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Into Focus: Benchmarks and Best Practices for Nonprofits and Video

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How Nonprofits Measure Success of Video. The big takeaway: Nonprofits overwhelmingly agree that video is crucial to their communications, but many feel they do not know how to use it effectively or measure its impact – yet. 2. Orgs want to make more video, but aren’t allocating the funds to do so.

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Win Approval for Your Next Tech Project: A Guide

The Modern Nonprofit

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. BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SERVE $3,032,759 MORE CLIENTS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Increase in single donations.

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Social Media Is About Engagement With A Purpose and How To Measure It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Some Thoughts on Livestreamed Interviews, Engagement, Book Winners, and Finger Puppets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Can you articulate a clear set of "starter goals" that might incorporate learning? What should orgs ask themselves before diving into soc media? If people aren’t participating in the discussion on your org, are you not reaching your audience? How do we measure the effectiveness of our soc media efforts?

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

Harvey: When I worked in international development, we said, okay, this org, we’re spending 8% on administration, this organization spends only 4%. So nine, “How will you measure results?” Harvey: No, it’s really important. . Steven: a lot of love in the chat on this, and understandably. Next slide. .

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

Jeff Haguewood of Sidekick Solutions suggests the 5 Basic Fundraising Performance Metrics to Start Measuring Today. Being a good communicator involves more than just good articulation; it’s about understanding your audience. It’s important that you begin paying attention to the stats. Infographics.

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