BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

There comes a moment in most nonprofits’ lives where they realize it might be helpful to partner with another nonprofit on anything from programming to sharing back-office expenses. But once this determination has been made, many nonprofits are stumped as to how to find that critical partner. Thanks Stephanie!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The presentations and recordings are available online for free and if you work for a nonprofit and want to learn more about social media, definitely worth reviewing. As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. This is such a good question.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

As a nonprofit organization, which factor do you believe best showcases the success of your mission? Overhead to program expense ratio. Coffman stated in their 2004 GuideStar article : “There’s no question that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to manage their finances responsibly. As Chuck McLean and Suzanne E.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement. Guy notes that the ideal ratio of peoples’ comments to your responses is one-to-one.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Think of the words "overhead" and "nonprofits" and what comes to mind? If the nonprofit sector is going to change the conversation about overhead, the sector first needs to foster a more honest discussion about responsible accounting. If so, you've fallen victim to the overhead myth. For example, Ms.

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San Francisco Ratio Nonprofit Interview 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

A place to quickly get a range of responses to questions, rapid research for blog posts, and social presence. Generally, she uses Twitter to take the community's temperature and get rapid feedback on questions. It lead me to this post by Louis Gray called " What's Your Twitter Noise Ratio ?" My ratio is 2.4,

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Twitter Ratio Google Artist 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building. 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.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Over $400 billion in combined charitable donations were given to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. Asking questions like “How large is a major gift at your organization?” Major gifts make up as much as 80 percent of a typical nonprofit organization’s charitable income in a year—and come from 20 percent or fewer of the donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

Jay Dedman pointed to an analysis Feedburner by Chris Baskind. It is based on analysis of the " 5 Cs " of engagement: creating, critiquing, chatting, collecting, and clicking. If you use wordpress, Joost Blog Metrics will give you a post to comment ratio. . What reflective questions do you ask while looking at your data?

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Metrics Social Media Strategy RSS 81

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2015

When embarking on a comprehensive analysis of your database, be sure to keep your goals and objectives first and foremost. Fundraisers should also analyze how much idealized potential exists for a proposed campaign by calculating the low, middle, and high end of capacity ranges, thus weighting “hit rates” or yield ratios.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? "nptech" = "nonprofit tech")and potentially aggregate them into buckets or paths that make them more browsable. How are they different from taxonomies? I wonder what we can learn from them?

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Guidelines Nptech Folksonomy Tag 50

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. Another part was that many nonprofits didnt have systems in place to track and allocate expenses accurately.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

She recommends that you don't go into your analytics or stats program without composing a specific question first. I've been advocating this approach for a long time and offer you a set of data points and questions. The scores are based on analysis of the “ 5 Cs ” of engagement: creating, critiquing, chatting, collecting and clicking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. And, the networking was good, but the best part was the opportunity to ask Jeremiah a few clarifying questions to his face!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

" That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- many analytics programs do not track RSS feeds. The unique visitor count doesn't include the people who aren't looking for information about social media and nonprofits! Last year, I had a ratio of 1.4 Authority???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2008

The question. "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" Her personal blog, EvangeList , focuses on social media, social change, and nonprofits. It's not a nonprofit example, but it serves as an interesting case study for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I've thought long and hard about how video editing amplifies my compulsive nature and how I need to reduce my ratio of video minutes viewed per hours of editing time! If you have questions about tagging or want to share your organization???s ve tagged lots of nonprofit tagging examples with ???nptag??? Act 1: The Problem.

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 8, 2017

As guest blogger Paul Konigstein has discussed in our blog in the past – one of the best ways that board members help their nonprofits is by shepherding them through the difficult financial decisions that are critical to any nonprofit’s existence. Use Nonprofit Financials as a Strategic Decision-Making Tool.

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Ratio Tools Nonprofit Fund 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I've been trying to collect screen captures and stories about nonprofit web analytics for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN. I agree, but is a ratio the best number? " That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- analytics programs do not track RSS feeds.

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Measure Social Media Tools Technorati 50

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For 5 years the Blackbaud Institute has brought together experts in the nonprofit sector to speak on a wide variety of topics. From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. Our first installment covered the must-haves for your nonprofit marketing plan.

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