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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? I tweeted the link to the original and one colleague, Michelle Murrain, wrote a reflection called " Evaluation and Being A Learning Organization.".

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2011

Flickr: bitzi One of findings from our latest annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey stood out to us: Those organizations that evaluated their Return on Investment (ROI) for IT expenditures were much more likely to be leaders— 44 percent, compared to just 17 percent of stragglers. Or does it?

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Ask your colleagues questions. Use softer, more open-ended questions to get detailed information that you will capture in writing for your plan. What questions do you want answers to from data? Process – If you have a question, what is the process to get your answers? Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2011

Questions: 7. Attempts allowed: Unlimited. Available: Always. Pass rate: 75 %. Backwards navigation: Allowed. Start quiz

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Donor Search

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

The survey consisted of four questions: What are the top three criteria used by management to evaluate your performance? Recently, I asked Prospect Researchers to complete a brief survey to help me understand how they measure the value of the work they perform. What are…

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here is some of the most important data to grab from past years: Package and sales data, organized by section Admissions data and sponsorship data Live auction sales Fund-a-need/paddle raise data Performance of revenue enhancers Analyze Fundraising Data TIP: Use your data to perform a post-event evaluation. Get curious!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2009

Photo by Jeff Pulver David Armano has an article on BusinessWeek called " The New Focus Group: The Collective " where he urges companies using social media to make the last word in ROI insight, not investment. Are you evaluating current processes and updating them as needed? The process is: Listen, Learn, Adapt.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2023

We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. Real-world examples of how nonprofits are already investing more deeply in their advertising budget and seeing valuable ROI. What an advertising budget looks like based on the size of your organization and audience.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

We need a bit of time to take a step back, evaluate what worked and didn’t work, and realize we’re not in a “new normal” but an “interim normal.” First, do a self-audit to evaluate which nonprofit digital strategy is working for you and which are holding you back. How was the ROI? . How are you measuring commitment and ROI? .

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

These solutions include tools that enable your team to quickly and easily visualize data points and answer questions such as: To what degree are we able to accurately predict the flow of funding? For nonprofit CFOs, this is a clarion call to review business processes and evaluate their existing tech stack.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

In case you’re still on the fence, or you’re not really clear about what Content Strategy is and what’s involved, here are answers to the top 10 most important Content Strategy questions. Using all of the information you captured during the content audit, you can evaluate your content’s quality. Fancy term? Invented by consultants?

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

These ensure alignment with your nonprofit’s financial and operational aspects, maximizing ROI. Product Maturity: Evaluate the CMS’s reputation, support availability, and roadmap projection. Evaluate these in light of your organization’s goals, readiness, and the resources at your disposal. Total Cost of Ownership.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Step 2: Draft questions This next step doesn’t necessarily have to happen linearly, you can start this while you are taking inventory of your data. You want to begin by drafting a list of questions that folks at different levels across your organization might like to ask of your data, or maybe have already started asking.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Social Media Today | ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media – A great post from Brian Solis on Social Media Today discussing the ROI of social media. "Over the years, Social Media experts attempted to redefine ROI for a new era of influence.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: . 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.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

You may need to provide training on the purpose and use cases for your data warehouse or take strides to encourage more data-driven thinking in your organization’s workflows to see a worthwhile ROI on warehousing. Identify the key questions you want to answer and the insights you need to gain from your data. Set concrete guidelines.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

But as any fundraiser worth their salt will tell you – planning is something you need to do, without question. It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. See this article for more tips on calculating your ROI.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Evaluate features. Your payment processor should leverage fraud monitoring tools to catch and evaluate suspicious activity. Ask plenty of questions to make sure you feel comfortable with your final choice. Your payment processing platform should offer access to an experienced support team that can answer your questions promptly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

We started out by listening and found many people asking questions about us or our issues. Now, 30% of our posts are replies to people who ask questions or talk about us. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. Re-evaluating our Facebook strategy.

