Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

For the So What rule to work, you have to follow the 7 steps of measurement and have worked out a ladder of engagement. Last week KD Paine and I were in Washington, DC for a whirlwind of book discussions, parties, and workshops – together and individually – for the Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Also, are you attending an NPTech-related event this month? Check out this page to see where NTEN will be in the community this month, we''d love to link up with you. Community local events nten'

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Corps Network / Washington, DC / TBA. DMA Nonprofit Federation / Washington, DC / TBA. National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) / Washington, DC / $449. Washington Nonprofit Legal and Tax Conference / Washington, DC / $1050. Marketing & Communications / #DigiStratNY / @IEGroup. Feb 10 - 13. Feb 13 - 15.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of DC second annual Social Summit and sharing some information on social media ROI and metrics. Analyze goals of you social media and decide what metrics to measure based on those goals. Have any tips yourself for measuring social ROI?

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

National LGBTQ Task Force / Washington, DC / 475. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2018 Creating Change Conference convenes in Washington, DC, January 24-28, 2018. The Corps Network / Washington, DC / $875. DMA Nonprofit Federation / Washington, DC / $789. Creating Change Conference. Creating Change Conference. Jan 24 -27.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2014

In-person Events 10/20 PDXTech4Good (Portland, OR): Being Mindful on the Web: Protecting Yourself and Your Organization 10/21 NTEN Lab (Austin, TX): Impact Evaluation and Measurement for Nonprofits 10/21 501 Tech Club LA (Los Angeles, CA): Making it Matter: The impact of pro bono tech on nonprofit organizations 10/23 501 Tech Club DC (Washington, DC): (..)

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Forum One

OCTOBER 10, 2011

At Forum One, we take monitoring and evaluation (M&E) seriously, especially when it comes to measuring the success of digital communication campaigns. While we love data and establishing relevant indicators for initiatives that are sometimes hard to measure, we also love talking about these strategies. read more.

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NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

Using Social Media to Generate Buzz and Measureable Results. Every nonprofit out there is looking for ways to use social media as a part of their communications, engagement and fundraising strategies, but at the same time people question the ability of social media to produce measurable results.

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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 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Flickr Photo by Johnny Hall.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Earlier this week, KD Paine and I started our “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” book tour with solo and duo events in Boston and Rhode Island. Beth and KD at the Boston Tweetup organized by Joselin Mane.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

It’s almost Spring and a thousand theories of change are blooming like the cherry trees in Washington, DC. Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Measurement springs from many different motivations. Are you measuring to test a hypothesis?

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I've been having a very enjoyable time, importuning all sorts of people I admire to address some of the topics that are close to CTK's heart: nonprofit technology , nonprofit management, best practices, outcomes measurement, impact assessment, nonprofit advocacy, social media, and mission focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Despite a few glitches, you use this tool to see if your audience is local or global. What did you discover by putting your Twitter followers on the map?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. Organization: Women for Women International. Name: Lauren Shopp || lshopp@womenforwomen.org. Title: Multimedia/Online Coordinator. Website: www.womenforwomen.org.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Back in the mid-2010s, I served as chair of the selection committee for the Washington, DC region’s biggest award recognizing excellence in nonprofit management. I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Flickr Photo by ESML.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Need evidence: this photo of Net2 organizers Mel Findlater, Stephen Blyth, Jeremy Foreman, Birgit Pauli-Haack, Roshani Kothari, and NTEN’s Megan Keane was taken in Washington, DC during 14NTC. Chicago, IL: Join Us to discuss The Nature of Measuring Impact in Philanthropy. Washington, DC: Happy Hour: Celebrate Spring & Tech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Over the years, I've been able to rub elbows with metrics geeks, even to pretend to be one at the 2008 E-Metrics Summit in DC. Sean has been incredibly generous helping me understand how to measure the social media funnel as well as others in the nonprofit sector. link] #measure #WAA" . I support @seanpower.

