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Resources for Measuring What Matters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been curating resources on nonprofit measurement over on Scoop.It, with eye towards collecting useful material related to social media and social impact measurement. Despite this, when it is times to do measurement, many feel that it is a daunting task. How can we improve our measurement practice?

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Going for Goal: Shared Knowledge Inspires Successful Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. The Miami Foundation offered the 305 prize for the donor who gave at 3:05 p.m., And the group got creative when it came to offers.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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The purpose of the conference is to expose future social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices, innovative thinking and awareness of the full scope of the sector. Participants will consider the promising practices, strategies, and approaches being pursued in the field and in philanthropy.

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Knight Foundation Launches The Giving Day Play Book

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The guide, written by online fundraising experts at Third Plateau and KDS Strategies , is Knight Foundation’s way of sharing emerging best practices as organizations continue to experiment with engaging communities online. We’ll be hosting a webinar with CommA on planning giving days too at 2 p.m. Registration is here. ).

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Making Data Visualizations: A Survival Guide And Other Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation this year, I’m facilitating a peer learning group based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and the next session we are focusing on the sense-making step of measurement. The deck provides specific practical advice on charts, color, and maps.

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A Playbook To Kickstart Your Nonprofit’s #GivingTuesday Campaign

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitated a peer exchange of community foundations that are hosting GivingDays using the Knight Foundation GivingDay Playbook , a guide with templates, tips, and examples hosting a successful day of giving. Set Clear and Measurable Goals.

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What We Learned at 17NTC: Day 2

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Alberto Cairo is the Knight chair in visual journalism at the School of Communication at the University of Miami. If you're looking for strategy, be sure to sign up for her free online guided tour and the other resources she provides on SmartCause Digital. If you haven't already read our day 1 coverage , be sure to take a look.