Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Note from Beth: One of the most common questions I get at workshops or webinars is, “Should our organization be on XYZ social or mobile platform?” Even more importantly, what motivates them. So, was delighted when Darren Barefoot asked if he share a guest post about how to do audience analysis. Survey Your Tribe.

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Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For example, the charts below (also included in the manual) illustrate how complete the data is across different staffing levels and demographic questions. As of October 2023 when this analysis was conducted, the total number of all responding organizations was 59,749.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The organization is still relevant but no longer the only unit of analysis. Question: what do network members need to have in common to build or sustain an effective network??? Another question: Will organizational frameworks become stale? A final question for today: What is success when it comes to networks?

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

What business questions do you want answered? Situation : We’ve looked at the trend analysis and it indicates that we are not projecting to make our registration goal. This will help you answer the age old question of “where do I spend my marketing dollars?” Be deliberate as you start to dig into the data you need.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The analysis gives insight into your operations, helping you determine if your organization is on the right track or moving in the wrong direction. Each successive type of analysis requires more complex tools than the former , with prescriptive analytics only available to those with access to an experienced data scientist. .

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Qgiv

JULY 28, 2021

So, here are four common questions about mobile fundraising your data can help you answer: Will donors give through text? That’s a fair question. We partner with nonprofits to build fundraising strategies that fit each organization’s unique needs from strategy, to execution, to analysis. How much work is ahead of me?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Here are six questions to ask your organization before embracing episodic volunteer opportunities. Complete a full cost analysis including the expenses of supplies and time preparing for each event. The best part: You don’t need a fully staffed volunteer program to make this work.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

There’s no question about it: Data collection can feel overwhelming and scary, and it can often feel like a challenge you’ll never be able to overcome. Be deliberate – If you can’t tell members what you’re going to do with the answer they’re giving you, don’t ask those questions. With all these uses (and more!)

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Within each group are form fields (i.e.,

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Here we share four key insights from our recent analysis of Candid’s nonprofit demographic data and what they mean for the nonprofit sector today. Analysis is limited to 501(c)(3) public charities that filed at least one Form 900 or Form 990-EZ between 2017-2021 and had at least $50,000 in annual expenses. Source: Candid, 2023.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Let us guide you through answers to some of your questions about SEO. Simply begin your Free SEO Analysis and we can take it from there! It is no wonder millions of people search the term “Search Engine Optimization (SEO)” on Google every month. People are aware they may need better SEO to stand out but might not know where to start.

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EveryAction

APRIL 6, 2017

As more and more brands adopted inbound marketing tactics, which favor a multi-channel approach, it became clear that to manage complex, far-reaching campaigns, marketers needed a way to automate their efforts and, in return, receive data and analysis on how they paid off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. As you can see there are many different ways to apply social networking analysis to understanding networks. Someone on your mailing list or rolodex. Family members.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

We make information into data when we explicitly attach it to a question and explicitly or implicitly connect it to an approach for making sense of it. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. Information is everything that is coming at us. However, to have data requires intention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. How would you describe Virgin America in social networking analysis and mapping terminology? . I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

Artificial intelligence works through machine learning, which involves the discovery and analysis of deep patterns in datasets. These algorithms are continually refined over time as more data is generated for analysis. Data analysis for planning campaigns is the perfect example. How Nonprofits Use AI.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Data analysis AI is a great tool for enhancing your data analysis across your organization. This analysis can be used to discover valuable insights and make informed decisions about your fundraising strategy. To better plan your fundraising campaigns, AI can help you determine the best times to target appeal to donors.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 15, 2022

And while it’s great for specific uses in day-to-day operations like transactional, process renewals or course payments, it can’t help you answer complex questions (see our previous blog, Your AMS Wasn’t Designed for That ). Using data from your AMS, analytics will help you answer these more complex questions. Sentiment Analysis.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

If you’re considering a new or inaugural workspace, consider these questions before making any decisions. Any purchase vs. lease vs. coworking solution cost analysis should take all factors into account. The post 6 Questions to Consider Before Selecting a New Workspace appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. Download it here.

