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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Like Marion Conway, I was struck by this photo of him pointing to data handwritten on the walls = tracking immunization records from a rural health clinic in Ethiopia. A decade ago, there was no official record of a child’s birth or death in rural Ethiopia. Each indicator had an annual target and a quarterly target.

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Measurement Takes Center Stage in Bill Gates' 2013 Letter

NTEN

As our own 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report showed, 99% of organizations are already in the practice of collecting and tracking various types of data and metrics about their work and tactics -- but a very few indicate that this data is useful for progammatic decision-making.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Jeremiah Owyang , founder of Crowd Companies , describes it as drones, robots, chat bots, and AI. He should know, having tracked and observed the disruption caused by online technology over the past decade. The UN Global Report is using a bot to engage young people in discussions about civil society related to the reports.

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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. We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day.

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Sprint How You Can: Salesforce.org Commons Fosters True Community Collaboration by Going Hybrid

Saleforce Nonprofit

We’ve since welcomed virtual Sprinters from 25+ countries around the globe, including Australia, Japan, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Brazil. App Advice & Consumer Reports. Scholarship Tracking. At the Sprint, this team started working on their first proof of concept focusing on applications use cases.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

Give us the weather report. Paul to teach them a bit about what goes on in Ethiopia, or Uganda, or wherever their camps are. Do you track the results of making personal connections with your donors? . And you track the results. Introduce yourself now if you haven’t already. It’s one of my favorite things.

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Amanda Rose, Twestival Leader, Reflects on Twestival

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has taken few days for Twestival to report on the results. Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water was enroute to Ethiopia when we discussed Twestival. charity: water have invited Amanda to visit Ethiopia with them at the start of April (costs paid by private donors, not fundraising). tags: commentag tweetag ).