Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

On January 30th, I’m speaking at the Social Media for Nonprofits in New York City. In preparation, I’m doing a pre-recorded skype interview with Robin as a back up for a live interview. So, with a little help from my colleagues on making video skype interviews, I reached out master curator Jan Gordon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge. A conversational case study is a write up our interviews identifying a few questions we still have. What techniques are you using? Does it work?

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JUNE 22, 2021

Here are some examples: User Interviews. Data obtained from user interviews can be used to develop Audience Personas , to help guide design and content creation for your website/emails and to get ideas for improving events. From there, you can evaluate opens, clicks and conversions to learn the answer to your question.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like any other marketing tool or social media platform, TikTok’s value is in its storytelling ability. If you’re considering creating a TikTok account for your nonprofit, it’s important for you to evaluate if you’ll be able to reach your target audience on the platform. Social media is all about (you guessed it) being social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I recently interviewed Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Head of Product Impact, who designed the challenged to learn more. We’ll be evaluating ideas against these same principles and supporting winning organizations to ensure projects follow responsible practices throughout.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

I though you’d enjoy the interview. My buddy Steve does a great job keeping us all on our toes by bubbling up useful data points for us to evaluate as we continue to figure out how to use the internet in the non-profit sector. My Question to You.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels. Evaluate and adjust Continuously monitor the performance of your post-GivingTuesday campaign and make adjustments as needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

For the WeAreMedia Module 4: Spreading Awareness and Buzz With Social Media , the community has built an awesome resource - lots of tips, resources, and ideas from people's experience. The Social Media Roadblock. We have several chapters who are social media savvy. They liked it and said go for it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. And while this model is describing individual behavior, individuals make up organizations – so I think it is important for people working in organizations to understand, whether they are the executive director or the social media manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

One of the simplest ways to practice continuous improvement is to incorporate a process evaluation. And, of course, your evaluation will also include looking at the data from surveys and interviews with participants after the event. 4) The next step is compare these top level themes against the participant evaluation.(We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Alfred Sloan used ROI in the 1920's at General Motors Source: Wikipedia I'm in the process of writing about and prepping several workshops for nonprofits about Social Media and ROI, known as "Return on Investment." ROI processes, particularly as part of the budgeting process , are familiar to many nonprofits. Do you agree?

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Gather new data directly from your target audience This can be collected through methods such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups. This may involve asking them to donate, volunteer, attend an event, or share your content on social media. This may include email , direct mail, social media , phone calls, or in-person events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

A few weeks ago, HandsOn Network launched The Good & Ready Campaign that leverages interactive technologies and social networking to support their partners, The American Red Cross , Ready.gov and FLASH by recruiting, inspiring and mobilizing volunteers in support of their goals for September, National Emergency Preparedness Month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2013

During the hangout, fellow NP tech guru, John Kenyon , will interview me and we’ll have a few grantees as guests including Luis Chabolla, Rachel Weidinger , and more. The Packard Foundation is hosting a Google Hangout and will be live from our headquarters.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When chosen properly, impact metrics can accurately evaluate everything from individual program effectiveness to an organization’s overall performance. Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of programs and services. For comprehensive results, consider collecting data through a range of approaches, such as: Interviews.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Video interviews are now the norm even though they were practically unheard of pre-COVID and chances are you’ll lock up your next offer from the comfort of your home office. If you’re interviewing for a remote position, be sure to ask if you’ll have the right technology and supplies you’ll need to be successful. the report noted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Earlier this week, I wrote a guest post over at FrogLoop blog about Five Social Media Books , although not everyone liked the post. I admit that I mostly read non-fiction, but if I only read social media or geeky books that would be too narrow. Michael Quinn Patton is the godfather of evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2013