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Forum One

APRIL 27, 2023

But understanding the true components and possibilities of a digital initiative can reveal efficiencies that save time and effort, providing a return on investment (ROI) far greater than anticipated. How to do it: Every Forum One website project includes an evaluation of the IA of the existing or planned site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

Council on Foundations ROI Panel. I participated on a panel called Face, Tweet, Link – Socia Media, Grantmaking & A True Social ROI. They’ve started their first evaluation of the Organizational Effectiveness grantmaking program in more than a decade. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Direct mail can benefit your nonprofit in many ways, from connecting with donors in a personal way and yielding a high ROI. Evaluate peer organizations to identify your peers’ strengths and weaknesses, compare them to yours, and find opportunities to differentiate your organization. What are the benefits of direct mail fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." View more presentations from kanter. But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way.

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Everyaction

MAY 2, 2018

Convincing your board to invest in something new, however, can be another question altogether, and t his is especially true for fundraising and technology related issues, where in-depth knowledge may be required to truly understand the important details. Focus on the return on investment.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Coffman stated in their 2004 GuideStar article : “There’s no question that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to manage their finances responsibly. There’s also no question that ratios can be valuable tools for evaluating charitable groups. How is ROI calculated? So, what are the differences between ROI and ROM?

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

NTEN's annual research on nonprofit technology spending and practices sheds light on these questions, and many more. > Nearly 44% of respondent organizations are considering ROI of technology projects or programs at least somewhat. However, only 7% are evaluating ROI rigorously or regularly. >

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Fundraising: Create and manage fundraising campaigns, process donations securely, and evaluate the success of these efforts. After that, we’ll be able to answer additional questions or help you strategize new projects for improvements in the future. Ask your team a few key questions. Who will we store in the CRM?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. Operations & Leadership 7 Donor Survey Questions You Should Be Asking 11 min read Read Now Set Realistic Strategic Goals Through Reporting Reports help guide board members on strategic goals and objectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

I’ve been mulling over the “Social Media ROI&# concept and how it doesn’t necessarily work for nonprofits, especially when it applied as a litmus test to see if there are financial outcomes — cost reductions or increased revenue. ROI is as an acronym for a business term, Return on Investment.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Daring to Lead report finds that a full 55% of your peer executives name technology as a “depleting” aspect of their job (it would have been the most depleting of all options surveyed, if not for the joys of HR – like evaluating and hiring/firing staff). The Seven Questions. ” Follow-up questions might be.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

Ensure any potential provider offers timely assistance when facing technical issues or questions. Carefully evaluate these elements in your matching gift software buying. And with each, you’ll find a key takeaway that our team identified as a main point from the evaluation. Very happy with the organization and the system!”

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2021

Decreased ROI on ad spending. Additionally, campaigns may report reduced conversions and ROI, as return visitors are incorrectly tracked as new users rather than returning visitors who previously viewed or clicked on an advertisement. In April 2021, Apple released its next round of privacy updates with iOS 14.5,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

to quantify ROI Page views from our stats program & Video view count from youtube ??? KEY TAKEAWAYS ABOUT ROI, MEASUREMENT, and METRICS for nonprofits using social media If you or your boss are stuck on time spent ROI, track as you go. to quantify exposure Time spent on page & Vote count from poll program ???

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. Real-world examples of how nonprofits are already investing more deeply in their advertising budget and seeing valuable ROI. What an advertising budget looks like based on the size of your organization and audience.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Each night, an automated flow looks for new gifts, evaluates the language preference of the donor, and adds a gift attribute indicating the language to be used for the acknowledgment letter. Estimating the ROI of Extensibility Projects. The workaround the team came up with took a lot of staff time and was inefficient and inconsistent.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 20, 2023

If it seems like a reasonable evaluation, the nonprofit takes the donor’s word for it. This will be helpful if there are questions later. Through this, you can also estimate your campaign’s overall ROI by comparing the value of the in-kind campaign to the administrative cost around it.

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