Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2013

I’ve been curating resources on nonprofit measurement over on Scoop.It, with eye towards collecting useful material related to social media and social impact measurement. Despite this, when it is times to do measurement, many feel that it is a daunting task. How can we improve our measurement practice?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” ” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. Twice as likely to take part in events like charity walk.

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2023

These are great opportunities to leverage texting (using your short code and keywords) and QR codes to drive activation and demonstrate urgency and immediacy in your messages to supporters. Also, when measuring these campaigns, don’t just measure cost-per-acquisition (CPA) based on the number of people who are initially added to your list.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 17, 2013

Here''s a look at the "Overhead Myth" and calls for new ways of thinking about and measuring non-profit and charity success. Non-profits'

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Association Analytics

APRIL 8, 2021

In today’s world, organizations simply cannot afford to invest their time and limited resources in initiatives that do not demonstrably deliver outcomes that support their goals. SMART is an acronym people use to remember the five aspects of a well-articulated goal: SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Maybe your association is experiencing challenges, so you’re searching for strategies to empower your staff and enhance the member experience. Regardless of your large association’s situation, the Nimble AMS team is here to offer tips to measure your success and meet your future goals! We are very fortunate to have Nimble AMS.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

It lets donors determine for themselves that their donation, involvement, and passion moved the needle and made a measurable contribution to the world. Receiving that small gift—along with annual updates on how “their” animal is doing—is measurable, touchable, huggable proof that an annual subscription is a big deal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. Donorbox defines KPIs as “a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.” KPIs should be clear, quantifiable, and adaptable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

“Is measuring data about proving it or improving it?” “Take away the (NonProfit) status if you can’t demonstrate public good!” Advice for Nonprofits To Get Started with Measurement. “If you’re just starting with measurement, start with an easy win.” Funding Measurement.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2020

As nonprofit leaders, we often struggle to measure and report on what matters most: outcomes – how the project impacted our work and constituents and exactly how much of a difference it made. How does the impact measurement framework work? How does volunteer measurement benefit nonprofits? Impact measurement can be daunting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How will you measure volunteer impact in 2024? Here are some questions that can help you measure volunteer impact: Did you have enough qualified and engaged volunteers? Use this to demonstrate what wouldn’t be possible without your volunteers. But do you really know the true impact of your volunteers?

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 22, 2024

This series of playbooks is designed to provide specific, actionable steps to enhance citywide volunteer engagement strategies, either as a response to support from leadership or as a way to further make the case to leadership by demonstrating the benefits. The second playbook focuses on measuring and communicating impact in meaningful ways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

KD Paine and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Arlene McCrehan social media team at Goodwill for our soon to be launched book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Goodwill uses measurement and learning in its evolution into a networked nonprofit. How will you measure it? ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Clear Goal and Demonstrated Impact: By spotlighting specific stories and quantifying the outcomes of past contributions, donors will see their gifts as catalysts for positive change and want to give more. What do you want to get out of your year-end campaign?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

This practice demonstrates your organization’s evolving impact and keeps your content fresh and engaging. Measuring Success and Making Adjustments: Set measurable goals for your campaign, like a target number of testimonials collected or a specific number of stories from each stakeholder group.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Existing research identifies gaps in the ways in which community engagement is measured. Moreover, it is important for nonprofit organizations to demonstrate the community’s hard work with tangible evidence of change. Nonprofit organizations can measure community engagement in a number of ways. There is no golden standard.

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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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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

You will be able to set goals and measure outcomes more effectively, propelling your nonprofit towards impactful innovation. Once your innovation culture is flourishing and you have got started with exciting innovation projects, you need to measure they are bringing in results. Manage Change This brings us to the last step.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The organizations that measure and demonstrate action and performance against their commitments can improve trust with their stakeholders and increase market share, while reducing the cost of customer acquisition, the cost of recruiting, and employee turnover. However, few actually live up to their commitments.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

To gain the trust of prospective donors, you need to show how your values align with theirs and how you’ll make a measurable impact. While the amount can vary depending on each individual’s means, a personal contribution is a demonstration of commitment to the nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

First responders and essential workers who gave us a measure of normalcy during the pandemic come immediately to mind. 10 Examples of Heroes in Action Several perspectives illustrate that philanthropy is full of heroes who demonstrate courage each and every day to improve the world. million non-profit organizations.

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When considering reward and recognition strategies it is key to have an end-goal and metric for measurement. Demonstrate and Communicate Impact…Often. Providing volunteers with updates regarding mission attainment will help demonstrate the individual impact they are making towards the cause and help to convey the big picture.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The gospel is a verbal message of salvation demonstrated through acts of God’s love. Commit to a shared measurement system: Common metrics hold the cohort accountable and informs future action. Value opportunities to learn: Commit to collecting, sharing, & analyzing data to measure impact.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

Demonstrating your association’s benefits will separate you from the industry competition. MacRae explained that measuring member engagement data became difficult due to shifting processes and initiatives. You’ll also want to ensure your members understand the value of your organization for their membership dollars.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

It must be articulate enough to measure progress against, inspiring enough to move people to action, and still broad enough to withstand the test of time. The goals must be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and measurable). This data is how we measure our impact.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 14, 2022

If you want to win over Millennial and Gen Z supporters, you need to do three things: connect with their activism, engage with them where they are, and demonstrate your impact. To win over Millennial and Gen Z supporters, you need to: connect with their activism, engage with them where they are, and demonstrate your impact.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 4, 2022

An effective nonprofit culture demonstrates the collective understanding of your nonprofit by all those involved. Core values can relate to the way money is used within the organization, the organization’s philosophy on work-life balance, and how to measure impact and success.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2020

As I am sure we all have heard over the past few years (or maybe much longer), we need to demonstrate the results of our programs and tell our organization’s impact story in order to update our board, grow our donor base and develop new programs.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

The average Ivy League school received 178 times more funding than the average HBCU To understand the philanthropic funding disparities HBCUs face, we examined funding to Ivy League schools as a proxy measure of philanthropic funding capacity. This increase, therefore, does not reflect philanthropic trends to the broader HBCU community.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In today’s increasingly digital world, marketers rely on online platforms to plan, implement, build, execute, and measure their campaigns. Email Marketing Platforms: An email marketing platform builds, sends, and measures email efforts. Simply put, MarTech is marketing! This can be part of a CRM or a stand-alone platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2009

Photo by Smitty42 Lucy Bernholz has a great post called " Metrics Are Good, Unless They Are Bad " which talks about the problems we encounter when we're trying to measure hard to measure stuff - like social media, social return, and social enterprise. She gives a seven step framework for measuring the ROI of relationships.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2017

One of the most exciting parts of 2017 for me so far has been to see how many nonprofit organizations and foundations are becoming more and more passionate about outcomes measurement. And this got me thinking, how can we ensure that organizations don’t feel like they’re facing this outcomes measurement journey alone?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J.

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