Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

This is a terrific write up of the session I presented on “ Learning in Public “ Bridge Building or Trust Busting – a Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? Packard and the TCC Group collaborated on an alternative approach evaluating the foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program.

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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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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

But at.orgCommunity we like to explore issues before they become sound bites. You need to constantly evaluate the data and analyze progress. Could the decline in membership be a reflection of the decline in trust? Is it possible that your community has doubts about the organization’s credibility?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

So here’s why reflecting on the acronym “RESULTS” is so worthwhile in our efforts to achieve nonprofit success! Evaluate your initiatives regularly, set up feedback boxes on your website, and create regular nonprofit focus groups. They cancel down core ideas and are remarkably useful aids to recall advice.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Assessing the technology skills of individual staff Once you have an idea of the skills required for each role in your organization, you will want to evaluate the current skills of each individual and identify needs for learning or supplementing with outside experts. Reinforce learning after one day, week, and month to make it stick.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Sounds easy enough. Sometimes an existential challenge can lead to a great opportunity to re-evaluate how best to deliver services. Do they reflect the organization’s truest priorities? Some key take-aways: Be a Cheerleader. Do everything you can to support the Executive Director, no matter how large or small the task is.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Scholars of nonprofit management have sounded the alarm about this “ starvation cycle ,” for two decades. What isn’t known In the future, we plan to collaborate with charity watchdogs to gain their insights on how our evaluation recommendations could be applied to reflect each organization’s specific capabilities and goals.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. As you reflect on these questions, feel free to update the answers accordingly in your fundraising plan. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

Across the board within the 2021 study, which evaluated employee attitudes during 2020, the data revealed high-water marks in employee satisfaction. Over time, leaders have had to refocus on meeting contractual and grant requirements, addressing evolving constituent wants and needs, and operating fiscally sound businesses.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Align Your Mission and Vision Statements It doesn’t matter how many sound strategic principles you put into place: If you can’t clearly explain what your association’s mission is, it’s all going to be for naught. Here are seven different elements that any association strategy—including yours—should include.

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NetWits

JANUARY 18, 2011

When was the last time you stood back and tried to evaluate the performance of your organisations website? Is it reflecting your organisation in the best light? Allow your organisation to sound like a person, rather than a brand. Your website’s content. Is it catering to the needs of your audience?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

Remember that you can't always judge a big organization by its publicity, since that may just reflect a large advertising budget. Also, be on the lookout for questionable charities that have a name that closely resembles the name of a well-known, legitimate charity; some sound-alike charities are scams. Do your research.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I’m gathering my thoughts to start putting together my slides and presentation and wanted to stop for reflection and sharing. Once you come up with a plan, and you test it, you then evaluate it and rethink it, and then iterate on the plan, test it, and come back around to evaluating it.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2023

If at this stage you’re thinking something like: “wait a second, strengths sound like potential weaknesses and weaknesses seem like they are also threats, but threats are opportunities,” don’t worry – you’re not alone. SWOTs can result in data that reflect the lived experiences of a relatively small group and ignore a broader context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. The secret sauce to success for nonprofits and social media is reflecting in action. A= Action M0= Monitor RE= Reflection on results - rinse and repeat. I'm going to call it AMORE.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2014

We're reflecting a larger trend in business, government, and IT to pay more attention to the plumes of information our websites, databases, PCs, and mobile devices are generating. Sounds good, but it is hard to do. Are you confused about program evaluation language like "output versus outcomes"? Website analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

But even when our brains are resting, according to research , our minds are perpetually active internalizing and evaluating information.

