Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. Communicate Impact with Stories. Tell your own stories. Understand your capacity.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Then, guided by those goals, use effective data collection tools, measure outcomes, implement improvement strategies, and promote transparency. Data analysis tools are helping organizations of all sizes to automate, streamline, and standardize processes so they can measure and optimize performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive by analysis. Or as @orgnet says, “Turning data into stories is the real trick.&#. Flickr Photo by Caramel - Creatives Common Licensed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

So, was delighted when Darren Barefoot asked if he share a guest post about how to do audience analysis. Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for NGOS by Darren Barefoot. But not all kinds of audience analysis are evil. Imagining Supporters with User Stories. When I ask an NGO “who are you trying to engage with?”,

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

It’s been a big buzzword for years now, but AI has moved beyond buzzword status—it’s an accessible and increasingly common tool for nonprofits. Artificial intelligence works through machine learning, which involves the discovery and analysis of deep patterns in datasets. Data analysis for planning campaigns is the perfect example.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

They’re a powerful tool for communicating your impact, but what makes an annual report effective? Pathfinder International’s annual report combines thoughtful web design, powerful graphics, individual stories, and gorgeous portraits to vividly showcase their beneficiaries. Annual reports are a staple of nonprofit life. Wrapping up.

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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. Marty Kearns has a diagnostic tool over in his Advocacy 2.0

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2024

Organizations should view the budget as a dynamic tool as opposed to something set in stone. For many organizations, this can be a complex and cumbersome process and having the right fund or grant accounting tool can go a long way. Review and Communicate and Review Be sure to get your board’s buy-in and approval on the final budget.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive-by analysis. I shared this on Twitter and the conversation brought out some interesting points that I curated in “Storify,” a story telling tool. (I

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. The following image conveys what this looked like in practice for the same cultural intermediary that used the matrix tool above. These visual analysis tools illuminate potential connections and spaces where relationships exist or are possible.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

Stories surfaced reminding us of its pitfalls — from a lawyer citing fabricated court cases ( [link] ) to harmful advice delivered by an AI bot replacing a nonprofit’s helpline ( [link] ). Everywhere, we find AI in the tools we’ve been using for years offering to summarize threads for us. At Google, Bard becames Gemini.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We use Salesforce tools to create a digital environment which engages at-risk youth, and has proven to be highly impactful in changing negative trajectories and positively impacting wellbeing. We’ve built a flow to gather this data and carry out statistical analysis on the numbers. Numbers Only Tell Half a Story.

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Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

With the number of data collection tools available on the internet for little or no cost, it’s tempting to inundate members with surveys about everything from the color of the annual meeting theme to crucial issues like dues increases or social issues. If you can create a shorter tool, do it. PUHLEEZE. ” But, “less is more.”

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2024

Shareable profiles—more than 9,000 nonprofits are using a shareable link to freely, easily, and proactively provide their full profile to tell a richer story to potential donors. Candid community —this year, we doubled the number of sites across the US where community members can access and use all our tools and services for free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

One of the key messages in the book is that nonprofits should not start with the tools and data, but start to clearly define success and their audience. By doing so, they will understand the few data points and the tools needed to collect that data to figure out if they have been successful! Then check out Simply Measured.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

According to a study from Goldman Sachs, “Generative AI tools could impact 300 million full-time jobs worldwide, which could lead to a significant disruption in the job market.” Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis. Avoid cookie-cutter hiring.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Here at TechSoup, we're big on stories. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Naples, Florida: Google Analytics: From Setup to Decision-Making Tool. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

If you’re wondering if social media can be an effective tool to recruit volunteers, the answer is yes. Showcase volunteer impact People will likely connect with stories that show how volunteers are making a difference. Let your volunteers share their stories. Here are some tips for creating engaging content.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In other words, data can tell a continuous story that is meaningful, dynamic, and actionable. We were looking for a way to use our quantitative data to tell a visual story and start an ongoing and responsive narrative of our communities and our work; we wanted to answer the "so what?" Where did those grants go? and "to what ends?"

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

The Analysis Exchange is a first-of-its-kind effort to freely provide analytical insights to nonprofits and non-governmental organizations. Joining Analysis Exchange is completely free and the entire process takes about three weeks beginning to end. What I love about the Analysis Exchange is the learning is reciprocal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2019

Lucy Bernholz in a post about Nonprofits and Artificial Intelligence also points out that we should not focus on the how nonprofits are using the tools, but there are also some very important ethical concerns. This is a good analysis of the evolution of Tech for Good, Cloud for Good, Data for Good, and the latest iteration: AI For Good.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 17, 2024

Challenge : What is the common thread between these stories? 2024 People: We can just use the free GPT tools to create and edit our documents. The truth is that one HR doc or internal competitive go-to-market analysis associated with your brand is virtually invisible in the context of a trillion-parameter model.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

To get started, it’s helpful to run an analysis on what you raised in the last year (and ideally the last several years if you have that data) to determine which strategies were the most successful. In fact, 42% of donors said success stories influenced their decision to give, so don’t forget to share your achievements.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Tools and channels that house data often do not make it easy to navigate. Many of the tools organizations work closely with were built by different teams with different business models. Digging into each analytics platform individually to pull your information to try to tell a cohesive story can be frustrating.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Your CRM is a key tool for engagement and can drive your fundraising strategy, moves management, campaign analytics, and operational reporting. Data might be captured or stored in a data lake or cleaned via data quality tools, or structurally transformed before being pushed to a data warehouse. Host Locally or in the Cloud.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Before anything else, conduct a comprehensive analysis of your donors’ demographics and psychographics. Use Tools at Your Disposal Creating a customized year-end fundraising plan shouldn’t feel impossible! Reach out to LYBUNT donors in November and December – a good story can always prompt someone to give again!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? This framing captured the impact not only of the technology tools of their partners, required by certain funders, but also of the access to information for migrants, which would be measurable on an ongoing basis through surveys. How closely should they track those changes?

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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.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

In line with its focus on turning data into knowledge through powerful, insightful measurement and analysis of social media efforts, we wanted to share three simple tips and resources that nonprofits can put to work. And now for those tips and tools: 1 — Get to Know Your Audience. Then check out Simply Measured.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. We realized that the most effective tool to fight human rights abuse was the truth.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2022

While it’s easier than ever to access data—every digital action, from website clicks to member signups produces a trackable trail—knowing how to use the data is a different story. Often, our mission-driven partners are swimming in data, but need support to create systems that analyze and provide meaningful direction from that data.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

Many organizations had to start over and reconfigure their entire approach, as well as rely heavily on their websites as a primary communication tool. Marketing automation tools, such as Mailchimp, Salesforce/Pardot, and Marketo, can assist in personalizing the content in your emails by using automated sequences based on a contact’s actions.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Conducting a marketing opportunity analysis. Take advantage of that personal touch by adding a story designed to strengthen your connection with donors even more. Choose a real story that is highly relevant to your cause, adding illustrative details that make it come to life on the page. Choose impactful visuals.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Though originally focused on advertising, Ogilvy’s wisdom contains enduring truths around driving action and results that can aid any cause, even with today’s new tools and platforms. Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. Passionate explaining of impact?

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