NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

During this time, I've help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups. More and more often, I get asked at conferences or on the blog for more information about how to create a community map or content plan. So, I thought I'd take the time to document my recommended processes here!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It’s possible to think communication is about conveying information but I’ve learnt it’s about processing information. . Think of it like mapping a route to take. L isten and ask questions. Keeping your nonprofit healthy by: Listening to your peers. Listening to those your mission sets out to help. .

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

So here is a 7 step road map to get started: Find and study the data Google Analytics for web traffic Email database CRM Donor database Other program/services data Course: Understanding Google Analytics. Steal this chart and use it to frame where your digital work/investments are going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

See larger image here: Map from: Waddell, Steve. 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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Process, clean, and transform data. Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

When set up right, your nonprofit accounting system will help you manage your nonprofit and streamline processes like budgeting, projecting cash flow, and even hiring. Plus, they have no process for handing expense reimbursements or reconciling bank statements. Plus, once you set it up and map the fields (i.e. Again, big mess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

Map the data. I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.” What is your techniques or process visualizing data? Draw a conclusion.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Try the New Chart Types. What's new with Excel charts? If you look carefully at the Excel 2016 "Insert" ribbon tab, you will notice the new chart types, which will help you better share your data with your audience. Use Power Maps Like A Pro. What Are Power Maps? These new types are. Box and whisker.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Give me an interactive map, a pivot table, even a plain old pie chart and I’m happy. Establishing regular meetings or processes for metrics review helps position us to learn from the data we’re collecting and be better positioned to identify opportunities to improve. Is data helpful if you can’t change it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone. Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

This process is great to do as a team or as an organization. On a flip chart or whiteboard (or if you are working through this by yourself, just use a piece of paper or a spread sheet on your computer) draw 4 vertical lines, creating 5 columns. You may want to turn the flip chart sideways or use separate sheets for each column. #1:

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

I’ve run three questions so far, and here’s some of the insights to the process: What influences your charitable giving? First, overall: And when you click on “What does this chart mean?&# it actually tells you, with much richer context: I personally love data-map mashups and Qriously uses them brilliantly!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event. Now that you’ve decided to host a read-a-thon, the first step in your planning process is to put together your event committee. How to host a read-a-thon fundraiser. Plan your read-a-thon campaign. Spread the word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

The sessions focused on how to combine various techniques together to achieve a specific goal and while there was a lot of “ facilitating with sticky notes ,” the overall process was larger than that. Here’s a some of what I learned about facilitating innovation and train the trainers design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The biggest difficulty I experience is the shifting from this forward flowing process of consuming, curating, and sense-making of content to learn versus to get something done. I liked this map so much that I printed it out and keep at my desk. Even if it is just to get up and walk around my desk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

The workshop includes a facilitated process based on the “ World Cafe ” method where participants work in small groups to discuss the challenges in the workplace and how to address them. They capture their discussion by taking notes on the “tablecloths,” (in this case, it is flip chart paper).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Take a look at any nonprofit dashboard and the most effective ones probably have an organizational process that lies beneath. 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. Metrics for Movements.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2013

Oftentimes with other applications, data needs to be prepped before it can be converted into visual form (such as a graph or chart), whether that means adding a column, combining data sets, inserting a new formula, or the like. Users can input data in seconds with a couple of points and clicks. The exact opposite is true. Eastern time.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

org’s Climate Justice Action map , which connects people with local groups and other activists. The 350 Africa team uses Salesforce to track many things, like the application process of organizations that want to be part of the coalition, relationships, volunteers, training status, and community campaigns like Ghana-Reducing Our Carbon.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

Draw it out into an organizational chart so you can see who will report to who. The important thing is that you map out a plan and get Board buy-in. You have probably been fleshing one out in your head while thinking through the process of building a team, even if you didn’t realize that’s what you were doing. Consult a pro.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive. Why use mind maps in your nonprofit practice? Mind maps can help you: Plan nonprofit projects.

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2009

One of the tools for better understanding networks are visual diagnostics and mapping techniques. He co-authored a paper called " Visual Diagnostics and Mapping for Scaling Change " and we had an opportunity to discuss it. If you missed it, you can read Part 1: Systems Mapping for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo By Mastery of Maps. Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. The goals need to be front and center through the entire process, particularly when the measurement approach is more new or participatory and is designed to evolve over time.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2013

13NTC tweets during the conference: 3000 from 806 unique tweeters from over 128 locations (thanks, Chris Tuttle for these cool visual charts). Take Charge of Your Editorial Process , Laura Girardin. Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Resources from Tech Support Confidential , Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Session Notes.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Once you select the Channels tab it will bring up a chart showing your organic traffic: Selecting the Landing Page dimension will filter data to show individual page performance. Is the donation process frustrating? Heat maps, Click Maps, and Session Recorders. Is the layout of your site overwhelming?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

What makes for a good team experience is a good on-boarding process. These could done by one person or could be shared if mapped out in advance. This can be done with a flip chart and markers or there might be one graphic facilitator dedicated to this task. I think about the KWL process. What you know?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Qgiv’s app automates that process and saves your nonprofit time. With interactive maps, private meeting scheduling, and a personalized agenda, attendees have everything they need to get more from the event. Trello is a project management system that helps provide a visual representation of each stage of the project’s process.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2013

13NTC tweets during the conference: 3000 from 806 unique tweeters from over 128 locations (thanks, Chris Tuttle for these cool visual charts). Take Charge of Your Editorial Process , Laura Girardin. Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Resources from Tech Support Confidential , Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Session Notes.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Or maybe you’re just finishing that first brainstorm meeting to map out your December plans? ” You’ll end up with some pretty well formatted charts and graphs to showcase your findings, too! The numbers can be useful if you’re in the process of pitching a new end of year strategy within your organization.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

For those not familiar with that term, program management includes representing the owner or the nonprofit at every step of the development process from, you know, land acquisition, going through due diligence, design, preconstruction, and the construction to move in phase. . And we provide program management services to other nonprofits.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Interally, we have a new organizational chart (if you can call it that! We hope that this is not a burden (we will keep the evaluation process short and sweet) but instead allows every staff member to feel connected and accountable to our community. We call it the "rain drops".)

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

When we had seven people, we barely needed an organizational chart. I was wary of too much process. I spent some time alone at my kitchen table at the beginning of the process, but quickly, planning the reorg became a team sport. We were a scrappy band of creative folks trying to turn around a struggling organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

We used a map metaphor , inspired by and adapted a post by Chris Brogan. The original worksheet was developed from recommendations from the Spin Project and the " Smart Chart " developed by Spitfire Strategies.) The action - feed -reflection process is very important. Step 5: Measure Success. t know before? ???

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Web surfing behavior on a mobile phone differs from the desktop Traditional web pages are a place where users seamlessly browse a multitude of links in a discovery process. Most phones have little screens (see chart below) and render graphics poorly. Not so with the mobile web. Even smart phones vary significantly. (If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

Notes on prep/creative process: I love his tips and he shares his creation process too. My process is analog, but I have to start with a mind map of the ideas (sometimes several versions of it), then do a linear outline, and finally sketch out a storyboard with image ideas. to persuade, sell, or inform ???

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2013

Understanding the strategic plan and the course it is charting for the organization’s future. They are guides, and you should plan to go on a journey with the organization, with the guide as your map. Make sure you know where you are at any one point in this process. Strategic plans ARE NOT static documents.

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