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. Measuring impact and managing outcomes is at the core of the work performed by nonprofits, academia, foundations, corporate social responsibility (CSR) teams, and more.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

So, let’s demystify how to pave the roundabout of a successful year-end fundraising campaign. Review previous year-end campaigns to understand what drove results and what fell flat. Reinforce roles, foster a culture of collaboration and alignment towards campaign objectives. Absolutely not!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. Diversity Metrics.

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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 intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Annual Giving, Donor Retention, Major & Legacy Gifts, Online Fundraising, Boards & Leadership, Content Marketing, Social Engagement , Strategy & Management, and Culture & Values. Claire Axelrad ( @charityclairity on Twitter) has been called a Fundraising Ninja, and we have to agree.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

With social media, you can connect with your donors in real time and give them information about the work you’re doing and a peek behind the curtain at the people that make your mission a success. SMART goals are goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. What do you see on their profiles that you like?

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

Nonprofits who get more of their staff involved in their online fundraising strategy prove to be more successful in driving donations. On average, successful nonprofits bring four users into their Classy platform within the first 90 days. Breaking Down Your Nonprofit Staff Structure for Fundraising Success.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

I learn so much from those who have share their stories and advice. Sam shared a story that illustrates the barriers that many nonprofit organizations face in adopting social media and harnessing its power leading to successful outcomes. He allowed me to share his story if I stripped out all the identifying details.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

You’ll learn what truly matters to be a successful leader and you’ll discover a clear roadmap for succeeding in these seven critical challenges – the CEO test : Can you develop a simple plan for your strategy? Can you make the culture real—and matter? The book is, The CEO Test , written by Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2019

Your faculty and staff play a critical role in creating a culture of retention. A sworn adversary of attrition and student success obstacles. Define Success. Determine what success means on your campus. Determine what success means on your campus. Analyze Data to Identify Dropout Drivers and Success Indicators.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The team launched a 3-step Deduplication Project, to a) shrink the haystack – isolating records that are most likely to be dupes, b) Review & Validate – confirming records as a ‘dupe’ or ‘not a dupe,’ and c) Merge & Purge – creating a much cleaner file. Here are some Duplicate-Record Review Best Practices : Duplicate review is BORING.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The session was designed a mix of strategy with a deep dive into content, measurement, Facebook, and Twitter. Practical frameworks and guidelines for effectively developing an integrated content strategy and measurement practice. My review of this excellent book is coming in the next weeks). ” .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, if you have to leave early, you just want to review the content later on, share with a friend or a colleague, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff in your hands later on today. She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. ” I know I speak fast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I spent sometime reviewing what Planned Parenthood was doing on social networks as well as their online presence - so it was good to get the inside story. A couple of takeaways from the interview: Leaders Lead Culture Change. Says Richards, "Confidentiality is a big part of Planned Parenthood’s culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. We did a sessions on measurement, integrated content strategy, and content for blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Kivi's Nonprofit Marketing Blog wrote a review of the book and offered a summary of the four principles in the book that she thought nonprofits could apply. Our organization has a culture of being able to try new things in low risk experiments. What we do is tell the story about how and why it’s working.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

Great Stories Grant Wishes: Using Audience Personas to Update Make-A-Wish’s Messaging : Learn how to identify your target audience based on learnings from Make-A-Wish’s audience persona development. Tell Better Stories With Your Data : You’ll learn how to interview your data to find compelling storylines. Nearly impossible.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

They are invariably successful. Wouldn''t that give American industry, or the industry of any culture, an important leg up? And success goes to those who play it best. The reviewer Harris Collingwood concludes his piece, saying: "In the end, what''s remarkable about the Wedtech gangsters isn''t that they were crude and thuggish.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Your first goal should be to hold the attention of the user by attracting them with high-quality content and stories bring value to your audience. Your audience will want to consume content in different ways, so make sure you use the different tools at your disposal to tell your stories. Let them be the hero of their own story.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

