Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Consider using scoring rubrics or structured interview protocols to standardize evaluations and minimize bias to keep things equitable. Collaborate with professional associations, industry groups, and affinity networks relevant to your organization’s mission and sector. Welcome them aboard. Link up with professional associations.

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Director Guide Metrics Nonprofit 84

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. An advisory group and planning group gave crucial input about the strategy and tactics for this event.

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Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 143

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Measure Social Media Media Map 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Europe and Latin America.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

I define community leadership as “any person or organization who engages individuals or groups within a particular community to collectively establish goals, guides them toward the achievement of those goals, thereby achieving a civic outcome.”

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Roles Foundation Leadership Community 79

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. The Playbook gives you an examples.

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Resource Practice Data Work 105

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 81

Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Modern CRM reporting is crucial for several reasons, namely because the right reports will help you: Evaluate performance: Get a bird’s-eye view of your organization’s fundraising efficacy by analyzing key metrics like donation amounts, donor engagement, and campaign success. My Dad’s axiom rings true, “ you get what you pay for.”

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Report Effective Fundraising Template 64

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

Each year, we speak with a group of customers who represent the diversity of region, size, and experience among our customers. Planning Ahead and Outlining Goals Facilitates Long-Term Success. She is on the Measurement and Evaluation Team and is a rising Senior at Columbia University, studying Political Science and Psychology. .

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Tips Consultant Platform Training 127

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. 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? Start with benchmark data.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 126

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. 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.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Develop an evaluation and performance model. . Develop outcomes-monitoring plans to measure performance. . This usually fails to evaluate the future needs of the organization and is c ommonly known as the Bubba Theory. . She has facilitated numerous workshops with hundreds of nonprofit professionals.

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Organization Files Nonprofit Grant 131

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

I’ll be doing a session with colleagues Danette Peters and Roberto Cremonini on Outcomes, Impact, and Communication where will not only share some case studies and techniques for outcome-based evaluation, but model some small group facilitation techniques for the process. LUMA Institute: March 19-20th.

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Conference San Diego New York City Social Media 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For many nonprofits, Google Analytics is the tool of choice for measuring traffic, reach, engagement, and action primarily because it is free. While it is somewhat easy to use, some of the more valuable features may require a little tutoring to understand and use. The syllabus includes: An overview of today’s digital measurement landscape.

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Analytics Google Digital Free 106

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Evaluate your volunteer program. Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. However, if your goal is SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—you’ll have a clear benchmark to work toward and measure progress. Evaluate your volunteer program.

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Volunteer Program Roles Training 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

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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Data Help Measure Analysis 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. The first day focused on networks and strategic use of social media along with some practical skills in content creation and measurement.

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Reflection Network Mexico South America 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Ways to measure your efficiency and success within each . How to Measure Success. Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event. They also measure retention to see how many return each year and what factors could play into increases or decreases. .

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Virtual Professional Marketing Fundraising 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. Guest Post by Mary Trudel. Future Investment Plans.

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Social Media Arts Social Attitude 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. So I thought I’d share some details on how the exchange worked, and some insights the group learned that helped them increase their impact.

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Knowledge Goal Share Giving 100

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Create goals that are specific and measurable to ensure that the stories you tell are purposeful (“specific” and “measurable” just so happen to be the first two letters in the S.M.A.R.T. Uplift the Story Owners Even when a nonprofit helps facilitate change in someone’s life, their story is still their story. goals acronym).

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Storytelling Guide Nonprofit Story 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. The framework is a social media maturity of practice model called “Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly” Maturity of Social Media and is featured in my next book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Network Build Learning Strategy 97

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 9, 2015

By utilizing four key strategies of involving diverse stakeholders, creating a backbone infrastructure, developing shared terminology and measurement indicators, and promoting collective action, organizations can find success in effective networking and produce meaningful social change.

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Network Organization Change Social 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Crisis communication strategy.

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

An eLearning assessment is a tool used to assess your members’ understanding of a topic and document that information in a measurable way. These exercises can measure knowledge gained, skills learned, or even attitudes or mindsets changed. This tests knowledge acquisition. What are the different types of online assessment?

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eLearning Course Test Knowledge 69

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Subsequent action steps are grouped according to your level of fundraising development: Getting Started, Advancement (somewhere further along), and Going from Good to Great. Monitor progress: Continuously track the performance of your fundraising efforts and measure them against insights detailed in the report. Happy action planning!

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. Ari Sahagun , a consultant who works with social justice groups on network visualizations, called for a group to discuss Network Mapping and Visualization. The notes are here.

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Technique Network Tools Map 116

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And with a goal as ambitious and nebulous as elevating community well-being, how do we evaluate success? Tip : Get colleagues to buy into your “why” early on and create a small working group. Critically, these programs also measure outcomes over time through Inspira’s electronic medical record. Program Success.

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Community Effective Create New Jersey 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One?

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

There is much excitement and interest in measuring/tracking/using data in real time to shift course on emergent, collaborative, and innovative efforts. At the same time, we see a huge emphasis and need to “scale what works” in the field which implies rigorous measurement that PROVES what works.

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Generation Romania Technology Measure 100

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” ” I know I speak fast.

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Report Measure Process Impact 83

Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Qgiv provides extensive reporting and analytics, allowing you to evaluate the effectiveness of your campaigns and make data-driven decisions. Snowball emphasizes simplicity, customization, and integration to facilitate efficient fundraising. This platform aims to boost donor engagement effectively and drive fundraising campaigns.

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Platform Giving Plugin Pledge 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Last week, as part of my work at the Packard Foundation as visiting scholar I had the opportunity to participate in a face-to-face convening of the "Network of Network Funders," a community of practice facilitated by the Monitor Institute. We worked in small groups by network purpose. The network needs to conduct self-evaluation.

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