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. Can’t wait!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Flickr photo from Wesley Fryer Stephen Downes points to this post by Wesley Fryer, " Feedburner Stats Drop After Google Account Merge" I haven't yet merged my account and all of sudden my counts dropped 1,400 subscribers. At e-metrics, someone told me it had to do with them dropping counts from different news readers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. It’s curation of real-time learning. There are specific metrics for specific platforms. The Importance of Benchmarking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2007

If you been following this thread, I was prompted to explore blog metrics in this post after reading what Avinash Kaushik had to day on the topic : The blog metrics he identified were: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). including your feeds.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2011

As you read that stat, you’re probably saying to yourself "wow, that’s impressive. And while it maybe true that your organization needs a better Facebook strategy, it’s also important that you dig a little deeper into social media stats. Facebook can pull your page down any time they think you violated their TOS.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Every time a donation is made, it travels through various banking APIs as different financial institutions talk to each other. Metricly aggregates your data across the Web, allowing you to compare and combine your metrics in one place, and making it easier for you to stay on top of your business. Donations and Payments.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. The reason is twofold: first, it makes sense to align with the holiday season, a time of generosity and giving back.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets from the official conference Twitter feed 7. Conference Twitter Feed. The official conference Twitter feed was used to promote the conference ahead of time and keep the momentum going after the conference by staying in touch with attendees. Sharing links for Facebook and Twitter.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Our brains are wired for visual information; people process images 60,000 times faster than words. It’s easy to get bogged down by stats so make it relatable by designating an individual as the focal point and adding a personal, heartfelt narrative. 5) Fundraising Metrics. The best weapon against apathy is a compelling story.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" While donors continued to donate money, the average gift was smaller.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

We’ve put together a list of the most up-to-date stats on how nonprofits are using social media to make a difference. Often times this requires shifting through many useless articles in the hopes you’ll find one that will make an impact on your organization. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

If anything, that's the most important thing about social media metrics or for any metrics. Metrics in context connected to action - whether to improve a program already underway or evaluate impact. I'm more interested right now in applying the metrics to program improvement. " (I think he even trademarked the term).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

After a decade of embracing new social networks as they rise in popularity, in recent weeks it became clear that it was time to reassess the value of being active on so many social networks and to prioritize the social networks that most benefit Nonprofit Tech for Good. would most likely had revealed itself. Tumblr also did not make the cut.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" But be careful: hitting a "home run" with one of these requires timing, broad appeal and luck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points, or metrics, that will help you harvest insights and improve your blog. Next, you need to know the right metrics to use, and employ the proper tools to collect the data. Most important, you need a strategy—either for yourself or for a team—to gather insights from your metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2011

This is feeding into my work on a book with KD Paine on that topic. Instead, they identify key organizational results areas and associated metrics to define successes and failures. Momsrising knows from years of message testing and research , that to change minds about an issue, wonky stats fall flat. getting policies passed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Last week, there was a useful exchange on the NTEN Affinity group for Nonprofit Bloggers around the question "What metrics do you use to measure success for your blog?" " The question awoke my inner research geek (a long time ago I worked as a research analyst and focus group moderator). How do we think about those?

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Our clients have the freedom to leave at any time if they are unsatisfied for any reason.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

Kevin Gamble left me a comment on a google analytics post that the " Depth of Visit Report " was one of the best metrics (coupled with referring source) for understanding visitor behavior on his university's web site. that spending a lot of time on top-down navigation is mostly a waste of time. But the stats.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

Once you’ve chosen the general layout and star, it’s time to begin filling in the details and writing your nonprofit’s story. In your area, this may take the form of people not having access to healthy food that’s within walking distance, or parents having to skip meals to help feed their kids. . Unleash the challenge.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

look at stats and compare to your audience to see if it is a fit. Skype - you will need a 3rd party tool to record the call: pamela, hot recorder, audio hijack pro, quick time pro etc. The tags let a program that is reading the file know what is on the file, so it’s more than the file name but the title, the time, genre, etc.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Holiday celebrations and time spent with family and friends help us reconnect to the things that matter most and prepare to start fresh for the new year ahead. No matter your donors’ reasons for giving, the stats above show that at the end of the year, they’re ready and willing to give. Is it time to set a stretch goal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Measuring the success of social media efforts can't be done with a single metric. I think there will be different metrics for different strategies, organizations, and tools. Kaushik suggested these metrics for benchmarking blogs: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

You should have it by dinner time, that’s my promise to you. We’re going to try to save a little bit of time for Q&A at the end, but don’t be shy about that. I’ll keep an eye on the Twitter feed as well. There’s a chat box and a questions box. But we’d love to hear from you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

But from my stats surcease of sorrow, I realized - some things you can’t keep score. Tell me what thy wildlife name is on the twitter feed-but be sure! Though I feel the time spent disputing could be better spent recruiting. Introduction by Beth Kanter Poem Welcome! I thought this it is, and nothing more.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes Year-End Appeal Guide The end-of-year giving season always seems near. Your goals should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Ambitious/Attainable, and Time-based). It’s cheaper to do than you might think, and stats show that your appeal will be 50% more likely to succeed if you do!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

So, it’s time to get in front of this group. Your supporters’ Facebook news feeds just got a quality content make-over, and grumpy cat is taking a backseat to high-performing posts. Use email to communicate the success and importance of donor support, and give them reason to give again next time.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes 2021 Year-End Appeal Guide. Your goals should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Ambitious/Attainable, and Time-based). While you want to include the program’s metrics and efficacy, you’ll also want the central piece to relate to a real story from your community. 4-3 weeks ahead: .

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