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Measuring Engagement and Return on Relationships

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Smitty42 Lucy Bernholz has a great post called " Metrics Are Good, Unless They Are Bad " which talks about the problems we encounter when we're trying to measure hard to measure stuff - like social media, social return, and social enterprise. She gives a seven step framework for measuring the ROI of relationships.

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My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data. It isn’t a pharmacy metaphor of finding a pill to solve the problem. Measure success against predetermined outcomes. … Read More Measurement' Here are my notes and takeaways. Have a clear, linear chain of cause effect.

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Saving the Soul of the Social Sector

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As bad as these corrupt nonprofits are, they're not the biggest problem facing the social sector, according to Berger. The problem isn't even dwindling funding or the need to minimize spending on overhead. The biggest problem, as he sees it, is that most nonprofits can't prove their work has any real impact.

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Nonprofit Fundraising: Are You Choosing the Right Grants?

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Grant funding is great, but often comes with requirements such as financial tracking of the award, measuring the program, reporting to the funder, and more — so look before you leap ! However, it is a problem being addressed by other folks. But I don’t hear the more important question: “How do I know the grant is right for me?”

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" There's also another article on a similar theme that focuses on the describing the problem -- or why nonprofits, designers, and techies can't talk to each other. NpTech Slide Decks SlideShare is like YouTube for powerpoint presentations. It also offers groups where members can share slide decks. re working with???something

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2011 Online Giving Trends and 5 Tactics Your Nonprofit Must Implement Today

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First, it solves the end-of-year giving problem by getting people to give on a monthly basis. Second, it solves the retention problem that every nonprofit deals with by getting people to commit to more than one gift right from the beginning. Your Turn … How does your nonprofit measure up? Sharing baked right in.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. I was able to rearrange an area for viewing presentations slides and have enough space for participants to move around for full group exercises.

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