Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2009

It got me thinking again about low-cost data visualization tools. What can the tools do? I didn't have to look any further than the Idealware site and a recent report, " A Consumer's Guide To Low-Cost Data Visualization Tools " to get the answers. Tags: maps nptech nptech tools visual thinking. What's out that?

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 27, 2012

When I met Ehren Foss and learned about his plans for a CloudFixer Analysis Tool for Common Ground , I jumped at the opportunity to help him. It’s not about price comparisons. They can dig deeper on any object and see overall recommendations, usage, record ownership and field-by-field analysis. Or feature matrixes.

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Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2021

With a robust fundraising event tool, you’ll also generate more narrow data like contact information for new participants and donors, performance data for each individual fundraiser, and data on which auction items generated the most interest. You can look at it in comparison to what your nonprofit was projected to raise.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 6, 2023

To help nonprofits understand the tools available to them and how they can be incorporated into their digital strategies , this guide will explore three uses of modern nonprofit technology. Donor Analytics Tools Nonprofits need to know who their donors are, what gift amounts to request, and when and how to request those gifts.

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Everyaction

MAY 30, 2018

Because of these principles, the process of evaluating and deciding on investments such as technology tools can be difficult for many nonprofits, because it requires a complicated process of weighing short term costs with long term benefits, while keeping multiple stakeholders happy. Get it all in front of you.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Instead of repeating those numbers, we’ll focus on the practical “in the weeds” analysis that can support you in making data-driven decisions that go well beyond this time of year. Using generative language artificial intelligence tools, we performed an emotional sentiment analysis of 1,177 subject lines sent out on GivingTuesday.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

To tap into this revenue source, nonprofit leaders should have a basic understanding of what workplace giving is, the modern software corporations use, and what tools their own organization can leverage to earn more from donors employed at companies with workplace giving programs. Competitors analysis. Search a matching gift database.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Nonprofits can get started with the Salesforce NPSP for free—but remember that it’s a CRM (with all the functionality of a CRM) and not an online fundraising and digital marketing tool. Analysis: Review the data that will be migrated, refine plans, and document next steps. Initiation: Sync with key stakeholders and finalize all plans.

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Achieve

JANUARY 17, 2016

In short, they are not always adequate tools for investigating either an intricate/in-depth topic or an ongoing phenomenon. are tools that can be. And mixed-methods will, in most cases, require both kinds of data collection tools. However, don’t let a thin budget detour you from selecting the appropriate tools.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

advertising, surveys, reporting, and business analysis. GrantStation is a set of tools and resources to help organizations identify and secure grant dollars.) That means that the information contained in the survey analysis report (which is free) is current, and catches the tide changes and zeitgeist of grantseeking as they happen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

One of the tools for better understanding networks are visual diagnostics and mapping techniques. 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. This another area of Steve's interest and expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Avoid Measurement As Therapy and Drive By Analysis. Another pitfall is doing “drive by&# analysis. Let’s take Facebook pages as an example. Then at the end of the month, allocate a half hour to look at the numbers for the month in comparison to other months – and look for insights and trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2008

In a recent post , I mentioned that Jeremiah Owyang pointed out that "Retweet" (sharing a link or tweet from one of your followers with your followers) is a social gesture indicating endorsement of an idea and predicts that there will be an analytics tools to measure this. I wonder how Laura Lee Dooley would use this tool?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

I'd like to see an analysis of retweeting, number of new donors, an overlay of the blogging campaign with the hash tag trending, how much off twitter promotions generated direct traffic to donations page and vice a versa. In the menatime, here's a few twitter stat tools from Brian Solis's awesome list. Twitt(url)y.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Making apples-to-apples comparisons of these systems was one of the most difficult analytical tasks I’ve taken on in a while (and, actually much of the heavy lifting of designing the analysis was done by Laura Quinn), and until you attempt such a thing, please be somewhat tempered in your complaints about it. “itâ??

