Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

To explore how these salaries compare with other staff, we first limited the analysis to 646 organizations that reported a salary for their CEO and at least two other full-time staff among the 35 listed roles. Analysis set of grantmakers’ full-time CEO salaries Min 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Max No.

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Ratio Survey Sample Report 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Who or what are you going to compare your results to? The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi.

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. How would you describe Virgin America in social networking analysis and mapping terminology? . I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Analysis Social Network America Network 95

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It’s a vital component of effectively delivering results. When technology does more of the heavy lifting – more data analysis, more personalized communication with constituents, more automation – employees have more time to tackle the bigger challenges that require human brainpower. How does it measure its impact? About the Author.

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Digital University Michigan Texas 122

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You may begin with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis. Instead of setting it in stone, set check-in milestones and make adjustments based on your progress and results.

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The book shares some fantastic case studies as well as templates, discussion questions, and a measurement culture assessment tool. The book is a manual for nonprofits on how to become a data-informed organization and do more good in the world. Presenting Data Effectively by Stephanie D.H. I hope you have a fabulous holiday!

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Network Data Chart Case Study 134

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. The four key questions are: What data to collect? Making meaning.

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Resource Practice Data Work 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Data analysis is a process, not a one-time thing. Data nerds know how to clean and recode data, look for patterns, calculate key statistics, and then show off the most important information in graphs and charts. You can follow this syllabus to boost your skills at all stages of the data analysis process. Why get good at Excel?

Data 139

Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Remember: Averages are a useful starting point, but there are all sorts of reasons why your results may deviate from the norm. Here are some of the questions you might ask in order to understand what metrics to track: . But you’ve got to be patient, and you’ve got to have goals against which you can measure your results.

Analytics 122

Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The questions we need to ask go beyond the immediate revenue numbers. Finding your audience part 1: file analysis. The chart below is an excerpt of an analysis that we conducted for one M+R client, looking at a range of digital platforms, and the “match rate” of our donors to those platforms. Analyzing the results.

America 105

America Digital Audience Channel 105

The Storytelling Non-profit

MAY 3, 2022

And I can tell you that kind of result did not just magically happen because we started planning in November. Is it going to have adverse effects on your results? Here’s an example of the chart that I created: Tasks Start Date Completion Date Who is Responsible? We started planning for this campaign in March of that same year.

Campaign 90

Campaign Fundraising Channel Mail 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. Some interesting questions that popped up looking at this chart: Does this mean that in the beginning we get insight but not $, and in the end we get $$ but not insight? Make sure it’s doable.

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ROI Social Media Reflection Question 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. You have to ask, how is polling the audience and seeing the aggregate results helping people learn? Help participants evaluate the session in real-time – replacing the use of a flip chart in a plus/delta analysis.

Poll 50

Poll Technique Group Tools 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Delight: Check out these charts and graphs! Measurement Love: Connecting measurement to decision-making and getting better results. Said one participant, ”We are in the fear stage because our senior leaders fear social media and we’re not sure we get results with social media.”

Social Media 96

Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2020

We ask questions that were unthinkable just a short time ago. We’ve all seen the charts, where our actions directly affect outcomes. The higher your score, the more likely you are to pay on-time and in-full, resulting in loans with more favorable rates and conditions. Are we flattening the curve?

Data 42

Data Analysis Virtual Education 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

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. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking. What are the results?

ROI 103

ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results. We were given a piece of paper folder over so you could not see the next three questions and asked to write down the challenge statement. The next question we brainstormed solutions and passed the paper to someone else.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The National Sleep Foundation, a champion of sleep science and sleep health for individuals, undertook a comprehensive research study to answer the question of sufficient sleep and provides evidence-based guidelines on how much sleep you really need at each age. Drum roll, please… Adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep per night.

Data 125

Data Personal Support Exercise 125

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

At the 4 th level of 100% adoption for your prospect management system, your organization is now able to provide a deep analysis with reportings based on a sound system and full buy-in from all staff. High-level analysis questions by senior leadership and during campaign/advisory board meetings: How many active proposals are pending?

Rate 35

Rate System Management Analysis 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

I've been translating different audience analysis frameworks to a nonprofit context. These include: Audience Target Group Identification : This is the most important question and may be informed by research or listening. And in a world of search results, there are those who enjoy sharing their knowledge, expertise, and help.

