Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

These ventures offer solid rates of return as well as environmental and/or social benefits, sometimes called blended value. To get the market from niche to mainstream people are working on taxonomy, metrics and peer and trend ratings. Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method. Above all you must pick the right metrics to measure what your doing and look for trends that can tell you what works and what doesn't. Here's some points on that: Blend the numbers and non-financial factors into a concise and informative presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm looking to blend different perspectives and have a workshop session that can speak to nonprofits and grassroots media makers. When standard metrics are discussed, people easily fall into the "mine is bigger or better than yours" comparisons or "numbers data out of context thinking." What is the trend?

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