Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

Some of the biggest reporting challenges for nonprofits, associations, and foundations include: Where to get the data: Some data is found easily in data dashboards, some is not. The goal with your analysis is to have actionable data. Clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are crucial for meaningful analysis.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Filter-based” reporting is a streamlined approach that simplifies data retrieval and analysis. The CRM you want should not only simplify report generation but also support automatic scheduling and feedback mechanisms, fostering a community among users and facilitating continuous improvement. “I

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. These visual analysis tools illuminate potential connections and spaces where relationships exist or are possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

There are many adhoc Twitter hashtags where nonprofits, foundations, social entrepeneurs, and others are sharing resources or having conversations. blogchat which is facilitated by @mackcollier and uses wthashtag to aggregate the conversation. This takes some facilitation. He observes that the hashtags are general, not unique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

As a trainer and facilitator, the work I do with organizations and networks, often on behalf of a foundation for its grantees, is capacity building. To answer the questions, they conducted a landscape analysis of existing research on the impacts of capacity building on organizational strength and social impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation. I got to facilitate a deep dive with a dozen folks and here are the takeaways from the discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. From GiveMN Case Study - Click for Case Study. This learning approach has two ways to capture knowledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2009

Last week, I had an opportunity to participate in a two-day workshop was designed for Packard Foundation grantees, from across the Foundation’s funding areas, who lead and manage networks or accomplish much of their work through networks. The workshop, facilitated by the Monitor Institute, was focused on Network Effectiveness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. There is also an opportunity to weave in analysis of your data from surveys and incorporate storytelling with your data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? https://storify.com/ResourceMedia/brainerd-foundation-s-21st-century-advocacy-design”>Storify. Why Use One?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive by analysis. Using unstructured qualitative data alone is pretty stupid unless you bring intelligence analysis, link to a quantitative analysis and link it back to decisions. Do numbers only matter? The only valid data is quantitative data. Do numbers only matter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. Understanding: Methods for Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around. Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Access to nutritious food is foundational to a healthy, thriving community and society. His areas of expertise include policy analysis and development, group facilitation, benefits enrollment, and workforce development. Director, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation. John de la Parra.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

After a welcome by Kathleen Enright, President and CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Diana Scearce, Monitor Institute was our facilitator. She also traced the history of nonprofit capacity building field and how the unit of analysis needs to change – from that of organizations to networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook. Community Foundations were thrown into crisis mode as the amount of time the server was down went from minutes into hours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The latter can be a very geeky topic, requiring expertise in statistics, understanding social network analysis terminology, and hard to master software. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013. Community Foundation of Monterey County. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. Radio Bilingue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

One of the newest resources, a free online guide called “ The Data Playbook ,” was recently published by the Schusterman Foundation and written by Rella Kaplowitz, Program Officer, Evaluation and Learning. The Playbook offers a clear definition and steps for using basic statistical analysis, even if you are not an expert.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Hispanic Heritage Foundation The. Hispanic Heritage Foundation is an award-winning nonprofit that identifies, inspires, prepares and positions Latino leaders in the classroom, community and workforce to meet America’s priorities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2010

This past week, June Holley did a brown bag lunch at the Packard Foundation on network weaving and I was lucky enough to learn from her for a few hours! I was reflecting on that and how Twitter can really facilitate network weaving. How would I describe June Holley? She's the guru of network weaving and walks on water. Have a story?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference “ Forging A Stronger Future Together &# in Atlanta. Technology Changes, People Don’t. The downside to virtual presenting is that you don’t get to see your friends face-to-face !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive-by analysis. Using unstructured qualitative data alone is pretty stupid unless you bring intelligence analysis, link to a quantitative analysis, and link it back to decisions. Do only numbers matter? Make data-driven decisions only, don't trust your gut ever.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2013

You can watch a facilitator give the group engaging ways to interact with one another and co-create content, but it’s often hard to see in the moment how those reflect intentional design choices, and understand how to use their approach in designing your own convenings.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

Robust reporting facilitates informed decision-making and aids in demonstrating the impact of your efforts to stakeholders. Evan Bonsett-Veal, Lung Cancer Research Foundation The entire Double the Donation team was exceptional throughout the entire process. Carefully evaluate these elements in your matching gift software buying.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

your org, experienced in the clouds, features, and third-party tools that are at the foundation of your org, such as Service Cloud and Salesforce Educational Data Architecture (EDA). . Additionally, conducting regular team analysis will help you spot knowledge gaps within your organization. Apex, Lightning Web Components). .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making. I developed one for networked nonprofits and social media called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” Click to See Larger Version.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Whatever the context of your online fundraising event, you’ll need livestreaming software to facilitate any live segments of your virtual auction. Post-event analysis yields many more insights and takes less time when your team is able to easily filter through data in your CRM. Let’s begin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Noah Flower works out of Monitor’s San Francisco office and has over six years of experience conducting research and analysis for clients across all three sectors, with an emphasis on using networked organizational structure to drive large-scale change. We will be sharing what we learn when the project concludes this spring.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Instead of investors and customers, you run on charitable donations from donors, grantors, foundations, and other sources. Larger organizations may have a volunteer coordinator or manager on staff whose role is to facilitate the volunteer program. After all, your nonprofit is practically run like a business.

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Nonprofit Retention Profit Professional 52

BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

In order to understand the incidence and success of formal nonprofit collaborations , The Bridgespan Group and The Lodestar Foundation collaborated in a 2014 research study. The Foundation Directory Online, The National Center for Charitable Statistics and Guidestar are all useful databases for researching other nonprofits similar to yours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m facilitating peer exchange groups on measuring the networked nonprofit with 60 grantees. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends. Presents a report with quantitative analysis that demonstrates value.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

” with Jacob Harold , Guidestar; Robert Kirkpatrick , UN Global Pulse; Mayur Patel , Knight Foundation. Darin McKeever from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (and Markets For Good ) was the moderator. 3) Social Network Analysis of the #GPF13 tag during the discussion created by Marc Smith. Notes from Session.

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Philanthropy Global Data Indonesia 101

Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

It starts with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift size, retention rates, and cost per acquired donor. Keywords facilitate the connection between your website and a prospective donor. Donor data is the foundation of any successful acquisition strategy. Prioritize SEO. Learn more in this guide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report lays out some new metrics for movement building – that are paths to the more easily counted tangible results and where the unit of analysis is the movement or network, not an organization. Research and policy analysis. As the report points out, movement organizers are grappling with big questions. Civic engagement.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Today we’re excited to share that Matt Groch , Director of Solution Delivery at Mission Measurement , will offer a keynote called Moneyball for Social Impact, Or how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the implications of a discrete closed-loop factor analysis framework for social impact. How do we measure social change?

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