Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn from my mistakes and create better charts for your audience – to show fundraising results, organization’s impact or benchmarking. Have you seen a chart and asked yourself, “What is this? Are we guilty of creating such charts ourselves? Here’s a chart from my thesis I created about 15 years ago.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

From Chart Organizers to Dashboards, you’ll leave with practical ways you can automate and simplify your fund accounting. Improving Business Process with Process Maps : Is it really an improvement if you can’t measure the impact? They need information that helps them make data-driven decisions.

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Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. This blog post shares some insights about those two somewhat disconnected ideas.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 1, 2023

Artificial Intelligence There is a lot of buzz surrounding AI technologies and rightfully so, as the AI healthcare market is measured to be worth $38 billion by 2027. This electronic solution eliminates chart chasing, enabling providers to make more informed decisions at the point of care. With this in mind, let’s begin.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2016

Here are four common mistakes my team and I see made by social, government, and nonprofit organizations trying to measure their impact, and tips on how to avoid them: 1. Measuring Too Much. By far the most common problem we see is that most organizations try to measure too much. Little or nothing happened as a result.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Your CRM, or customer relationship management system, stores and organizes information about your existing customers. Market research is the process of gathering information about current and potential customers for your product or service, as well as general trends for your industry (e.g., Perform market research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. Refinable – adapt to rapidly changing environments.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Without that information, you won’t know what you need to adjust, scrap, or continue doing. Without this information, you’re flying blind. “We If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. You know what they say about measurement, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

It includes a tool that helps measure your networking skills and also lots of methods to help you identify, expand, and use your network to improve your knowledge and work. This book is how to create a data-informed culture in your organization that values outcome based measurement. Impact and Excellence by Sheri Chaney Jones.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You’ll discuss measurable objectives for the team to reach and draft the priorities for each of these objectives. How often should you develop a standard nonprofit strategic plan?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2011

Dashboards are a nonprofit’s best friend because they can be powerful tools in communicating your organization’s important measurement data at a glance. But what if we used design thinking to make our dashboards more effective. That’s what attracted me to this book Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Coordinate care efforts to make more informed decisions. This leads to measurable growth and improved patient results. This leads to measurable growth and improved patient results. Additionally, this digital shift to increased data interoperability means less chart chasing and improved quality care.

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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. Quickie 60-second analyses can give you as much information as 60-minute analyses. Charts can showcase your organization’s most important findings.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Give me an interactive map, a pivot table, even a plain old pie chart and I’m happy. But, there’s more to being data-informed and more to what we should demand of our data, right? Why are you measuring or tracking something that you can’t (or don’t want to) impact?

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. as measured by total giving. And this year, it enters full-fledged adulthood! private and community foundations.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Preparing your statement requires accurate, up-to-date financial information. How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA). This article is for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Yes, the process of creating your own information design is straightforward but you need to invest some energy learning about design fundamentals and honing your visual thinking skills. And then there is mastering the tools. And, ironically, the templates are just pretty, but they help guide you in planning and designing your infographic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

Do you have the information you need to guide your key strategic decisions? BBBSA’s digital transformation enabled the organization to use technology to learn more about its constituents, make better matches, and more effectively measure the progress of the connections between Littles and Bigs. About the Author.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A major part of connecting with these individuals and optimizing the giving experience is utilizing the data you collect about their giving trends to inform your future fundraising decisions. . A big part of this is understanding and leveraging data to inform any changes they make to the donor experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2013

This session is my first interactive keynote based on the content of my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. It’s not enough to collect data, the real magic happens when applied to decision making, becoming a data-informed organization. The last time I keynoted was five years ago!

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

But donors can reveal just as much information about their motivations and interests through their unspoken actions. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success. This can be helpful information when searching for prospective business partners or event sponsors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I can’t help but wonder if their methods are similar to how VolunteerMatch measures its impact and results , although VolunteerMatch does not receive the same scale of foundation funding as nonprofits in this sample. The event is sold out, but they are live-streaming it ) They are crowdsourcing questions for the conversation here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I introduced several methods for using measurement for transformative results, including the Maturity of Practice Model (CWRF) and how to use it as an assessment tool, principles of being data-informed , and how to apply KD Paine’s 7 Simple Steps of Measurement. What are your measurable objectives?

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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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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2023

It all starts with knowing the information you have and identifying the story you want to tell. But you still need to collect some information in order to make an educated funding decision. This can also be helpful for your internal staff and stakeholders who might get questions about your information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” I often hear nonprofits say, “We don’t have those skills within our organization so we don’t do measurement.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

There are so social media analytic tools to measure social media and other emerging technologies, that we’ve created a new genre of Shiny Objective Syndrome — Data Puking disorder. It isn’t hard to see why we forget about one of the best ever social media measurement tools: surveys!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Again, using design-thinking facilitating methods, the process started with a presentation from the executive director on the strategy for the year and measurement.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

iii As the size of the grantmaker rises–as measured by grant dollars awarded or the total number of full- and part-time staff)–so does the ratio. These excluded staff salaries may affect the ratios reported above, but without supplemental information, we cannot suggest directionality.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 7, 2015

From tracking donations and expenditures, the success or failure of fund-raising events, staff protocols and effectiveness, lists of donors large and small and so much more, the organization that shirks information management does so at their own peril. Hence volunteer statistics are lost, as are volunteers, the lifeblood of many NPOs.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

More and more often, I get asked at conferences or on the blog for more information about how to create a community map or content plan. There are companies and tools that offer “solutions&# for tracking, measuring, and even “engaging&# with your community online. A note about DIY.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Many grant applications will ask similar questions, such as what programs or materials you need funding for and why, how your nonprofit makes an impact in the community, and how you’ll measure success if selected for the award. Organizational chart. Contact information. Most recent Form 990. 501(c)(3) letter of determination.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of DC second annual Social Summit and sharing some information on social media ROI and metrics. Analyze goals of you social media and decide what metrics to measure based on those goals. Have any tips yourself for measuring social ROI?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

A volunteer handbook gives volunteers the information they need about the organization and its mission, and answers any common questions they may have. Or maybe you think you don’t have enough information for a volunteer handbook. . Training opportunities: At minimum, you need an orientation to go over information in the handbook.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the need-to-know information and steps of creating a major gift fundraising strategy, including: What is a major gift? 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2011

(here’s more about how it works) While you can check out the profiles of your followers and find out where they’re from (if they filled out the location information), you can’t really get a snapshot. So, I started to dig down and review the information country by country, continent by continent.

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