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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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

A set of rules, metrics, or policies established by an organization to bring clarity and ease of use to data practices is a data governance policy. However, according to a Gartner survey, 42% of data and analytics leaders do not measure or assess their data. What is data governance? .

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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. Watch the video clip “How do we work better with nonprofits? And a lot comes down to the systems. How do we tie that data together?

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Demographics Build Social Green 98

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. Keep monitoring the growth with metrics (for example, decreased number of duplicates, increase in completion rate of certain fields.). Focus on critical data points.

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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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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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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 88

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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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. Your success metrics can focus on likes, comments, shares, clicks, and even conversion.

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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 many volunteer hours were recorded for a park cleanup event.

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Fundraising Metrics Database Nonprofit 95

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Then we recorded key metrics from their IRS Form 990s from 2016-2018. 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. . We then ran the following studies using this data.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Definition of Data Analytics for Nonprofits. Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. We offer a number of analytics-related services including web analysis, strategic planning, digital measurement and testing, and data reporting and visualizations, so we can certainly assist your team. 4 Types of Data Analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook Rolls Out New Metric: People Talking About. Last night Facebook announced some changes to Insights , the analytics program that we use for tracking Facebook pages, that includes a new metric, “People Talking About.” Typically, this information about your brand or nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2014

But the question those metrics beg is how the increase in volume is impacting email performance. Every one of the 20 cohorts measured in the report experienced positive growth in usable email file size. The total number of email recipients was up 72%. With so many more emails hitting our inboxes are we diluting the value of email?

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Benchmark Metrics Report Online 55

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Flexibility : The best dashboards are flexible enough to track the metrics that are most important to your nonprofit. Amplitude is a data dashboarding tool that allows users to track, measure, and analyze their data. To help you out, we’ve compiled a list of some common Dashboard terms and their definitions. Website : [link].

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Beth and Lauren discussed both strategy and tools, tips and metrics, leaving little ground uncovered. The focus was around the ROI: how to think of the value of social media, the things you need before starting any campaign, and how to measure, analyze and sell campaigns. The Philosophy and Definition of ROI.

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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! The Honest Looser Award.

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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. Measure Performance. Approach Human Resources Strategically.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

We definitely recommend using social media logins to your website as a convenience option for your constituents. DEBBIE: I definitely agree with Gary – the alignment of strategy, tech and data is just critical. Would a data management plan like you suggest really improve those kinds of metrics? What tools do you recommend?

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Achieve

AUGUST 27, 2017

Your definition of success is too narrow. You forgot to measure (or you’re measuring the wrong thing). When our clients complain about an awareness campaign that “failed,” a lot of times it’s because they didn’t think they needed to track any metrics (after all, how. you measure someone’s “awareness”?),

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I now spend more of my time evaluating communications and digital projects so, I read with interest Lean Analytics , the book in the Lean Start up series on measuring what matters. This strikes me as a metric that would be easier to compute and apply for some projects or programs and a real bear for others.

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San Francisco Organization Kiva Metrics 104

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Follow these steps to outline your organization’s definition of major gifts: Assess your previous largest donations to determine your major gift threshold. Cultivate by definition means that you’re leading up to something—and that something is a solicitation. Use your CRM to develop a report template to measure your program’s impact.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 102

sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2021

As improving community health becomes a definitive strategic priority for most hospitals, development must learn a new “beat” – and cultivate a relationship with a new champion. Stewardship and outcomes reporting : Measuring the impact of community health programs can be more nebulous than writing a report about the new breast center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Wall Street views it as the only legitimate means of measuring business performance. The Four I’s of ROI.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Candid

MAY 4, 2023

For definitions of leader levels and the full list of demographic survey questions and response options, see How to collect and share demographic data. To dive deeper into the factors that positively affect the sharing of demographic data, we created a metric called “survey completion level”, ranging from zero to four.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Carie Lewis mentioned the Humane Society’s KPIs – which is why they do and how they measure this sustained engagement. She went to say that she thinks too many folks are focused on the Facebook Like as the social media success metric. “Who cares? I asked her how do you measure relationships?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Measure THIS! When I first started thinking about metrics for social media, I wanted to start out reminding our group about some fundamentals of the sphere. The tricky part is, of course, measuring it. Measure success through awareness, not dollars. So how do I measure this? More on this: [link] ). Good question!

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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. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. Data is focused on the metrics that are specific to social media channel. Example of A/B Testing Results. What is the difference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. But, here are a few comments: Kudos to you for setting clear goals and starting off with measurement from the beginning. I'd like to see how you are going to specifically look at success/change and metrics for your blog.

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Guinea Measure Social Media Wikispaces 50

CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2022

Flexible metric counting for donations, activity, and impact. Set a specific and realistic fundraising goal Determine the measurable impact that this goal will have for your mission Create a definite timeline for your campaign (Pro tip: Many organizations opt for a 6-8 week timeline.) Easy donation form with mobile payments.

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Fundraising Benchmark Campaign Raise 74

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 8, 2014

That’s not to say that for-profit companies are heartless or only in it for profit, but rather that they by definition must make a profit to continue to grow, create jobs, innovate, exist etc. Fundamentally, NPOs measure their success differently. Nonprofits Must Measure Success. That being said: 1.

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Difference Business Measure Metrics 56

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

It helps to start with a clear, shared definition of purpose and what it means to be a purpose-driven company. Purpose-Driven Companies use a Purpose Mindset to Advance Measurable Goals. Stand-out companies set measurable goals to put their business strategy and purpose statement into action. What is a purpose-driven business?

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

If we think about this in terms of individuals, self-care, by definition, runs deeper than external or physical pampering. 90% of them can’t be answered by data or metrics. aspects of our work because we’re so focused on what’s concrete and measurable: growth, visibility, program delivery. Learning acceptance and self-love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

I was curious and started a conversation asking these questions: What is your definition of success on Google +? How are you measuring that? Measurement and Learning. Frank Barry shared this piece from Dan Soto that digs deeper into the metrics, but before careful not to collect data you don’t need.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Similarly, the results or value of efforts we make in our fundraising can accurately be measured in numbers. Efforts that improve these metrics often lead to growth in revenue and vitality of an event or event series. How Do I Use Metrics with My Event? Efforts to retain existing participants are definitely in order.

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Analytics Benchmark Fundraising Metrics 40

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” If so, then that gives a measure of assurance to donors to say, “This is a program that has worked. Is it specific?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission 3. " She not only gives an overview of the different choices of analytics software tools available, but also provides basic definitions for the data one might collect. To understand the definition web analytics. Possible Working Titles: 1. Analytics This! Learning Goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This project has identified the following definitions of success: A Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange. Purposeful Measurement to Inform Replication. Grantee organizations will measure what matters. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results.

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