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Benchmarking: Networked Nonprofits Measure Their Social Media Results In A Context

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At Zoetica, we facilitating a social media peer learning project called “ Leveraging Social Media: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

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What is the Funder’s Role in Supporting Good Measurement?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The result is a shift from ad hoc data analysis and simple (though detailed) record-keeping to a systematic approach to improving their programs and campaigns by using data. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement. What is funder’s role to support good measurement?

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grist.org: Measuring Along the Ladder of Engagement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Once we’ve hooked them, we engage with our community until they own the idea and run with it.

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Content Strategy, Creation, Organization, and Measurement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For us, this has been linked not just to content like articles a blog posts but also forum threads, email outreach, and broad campaigns — like our recent Cloud Survey. ” What are the metrics for measuring your content? She asked me in the Facebook thread whether or not I used an editorial calendar. My answer: Yes!

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Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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The Knowledge is in the Room: How To Let It Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. The survey asked participants to share their great social media challenges.

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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

ASU Lodestar Center

Both Giving USA and The Chronicle of Philanthropy are reputable sources of information, but the way each measures philanthropic giving for their reports differs – significantly. Our report on Giving and Volunteering for 2008, published in 2010, reports on household giving as determined through a web-based representative panel survey.