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What We Talk About When We Talk About Organizational Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers.

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Bridging the Data Disconnect Between Nonprofits and Their Funders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I like the worksheet that allows you rate the usefulness and ease of collection for proposed metrics to collect. Do you feel there is a disconnect between what data you’re collecting for measurement and what data your funder needs? … Read More

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The Outcome of Our Outcomes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Flickr Photo By Mastery of Maps.

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4 bbcon 2019 Takeaways to Help You Maximize Your Foundation’s Impact in 2020

Connection Cafe

If you were unable to join us last month, we hope that you’ll join us next year at bbcon 2020 in Seattle. Alexis and Aaron also shared a chart that is extremely helpful for an organization outlining its desired vision & impact: . bbcon Takeaway #1: Small investments in data quality will yield big returns.

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. Here’s a chart that may help you figure out what type is best for your next project. I've purchase a two copies, one for me and one to give away.

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How Useful is the "Audience vs. Expert" Dichotomy?

Museum 2.0

I've been thinking about this as I prep some interactive prototypes for the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum, a Seattle-based museum of pop culture. One prototype is based on the Billboard Top 10 charts for pop music. This isn't a direct "audience versus expert" comparison. It depends who you ask.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

However, the 5 percent given to international causes reflected a 15.3 As the above chart illustrates, nearly half of the financial engagement between the U.S. In 2010, we gave nearly $300 billion in support of a wide variety of charitable causes—3.8 percent increase over the prior year. CAPITAL INVESTMENT (U.S. Private Capital Flows).