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Care2

JUNE 10, 2010

DC Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK) a 10 day festival in Washington, DC focused on technology, innovation and all things digital capital kicks of June 11 th. If you’re in DC next week, check out some of my top panel picks for DCWeek. NW, Washington DC 20001 Time : 1:00PM to 2:00PM. Wednesday, June 16th.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. These global leaders are coming from the United Kingdom, Uganda, Florida, and DC. Seattle, Washington: Define, Measure, and Achieve Fundraising Success.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Chicago, IL: Join Us to discuss The Nature of Measuring Impact in Philanthropy. Washington, DC: Happy Hour: Celebrate Spring & Tech. Wellington, New Zealand: Nuggets from 14ntc conference, Washington DC - net2welly April meetup. Washington, DC: Powerful Websites: Hub for your Online Presence. Tuesday, April 22.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

This means identifying the goals and KPIs for measuring success of your event. You also want to be sure to set up a measurement system for a landing page where you are collecting RSVPs (and email addresses) and perhaps testing some different messaging. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post).

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

M+R Strategic Services and NTEN are about to host an in-person event in Washington, DC from 1:30-3:00 p.m. Eastern as well as a simultaneous webcast of the event for those not in the DC-area. Helps you measure how your targeted emails, appeals to non-donors, phone call alerts, and more compare to those of other nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. We should also measure success according to the increased capacity in the organizations participating and a long-term benefit to the community as a whole.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

After all, building and maintaining a meaningful social media presence requires a significant investment of time — and it’s not always easy to measure the return on that investment. What does social media success look like, anyway?"

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2016

This was also something that was agreed on by all of our speakers at the recent NetSquared DC event I mentioned in my earlier post. Another Measure of Gun Violence: Men in Wheelchairs by Theresa Vargas. Melissa Rogers, supervising producer at Stone Soup Films, echoed the same thought at our NetSquared DC event.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Houston, TX: Social Media Reality Check - Are you Measuring the Right Data for Engagement? Washington, DC: NetSquared Meetup. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. With meetups in 50 cities there’s probably an event near you! Tuesday, August 13. Cambridge, UK: Social Media Surgery. Tuesday, August 20.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). Measure, Segment, and Tailor Your Messages.

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NTEN

JANUARY 18, 2011

March in DC can be chilly, but you need your fingers free for checking the NTC schedule on your smartphone. You tell me your hand measurements and favorite color(s) (or pick a specific yarn from their store), and I will knit you your very own pair and deliver them at NTC or mail to you in March. Be prepared!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

One of my favorites is Friends Restaurant – which provides vocational training in the restaurant field for street kids – a sort of DC Central Kitchen with a restaurant. When I arrived home, I received an email with the final cover art of my forthcoming book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” written with KD Paine.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Every one of the 20 cohorts measured in the report experienced positive growth in usable email file size. Prior to Blackbaud he was the acting CFO/COO of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington DC. For the most part email continues to perform very well, despite such a huge increase in volume.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Over the past three years, I've been presenting on this topic , the thinking and practice has evolved from 'we can't measure social media or it doesn't yet provide a tangible return," to being able to have guidelines, metrics, and techniques for demonstrating the ROI. My presentation use s*x metaphors to explain some of the points.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

Speaking of Facebook , NTEN member and partner when it comes to all things analytical Idealware has put the focus on how organizations measure success (and failure) on Facebook. NTEN member Danielle Brigida is featured in a Mashable post sharing her recommendations. NTEN's own Holly Ross is, too!

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Care2

JULY 22, 2009

eCampaigning benchmark survey 2009 How does your nonprofit measure the success of an online campaigning action? And how does your campaigning measure up against others in the field? Are your online actions as effective as they could be? Now is your chance to find out. The survey closes August 7th.

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2009

I had the great pleasure of being in DC yesterday for the inauguration (though I chose to watch it inside on a big screen tv). Obviously, there will be huge changes in how our government works and acts and speaks. Here’s the robots.txt file from whitehouse.gov the day before yesterday: User-agent: *. Disallow: /cgi-bin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

At the closing party of last year's NTC Conference in Washington, DC, after too many glasses of wine, I made this video " Next Year In New Orleans." I've been blogging and tracking conversations about social media measurement and ROI over the last few months. " I can't believe NTC is two months away.

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