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To What End?

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. One effort to address this problem, in which I wish more funders would participate, is the Charting Impact initiative. Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe. To What End?

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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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Visualizing the Tate's Collection: What Open Data Makes Possible

Museum 2.0

Jim Davenport, an astronomer living in Seattle, charted the height and width of all of the works in the Tate''s collection. Here are two examples of visualizations created by GitHub users: Florian Krautli, a Swiss designer living in London, graphed the volume of artworks by individual artists in the Tate''s collection over time.

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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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Using Free Online Tools: A Toolkit for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, I was particularly delighted to see this new toolkit from my colleagues at Npower Seattle. NPower Seattle???s This worksheet offers a grid or rating chart to evaluate the tool's features of the tools compared with the organization's or its clients needs. (4) " It was pre-Web2.0 4) Take Action.

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