Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

I also learned that one-on-one donor solicitation techniques can also work and some of the challenges of being able to track the velocity or flow of networked donations. What is missing is some software or features that track the flow of your donations, almost like doing a social network analysis similar to Twitinfluence.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

3 Better Data Collection and Analysis AI prompts can collect and analyze large amounts of data in real-time, providing insights into user behavior and preferences. Whether it is images, audio, or videos, generative AI tools are able to 10x the production. Here are just a sample of a few AI tools that can boost creative output.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

That training was either expensive or a hodge podge of low cost webinars and free video tutorials available on the web. Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Micro lessons on video, exercises, coaching, measure progress and put it online for free.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Let’s take a look at some fundraising ideas – the fifteen most effective donor acquisition and online fundraising techniques used by top nonprofits. Here’s a quick video to show you how. Next, narrow your analysis down to your donation form to see how many people are visiting that specific page from a mobile device.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Break free from analysis paralysis. This is a procrastination technique, and it works! If you tell yourself you can’t start planning until you have an analysis of your main program’s third-quarter spending, and that analysis is the responsibility of someone else … you have a built-in excuse not to plan!

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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. We have contact information, communication preferences, relationships, social media profiles, and wealth screening data.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

On Tuesday, right before the KONY video exploded on the mainstreams and went viral online, my 6th grade son came home from school and announced, ”Did you know that there are more people on Facebook today compared to the number of people on the planet ten years ago? I immediately asked him how do you know that?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 24, 2013

Let’s take a look at the fifteen most effective donor acquisition and online fundraising techniques used by top nonprofits. Here’s a quick video to show you how. Here’s a quick video to show you how. Next, narrow your analysis down to your donation form to see how many people are visiting that specific page from a mobile device.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Moving toward providing more do-it-yourself tools for reporting, “Explorations” in GA4 is a collection of advanced reporting techniques that help you uncover insights about your customers’ behavior. Moreover, GA4 is optimized for collecting lots of data, with much of the analysis taking place outside the platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Often overwhelmed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

There was also a wonderful blog, “ Litter Did You Know &# and the above video about “Lady Meow Meow.&# But the real story was when the SFSPCA staff shared during the keynote was that these regular videos are produced by volunteers! 2: Use listening techniques to develop a deep understanding of the audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

Guidestar has multiple office locations, so this session was done as a virtual meeting using a platform and apps that offered features like chat, desktop sharing, polling, white board, sticky notes, and audio and video conferencing. Next, as a group we do a theme analysis. Walking Meetings and Video Platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

To engage and discuss techniques and tips for using Facebook effectively for nonprofits. My experiments were quite granular: What gets more interactions - sharing video or photos or links? Media Consumption: Total photo views, audio plays, and video plays for the content you have uploaded to your Page.

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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. Put a human face on the cause through case studies, testimonials, and videos. Those insights should drive messaging and campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

I was up too late editing a screencast to do a content analysis yesterday, instead I found a great thread on Nonprofits and Vlogging over at Social Edge facilitated by Patrick O'Heffernan. It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. Posting cellphone videos is not easy with all video hosts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences. The best thing about having a transcript like this it allowed me to do a pattern analysis and learning assessment of the tweets. This will help improve the networked learning design for next time. (The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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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. For example, note their call to action right on the YouTube video. I've used a couple of techniques to accomplish this and they worked. Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

There was an excellent discussion about silo busting techniques and the role of leaders in bringing down the cubicle walls. Allison was in the room, but I was in my hotel room in Atlanta in my PJs! A previously recorded video was presented and I participated in the backchannel Twitter stream while Allison delivered the keynote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Asking for feedback about how to improve the school experience is also a good technique, as used in the example above is from URJ Camp Kalsman. There are several tactical techniques that consistently work on Facebook to inspire engagement. Here’s an example from the Jewish Education Project. Posting to a page’s wall.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

NLP techniques can be used to understand and generate text, translate, and perform other language-related tasks. CV techniques identify objects and scenes in images and videos, track objects over time, and perform tasks that involve visual perception. The bots, ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing are examples of this technology.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Optimize your page’s images and content, utilize caching techniques, and invest in a reliable hosting service. They also often provide features for data analysis and reporting, enabling nonprofits to gain insights into their website performance and user engagement.

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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

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

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Museum of History and Industry ( MOHAI) uses social media to engage with Seattle residents whom they would not be able to connect with otherwise and have a say in how history is being interpreted. The video is part of a series of “MOHAI Minute&# videos on Youtube. Social Network Analysis Tools for Social Media.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2017

Just think of the positive and additional benefits that come from adding video, conference calls, photo albums, slide shows and a host of other techniques easily and inexpensively available. Finally, results analysis. Don’t wait until your goal is reached to undergo analysis. Set SMART Goals. Track Results .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. Task Analysis. Times Sheet Analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

" The slide show shares 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."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

As FrogLoop blog concludes in its recent analysis of MySpace, "Social networking sites are essentially a microcosm of the internet, and hosting a profile on either is akin to managing a website. Check out the introduction video for more. Quick audio or video messages published to a trusted social community.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Now let me say upfront, this blog post isn’t going to be about those techniques for diversifying an office culture. He is in charge of the web presence of several different organizations in both Montana and surrounding states, as well as print, video, and various other odds and ends. Pretty big and worthwhile stuff.

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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. Phase 4: The Analysis Stage. Consider the non-digital events, techniques, and campaigns that your organization will be pursuing concurrently with your new digital strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

" Peter gives us analysis of the landscape: Building a community of small-scale philanthropists sounds like a novel idea. I've come across two personal fundraising campaigns that use the metaphor of wishes, pay it forward, or gift economy and are aggressively incorporating social media techniques into their strategies.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

Enhanced Data Analysis AI can also analyze data more quickly and effectively. Using statistics and modeling techniques, predictive analytics helps predict future outcomes. It uses algorithms to analyze images and videos and provide insights based on your content. Here are some AI-powered tools to get you started.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes. In this report, the authors describe three specific models for public participation: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation.

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