Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. 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.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

However, this would be like starting a road trip without a map. Including a budget in your marketing plan should help answer this question. At Allegiance Group + Pursuant, we combine our years of nonprofit marketing experience with thorough data analysis. Your resources. social media marketing director).

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

In the social sector, the questions that often emerge are: Which organizations are addressing the crisis? As the largest source of data on philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, Candid fields many of these questions. . Analysis that relies on real-time data does not provide a final, definitive picture of funding.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

We asked several interesting poll questions to open the event, and the wrapped with a Q&A session. Unfortunately, we could not answer all questions before the event closed. As always, if you have questions about a donor data migration project, or any of your nonprofit data needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Here’s a curated transcript of the chat that I pulled together. But for this post, I’d like to dig into one of the questions, ”How do you measure your network so you know if it is growing stronger?” Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We’ll walk you through what GA4 is, how it differs from previous versions, and how you can get set up. GA4 has much of the same functionality but with some key differences. This enables you to map the entire journey to the form so you can see where people are falling off. You’ll be pulling in rich data in no time!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2019

This is a good analysis of the evolution of Tech for Good, Cloud for Good, Data for Good, and the latest iteration: AI For Good. Allyson Kapin shares a blog post that showcases four different ways that nonprofits are using AI tools. ” Here’s some recent links that look at the why and what. . What Is AI for Good?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

That’s a great question. Audience Analysis. Information Architecture: Everyone accesses information on your website differently. You have a site map that resonates with the way your audience accesses information. Share your ideas, tips, recommended reading, questions or feedback here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Each country was represented in a different color. Once we mapped the network on the wall before our eyes, we reflected on the following questions: * What are the points of connection? I’ve subsequently have used this exercise in many different contexts for different purposes.

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Forum One

JUNE 2, 2022

To consider a customer-first experience at your organization, start with three questions: 1) Where do we start? Embark on a gap analysis to discover where you are today, where your plans are headed, and what changes you may need to make. The Executive Order may fine-tune these approaches or may demand new methodologies.

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fusionSpan

MAY 19, 2024

Whether it’s because leaders are driven to do things differently or that situations like the pandemic have forced much-needed evolution, nonprofit organizations everywhere are looking for ways to become more efficient and impactful. That said, it’s not only a question of keeping up with the times.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Direct mail reaches different audiences. Conducting a marketing opportunity analysis. Start by mapping the journey your supporters follow when engaging with your organization. Map their first touchpoint or exposure to your nonprofit (which is often a visit to your website) all the way to the step when they make a donation.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Use different links on different sites to see what really gets people clicking through. Community Mapping. Community Mapping helps you identify not just the various segments of your audience, but also create a clear picture of which tools/platforms are associated with those groups and which messages are best to target where.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Well, from the planning and analysis side, that is. We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Community Mapping. >> Content Mapping. >>

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. WEF encouraged people to create a selfie video for 20 seconds asking a question that a world leader would answer. Here’s how they combined the videos.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

You can use website personalization to serve up different types of content based on the visitor behavior and accompanying data. Using analytics data from your website, you can decide which pages people are most interested in or map to SEO keywords to begin prioritizing and optimizing. Flip the physical to digital.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Here is the first critical question to ask before you do anything else: WHY will your nonprofit exist? Everyone starts a nonprofit to make a difference. How will yours make a difference? How will your organization be different? Sit down and write out the answers to these questions. What need will you address?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Photo Tweeted by @starfocus during a network mapping session at NWF. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Staff members were at the core of the map. They reorganized the map into clusters. Observations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. A frequent question Peter is asked about how an organization can become more innovative. “What are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. A few months ago, I listened in on a Google Hangout with Eugene Kim and Dave Gray where they discussed the question “Is documentation learning?” What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. He told a story that someone in one of his workshops to teach these methods asked him, “So what are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In June, Tides partnered with Rhiza on a data mapping pilot using their Insight software. After doing some research and testing out some of the data mapping tools, we started with just making basic maps of where grants were made and partners are located, from which initial story threads emerged. Where did those grants go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Engage New Perspectives: We tend to stay in our comfort zones and don’t engage different perspectives — learning from adjacent practices can be useful. Mapping Your LinkedIn Network. Some questions to ask: What patterns do you see? What might you do differently with your network? Visualize Your Network.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

We’ve assembled a list of some of the best tools you can implement in your professional association to help you meet different goals. The predicted answer to a simple customer question that you could include in your AI-powered chatbot. Some high-tech resources are available to help you grow and empower your membership.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

We offer a number of analytics-related services including web analysis, strategic planning, digital measurement and testing, and data reporting and visualizations, so we can certainly assist your team. Prescriptive Analytics: This is the process of simulating possible outcomes, to understand the risks and benefits of different decisions.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

Analytics data as User Research : Timeframe for which to review analytics data and some specific research questions to drive data analysis. Surveys and Interviews : Which research technique to choose, how to recruit participants and what questions to ask. Information Architecture. I hope this series has been useful to you!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In this guide, DNL OmniMedia will cover the ins and outs of conducting a nonprofit technology assessment from start to finish through the following points: Preparing for the Assessment Conducting a Technology Assessment Step 1: Discovery Step 2: Analysis and Strategy Step 3: Documentation Step 4: Review. Build your team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Upwell, an organization incubated by the Ocean Conservancy and that works in a different way to support Ocean Conservation is using social media data, campaign experiments, and failing fast and learning fast to get impact. There are key questions to consider before investing in a social media monitoring solution. Disaster work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

To see Mailana live map Marshall Kirkpatrick wrote a piece called " The Inner Circles of 10 Geek Heros " using a tool developer Pete Warden's service Mailana. The tool is quite fascinating because it combines a light weight social network analysis (see this page. They identify different nooks and crannies of my network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

How big of a difference does this make? The question now is, short of paying for promoted posts, what can nonprofits do to adjust to these changes and make sure their content earns the sort of reach and virality needed to engage new volunteers, donors and advocates? Or did they raise questions for response? Were they urgent?

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

At this point, the question isn’t whether to use tech but whether your tech stack is configured in a way that positions your organization for success. Prepare questions for your consulting team. Before you begin working with a consultant, you should create a list of your team’s most pressing tech questions.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Reach out to candidates with questions if you need additional context to make a decision. Analytics: Learn more about your nonprofit’s operations with web analytics, data analysis, strategic planning, digital measurement and testing, and reporting and visualizations. Review their proposals. How clean and up-to-date is your data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

The term “continuous” that the organization has create a virtuous cycle of feedback that repeatedly inspires staff to reflect on what is working and what can be done differently to get better results. Schein calls “ Humble Inquiry ” – the art of asking questions based on curiosity and building trust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? The questions were keyed to when the content was explained. And the resulting graph is the analysis of 1200 students.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

All those people and groups have just as many different goals, small and large. And it is completely okay, required even, that all those goals are different to some degree. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! Difference. But, they really do intersect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

It was a fantastic opportunity to identify similarities and differences between building networks of organizations as well as individuals - and of course how to weave together the two. I also pointed out that it uses a different part of your brain and there is a need to shift mindsets to get other types of work done.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 4, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! However, the interpretation of the results were completely different.

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