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The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

NTEN

None of us like the fact that the percentage of income we spend on "overhead" is the primary measure of our effectiveness. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. Here at NTEN, we're keenly interested in this question. And what do you want to see NTEN tackle?

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The Overhead Question: What's Our Role?

NTEN

None of us like the fact that the percentage of income we spend on "overhead" is the primary measure of our effectiveness. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. Here at NTEN, we're keenly interested in this question. And what do you want to see NTEN tackle?

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. what things need to be measured. Learning: evaluating what is being said and what information is needed. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. Can’t wait!

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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

NTEN

Starting in the mid-1990s, telecenters provided a relatively quick and measurable way (# computers bought, # people trained) to show change in access (digital divide) and capacity building (Microsoft UP). Luckily, we, like all successful groups in the field, excelled at anecdotal evaluation.

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Measuring Your Blog's Outcomes and Use of Other Social Media Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been trying to collect screen captures and stories about nonprofit web analytics for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN. Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). measuring your impact on the world!). via Kevin Gamble (see larger here ). Unique Blog Readers (content consumption ??? Technorati ???Authority???

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

NTEN

He attributes Water for People’s success to their relentless focus on (and measurement of) outcomes. There were a lot of data points they could measure, but by selecting and focusing on six key levers and limiting the sources of data (for now), they have a usable program to which they can continue to add functionality and improvements.

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NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

From the stories I’ve heard this week, nonprofits of the size that I’m most familiar with (small to medium-sized) still don’t have in-house technology expertise to make evaluations about what directions to go in. Mitchell 04.08.07 The previous sentence is a clumsy attempt to use langage from both parties in the conversation.

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