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. Appreciable – smaller goals contribute to a bigger objective.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore a few key types of advocacy that help organizations drive positive change; tactics that unite and activate supporters; and technology to make this important work more effective and efficient. Later, that information can be used to target the most active and educated supporters and get them involved.

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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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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Activities they considered “service” included “working with others to make the community or campus a better place” (81%), “acting to benefit the common good” (80%), “everyday acts of kindness” (76%), “acting to raise awareness about a campus, community, or global problem” (72%), and “working with others to address social inequality” (68%).

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As a fundraising professional and nonprofit consultant working on a doctorate degree in business, I was curious about just how much a mission statement matters when it comes to nonprofit fundraising. I decided to conduct two studies with my colleagues to get to answer this question. Study 1: How sad is your nonprofit mission statement?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As we wrote in The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Age of AI , when used responsibly , AI can help nonprofit staff reduce the countless hours they spend doing labor-intensive and often energy-draining tasks—so they can focus instead on mission-critical work. Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI.

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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Grants management software Unify giving and grantmaking Build strategic nonprofit partnerships that drive more social impact with less work for your teams. 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.

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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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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

When you are working on a tough issue or an innovative solution, sometimes it helps to learn from others who have tackled that problem or are working on a similar idea. From gathering demographic data to understanding your grantees’ experiences, grantmaking organizations have been working through many multifaceted conundrums this year.

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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

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. Photo by Metro Library and Archive.

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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’s needed for improvement?

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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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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Be sure to ask stakeholders in different departments. Improved efficiency that will reduce manual work, optimize processes and eliminate redundancy. 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.

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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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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. Mexico border. Continuous improvement.

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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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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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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 Hiding content is tantamount to deleting an email without reading it.

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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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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

Images of the association’s founders, history, and current activities are displayed throughout the facility, and spaces were created to accommodate a variety of work styles. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity. ENA brings objectivity to the process by using the net promoter score as a tool to measure success.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Studies show that people spend an average of almost eight and a half hours interacting with digital media per day. Personas are fictional people who represent the different audiences your business needs to appeal to. These measurements should align with your campaign’s goals. Create customer personas.

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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. What you'll learn: How to lead with a networked mindset. Ashley has a M.A.

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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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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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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. Repeat what works – Run successful ads repeatedly until they stop selling. Put a human face on the cause through case studies, testimonials, and videos.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

Phew – after a long conversation and work session like this, it was exiting to talk next steps! 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. Next steps.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media for nonprofits is one of the best ways for organizations to reach out, engage with the community, and promote the work they do. Social media provides plenty of tools to help you create an effective strategy that can make a huge difference in your organization and help you meet the goals you set.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

We often talk about the nonprofit’s mission, vision, and values, but the vision, working on where the organization is headed and how it will get there, is the responsibility of the board—especially within the powers conferred in its executive committee, in sync with the CEO. What do we want to be remembered for?

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Well, according to a recent study conducted by Blackbaud and nfpSynergy of 338 nonprofit organizations in the United Kingdom, many nonprofits are “drowning in data” and are unable to fully utilize all the data they’ve collected with their CRM. You’ve been told over and over the more information you have on your donors, the better.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Boorstin : I could have written about hundreds-if not thousands–of different women's amazing stories. Question: How did your experience working at Fortune and now CNBC shape you, and shape this book? Question: How did your experience working at Fortune and now CNBC shape you, and shape this book?

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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.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This reduces the burden on nonprofits asked to fill out demographic surveys in different ways and formats, while providing sector insights and creating visibility for funders looking to better understand their giving portfolios and identify potential gaps. Here we reflect on what we learned and set the stage for where we’re headed.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This means that a donor may have two or even three different people from the same organization soliciting them before they finally make a gift. All officers should have similar experiences across the organization and be aligned on how the work gets done. Measure the most important goals that lead to results.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

With that in mind, the overhead myth refers to a pervasive understanding across organizations’ support bases, through which donors and funders use the overhead ratio to measure an organization’s effectiveness. Work with a nonprofit accountant to create an ironclad budget and stick to it.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

Often, organizations set their giving levels by identifying what they already consider a major donor; setting specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) goals for how they would like to grow their major donors; and setting parameters from there.

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