During the hangout, fellow NP tech guru, John Kenyon, will interview me and we’ll have a few grantees as guests. The Packard Foundation is hosting a Google Hangout and will be live from our headquarters. We’ll take a look back at successes, failures, and ah-ha moments of the past four years and look forward to the next.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Videos, interviews, client stories, audio, emails, podcasts, social media posts—there are so many types of storytelling opportunities available to nonprofits of all missions and sizes. You can share it far and wide—in your newsletter, on your blog, as a video on social media … the possibilities are almost endless!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

Make use of interviews, assessments, and questionnaires to collect data for this metric. Assemble and track collected data from surveys, assessments, and interviews all in one place to efficiently manage your foundational impact statistics and more. This is a qualitative rather than quantitative measurement for your nonprofit impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Technology and Its Emerging Impact on Foundation Communications " is a new report that describes how philanthropy communications professionals are using social media. The 45 page report is based on an extensive literature search and interviews with Philanthropy professionals who are currently experimenting with Web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I was interviewed recently by Petra Kroon , a blogger focused on social media and entrepreneurship in The Netherlands, in which she asked some really great questions, including what I thought the trend would be for social entrepreneurship in 2010 as well as where we may be in 25 years. Tags: interview issues.

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JUNE 7, 2022

One way to check for readability is to use a resource like the Flesch-Kincaid grade-level test to evaluate what you’ve written. Social media management tools: Did you know that 87% of donors who give for the first time from a social media source will also make their second donation from a social media source?

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JULY 14, 2021

Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event. Taking time to map out how your email marketing fits in with these other methods, such as blog posts or social media, makes for a more robust communications plan. How to Measure Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Charity Digital News published this interview with Rob Leyland, Innovation Manager, about their recent efforts. NPR interviewed ethics expert Mason Marks, a medical doctor and research fellow at Yale and NYU law schools, and recently wrote about Facebook’s system, to discuss the ethical and privacy concerns.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Welcome: AI 2-Minute Rule As a starting point, assume what takes you 2 hours can take AI 2 minutes , consider this when evaluating tasks. Develop a social media campaign plan for a fundraising event Prompt: Develop a social media campaign plan to promote our upcoming fundraising event titled {event name} and page {URL}.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. On the web, anyone can evaluate the photographs in terms of aesthetic quality and relevance to the exhibition theme. It's very easy to sign up and judge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips. Return on Investment is what many executive directors may be thinking when social media strategy comes up. Secret sauce of social media success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I taught social media integration and “ Train the Trainers ” workshops for trainers who would be delivering the curriculum throughout Tunisia. I will be exploring and writing about assessment, curriculum development, facilitation, evaluation, and documentation.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers. Using weekly social media posts focused on your mission’s impact. Passionate explaining of impact?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

KD Paine and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Arlene McCrehan social media team at Goodwill for our soon to be launched book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Goodwill uses measurement and learning in its evolution into a networked nonprofit. ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4.

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AccelEvents

JULY 1, 2020

These events can also include virtual meeting rooms and ‘private’ spaces that can be used to conduct more in-depth interviews. Here are some of the important factors to keep in mind when planning your budget: Marketing costs, including print media or paid online social media marketing. Event platform fees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress.

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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. Social Media (Facilitator: Beth Kanter). Next, try provocative statements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Since many of the guests are from time zones that are far away, to make it convenient, I will pre-record a video interview for students. More importantly, after every class I facilitate, I do a debrief with students as part of evaluating the training. They can follow up with questions on Twitter or LinkedIn.

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JULY 3, 2023

Understand the New Environment Back in 2019, when I interviewed Dan for our book “Association 4.0: A 45-minute presentation can be repurposed as both a three-minute micro-learning session and a 30-second social media promotion. Fonts—Evaluate whether your current brand typefaces work well on screen.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Whatever you did, evaluation is in order to assess what worked, what didn’t and why. phone calls, emails, mailed notes, texts and social media) with donors to build relationships and set the stage for asking again as we emerge from the crisis. Do this via survey, focus group, or one-to-one interviews.

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