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DonorDock

DECEMBER 29, 2023

There comes a time when businesses and nonprofits alike have to pull back and ask themselves a serious question: "What do you mean there's a way to do this that isn't an Excel spreadsheet?" It's a powerful tool and provides multiple capabilities for data organization and analysis.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Analysis tip : We still create these annual data sets. Analysis tip: The increased size of Candid’s grants data during the period from 2013-2015 shouldn’t be conflated with an increase in giving by donors. Analysis tip: Researchers will want to exclude federal grants if they are conducting analyses about foundation funding.

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Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

Some questions to consider before conducting a survey include: Why are we conducting a survey? What question are we trying to answer? Once you know your survey’s raison d’etre , you can move forward in designing a survey instrument (also known as “the questions”). These types of questions tend to be ranking questions (e.g.,

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NTEN

JANUARY 23, 2012

Daniel Atherton. Account Executive, Interactive Department. Chapman Cubine Adams + Hussey. When we ask for something a prospective donor is not prepared to give, we may not be losing much real money, but we are losing a window of opportunity to convince her to give to us.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I decided to conduct two studies with my colleagues to get to answer this question. An Exploratory Analysis of Nonprofit Mission Statements , we ran a different kind of analysis. We then applied a statistical method called exploratory factor analysis to uncover themes that might be present in the data set.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

Ask Questions About the Tools You Already Use When Media Cause helps a nonprofit audit their MarTech tools, the first thing to do is ask questions that are designed to start a fuller conversation about the technology used to make the work more manageable. Where is that information stored?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Bjorn Billhardt Nathan Kracklauer Today, the authors answer these questions for us: Question : How will readers benefit from making the book part of a book club experience as you recommend readers do? Question : How does spending 12 weeks using the book compare to the length of time to earn an MBA degree?

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Nucleus

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Nucleus data analytics platform has two dedicated and ready-to-use packages for precisely these types of analysis: Learning Management and Certifications. This information can provide the answer to some interesting questions such as: Who is my most popular or successful instructor?

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2022

Go explore the findings, charts, and analysis at mrbenchmarks.com. . The complete data and analysis are available to explore for free at mrbenchmarks.com. We will also be navigating the points of interest and answering the biggest questions on a special Benchmarks release webinar TODAY from 12:00–1:30PT/3:00–4:30ET.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

And please reach out to benchmarks@mrss.com with any questions. In addition to helping make the study, you’ll receive an individualized analysis comparing the data you submitted for your organization to other organizations of your size and type. Sign up here —and reach out to benchmarks@mrss.com if you have any questions!

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I took the analysis that.orgSource did and a year later, I was able to show the board their progress in every focus area. But no matter how perfectly you design the instrument, answering a series of questions will not provide the level of introspection that inspires real change. Those extremely specific goals kept us on target.”

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Forum One

JANUARY 31, 2023

Not that long ago, powerful data management and analysis tools were often only accessible to the commercial sector. Today, there is a wealth of modern tools that make deep and meaningful data analysis more accessible to the nonprofit and social good sector. How can you get data into your platform for future analysis?

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2023

yes) The full feast of data and analysis is waiting for you at mrbenchmarks.com. We will also sample the key findings, answer your questions, and share a bit about how the Benchmarks sausage is made on a special Benchmarks release webinar TODAY, April 27, from 12:00–1:30PT/3:00–4:30ET.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

No matter your biggest challenge, the ticket to solving those issues is figuring out how to break down these silos and make your data analysis easier. Step 2: Draft questions This next step doesn’t necessarily have to happen linearly, you can start this while you are taking inventory of your data.

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M+R

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In addition to helping make the study, you’ll receive an individualized analysis comparing the data you submitted for your organization to other organizations of your size and type. And we provide analysis that helps put all of that into context and guide decision-making. Related Links: Benchmarks UK is here!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

Highlights from Microsoft’s Nonprofit Sector Research on AI Devi kicked off by sharing a sentiment analysis from a recent survey of nonprofit leaders that fall into one of two different perceptions: comfort and concern. Create small low risk experiments to answer the question: does this use case make sense for our organization?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2013

In this article we are going to discuss a challenge that every researcher is confronted with when creating a survey : How to design the right question list for their questionnaire? As my fifth grade teacher used to say, “It is always hard to get the right answers when you are asking the wrong questions.”

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis. While listeners are responsible for hearing what is said before formulating a response and asking follow-up questions to ensure they have correctly understood. Don’t waste valuable brain power.

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