Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Attribution is what allows you to measure the success of your acquisition strategies (and get great insights for optimisation). Data should inform and optimise your fundraising strategy , and attribution is a simple technique you can use to really help you get it right. How to keep growing your donor acquisition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. How To Use Measurement To Improve Your Social Media Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Take for example their coverage on food that is devoured by a devoted flock of foodies.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

They should function as intended, and there should be measures in place to prevent and mitigate harmful malfunctions or misuse. The interface should be intuitive and responsive, providing quick, relevant, and accurate answers to user questions. Safety and Reliability: AI systems should be safe and reliable.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent).

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Sage Nonprofit Solutions I've been asked to present a session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on "Technical Management Techniques for Managers". These are all important questions, but they're not as immediately important as resolving the crisis quickly. Who is responsible?".

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Technique Management North America NTC 82

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

These metrics should measure what really matters rather than simply what is possible or easy to track. You might: Ask a simple yes/no survey question (“ Do you and your mentor/mentee have a positive relationship ”?). You might: Ask a simple yes/no survey question (“ Do you and your mentor/mentee have a positive relationship ”?).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It can also be used to measure progress and keep the planning team focused. These are information collected directly from website users through on-page surveys, feedback widgets, and other techniques. Do they have budget or timeline questions that could help them better prepare a bid for you? Ask for advice on how to improve it.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2013

In this article we are going to discuss a challenge that every researcher is confronted with when creating a survey : How to design the right question list for their questionnaire? As my fifth grade teacher used to say, “It is always hard to get the right answers when you are asking the wrong questions.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. I call these “housekeeping skills” because these techniques keep my data neat and tidy. These techniques will save blood, sweat, and tears down the road.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Measurable – How much? Only add criteria which are clearly measurable, with the measurement determined in advance (e.g., “no Interview questions. You’ll also want to develop your interview questions now, together with the criteria and evaluation matrix. These will likely include: Goals – The S.M.A.R.T.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

My biggest question for these social psychologists is this: how do we apply their lessons to our work? How can we assess the success of our social bridging efforts, and what can we learn from those measurements to improve our practice? You can measure the change in that comfort before and after the research activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

.” We’ll hear some brief lightning talks from participants and experts on technology planning, organizational culture, and the human and technical sides of impact measurement and reflect on what it means for our organizations. ” The brainstorming techniques from the previous day will yield many, many insights and ideas.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Your charitable organization has probably fielded questions from curious supporters and internal audiences on the ways it might be leveraged. A few key things to keep in mind: AI measures probabilistic outcomes in response to a question to determine what data it should show. Is it just a fad? ChatGPT is a probabilistic model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Here are two stories about two very different nonprofits and how they approached designing their dashboards with human-centered design techniques. Again, using design-thinking facilitating methods, the process started with a presentation from the executive director on the strategy for the year and measurement. Data Measurement'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data. Evaluation is not about getting to a best practice that can be spread around the world in a standardized way and to answer the question, “Is everyone following the recipe?” Measure success against predetermined outcomes.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

ChatGPT (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. It’s the second chatbot to ever pass the Turing Test , the current standard for measuring sophisticated AI models. What is ChatGPT?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Fleming's techniques teach you how to acquire customers faster and how to create what he calls legitimate brand loyalty -- the type that helps to keep your business thriving. So, as you share your story, answer these questions: Who started the company? Measure the true cost of your customer acquisition efforts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It is the basis of trust and emotional connection people have with your organization—measured by the distance between what you say and what you do. Calderoni Question: What inspired you to write your book? Question: Why do we hear so much about company culture and so little about company character?

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

This is a continuing series of 5 Questions for experts from across the nonprofit sector: 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston. That moves from media theory all the way through to measurement and sustainability. He has worked as a public relations strategist in the Washington, D.C. region for more than 17 years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? How can we get people to talk to us?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The session was designed a mix of strategy with a deep dive into content, measurement, Facebook, and Twitter. Practical frameworks and guidelines for effectively developing an integrated content strategy and measurement practice. Best practices for effective use of common social media tools: Facebook and Twitter.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Chatbots can help you with your donor communications by providing more personalized and detailed responses to your supporters’ questions. AI tools for nonprofits can also answer common volunteer questions and maintain consistent engagement with your volunteers to make them feel appreciated.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Supporters can get more information quickly by asking any questions they have about a message. You can encourage supporters to respond by sending requests for feedback, text surveys, or just letting them know that they can text back with any questions. Getting direct feedback allows your nonprofit to learn more about your donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? Here are six tips that will help you deliver highly successful technology training workshops by using effective evaluation techniques. Can participants apply the skills?” Use Learning Theory.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your donor engagement strategy outlines exactly how you’ll reach out to donors and the KPIs you’ll track to measure how engaged a donor is with your organization. Ask donors questions about themselves, their passions, and their preferences, and savor the opportunity to get to know them better. These techniques can help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

As a group, I have participants take an online poll, answering the questions, “What are your workplace stress triggers?” These qualities may sound “soft”, but Goleman found direct ties between emotional intelligence and measurable results. What is your favorite journaling technique? Do you keep a journal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. New Zealand Workshop: Burning Questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Spectragram is a facilitation technique I learned from Allen Gunner at Aspiration. Spectragram.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2022

This is called a CRM vision and it defines what the system is expected to achieve and how success will be measured. When developing a CRM vision, the most basic questions to ask are: What are our most important goals? The initial process of defining the organizational strategies and goals that the CRM will help deliver is essential.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that processes vast amounts of information to generate responses to questions and statements entered by the user. But ChatGPT’s deep learning techniques allow it to create optimized subject lines for any email. You can use ChatGPT to measure the success of your emails. What is ChatGPT?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It is at the heart of every grant you write and outreach letter you send and is the first metric you use to measure your impact year to year. Your value prop answers one specific and critical question: “If I am your ideal donor, why should I give to you rather than another organization or none at all?” Do enough people want it?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2020

Fleming's techniques teach you how to acquire customers faster and how to create what he calls legitimate brand loyalty -- the type that helps to keep your business thriving. So, as you share your story, answer these questions: Who started the company? Measure the true cost of your customer acquisition efforts.

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Exercise Companies Relationship Lesson 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Rob Cottingham, Social Signal – Cartoon for Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Decision: The influencer shares your organization’s stories about how people have benefited from the nonprofit’s program or can answer questions or make introductions to other influencers for your nonprofit. Step 5: Measure Results.

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