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Reflections and Follow Up Questions from Techsoup/NTEN Share Your Story: Social Media ROI Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wordle of Words Participants Use To Define ROI Yesterday I taught the fifth and final webinar as part of NTEN/TechSoup Global Webinar Series: Social Media and Storytelling. I'll need to tweak the "Y" access because gathering insight is a continuous process and there are elements of listen, learn, and adapt in a traditional ROI process.

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20 Incredibly Easy Online Fundraising Ideas and Expert Tips

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Then, determine the amount you’re willing to spend to hit those goals and lead to a healthy return on investment (ROI). These gifts can be matched at a 1:1, 2:1, and even 3:1 ratio. For example, the theme could be 80s pop culture or the holiday season. Invite supporters to participate in an online trivia tournament.

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Elevating Community Impact Through Healthcare Philanthropy

Connection Cafe

Since positive health outcomes are seen from a higher ratio of social health dollars verses traditional health spending, community impact aligns with philanthropist interest in an innovative, higher ROI (Bradley et al., Philanthropists look for a return on investment and want to see the impact of their gift.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm doing a session at Boston podcamp called the Social Media Metrics/ROI Game. I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. UPDATE: The presentation slides and wikispace is here.

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Preparing for Planned Giving Conversations—24 Terms You Need to Know

Connection Cafe

Some sectors like healthcare, arts & culture and higher education, report average planned gifts 3 to 4 times that amount. Return on Investment or “ROI”: This term is used by some organizations in place of the term “cost per dollar raised” and illustrates a similar concept. and Canada is around $57,000.

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Gen Y Blogger Profile: Qui Diaz - Evangelist for Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My agency, Livingston Communications, is currently helping Network Solutions with reputation management across blogs, Twitter, and forums to significantly decrease the company's 58 percent negative commentary ratio (as of June 30) by more than 20 points. Challenges: Justifying the means through ROI. Integration with other name lists.

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