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My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

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Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. a) Green: Great things you’ve heard of, or done yourself.

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How Can Nonprofits Retain High-Performing Staff?

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Coleman Selden and Sowa state in ' Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance' that studies examining turnover show that effective HR practices, from recruitment and onboarding practices to performance management and evaluation practices, all impact retention.

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ROI: What are the best "I" words for nonprofits to think about Social Media and ROI?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For nonprofits, this should not be a foreign concept. Here's a sampling: Lewis Green warns not to use the traditional investment financial calculations but instead measure value. He is talking about outcomes based program evaluation, not evaluating your social media strategy.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Integrated Mobile Strategy

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Humberto Kam, Senior Manager of Online Communications for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, was kind enough sit down for an interview recently. It’s won awards from Treehugger.com as the “Best of Green in Food and Health” and is cited regularly in mainstream and new media as a trusted source for sustainable seafood information.

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13 Virtual Fundraising Event Takeaways From 4 Marketing Professionals

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Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event. “ If your event has multiple remote guest speakers, have a staff member dedicated to run a green room (preparation room). We worked directly with their team to set up interviews. How to Measure Success.

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Reflections on Guest Blogging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I used PostRank to evaluate the engagement of posts. I have a process where I do an "exit interview." I looked at the number of RSS subscribers from before the program started and afterwards - and there was a net gain 300 subscribers (see the green line). See Allistair Croll's guest post on some tracking techniques).