DonorDock

DECEMBER 29, 2023

A sure-fire way to measure the success and accomplishment of your organization is if the work you’re doing and the difference you’re making fills your cup as much as you pour out from it. This is a philosophy of success I’ve adopted myself, and one I feel translates to the nonprofit world as well.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Most associations don’t have an easy way to measure member engagement across all their different systems and touch points. And even when measured, it can be tricky to know how to use engagement scores to improve member experience and operational results.

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Data Strategy Associations Survey 210

Whole Whale

MAY 11, 2022

Short Answer : It’s not just you, Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is completely different than Universal Analytics (UA). The fate of the final battle, scheduled for July of 2023 has already been foretold by the witches and the Google Analytics team played by Macduff who is going to do the whole Macbeth head cutting off work.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When you’re working with limited resources it can be a struggle to both get new people in the door and then keep them there once you do. Expand the membership pool – Are there folks that might fit into a different type of membership at your association that doesn’t currently exist? It’s no secret that growing membership is hard.

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Create Strategy Associations Registration 169

Forum One

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It can be difficult to measure the impact of your work, particularly when you are unclear about what impact means to your organization. To understand how outputs are different from impacts—and why you should measure impact in addition to outcomes—it is helpful to understand what goes into the process of achieving impact.

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Measure Impact Model Platform 66

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

Note: See all the Best Nonprofits To Work For stories in the 4/1 digital edition … [link] ** There are some surprises in the data from 2023 for this year’s The NonProfit Times ’ “Best Nonprofits To Work For.” Offices were shuttered and work from home setups proliferated. Stress soared.

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Data Work Aggregator Attitude 52

Candid

MAY 7, 2024

How are you measuring progress? While only some grantmakers ask you to submit a logic model, virtually all expect the narrative of your proposal—the description of how the program works, its purpose, and its results—to include the same information as a logic model would. Activities: Here you describe the daily work of the program.

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Proposal Grant Story Impact 64

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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Measure Resource Miami Case Study 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

“You Know Your Film is Making a Difference When…” Guest Post by Ellen Schneider. Note from Beth: How often have those of worked in nonprofits asked the question or been asked the question by funders, “What’s the impact?” But if you ask a filmmaker, “How do you know if your film is making a difference?”

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Measure Impact Evaluation Voice 106

EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Through her work with clients like the Wildlife Conservation Society and her love of (math) problem solving, Amy has picked up a lot of wisdom + I wanted to better understand her process for approaching a social media campaign and measuring its efficacy. Measuring beyond "likes". Goal: Engagement Metric: Overall Engagement Rate.

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Metrics Social Media Measure Media 100

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. To truly move the needle towards ameliorating social challenges throughout the world, we must revisit the efficacy of what has been measured and how. Share not only your organization’s work, but how and what has been learned so far. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies. NLS in the U.S.), Bookshare).

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Measure Technology Audio eBook 181

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Attribution is what allows you to measure the success of your acquisition strategies (and get great insights for optimisation). It’s important to understand your traffic sources so you can attribute revenue to different ways you’re trying to find more donors. Are your conversion rates different for different audiences?

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Donor Track Campaign Facebook 285

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Our group, like some others, found it difficult to work on these generically and struggled a bit until we created some specific scenarios.

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Measure Social Media Foundation Reflection 101

Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

If it does poorly, it can quickly pivot and put out something different to please their audience and boost their profits. Unfortunately, 50% of nonprofits do not know how data can support their work, and 31% do not know what to do with this information. If it does well, it may produce more items like it.

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Data Metrics Measure Goal 101

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. Appreciable – smaller goals contribute to a bigger objective.

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Resource Practice Data Work 105

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 6, 2010

When that didn't work, they bled him again. It wasn't until later that we found that with rare exceptions, bleeding people doesn't work! Measuring outcomes is difficult, measuring activities is easy. Apparently, when George got sick, one of the early treatments was to bleed him. This is a very action-oriented community.