Social Media 95

Social Media Remix Research Audience 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? I'm getting ready to a workshop later this week, I did a simple pre-workshop assessment, asking folks about their level of experience/comfort and their burning questions. Key skill is pattern analysis. Link listening and analysis to decisions or actions.

Social Media 101

Social Media Time Media Remix 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Helps us move away from tool driven decisions to results. What are the results? Use of metrics to measure your results.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. At the heart of most issue-focused policy and research is data analysis. Connect the dots from raw source to visualization to analysis.

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Policy Data Content Share 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Chart from David White, JISC funded ???SPIRE??? Ha, I found something on page 8 and illustrated by the above chart. The fact that this question was only asked after groups of services and not after individual services produced what seem to be unreliable results. technologies. Guardian Online July 20, 2006.

Ratio 50

Ratio Tag Community Online 50

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

This study raises basic questions about the ability of many boards to truly represent and respond to the diversity of the public they serve,” said the research author Francie Ostrower. When board recruitment comes up on the agendas of most boards, the discussion usually starts with the question, ‘Who do we know?’ percent of the U.S.

Arizona 40

Arizona Tucson United States Nonprofit 40

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Some indicators that a card sort test is a good activity for a design project include: A website that is structured according to the org chart so that each department has their own section. I’ve had success with an online recruiting tool called Ethnio that serves your website visitors a pop-up with a few screener questions.

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Design Process Web Test 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

The definitions for metrics are "attributes that are important to understand" and measurement is the process of collecting data to determine a result. You only collect what you need to answer the question - have reached our result or intended outcome/benefit. See her chart specifically.

Guinea 50

Guinea Measure Social Media Wikispaces 50

NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Many fear that with the election results, there will be even greater financial pressure on nonprofits. Or does it mean deep, programmatic cooperation that results in a measurable collective impact? Based on this nine-month experience, we produced the Collaboration Report , a comprehensive analysis of our learnings and best practices.

Collaboration 28

Collaboration Test Roles Goal 28

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We know nonprofits and libraries gather piles of data, from program outcomes to constituent data to fundraising or advocacy campaign results. That's why TechSoup has partnered with Tableau on a new blog series called "Beyond the Pie Chart." Congratulations, that chart is a basic data visualization!

Chart 36

Chart Library Time Analytics 36

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 Process 111

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Goggins Gregory co-wrote the seminal article, The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle , highlighting the vicious cycle nonprofits face due to funders' unrealistic view of the costs to run nonprofit programs, the pressure to conform to such costs, and the resulting under-spending and under-reporting in the face of such pressure. More Resources.

San Francisco 36

San Francisco Ratio Nonprofit Interview 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy White answers a question posed by Laura Whitehead " Getting the most from social media for nonprofits: what would you recommend? KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. I Collaborate blog has a post about how to lobby for skype in your organization, if you're working internationally.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Tools 50

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The beginning of the fundraising year often leads to fundraisers asking themselves some age-old questions: What initiatives are working? Sadly, often before fundraisers can start to address these questions, they are quickly distracted by the next fundraising initiative. Should we eliminate the golf outing? 10 Key Data Points.

Metrics 87

Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Idealware looked into this question about nonprofits and Facebook as well as other questions in its recent research study, Using Facebook to Meet Your Mission: Results of a Survey , available for free download with registration and discussed at free webinar on June 16 at 1 PM PST. Idealware Study.

Measure 96

Measure Organization Metrics Analytics 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2011

Some ways to make measurement sexy include focusing on the results by celebrating them. Visual Humor: Don’t just use numbers, bar charts, and graphs. The right candidate will understand perfectly what we mean and will smile upon reading this bullet point. Not everyone is born with this gene. Find metaphors and use those.

Measure 97

Measure Fun Hawaii Metrics 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

It helps me to understand the questions, concerns, and everyday context of many nonprofits that want to embrace emerging media like social or mobile and to design and build peer exchange programs or Train-the-Trainers programs. Results, Capacity, or Tactics. Measure your results, not just numbers. How many by when?

Facebook 101

Facebook Network Metrics Nonprofit 101

Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2011

I, myself, have asked charities this very question upon receiving a phone call asking for my support. A new question posed to orgs now is: What portion of online donations are driven by an online source and what are driven by more traditional channels such as direct mail or telemarketing? Author: Taylor Shanklin.

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Gift Online Mail Channel 36