The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Without a strong foundation and a clear roadmap, it’s easy for non-profits to veer off course, squandering precious time and resources and falling short of their vision. It’s what keeps an organization on track, pointing in the right direction while dodging pitfalls and making smart decisions about where to focus efforts and resources.

Profit 59

Profit Guide Build Metrics 59

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you implement a new survey system to use on your website and emails but then neglect to develop an easy, scalable way to actually export the survey results to your database for analysis, what’s the point? Of course, there are a wide variety of reasons that nonprofits might choose to devote some time to developing new technology plans.

Tech 42

Tech Develop Strategy Guide 42

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In less than two years, a simple website created to track election violence in Nairobi is now being used to: monitor crime-related data in Atlanta, GA. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Key staff members enter, manage, and report on this data, but it can be difficult to pull together snapshots of progress quickly in order to make real-time course corrections. The ability to present information through visual aids simplifies the traditional approaches to reporting and analysis. What is Business Intelligence?

Business 44

Business North America Metrics Analysis 44

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In less than two years, a simple website created to track election violence in Nairobi is now being used to: monitor crime-related data in Atlanta, GA. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

And of course, we are more likely to know people like ourselves than people with genuinely different backgrounds and perspectives.”. People are hard to chart, while numbers are perfect for spreadsheets. By limiting ourselves to people that board members already know, we establish a very small field from which to recruit.

Arizona 40

Arizona Tucson United States Nonprofit 40

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We all know we need a strategic plan, yet so many people don’t have one, probably because they’re afraid of this: Your Board and staff sequestered in a room, led by a consultant, doing exercises on flip charts with sticky notes and dots, exercises that never lead to a clear, finished product you can understand or use. Yuck, right?

Beginner 111

Beginner Nonprofit Goal Teen 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

This takes a lot of time because I'm not just browsing, but I'm doing a pattern analysis for best practices that I can incorporate into a presentation about social media principles and nonprofits. They were able to share some insights about how they track the success of this effort. Some really good design points.

Social Media 87

Social Media Game Media Social 87

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And that starts kind of with a readiness assessment and a gap analysis. You know, that all flows up the org chart to me at the top. So then we start creating a tracking mechanism where we’re managing the board members out there making the asks for everything. Industry professionals have been doing this for decades.

Campaign 95

Campaign Video Project Process 95

Forum One

MAY 31, 2023

Plan for the long-term, and adjust as you go A successful digital strategy should be flexible enough to accommodate technology and organizational changes and specific enough to chart a clear course that the entire organization can align with. These should be longer sessions that involve key stakeholders.

Digital 71

Digital Strategy Chapter Map 71

Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" This chart shows the percentage of nonprofits using each feature. But was there ever any gold?

Social Media 28

Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" This chart shows the percentage of nonprofits using each feature. But was there ever any gold?

Social Media 28

Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I can't easily measure this metric unless I set up some sort of Ruby Goldberg contraption like cut and pasting a month's worth of posts and cut paste into word, count the number of posts, and then chart in excel. Kaushik admits to mixed feelings about Technorati and I know Amy Gahran has tracked and written about the drawbacks to Technorati.

Measure 50

Measure Social Media Tools Technorati 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

" That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- many analytics programs do not track RSS feeds. And, while we you can track the subscriber numbers, you don't necessarily know who is actually reading. You can do an analysis of your blog feed here. Technorati ???Authority???

Reflection 50

Reflection Measure Technorati ROI 50

Care2

MAY 27, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Of course one of the biggest returns is brand visibility. A great overview!

Social Media 59

Social Media ROI Media Social 59