Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

In his blog post on evaluating fundraising programs, Measuring Success The Buffett Way , Jason McNeil asks What measures might Warren Buffett use to evaluate development effectiveness? She's trying to make the case for investing in Advancement Services at a college that seems to only want to invest in fundraisers. Efficiency.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

Despite their good intentions, days of service can deepen cracks of inequity in our society by reinforcing misconceptions and presenting “quick” solutions to complex, systemic challenges. I encourage you to read both Jerome’s and Jayne’s posts as any summary I could provide here would not do them justice.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2009

Thanks to our fab partners, Idealware, we're releasing the Consumer's Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems. > The Consumers Guide provides you the unbiased comparative information you need to narrow down your choices in a fundraising system. Get the report!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

We provide both a feature summary and detailed reviews, as well as a directory of consultants. We provide both a feature summary and detailed reviews, as well as a directory of consultants. The report also includes our new directory of consultants and designers who help nonprofits implement these Content Management Systems."

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Idealware recently released an update to their "A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Nonprofit Content Management Systems," which you can download for free here. It includes a summary comparison matrix for a quick reference, detailed product reviews, plus a directory of consultants that can help nonprofits select and/or implement solutions.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In other words, we continue to promulgate a “garbage in, garbage out” system and meaningful reporting on results remains a distant goal. So how can you build a system to measure outcome indicators and focus on your mission, if there is no funding to do so? Overcoming the Overhead Dilemma.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

You have to measure accurately, as well as create an environment where problems can be discussed openly so you can effectively evaluate what’s working and what’s not.” All this information goes into a government information system to generate regular reports. Each indicator had an annual target and a quarterly target.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

"We can't talk about transparency, accountability and honest evaluation without addressing the contentious topic of failure. I so need a better system. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. There are many sparks for conversation about the points raised.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Here’s a summary: There was a range of practice for using data and measurement to improve social media and demonstrate impact: Crawl. Technical or Systems Challenges. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media. Does not know where to start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

My colleague, Anne Whatley, wrote this summary of what you’ll find when you dig into these two stellar and highly practical reports and resource lists. We summarized what we learned in two guides that are designed to help civic tech innovators monitor progress towards their intended outcomes and evaluate the impact of their efforts.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

To keep members from going silent on you, be sure to continually evaluate your organizational strategy to ensure you’re providing value throughout the member journey, from recent grads to retirees. Members who are early in their careers are more likely to feel connected to their organization and be satisfied with membership. Get personal.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Here’s a summary of a few of the top ideas: AgriTextBot Info Hub: A tool for farmers that responds to localized questions and provides up-to-date, real-time information on topics from market pricing to weather indicators and farming support, through a guided conversation and accessible via a feature phone. Eric Munoz.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2016

Meetings are for making strategies and decisions — including the necessary clarifications, discussions, resolutions, and evaluations that lead to them. Begin the meeting with a recap of agenda items and the contributions of each participant to the meeting, action items, and a summary of updates. Use a Timer. Image 2: Wan Lik Lee.

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Media Cause

JUNE 7, 2023

While AI can be incredibly accurate, users everywhere have noticed flaws and issues with certain outputs from some AI systems. Pulling out key facts or summaries. It’s important to evaluate each tool carefully and fact-check any outputs to ensure consistency and correctness.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Such functionality also reduces the gargantuan effort this once took, when fundraisers lacked visibility on outcomes with data siloed across multiple systems and spreadsheets. Fundraising and programs teams can set the time-bound targets together and can view progress against targets, all in one system.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2019

And, before all my research and evaluation friends have an attack of “but wait!,” It’s about systems. As always, tag me in your posts and shares so I can include you in my summary post at the end of the month ( @artlust , @seemarao , @_art_lust_ ). I’d guess these changes barely register for visitors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

Here’s a summary of tweets from the session, but he made some good points about how to encourage a culture of giving in the work place: Get right people on the bus. He evaluates every request with a question, “Will this compromise his ability to help the people he wants to help?” Reduce the costs. Show the impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

If you are interested in social change and the way that networks help realize change, you must stop what you’re doing and read this report now. Here’s a summary of a few of my favorite parts and framing. Don’t use conventional evaluation criteria to assessing network impact. The report is pure gold.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Executive Summary. The Executive Summary is the first thing that any potential partner or supporter will read, and it introduces the mission and purpose of your nonprofit. Because this section of your nonprofit business plan is a summary of the facts contained throughout the whole document, it is often written last.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

This task is made even harder if your CME learning management system ( CME LMS ), the platform that delivers eLearning to your association’s members, fails to support you in the effort. 5 Features to Seek in Your Next Learning Management System. CourseStage Health: The Best Learning Management System for CME. Responsive design.

