ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

For example, Gretchen Buhlig, CEO of the ASU Foundation, made the following comment in a recent interview with me related to technology deployment at the foundation, “We have 1.2 Since much of the work in which nonprofits engage results in subjective measures, NLP can be a method to encode the subjectivity qualitatively.

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Fundraising Analytics Analysis Nonprofit 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. Data analysis is a process, not a one-time thing. You can follow this syllabus to boost your skills at all stages of the data analysis process. Why get good at Excel? Secret #8.

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Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Audience Analysis. Use qualitative measures (surveys, interviews and onsite usability testing) to understand how the new website resonates with key audience groups. One that every nonprofits should think about from time to time. View the Session Recording | Download the Slides. Testing Your Visual Story.

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Design Web Guide Slides 247

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Connie Reece shared some insights in this interview and you find more links to case studies and post campaign reflections here. What is missing is some software or features that track the flow of your donations, almost like doing a social network analysis similar to Twitinfluence. The experiment was to test Twitter's speed.

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Analysis Twitter Giving Lesson 87

Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

To achieve this, Forum One conducted a comprehensive landscape analysis and full audits of their technical ecosystem, communications, and analytics as well as stakeholder interviews.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

An Interview with Fanny Villiers , Directora General of Donadora – an official partner of the Global Trends in Giving Report ( en español ). Under 45 and giving micro-amounts is pretty much matching with our own analysis, but at Donadora we don’t measure political views of our community, so I can’t answer on this point.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

In this interview, Julia shares some of the strategies she teaches her clients, including her secret formula for social media calendars, how nonprofits can improve engagement on their social channels, and the one thing she wishes nonprofits would stop doing online. I didn’t know that until I had to research it, manage it, measure it.

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Social Media Media Tips Social 138

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

What is a market analysis for nonprofit organizations? Market analysis, also known as market research, is the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information about target markets and customers. Common methods that generate qualitative data include focus groups, interviews, and participant observation.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Growing your community of supporters is the only measure that matters. Those insights should drive messaging and campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

He said that strategic plan is more wishful thinking compared to a business plan that chocked with analysis. That’s why it is important for funders who need a nonprofit business to make a funding decisions, should also interview the organization. David shared some red flags to look for. How will they measure success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Social Media Reflection Leadership Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In a recent interview, John Hadyon reinforced this timeless piece of Facebook engagement advice. John Haydon did this pattern analysis of different types of questions that nonprofits ask on Facebook. Experiment, Measure, Learn, and Revise. It is important to measure along your whole engagement model (see my earlier post ).

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Practice Tips Social Meme 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission 3. Web Analytics is the objective tracking, collection, measurement, reporting and analysis of quantitative Internet data to optimize websites and web marketing initiatives. Several of the larger nonprofit organizations we interviewed for this screencast have gone that route.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

How do you measure the value of that experience? Better yet, the graduate student who led this project, Anna Greco, documented the whole project and did in-depth analysis of the visitor contributions. I think most of us are familiar with interview and survey-based evaluation methods. A man walks into a museum. He shares a story.

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Participatory Evaluation Project Museum 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

” Read her analysis. I was so irritated with Komen at that point that I was pretty critical in the interview. I started receiving emails from organizations like Momsrising urging us to email the Komen organization and ask them to restore this much needed support of women’s health. Let me go a little meta here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn. Moderate Approach: Understand the argument for an early investment but will also insist on a sound cost/benefit analysis when new ways of doing things are not yet fully proven. Wait for maturation? What are the potential uses for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips. And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. Use of metrics to measure your results.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I used a “living case study&# approach – doing an interview with them to share how they achieved their success. What people in the room were most hungry for were tips and steps on listening and measurement. Social Network Analysis Tools for Social Media. How Feeding America Uses KPIs to Measure Social Media.

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Knowledge Seattle Social Media Measure 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

I caught up with Matt Mahan from Causes for a quick interview about Causes use of the new timeline apps based on the Facebook Open Graph: 1. Can you explain “Open Graph” for non-geeks and why it isimportant? 6. How should they think about measurement of successful strategy?

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Music Facebook Nonprofit Action 114

Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

An analysis through an in-depth survey accompanied by a few short one-on-one interviews with the projected user base and decision makers within the organization can aid tremendously. A trial will help you measure many factors like flexibility, customization, growth, and usability!

