Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Analyze results data to double down on what inspires action. Track donation source data to optimize outreach channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

Learning is the ultimate result of being “ data informed ” that is using feedback data to improve results. Alison Carlman, Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications, has written this guest post about how to use some tools and techniques for using feedback. Organize your program data so it is accessible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The event also included plenary speakers, including a provocative talk about data methods from Alexandra Samuels and cross-track sessions from traditional panels to unconference. The culmination of these two and half very intense days was an Idea Accelerator Lab. Do you have a preferred method? Taking in New Ideas: Facilitated Listening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Web Crawl Data: Click here to see larger image. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building. One of the tools for better understanding networks are visual diagnostics and mapping techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2013

But being a nonprofit data is not just about being an Excel ninja, it is also about visualizing data and being a chart master. When Ann told me she has lots of secrets and time saving tips for charts and offered to write this guest post, I was thrilled. Charts can be one of your strongest communication tools.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

You should have a data collection system that helps evaluate which fundraising techniques bring in new donors and which techniques help you retain donors or take them to the next level. You need to have the data to prove it. Management and Organizational Charts. What is your mechanism for follow-up? Use only text.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2011

I’ll start off with the basics, but then we’ll get into some advanced techniques. The map overlay, the second item on the list of reports , is both a fun visualization and can give you important insights about your visitors. If you click on the US in the map, you can drill down to a view of traffic by state.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Along with Ed Walz, myself, and Liane, we spent a lot of time at the beginning mapping out program level outs and used a modified theory of change process. This prevents getting to tactical too quickly and places results in a larger context. It also connects the social media technical assistance to results.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2015

Idealware has been hard at work researching nonprofit initiatives to collect and report results data and apply the findings to particular areas of interest, with the goal of better understanding how organizations think about results data and what’s being done in the space. Join AASP to participate and receive the full report results!

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