Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. Under this framework, your nonprofit would create goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Understand donors’ giving behaviors. Monitor data and adjust your appeals.

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Analytics Data Giving Metrics 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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Measure Social Media Media Benchmark 101

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. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

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. I call these “housekeeping skills” because these techniques keep my data neat and tidy. These techniques will save blood, sweat, and tears down the road. Why get good at Excel?

Data 139

Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

ChatGPT (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. It’s the second chatbot to ever pass the Turing Test , the current standard for measuring sophisticated AI models. What is ChatGPT?

Language 94

Language Generation Nonprofit Social Media 94

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

SEO reputation management strategies aim to paint a positive picture of your brand in the search results by creating positive content and drowning out negative content so that your brand can stand out from your competitors. You should then take appropriate measures to remove those mentions and links. .

Management 84

Management Nonprofit Review Wikipedia 84

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This technique is ideal for those faced with such a task for the first time and not knowing where to start and how to set goals. Each post should have a particular goal, and you should measure the result. Make your marketing plan analysis your weekly habit. This will allow you to get an idea of the direction you should choose.

Marketing 88

Marketing Create Nonprofit Platform 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning. Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive by analysis. Only measure impact, not process. When the issue of interest moves from measurement for accountability/compliance to #evaluation for learning from Karcsig.

Story 121

Story Data Analysis Measure 121

CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

Why Use ChatGPT for Email Communication Here are some reasons we think ChatGPT can be a huge help for nonprofits as they create an implement an effective email strategy: Saves Time : ChatGPT can draft an email with specific parameters (such as word count, tone, structure, intended recipient, etc.)

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Examples email Communication Language 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy? It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Scientist / Data Analysis Engineer / General Techie Want to help save the world with your code? We're Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and we're hiring right now ! This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world.

Analysis 150

Analysis Statistics Chart Language 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Here are six tips that will help you deliver highly successful technology training workshops by using effective evaluation techniques. It defines the outcomes of training in four different areas that you can measure. My lesson plan includes a process documentation strategy of what and how I will document. Click to Amazon.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

You don't go into using a Twitter strategy without having built up a little social capital or as Tara Hunt calls " Whuffie." I also wonder about the effectiveness of fundraising on Twitter as more and more organizations or individuals start doing it? Private, personalized messages, not mass emails.

Analysis 87

Analysis Twitter Giving Lesson 87

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? I think there are many timeless lessons that still apply to current strategy that can be gleaned from looking backward. Lean into what works.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . This often overlooked and sometimes under-appreciated department uses data to drive strategy, best practices to guide training, and technology to hack success.

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Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 145

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Long Live Strategy.” Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. Patricia Patrizi, Elizabeth Heidi Thompson, Julia Coffman, and Tanya Beer, “ Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty.”

Social Media 100

Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Each principle is also illustrated with some practical and tactical advice that ladders up to strategy. The principles cover strategy, learning, capacity, and organizational culture. My opening framework breaks down the strategy into strategy blocks. These ideas are illustrated in the slides below. Example: Red Cross.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Social San Jose 115

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning: The only valid data is quantitative data. Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive-by analysis. Only measure impact, not process. Do only numbers matter? Make data-driven decisions only, don't trust your gut ever. And so it goes …….

Story 74

Story Data Analysis Structure 74

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your organization already understands the importance of having updated and adaptive techniques for all its digital tools and marketing outlets. Your digital strategy defines how you use online marketing. This digital marketing content directly impacts the success of your online fundraising strategies. It all comes full circle.

Digital 98

Digital Strategy Create Phase 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , co-authored with Aliza Sherman, we lay out the symptoms and causes of burnout and the remedies through deliberate self-care. While these subjective measures, I discovered that my magic number of sleep hours about 7 hours and 45 minutes.

Data 125

Data Personal Support Exercise 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a Webinar for grantees of the Agriculture Sub-Program. This blog post summarizes some of the knowledge shared about effective social media strategy, tactics, and practices. ” I created a list of grantee’s Twitter Profiles and shared back the analysis of most tweeted words and hashtags.

Social Media 100

Social Media Integration Media Case Study 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

I am leading a #Nettalks Webinar on “ Leveraging Social Media to Engagement and Inspire Alumni Networks ” at 2 PM EST today. On Monday, I shared a post about some network and strategy concepts. There are several tactical techniques that consistently work on Facebook to inspire engagement.

Practice 107

Practice Tips Social Meme 107

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. 2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. Next, we did a role-play.

Social Media 96

Social Media Reflection Leadership Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The secret sauce: Very focused objectives for your Fan Page and a selective strategy. To engage and discuss techniques and tips for using Facebook effectively for nonprofits. Measuring this requires some surveys of fans as well as counting the number of insights gleaned from posts and discussions from Fans.

Metrics 97

Metrics Benchmark Facebook Experiment 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Most of the time you’ll be making charts and graphs of numerical data, but some of your data may be a content analysis or theme analysis – and you can use word clouds to illustrate the frequency of a particular theme. That’s the most important thing to me, anyway. My favorite free tool for doing that is Wordle.

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Chart Tutorial Template PowerPoint 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. If you've set specific goals and metrics to measure those goals over time, if after 3-6 months you have no tangible or intangible results, don't be afraid to move on or change something. Use Time Management Techniques.

Awareness 100

Awareness Tips Social Media RSS 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

These boiled to do: Lack of strategy, capacity issues, adoption issues, and lack of measurement techniques and approaches. I used their problems to share a few points about how to begin to address those challenges, holding the space for other participants to add their knowledge.

Knowledge 97

Knowledge Seattle Social Media Measure 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

Staff are often overwhelmed by the thought of measurement and itfalls to the bottom of the to-do list. weekly, biweekly,monthly, or quarterly) check-ins to evaluate what is working and what is not.The organization provides training and professional development for staff to learn how to use measurement tools. There are periodic (e.g.,

Culture 50

Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

” Read her analysis. Last week Kivi wrote about “ newsjacking ” the technique of piggy backing on a crisis to get more media attention. Watch and learn, so you don’t make the same mistake on whatever hot button issues your organization might be wading into.” Let me go a little meta here. And it worked!

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Causes Cancer Kentucky Dallas 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

I'm drilling down into the concept of " streamline " to brainstorm 52 ideas to help make your organization's social media strategy and use more effective and efficient. Perhaps you're looking to make your strategy more effective, less time consuming, or see measurable results. Why the number 52? Good for you! Great work.

Social Media 98

Social Media Media Tips Social 98

Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Over the dozen or so years we have been doing event fundraising online, results analysis has revealed statistics that correlate to fundraising success. Some “behavior-based” metrics – and the strategies that they suggest – include the following: Strategy. Peer to Peer Fundraising: How Do You Measure Up? Related Posts.

Metrics 42

Metrics Benchmark Fundraising Stats 42

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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Google Change Social Adopt 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Or what about a tool that helps you plan out your content strategy for the week and even schedule posts on days when you can’t? The big deal is that all of this data is in one dashboard, so I can jump straight to analysis, making my weekly report a whole lot easier to produce. Spredfast is one, but are there others?

Social Media 99

Social Media Tools Media Social 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

Techniques for More Engagement. What I learned is that “drive by&# analysis of metrics is really a waste of time. You need to grab the month’s worth of measures and look at them against your content. I asked an open-ended question “ What are your Facebook administrator best practices?

Social Media 104

Social Media Fun Experiment Media 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

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. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Use of metrics to measure your results.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

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. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter.

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ROI Widget Metrics Cambodia 50