NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. Here is a snippet from Bill Gates: Of course, the work of our foundation is a world away from the making of steam engines. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Many of you have asked when the Kindle version of ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” would be available and I’m happy to announce you can get download your copy from Amazon now! Want to share freight costs to NZ of “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit”? measure-networ… DM me. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference offered a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Adene Sacks, Senior Program Officer, Jim Joseph Foundation. Casey Foundation. Kimberly St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

But collective action isn’t enough unless there is collective impact. How does one measure that? What are the transaction and transformation metrics? The first is easy – dollars raised, # of volunteers, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives. We learned that it predicting the path of hurricanes is a more precise science than the measuring their destructive force. What are the key results of this campaign ?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

Electronic Frontier Foundation will be delivering the. Want to measure the engagement of your constituents? so, there are sessions for you at CiviCon 2012! this discount code when you. register : civisoup CiviCon brings together end-users, implementers, and evaluators to share their experiences. Kellie Brownell from the.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I know this first hand because my family and I have been honored to support the college education of two young Cambodia women through the Sharing Foundation ‘s education program. . …more likely to understand her rights and be a force for change. The photo above is Leng Sopharath.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

When I saw this YouTube video to promote a conference on measurement and outcomes, I couldn’t resist sharing it. It is the second installment of a series about the adventures of “ Data Girl and Measurement Boy ” that promotes a conference on data and improving outcome measurement for nonprofits.

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JUNE 8, 2022

Truman Scholarship Foundation. Truman Foundation supports the graduate education of outstanding young men and women committed to public service leadership. The Foundation was created in 1975, and since then it has supported nearly 3,000 Truman Scholars who are making a difference across the globe. The Harry S.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Date :October 24-25, 2012. Description : This all-day workshop starts with the real foundation of social media engagement: community and content. Measuring the ROI of these new tools can be tricky for many organizations, especially those not yet measuring the ROI of their other technology tools and investments.

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NTEN

MARCH 29, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off on Tuesday and the event to attend is the Science Fair! In celebration of our 40th birthday on April 1, 2012, CDS Global is bringing the party to NTC 2012! Come measure the steps you take with a personal pedometer! The Foundation Center. CDS Global. Confluence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

This year, 2012, will have a focus on designing and delivering capacity building projects with NGOs outside the US. Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

About Company : Founded in 2012, Google acquired in 2019 for $2.6bn and has included in Google Cloud Platform. Amplitude is a data dashboarding tool that allows users to track, measure, and analyze their data. About Company : Founded in 2012 as Sonalight, they were taken public in 2021 with a market cap of $7.1bn. What is it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

But during the session on Learning in Public yesterday, with Beth Kanter, Co-Author of Networked Nonprofit, Jared Raynor from the TCC Group and Kathy Reich, from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I was reminded that all measurement needs to start with the most fundamental question – why measure? What do you hope to learn?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Other evaluation forms include: process evaluation, which requires that specific program activities and procedures be reviewed in order to help explain why a program worked or did not work; and program monitoring, which uses in-process measures to track whether a program is being executed as designed. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While generational cutoffs aren’t set in stone, Gen Z includes individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Pay attention to readability – The Flesch reading ease score measures how easy to read your text is. However, Generation Z is still an audience to be explored. Who is Generation Z? GivingTuesday is an excellent example.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in 2012 will require creativity and foresight. Donations will be a consequence of meaningful engagement, not a measurement of it. Get an iPhone.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. As part of a. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Source of Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. Better yet, I’m hosting a small mob of guest bloggers from different foundations and organizations who will be writing guest post to share the ideas about flowing out the conference. Casey Foundation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

As reported by Knowlton (2016), “…only 7 percent of nonprofits report that foundations always cover the full cost of projects they fund.”. Heron Foundation, put it, ‘In the long run, you can’t have strong programs in weak organizations.’” Nonprofit Research Collaborative (2012). As Sharon King, president of the F.B.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

For nearly 50 years, the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL) has been the standard measure used by governments and nonprofit organizations serving low income individuals and families to determine eligibility for anti-poverty programs. As part of a. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

We not only kept that promise, but our family went on to support various projects in Cambodia through the Sharing Foundation and through the connections I made through my first blog, Cambodia4kids. This post focuses on the work of several NGOs, most importantly, the Sharing Foundation , that cares for children in Cambodia.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S. According to the new Foundation Funding for U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2013

In 2012, leaders at the Rockefeller Foundation posed that question to our team at Monitor Institute, kicking off a year and a half of research and analysis. His particular passion is finding ways that technology can enable new models for delivery, measurement, and collaboration. Guest Post'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Imagine how a well-meaning member of the nonprofit or foundation world might have rewritten Shelley’s tale. That is how we in the foundation world take what might be an extraordinary tale, a great advance in human knowledge, and turn it through groupthink into lifeless quiltwork.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Flickr Photo by Johnny Hall.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Consumers will see that their voices make a difference when programs are adjusted and measures of success redefined in response to feedback. In addition to nonprofits, increasingly individual donors and foundations read reviews of nonprofits. With a good feedback system in place programs can be held accountable to those they serve.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

Matt encourages nonprofits to embrace this cultural shift, remarking that, "Influence, measured by digital and social media data, will be a new currency for the 21st century". In 2012, our friends at Idealist.org surveyed over 1,000 U.S.-based To see details of their findings, check out the Idealist blog and download the reports.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

Recent trends in philanthropic giving indicate that the new generation of donors has a high interest in ensuring that their donations generate outcomes (Flandez, 2012). Therefore, nonprofit organizations should have the capacity to collect data and accurately measure the impact of the investments. 2012, June 21). Flandez, R.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 10, 2012

He explains that the monetary economy is what we measure. A dilemma is how to bring it to the fore and measure it for its overwhelming value. Registration for the 2012 Nonprofit Conference on Sustainability Strategies ends Sunday, October 14 th ! The 2012 Conference — "Unleashing Human Potential for the Next 100 Years".

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 12, 2012

An honest assessment of your current situation can lay the foundation for moving forward. Once you know which strategies you’ll choose, set goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. Anytime you look at a map, you first have to find your starting point. Identify your assets. Great name recognition?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Barbara Kibbe is the Chief Operating Officer for the Salesforce.com Foundation , where she leads the Foudation’s initiatives to scale and evolve to meet growing demand. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

At the 2012 GEO conference, I learned about a Big Experiment for Learning in Public undertaken by the Packard Foundation, together with TCC Group and Beth Kanter. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

It has been critical for Bookshare’s foundational principle of “scan once, share with many.” For a start, more than a decade into the digital book era, technological protection measures (TPMs)—that is, tools designed to restrict the use or access to a work— still prevent people who are blind from using ebooks they purchase.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated. This decline is not anecdotal. percent in 2009.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

As I mentioned in my previous two blog posts about the GMN 2016 annual conference , we asked conference attendees to respond to the following question: Where are you on your journey to measuring outcomes and impact? There is a great need for foundations to be more vocal about the responsibilities of citizens. Developing: 48%.

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