Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. (Don’t Don’t take my word for, see Pew Internet’s recent Networked and Hyperconnected study ). How do you measure engagement? That’s the secret!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Despite the difficulty of working measurement in a generic way, the output from sessions was quite valuable. Elizabeth R.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

While most university-bound students apply to their four-year school of choice with the intent of completing a program of study and attaining a degree, a community college student’s “why” is typically neither as clear nor as linear. Simply put, should community college students be expected to complete or not?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Video engagement on social media is the measurable action that viewers take after watching. We studied 778 nonprofit organizations’ video posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019 to establish benchmarks, identify trends, and uncover insights. What Is Video Engagement and Why Is It Important?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. She also said that sorting and organizing your data in different ways can lead to seeing patterns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. Are we actually making a difference? What are the right tools to help measure success? Measure program success, not just analytics. Simply Measured. Analytics are just one indicator of success. Sprout Social.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 22, 2024

The second playbook focuses on measuring and communicating impact in meaningful ways. Sharing the positive difference volunteers make is more important than ever. Download Revealing Volunteer Impact in Your City to go beyond counting hours alone and transform the way you measure and communicate volunteer impact.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I decided to conduct two studies with my colleagues to get to answer this question. Then we used a random number generator to select which of those records would be pulled into our nonprofit mission statement studies’ sample. . Study 1: How sad is your nonprofit mission statement? Study 2: Who do nonprofits serve?

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Issue awareness is often a foundational step in advocacy work, and it’s important to make sure that your organization’s issue awareness work uses specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals to measure progress. GLAAD publishes studies on LGBTQ+ issues in media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I'm working with a small group of Packard Foundation grantees on a social media lab where they are implementing different social media experiments. We know that good practice is to establish measurable objectives for your social media strategy and identify the audience before you executive. You are all the experts here!

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The study looked at the flow of donation pages on each of the nonprofits websites as well as email appeals, follow up emails, etc. Be clear how their donation will make a difference. You need this information to tailor appeals to different segments of your list. Out of 151 nonprofits, only 24 of them scored 76% or above.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 4, 2022

According to the Community Brands Association Trends Study , industry training opportunities are the second most valuable membership benefit, with 50% of association members favoring professional development options. How do you measure goals and success through member engagement? . Track member engagement through your AMS.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

Tailor your messaging to meet the interests and motivations of different donor segments. You can also enlist the help of volunteers in the planning process, delegating specific aspects of an event to different people or committees, so planning doesn’t fall solely to staff. Measure outcomes. Personalize communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2011

GuideStar and Hope Consulting have released the results of new study, Money for Good II (MFGII). Despite these different approaches – giving from the heart versus the head – both groups want a broad range of information on the nonprofits’ impact, financials, anad legitimacy. MFGII summary findings Nov 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Be sure to ask stakeholders in different departments. You’ll also move away from those frustrating situations where you’re looking at reports from different systems that are displaying different values for the same metric. Describe what you plan to improve and outline how you plan to measure it. Take action!

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Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For nonprofits and government agencies, products serve the same purpose but with a different focus. They directly contribute to the organization’s programmatic mission, making a significant difference in the lives of those they serve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. How big of a difference does this make? The flash-study found that branded pages lost about 6.5% He studied more than 1.3 Are you posting too frequently? Are you asking for too much?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

Living Case Studies: Social Media and Sustainable Agriculture. As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Living Case Study.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

But according to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study , only 39% of association professionals have one! However, according to a Gartner survey, 42% of data and analytics leaders do not measure or assess their data. Why does your association need a data governance policy? . Download now.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Existing research identifies gaps in the ways in which community engagement is measured. However, several studies have been conducted on social capital and the benefits individuals can receive from various forms of community engagement. Nonprofit organizations can measure community engagement in a number of ways. 2009, May 1).

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Using their own experience as a case study, they will show their process for collecting and managing the information, including how they created and distributed the survey through Blackbaud Grantmaking. Trends in Impact and Outcomes Reporting in Grantmaking Measuring the impact of your grantmaking can be difficult and time-consuming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered. From these questions, our national study, How Strong is Your Social Net? was created.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI. A recent Harvard Business School study compared two groups of consultants—one using AI tools and the other not—performing the same workplace tasks such as writing, analysis, and strategy. Disrupting job tasks is not the same as eliminating jobs.

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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Learn more Measure program outcomes in real time Built-in reporting Bonterra’s native reporting tool empowers grants administrators to measure program outcomes, not just outputs. Measure impact according to your company’s specific needs with drill down and self-service dashboard builder capabilities.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Under this inclusive definition, 70% of respondents said they participated in service on a monthly basis—more than twice the 23% to 28% in studies with narrower definitions and the 33.8% In an unpredictable environment, youth need to gain a sense of control, to know that they are making a difference in the world.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I recently presented two academic research papers as part of my graduate studies. We then ran the following studies using this data. Study 1: How sad is your mission statement? Study 2: Who do nonprofits serve? An Exploratory Analysis of Nonprofit Mission Statements , we ran a different kind of analysis.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 26, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. How might things be different if we start thinking about our collective impact? ASU School of Community. Resources and Development.

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Nucleus

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Think about what this means – the difference between being 20% in the cloud and 80% in the cloud. The gap between digital leaders and laggards is widening – back in 2019, we published a study that measured companies by technology breath, depth, leadership and culture. We now estimate it will take five years.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. The 7 steps of measurement. Care2 is the largest online community of people making a difference.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

They have to do all this while regularly drafting and submitting grant requests from funders who have different and changing priorities. Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. But first… What is impact management ?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The organizations that measure and demonstrate action and performance against their commitments can improve trust with their stakeholders and increase market share, while reducing the cost of customer acquisition, the cost of recruiting, and employee turnover. However, few actually live up to their commitments. higher than low-purpose brands.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

We had a very valuable conversation about members of the different parts of the CTX community, and the segments that emerged included readers/consumers, activists, donor partners, participants/contributors, and others. Tags: case studies resources casestudy community communitybuilding ctt howto strategy tsg. So how did it really go?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The 5 key points from “Ogilvy on Advertising” Do your homework – Study the product, its competitors, and research consumers’ views before developing advertising. Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. Thorough understanding leads to big ideas.

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Ensuring a volunteer program has a balance of volunteers from different backgrounds has a measurable impact on an organization’s success. Diversity is the idea that the workplace is made up of various people from different cultures, countries, nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, religions, and different sexual orientations.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Earlier this fall, I read this headline: "Stanford study: Participation in a cultural activity may reduce prejudice." I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. That didn''t happen.

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