Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2014

As KD Paine and I wrote in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” measuring your social media channels, overall communications or marketing strategy is not a form of voodoo black magic; it is an art and a science. So, what does it take to do the art and science of measuring your marketing or communication strategies well?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Using their own experience as a case study, they will show their process for collecting and managing the information, including how they created and distributed the survey through Blackbaud Grantmaking. Trends in Impact and Outcomes Reporting in Grantmaking Measuring the impact of your grantmaking can be difficult and time-consuming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Despite the difficulty of working measurement in a generic way, the output from sessions was quite valuable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. Ask: What Area Practice Do We Want To Improve?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. The 7 steps of measurement. What you'll learn: How to lead with a networked mindset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The Foundation recognized that a big opportunity exists between the intersection of story and technology, and launched a research project to consider the role that digital technology can play in elevating the practice of storytelling as a means to improve the well-being of the poor and vulnerable around the world. What Makes a Story Great.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

Of course, there is a concern about ‘cutting through the noise’ in a crowded marketplace, so in this blog we aim to offer you some best practice tips to make the most of your Giving Tuesday 2021 efforts. They set out to raise £750 for a new machine to measure oxygen levels in babies’ blood, but significantly exceed their original target. “We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Whether it’s how we raise our children, communicate in love and partnerships, support causes, or establish friendships and trust, Granger pinpoints the best ways to seize digital opportunities to make our lives better. It is filled with practical tips and lots of stories and useful for all nonprofit professionals.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

You can use LinkedIn to connect with potential corporate partners, recruit volunteers, and share professional content like reports, case studies, or success stories. YouTube YouTube offers a platform for longer-form video content, which is great for sharing more in-depth stories, case studies, and event recordings.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

What eLearning assessment best practices can strengthen your courses? Then, we’ll wrap up with a few best practices to take your assessments to the next level. An eLearning assessment is a tool used to assess your members’ understanding of a topic and document that information in a measurable way.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

Great evidence exists that nonprofit professionals face obstacles, mostly their own preconceived ideas, around proactively involving program beneficiaries in their program practices. These program practices include needs assessment, decision-making, program implementation, and evaluation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The product of doing this are measurable results and, importantly, a felt sense of success. Wilson's book is packed with case studies and activities that help you put to practice in your organization the learnings from the book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Even fewer measure and reward alignment. The book will show you how to release the power of alignment, how to create unified action, and channel everyone's energy in the same direction," With each of the book's 14 chapters, readers are are presented with a fictional case study based on the authors' experiences. "The

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CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

If social distancing measures aren’t followed, a stronger virus could rapidly infect and kill hundreds of thousands of people before they can be vaccinated.”. Screenshot of a slide with the title “Virtual Fundraising Case Study” and a photo from Summit Assistance Dog’s Unleash Your Love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a Webinar for grantees of the Agriculture Sub-Program. This blog post summarizes some of the knowledge shared about effective social media strategy, tactics, and practices. Peer Case Studies. I always design to incorporate the voice and experience of the participants.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Why Impact-Per-Dollar is a terrible, harmful way to measure nonprofit effectiveness. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. Nonprofits Struggle to Implement Diversity Measures, Survey Finds. From Promise to Practice — Embedding Equity and Inclusion. Bay Area Equity Atlas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

With the launch of “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” co-authored with KD Paine , we thought we do a reprise of our popular panel in 2009, “ Social Media, Nonprofit, ROI Poetry Slam.” The description: Social Media Nonprofit Measurement: Beyond the BS. You can vote for our session here.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Many of the most respected professionals run their own blogs to shed light on best practices, challenge the status quo, and even offer humor to help folks fundraise smarter. They saw organizations using best practices in ways that weren’t producing results, and decided to do something about it. BETH’S BLOG.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

Believe it or not, only 55% of nonprofits are actively measuring volunteer impact. If you are not measuring impact, how are you growing your volunteer program? Volunteer Management Resources At VolunteerHub, providing nonprofits with information about volunteer management best practices is a priority.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The product of doing this are measurable results and, importantly, a felt sense of success. Wilson's book is packed with case studies and activities that help you put to practice in your organization the learnings from the book.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Enhanced data quality : A data warehouse helps you integrate your data into one place, but it also offers the opportunity to reinforce your data hygiene practices. Effective impact measurement and reporting: Nonprofits rely on data warehouses to track and measure their impact over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Measuring Social Change & Media: Beyond BS. This workshop will dramatically demonstrate how the practice of measurement, social media, social change, and networks have evolved over the past 5 years. In 2009, the “Social Media ROI Poetry Slam” SXSW lead to a book “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.”

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

What are excellent practices and what questions are good to ask when you want to create a thriving community while maintaining your organizational effectiveness? John then shared some excellent practices, which we detail here, along with some helpful questions to guide you. Excellent Practices. What does my community want/need?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Three Best Practices for Successful Grant Management. The team must review and communicate the importance of these concepts and their practical applications for programs staff, human resources, and IT. Check out this case study on grant management best practices. Risk Management starts before funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

I started with an overview of the state of social media measurement and ROI in the nonprofit field, outlining some of the challenges and the needs: * Social media measurement goes hand in hand with good practice. Slightly more mature practice for measuring business results vs social impact. ″ philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data. Evaluation is not about getting to a best practice that can be spread around the world in a standardized way and to answer the question, “Is everyone following the recipe?” Measure success against predetermined outcomes.

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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. While I was working “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with KD Paine several people said I had to read Mario Morino’s Leap of Reason which is about how nonprofits can manage to outcomes. ” Here’s a quick review of both books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I introduced several methods for using measurement for transformative results, including the Maturity of Practice Model (CWRF) and how to use it as an assessment tool, principles of being data-informed , and how to apply KD Paine’s 7 Simple Steps of Measurement. What are your measurable objectives?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Let the voting begin … Making Social Media Measurement Sexy. This interactive panel will showcase nonprofit case studies about advanced social media campaigns with multi-channel marketing strategies linked to CRM services. –> Vote Now ! Boost Fundraising & Engagement w/ “Gamification”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I was very fortunate to be a part of the early Network of Network Funders community of practice. I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. Purposeful Measurement to Inform Replication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The NetTalks series , which includes five sessions, is intended to spark a meaningful conversation around alumni engagement and supporting a broader community practice of effective alumni networks. But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. Register here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

The framework is a social media maturity of practice model called “Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly” Maturity of Social Media and is featured in my next book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. It takes time to develop a solid organizational practice in social media, so we wanted to celebrate those small victories.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 31, 2017

The product of doing this are measurable results and, importantly, a felt sense of success. Wilson's book is packed with case studies and activities that help you put to practice in your organization the learnings from the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

My colleague, Anne Whatley, wrote this summary of what you’ll find when you dig into these two stellar and highly practical reports and resource lists. Designers of these civic tech platforms and apps are already measuring results, such as the number of users, and are very familiar with tools like Google Analytics.

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