Washington Chart 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

The above is an example of how to do this with pen and paper, another way is to use apps called Mood Trackers , journals that let you chart your emotions and thoughts and test different self-management techniques. What action can I take to manage the situation and my emotional response more effectively? 2: Track Your Moods.

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Professional Management Journal Reflection 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

The same 6 or 7 competencies (see chart above) were selected as most important for all levels. Survey respondents were asked to rank skills have the greatest impact on a their professional success in the position they currently hold. The most needed skills differed by their level but also by the type of job they held.

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Skills Leadership Mentoring Summary 136

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Source: Marketing Charts. This chart and data comes from a study on how marketers are using social media by Michael Stelzner , sponsored by the upcoming Social Media Success Summit 2009. Where's the nonprofit version of this study?

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Social Media Marketing Results Media 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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Facilitation Arts Exercise Pakistan 139

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JANUARY 22, 2016

The book includes access to Katie’s research papers, vendor selection charts, and much more. You also get access to Katie’s monthly Measurement Hours where you can ask Katie questions. The book is $101 , and at first glance you might think that is a lot to pay for a book. But it isn’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

” Or if you are a self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials. In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.”

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

We’ve become addicted to generating pretty charts and graphs, while taking any opportunity to play with any new (and especially free) social media measurement tool that we read about on blogs. We’re so enchanted by data, that we’ve lost sight of what decisions we’re trying or results to document.

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Social Media Analytics Tools Media 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

That the nonprofit doesn’t just look at the pretty charts and graphics as if it they tea leaves, but brings multiple lens to understanding how to apply the data. .&# That an organization knows the questions to right ask, how to collect the right data to answer those questions.

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Data Chart Chapter Flickr 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Or if you are good self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials. .” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The skills are out there. We are not talking about a person with a Ph.D from MIT in rocket science.

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