Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Polman had distinct metrics, targets, and roles to separate financial and social targets and track each. Boundaries - separate and connect. Separating opposing demands ensures that we pay attention to both. Connecting involves finding synergies and integration. He also connected to a higher vision that integrated both.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

To harness the full potential of performance measurement, funders and nonprofits must join together to co-create mutually beneficial methods and metrics. Chapters report data to the headquarters which enables the organization to move resources quickly to where they are needed most. Actively evaluate PM processes and metrics.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Setting up systems and habits : Often, we set up systems for the Performance Zone, such as weekly meetings with a set agenda or dashboards with key metrics. Composed of Chapters 1 through 7, it introduces the foundational ideas and key strategies that any individual can use to overcome the performance paradox.

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Learning Free Reflection Model 94

Nimble AMS

MARCH 3, 2021

A successful chapter program delivers valuable benefits for an association – including member engagement, member satisfaction, and overall member growth. But how do you set-up your chapters for success? Five ways you can set your chapters up for success through technology. Provide the tools to make chapter management easy.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Imagine what your organization could accomplish in 2022 if you began each initiative with streamlined donor records, an arsenal of canned reports to track key metrics, and a solid plan to prioritize each donor segment individually. DonorPerfect experts designed the 2022 Fundraising Calendar to help you improve your organization’s key metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Over two years ago, I made a screencast about Web Analytics for Nonprofits that covered the basics of using google analytics, web metrics, and some nonprofit case studies featuring Laura White and the Idealist. I've learned a lot about metrics from Avinash. What I like best is that it takes the mystery out of social media metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Allison suggests that we're looking at the wrong metric - we should be measuring success using awareness not dollars. Almost six months ago, I wrote a chapter for BJ Fogg's Psychology of Facebook apps about fundraising applications on Facebook. The nonprofit doesn't have to do all the heavy lifting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Step 5: Define your metrics. The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. I use the chart below, which comes from Chapter 5 of our book.

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 97

Classy

AUGUST 19, 2021

This is especially helpful for nonprofits whose chapters run affiliate events, virtually, in-person, or both, across the country. Measure your current fundraising metrics against our data and get guided results in our Fundraising Benchmark Assessment. Unlocking Generosity Through Classy.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Digital Marketing Plan Chapters. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Marketing Strategy. Chapter 3: Digital Promotions. Once in the search analytics dashboard check the Clicks and CTR metrics and then filter by Pages. Ready to get started? Why Nonprofits Need A Digital Marketing Plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think if I were to sum up social media metrics for nonprofits, I would say that best examples of social media practice and measurement are when social media is used for engagement with a purpose. This form of measurement and social media metrics are just as important as measuring outcomes. Click to See Larger Version.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

So, be sure to regularly retweet partners, chapters, staff, activists, donors, and sponsors. You can export monthly reports to track new followers, profile visits, and engagement metrics such as total likes, retweets, mentions, and replies. When you retweet a tweet on Twitter, that account is notified of your retweet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2011

Yesterday, I blogged about the &# Valid Metrics Framework &# from the AMEC that provides a suggested guide post for selecting the right metrics to measure social media in the context of an integrated communications campaign. . Source: HBR = Branding in a Digital Age. Source: Branding in a Digital Age - HBR.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

The Greater New York chapter of Volunteers of America used its grant to increase its monthly giving program to more than 25 donors. You’ll also want to focus on a broader range of metrics to evaluate the success of your awareness campaigns. Other nonprofits have pulled it off. Common measurements include: Time spent on your site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

In my forthcoming book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine, my favorite chapter was about the sense-making process of measurement – called “Measurement and the Aha! Source: Hot Button Studio. Moment—Using your data to tell stories, make decisions, and change the world.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

It caught my eye because we’ve working on a chapter about how nonprofits can make the shift to a “data-driven culture. &#. I saw an interesting post from Eric Petersen called “ The Myth of Data-Driven Business &# by way of KD Paine’s blog. He suggests a new term, “data informed.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

It's look at what's wrong with public relations in an age of social media, a complete social media primer from the perspective of those who work in communications, and lots of incredibly useful information about the art of listening and metrics for the web 2.0 The chapter is a great overview for the C-Level suite. We know that.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

