Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Talking About Race has been widely referenced and shared as a compelling, timely, and actionable resource in recent months as people across the country seek to educate themselves and others and have candid, overdue, and often difficult conversations about race in our society and how to make substantial progress in ending racism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” charities with economists willing to donate their time. ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. .”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I facilitated two programs for grantees of the Packard Foundation based on my book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit and designed and currently facilitating a peer learning exchange for the Knight Foundation for its community foundation partners that are hosting Giving Days. But, it isn’t just about learning new techniques or ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. Chapter 6 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit focusing on examples of how you measure engagement which begins with formulating your engagement model. Register here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Ginny's Pick: Environmental Mobile App of the Month in Honor of Earth Day 2013.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization” (National Council of Nonprofits, 2017). The truth is, it takes human resources, or employee salaries, to run most programs and make an impact. Gregory, A.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

They are called "next gen major donors," and according to a recent report issued by the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University and 21/64 , they will "have tremendous influence on the direction of and support for efforts to improve local communities and solve global problems over the next several decades.". Only time will tell.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 1, 2013

The impact of new technologies is invariably misjudged because we measure the future with yardsticks from the past.” - Stephen Baker, a technology journalist in a recent NY Times Blog. New yardsticks require new measures, new measures require new institutions. New institutions require new rules and regulations.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 31, 2015

He’s the writing whiz for WonderWe —a crowdfunding social network that provides free viral tools for nonprofits to fundraise, recruit and measure impact like a pro. Today, let’s spend some time to learn the basics of nonprofit crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is all the rage these days. What Is Crowdfunding?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 31, 2015

He’s the writing whiz for WonderWe —a crowdfunding social network that provides free viral tools for nonprofits to fundraise, recruit and measure impact like a pro. Today, let’s spend some time to learn the basics of nonprofit crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is all the rage these days. What Is Crowdfunding?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The Foundation Center tool also reveals that the universe of foundations making technology-related grants is much smaller, at 186, than the overall funder pool, as is the recipient base. New data will be added to the platform on a weekly basis, and the totals for 2013 and 2014 are likely to increase. What the Data Reveals.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2015

While you’re likely on to your 2015 fundraising goals, I want to take you back one last time to your end-of-year campaign. Where I see nonprofits often still coming up short, though, is measuring multi-channel results, especially beyond email conversions. And I see more nonprofits doing this the past few years. converts best.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2017

The Philanthropy Outlook from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy projects a 3.6 In the weeks following the 2016 election, Planned Parenthood reported receiving donations at “ 40 times its normal rate.” The study also pointed to a greater emphasis on measuring social outcomes of philanthropic investments.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

" Facebook piloted "Donate" buttons for some big charities like the Red Cross and the American Cancer Society back in 2013. eBay Giving Works has been around for some time. Careful measurement before and after trying it would probably be a good idea. Find out about Philanthropy University's Amazing (Free!)

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Wearables have been around a long time; an example would be hearing aids or the Sony Walkman. Probably the original augmented reality device to enhance the senses are eyeglasses, which actually date from Roman times, but assumed their current form in 13 th. century Italy. Google Glass was launched 18 months ago.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. In many cases, we are not dealing with unknowable or unsolvable mysteries of the online giving universe. Time is up. Sadly, that is not the case. Choose wisely.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Think of the last time you overcame a huge obstacle. I've been interested in applying game design concepts to museums for a long time (there are over sixty posts on this blog on the topic). This is functionally another form of the scavenger hunt, where the goal is checkins over time instead of checkins at discrete locations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 3, 2018

Many human service nonprofits measure themselves by the number of individuals served or programs administered. Shore, Hammond, Celep, 2013). Shore, Hammond, Celep, 2013). Often times, gaining knowledge from these clients may be difficult, especially when working with youth or homeless. It is essential. Winter 2015, 27-33.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. Here's the latest.

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2022

The Vega Awards acknowledge those who create and continually expand the digital universe. This tool provides data on schools across the country – School Districts, Colleges and Universities, Legal Units (i.e. Arcturus – Website for School/University. Centauri – Website for Art / Performing Arts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

We need to do a better job of understanding social needs, both to improve our programs and measure their ultimate impact. I spend more and more of my time talking to leaders in the sector, helping advance the use of data for action and impact. Have the answers to these questions changed during recent years (2007, 2010, 2013)?

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Participate, but don’t let this take too much time! Try to analyze peak times your followers are active — we like FollowerWonk for analyzing followers on Twitter — in order to hit the most people at the best time. Fox Foundation did this very well in 2013. Timebox it. TEST YOUR DONATE PAGE. Make donations tangible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2013

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation this year, I’m facilitating a peer learning group based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and the next session we are focusing on the sense-making step of measurement. Use line charts to show time series data.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

million views online and he is the keynote speaker at NTEN’s upcoming 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Now it’s time to get to work solving it.” Time Horizon: Companies can go years without returning any money to investors in the interest of a long-term goal. million on advertising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds! Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds! Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Want to earn some money in your spare time by ferrying food or riders around town? Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. Want to share your extra room with a traveler and make a few bucks?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 20, 2017

That’s the measure of success, it’s a very high bar and philanthropy can’t do it all but philanthropy does have an important role to play in advancing [racial justice] conversations” (Costello & Dorfman, 2016). She completed her undergraduate work at Texas Christian University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. References.

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