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Conservancy Measure Effective Washington 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. Back in 2007, I got a little obsessed with ladders of engagement – a way to describe the different stages that supports go through in deepening their involvement with your organization.

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Measure NTEN Social Media Metrics 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

“In the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal—in a feedback loop. You use the measurement as feedback to make adjustments.

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Measure Ethiopia Summary Nonprofit 102

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2023

In this free webinar , we’ll explore the incredible ways AI is transforming nonprofit operations, covering everything from fundraising to donor engagement, program optimization to impact measurement. We promise to keep the tech jargon to a minimum and focus only on the AI tools that can really make a difference on your day-to-day!

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Free Analytics Database Virtual 163

Association Analytics

APRIL 8, 2021

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. For example, knowing that you want to increase a specific type of membership can make all the difference in measurement, analysis, and strategy. Engage in Analysis.

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Goal Data Articulate Analysis 192

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

However, read it only once you’ve committed yourself to creating a welcoming and productive work environment for all. And you’ll need to be proactive and not reactive – all the while knowing that proximity to people different from ourselves is not enough to bridge gaps. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation.

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Environment Product Create Work 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

However, read it only once you’ve committed yourself to creating a welcoming and productive work environment for all. And you’ll need to be proactive and not reactive – all the while knowing that proximity to people different from ourselves is not enough to bridge gaps. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation.

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Environment Product Create Work 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2023

Then do some research on each social media platform to see where your different audiences are engaging. If you mostly work with baby boomers, for example, then you may want to prioritize establishing a Facebook page. First ask yourself, what demographics do these stakeholders fall into? 3) It’s a great relationship builder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Titled, Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World , the book debunks what we've come to believe as basic truths in the workplace. Question : Lies is a strong, loaded word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

When I heard about Guidestar’s plans to measure high performance at scale, I invited Jacob Harold, CEO and fellow ambassador to share a guest post about it on my blog. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. And sometimes it can feel that measuring social change is even harder.

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Measure Metrics Nonprofit Ratio 50

NTEN

APRIL 14, 2014

Four nonprofits are leveraging mobile technology to measure the impact of their programs, and hear from their remote beneficiaries that may not have access to the internet. In the world of impact measurement with remote beneficiaries, mobile is the new lawn mower. Why use scissors to cut the grass when you can use a lawn mower?

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Measure Mobile Impact India 93

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

However, managing grants efficiently and effectively can often be a daunting task, requiring meticulous attention to detail, rigorous compliance measures, and streamlined processes. Things like smart computers that learn, better ways for different programs to work together, and ways to customize how things are done.

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Grant Software Trend Fund 212

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency is currently transitioning from the ‘laugh’ to the ‘fight’ stage as the Federal Government is making plans for measured regulation s. This volatility may become a huge difference from traditional fiat giving trends that show that Q4 is when most donors choose to give and lock in profits/losses in equity markets.

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Donor Difference Ukraine Podcast 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Titled, Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World , the book debunks what we've come to believe as basic truths in the workplace. Question : Lies is a strong, loaded word.

Work 52

Work Cisco Culture Knowledge Worker 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Measure Social Media Media Map 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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Measure Aggregator Platform Consultant 104

NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. Here is a snippet from Bill Gates: Of course, the work of our foundation is a world away from the making of steam engines. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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Measure Ethiopia Nigeria Analysis 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. Are we actually making a difference? What are the right tools to help measure success? Measure program success, not just analytics. Simply Measured. Analytics are just one indicator of success. Sprout Social.

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Social Media Channel Difference Media 119

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

However, read it only once you’ve committed yourself to creating a welcoming and productive work environment for all. And you’ll need to be proactive and not reactive – all the while knowing that proximity to people different from ourselves is not enough to bridge gaps. Bring cultural data into the organizational conversation.

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Environment Create Work Culture 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. Let’s check out what to consider when measuring your results. Did you mail out an appeal at a different time? Did you use a different subject line in an email appeal?

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Goal Fundraising Pledge ROI 300