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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you’ve not seen The Center for Effective Philanthropy survey of September, 2012, it sets up the challenge pretty clearly. After all, measurement is but a means to an end, and without the domain knowledge and judgment to use data, it remains just that – data, never becoming information, and certainly not evolving to knowledge.

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Leading with Accountability: What Accountability Strategies are Critical to Foster Nonprofit Donor Support?

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Like Bob Ottenhoff, CEO of Guidstar USA, said, “the era of assumed virtue in the nonprofit sector is over…people want to know how their contributions are being used (Rooney, 2011).” Annual reviews, staff surveys and beneficiary evaluations work to provide donors with the satisfaction of knowing their monies are being put to good use.

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Data Are Not Information

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Data un-communicated, or ineffectively communicated, amount to personal knowledge or useless raw material. My measurement of "hot" and "humid" remains my personal data/knowledge until I walk back into the house and tell my wife. Information results from discovering something and then telling others about it.

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Game On: How Gamification is Changing the Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Yet not all organizations in the social sector have gained this knowledge, and some continue to fail when integrating gamification into their operations. He received his BFA from the Herberger Institute for the Design & Arts in 2011.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Friday, March 18, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunteer?" The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. Though volunteerism questions come late in a very lengthy, multi-purpose survey, hang-ups are fairly rare.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. Allan Gunn from Aspiration and his legendary facilitation skills and knowledge. Each participant introduces themselves with 3 keywords on a sticky note that explain what knowledge they can share and what they’re looking to learn about. Working in Cohorts.

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Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Each type dictates a different process and therefore requires different measurement and analysis methods. But you are also relying on the knowledge, skills and even honesty of the crowd to get to that “right” answer. Her latest book is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing (Penguin, 2011) Her next book is Mom, Incorporated.

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