Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. More importantly, it can avoid replicating mistakes or activities that don’t work and are a waste of resources. One of the simplest ways to practice continuous improvement is to incorporate a process evaluation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

We worked with an independent research firm, Reputation Leaders Ltd, to conduct the research. The dozens of charts, tables, and nonprofit CEO quotes — that we struggled to squeeze into its more than 50 pages — provide a thought-provoking overview of the state of the nonprofit sector. Evaluating Relationships That Drive Change.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in the nonprofit sector is hard. Update Assigned Tasks One major pitfall to avoid during periods of staff turnover at your grantmaking organization is leaving ongoing activities or requests assigned to people who no longer work there. Evaluate the tasks the new user will perform regularly before handing over keys to the system.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition to reviewing and updating your nonprofit operating budget each year, your financial team should also regularly evaluate your process for creating that document. Do you need to pull reports and CSV files from several different systems to get a holistic view of your income streams and expenses?

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Personas are fictional people who represent the different audiences your business needs to appeal to. Remember to choose the communication channels your audience is already familiar with, and chart a customer journey that moves each prospect carefully down the sales funnel. Create customer personas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Reflective Practice.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We’ll finish with 10 minutes to evaluate the brainstorming session, get clarity on points of agreement and disagreement, and discuss next steps. Be sure you’ve done the prep work to establish roles and responsibilities, prepare supplies, and bring in tools to facilitate your brainstorming session. Ask if anyone has any questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making. This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. Click to See Larger Version.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

It’s a remarkably ineffective way of working for an industry built on numbers. . “We Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. What kind of Gift Chart represents your current distribution of donors, and how many donors do you need at each level to meet your goals? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. Be a participant in other people’s training sessions.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

So, if leadership is the difference between a nonprofit’s success or failure, what does it take to be a good leader? The upside is that they know how everything in their organization works and can provide backup for most, if not all, staff positions. Surprises are few and opportunities are easily evaluated and leveraged.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Repeat what works – Run successful ads repeatedly until they stop selling. Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. A great tool to see how different companies make their product the hero is by looking through swipe files curated by sites like [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

If you are a trainer, you are working with the human brain every day and you need to know as much as possible about how humans learn and how to teach a topic well. Different delivery options are better than the same. ” Another principle will work for them – “Writing vs Reading.”

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

If you have a room where everyone can sit, and an hour or two to bring everyone together, I really recommend you use this topic as an opportunity to hear what each department identifies and shares when working through the process below as the conversations that come up can be another chance to break down silos inside your organization!

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Most really good proposals and reports often better reflect an organization’s capacity to hire a great grant writer or marketing expert than their ability to do great work. Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. They are doing really great work and they need more help to meet demand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Measurement springs from many different motivations. Is the evaluation of your program something management needs to assess the performance of your organization as a whole? Are you required to measure?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Consider the gift amounts that have a significant impact on your organization’s ability to work toward your mission. Create a gift range chart. A gift range chart helps determine how many gifts you’ll need to acquire at each giving level to meet your campaign or annual giving goals. Evaluate external threats and opportunities.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

Because most of what makes your Board meetings a bummer stems from Board members not understanding how this works. The truth is that everyone wants to do good work and do the right thing. Norman knows more than you do, and Norman is quick to correct anyone else with differing opinions and experiences. Why is this important?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Or maybe you have a board member who works in the business world and is or has connections to people who work in finance, market research, or analytics. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete. .” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The skills are out there.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

So, how do identify if you are succeeding or evaluate if you are improving? You also have a volunteer program for middle and high school students to work with the children in after-school time in lieu of child care, but find that the current partners you have in the community don’t work for attracting new volunteers to participate.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Fundraising is important for nonprofits because it supports each organization’s work by providing financial revenue and setting up opportunities for future engagement with donors. Gift range chart. Then, evaluate what donor acquisition and engagement strategies worked and what didn’t. . Budget for expenses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

You have to measure accurately, as well as create an environment where problems can be discussed openly so you can effectively evaluate what’s working and what’s not.” Gates shares many examples from their work. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Use different links on different sites to see what really gets people clicking through.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

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. He is talking about outcomes based program evaluation, not evaluating your social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I first came across their thinking and work on building social networks for social change via the resources section on the Barr Foundation web site back in 2006. Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor co-wrote " Net Gains ," one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

The evaluation and recognition of peer influence, something that is not only prevalent but inherent in social media, is something that help empower and sustain your communities AND increase your staff capacity. Let’s discuss! First, let’s talk about permission. Now, what about peer influence? Giving permission to peer influence.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many nonprofits work in tandem with volunteers to move their mission forward and keep expenses down. Regardless of how you put your mission helpers to work, volunteer management at every level is key to developing happy, helpful, and empowered volunteers! Check these events that require 10 volunteers or less. Don’t Force It.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

A Communications Evaluation Guide by Asibey Consulting I've been exploring different ROI and communications evaluation approaches and how they might be adapted for social media strategies. The guide is an excellent road map for designing and planning an evaluation of your overall communications plan.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This step provides a golden opportunity to include the finance director in your work and create an important ally. It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly. As a result, work closely with event planners who understand how to make virtual events attractive and enjoyable.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

For example, the Executive Summary might have a very different focus if you are trying to recruit an expert in your service sector to the Board versus applying for a small business loan to open a gift shop. Talk about how lives are changed because of the work your nonprofit does. Evaluation Plan. Organizational Structure.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

As a nonprofit professional, you’re probably all too familiar with some of the many ways in which technology has completely changed how work gets done in our sector. With more people using your fundraising, management, or data tech for a wide variety of reasons, each team member has a completely different experience of your toolkit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. Introduction to six different social media tools and techniques for a planning, delivering, and evaluating a training session. Audience Research.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Let’s look at two very different types of costs or expenses that your organization will incur: Program costs vs. Administrative costs. Employee salaries, purchasing office supplies, and paying the electric bill so the lights keep working are all examples of the admin costs that you incur in the process of remaining a going concern.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Ideally, we’d evaluate the previous year of data to observe patterns in different giving cycles. If a client hasn’t had Analytics for a year, 3 months would be the shortest timeframe we’d want to evaluate to ensure we get a clear enough picture of trends over time. Research Questions. Other Posts in this Series. Introduction.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Navigating the Rough Waters of Non-Profit Work Non-profits are the heart and soul behind so much of the good that happens in our communities. But, even with the best of intentions and heaps of hard work, keeping these organizations up and running is no small feat. But it’s not just about avoiding trouble.

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