Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

My colleagues, all experts, practitioners, and instigators share a passion for inspiring others to build great organizations for greater societal impact and increasing the expectation and adoption of high performance in the field. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. Social change is hard.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the events industry has spent the better part of this year adjusting their plans and adopting a virtual event format. . To help you get started, we’ve put together this short guide to security measures for hybrid events: Security Considerations Event Planners Need to Keep in Mind. Video surveillance.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

Culture of Innovation: Characteristics and Benefits As you may have experienced, nonprofits often struggle with innovation or are slower at adopting more modern approaches and tools. Some are naturally early adopters while some may lack enthusiasm, know-how or resources to even get started, and the rest fall somewhere in between.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 27, 2022

When it comes to adopting innovative technology to advance your organization’s goals, it’s crucial to understand your role in the process. TECH TIP: When you consider the best technology for your association, ensure you adopt a modern association management software (AMS) , like Nimble AMS, rather than a legacy platform. Seek feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Commit to a shared measurement system: Common metrics hold the cohort accountable and informs future action. Participate in mutually reinforcing activities: Harness strengths and mitigate weakness by pursuing complementary activity consistent with an organization’s mission and the common goal shared by all.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 25, 2022

To ensure your goals clearly define what you’re trying to accomplish, consider using the SMART approach to goal setting: Make sure each goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. For example, in the first goal above, growing the online community, you might track: Number of active online community members .

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

When analyzing the data in the Tracker baseline DEI policies and commitments – such as equal employment opportunity and anti-harassment policies – are adopted by nearly 100% of the largest employers. Companies need to move from the incremental to the transformational. Companies need to move from the incremental to the transformational.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. You can show them exactly what’s coming up and invite them to choose which activities they want to be involved in. Engage your Board. Learn from the past.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2023

DOCN has also had to face these barriers to adoption head on. Watch this video to discover what DOCN is learning from its most active Pledge participants that can inform how other climate funders can support this work effectively. However, collecting and sharing demographic data poses a learning curve for many organizations.

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Greater Giving

JULY 24, 2023

In this guide, we’ll review three ways your fundraising software can help your nonprofit maintain compliance: Activity data Donation tracking Volunteer tools Fundraising events of all types require careful data tracking, but donations made at an auction are especially complex to manage and record.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? In the Equitable Evaluation Framework , advancing equity is at the center of all activities.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Start by identifying some key areas where you can make a big impact with AI and then, as with any sort of organizational adoption, identify a group of key people who can be responsible for spearheading the adoption of AI. And what types of members want what types of things?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Measure Impact: Link fundraising successes to specific projects or programs, showcasing the tangible outcomes made possible through donor support. While this post focuses on donor reports, see this link to learn more about reports on volunteer activities.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

You see, I am a female in my late 20’s-early 30’s, living in an urban area, vegetarian, eco-conscious, middle class, and have been actively seeking plant based alternatives to milk that taste good and are kinder to animals and the planet. Annie is active in her involvement at local animal welfare initiatives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Does the platform allow for staff adoption and collaboration between teams (i.e. Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause? Are you able to measure activities that are in progress that help drive towards improvement in the cause? Is the technology popular in the market?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Our various protective measures ensured that genuine donations could flow seamlessly without obstruction, and our efforts enabled us to keep fraudulent activities at bay. By embracing this cutting-edge bot detection technology, we’ve fortified your donation forms against malicious activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Programs and Services: Description of the nonprofit’s activities and how they align with its mission. Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This will help with audience members becoming early adopters and increase the bandwagon effect. Communications activities should be designed so as to not overwhelm audiences. This is where your overall communications strategy can work in tandem with tactics and activities to mitigate these possibilities. Optimizing value.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

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. grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This isn’t a surprise — the world was becoming more digital prior to the pandemic — but the shifts we’ve all made in the past two years have really accelerated digital adoption for the impact sector. In order to accomplish this feat, their adoption of technology and data acumen must hasten. So what is online fundraising, exactly?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. This blog post shares some insights about those two somewhat disconnected ideas.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Social media: Maintain an active presence on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Text: Encourage supporters to opt in for text updates to stay informed about your nonprofit’s activities. Include a QR code or easy-to-type URL so people can access your website for more information. Problem solve.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Under 45 and giving micro-amounts is pretty much matching with our own analysis, but at Donadora we don’t measure political views of our community, so I can’t answer on this point. Charities need to adopt mobile-first solutions to collect online donations. Does this data match what you see on the ground in Mexico?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The results of two new research studies about nonprofits and adoption of social media were released this week. Here's the topline results: There is extensive experimentation with social media in the nonprofit sector, but only half (51%) surveyed are active users. It also important to keep measuring and improving.

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Four Donor Management Benefits Beyond fostering a positive environment for donors, adopting an effective donor management system offers several additional benefits for organizations of every size. It’s impossible to improve something that can’t be measured.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 24, 2021

This prompt essentially asks users to opt-in and “allow” apps and websites to track their activity. Currently, every app impacted by Apple’s update is going to have to come up with their own solution to these new data privacy measures. , but the specific update that’s generating a lot of buzz is the launch of an in-app prompt.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Sales operations refers to the unit, role, activities and processes within a sales organization that support, enable, and drive front line sales teams to sell better, faster, and more efficiently. Assessment and Adoption of Sales Methodologies. Selection of Key Sales Metrics to Adopt. Sales Activities. Operations.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. City-level leaders, decision-makers, and community advocates actively using data to improve health and wellbeing in specific communities are among the primary audiences. Understand your capacity.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

There are several ways we approach accessibility at Forum One that all organizations, of any size, can adopt or adapt. I’m Determined provides tools that help young people, especially those with disabilities, to undertake a measure of control in their lives. Shifting responsibility: A team approach to accessibility. Focus on content.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As the pandemic accelerated the adoption of technology for nonprofits, the murder of George Floyd in 2020 gave new urgency to organizational prioritization around diversity and mental health in their workplace structures. We also asked respondents about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In this episode of the Go Beyond Fundraising podcast, Pursuant’s President Trent Ricker hosts a roundtable discussion with Debbie Merlino, Alicia Lifrak, and Nicole Gardell on how your membership organization can compel more members to take the next step and become active donors.

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Givinga

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Perhaps most importantly, technology has sped up the dissemination and adoption of emerging types of giving such as crowdfunding. As the importance of corporate giving continues to increase and drive advancements in philantech , we’ll continue to see the impact and adoption of corporate giving increase into 2019 and beyond.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

This post features a video of animals available for adoption and encourages people with matching names to come and adopt, providing a conversation starter for community members in the comments! Tracking these actions helps you measure the success of specific campaigns and overall engagement efforts.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

Believe it or not, only 55% of nonprofits are actively measuring volunteer impact. If you are not measuring impact, how are you growing your volunteer program? VolunteerHub is preloaded with standard reporting options, allowing you to instantly review volunteer attendance, activity and trends.

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