Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. The book goes on to layout a method for designing a system, developing a theory of change, and talks about some of the culture issues required to work this way. It forces you to draw a line in the sand and have clear goals. That’s the OMTM.

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Metrics Measure Analytics Method 101

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As you explore the different apps, pay attention to the highlighted features and consider how each could make a difference in how you fundraise. OneCause — Top Fundraising App for Mobile Bidding OneCause offers multiple mobile-optimized tools that can help your organization achieve its fundraising goals for events.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

The goal of a promo video is to give people a tease and make them want to sign up, buy a ticket, and attend. By varying the styles of your videos, you capture your audience’s attention in different ways. Communicating with your supporters in an unexpected way is a great way to get their attention.

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Video Giving Fundraising Script 98

Neon CRM

MAY 12, 2023

In membership programs , it’s all about the details—and there might be one seemingly small detail that your organization isn’t devoting enough attention to: The all-important membership renewal letter! Don’t beat around the bush during this phase of the letter. Why Send Membership Renewal Letters? Get To The Point—Ask Them To Renew!

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A comprehensive digital marketing strategy is the single best way to successfully reach and retain wider audiences online: Your nonprofit’s overarching goals, marketing goals, budget, other constraints, and technology infrastructure will inform your digital strategy. Step 1: Determine your nonprofit digital marketing goals.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

When a high-profile giving day smashes participation and dollar goals, annual giving teams across the country double down on strategies to cement their own success. Adjust your goals as needed. Sending direct marketing pieces or starting your phone calls too early will draw attention away from your other fundraising activities.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

Provide information about alternate methods of donating. You do not always meet your goal, and if you do not, you often lose out on much of those donations. Like the “quiet phase” of a capital campaign, organizations would do well to secure a good portion of the goal before launching the campaign so that this will be achieved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. I do this all the time. Implementation.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Because of this, you must understand your goal for the partnership before researching consultants to ensure you find the right one for your team. What are your long-term goals for your consulting project? Getting Attention – Google Grants. Getting Attention: Top Nonprofit Consulting Firm for Google Grants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Basically, connections can describe anything you want to gather data about to make decisions to improve your network or reach your goals. The paper goes on to describe five general patterns: Birds of a feather flock together: nodes link together because of common attributes, goals or governance. Organizational reporting.

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Analysis Social Network America Network 95

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Sarah Olivieri will dive into a strategic framework designed to break down your big audacious goals into clear, easy-to-understand components. And she’s got a really cool, specific framework that she has created called the Impact Method. Long-term goals I’m seeing. Sarah: Let’s do it. Steven: Nice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Day 4: Action Learning Projects, Communicating After Workshop, and Managing Our Attention. 100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. The four-day workshop has a different theme for each day as follows: Day 1: The Power of Networks.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While it’s going to require a lot of hard work and careful attention to detail (you’ll get way too familiar with proper USPS street address formatting), the actual strategy part of the equation is pretty simple. Set a timeline and milestones: Develop a realistic timeline that breaks down the migration process into manageable phases.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Whether you’re looking to raise more money, recruit volunteers, or just spread the word about your nonprofit, you should draft a thorough nonprofit marketing plan to help you meet your goals! During the research and planning phase, you’re able to evaluate your nonprofit’s position compared to similar organizations.

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Marketing Create Nonprofit Social Media 69

Forum One

JUNE 22, 2022

Yet facilitating workshops, ideation sessions, or other conversations with the goal to encourage creativity and discourse can be challenging. I break out the planning into three phases: design, preparation, and facilitation. When designing an ideation session, it’s important to identify: Goals and Outcomes.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 6, 2022

If you send one email newsletter a month, make a goal to have one per quarter in a new format. Innovation budgets can vary, and should align with an organization’s values and goals. Put the same call to action on LinkedIn and Facebook and pay close attention: not just to raw numbers, but quality. Own your own real estate.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The audience then places their bids by raising bid paddles, calling out amounts, or catching the auctioneer’s attention in some other way. They don’t even have to be in the room at all, which makes this method extra appealing to organizations with far-flung supporters. Silent auctions. Hybrid auctions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Here is how I would approach it: The Five Phases Online movements are successful because they marry the right set of opportunities for engagement with a level of awareness and passion among the target audience. The concept of moving in phases is not new. A strong introduction and increased attention will fuel everything that follows.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Community engagement, though at times unwieldy and time-consuming, is critical to truly propel all variables towards a common goal. So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. That is my goal, is for you to have a few actionable takeaways. What are some of your goals?

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Community Video Slides Survey 80

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

These facilitators identify bias and skillfully call the group’s attention to it. As facilitators, here are some areas we focus on in preparation: Sharing goals: All participants should be clear on the goal of their time together: what is expected and what outcome they are working towards.

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Participatory Facilitation Philanthropy Skills 88

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

In sum, we have to focus, methodically and without partisanship, on those steps that will: one, stabilize Iraq, avoid all out civil war, and give the factions within Iraq the space they need to forge a political settlement; two, contain and ultimately extinquish the insurgency in Iraq; and three, bring our troops safely home.

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