Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I’m thrilled to be doing a panel on nonprofit technology training and it has a bit of a star wars theme, “ Learn You Will.” I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2020

Associations need technology that facilitates business with both individuals and organizations. A sandbox is a testing environment where you can test code changes separately from your live production environment. Testing code as it’s developed to make sure it works properly is critically important to a quality software product.

Associations 78

Associations Test Model Environment 78

CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2024

You should try to continually measure and evaluate your donation pages to see what is and isn’t working for you. You can run your donation page through Google Search Console to test it! Using a clunk-free and easy-to use technology give your donors an experience they’ll love, while helping you raise more online and convert more donors.

Raise 66

Raise Websites Mobile Donation 66

sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2022

While traditional methods can still impact supporters, more and more organizations interested in starting an advocacy initiative look to virtual campaigns first. Use technology with a face-to-face component. . Take the time to evaluate your current technology and determine how it can be used to further your campaign.

Advocacy 77

Advocacy Awareness Virtual Campaign 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Partnerships with technology companies are driving AI4Good, providing their expertise, toolkits, and resources to work with nonprofits to integrate the use of AI. The report provides detail about the opportunities and challenges and offers some next steps for social good organizations, technology companies, and policy makers. .

Google 74

Google Challenge Report Impact 74

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Test ideas you have found throughout the industry in your own organization to see how they work for you. By involving a small portion of your demographic with the test, it’s possible to see the potential results on a larger scale before delving into a full-fledged marketing campaign. Ensure Emails Are Branded.

Marketing 89

Marketing Data Strategy Test 89

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

It’s true that rigorous evaluation is critical, but right-sizing your evaluation is equally important. Sometimes, third-party evaluation, which includes rigorous study design and statistical analysis, is required to properly understand a program’s impact. In other words, one size doesn’t fit all.

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Integration Impact Practice Management 69

Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

What We Tested. With all the upsides, why did we even need to bother with a test like this? In addition, adding euros to the site also adds complexity to our technology and operations, which requires resources to maintain. Our Method. Our test focused on GlobalGiving donors based in countries using the euro.

Learning 52

Learning Test Sample India 52

NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A degree in Information Technology with multiple concentrations allows me to put my skills and technical aptitude to good use. You can evaluate where you’d like to go back to and spend more time. I am also a huge Harry Potter fan and love to use Harry Potter names when creating testing accounts! ?? . Dave’s background.

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Celebrate Fun Product Associations 134

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Where would you like to test your hypotheses against actual research? This consultant can evaluate your nonprofit’s overarching goals and help you define the research objectives that will help you accomplish them. You’d then draft research questions and strategies to test whether these assumptions are true.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Perhaps it was a multiple-choice final exam or an essay-style test printed in double-spaced Times New Roman. For example, learners in a communication course might take a grammar test at the end of the course to measure how well they retained information about various grammatical rules and standards. This tests knowledge acquisition.

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eLearning Course Test Knowledge 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

The Lean Startup method teaches you how to drive a startup: how to steer, when to turn, and when to persevere and grow a business with maximum acceleration. Due to the nature of required transparency in the nonprofit sector, the opportunity to test the market is not supported financially. Build a robust technology framework”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Deep-dives into Google Analytics reports with specific examples for evaluating your digital marketing performance. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s. Best practices for collecting actionable data.

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Analytics Google Digital Free 106

Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

You or your marketing agency may conduct interviews with target audience members, share surveys, create audience personas, perform A/B tests, and more. Apply the SMART method framework by making each objective specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Performing audits.

Marketing 52

Marketing Analysis Nonprofit Audience 52

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Double-certified neurologist and preventive medicine specialist with a background in public health, working toward the transition to replace the use of animal experimentation with superior human-based testing methods. Her work enables NetHope members to be more effective and efficient through the use of technology . Robert Opp.

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Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

When the issue of interest moves from measurement for accountability/compliance to #evaluation for learning – from Karcsig. I like to use a combined method. Another way is to let qualitative data inform a hypothesis that you go on to test with numerical data. The above shows the methods. I am too, just a little.

