Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Digital channels have made it affordable for brands to communicate their message to a broad audience. You may have written something of value, but none of that matters if you can’t get it in front of your audience. Second, social media isn’t enough on its own to expose your organization to a new audience.

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Digital Marketing Guide Chapter 111

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam How do you transform it into charts, graphs, and maps that will help your audience understand the data and move them to take action?

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Web Haiti Bookmarking Map 111

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Community Mapping. Community Mapping helps you identify not just the various segments of your audience, but also create a clear picture of which tools/platforms are associated with those groups and which messages are best to target where. You can see an example of a dashboard by visiting my public Nonprofit Tech Dashboard.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, throwing a million charts and graphs together or writing a 10,000-word essay on why your nonprofit is the best isn’t going to be so effective (or worth anyone’s time). We love how Girls Who Code built an interactive map of the U.S. that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time.

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Report Template Org Nonprofit 85

Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2013

If a spreadsheet or database has ever made your eyes glaze over or your audience members slip into a haze, you're in for a real treat. Basic bar charts, bubble charts on geographic maps, and multidimensional layouts are all possible by toggling through the "picker" buttons at the top of the screen and making a choice.

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Data Chart Report Oracle 44

Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. “Map out the story you need to tell. Make this an everyday habit so that you become the master storyteller of the insights within your reports and help a broad audience understand complex data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

If you are wondering about the chart, it came a cool free tool called “ Export.ly “ It will analyze your Twitter audience, Facebook page, and even your email box by grabbing the data and dumping it into a spreadsheet. My LinkedIn Network Map – a set on Flickr. Top 10 Young Nonprofit Bloggers to Watch in 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2015

Information Design: Good content curators categorize according to the needs of their audience. This list of tools is organized into 7 work flow areas that journalist using social media tools will use. Viz : Create simple charts and graphs. Pablo: Create engaging images for your social media posts in minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Their theory of change is about raising awareness of the issues and then inspiring, engaging and encouraging their audiences to take actions around this goal.

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Design Marketing Metrics Measure 99

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

You can also employ “drumbeat” advertising strategies that repeatedly expose audiences to your messaging. And they would concentrate their spending to air these infomercials during high-viewership primetime slots when maximum numbers of their target audience are watching. Lean into what works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo By Mastery of Maps. Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Data, reports, and dashboards are all well and good, but if they aren’t tailored to the needs of the core audience, the information will never be accessed or used going forward.

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Evaluation Measure Seattle Lesson 95

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

create maps of communication streams. leverage existing identify and social graphs where your audience already is. leverage existing identify and social graphs where your audience already is. where are customers or users “in&# the organization chart (at the top?). personal cpm. Evaluate where social makes sense.

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Social Network Network Social Stream 100

Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

You can also use Visio 2013 to make dynamic diagrams and charts for your story. And when you’re done, use ReadyTalk to share your story with your audience. Use Esri’s geographic information system software to create maps that tell your story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

If your survey audience has access to the internet, SurveyGizmo helps you design surveys and collect and analyze feedback online. Batchgeo is a free mapping tool that helps you visualize the data that lives in your spreadsheets. How are you asking for their opinions about your programs and services? Try the free version.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

Data visualization is also useful for making complex ideas relatable to a lay audience. Charts, graphs, or maps are a common and practical way to relay information. Charts, graphs, or maps are a common and practical way to relay information. or Data Visualization for Nonprofits.

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Storytelling Data Community Chart 36

NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Know Your Audience The first step is to identify all the constituents you deal with on a day-to-day basis. Once you’ve defined how complex and related each constituent is, plot your constituent groups on a chart for a look at your overall constituent picture. For many organizations, multiple systems can be a better fit.

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Database Track Org Exercise 70

NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

For example, simple or pre-populated forms, maps and location information, simple advocacy tools such as petitions, or simple instructions such as consumer or medical information. Most phones have little screens (see chart below) and render graphics poorly. This will depend on the particular use case and the audience.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. You should spend as much time and energy making your data, charts, and tables findable as you do making your reports and other content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The guide is an excellent road map for designing and planning an evaluation of your overall communications plan. Build Relationships and Issues Awareness: You’re interacting with key audiences on the social media channel in order to build awareness for your organization's brand. I particularly like the worksheet.

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Social Media Media Social Evaluation 50

TechImpact

AUGUST 20, 2013

Beth’s blog shares Ann Emry’s tips for creating charts with your nonprofit’s data. Charts can turn plain text into a visually, expressive piece of information, which is great for persuading donors to donate or showing your supporters your organization’s impact. Chart diversity. Visual communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

Reynolds notes "Though you may be using digital technology when you deliver your presentation, the act of speaking and connecting to an audience ??? My process is analog, but I have to start with a mind map of the ideas (sometimes several versions of it), then do a linear outline, and finally sketch out a storyboard with image ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. The wiki becomes an electronic flip chart and resource collector. Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta.

