Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sector trends tell us that the years ahead are likely to see shortfalls in funding for nonprofits, necessitating changes in strategy and tactics now in order to avoid disaster later. Without proof of success, securing funding is difficult. Fundraisers can see aggregated program data defined by their metrics in real time.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Among this year’s many themes, I want to highlight two: (1) Impact Investing and (2) Measurement & Evaluation. Impact investors fund organizations that sell products that lead to positive social outcomes. Hence the conference name: SOcial CAPital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

” Is there the potential for greater good from aggregating and analyzing our collective fitbit and other personal health data? The project published the Personal Data for the Public Good and has recently received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore the issues identified in the report. last month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

“ Marnie talks about the importance of data aggregation and synthesis skills as a new competency for nonprofits. This may be things like seeking and managing funding, writing checks to necessary contractors or suppliers. But it might also be about long-term evaluations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Tuan , project manager, for the Fund for Shared Insight. And, more disturbingly, even though a majority of foundation CEOs believe seeking beneficiary feedback will increase their impact, fewer than half of nonprofits receive funding to collect feedback. Fund for Shared Insight is trying to change that. What have you learned?

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2015

While there are always lessons to be learned as we gather feedback—through evaluations, emails, and conversations with members of the Community (yup, we really do read them all)—we wanted to take a moment to share some of the highlights.

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Care2

MAY 18, 2011

Whether it's political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. How do you evaluate your programs and services? What do you measure every day, week, month, year?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

—– Whether it’s political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. How do you evaluate your programs and services? This is my guest post on Care2′s Frogloop blog.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

It’s an old problem, made worse by the tantalizing potential that technology provides: how do you collect and aggregate quality data when you work in low resource areas? You are funded to do this by a US foundation. And even when you’re able to get data from your staff, what’s the best way to aggregate that data?

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Forum One

MARCH 6, 2009

Last week at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation a group of 23 folks who manage Global Health data met to talk about common issues and best practices. aggregation without losing an adequate degree of quality)? Who was there: The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2016

By tracking outcomes and indicators using an automated process and aggregating the data in one place, organizations are able to spend less time on ad-hoc data collection and analysis and more time on important decisions that drive operational effectiveness. ” Transparent Outcomes, Improved Funding. Outcomes = Opportunity.

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Forum One

JULY 14, 2009

The Development Gateway's AiDA project is the largest online directory of development activities, and provides information about who is doing what in international development, where they are doing it, and with what funds. 3 - Improved linkages of results and outcomes back to activities and dollars spent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. She’s launched a policy project you can read about here. I’ve lifted this from their website. . "To

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Many programs, when evaluated, have been shown to be ineffective or have negative outcomes. There are some key elements to look for when your organization is ready to evaluate a performance management data system. Such an investment could pay for itself, however, in the form of increased effectiveness and increased funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

In reading through this amazing outpouring of posts, people have been very transparent if they are nominating their own project as well as their criteria and evaluation thought process. Holden not only shared his recommendations, but gave us a detailed description of his evaluation process. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Your organization has a finite amount of funding that you can reasonably allocate to internal technological improvements. Outlining this general budget upfront ensures that you’re mapping out a plan that your team can actually execute from the start, rather than a dream scenario that’s simply impossible with your current funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

For next week's summary, I'm going to be using a different aggregator called index cards. Marnie Webb asks " Have you seen the Technology Innovation Fund projects ?" NTC is just days away! Are you thinking about what sessions to attend or arranging to meetings with colleagues? I'll come with extra blank index cards.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Your tech committee might be tasked with creating policies, determining budgets, evaluating software and products such as backup and recovery solutions, and planning how your organization would respond to a cyberattack. Aggregating all of your valuable information in a single platform is a critical first step in securing your nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Komen Foundation had decided to de-fund breast health screenings at Planned Parenthood affiliates. It was harder to communicate than, “Screw Komen, fund Planned Parenthood” and it’s unclear how successful we were in explaining the shift and making the message clear. But how did she know? What do you think?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

This should be evident through consistent reporting, structured platforms and networks, and aggregated data around mapped outcomes. How can the sector find out about projects in need of funding? Can we develop a common set of metrics so the sector can evaluate success?

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer. Our monitoring includes: Tweetdeck for iPhone Dual office monitors -- one for work, one for Tweetdeck "As it happens" Google Alerts for name, acronym, CEO's name An iGoogle dashboard aggregating web alerts Make your commenting policy known and fair.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This is your “what” Be specific about what you’re raising funds for and the impact it will make. Is there a program or project that you want to get off the ground and need to raise some funds for? Evaluate Remember the measurable goals you set in the beginning? Did you meet your goal, and why? This feels amazing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

In 2014, it rang in the new year with a new series of its Internet data reports , which aggregate a range of statistics to help make some sense of what’s happening in terms of Internet usage around the globe. UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) January 13, 2014.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This is your “what” Be specific about what you’re raising funds for and the impact it will make. Is there a program or project that you’re wanting to get off the ground and need to raise some funds for? When it’s all over, evaluate your fundraising success. The first step is to set a goal. celebrate.

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Forum One

MARCH 24, 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $12 billion for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Federal law that governs special education, as well as other funds to "build robust data systems that allow districts to better track the growth of individual students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

We’re a former grantee and we hope that our work and Gates funding priorities coincide again in the future. This time I had three agenda items for my conversations with congressional staff: Advocating for funding for special education. Took pictures of the lunar eclipse next to the Empire State Building(!)

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