Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW).

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MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. You can test targeting a range of advocates – the most engaged people or try to re-engage those who stopped taking action via email. Email raises money.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. You can test targeting a range of advocates – the most engaged people or try to re-engage those who stopped taking action via email. Email raises money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

The 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference takes place in Minneapolis next week. April 13, 2013 – 8:30-10:00. This highly interactive and engaging community conversation will look at how nonprofits can create a culture of experimenting, testing, learning and correcting. April 12, 2013 – 1:30-3:00 PM.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 26, 2014

When 2013 started, I set a goal of running in 30 5K races during the year. She embarked on an even more specific plan by following a strict, time-tested, eight-week training plan to take her from couch to fully prepared to run her first 10K. But, goals and plans were top of mind this past weekend. I am so proud of her.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

I was invited to present a key note at the Mekong ICT Camp in Thailand about nonprofits, social media, and measurement. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013. kanter we have wifi connection interuption here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2013

When the year started, I set a goal of running in 30 5K races during 2013. She embarked on an even more specific plan by following a strict, time-tested, eight-week training plan to take her from couch to fully prepared to run her first 10K. But, goals and plans were top of mind this past weekend. I am so proud of her.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Sharing memories from Seminar 2013 at the #icnola reunion! RamahSeminar (@RamahSeminar) December 24, 2013. Be sure that you test, test, test to see if there are certain types of questions that work best for engaging your alumni. Experiment, Measure, Learn, and Revise. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2013, the Wikimedia Foundation raised $37 million from more than 2.5 Always Be Testing: Wikipedia does a tremendous amount of testing that has helped to improve their online fundraising results. Last year, they tested more than 800 different banners that influenced this year’s online campaign.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. It's a 40-page study that measures what's going on with nonprofit email, fundraising, social media, and mobile. CNN Money: 5 pay-by-phone apps tested. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. CNET Coverage on Digital Wallets.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

Scalable programs should be based on a strong theory of change or logic model, clearly linking program inputs to outcomes in a way that can be tested and evaluated to determine actual effectiveness. Codify, then adapt” (Paul, 2013). Stanford Social Innovation Review , August 26, 2013, retrieved from [link]. Scale = partnership.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

In 2019, USDA conducted the third Farm to School Census to measure progress towards reaching their goals. Since 2012, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has engaged Forum One to design and build more engaging, interactive reports to share the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results. Urban Institute Ed Data Portal.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center. But with increased testing and heightened security, and many other demands on schools and teachers today, are gardens just a green frill, or are they a good use of a school’s time and money? Learn more about our Social Impact Measurement Certificate.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

Corporate email programs have focused on delivering value—they test offers, messaging and more. A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. Test Subject Lines And Calls to Action, For Starters. Should nonprofits follow suit and test these elements?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Jim Canales (@jcanales) April 5, 2013. I did a second, informal session taking a deeper dive into the topics we covered as well as measurement since all participants received a copy of “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” My session was about leadership and digital strategies.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Should our primary goal and, therefore, measurement of success, be new volunteers joining our forum, current volunteers participating more, or online volunteers that complete microvolunteering assignments becoming longer-term contributors? Do we count how many people end up contributing to the forum via this program?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In 2013, the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) announced sweeping changes to the grant management process for US federal grant recipients in both pre-award and post-award phases. As representatives from the organization stated, “we focus on purposefully measuring the most critical metrics of progress.”

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

If you have a morbid curiosity on how addicted you actually are, you can take the Center For Internet Addiction Test , a 20-question online diagnostic tool that will give you the bad news. Just under 200 million of them were sold worldwide in 2013. Mobile Addiction. The downside? There is the addiction factor. Additional Resources.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S. The program is scheduled to launch in late 2012 or early 2013. Just the environmental benefits alone are surprising, not to mention how well computer refurbishment has caught on in other parts of the world.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. People will manage, monitor, and measure their philanthropic activity primarily on a mobile device. Common Best Practices Remain Uncommon.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). The key is to continue trying new things, measure your results, and do what you can with the resources at your disposal. I’ve spent years testing and trying ideas passed to me by others in the field. Try new things.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S.-based InterConnection recently worked with us to test out Windows Multipoint Server in charities and libraries to see how it works. The next one will be in New Orleans in November 2013.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Josh: I was recently inspired by Kickstarter’s 2013 Year in Review , and I’ve had a lot of ideas related to their design. Josh: There are lots of ways to measure design success, but as a digital strategist, it’s easy for me to quantify success with analytics ( Google Analytics and Facebook Insights ).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

As always, I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends. The Internet of Things is one of those items on my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends. SafeNight is still in pilot testing and will be publicly available later this fall. Image: Courtesy of Shutterstock.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

But how will you know the answer if you don’t set up a test and use measurement and data to help you answer it. This is called “data literacy” — setting up a hypothesis and a way to measure it – and analyzing the results and deciding how to improve. To Promote or Not to Promote? (…and

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

TEST YOUR DONATE PAGE. We’ve seen increases of 20% and higher for every page we have A/B Tested for our Whole Whale clients. Fox Foundation did this very well in 2013. The other item to highlight among our Giving Tuesday ideas: The only way to #fail on #GivingTuesday is to not measure your results. Click To Tweet.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog. Infographics.

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2022

Forum One has worked as a digital strategic partner to PCORI since 2013 to help the organization establish its identity and extend its reach online, providing services spanning digital strategy, user experience, design, Drupal development, analytics, and ongoing support and optimizations. Arcturus – Website for School/University.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2015

She hired Bob Filbin, Dosomething.Org’s first data scientist. She confessed to the audience she thought data science was about measurement and accountability. Because text is limited, they A/B test the messages they put out and learn. In August 2013, they sent an opt-in text message to area codes in El Paso and Chicago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2013

2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. The 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , conducted by M+R Strategic Services and NTEN , examines data from 55 nonprofits in sectors ranging from rights to environmental issues. Great way to summarize a basic report for folks. RESEARCH STUDIES.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The contract for development of the site was awarded in December 2011, but ” the government was so slow in issuing specifications that the firm did not start writing software code until this spring (of 2013).” This leaves no “wiggle room” for addressing issues identified in testing or other adjustments to plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2016

According to a recent article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the problems were both internal to Kimbia’s hardware and code testing as well as some issues with third-party database host. GiveMN learned the importance of having a crisis plan during a catastrophic technical glitch in 2013. “We

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