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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

Much like a developing human, our data collections have gotten bigger over time (see chart below), undergone developmental changes, and experienced the associated growing pains. Analysis tip : We still create these annual data sets. 2015 – Teens As Candid’s grants data approached its teenage years, many changes began to take place.

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Embrace the Data, Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I shared an overview of networks for social change and some of the challenges that nonprofits face in embracing the data. I told this crowd of data geeks that they should volunteer with nonprofits by signing up for the Analysis Exchange or serve on a nonprofit board – that nonprofits would welcome their expertise.

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Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The most recent Pew Internet Project Internet and technology use studies show how immersed teens and young adults are in the online environment and how tied they are to the mobile and social sides of it. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Your vision for your new organization probably includes vibrant programs, happy donors, tons of community support, and the opportunity to change lives. Complete a needs analysis: Clearly, you see an urgent need in your community, otherwise you could not be going down this road. It’s exhilarating and you want to just launch it already!

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® began to be replicated across the nation, the need to capture learning in a more sophisticated way grew right along with the growth of replication. Analyze your Results - Complete a qualitative analysis across and within levels of your stakeholders. Communicate the Results throughout the Organization.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time. Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US. offers a profound analysis of #MeToo. We love how Girls Who Code built an interactive map of the U.S.

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Pokemon Go and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of two teens, I was curious if there were any potential safety issues to discuss with them or if they had downloaded or wanted to play. Update: Report that the Google login was a mistake and they have now changed it ). Here’s a good analysis by Ralph Koster that Robert Scoble point out. A Few Concerns.

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