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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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Does a nonprofit’s mission statement influence its fundraising efforts? New research conducted using data from Candid suggests that understanding this relationship can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising success. An effective nonprofit mission statement draws supporters and donors to an organization.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A big part of being a nonprofit leader is creating and maintaining a fruitful relationship with your board. And when it comes to creating a nonprofit business plan for your organization, that’s a task that generally falls to the board—a situation that can create a big disconnect between what you need and what you actually get.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Nonprofit teams have a lot on their plates: not only do they have to run their programs as best they can to help their beneficiaries, but they have to run their internal organization also. Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team.

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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. The field has grown exponentially.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. How do you measure that?

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Your nonprofit needs compelling marketing to engage new and existing supporters to boost brand awareness, cultivate donors, motivate them to volunteer, and more. Many nonprofits across the country see great results from their marketing efforts. A nonprofit marketing plan lays the roadwork your team must follow to achieve your goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. What is funder’s role to support good measurement? That says volumes.

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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. Report Out.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 22, 2020

“The way we run nonprofits is actually undermining the causes we love and our profound yearning to change the world.”. These words belong to Dan Pallotta, an American entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist, who, in his Ted Talk, reiterates that a nonprofit should be run like a business. First, Cover the Basics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this guide, we’ll discuss how to use digital marketing strategies to update your organization’s nonprofit marketing and outreach plans both now and into the future. Remember that marketing for nonprofit organizations is not only about fundraising. Core Nonprofit Marketing Channels. Integrating Nonprofit Marketing Channels.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 13, 2021

How can your nonprofit organization increase its audience growth? Success | In this phase, we evaluate. It’s critical to look for ways to measure and optimize your organization’s investment and leverage progress. This method provides customized solutions to common organizational marketing issues.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Before starting a nonprofit organization, you should understand that the 501(c)(3) designation is just that: a tax designation. Here are the tactical steps you must take to starting a nonprofit. . Here are the tactical steps you must take to starting a nonprofit. . It’s not a business model. . Why is that important?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Text-to-give is a text fundraising method, similar to text-to-donate, that allows your supporters to donate to your organization using their cell phones via text messaging. There are many reasons your nonprofit should utilize text-to-donate tools. 8 text-to-give platforms for nonprofits 1.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

With the rise of smartphones, it seems like everyone’s constantly on social media, making it the perfect marketing tool for your nonprofit! 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. What is a good social media strategy for nonprofits?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Get all of your nonprofit’s stakeholders involved in this process.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Just about every nonprofit made major changes in 2020. Like a balloon that you inflate and let the air escape from, your nonprofit isn’t going to look the same after. If you created new service delivery methods, you may find that your constituents don’t want to go back. Step 1: Assess your position. Step 4: Reward success.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 1, 2021

based nonprofits from Candid that serve the homeless population. The Moderating Effect of Mission Statement Polarity on Performance , we used a package in the program R Studio to measure the emotional polarity of the 200 mission statements. . Study 2: Who do nonprofits serve? For our second project, Who Do Nonprofits Serve?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Over the past several years, I’ve met with countless people at a wide variety of organizations to connect on outcomes measurement , and I tend to hear similar questions and qualms about this still-new area. “ How do we get started? ” “ Is there a difference between measurement and evaluation? ” “ Is there a right way to define an outcome?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2017

A recent NetSquared London Meetup investigated the IT tools that can be used to get nonprofit operations done cheaply and effectively. It also delved into how nonprofits can tackle the process of finding the tech that helps the most when you don't necessarily have the time to research. Choosing the Right Tools.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

As your nonprofit organization continues to grow, it’s time to consider investing in an effective fundraising platform that truly accommodates your nonprofit’s size, financial needs, and developing fundraising strategies. Why is fundraising important for nonprofits? Leverage Nonprofit Fundraising Best Practices.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

While the end of the year can be a time to relax and unwind, it’s also a season for nonprofits to ramp up fundraising. With so many donations rolling in during the holidays, it seems like your nonprofit could just sit back and let the momentum of the season drive an increase of giving. But where do you start? Set S.M.A.R.T.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Because traditionally, impact measurement has been performed by siloed teams, the burden on them to collect good evidence is huge. Though it can seem like a big barrier to set up an impact measurement system — one for which you might not have the time, the staff, or the funding — impact management is something you can do at any level.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 21, 2011

Today, nonprofit organizations need to be able to show the results of their efforts. How do you project short and long-term outcomes that are realistic, important, and feasible to measure? an effective results-oriented program evaluation system? You meticulously record what you do. Register for NMI 108 with B. Tatro, held this.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It’s incredibly important for nonprofits to tell stories about their organization and the people they serve. Storytelling for nonprofits is an avenue to connect with donors and help them relate to your work. What is Nonprofit Storytelling? Stories are powerful.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Your nonprofit is on a never ending journey to understand your supporters. When you have a strong grasp of your audience’s motivations, you can increase donations, volunteer hours, advocacy actions, and the overall public opinion of your nonprofit. This is done through a process called nonprofit market research.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In today’s world, nonprofits rely on their technology to help bring them closer to their goals. Nonprofits looking to reassess or develop a new technical strategy should consider partnering with a nonprofit technology consulting firm. Your nonprofit is unique, so your solutions and strategies should be too.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech. But do they measure the real impact we’re making in the lives of our beneficiaries? Data is now a core resource. Data without context has little value.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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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. Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning. Only measure impact, not process. When the issue of interest moves from measurement for accountability/compliance to #evaluation for learning from Karcsig. I like to use a combined method. The above shows the methods.

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