I know that many people are uncomfortable with the growing culture of self-documentation, but no one should let their own aesthetic preferences dictate others' behavior without good reason. How do you measure the potential lost income from a photographer not buying a postcard against the online impressions his photo makes on others?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Do you have a documented succession plan? You’re in dialogue because succession has become reality. 34% of nonprofit executives will depart within 2 years, yet only 17% of organizations have a documented succession plan. Because you can’t change performance without showing that you’re measuring it.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

A business plan which only speaks of clear pathways to success will be less effective than those which speak of challenges which your hard work, team, and supporters seek to overcome through the duration of the plan. Indicate you will also track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as program attendance and success rates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What if we faced up to really measuring the results of our work? Bill Strathmann Opened with his personal story about he got started with Networked For Good. Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. It is very difficult to measure impact. Good or bad thing? No one clicks on the button.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

How to start fundraising online 20 effective and simple online fundraising ideas 8 top online fundraising platforms for nonprofits Tips for a successful online fundraising campaign Use the tips and ideas in this guide to create your own online fundraising plan and to determine the fundraising tools you’ll need to accomplish your ultimate goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2011

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m facilitating several peer exchanges on the topics of measurement, social media, and networked nonprofits. It comes as no surprise that Momsrising embraces measurement and learning. But stories resonate. getting policies passed.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

You have fallen into a new story. Do not confuse the beginning of the story with the end.” I love that poem because I like the idea that we are creating and writing this story and we do have some agency here and our donors are doing the same with us and we can help them. And the other way is to just use stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

I had the honor facilitating a session on measuring impact with Greg Baldwin and Jay Backstrand from VolunteerMatch discussing how their approach to measuring impact over the past decade. Later in the morning, Laura Efurd of ZeroDivide, myself, and Greg Baldwin hosted an hour discussion on measuring impact with participants.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

We see those feel-good stories about amazing fundraisers on our feeds: “Viral Irish GoFundMe Raises Millions for the Navajo Nation In Act of Generosity That Bridges Historical Debt of Gratitude ”. We are not certified financial or accounting professionals. Requirements may vary depending on country, state, and/or tax-exempt status.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

She has been both volunteer and activist for organizations working on human rights, poverty elimination, non-violence, and cultural exchange. When writing your mission statement, be sure to: Make it clear and concise Make it informative Schedule regular reviews Ask for input from others. All font choices should be easy to read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

If don’t synthesize the ongoing stream, it gives me vertigo. I set aside an hour or two a month to review my valid metrics , but also to do a meta synthesis of the conversation to curate the best points and resources. 1: Create a Facebook culture inside your organization. Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

And as I said, there’ll be formal breaks in the content where we review some of those questions. So, let’s close that, and I will pass the mic virtually over to Francis to kick us off with a story. So, going into my story here, for this story, we’re going to go all the way back to March of 2020. Francis Johnson: Sure.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Working for a large nonprofit focused on programs and services that have impact on peoples’ lives, we often find ourselves with great stories of inspiration to tell. The challenge is identifying ways for the staff, who are responsible for implementing programs of impact every day, to tell the organization’s stories. from Beth’s blog.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

But a lot of folks aren’t getting that signal because of the culture of our industry. . And it’s a lot of work to be reviewing what’s going on and just saying, “Yes, this makes sense. You need to know when you’re achieving success. Another quick story on the power of changing your approach.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

We use a lot of statistics, a few carefully chosen stories and publish them in our annual reports and newsletters ( samples here ). Unfortunately this creates a dangerous paradox: Nonprofits measure their results to satisfy funders, instead of seeking information in order to provide better programs and services.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

We use a lot of statistics, a few carefully chosen stories and publish them in our annual reports and newsletters ( samples here ). Unfortunately this creates a dangerous paradox: Nonprofits measure their results to satisfy funders, instead of seeking information in order to provide better programs and services. Principle 1.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

Hiring an outside facilitator, spending six to nine months, and, you know, reviewing all of your programs. So one of them is a fiscal analysis, what is the story that our budget tells about our work? They will not be measurable. Review the current strategic plan. oh, thank you for that. Okay, yeah.

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