Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

Be an early adopter. When I first got on MySpace in February 2006, the early adopters were the Humane Society, Peta, ASPCA, Oxfam, To Write Love on Her Arms, and Invisible Children. Now is the time for early adoption of the mobile Web. 10 Social Media Metric for Nonprofit Organizations (and How to Track Them).

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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. The City Health Dashboard provides a case study in data storytelling that is unique to their platform but provides universal lessons for any organization looking to use data to reach audiences or influence action.

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Story Data Storytelling Lesson 67

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. The resulting curriculum which will live on this wiki and will also cover important organizational adoption issues, strategy, ROI analysis, as well as the tools. The Format.

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NTEN Media eLearning Case Study 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Case Study. I invited Heather McLeod Grant to write a reflection base the case study of KaBOOM! Just last week we published a new case study of KaBOOM! has learned that it must relinquish some control; in fact, it has had to take its brand off of some online tools, as this inhibited local adoption.

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Network Case Study Social Change 95

Volunteer Hub

MARCH 3, 2021

Below are the organization’s 2020 impact metrics. Need for community support. To reach its mission and vision, Gateway Pet Guardians relies heavily on the support of community partners, staff, donors, and volunteers. “At Gateway Pet Guardians we take volunteerism seriously.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

One participant on my Facebook page, Maggie Leifer McGary discovered this as well about her nonprofit's fan page (check out her case study ) While it is possible to go back and download an export of daily metrics from the Facebook insights tool from the beginning, it can be a huge pain. Unsubscribes. Page Views. Photo Views.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

For most organizations, resources are limited – anything that requires too much bandwidth to be successful initially or too much – won’t be successful. As a nonprofit technology trainer for the past 15 years, baby steps is extremely important for adoption. Case study is here ). Flickr Photo by Kai Hendry.

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Measure Social Media Media Social 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. Next Bruce Lesley gave a virtuoso case study of how he uses Twitter to curate news articles and resources related to children’s issues. Learning and Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I unpacked the latter with a series of spectragrams asking folks to share their opinions about whether or not social fundraising as a fad or whether or not dollars raised was the only metric for success. One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance.

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Community Giving Fundraising Contest 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Do research first and implement one presence at a time with specific goals and metrics. Are you impulse adopting tools? Take Breaks.

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Awareness Tips Social Media RSS 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. But not all metrics are equally valuable, and choosing the measurements that matter can be complicated. 100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. Create A World Fusion Curriculum.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2009

Specifically, the workshop goals were: Introducing and applying network tools, frameworks, and case studies that can help network leaders assess their effectiveness and increase their impact. Because it took longer than anticipated to formulate the objectives, we didn't have opportunity to explore the adoption/resistance issues. .

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Social Media Map Foundation Network 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Do research first and implement one presence at a time with specific goals and metrics. Are you impulse adopting tools? Take Breaks.

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Social Media Media Tips Social 98

Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

reviewing email and e-newsletter metrics. adopting design best practices. At TechSoup, we started light online and email testing about a year ago, and it’s great to see the broader sector also adopting these practices. During this session, they walked us through a series of case studies.

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NTC Marketing Digital Strategy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. But not all metrics are equally valuable, and choosing the measurements that matter can be complicated. 100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, in some places of the world there is lower adoption rates of social — for example in very rural areas of the developing world – where this data would not be useful for informing a funding strategy. Do you need share of voice metrics requiring vast amounts of competitive data from across the web? In which formats?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

Jeremiah Owyang posted this case study about how they used YouTube and Flickr to share their media and encouraged the community to create content. How to facilitate "stealth adoption" without getting fired or your IT department royally pissed of at you? What are your key metrics for success?

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Florida ROI Metrics Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

. #1: New + Tech = Resistance New + Tech + Education = Adoption Think about what the technology adoption curve. You have early adopters, a big scary chasm, and then more mainstreamed adoption of the tools. Concerns about adopting social media will no doubt arise. I hope they share a case study about all this! #3.

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Marketing Blackboard Social Social Media 70

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

But, if you have a good percentage of your constinuents who are early adopters and tech savvy, it’s a great place to be. Read the full case study here. You can read the full case study here. To get started and to review more case studies, visit: [link]. Laura: What are your goals?

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Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. A short case study about the Nature Conservancy uses e-metrics.

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Convio API Nptech Summary 50

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What inspired you to join?

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Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Here's some reflections: Thoughtful, Intentional Experiments Thoughtful experimentation is setting up a low-risk experiment with metrics to figure out what is and isn't working is a social media best practice. Ashely shared a mini case study about their Pacifier Campaign. Joyful Funerals. Just so they know the basic concept.

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Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Read the full case study here.

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Social Media Tools Online Advocacy 34

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We sought out case studies or examples that reinforced much of how we already operated. We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. Analog Strategies.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

Track specific metrics related to how well your story is received by supporters, such as: Open Rate: How many supporters open your email or text communications? The North Shore Animal League America (NSALA) is the largest no-kill shelter in the country, and uses its story to raise funding to support its shelter and adoption programs.

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Storytelling Digital Marketing Guide 98

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

Fred created the Net Promoter Score, a metric related to the number of people who answer affirmatively to the question: "How likely are you to recommend X to a friend or colleague?" Josh and Charlene introduce Fred Reichheld's research into the relationship between percentage of energized customers and business growth.

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Museum Review Rate Voice 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2013

I’m here to keynote Connecting Up Conference, While I am in OZ, I invited Jon Stahl to share this amazing case study. All of the standard Facebook content engagement metrics such as likes, shares and comments. Note from Beth: Greetings from the Gold Coast in Australia. Red’s Get Well Card. Happy Endings for All.

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