Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

According to the survey of funders about capacity building completed by GrantCraft , the top five areas of capacity building that funders most likely support include: leadership, strategic planning, financial management, governance, and fundraising. Bibliography with links and summaries of studies reviewed. Presentation slides.

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Measure Impact Build Grant 57

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

This is the first-ever survey reading from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project that exclusively examines Twitter users. In previous surveys, the Pew Internet Project had asked internet users whether they "used Twitter or another service to share updates about yourself or to see updates about others? "

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In addition, a survey of beneficiaries or constituents is a relatively low cost method that is nearly universal in applicability for measuring outcomes. is working to create a list of tools to help charities implement meaningful surveys. Keystone Accountability. They offer a free tool you can check out ( here ) as a starting point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

You have to measure accurately, as well as create an environment where problems can be discussed openly so you can effectively evaluate what’s working and what’s not.” A recent national survey of Ethiopia’s vaccination coverage reported vastly different results fromthe government’s own estimates. … Read More

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Measure Ethiopia Summary Nonprofit 102

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Before you can evaluate your options, you first need to establish your organization’s needs and top features to look out for in a solution. Evaluation: Evaluating your programming and surveying your volunteers for feedback Volunteer management software allows you to manage each of these steps in a centralized platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

"We can't talk about transparency, accountability and honest evaluation without addressing the contentious topic of failure. Why not take a few minutes to answer her survey. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

To keep members from going silent on you, be sure to continually evaluate your organizational strategy to ensure you’re providing value throughout the member journey, from recent grads to retirees. Consider conducting a member survey to better understand your members’ digital behavior and how they would like to interact with your association.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. Here’s a summary: There was a range of practice for using data and measurement to improve social media and demonstrate impact: Crawl. NTEN is also doing this flash poll to learn how nonprofits make sense of their own data.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

In a survey of 200 nonprofit organizations, Freewill found that nonprofits using virtual technology plan to steward major donors as follows: Phone conversations (21.6%). A summary of the campaign’s results (e.g. Be sure to survey attendees after the event and use the data to help shape your approach to the following month.

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Virtual Donor Fundraising Retention 62

Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

M&R Benchmarks Nonprofit marketers in particular look forward to the M&R Benchmarks , which is a beautiful visual representation of a survey sent to nearly 200 of the largest nonprofits in the sector. If you are in need of a more engaging summary, a book may be a better way to get practical understanding of all the research at hand.

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Hype Research Marketing Benchmark 52

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Learning: evaluating what is being said and what information is needed. ARC - social media team evaluate/watch everything and then send summary and highlights to team. survey in room: most prevalent is 20 hours/week with other job duties. Listening: hearing what people are talking about your issue or sector.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

As part of the study they are inviting people who work in community organizing and progressive activist groups to participate in an online survey and an optional follow-up phone interview. After conducting follow-up phone conversations with willing respondents, they will send a summary of the responses to survey participants.

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Case Study DC United States Blogher 28

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So, Steven, this is where I’d like for you to actually turn this slide into a survey. So here’s the next survey, Steven, right off the bat, just to make sure everybody’s kind of present and getting us grounded. I know people are transitioning from meetings and … so please activate the survey. Here we go.

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People Community Video Podcast 79

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

1,900 of community members surveyed (6 percent of community) have reported negative effects on the overall environment due to this prolonged drought that is a result of climate change (SOURCE NAME, DATE). Include the task description, role responsible, start date, completion date, evaluation that the activity is completed.

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Grant Award Project Proposal 97

Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

There has been little consensus about the impact of focusing on overhead as a means of evaluating nonprofit organizations, either among nonprofit leadership or researchers. My research was done via a survey directed to employees and board members of nonprofit organizations. Summary of Findings.

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Time Donor Research Issue 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

What's Up With Feedburner by Beth Kanter Google Analytics Primer sponsored by NTEN with screencast and wiki created by Beth Kanter Using Postrank To Evaluate the Top Content on my blog by Beth Kanter. Staff Surveys. Client surveys. Google Analytics. Don't worry if you can't quantify them at this point, just list them.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2022

You may be looking to compare systems and will evaluate the performance of the free solution against the software you already use or are considering using. Free fundraising software summary. Donor Engagement Surveys. Is it really worth it to make the big switch? Free email and chat support. Constituent Generosity Score.

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Software Free Fundraising Database 91

Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2023

Write up a summary of what you heard, especially any trends. Evaluate them based on: Content (quality, voice and tone, messaging, topics covered) Ease of use Design aesthetic Be sure to note areas where they excel and trends across sites. Ask them what they’d like to see improved in the next year. Don’t problem-solve. Just listen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

CAF has coined the term “ philgorithms ” for algorithms of this kind.The report ends with a summary of high level trends that might impact civil society organizations, including a discussion on inequality, algorithmic bias and the future of work. 12 hosted by Data Analysts for Social Good features Peter York, an evaluation expert.

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Learning Philanthropy Nonprofit Charity 101

Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Now we can create roll-up summaries on the campaign, and we can create record types for campaign membership. Likewise, when a case is closed the email asking the contact to fill out a feedback survey is “from&# me. Huge for member-based organizations. Makes the campaign object extremely powerful.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The online survey tool uses a 45 question assessment to measure your leadership skills across 15 dimensions of leadership. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program. Also free is a summary analysis of your results. A full reporting on your results costs $79. Don't Praise.

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Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills 44

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal.

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Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. Thanks for the summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2012

I discovered that it was Larry Eason from DotOrgPower and his colleague, Shelley Wenk, offered to write this summary of the discussion as a guest post. Here’s a summary of the discussion. Jen Humke @macfound suggested that the sector needs a research agenda beyond surveys and case studies. CoFLA Guest Post by Shelley Wenk.

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Philanthropy Los Angeles Rwanda Technology 109

Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2019

Once you decide on your own parameters, if you pull the list and it’s more than one-third of your contacts you may want to pause your plans and evaluate—how have you collected these emails? You may want to survey your freshened-up list asking them what kinds of content they’d like to see more of. Mostly unbeknownst to these people?

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