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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). We’ve come a long way since the early days of social media in terms of measurement practice. 2011 Putting Principles in Action: Valid Metrics Matrix.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Most really good proposals and reports often better reflect an organization’s capacity to hire a great grant writer or marketing expert than their ability to do great work. Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. Almost never, right? They nearly always have to tweak an amount, a setting, a hypothesis.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

They tell someone what your company/organization sounds like, what you look like, and where you’re headed. At Media Cause, we do this by making our company values part of how we evaluate and review employees. You don’t see the value in having brand guidelines. .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. At this level, your fundraising plan should cover the next three to five years and be reviewed and evaluated quarterly for your performance against the plan’s benchmarks. It’s important to determine the real amount of revenue needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

The session was about transparency and conducting evaluations. One of the takeaways was that in order to pursue this type of learning, organizational culture was the key indicator to success. Peter’s post shares some ideas about cultivating a learning culture and while written for funders, these are applicable to nonprofits.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

This post is written based on my personal understanding and could reflect deficiencies experienced in my own personal learning process. To begin we should evaluate what a younger version of myself experienced in the learning process. Convey teachings in a manner that doesn’t sound like a dictionary definition.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 19, 2016

One cannot help but reflect back on these past few weeks, the incredible athletes and what they have accomplished. However, I am sure that sounds a little more glorious than the actual act would be. The Olympics – A Guideline to Continuous Learning. In the business world, you don’t know what you don’t know.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

While they’re volunteering, you can evaluate their skills and dedication to see if they have what you need on your Board. Use a photo that reflects the heart of your organization’s work. If they work on the front lines of your programs, they know exactly what the needs are. They might make great Board members. This is the same idea.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

If that sounds like your organization, don’t discount the power of organic reach! Evaluate ad performance and make adjustments. Well, you’ll need to evaluate the effectiveness of that ad spend and make adjustments to make sure you’re getting the best return on your investment. Ask supporters to share your event.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

Both our boards and our staff, not to mention our membership, need to reflect the cultures of the communities where we work and live. You must show that your organization — your mission, goals, and objectives — reflect the local, regional, or national makeup of the community you serve. Demonstrating Inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Nicole agreed to write a reflection about how she went from crawling in measurement practice to running. A pile of news clips makes a gratifying sound when dropped on a conference table, but did those stories reach the right people, did they say the right thing? That’s where learning and transformation begins!

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Budgeting certainly sounds simple enough, right? This common sentiment among department managers, expressed when the budget season rolls around, reflects the challenge they face adding another responsibility while juggling their regular duties. On one hand, successful social good organizations need a thorough annual budgeting process.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Another important aspect of this is to always evaluation your awards program. Trust me it sounds more serious than it is.). We are a fun-loving, hard-working group and our awards also reflect the culture of our organization. These awards are well-established and carry a good deal of prestige. We recognize non-traditional work.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

He is using his background as a trader to forward the foundation's approach and spends a lot of time doing research and evaluating data in the pursuit of high risk social change projects. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data. Why Markets for Good may go wrong. Data Philanthropy: Where are we now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Even thought I am still reflecting on that Pew report and the comment from Weinberger's blog Even if just 1% of Web users tagged resources with some regularity, they would be creating handholds for the other 99%. Is reflection in action the way to integrate small amounts of experimentation with Web2.0

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In the past year, I''ve seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation. I''d love to hear more peoples'' reflections on this. This question of evaluation is still very open.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In the past year, I've seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation. I'd love to hear more peoples' reflections on this. This question of evaluation is still very open.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 15, 2015

If all of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Instead, consider this an opportunity to step back and evaluate goals, responsibilities, qualifications and team structure while also being thoughtful and deliberate about what you really need in the role. Who will be responsible for the work when this person leaves?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

A capital campaign or a major push to reach new donors are times when it’s definitely worth the effort to re-evaluate your tech stack and look for improvements that can support your goals. For example, if you know you want to conduct more effective advocacy outreach in 2020, that should be reflected in your tech plan. Steps to Follow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Another cluster evaluated the alternatives and determined that my son (who was also without power on the 23 rd floor of his apartment in lower Manhattan) had the best shot of making his way to them. From there they traversed Long Island Sound to New London, Connecticut, and then drove to Boston.

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