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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right now, donors simply cannot tolerate bad news, even in the name of learning. Have them explain how failure is a key part of learning, of success, and how sometimes failure isn’t the fault of the investor or donor – sometimes it is just bad luck. Ethiopia could have ignored this conflict and reported the most favorable data.

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Measurement Takes Center Stage in Bill Gates' 2013 Letter

NTEN

The call to action in the letter is clear, and I think one that resonates with any nonprofit who struggles to find more efficient ways to achieve their mission and to raise support from grant-makers and donors to help them do that. Ethiopia could have ignored this conflict and reported the most favorable data.

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Nonprofits in the Autonomous World: Will the Bots Take Over?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charity:Water created a bot called “ Walk with Yeshi ” as a donor engagement tool. When you send a message to this Facebook Messenger bot named Yeshi, she tells her story about how her daily walk for clean water in Ethiopia. .

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My Birthday Cause: Free Geek!

Amy Sample Ward

Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day. Select your Birthday Cause today: Get Started - Learn More. I received two emails from Dave: 1.

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The Power of Thank You Letters

Connection Cafe

There have been a number of posts recently about the power and importance of donor thank you letters. So I'd be remiss if I didn't take this opportunity to thank Charity Water for doing such a great job with their donor stewardship program and showing all of us how it's done. Author: Jonathan Weldon.

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Tech Across Your Org: Program and Fundraising Innovation Sprung from an Internal Technology Project

NTEN

In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. And when we fail, the donor would be notified at the same time as the executive director. When we speak with donors today, we don’t have to talk about “if” we fail.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also learned that one-on-one donor solicitation techniques can also work and some of the challenges of being able to track the velocity or flow of networked donations. It generated some valuable insights from donors. One metric for me in measuring success, was I able to inspire other people to take action? (at