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Associations eLearning Module Course 36

Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

To see how they’re used, have a look at Nonprofit In A Box: How Murtis Taylor Human Services System Brings Help Right Into Homes. It also provides visual representations of each individual donor's giving summary as well as a timeline of every interaction with your organization.

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Product Donation Organization Charity 44

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

No matter how extensive your software features are, the most important thing is that all of these metrics are stored in your centralized CRM system. Then, evaluate what donor acquisition and engagement strategies worked and what didn’t. . Use your CRM or your fundraising platform’s dashboard to track the number of: .

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

executive summary here ) ContinuousProgress: Better Advocacy Through Evaluation is an online guide to more effective foreign policy advocacy and evaluation. Dave Pollard's Principles of Knowledge Management (for organizations with no KM resources) includes 16 principles to think about when designing a system.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Too many systems have been delivered over the years, to the underwhelming response, "Well, it's good, but that's not what I had in mind." Being a good engineer Engineers should focus on creating flexible, expandable systems that use open standards and file formats. We also advocate strongly for agile development practices.

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Roles Project Process Management 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Taken together, these four themes constitute the value system of social media. I believe that the tools are transient, the buzzwords will change, but the value system embedded in these 4Cs is here to stay. The4Cs Social Media Framework in Summary. So, let’s look at these 4Cs in some detail. The First C: Content.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2016

Having a shared understanding of intended outcomes from the beginning of the grant, and tracking progress toward those outcomes, allows foundations to evaluate where their grantee partners need extra help. And customer loyalty can be driven higher with authentic, well-articulated marketing around an organization’s philanthropic efforts.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

One system might be affordable but a nightmare to use, while another is a bit outside your budget but comes with the perfect templates and a seamless user experience. Hidden Costs Evaluation: Carefully assess additional costs that might not be apparent initially, such as domain name fees, add-ons, or transaction fees for donations.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

These solutions are similar to constituent relationship management systems (CRMs) but they manage member information rather than donor information. Benefits of membership management software Most membership nonprofits find membership management software to be worth the investment because these systems allow you to: Attract new members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

For Next Week's NpTech Tag Summary. For next week's summary, I'm going to be using a different aggregator called index cards. The post goes on to describe a Digital Asset Management System. A few blogosphere posts offering advice about online safety and what you can do help stop cyberbullying can be found here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

The white includes a summary of discussion from a roundtable of social media experts discussing the attributes and dimensions of influence and how it differs from other attributes, for example attention. What the roundtable concluded was that a system equivalent to Myers Briggs was needed for micro-communications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 April 8, 2007 As I write this, I’m hurtling through small towns and big cities on the train home. We have to do better than this.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2022

You may be looking to compare systems and will evaluate the performance of the free solution against the software you already use or are considering using. They also had to endure a lengthy implementation period; it was months before the system was set up. Free fundraising software summary.

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Software Free Fundraising Database 87

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

If you have questions about your nonprofit systems, databases, CRM or data needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us. 2 – How many different types of technology systems are you using today (CRM, email, online, social, payment, events, etc.)? Can you talk a bit about why these three need to be evaluated together?

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See3

AUGUST 23, 2007

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION The recent EPA EIS on MTM found that only 6.8% Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! of Appalachia has or even can be mined by MTM methods, so I hardly think Appalachia is being “decapitated&# as many editorialists claim.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

She talks about the importance of learning and discovery rather than impact and evaluation, saying that impact and evaluation certainly has had its time and is important, but what’s most important now, what donors are really looking for is what have I learned? . ” I like to do an executive summary. ” .

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People Community Video Podcast 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Data from system. The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2023

Interview your colleagues, particularly those who: Write, post, or edit content often (writers, web managers, digital directors) Speak with your audiences often (help desk, membership coordinators, community managers, event planners) Maintain the site (developers, system administrators) Ask them what’s working and what’s not. Just listen.

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