Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Our track was one of three tracks for participants to dive deep into a topic and learn from peers through dialogue. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

The first step is self-awareness and that happens through tracking and observing yourself in work situations that trigger stress. One way to do this is to build in some reflection time into your day and maintain a journal. It also helps you keep track of progress made towards goals. 2: Track Your Moods.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

Provide the appropriate tools : Find a budging tool that works for your organization, including opportunities to group programs together by impact area and clear reporting features to help you stay on track. Break out information and use charts to visualize bigger picture concepts, such as changes in spending categories over time.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 1, 2023

With this in mind, we’ll highlight four digital healthcare technology trends that your organization may benefit from tracking: Artificial Intelligence Cloud Integration Enhanced Data Privacy Security Personalized Healthcare Before discussing each trend in detail, it’s important to acknowledge the role of these technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Tracking for Impact and Learning. How has your organization achieved buy-in from staff or senior leaders about what data to collect for impact tracking?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

Describe the Twitter Charts: What are you showing? Any advice about setting up systems to track Twitter. Did you use any “real time” tracking of your tweets and make any adjustments along the way? The Twitter chart looks at the impact of a “tweetathon” we decided to hold on June 13; one week before World Refugee Day (June 20).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Over the last few of years I’ve had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. Create a chart – either on a whiteboard, a flipchart, or even a document on your computer. A note about DIY.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

We are committed to actively advocating for clear and consistent science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a 1.5°C They also use Salesforce to plan and chart a future path to growth. C future,” said Suzanne DiBianca, Chief Impact Officer and EVP of Corporate Relations at Salesforce.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Monitor progress: Continuously track the performance of your fundraising efforts and measure them against insights detailed in the report. Many fundraisers do not set a specific goal for what they’re trying to achieve, or they set a goal but then don’t track their progress toward attaining it! Having a monetary goal is fundamental.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2011

So, in honor our collective Twitter birthdays in October and Halloween, I thought I’d share a few Twitter tools for tracking and learning that are real treats and a few that make your work flow on Twitter efficient for documenting events. I track to learn and improve relationships on Twitter. RowFeeder fits the bill.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Universal Analytics is the new version of this free web tracking tool and can take some time to understand. Track donation source data to optimize outreach channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. KD says don’t use pie charts, plot your data over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It If you want to be sure you are incorporating movement into your day, use a fitbit or other device to track. and Sean Waugh, San Francisco Opera. I set a Fi.tt

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been designing curriculum and materials and facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot project supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Over the last few of years I've had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. Create a chart – either on a whiteboard, a flipchart, or even a document on your computer. A note about DIY.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

” KPIs are simply data points for charting progress towards results. I use the chart below, which comes from Chapter 5 of our book. They also know that in order a growth rate in members, it takes reach and engagement through social channels so they also track referral traffic and engagement metrics.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 29, 2022

If not using an automated or mobile bidding platform: Tracking sales at the event and entering them into event software or other database. Special roles for tracking item donations, making bid sheets or designing and displaying auction packages. Tracking sponsorships throughout the solicitation process, from lead to completion.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

You fill flip chart after flip chart with ideas. A well facilitated online strategic planning process has the opportunity to be the opposite of what is on the list above. It is hard enough to keep everyone on track when you are together in a room. You process lots of information, discuss, debate and brainstorm.

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Achieve

MAY 10, 2021

Breaking your prospecting goals down into a gift range chart is an effective way to keep your efforts focused from the very beginning of the quiet phase. Be sure to record these findings and track all of your interactions and touchpoints with prospects over the course of the quiet phase. donor research tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. . Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

In my first blog , I mentioned that the very first step in configuring QuickBooks is to have a QuickBooks implementation meeting, and I recommended using a questionnaire to facilitate the meeting and act as a centerpiece. My second blog dealt with setting up the chart of accounts in a nonprofit environment. Tying It All Together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The chart above is a small example of how GRIST tracked its results on a campaign against staff investment. What was your pilot? What challenges did you encounter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Attention creates action, produces quality and facilitates productivity. I particularly like the “Heat Chart” where you color code priority tasks. Michaela Monahan, Big Duck blog, discusses the technique of tracking your time. It is all about managing your attention.

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JUNE 23, 2021

A good CRM will help you track your donors’ giving history, document their engagement with your organization, and help you identify opportunities to build strong donor relationships that will last for years. Gift range chart. Use your CRM or your fundraising platform’s dashboard to track the number of: . Budget for expenses.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 4, 2017

The main module of charity auction software is the event planning platform, which provides nonprofits with a place to track all auction data and manage event logistics. Track auction item data. Assign seating charts. Facilitate merchandise sales. Manage RSVPs. Sell tickets and sponsorships online. Sell event tickets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2007

David points over to colleague Michele Martin's post " How to Facilitate Conversation Between Comments on Our Blogs? Co-Comment can be a good tool to track commenting for participation/cross conversation ( Christy Tucker ) 9. His questions are: How can blog conversations foster a cloud and not just a hub and spokes effect?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We all know we need a strategic plan, yet so many people don’t have one, probably because they’re afraid of this: Your Board and staff sequestered in a room, led by a consultant, doing exercises on flip charts with sticky notes and dots, exercises that never lead to a clear, finished product you can understand or use. Yuck, right?

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

A grants management system makes it easy to keep track of where different grants are in the cycle. With a system to help you facilitate application reviews , you can use your grants management software to schedule reminders for when reviews are ready to move to the next stage.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

It also uses the NPSP as its CRM (constituent relationship management system) tracking interactions with donors, contractors, grantmakers, advisors, board members, volunteers, customers, and students. Salesforce Einstein and dashboards surface valuable member information in easy-to-view charts for steering growth. Destiny Rescue.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Track your open rates and conversions (do they open the email and then do they actually make a gift) – open rates are important to measure, not just conversions and gifts. It isn’t that we need to organize them, but we need to facilitate ways for them to organize themselves. Get the full Millennial Donor Report.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Consider hiring a consultant to facilitate the process. Use a flip chart or sticky notes to gather everyone’s input. Both a vision and mission statement are important for making sure your organization stays on track. Keep the group small, just six to eight people. Don’t just focus on what your organization currently does.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

That’s because keeping track of all the details that go into a great event is really tough. If you choose to have assigned seats, make sure you come up with a seating chart well in advance of your gala. Will you have a chart they can reference? But how will you facilitate those gifts?

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

Do you remember the chart your teacher had on the bulletin board or hanging right off the front of his/her desk? As educators we strive to facilitate experiences where the content is so rich, the activity so engaging, and/or the skill so problem solving that students are motivated internally to continue to learn.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And it represents the highest year of giving on record since the Giving Institute began tracking this data more than 60 years ago. And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. They can help with follow-up.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And so how do you facilitate that discussion about 100% board giving? The other thing that you’re going to do to facilitate that conversation is you’re going to. And so they had an Excel chart that was presented quarterly. That’s how we facilitate it. . Well, it starts with recruitment. They forgot.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Track your open rates and conversions (do they open the email and then do they actually make a gift) - open rates are important to measure, not just conversions and gifts. It isn't that we need to organize them, but we need to facilitate ways for them to organize themselves. Leadership interaction is important for Millennials.

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