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Story Data Analysis Structure 74

Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event. Virtual Fundraising Event Production and Technology. JP helped with efforts related to the Collaborative’s use of different communication technologies and digital flow. How to Measure Success.

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Virtual Professional Marketing Fundraising 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

After some results from routine tests during my annual physical, my doctor informed me that my cholesterol was high. ”Start exercising more and stop eating bacon cheese burgers ” were the doctor’s orders and we’ll retest in 6 months. last month.

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

If you want to test out your current communication and engagement efforts, consider the following data tips: Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to track engagement rates. Using your prospect research data, you can then evaluate a prospect’s capacity and affinity to give.

Communication 98

Communication Donor Data Guide 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Networked nonprofits are experts at using new media (social media, mobile, and other emerging technologies) to spread their missions, design and scale programs, communicate with stakeholders, or inspire behavior change. The nonprofit is not using social media or emerging technology or is not using it consistently.

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Social Media Practice Media Social 101

DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

To brand your organization and ensure that branding is maintained across your marketing platforms, you’ll need to design a comprehensive brand narrative that will last the test of time and communicate that clearly across all who are in charge of conveying it. Consider how your brand will last the test of time.

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Guide Guidelines Nonprofit Mind 52

Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. Evaluation. both electronic and print.

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Knowledge Effective PDF Evaluation 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The focus was on learning about "Network Effectiveness" and the specific topics included strategies for network impact, approaches to evaluating networks and tools for accelerating and assessing network impact. I wondered whether the more general learnings about network effectiveness and evaluating networks would be considered confidential?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Example of A/B Testing Results. There are no systems in place, no dashboards or simple collection method. Testing and Coordinating: At this stage, the organization is regularly collecting data but in a bunch of different spreadsheets and collected by different people or departments. What is the difference?

Culture 115

Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

The resultant traffic and chaos from commuters attempting alternate methods of transportation including ferries, buses, and carpooling likely resulted in something of a local holiday – as highways turned into parking lots. The future of work requires this shift in managerial mindset.

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San Francisco Training Train Organization 50

The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

However, with the bedrock of a strong business plan, a non-profit is not just dreaming of castles in the air; it’s laying the groundwork for castles that stand firm, castles that will weather the storms and stand the test of time, benefitting those it vowed to serve. On the income side, identify and evaluate potential funding sources.

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Profit Guide Build Metrics 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

This word cloud is from a virtual workshop I facilitated asking participants what the barriers to effective virtual meetings are: technology, engagement, connectivity, and participation. Virtual meetings may have some specific norms, for example: We will use the technology that most accessible to everyone on our team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Each type dictates a different process and therefore requires different measurement and analysis methods. Sites like uTest and Topcoder help you work through work like website or application testing and provide ratings and controls to help you manage more technical processes with vetted programmers and developers. Measuring Input.

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Measure Aggregator Platform Consultant 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy. Why Use One?

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. How do you apply these two methods?

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Virtual meetings may have some specific norms, for example: We will use the technology that most accessible to everyone on our team. Test your technology before the meeting and resolve any technical issues. Many platforms have a technical testing page and good tech support, include those links ahead of your meeting.

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Facilitation Virtual Effective Practice 109

Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Donor Data is a Top Priority Track Performance Using KPIs Prioritize Donor Stewardship Use Technology to Automate Processes Set S.M.A.R.T. Use Technology to Automate Processes Take advantage of the tools and technology that you have—especially those that are built specifically to handle fundraising for nonprofits.

Raise 98

Raise Strategy Help Fundraising 98

Whole Whale

JUNE 16, 2022

The $2 maximum keyword bid still applies to all other bidding methods (like Target CPA, Enhanced CPC, maximize clicks, and manual CPC). The potential benefit here is that Google uses machine learning technology and historical data to understand who is most likely to convert and when. Ad Grant Maximum Bid and Bidding Strategies.

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Policy Grant Google Search 52

Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

A Crowd-Curated Exhibition (Shelley Bernstein), the Tech Virtual Test Zone (me), along with a new participatory research project, Children of the Lodz Ghetto (David Klevan), to talk about our lessons and struggles working with the public to create "museum-quality" exhibitions and research projects. This is a question I'm really interested in.

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