Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Here we share four key insights from our recent analysis of Candid’s nonprofit demographic data and what they mean for the nonprofit sector today. The chart below compares the proportion of nonprofits by subject area overall (in blue) with that of the subset of nonprofits sharing demographic data (in orange). Source: Candid, 2023.

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Demographics Share Data Taxonomy 80

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The nonprofit and education leaders I work with each have a different definition of “digital transformation.” How does it measure its impact? Greg Perlstein is a digital transformation lead for Salesforce.org, working with customers to chart their paths to greater social impact. Is the work happening efficiently? Greg Perlstein.

Digital 122

Digital University Michigan Texas 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. This blog post shares some insights about those two somewhat disconnected ideas.

Social Media 96

Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. Refinable – adapt to rapidly changing environments.

Resource 105

Resource Practice Data Work 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

ROI had it origins as an accounting term and was originally a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business. It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it.

ROI 103

ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. But, here are a few comments: Kudos to you for setting clear goals and starting off with measurement from the beginning. Maybe another way to think about it is measurement as data collection, but focused data collection.

Guinea 50

Guinea Measure Social Media Wikispaces 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The presentations and recordings are available online for free and if you work for a nonprofit and want to learn more about social media, definitely worth reviewing. As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. Make sure you have a measurable goal.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Reflection Question 50