Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. Hildy Gottlieb’s Pollyanna Principles are a great place to start if you want to learn more about how you can evaluate and identify your organizational goals (and larger view) in a way to successfully design projects, programs and even partnerships for real impact.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. The right metrics. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them. pick the right metrics.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Overhead to program expense ratio. There’s also no question that ratios can be valuable tools for evaluating charitable groups. To better understand the shortcomings of for-profit metrics as a true measure of nonprofit success , let’s take a look at how return on investment (ROI) is calculated. How is ROI calculated?

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Measure ROI Organization Ratio 31

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

Resources include staff knowledge and comfort with different tools, experience levels of staff working with supports, volunteers, and the public, staff with time available, staff with appropriate job duties to include social media, available budget for training or workshops, etc. Evaluation. Identify what success will look like.

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Social Media Process Media Social 102

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. So maybe that gets you an “engagement” ratio. A little trickier, but doable, is calculating your most engaged supporters' social media reach: if they repost your post, how big is their network?

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Facebook Ratio Influence Social Media 51

Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By automating these time-consuming tactical steps, you can spend your time managing callers, increasing donations, and engaging in deeper relationships with supporters. Plus, if your request process is standardized, you’re in a better position to evaluate and adjust according to the results. Match ratios. Forms and guidelines.

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Guide Script Tips Gift 98

Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Sometimes it’s best to take a step back and evaluate if you’re doing everything possible to get your message heard. Creating a digital plan does that by aligning strategies to support your marketing goals. Tangible measurements are easy to calculate and can fall into any number of ratios and equations.

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Digital Marketing Guide Chapter 111

Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Charity rating organizations use varying metrics for evaluating efficacy and impact, but most organizations use Accountability, Transparency, Program Percentage, and Fundraising efficiency as the basis for their ratings. Charity Navigator is the world’s largest independent charity evaluator and rater. Charity Ratings.

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Public Practice Build Donor 90

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

News and World Report , and Money routinely publish stories that emphasize program spending and fundraising cost ratios. Federated campaigns often "help" their donors make giving decisions by prominently publishing such ratios next to the organizations names. A lot of people really didnt like the approach.

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Teach Ratio Student Classes 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

If you want to have a successful blog that supports your organization’s goals and adds value, improvement should be continuous. You need to pick the right hard data points, or metrics, that will help you harvest insights and improve your blog. If you use Wordpress, Joost Blog Metrics will give you a post-to-comment ratio.

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Measure Tips Metrics Bookmarking 95

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Data and the understanding and interpreting of metrics is something I have to work hard at, because it simply does not come naturally to me. The reality is that I collaborate with strong partners on data and the associated analytics then spend the time needed to understand and evaluate our fundraising programs at Project HOPE.

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Analytics Data Analysis Metrics 33