article thumbnail

Solutions Day 2023—It’s Happening!

.orgSource

Harriet’s going to explain how APA used convincing techniques to innovate and set trends in the planning industry. Sponsored by Multiview What’s all the hype about generative AI? Sponsored by Nimble AMS We’ve crafted a great educational program, but it’s not delivering ROI. What’s wrong?

Sponsor 275
article thumbnail

Nonprofits Should Consider SMS Fundraising With Eyes Wide Open

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. The Haiti crisis demonstrated that text to give fundraising can be a powerful tool, particularly as an "early responder" fundraising technique in disaster. Maybe I'm jaded. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment. Slope of Enlightenment.

Open 95
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering Results for Arts Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Questions of measurement, ROI, and how to set goals and define success were plaguing everyone. The key question we asked is whether digital and social media are delivering on their promise and the hype. How to analyze a moving target? As readers of this blog well know, digital and social media can be difficult to keep up with.

Arts 110
article thumbnail

Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. My nonprofit has found a free agent, now what? Check out his illustration of the panel).

Comment 97
article thumbnail

NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. Stephen Downes describes the difficulty of measuring ROI of E-Learning with the best quote yet, "Measuring learning is still like measuring friendship.

Convio 50
article thumbnail

Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is a technique I've used as a trainer, but it also works beautifully for social media projects. And while you can use this method to do an ROI analysis, the real gold is the deeper understanding of what works and what doesn't. Tools and techniques may get worn from overuse, but new stories can always be told.

article thumbnail

20 Incredibly Easy Online Fundraising Ideas and Expert Tips

Bloomerang

Then, determine the amount you’re willing to spend to hit those goals and lead to a healthy return on investment (ROI). Use your social media pages and email newsletters to build hype for your giving day starting a few weeks in advance. For example, you might choose the anniversary of your founding date.

Ideas 77