ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

The truth is, it takes human resources, or employee salaries, to run most programs and make an impact. If a nonprofit organization budgets for a small surplus each fiscal year, they are creating enough cushion to be able to invest in new and innovative operations that could boost their social impact. Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

The Valid Metrics Framework, Updated to Include Social Media. Too often I hear nonprofit communicators and techies bemoan the stats that their Executive Directors and boards want them to track – mostly follower counts and ‘Likes’. Five Steps You Can Take Now to Apply the New Measurement Standards In Your Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Organizations’ communications strategies have more impact individually and collectively. California Public Policy Director Judy Darnell offered a case study how she got started simply on Twitter. Learning and Metrics. Ashley is definitely a curator of metrics. Getting Started with Content Curation on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Is it worth it?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

posted by Joseph Garcia Director of Communication, ASU Morrison Institute Director, ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center. Unlike business, the bottom line of a nonprofit is not necessarily money; it’s all about outcomes, which often manifest themselves as intangible results not easily measured by metrics.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Key elements include: Consistent communication about your mission and its impact (including visually appealing at-a-glance infographics) Tailored “asks” by segment and by demonstrated ability to give Heartfelt thank-you notes and recognition for donors’ commitment to your cause But What About My Board’s Engagement?

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

It doesn’t necessarily tell you a lot about their capacity or inclination to give,” said Christine Pieper, development director for the California Native Plant Society. “We Express your gratitude and provide details about the results of each donor’s gift—how it’s already impacting your mission. Take them on a tour of your operation.

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

Digging through different folders and files for the names of decision-makers, impact areas, diversity and equity metrics , and previous reports for each grantee takes time. Use Data to Clearly Convey Impact Your impact story is multi-dimensional, so your reporting capabilities should be as well.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 7, 2022

In a previous blog post written by Kestryl Lowrey (Managing Director, Technology Services) and Stephen Earheart (Director, Campaign Services ), Cloud for Good explored the role of data warehouses in nonprofit technology strategies. This line of thinking also applies to direct mail campaigns and large email blasts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Social media metrics mavens know that both qualitative and quantitative data is needed. Quantitative is counting or the numbers — all those pretty charts and graphics. I pull in metrics from all over the web to get instant snapshots and create graphs that show changes over time. One place to look). Analytics Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2011

We have a visual chart that shows us the stage of each draft – so when we reached 80% milestone, my reward was to attend the afternoon sessions of the Social Innovation Summit 2011. Reach and Impact: Where to Aim and Where to Start. Impact Investing. Driving Community Solutions: Impact and Scale.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Jessica Holliday, NTEN’s Operations Director, learned a lot at the Do Good Data Conference in Chicago last week and chose to share some highlights with us. We had to use optical character recognition scans on five decades of Billboard Charts, get them into a database, and categorize all the entries.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

My executive director asks, maybe my board asks, you know, “Are we getting an ROI at budget time? Sometimes a system owner is like the person whose budget pays for that product, so director of development, VP of development, philanthropy manager, whatever title you have in your org. Here are the metrics. Is it worth it?”

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2021

However, there is one underlying theme when donors give more consistently: when they are made aware of the exact, potential impact their dollars will have. The transparency of this information allows everyone in your organization to stay on the same page—management, development directors, program directors, the board, etc.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 15, 2022

Define metrics, success measures for that goal, and… a budget! . Measuring the impact of your event is a great way to show the attendees and your own organization the difference they are making. Ideally, this step should be done in order to improve the future impact of your mission. Seek out sponsorships. .

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