Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2011

communications and fundraising, and then quickly moves on to a discussion about the importance of integrating the tools from each era in order to maximize your nonprofit’s Return on Investment (ROI) from utilizing social media and mobile technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). 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." The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

The Next Big Thing in social media has no tangible ROI. Snapchat is the Next Big Thing of 2016 and though it’s all the rage in the social media blogosphere, there’s absolutely no tangible ROI in using it. The last Next Big Thing still has no tangible ROI. But ROI is minimal in the traditional sense.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 28, 2011

communications and fundraising, and then quickly moves on to a discussion about the importance of integrating the tools from each era in order to maximize your nonprofit’s Return on Investment (ROI) from utilizing social media and mobile technology.

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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. 10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities. Almost three years ago I wrote and published on this blog a simple system for tracking your Social Media ROI (Return on Investment).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment).

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2022

Adam Carey and Ryan Stark highlighted the many functionalities of Nimble AMS, like applying Nimble Communities , Nimble Chapters, Nimble Create, and the software integration with Pathable , which lets your association leverage virtual events. . MyTrailhead for you and your members. The future of associations: AI for everyone.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I'm honored to have a chapter in the book about ROI and you can hear geek out about it here. I'll be presenting about ROI as it pertains to investing in technology infrastructure or systems, not just social media. I did a panel presentation at the NTC conference in April on the chapter as well. Keynotes from Ami Dar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

What I absolutely love, is that the book has a companion web site with worksheets and checklists from every chapter. As someone who designs and facilitates professional development projects for nonprofits, this is a trainer’s dream! The book also includes a method for calculating the ROI of investing talent development in your nonprofit.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

received 93,000 visits and as traffic grows consistently from month to month so does my ROI. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Still, understand that the more good, high-quality content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In 2009, the “Social Media ROI Poetry Slam” SXSW lead to a book “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Prerequisites: Please pick up a copy of “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit” and read chapters 3 and 4. Joining us with be Carie Lewis from the HSUS and David Neff to share their case studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

I scan the table of contents and the index and jump to the parts that I'm most interested in. For this book, I was like a moth to flame to Chapter 18: A New Guide for Metrics. The chapter is a great overview for the C-Level suite. I wrote an entire chapter about this for the new NTEN book " Technology to Meet Your Mission.".

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Be tactful and err on the side of subtlety, but templates are high in ROI and add to your payoff for taking the time necessary to create, promote, and manage a LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofits.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

Fundraising ROI. She is the Columbus Chapter President of the National Association of Women Business Owners and a Commissioner for the Columbus Women’s Commission for the Mayor’s Office. This data can be immensely useful when appealing to donors or implementing suggested giving amounts to your donation page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

received 93,000 visits and as traffic grows consistently from month to month so does my ROI. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Still, understand that the more good, high-quality content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Social Media for Non-Profits: Succeeding in a Social World Beeline Labs made this presentation to a United Way chapter in Boston: see especially the “10 Guiding Principles” and “Most Common Mistakes.” Return on Investment (ROI) Social Network Fundraising is a presentation by Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2.com,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2008

Chapter 18 was particularly valuable to me -- "Getting Started: The Manifesto for Experimentation" and his approach to "ROE" or return on experimentation. Which will get you to ROI. Here's the deal.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

A company called Toygaroo, like a Netflix for children’s toys, once received a $200,000 investment only to file for chapter 7 bankruptcy a few years later. For a Shark that impact is a financial return on investment or ROI. Ask yourself—which of your grantees are giving the highest ROI? That is a pretty compelling statement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 1 :: The Importance of Selecting the Right Donate Now Vendor. Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully. Chapter 2 :: Deciding What Social Media Tools to Use. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

" We hear a lot of answers, answers that involve ROI, patience, and the like. There's a chapter on sharpening your political savvy in my latest read, " Leading IT Transformation: The Roadmap for Success." I've dished out plenty of platitudes myself. I'm still waiting to hear an answer that wows me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2009

We've been working on what started out as the a chapter on Metrics and ROI. We did a riff on KD Paine SobCon ROI of Relationships in Social Media that I covered on my blog earlier this month. The book will take a look at how social media is facilitating a shift from organization to working in a more networked way.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

NTEN is very lucky that Dahna Goldstein, founder of PhilanTech , wrote the chapter "Managing Technology Change" in our about-to-be-published book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Chapter 1: Mission First: Achieving IT Alignment (Steve Heye). Chapter 2: Managing Technology Change (Dahna Goldstein). Chapter 3: Measuring the Return on Investment of Technology (Beth Kanter). Chapter 4: How to Decide: IT Planning and Prioritizing (Peter Campbell). PART TWO: THE TOOLS.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 1 :: The Importance of Selecting the Right Donate Now Vendor. Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully. Chapter 2 :: Deciding What Social Media Tools to Use. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Chapter 1 :: The Importance of Selecting the Right Donate Now Vendor. Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully. Even the tiniest of changes from posting natively can result in decreased Return on Investment (ROI). However, defining Web 1.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Return on Investment, Return on Reflection: I will integrate my work on social media ROI with general nonprofit technology ROI More about this theme is below because it will be a major focus area for me this year. Return on Reflection: This inquiry won't be all number crunching because you really miss the value of a ROI analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

with your chapters and volunteers? And, I forgot to mention that I'm doing a chat for the Chronicle of Philanthropy on Social Media ROI Tuesday, July 21st at Noon EST/9 AM PST. Tags: ROI. @kdpaine: I agree, but many non-profits have pretty firm silos keeping the two apart. greatest success? it's pretty field-generated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

All 700+ chapters are participating in the campaign. Since the great wall fell, we've been able to promote initiatives like the Western Union Foundation contest to all of our chapters and blood regions. The Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund is what gives us the ability to be ready to respond to the 70,000 disasters that happen every year.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Chapter 5 focuses on the valuation of volunteer hours as an add-on to the traditional income and position statements. I think back some 20 years or so ago when Return on Investment (ROI) was first applied to the nonprofit sector and how difficult it was for many to think in those terms.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2022

Share information with the Board, Chapter Leads, staff, even members. This can result in happier board members, more successful chapters or members who better understand your value proposition. Communicate what you learn with people that don’t have the insights you know and/or have access to the data that you have. Confidence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

The ROI ideas were particularly helpful as you're correct, it is important to be adding more value than just "keeping up with Joneses." " In the chapter on listening in Josh Bernhoff and Charlene Li's new book, Groundswell. Defining Listening. "Learning from what your customers are saying."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Here's but one example from a blogger: “I took an American Red Cross class I thought was less than satisfactory. […] Someone found my blog post and told the local chapter director. Are you allowing your teams to create "pilots" prior to scrutinizing them through traditional ROI exercises? Conclusion. Don’t take off your listening ears.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Attended by more than 2,000 nonprofit professionals and volunteers, the webinar featured one best practice from each of the book’s sixteen chapters and provided the basis for writing and implementing a comprehensive mobile and social fundraising strategy. Chapter 1: Nonprofit Technology and Fundraising. Chapter 2: Get Organized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Today, I am moderating a panel at SXSW about Social Media Nonprofit ROI in the format of a poetry slam. A creative report on non-profits, social media, and effective ROIs delivered as poetry slam and expertly judged including interactive crowd participation. I shall investigate - I muttered - to know what ROI could account for.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 12, 2013

The best hiring a PRO experience I’ve ever had is when I was managing the walk program at the Alzheimer’s Association, DC Chapter. What was our ROI? Your time is valuable and often under-valued when planning events. Setting up for a large event is probably one of the most taxing jobs and the 6am start time doesn’t help.

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