Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. What I’m really enjoying is reading the blog posts that nonprofit tech colleagues have shared their thinking about the ladder of engagement and how to measure along it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

It must be articulate enough to measure progress against, inspiring enough to move people to action, and still broad enough to withstand the test of time. With this clarity of purpose, the nonprofit can focus on its culture. The goals must be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and measurable).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. The point is this: You are where you are; the goal is to improve. What average donation would they need to make to reach your goal? .

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Forum One

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We are excited to share that the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal , NYU’s Congressional District Health Dashboard , and March of Dimes have been named Anthem Awards finalists. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Closer employee alignment with business goals. Personal connection to the vision, values, and culture for both employee and customer. What metrics you can use to measure the benefits of this new operating philosophy. A workforce more open to change, including technological. Greater employee satisfaction with leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” ” Here’s a quick review of both books.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

The goal of this tactic is to provide a cohesive shopping experience for your customers, whether they’re browsing your social media accounts, shopping in your online store, or visiting your brick-and-mortar shop. Collect digital marketing KPIs Key performance indicators (KPIs) are metrics used to measure your digital marketing success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

Closer employee alignment with business goals. Personal connection to the vision, values, and culture for both employee and customer. What metrics you can use to measure the benefits of this new operating philosophy. A workforce more open to change, including technological. Greater employee satisfaction with leadership.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2020

In fact, companies with digitally literate board members significantly outperformed their peers on key metrics. All this technology and data have made it possible for nonprofits to use a range of metrics to measure growth and performance. KPIs Start with Goals. Not all metrics are KPIs. What is a KPI?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. It comes down to organizational culture. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. The Evolutionary Stages of A Data-Driven Culture. Example of A/B Testing Results.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Wellbeing At Work is an essential read for leaders who want to create a thriving and resilient workplace culture. To strengthen wellbeing in the workplace the book provides leaders various solutions, including a new metric to track suffering, struggling, and thriving — Gallup Net Thriving. “As

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 8, 2014

posted by Terry McManus Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, TGen Foundation We all know the old adage “what gets measured gets done,” but knowing what to measure is easier said than done. Learn more about fundraising and metrics through NMI! Frankly, we all fall victim to this from time to time. Fundraising outcomes (i.e.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Research shows that 50% of development officers currently working aren’t meeting goals and expectations and are raising less than $500,000 annually. Be clear in how you measure job performance so everyone on your team understands their duties and the expectations around their role. Measure the most important goals that lead to results.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

From governmental opposition to cultural and societal opposition, these are challenging times for those who are societal changemakers. Philanthropic organizations can embrace experimentation, innovation, and learning to identify what works best in advancing equity goals.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. But in the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They want us to invest in digital analytics tools to measure our efforts, but I’m not really sure what this will tell us. In fact, a study by Salesforce found the number one most valuable metric of success for service organizations is customer satisfaction. Ask yourself: What are your goals? Number two is revenue.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Closer employee alignment with business goals. Personal connection to the vision, values, and culture for both employee and customer. What metrics you can use to measure the benefits of this new operating philosophy. A workforce more open to change, including technological. Greater employee satisfaction with leadership.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations. How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When she’s not working to exceed development goals, you can find her hanging out with her cat, spending time outdoors, or going to the gym. . These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. newsletters, surveys, event attendance).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This section of the report covers new ways of thinking about organizational culture based in continuous improvement based on feedback. It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. It outlines the practices and skills needed to create a learning culture. Cultural Indicators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Many times dashboard design is focused on “getting it done efficiently” and graphs and does not address the human side – buy-in, learning from data, and consensus on metrics. The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of education. Metrics for Movements.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

While some nonprofits are highly evolved in this category, many organizations are struggling with the first step of identifying which metrics to collect. Dayton also says their data-driven culture empowers staff. When there is a challenge to solve that involves multiple teams, is it easy to find and share data?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Set SMART goals Build your audience persona Develop your brand Determine what channels to use Put together a content strategy Drive engagement Track your results. Set SMART goals. The first step to creating your social media strategy is to establish your social media goals. How to Create a Nonprofit Social Media Strategy.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

The best way to start prioritizing DEI initiatives is by taking steps to ingrain these concepts into your organization’s culture. When these concepts are ingrained in your organization’s culture, you’ll find that inclusion and prioritization of equity will trickle into every decision you make. Watch the Culture Start Shifting.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Outcome evaluation therefore involves the verification that program goals are being met. Grant funding and the proper knowledge to conduct program evaluation are common issues: The United Way is one grantmaking organization that promotes an outcome-driven culture in nonprofits. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook. and Herring, A.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 14, 2019

In order to counter the pending “leadership deficit,” organizations must take a new approach to building HPT’s, which involves approaching human resources strategically, creating a development plan, building a supportive culture and measuring performance. The HPT emits a culture of passion, innovation, drive and collaboration.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

Many companies recognize the opportunity to develop long-term sustainability goals to address health, social and economic challenges as a part of the “social” element of ESG. Ignoring polarizing social justice issues can even increase unconscious biases that could wreak havoc on your culture.” Resources to Jump-Start Your Thinking.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The year-end campaign’s objective can vary from meeting a specific monetary goal to rallying your donor base or broadening range or giving spotlight to a particular project. Reinforce roles, foster a culture of collaboration and alignment towards campaign objectives. Setting Up Tracking and Metrics What’s measured gets managed.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Many of the metrics in our report require no calculations. A good metric to keep an eye on if you’re concerned about churn is Negative Feedback, which represents how often people hide your post or choose to hide all posts from your page. A: What your organization should be tracking depends on your goals. What should I do?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Focus on Event Fundraising Analytics , we looked at how peer-to-peer event metrics let us know if our event planning and execution efforts are paying off in fundraising results. Metrics and benchmarks can be our guides to whether your efforts at creating a great experience for participants are paying off. Profit/loss.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a webinar on measurement and nonprofit for Kivi at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. ” Being data-informed is something very different from a data-driven culture. Data-informed cultures are not slaves to their data. A data-informed culture uses measurement to continuously improve.

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

Members of this team review fundraising metrics , such as: Which recurring donors have upcoming credit card expirations, in order to stay ahead of lapsed recurring gifts. They’ll look at metrics on missing donor data, address updates, and donor actions. How close you are to meeting a service goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

” The sense-making part is so important! And, one of the questions that keeps coming up is “How do we get our board or senior staff off their addiction to the wrong metrics, like views?” ” You have to show the connection between the metric and what matters! This cause the traffic spike, so what?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This usually leads to discussions of “scope creep” and “change orders” as well as feeling pressure from funders to meet targets and goals originally outlined that may no longer fit with the project’s direction.

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