Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

I thought the points about measurement were right on and applies to other types of nonprofits. But, try as we might, we couldn’t find any research that looked at arts groups’ adoption and attitudes toward digital and social media nationally that also asked all-important questions about how groups are measuring what they’re doing.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

The second is to offer chances to win prizes for completing a survey, signing a petition, calling a congressperson, sharing an email or social media post, pinning something to your social media account, or anything else you can creatively dream up. To ensure you’re meeting your objectives, measure customer satisfaction. Transparency.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Here at Achieve, we are curious about attitudes, perceptions and behaviors on things like giving, volunteering and event participation. From these findings, we then constructed a survey for distribution to a representative sample of teams within this company. these insights through surveying the larger group of teams.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Outcomes usually imply changes in behavior, condition, skills, attitudes or knowledge in the individual, community or other target population. Funders are increasingly conditioning grants upon the delivery of specific measures. In addition to financial measures, charities will now be rated on the results of their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Measure, Test, Refine. “I kissed a squirrel & I liked it” #ReplaceGirlWithSquirrelInASong. To share on Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. Works with measurement consultants or specialists to improve skills and capacity. Example of A/B Testing Results. What is the difference?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center. The garden program leaders are therefore collecting deeper data to measure the real impact of the gardens. We have a new certificate program in social impact measurement, with the next class starting in April. Photo by Nick Henry).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2018

From these small seeds at the community level we can measure injustice and wasted potential, and turn this into powerful advocacy tools in the fight for women and girls to be seen. At Equal Measures 2030 we strive to bring data and evidence to the fight because we know that counting matters.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

You may choose to create a short survey or interview current supporters. When it comes to marketing, especially in the nonprofit world, we often focus on changing the minds and attitudes of our supporters and on raising awareness for our cause or upcoming event. You won’t know what to continue or improve if you don’t measure results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s important to think about things from the perspective of others, and if you were attending an event, you’d want to know that measures were put in place to keep everyone safe. We discovered that approximately 65% of nonprofits surveyed didn’t have one. Your attitude can help influence others, especially committee volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

I'm speaking at the eMetrics the premiere conference for Web measurement geeks.    His engaging and funny presentation was called "Tough Times call for Tough Measures.   His engaging and funny presentation was called "Tough Times call for Tough Measures."    if yes, fix it.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

According to an annual survey conducted by McKinsey & Co., They are seeing “measurable business benefits, including more innovative products and services, more effective marketing, better access to knowledge, lower cost of doing business, and higher revenues. So here goes with the big statement. technologies, in myriad ways.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Enjoy them now; then practice a year-round attitude of gratitude. Or you could measure their passion by using the rich interactions that CRM systems have been tracking for years but that most organizations are rarely using. Don’t treat your donors like gumballs. Chew ‘em up. Spit ‘em out! You’ll forget they’re there.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

The evaluation tools and techniques you choose will depend in large part on the message, the method of delivery, and the outcome that you want to measure. Consider the different ways you might measure the success of a specific process (e.g. changes in awareness or attitude) or tangible results (e.g. impacts on decision making).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

Some say it’s the wrong measure of a nonprofit organization’s success; others say it is the gold standard for measuring worthiness for support. My research was done via a survey directed to employees and board members of nonprofit organizations. I recently undertook research into the subject of overhead for my doctoral project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As I’ve been working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with co-author KD Paine, we’ve come to the chapter on measurement tools. I sent out a query nonprofit tech colleagues who are social media mavens and ask that age old question, “ What’s in your social media measurement tool box ?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Why should we measure story in a new way? To do this we have to be able to measure story in a new way. It enables organization to show their constituents that the organization is engaged – the organization measures its impact based upon the content of stories. Alan Deutschman – Walk the Walk.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

Enjoy them now; then practice a year-round attitude of gratitude. Or you could measure their passion by using the rich interactions that CRM systems have been tracking for years but that most organizations are rarely using. Don’t treat your donors like gumballs. Chew ‘em up. Spit ‘em out! You’ll forget they’re there.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2009

Nonprofit association NTEN , consultants Common Knowledge and social networking software providers ThePort conducted a joint study of nonprofit organization and their use of and attitudes towards social networking tools. The survey asked about two types of social networking presences a nonprofit organization could have.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? If your institution cares about deep engagement, measure dwell time and survey people about their experiences. If your institution cares about delivering on mission, measure indicators that reflect your core values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

SMART Objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely objectives. The Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Advocacy Campaign guide points out they come in three flavors: Tactical: Tools and Techniques. It is also important to think about what specific metrics are needed to measure along the way.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? If your institution cares about deep engagement, measure dwell time and survey people about their experiences. If your institution cares about delivering on mission, measure indicators that reflect your core values.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure. Remember that recurring gifts shouldn’t encourage a “set it and forget it” attitude. You can track this by measuring the page’s conversion rate.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

KPIs give your organization a way to measure the success of campaign-specific goals and your nonprofit’s long term goals. goals are goals that follow these five criteria: They are Specific, Measurable, Attainable/Ambitious, Relevant, and Timely. Instead, send them a donor survey soon after they’ve submitted their gift.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure. Remember that recurring gifts shouldn’t encourage a “set it and forget it” attitude. You can track this by measuring the page’s conversion rate.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

If people don’t know you, there’s no real, even my general attitude to life, trust people, it’s always worked out well, with some few exceptions, it’s still worth it. . It’s her attitude that’s really important. So nine, “How will you measure results?” Hot takes I should say. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2018

Putting Helen’s positive attitude into practice allows to see that the benefits of bots to social change efforts include: Using sophisticated chat bots like Yeshi that can educate supporters in very visual, interesting and emotional ways that text can’t. Start by determining a a measurable objective. Gather data against your goals.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

By measuring how many new donors a fundraiser acquired and how many existing donors participated, you are gathering valuable information that will help you combat that churn. which stands for “Specific, Measurable, Attainable/Ambitious, Relevant, Timely.” Many of those attendees are potential future supporters. Keep track of them!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

According to the 2014 Content Marketing Report, 92% of the nonprofits surveyed are using content marketing. Wild Apricot’s Small Membership Insight Survey has some Good News About Millennials and Meetings. There’s been a lot of talk about the results of the 2013 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey.

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Achieve

JANUARY 1, 2018

Voting behavior predicts attitudes toward social change. Since 2009, Achieve focuses its research on millennials’ attitudes and behaviors relevant to social causes. For the past year, we’ve been examining what influence, if any, a presidential election would have on these attitudes. Hope (and opportunity) for the future?

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The partner paper defines civic health as “the measure of the civic attitudes, actions, and behaviors of a group of individuals” (p.3). Census Bureau’s 2010 Current Population Survey (CPS) of 50,000 households, which looked at the following measures to examine how communities weathered the recession.

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