Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

An analysis team from European Commission's Joint Research Center analyzed the text messages gathered through Ushahidi together with data on damaged buildings collected by the World Bank and the UN from satellite images. However, we worry that crowdsourced data are not a good data source for doing statistics or finding patterns.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

Human rights workers collect massive amounts of information about abuse that occurs in their countries—the individual stories are compelling, but scientific analysis of the collective data can inspire action. The analysis made news globally and expanded an international conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects. Brainstorm: Methods for generating new ideas – recombining, adding, subtracting.

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Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But we have SO MUCH information in our CRM or database that it’s easy to become stuck in analysis paralysis when it comes to using data for donor acquisition. Make a gift yourself and watch for problems or places where a new donor might experience confusion. Ask friends and family to make a small donation and collect feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.”

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Care2

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have an email hoarding problem. I collect hundreds of nonprofit email messages every year for use in research projects and to keep tabs on what different techniques organizations are using. Last year I decided to unlock the email vault and do some analysis on "80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising" from 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The practices for self-care that we describe in the book are based on insights that we gleaned from putting the techniques into practice over the past few years. According to the CDC, insufficient sleep is a public health problem. So, where can you start to make a noticeable change in the way you work and life to become more healthy?

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Data Personal Support Exercise 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. Do you need sentiment analysis? Larry McGill, “ Data for Good.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012.

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. While AI does involve logic and problem-solving, it does not think. It calculates.

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Language Problem Knowledge System 221

Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

Today’s tech-savvy, social and mobile learners are no longer interested in traditional classroom training and demand learning techniques that blends best with their current working style and outlook. This is why gamification in e-Learning is fast emerging as an effective technique to engage learners. Mobile learning.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2013

Defining the Problem. This will keep your survey short and focused, which in turn prevents respondent fatigue and allows for a smooth data analysis process. This begins with defining a business problem and research problem. Say I owned a restaurant and noticed a decrease in my revenue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2015

There are many techniques to analyze or visualize our professional networks and I’ve identified a methods in this post that include analyzing your contacts via social media. List them and do an analysis based on: Age. Once you’ve done this analysis, you can determine which connections to back away from. Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

There is more analysis of the problems over simplification like this cogent analysis from Ethan Zuckerman. Here’s the problem – these simple narratives can cause damage. What have we learned from the KONY campaign that we can apply to our own efforts to build networks to solve complex social problems responsibly?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

With nonprofits, the Trough of Disillusionment comes when we start to understand the real challenges in implementing a new technology and stop looking at as a panacea that will solve all our problems. Or be bailout for our nonprofit. It may not make sense for your nonprofit to get mobile .

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Open Gartner Fundraising Hype 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. They use data visualization techniques to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

You’re finally done with your year-end giving analysis and follow up. this is one of the best fundraising techniques to use. Participants take a bus through the Emma neighborhood in North Asheville, where they learn about the problems at-risk families have and the ways the community is helping to solve them.

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Relationship Ideas Donor Fundraising 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. And the resulting graph is the analysis of 1200 students. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

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. Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed. Those insights should drive messaging and campaigns.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

What is the way out of this problem? To engage and discuss techniques and tips for using Facebook effectively for nonprofits. What I'd like to see is a social network analysis of active fans and their relationships with others. I wanted to avoid automated cross-posting of social content because I think it isn't very effective.

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Metrics Benchmark Facebook Experiment 97

Achieve

JANUARY 17, 2016

The type of problems you are trying to solve and/or the types of questions you are attempting to answer will determine not only the kind of data needed to address those inquiries but also the methodologies that are required to collect that data. Others yet are capable of either or both techniques. are tools that can be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2003

I'm working on a workshop on structured creative problem-solving techniques. I found this great resource from Directed Creativity, a meta analysis of over 250 creative problem solving techniques. To read more: Three Principles Behind All Tools

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Do a regular task analysis of your social media work flow looking for redundant actions or where you've simply lapsed into automatic pilot or bad habits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. It makes me wonder about the various techniques for getting people to shift attention from small group to large group. Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities. Photo by Nelson Layag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

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. Jeremiah Owyang has a good analysis of what features Google + needs to go mainstream. Wait for maturation? What are the potential uses for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

Alison Carlman, Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications, has written this guest post about how to use some tools and techniques for using feedback. Once you’ve gathered data from important stakeholders, completing a SWOT Analysis can help you map the internal and external factors that are assisting or hindering you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual). So writing a lesson plan and using it for reflection is an invaluable process for improving your instructional techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

Note from Beth: Several years ago, I was got trained in design thinking facilitation methods using Luma and have incorporated these techniques into my consulting and training practice. Different Ways Nonprofits Are Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems and Achieve Impact. Mike Radke agreed to share this post about the work.

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Problem Design Difference Impact 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

Not only do organizations need data collection systems, but also systems for observation, learning, reflection, and action or as the report describes “ systems that help us identify and solve problems proactively instead of always reacting.”

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Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2018

There’s no doubt that we’ve created a problem in the social impact marketing space – lists. Traditionally, we’ve done data audits or analysis that are handed over to our staff. The analysis lays out giving potential that is dated from the moment it’s received.

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Los Angeles Oracle California Analytics 24

Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

OK, these are hard problems to solve. But we talked about solutions as well: Jason Parker of the Gates Foundation told us about techniques Google is using to overcome issues of accuracy by dramatically increasing the quantity of data being analyzed. (We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

For example, they know from their survey research, real-time monitoring, and content analysis of comments on their posts that a lot of people care deeply about environment issues, but don’t self-identify as “environmentalists.” Once we’ve hooked them, we engage with our community until they own the idea and run with it. Source: grist.

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Measure Policy Social Media Green 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

The visual shows the results of a pattern analysis of the 100 most popular Facebook applications (video of lecture here ). What's noted: "Adapted patterns are also cross-cutting techniques for increasing engagement and revenue." According to this analysis, Causes probably falls in the Adapted Patterns/Competition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Give Them A Couple of Practical Tips or Insights To Solve Their Problems. Social Network Analysis Tools for Social Media. The survey asked participants to share their great social media challenges. After my keynote, I was to tweet a few good links to help people get started, something they could read back at the office.

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Knowledge Seattle Social Media Measure 97

sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Here are some tips on how to build a data analysis strategy. Define the problem: Identify the specific problem or issue you want to address through data analysis. Collect data: Make sure your data is relevant to the problem.

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Change Organization Evaluation Analysis 67

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 10, 2007

All we needed to do was perfect our techniques at requirements analysis, estimation, coding, testing, deployment, training, documentation, and coffee-brewing. The fact is there will almost certainly be change requests and problem reports during my training sessions. So let's learn to manage them wisely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? There are over 200,000 professional artists in the US — and a bunch of them have problems the techies could help solve. What artistic problems need a dose of geek teamwork? My nonprofit has found a free agent, now what?

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