Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2017

Data champions —whether inside a nonprofit organization or a foundation—know that data on its own doesn’t accelerate impact on its own. Without question, our ability to track and measure outcomes and the impact of social good initiatives has expanded considerably over the past several years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It can also be used to measure progress and keep the planning team focused. But with proper planning and diligent attention to foundational processes and procedures, it is possible to get a handle on these components and comprehensively define your needs so you can communicate effectively with prospective vendors.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nonprofits whose organizational cultures encourage outreach and relationship building are already laying the foundational groundwork of high-performing collaboration. Measure and share impact. There is no “one size fits all” strategy, but all collaboration is rooted in trusted relationships. Recommendations.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, giving days can also be orchestrated by community foundations and other host organizations to raise awareness and funds for several nonprofits at once. Establish measurable targets to track donor base growth and engagement levels. Clearly articulate your mission, goals, and the profound impact donors can make.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

It starts with articulating a clear, authentic, and long-term purpose — something that is true today, and that guides the organization into the future. When the company found that factory workers lacked access to clean drinking water, it partnered with Planet Water Foundation to install purified water towers in several worker communities.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

When I talk with nonprofit and foundation leaders, many ask me how to ensure they get the right consultant for their projects. Measurable – How much? Do they articulate an understanding of and/or demonstrate affinity for your mission and vision? This is part one of a three-part series. . Specific – What do we want to accomplish?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2020

Doctors, nurses , and the teams working on the front lines have gone through extraordinary measures to save lives and protect their communities through challenging times. . We’ve heard from many our healthcare foundations about incredi ble stories of endurance, sacrifice, generosity, and gratitude already.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

I’ve been heads down working on my next book about measurement and networked nonprofit s with KD Paine and our editor, Bill Paarlberg. One of the chapters is about measuring transparency. Sharing information about performance assessment, diversity, compensation, strategy-all give most foundations pause.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

has hovered around 2% of GDP ever since it began being measured post W.W.II. Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. Foundation and corporate giving are also projected to increase. to raise $1), business and/or foundation grants ($0.20 Giving in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Author David La Piana. One of the things that I love at the Packard Foundation is the learning culture. Business plans are not difficult to measure and the process is a discipline process of asking questions. How will they measure success? Some reflections from David here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

And it was amazing to be at this meeting and see and connect with real examples of foundations struggling and succeeding with networks in ways that were just notions (yes, hunches) a few years ago. And we’ve underscored the importance of networks articulating their values and keeping themselves accountable to those shared values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. 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.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2016

In the fall 2015 issue of npENGAGE Magazine , my colleague Annie Rhodes wrote about our extensive outreach to the market to discover how measuring outcomes and impact are becoming essential to the philanthropic sector. One additional benefit is improved decision-making. Outcomes = Opportunity. And what do they want?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

At bbcon 2018, Blackbaud announced the cloud solution for each of our main audiences, including the Cloud Solution for Companies and the Cloud Solution for Foundations. Keep in mind the following points from speakers Brooke Hansel of Blackbaud, Merrie Beth Nauman of Ocean Conservancy, and Lisa Tacker of Two Ten Footwear Foundation: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

Embracing measurement & uncertainty. Look, if you’re reading Beth’s Blog you probably already think measuring progress is a good thing. Kate Wing, Program Officer at the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation. But maybe you need a reminder that it’s worth doing, even when it’s hard. Conferences Guest Post'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2007

Yours truly clearly ticked off our articulate and thought provoking keynote speaker, Carl Schramm, the head of the Kauffman Foundation. Carl's foundation is the foundation for entrepreneurship. Carl covered the Foundation's efforts to foster entrepreneurship in kids (quite successful by his report).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

The organization is a Packard Foundation grantee. In 2007, Vikki Spruill attended a seminar hosted by the Packard Foundation with Clay Shirky and came away both scared and excited about his ideas. The Ocean Conservancy picked very specific, narrow objectives for their experiments and specific metrics to measure them.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2013

