Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. reported for “informal helping.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2011

What is it and what it means to use it as a measurement for improving Facebook engagement on your Facebook Page? This post summarizes some of the key points and resources shared. Measuring Your Edgerank Score. Remember, measurement isn’t counting – you have to get just take numbers out of context.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

I definitely see AI playing a role in that space. Measure Results “Marketers are always looking to measure their skills. Up Your SEO Advantage “Ranking high in the search process can be a significant challenge,” Amy advised. There’s a lot of news right now about people using AI to achieve better results.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Instead of saying that complex passwords no longer make sense, the article suggests that the definition of complexity has changed. This is a good strategy: better passwords with a dose of change management tossed in for good measure. It offers a way forward for those folks who are change-hesitant.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

This begs the question: What should community college completion look like, and what measures of attainment equate to success in this higher education sector? This will certainly result in a definitive answer of a resounding “Yes!” Simply put, should community college students be expected to complete or not?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Many of you have asked when the Kindle version of ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” would be available and I’m happy to announce you can get download your copy from Amazon now! Want to share freight costs to NZ of “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit”? measure-networ… DM me. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 25, 2023

For example, the measurement ID for GA4 will now be formatted like G-XXXXXXXXXX. You’ll want to make sure that you add the custom definitions in the admin section of GA4. Before this change, you could select your GA4 measurement ID using your Configuration Tag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. Become Your Own Publishing Powerhouse with LightBox Collaborative’s 2014 Editorial Calendar guest post by Holly Minch.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector. For example, Dawn shared how her organization offers nonprofits practical resources and tools to help to get started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Measurement Challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. This blog post shares some insights about those two somewhat disconnected ideas.

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Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

You definitely need billing data, but knowing your member’s fax number is likely less important. Measure Progress: Stay on top of your data. Create a glossary to track and communicate official terms and definitions. What is important to your association and what are your unique KPIs? Focus on critical data points.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Over the past several years, I’ve met with countless people at a wide variety of organizations to connect on outcomes measurement , and I tend to hear similar questions and qualms about this still-new area. “ How do we get started? ” “ Is there a difference between measurement and evaluation? ” “ Is there a right way to define an outcome?

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, according to a Gartner survey, 42% of data and analytics leaders do not measure or assess their data. Of the respondents who do measure their data, their governance activity focused solely on compliance-centered goals. Why does your association need a data governance policy? .

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Measuring Impact Among the metrics MacArthur will follow in this project is the impact these grants have on the local news ecosystem around the country and whether the grants are able to arrest the downward spiral of local news. Are there more local newsrooms than there were?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Extending the Definition of Dignity. As we prioritize creating a more dignified experience for accessing food, the group also discussed a more comprehensive definition of what that means. The abundance mindset also applies to how we measure our impact and work together. No one should have to feel this way.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Defining and measuring impact is a tough nut to crack. In our recent webinar, “Measuring Impact: A Recipe for Mission-driven Work” , we shared how we approach impact, challenges we are looking to overcome, and a framework for building an impact measurement foundation to help you overcome the challenge of defining impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

It’s an easy way to set measurable goals and to align your objectives with your daily posting. It might take some time to plan and schedule your content for the next week or month, but it’s definitely worth it. 10) Measure success. 10 Steps to Create a Content Calendar. 1) Organise your existing content.

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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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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Strategic alignment – implementing standardized KPI dashboards across your organization helps ensure all of your departments are measuring progress and that their goals ladder up to your organization’s strategic goals. Lay out your definitions up front. Describe what you plan to improve and outline how you plan to measure it.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI. Centering humans begins with expanding the definition of productivity—as the ability to both complete existing tasks (or learn new tasks) faster and better and reallocate time from transactional activities to activities that deepen relationships.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

What will our work ultimately accomplish, how will we measure that impact, and how do we prepare for getting there?” Ideally, a board of directors is thinking about what the nonprofit will look like and accomplish in five to ten years. A heavy-lifting board grapples with questions like, “How do we define success? What happened to Steve?

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While we are definitely not experts (every day we discover something new), we wanted to share what we have learned over the past year doing social media video. While video views are nice, we measure our success by engagement—using likes, comments, saves, or shares as our metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. Refinable – adapt to rapidly changing environments.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There are many different types of situations that fall under this definition. Nonprofits by definition are exempt from federal taxes, so most nonprofit financial audits are conducted by independent external auditors instead of the IRS. Some of the most common nonprofit risks include: Cyber security violations.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Moderating Effect of Mission Statement Polarity on Performance , we used a package in the program R Studio to measure the emotional polarity of the 200 mission statements. . So, to be clear, I’m not claiming that these two studies give definitive new rules to follow by any means. . Study 1: How sad is your mission statement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

We believe that any measurement of the impact of investment in strong organizations should ultimately come back to demonstrating the additional impact organizations are able to achieve after receiving this kind of support. Most had weak measures of accountability especially towards clients, beneficiaries and community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Nonprofit leaders should have ongoing discussions on inclusion and diversity, establish best practices, and develop common understanding of the meaning and definition of diversity and inclusion. Promote diversity and inclusion throughout the organization. Laura Tancredi-Baese, CEO of Home Start, Inc.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

With that in mind, let’s dive into the article, starting with a quick definition of the overhead myth itself. With that in mind, the overhead myth refers to a pervasive understanding across organizations’ support bases, through which donors and funders use the overhead ratio to measure an organization’s effectiveness.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Encourage honest discussion with grantees and come to an agreed upon definition of overhead. Instead of focusing on income and expense ratios, donors should ask about the scale of the organization’s goal, how they are measuring their goal progress, and what it would take to reach that goal.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The acronym SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Your donors need your definitions for each SMART goal centered around a specific project, with a defined impact. By setting a goal, you will help your organization measure GivingTuesday success and possibly help you raise more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The nonprofit and education leaders I work with each have a different definition of “digital transformation.” How does it measure its impact? As with any industry buzzword, there are disagreements – and misconceptions – about what it means. Is the work happening efficiently? It’s far from a distraction.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

Salesforce ought to be an organizational investment, one customer shared, “Trainings definitely first have to have that, but management buy-in and focusing on what you actually need is what I would suggest.”. Organizational Buy-in Will Help You Maximize Your Usage. The final tip that customers gave is that organizational buy-in is essential.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it.

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