Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” ” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. Twice as likely to take part in events like charity walk.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

posted by Shayla Hubbard Project Coordinator, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Existing research identifies gaps in the ways in which community engagement is measured. Moreover, an engaged community can lead to a more empowered community that works collectively to solve problems and implement change. Sources: Atlee, T.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. The responses were clear: climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it should be an urgent priority for us all to act.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

If he was on television today, he’d be telling us, “In 2020, the world changed.” The world has changed a lot, and it’s not likely to get back to the old normal. Just about every nonprofit made major changes in 2020. Your first step is defining what your mission and programs will look like in an adjusted environment.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Over the past few years, nonprofit organizations have been at the forefront of change. Salesforce’s nonprofit platform helps these organizations deliver services quickly and efficiently and measure the results. Effective Fundraising and Impact Measurement With Data. Supporting the Global Community to Create a Lasting Impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Results seen in the Partner Readiness Assessment determined sufficient readiness to partners across multiple dimensions including organization and operations, leadership and management, and adaptive or change readiness. Measure and share impact. Layer two begins with the implementation process. Recommendations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Yet, resetting and leaning into change is essential. “If If you are ready to embrace change as a central element of your growth strategy, this book is for you.” Taking proactive measures. Reset : Resetting your strategy when the situation changes. Reset, or how to change, is the heart of SRT. What is success?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Billhardt and Kracklauer : Although MBA programs may be offered in both 1-year and 2-year versions, twelve weeks is decidedly quicker than either option! But we leave them out of our book because they are neither timeless nor universal. Either the state-of-the-art changes too quickly for a book or an MBA program to keep up with.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Instead of generating a profit that can be disbursed to shareholders or reinvested in the business, nonprofits funnel their revenue into things like research funding, program expenses, outreach, and work that directly impacts their mission. At a university,?a that focus on the changes in net assets.?. has a different meaning?in

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Tim Hill, Strategic Advisor for Blackbaud Higher Education Solutions, recently appeared on the Changing Higher Ed podcast hosted by Drumm McNaughton of The Change Leader, Inc. Changing Higher Ed Episode 43: Raising Money for Universities during COVID with Scott Roberts and Tim Hill . How are they able to raise money?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

They’re flexible enough to pursue multiple paths to impact, which is critical given how quickly the world changes today. The organization focused early in its transformation on unifying data about programming and volunteers. Have we designed our programs and services around the specific needs of our participants?

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Switch to GA4 + What it Means for Your Data Google launched Google Analytics 4 as a new generation of their analytics platform and sunsetted Universal Analytics, GA4’s predecessor. Despite this obstacle in measurement, this tool and others like it are still incredibly useful. Looking for More Help with Data and Analytics?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

Disparities in access to mentorship programs. While nonprofits implement DEI measures without putting them into practice, these groups are judging by what they see and may be deciding to shift their support to an organization that is more actionable in its efforts. Lack of social capital. Stress and trauma of leading DEI initiatives.

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2012

New York University. More than simply graphically displaying static data, they offer trend analysis, forecasting and drill-down capabilities that can dramatically expand your insight into program performance. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Administration.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a helpful framework to organize churches to affect change in their cities. Collective Impact is a place-based methodology conceived to affect large scale change. Commit to a shared measurement system: Common metrics hold the cohort accountable and informs future action. God loves cities.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Back then, we were concerned about heady items like constituent-centric experiences, data-driven culture and strategy, technology for change, and use cases for technology. Our latest 4th edition of the Nonprofit Trends Report reflects a set of organizations struggling with this imbalance while navigating a rapidly-changing future.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Typically, that money comes from donations, grants, or foundations tied to limited projects or programs, which limits the longevity the funding actually has and limits how long the organization can sustain a solution. Communities are constantly changing, and no one solution is going to be the answer forever.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Luckily, nonprofit organizations can track website activity to make those essential changes by viewing user data through the use of Google Analytics 4. This new analytics software is taking the place of Universal Analytics , its predecessor program. By July 1 st , 2023 Universal Analytics won’t be supported.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Not much has changed regarding why motivated and hopeful people enter the nonprofit sector – to work, volunteer or support. Therefore, for nonprofits to continue tackling such complex issues and systems, leaders must seek to create, support and sustain high-performing teams capable of enacting transformative change. Build trust.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2021

It is important for the leadership of nonprofit organizations to invest in programs aimed at improving employee satisfaction. These programs need to be comprehensive and highlight different aspects that typically contribute to employee burnout or dissatisfaction. Leadership should promote and model a healthy work-life balance.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In high-performing, flexible organizations, this openness to productive change–inclusion–becomes the status quo,” write Scott Nielsen and Helena Huang in the National Civic Review. Jen Nation is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2022

According to Race to Lead's report on addressing the nonprofit racial leadership gap, although nonprofits are aware of how workforce diversity benefits organizations and communities, the awareness is not converting to measurable change.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 1, 2019

Though events can be a costly way of fundraising, they continue to raise valuable awareness and bring new people to the organization, which can be difficult to measure with a dollar value. With the changing times have also come changing channels of communications with event participants.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. Programs shifted to virtual offerings (e.g., Syrian refugee crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Data Analysis.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Financial Management Luminary Session Panel Discussion: Using Your Voice in a Sea of Change *don’t miss* Your finance team touches all aspects of your organization—grant programs, fundraising goals, vendor management. That makes you a vital part of any change management conversation, but you may not always be asked to the table.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 28, 2021

Wellness programs are not new, and in fact, they have been steadily increasing in their scope and offerings over the last few decades. The discussion of health and wellness is an overly broad topic, as are the amounts of options that an employer has in the programs they decide to implement. Holistic wellness.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

They have been brought to light in recent times, however, due to the changing demographics of the Unites States. Unfortunately, in the nonprofit boardroom, this change has yet to be reflected. It is demanding of an organizational cultural change that will adopt inclusivity in all aspects, both internally and externally.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s your north star, your guiding principle, and your roadmap to changing the world. There Has Been a Change In Your Nonprofit’s Scope Over time, technology, politics, and culture will impact your mission and how you approach it. If your organization changes its scope, you need to adapt your messaging. Here’s an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2018

One of my favorite activities is to do a networking walk on The Dish trail, a five mile somewhat challenging hike adjacent to the Stanford University campus, a location where Silicon Valley start up entrepreneurs have famously walked and made deals or come up with great ideas. How do you measure that impact?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Make the mission or program the hero – Focus messaging on your nonprofit’s values, impact, and service. Don’t change just for novelty’s sake. Illustrate the concrete change created by donor support. This convinced him to keep running successful campaigns for years without change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with the organization’s case for support, annual reports, theory of change, and other collateral materials. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Do the same with a list of in-kind donors.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

So we’re excited to invite you to the second day of programming, designed for networking, hands-on training, and deep-dive workshops. You’ll be able to sign up to attend our new learning labs and hands-on training closer to the event, but we know you’re probably curious about these new program opportunities, so let’s fill you in!

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Operations & Leadership Programs Nonprofit Membership Models: The What, Why, and How 10 min read Read Now 3. Develop a Public Relations Plan Advocacy is about being the voice of change. Your strategy should also detail initiatives for leadership development, mentorship programs, and succession planning. Don’t stop there!

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our volunteer program production is equivalent to 24 full-time employees…the value add is huge,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. Our volunteer program saves our organization around $230,000 a year. Our volunteer program is equivalent to the production of 40 full-time employees. Louis Area Foodbank.

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