Funders will want to measure the project’s success, not that of the organization. And, just because a foundation believes in your mission doesn’t mean they are going to say yes to your request. Identify suitable funding prospects: Having a board member that sits on XYZ Foundation doesn’t ensure funding success. Share them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Purposeful Measurement to Inform Replication. Grantee organizations will measure what matters. But not all metrics are equally valuable, and choosing the measurements that matter can be complicated. Day 2: Certificates Awarded To Senior Staff Attendees. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Purposeful Measurement to Inform Replication. Day 2: Integrated Social Media Strategy.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Last spring the Urban Institute and the Racial Diversity Collaborative released a study called Measuring Racial-Ethnic Diversity in the Baltimore-Washington Region's Nonprofit Sector. Articulating your business goals will make it easier to keep your "eye on the prize" when times get rough. Instead, they are majority white.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Evaluative thinking needs to be built into the foundation of both strategy and everyday operation, and means much more than deploying an annual survey. What the organization was measuring had nothing to do with what any external stakeholders — from foundations to donors — actually wanted to know about the organization's work.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2014

A positioning statement is a one or two sentence statement that articulates your organization’s value. A strong brand positioning statement will drive all creative decisions and serve as the foundation for your marketing and fundraising success. They think it’s too expensive and difficult to measure.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Plus, if an organization isn’t crystal clear about what it’s trying to achieve, how to measure success, and how to communicate its impact, it’s going to be a real challenge to keep the support coming in. In the end, nailing the planning process is like laying down the foundations for a fortress.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Or does it mean deep, programmatic cooperation that results in a measurable collective impact? We discovered that if you are in the role of promoting collaboration among others, you need to articulate your definition of collaboration and what your expectations are for outcomes. Does it mean two nonprofit leaders meet for coffee?

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Candid

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over the last two years, I’ve talked to dozens of foundations, nonprofits, researchers, and diversity, equity, and inclusion experts about the term “BIPOC-led.” However, I also think it is essential for organizations (and researchers) to carefully consider their BIPOC-led definitions and articulate the rationale for them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2013

I recently heard this same idea from colleague Carie Lewis during our Measurement Workshop at SXSW. It means that you need to engage with a purpose or articulated goal. But that’s only half of it as KD Paine and I write in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” What is a conversion?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Clear understanding of this serves as the foundation for all the other elements of your plan. Try to articulate your organization’s long-term goals and aspirations in high definition. Research potential grant opportunities from government agencies and private foundations that align with the nonprofit’s mission and goals.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

But a nonprofit business plan is necessary to attract major donors, foundations, Board members, and other potential partners. How will you measure success? Donors don’t like duplication of services, and getting grants will be tough if you can’t articulate how your approach is unique. How much will it cost? Marketing Plan.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Now that you’ve identified what the project goals are, pick measurable outcomes to determine what metrics you’ll use to track those goals.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Q: How can nonprofits define and measure success with an online video? Has research been done to measure conversion rates, and, if so, what has it concluded? Good metrics are often hard to come by, but measuring success is the only way to know if your effort and investment has paid off! c) Trust your gut.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2019

posted by Sadhna Bokhiria Class 11 American Express Leadership Academy Chief Operating Officer of Kapoor Foundations. It provided me with a measurable tool to use in my development and as evidence of my individual impact on my organization. It was thought-provoking and powerful to say the least.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

By clearly articulating your membership tiers and benefits across multiple marketing channels, you can connect with potential new members who would be a good fit for your program. WildApricot WildApricot offers cloud-based association management software that works for associations, nonprofits, foundations, and clubs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

You need metrics or measure against goals, but you also need harvest those insights. This post harvests what I learned and what I still don't know about the birthday campaign strategy and measurement as well as guest teaching a graduate school class. Measure the Whole Funnel. Setting the Right Dollar Goal.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2020

In most cases, it is the foundation of the hospital or healthcare system that is coordinating all efforts – a reminder of the vital role of development in healthcare. . Here are some examples of very specific requests that I’ve seen th at well – articulated the need for potential donors: .

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Discover how to measure how well your donation page converts visitors into donors; 3. Learn how to identify and articulate your “money story”; 5. That’s why foundation funding and the time your team spends fundraising and managing grants (vs. What are foundations focused on when making a funding decision?

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