These goals include specific numbers and time frames to help orient your strategic planning around quantifiable metrics. The Pennsylvania and Delaware Chapter released a strategic plan for 2022-2024 that illustrates how the chapter will take local actions to support the overarching mission. Retain 70% of donors from last year.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Implement procedures to asess metrics. Countless receptions were hosted across the city for affinity groups and chapters. Here are our top takeaways and a glimpse of the inspiration attendees experienced onsite. ” Data-driven philanthropy is based on fact and not on a gut feeling. Be intimate with your data.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. With this fundraising app, your chapter can better plan fundraising events, collect dues, and communicate with members. Plus, pay your chapter’s bills from the same app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The chapter is called learning loops is about tracking and reflection. The bottom line is to focus on the results of your social media strategy, don't get distracted by meaningless metrics like the number of followers, and value the relationships. Tags: metrics. how much love do people feel for me? What you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. The right metrics. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them. pick the right metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

Saturday, April 10th: At 1:30, I'll be doing a panel with colleagues Jordan Viator, Carie Lewis, and David Neff called " The Real Housewives of Social Media." I'll be talking about some kitchen measuring tools like funnels and metrics. And David Neff will be forced to wear an apron.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2011

There is a chapter that offers a few principles of good dashboard design that are useful to set up your next dashboard. That’s what attracted me to this book Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few. It has been around for a while, and it was actually fun to read – as well as having beautiful visual design. 1) No Scrolling.

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Design Chart Measure Metrics 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

There are numerous reports, indices, and studies, such as Gensler’s Workplace Index , that explore the relationship between physical space design and business performance metrics. The Gensler study suggests that employees need four different work areas to be productive: focus, collaborate, learn, and socialize.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

One of the chapters is on organizational culture – what’s in the DNA of a “data-driven&# nonprofit and what are the incremental steps for change? In addition to weekly check-ins, the dashboard includes key performance metrics related to goals as well as more detailed metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2016

This means simple financial metrics will no longer be the primary focus when telling a nonprofit’s full story ( goodbye, overhead ratios !) New information adds new chapters to nonprofits’ stories. Increased focus on information that matters most.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2009

Some takeaways related to network effectiveness and use of social media and technology: The most important metric they use for network effectiveness is " Coast Victories." Learning across the network, particularly across chapters is important. Their chapters grow faster than internal staff can support them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

The chapter on reflective practice is also essential if want to transform your social media metrics intos meaningful wisdom to improve your social media strategy – the chapter offers a process for doing so. This book will give you a way to be more intentional about your social media work and improve it.

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Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

This is a topic that Amy Sample Ward and I also discuss in our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere in the chapter on Disrupting the Nonprofit Sector. Marketing Research Metrics Nonprofit Trends nptech'

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Evaluation Charity Ratio Rate 77

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Use Better Metrics to Show Impact (external): It is time to retire the organizational expenses pie-chart that has been used obsessively in the nonprofit sector, and replace it with stories on mission impact (Guidestar, 2016). By becoming better storytellers, a nonprofit can send out a stronger message about the impact of their programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Now I am lucky if I can get through a first chapter much less read an entire book in less than 6 months. So, for 2013, if you are not doing so already, you must first define your metrics and then plot and track their progress in a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Defined Audience.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Establish clear success metrics. For example, at one organization where I worked, customer service was a full chapter in the employee handbook and people, with great pride, really took it to heart. . Even one mistake could be enough for a donor to leave. Ensure everyone is up to speed on customer service best practices.

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Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Surrey, Canada: Metrics that Matter. Our goal is to help each other solve our tech challenges, find a tribe of people who share our passions, and have a ridiculously good time while we’re at it! Newest Net2Local Groups. Check out our newest groups. Mukono, Uganda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , we devote an entire chapter to something we called "Learning Loops" which is a combination of tracking and monitoring in real time as a project unfolds, but also incorporates a process of reflection at the end of the project to the next experiment. . You can't answer this question "What's the Value?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In my view, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s investment approach leads the field in funding a focus on performance (measurement), but do so comprehensively within a rigorously defined theory of change and helping the nonprofit have clearly defined outcomes and the metrics to assess those outcomes.

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