Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

I'd try to figure out how in the world to measure how many people changed their avatars. Seriously, measurement is always tricky in this space. Advice to other nonprofits about doing this? I would have maybe spent more time asking people to share the info on Facebook. I would have started a hashtag for Twitter. I have no idea!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2011

Geoff frames his strategy advice in the context of the current media landscape and how it has changed and evolved since his first book, Now is Gone, as he discusses in this interview from Networked for Good. I went straight to the strategy and measurement chapters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

We’re trying to understand what continues work and what doesn’t and evolve practice. You need to be nimble and not blindly follow a template because it worked in the past. Measurement and learning are now more important than ever for success. And, that is how they measure success. This advice still holds true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

We’d like to try to benchmark it against other disruptive pinterest campaigns but we’re not sure there is a good comparison case study. What are your 2-3 tips or advice for ngos about using pinterest? We predicted it might be smaller as the campaign is disruptive to the usual pinterest pattern. What did you learn?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. While I was working “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with KD Paine several people said I had to read Mario Morino’s Leap of Reason which is about how nonprofits can manage to outcomes. The book Lean Analytics focuses on the measure stage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Note from Beth : As I’m sprinting to towards the deadline of my next book on Measurement and Networked Nonprofits , co-authoring with the goddess of measurement, KD Paine , I’m grateful to have some terrific guest posts like this one from Simon Mainwaring. What support or advice would be most valuable to you?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

For nonprofits looking to sharpen their communication strategies, CompassPoint's 24th Annual Nonprofit Day offered a wealth of advice. Each speaker then went on to unpack one of the three areas of intersection and drive her point home with a compelling case study. Impact: Be Rather Than Do.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2019

Over the last year, we’ve done our best to extol the benefits of skills-based volunteerism to npEngage readers , offering best practices for and case studies on pro bono service. Third, a framework for approaching a corporate partner and building a partnership that delivers measurable value to your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. Click to see larger version.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Over two years ago, I made a screencast about Web Analytics for Nonprofits that covered the basics of using google analytics, web metrics, and some nonprofit case studies featuring Laura White and the Idealist. While the advice in the book is geared for tests to improve a web site, these are translatable to social media experiments.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In our ongoing mission to provide technology information and resources to nonprofit organizations and libraries, TechSoup’s latest Nonprofits Live (NPLive) explored advice and resources for creating great presentations. Leroux Miller kicked off the discussion by offering advice focused on online presentations.

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Care2

MARCH 27, 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)

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. Here are three tools to measure audience engagement on social media. CUA held social media forums in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne offering practical advice for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. I introduced some concepts about Social Media ROI and steps to making a case. Then I used the Salt Lake County Public Health Department Social Media Case Study to do a simulation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

And once you jump into social media, how do you track and measure success? It's a little bit intimidating to be in the presence of social media measurement gurus like KD Paine who session is earlier that day.   Laura and Jonathan will be sharing awesome case studies based on their experience. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

If you've been thinking of launching or expanding your organization in social media, Slideshare is a good starting point for information and advice. Beth Dunn’s presentation covers the basics, complete with case studies, and suggests Quick start and Advanced Quick Start tactics to launch your nonprofit into social media.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

Gail Perry’s insightful blog post and scorecard will give you a realistic measurement into the organization and productivity of your programs. Heyman’s latest book covers everything from developing a fundraising plan to engaging your board and measuring results. Use this checklist to check in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2007

Now couple what Ivan is saying with Wendy Harmon's advice on to begin to collect and reflect on your social media experiments and measure them little by little, adapt some of Charlene Li's case studies for big brands and spice it up with metrics from Dave McClure linked to strategy and calculate with Frogloop's spreadsheet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. Community Managers should measure increased speed from word of mouth or marketing awareness, the best way to measure this is time from awareness to close –or spread of WOM.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Flickr Photo: _ES Amy Sample Ward lays out 5 strategic steps for measuring the ROI of social media for your organization. There are no easy equations, but this is sound advice on how to go from identifying the problem (or goal) to measuring the impact of a social media strategy (or tool). What do you know, NTEN made the news!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. Here are three tools to measure audience engagement on social media. CU held social media forums in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne offering practical advice for nonprofits.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

To start off, an eLearning consultant is an individual who provides advice and guidance to help organizations create successful eLearning programs. They provide advice and guidance to help elevate your learning business, which your team would then put into action. Measuring the efficacy of your eLearning programming.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 11, 2016

Heyman’s latest book covers everything from developing a fundraising plan to engaging your board and measuring results. The book contains advice from several nonprofit experts, including myself, and has plenty of case studies too. New to the world of fundraising or know someone who is just starting out in their career?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. If you've set specific goals and metrics to measure those goals over time, if after 3-6 months you have no tangible or intangible results, don't be afraid to move on or change something. Learn from nonprofits and other organizations that have shared their social media case studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

This week there are two more articles with advice that isn't sleezy, one from a for-profit perspective and the other an nonprofit perspective. There was also a follow up post here. Advertising Article: Video blogger Steve Garfield recently shared an article with me called " Ten Lessons for Marketers About Viral Video.

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JUNE 23, 2021

These days, investing in fundraising tools with CRM integrations is more of a necessity than general fundraising advice. Measure all fundraising metrics. Use the data in your CRM to measure all metrics, including donation amounts, donation frequency, donor details, and more!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

Those of us here at TechSoup work diligently, day in and day out, to provide the social sector with access to better technology, advice, and education. People are measuring, and making impactful changes to their email campaigns, websites, and donation forms. During this session, they walked us through a series of case studies.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Organizational change and evolution from a business unit, process, and progran-centered culture to one that revolves around the constituent and donor experience is a hot topic, with lots of advice being dispensed from very reputable sources. Consultants like myself are full of helpful advice on just how to do that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

There is some good basic common sense advice about how to move forward with adopting Web 2.0 tools, a couple of good mini-case studies, (the one about the Nitrogen Wiki ) and a focused list of references from the philanthropy world. world any different from the measurement obstacles of traditional communication?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

We did a sessions on measurement, integrated content strategy, and content for blogs. Both shared tips and practice advice. Showcase Panel. The NGOs brought their posters and we had a mini-exhibition so participants could review each others posters and spark conversations about practice during the breaks. Localized Content Delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Perhaps you're looking to make your strategy more effective, less time consuming, or see measurable results. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. Learn from nonprofits and other organizations that have shared their social media case studies. Good for you! Great work. The tips below are for you. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. Here are their best tips and advice ??? How are you measuring your success with the site? whether you???re Build off your existing brand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

A short case study about the Nature Conservancy uses e-metrics. Stephen Downes describes the difficulty of measuring ROI of E-Learning with the best quote yet, "Measuring learning is still like measuring friendship. " What do you think about measuring social media?

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Getting Started With This Google Grants Agency If you’re looking for advice tailored to cultural organizations, INTK might be the perfect fit. That way, they can measure everything from fundraising results to lead generation and everything in between. Want more advice on hiring a Google Grants manager? Account compliance.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

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) Whats the longest video a nonprofit can post?

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

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) Whats the longest video a nonprofit can post?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've gotten a lot of great advice about how to get started and I will share it as I plan to blog what I learn about taking this blog to the next level. I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. Social Media and Nonprofits: ROI Case Study Slam NTC in 2008.

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