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How do grantmaker CEO salaries compare with other staff? 

Candid

One of the more helpful ways to explore top executive pay is to examine the ratio of their compensation compared to that of the “median worker” (i.e., For example, in The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism , John Bogle estimated a nationwide ratio to be approximately 280:1 in 2004 (up from 42:1 in 1980). The median ratio was 2.7:1

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA). Skipping this analysis can lead to missed opportunities for adjustment and improvement, potentially causing long-term financial issues.

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How to Tell Your Donors Where Their Money Is Going

NonProfit Hub

If you want to go the extra mile, you can create charts and graphs that show how you allocate funds. See, you don’t need to give donors a down-to-the-cent analysis of your expense report. Your charity’s overhead ratio is not necessarily an indicator of its success, but rather a way to offer insight about how funds are broken down.

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The Lurker to Contributor Ratio: Tagging Communities Compared To Other Online Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chart from David White, JISC funded ???SPIRE??? Indeed, I've been looking for some research that confirms that the lurker to participant ratio in online communities (see Nielsen ) holds true for some web2.0 Ha, I found something on page 8 and illustrated by the above chart. technologies.

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Guest Post by Steve Waddell: Systems Mapping for Non-Profits - Part 1

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He agreed to write a four-part primer on a visual diagnostics, mapping, and social networking analysis primer and how nonprofits might use these tools for social change. There are new forms of “mapping”, including social network analysis , which can vastly enhance and speed understanding of the systems.

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Visualizing the Tate's Collection: What Open Data Makes Possible

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Jim Davenport, an astronomer living in Seattle, charted the height and width of all of the works in the Tate''s collection. Jim''s post suggests some fun but somewhat silly conclusions about the height/width ratio of artworks. These visualizations are fun. They are beautiful. informatics Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Reflections and Follow Up Questions from Techsoup/NTEN Share Your Story: Social Media ROI Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. Click to See Larger Image I have been noodling around with this chart to show that insight comes before dollars, but if you measure and improve your initial pilot efforts over time, eventually the dollars do come.

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