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Social Media Game Media Social 87

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With interactive maps, private meeting scheduling, and a personalized agenda, attendees have everything they need to get more from the event. Google Optimize — Top Fundraising App for A/B Testing Google Optimize allows organizations to test different website variations to best appeal to the expectations of their audience.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Your marketing plan should describe the specific target audiences you want to reach for both programs and fundraising, key messages you’ll use, and which methods or vehicles you’ll use to reach the right people. Management and Organizational Charts. Break up the sections for easy reading, and use graphs and charts where you can.

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Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

There's nothing like having an audience to see where you got inside your own head too much. My colleagues in the audience like Marshall Kirkpatrick and Holly Ross were twittering. What's your strategy map? All the groups shared some of their thoughtful questions about audience - is our audience on this social network?

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Reflection Slides Metrics PowerPoint 50

Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

By using shaded maps, clear data points, and red/yellow/green indicators, users can easily identify areas in need of improvement. Focus on key audiences Some data-driven sites want to reach audiences that are already deeply knowledgeable about the topic to which the data relates.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2011

The map overlay, the second item on the list of reports , is both a fun visualization and can give you important insights about your visitors. If you click on the US in the map, you can drill down to a view of traffic by state. The chart below is for a site that shows an average of 5.16 pages per visitor. Pretty good, right?

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Analytics Google Language Picture 30

NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The result displays in table format as well as visualized on an interactive shaded map of the US. Honda: Online tools like DabbleDB or Google Spreadsheets also allow sharing data and even building simple charts or applications with them. Our entry was not only fun, but useful -- a bonus! Enhances your mission.

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Data API Mashup Contest 82

Forum One

MAY 31, 2023

In a rapidly changing world, it’s crucial for organizations to focus on a digital strategy that is rooted in organizational goals, audience needs, and the impact you are hoping to achieve. You can learn a lot about what your audience wants and where your capacity gaps are by testing out ideas.

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Digital Strategy Chapter Map 73

Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

Playing games has pushed into the primetime market, and with that statement, Chris Swain , CEO and Founder of Talkie, displayed a slide that showed weekly audience numbers for the wildly popular social game, FarmVille, towering above primetime television shows such as Dancing with the Stars , NBC Sunday Night Football and CSI.

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Media Cause

MAY 23, 2022

For the Yosemite Conservancy , Lori Chinn created a set of illustrations inspired by the look and feel of vintage park maps. . Infographics, charts, and graphs are all forms of data visualization. . Then I went a step further and created an illustrative scatter plot graph containing radial charts as the points. Lori Chinn 2022).

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Photography Chart Photo Project 52

Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

It provides a reasonably easy way for non-technical people to enter data into an online template or upload a spreadsheet to create interactive maps, tables, pie charts, and line graphs. Note that to imbed your interactive map or chart, your website must support iFrames. Its main audience is journalists.

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Impact Tutorial Map San Francisco 36

Forum One

JANUARY 10, 2023

We think that data storytelling through maps, infographics, charts, and interactive features will become much more popular in 2023. We’ve helped dozens of clients reach new audiences with video. Agencies with websites on either of those platforms should call Forum One ASAP to ensure your website is secure and supported.

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Government Trend Digital Drupal 71

Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

It provides a reasonably easy way for non-technical people to enter data into an online template or upload a spreadsheet to create interactive maps, tables, pie charts, and line graphs. Note that to imbed your interactive map or chart, your website must support iFrames. Its main audience is journalists.

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Impact Tutorial Map Chart 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2013

I did a quick scan of data visualization resources to look for practical advice on the process of thinking visually and some technical information on what chart to select and data storytelling. The deck provides specific practical advice on charts, color, and maps. I like the chart advice: Avoid 3d-charts at all costs.

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Resource Data Guide Chart 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2014

As our attention fragments and more and more of us are reading content on mobile devices, content creators are finding that the best way to engage audiences is with shorter, bite-sized chunks of content known as “Micro Content.” Not just infographics, but a snippet from an infographic or a chart or graph to illustrate a statistic.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

We can provide a map, the vehicle, and even the road snacks, but the community needs to be the driver. Whether it seems important in the moment or not, it’s really valuable to make a list or chart or picture, whatever you want, of all the information you have about your community. Which technologies support the work?

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