Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

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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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Design a program that reflects the customized service you want to deliver and the quality of outreach you want to produce. Use data to make objective decisions based on site traffic, evaluations, sales, professional development activity, focus groups and/or other types of outreach. Approach the project slowly and learn as you go.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming. Has the organization’s policies, practices, and overall culture been evaluated through the lens of a JEDI approach? . Have you evaluated your public-facing JEDI statements and practices? . Investigate the budget. .

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

Better yet, the graduate student who led this project, Anna Greco, documented the whole project and did in-depth analysis of the visitor contributions. This post shares some of the highlights from the project and from Anna''s research. THE BASICS The Memory Jar project was simple. What was it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

Project-based, unrestricted, and multi-year funding : While we provide some initial project-based funding, we know that flexible funding is a must if we hope to support sustainable change. If a metric isn’t reflective of the impact they want to make, then why collect it?

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Evaluate Post Audit and Strive for Continuous Improvement Once your audit is complete, your nonprofit should conduct a post-audit evaluation both internally and with their auditors. As part of this evaluation, review and discuss at length the management letter issued by the audit firm, both internally and with the audit firm.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Of course nonprofits’ ability to accurately evaluate their impact is married to their funding. Grantee evaluation is a perennial hot topic in the foundation world, nonprofit evaluation is a lucrative industry in universities, and there is a whole high tech industry emerging to rate charities online led by Charity Navigator.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

One tip I could have used early on was to plan and design the grant project before writing up a query letter or proposal. A grant project consists of the actual activities that will help solve the compelling issues in your community identified in your strategic plan and needs assessments. based on the types of projects they fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? I tweeted the link to the original and one colleague, Michelle Murrain, wrote a reflection called " Evaluation and Being A Learning Organization.".

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. Evaluating a Culture. Trust-Based Philanthropy Project. Justice over greatness: A new year’s reflection.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Consider using scoring rubrics or structured interview protocols to standardize evaluations and minimize bias to keep things equitable. Make the effort to make sure your board reflects a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. Let them lead projects that excite them and benefit the organization. Welcome them aboard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” I’ve done this for many projects and it is a difficult design task when you are doing it as the sole trainer. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

Then, proceed to share the project outline and description through multiple channels: Nonprofit consultant directories – Using a nonprofit consultant directory is the best thing you can do to get a big pool of qualified candidates. Pro tip: Reflect on your existing network. Get ready to use the evaluation matrix you created.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Less than one in five new donors who donated on GivingTuesday will give a second gift, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I always think of winter as a time to gather data and plan for the year ahead, spring as a time to implement these strategies, summer as a time to allocate for additional resources and continue executing on the plan, and autumn as a time to reap the harvest and reflect on the year, looking towards planning for the winter and upcoming year.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 21, 2023

When hiring a Raiser’s Edge NXT consultant, your team should adhere to these best practices: Outline the specifics of your Raiser’s Edge consulting project. Outline the Specifics of Your Raiser’s Edge NXT Consulting Project Before partnering with a consultant, your nonprofit should establish what you want your project to accomplish.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

And, for those organizations that have meaningful projects that actually require large numbers of people to accomplish them – like park clean ups or painting a school – a day of service can be an effective way to attract the workforce needed to get the work done quickly. Which leads to the other half of this double-edged sword.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

No one wants to feel unprepared to lost in a project or task. Agnostic of the projects or tasks each volunteer will work on in, it’s important that each individual has an understanding of your organization’s mission to best represent the nonprofit no matter where they go, who they speak to, or what they work on. Have a shift change?

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. It is also important to solve the right problem.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

Over the next decade, women are projected to inherit an even greater share of wealth–possibly a majority of the $30 trillion in financial assets Baby Boomers will transfer to younger generations. These are groups in which individuals pool their resources to support organizations or projects of mutual interest.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this sense, impact metrics are the specific measures of the positive and negative effects of an intervention, action, or project on individuals, communities, or the environment. When chosen properly, impact metrics can accurately evaluate everything from individual program effectiveness to an organization’s overall performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. evaluate the results of your social media experiment and use the information to improve your next social media strategy experiment.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Organize : Once you have clarified each item, organize them into projects and next actions. Reflect : Once a week, take some time to reflect on your progress and make any necessary adjustments to your system. For nonprofits, this could mean more time devoted to strategic planning, fundraising efforts, and impactful projects.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. As you reflect on these questions, feel free to update the answers accordingly in your fundraising plan. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 29, 2023

For instance, if a nonprofit expects to take on larger projects or greater responsibilities in the future, it would be prudent to increase administrative spending now to prepare for those challenges. Importantly, the share of spending for administration or fundraising should align with the organization’s anticipated future needs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

According to the Center for Evaluation Innovation’s “Lab for Learning” initiative , “make thinking visible” to cultivate a learning culture. Ben’s Bells Project and the University of Arizona teamed up to create surveys that measure outcomes from the nonprofit’s Kind Campus curriculum. Actively evaluate PM processes and metrics.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Learning, we do naturally.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

While we were busy catching up on sleep, we also spent a lot of time reflecting on the experience. These quotes and the rest found in this post are from the NTC evaluation.) It will change the way that I move forward on a large web redesign and database integration project that I will be working on this year. 1772 to be exact.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2021

To ensure that we continue to look to the future and plan how to better create practices and projects with equity at the center, I have met with all departments to discuss the upcoming fiscal year. We’ve evaluated our employee benefits to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our staff and consistently explore ideas to enhance our benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Christian Kreutz has written up his reflections on the recent Web2.0fordev conference. He also make a few other points worth noting: I had the feeling everybody shared an enthusiasm for the potential that development can have, but I also only saw a few clear structured projects. how to best combine all these web2.0 is all about.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

The Role of Trust-Based Philanthropy The growing interest in giving larger, unrestricted—and in many cases multi-year— commitments reflects a widening embrace of “trust-based philanthropy” (TBP) among select funders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2012

Note from Beth : In March, I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the GEO Conference (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) with Kathy Reich, Director, Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation at TCC Group, that helped OE analyze its “goldmine” of grantee data.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

Reflect on past efforts. Now that the organization has selected a task force, engaged with a consultant/facilitator, had discussions about terms and ideologies, and reflected on past efforts, it’s time to create an action plan. Understanding and adopting terms, ideas, and beliefs as an organization puts everyone on the same page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

A second process is used to evaluate the ideas – clustering the ideas into themes and identifying the best ones. A second process is used to evaluate the ideas – clustering the ideas into themes and identifying the best ones. Then you reflect on the difference in creative energy – typically yes and has more of it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual).

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Annual giving campaigns: Each year, some companies organize internal fundraising campaigns to support a specific nonprofit project. Evaluating your mission statement: Your company’s mission statement reflects its purpose and goals, and can even relate to some nonprofit causes.

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