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Analysis System Environment Learning Management 40

Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2016

In the fall 2015 issue of npENGAGE Magazine , my colleague Annie Rhodes wrote about our extensive outreach to the market to discover how measuring outcomes and impact are becoming essential to the philanthropic sector. All foundations and their nonprofit partners can benefit from measuring, tracking and reporting on outcomes.

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Track Benefit Measure Articulate 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. To prepare, come up with statements based on a participant assessment, interviews, or survey and that are related to your training topic. The statements should express a point of view.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I interviewed technology practitioners from the poverty law community about how they approach ROI and significant technology systems investments like client databases, document assembly systems, or video conference systems. Note that qualitative data is important - you need both to do an ROI analysis and to communicate the results.

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ROI Results Community Online 66

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

If you’ve set up any social media experiments of your own, either representing yourself or the organization, measure your work and the success to share back (how has using those tools increased volunteers, grown your email list, saved you time on promotion, etc.). Learn more about the NCVO here.

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Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Currently, nonprofit organizations are measuring effectiveness in a variety of ways including benchmarking, organizational effectiveness evaluations, key performance indicators, and outcome based evaluation. Interview on Organizational Effectiveness at Devereux Applied Behavioral Health. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

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Gyrus

JUNE 23, 2016

An analysis through an in-depth survey accompanied by a few short one-on-one interviews with the projected user base and decision makers within the organization can aid tremendously. A trial will help you measure many factors like flexibility, customization, growth and usability!

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Guidelines Environment System Learning Management 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

It's the dance floor and the balcony - both strategy and tactics but deployed in a lab with focused experiments, measurement, reflection and learning from peers. The primary research includes surveys, interviews, and observation. And, most importantly, designed for people to have fun doing it. (I'm

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Social Media Remix Research Audience 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. The art part is how you articulate your organization’s measure of success and formulate strategies to realize that success. The science part of the equation starts with a solid methodology and tools.

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Measure Learning Case Study Metrics 115

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Audience Analysis. Use qualitative measures (surveys, interviews, and onsite usability testing) to understand how the new website resonates with key audience groups. This week, Guide Creative presented a whole series on the most important elements of web design and visual strategy. Test Your Visual Story.

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Design Web Strategy Slides 55

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As you’re planning fundraising events, your event organizer and fundraisers may frequently be running errands, conducting interviews, and preparing other tasks out in the community. Backlink analysis. Get an idea of who is linking to your site, the anchor text they use, and their domain authority with Moz’s backlink analysis.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Measuring the efficacy of your eLearning programming. And, they can put reports in place that your team can use for analysis going forward to continue improving. Think of this as a job interview— this professional will be responsible for providing the strategy behind the growth of your learning business.

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eLearning Consultant Guide Associations 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. PostRank scoring is based on analysis of the " 5 Cs " of engagement: creating, critiquing, chatting, collecting, and clicking. This analysis took all of five minutes. Interview with Jonathon Colman. The Cute Dog Theory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Pinpoints to corrective measures taken from initial strategy path to current efforts. The most important thing that comes from your analysis - both the map of your strategy and tracking a key metric or two is ACTION. measures of success??? Measures of success - are your goals, plus the ???evidence??? evidence???

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Analytics Web Metrics ROI 50

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

What to Look for in Your Modern CFO Here are the top six things to look for—and interview questions to ask—when hiring a modern CFO for your nonprofit. Interview Question: Explain how you handle revenue recognition for multi-year restricted grants.

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Challenge Organization Interview Roles 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2007

Today I got a comment on an older post, my interview with Carie Lewis about using social networking sites for campaigns. So I'm really curious about how many folks in this field are measured on goals other than raising money. Beth's comment: Have you done this analysis on other tactics, I'm thinking Internet advertising for one.

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Albania ROI Social Network Remix 50

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Phase 4: The Analysis Stage. Step 7: Measure the success of your nonprofit digital strategy. Phase 4: The Analysis Stage. However, post-campaign analysis is one of the most important steps in the entire process! Step 7: Measure the success of your nonprofit digital strategy. Phase 3: The Execution Stage.

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Digital Strategy Create Phase 98

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What do you measure every day, week, month, year? Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign. How do we move away from slacktivism?

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