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2016

Every additional measure you track uses up precious staff time for collection, aggregation, and analysis. As funder pressure on social sector organizations to get better at measurement has increased, whole industries have sprung up with pre-developed surveys and data sets from comparison groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Your organization has identified a social media objective, audience, strategy, tools, measurement, and experiment. You know your first step is listening, but before you jump into a river of conversations and keywords and even before you touch the tools, you need to be ready to listen. Pattern Analysis . Keywords Are King.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

I used simple measurement tools to collect data and further analyzed it in Excel spreadsheets. Thanking donors individually on Facebook and including the link to the fundraiser triggered donations based on comparison of time posted and donation made, second most effective solicitation was a personal ask via private message.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Twitter for me is mostly a listening tool. Is Twitter A Traffic Tool, Not. I did a comparison of time on-site with top referrals and Twitter referrals stay longer than Google. Does Twitter Work Better As A Listening Tool. " Social Butterfly views Twitter as a great brainstorming tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Each type dictates a different process and therefore requires different measurement and analysis methods. You should also review how you’ve traditionally done the work or solicited the input or encouraged the action in the past and note what worked and what didn’t work previously to use as a comparison to crowdsourced efforts.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Wouldn’t it be a shame to have inadequate reporting and analysis to actually find out how your medium-spanning strategy performed? Analysis and Retrospective. You’ll also want to include a year-over-year column or section to this dashboard for easy-to-reference comparison reporting.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In addition to organizing NetSquared events on topics such as how to get going with website tools like WordPress and Google Analytics, and creating a Salesforce database, Margaux helped organize Orlando Gives, in which six local nonprofit organizations got together to create a culture of giving in their city. The Birth of Orlando Gives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

According to the NTEN blog, it's a much deeper set of tools than before, and the site provides integration resources for organizations using social media sites like Facebook and YouTube in their strategies. Also, I wonder what happens to the smaller and medium size nonprofits that can't afford the hefty cost of Convio's tools?

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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. Helps us move away from tool driven decisions to results. But ROI was not really intended to measure a technology project, program, or tool or any other isolated aspect of an organization. Using monitoring tools.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

" Another paper, The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide: A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration , concludes that "income is largely responsible for the global technology gap" The Infighting. " Who could argue with that?

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

It also involves careful analysis and upkeep of your donors’ data. Fundraising Donor Management Software Comparison: What’s Right for Your Nonprofit? Your nonprofit can use a variety of tools and techniques to track donors’ progress through the donor journey, including donor management software , surveys, and analytics.

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Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

Our analysis provides an evidence base to understand and strengthen resourcing for social change. We are changing our analysis and shifting our practices to be fully accountable to racial justice movements. Looking across years and areas illuminates trends, uncovers gaps, and provides comparisons within the field.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It is an internal assessment tool which helps organizations figure out what parts of their online strategy are working, and what parts might need tweaking. to care a whole lot about how many hits they got in comparison to similar (or different) organizations. And, I actually hope that doesn’t change. 10 Cindy Leonard 09.26.07

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

With the right knowledge and tools, we believe every nonprofit can better explore its data and spot trends, outliers, and even new opportunities. Below we share tips from our white papers, Visual Analysis Best Practices and Which Chart or Graph Is Right for You , to explain when to use a line chart or bar chart. Explore Tableau.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Tableau's handy white paper on Visual Analysis Best Practices explains why they're often not the best choice: "We suggest avoiding them for two reasons: 1) The human visual system is not very good at estimating area, and 2) You can only compare slices that are right next to each other. Why You Need to Move Beyond the Pie Chart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

In the long run, as a condition of being a nonprofit, organizations should be required to file the Form 990 electronically, rather than on paper, and the IRS should publish those returns in formats that lend themselves to doing aggregate analytics, creating visualizations and building analytic tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

However I wanted to record, primarily for my own sake, while fresh in my mind a recap of the social media tools we used (and other related factors) for our conference. Most of this follows what we provided for attendees as our “conference tech tools”. I resisted using the title of “report card”. Previously, On NMC….

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

Mikey O'Connor of ICANN provided one of the pithiest warnings: "The Internet will be used as the most effective force of mind control the planet has ever seen, leaving the Madison Avenue revolution as a piddling, small thing by comparison." " Facebook, Solar Drones, and Cheap Internet. It’s a very profitable business.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 1, 2018

The 2018 Global NGO Technology Report provides insight on the online and mobile communication tools NGOs around the world use to promote general awareness, communicate with core audiences and raise funds from donors, as well as an analysis of those online tools and comparisons of regional usage. section of the report.

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sgEngage

APRIL 29, 2021

This year’s summit included data from a variety of sectors, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons. The analysis is based on a July – June fiscal year, covering the period of FY2016 through FY2020. Using virtual tools to create a sense of community for sustainers.

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