Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Many times dashboard design is focused on “getting it done efficiently” and graphs and does not address the human side – buy-in, learning from data, and consensus on metrics. Tracking for Impact and Learning. Tracking for Impact and Learning.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

million metric tons of electronic waste was produced globally in 2019 alone, but only 11.4 California State Parks Foundation. How California State Parks Foundation Takes Action on Earth Day. California State Park’s Virtual Earth Day Report helps them track their progress and record their impact for prizes.

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

Some of the biggest reporting challenges for nonprofits, associations, and foundations include: Where to get the data: Some data is found easily in data dashboards, some is not. What have you been tracking, and where do you stand on those goals? Setting your goals first allows you to anchor a reference point for success.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Look for virtual auction software with the following features: Item procurement tracking. As you begin the item procurement process, it’s vital that your team maintains an organized list that tracks each item’s status. Being able to accept, process, and track bids in real time is essential for success with any auction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

For past couple of years, I have been blogging , speakin g, facilitating peer trainings , and writing about using measurement methods for nonprofits to measure impact and to learn from their data. How do we measure and track engagement to results?

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Creates an environment that facilitates fundraising Regardless of whether you do face-to-face fundraising, ensuring that the organization is prepared to fundraise is the development professional’s main priority. Systematically keep track of the following: Donor metrics: Who are your supporters, and what interests do they share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Step 5: Define your metrics. The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

In addition to the conversations with participants in three separate tracks, #14LCS includes a stellar lineup of keynote speakers who will spark new conversations and nudge existing conversations to introduce new questions. governments, foundations) can put out an “ask” for a specific outcome (e.g.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Description : This all-day workshop starts with the real foundation of social media engagement: community and content. Through a facilitated training, participants will work independently and in small groups to develop and share project plans for using social media to engage supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

One of the posts that got a lot of engagement and contributed to the uphill trend in the metrics was about editorial calendars. Regular Content Editorial Meetings: At the Case Foundation, Jenna Sauber reported that they have editorial meetings every two weeks to plot out content in detail. My answer: Yes!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2020

One of the biggest challenges for a donor relations and stewardship program, as an indirect revenue generator, is success metrics. I want to share just a few low-budget examples of how the team at Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation has pivoted to continue providing donor relations and stewardship to our donors during this current crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I’ve facilitated many peer learning groups on effective social media, networked nonprofits, and measurement. Several of groups serves as testers of the various ideas in my forthcoming book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , with co-author KD Paine. .”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The workshop was hosted by Compasspoint and its partner Thrive, The Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County and with the support of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. I recently took a workshop on visual facilitation with David Sibbet. JD Lasica and I co-facilitated a workshop on measurement. Morning Session.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Along the way, it’s key to track and analyze your campaign’s performance data. Keywords facilitate the connection between your website and a prospective donor. Use Google Analytics to track metrics like unique visitors, pageviews, backlinks, and more to identify how to create compelling online content. Prioritize SEO.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

Reporting ⁠— Look for software that provides detailed insights into matching gift progress, trends, and other relevant metrics. Robust reporting facilitates informed decision-making and aids in demonstrating the impact of your efforts to stakeholders. Carefully evaluate these elements in your matching gift software buying.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Creating the perfect fundraising strategy takes a lot of time and effort, so your best bet to grow and raise more each year is to first lay out a solid fundraising foundation. Measure all fundraising metrics. Use the data in your CRM to measure all metrics, including donation amounts, donation frequency, donor details, and more!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

As of this writing, there are 13 responses (ok, two are from me) from people who work (in some cases lead) the Morino Institute, Random Hacks of Kindness, TechSoup Romania, CROS, Meedan, the Gates Foundation, Beth Kanter, Campus Party USA, Vulcan Labs, and Fundacja TechSoup/Warsaw Social Hackathon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

With facilitator’s guidance, grantees will design and implement a small action learning project. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. But not all metrics are equally valuable, and choosing the measurements that matter can be complicated. Day 2: Certificates Awarded To Senior Staff Attendees.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Create a master community benefit cost center across the system so that financial transactions can be tracked and shared in real time. In 2019, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released their County Health Rankings Report. Inspira also provides fitness staff to facilitate gym assemblies on staying active.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The chart above is a small example of how GRIST tracked its results on a campaign against staff investment. What was your pilot? What challenges did you encounter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

My 53rd birthday wish was to raise money for the Sharing Foundation to send 53 Cambodian Youngsters to school by covering the cost of their uniforms ($10 per child). But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This type of software allows you to easily manage your corporate giving program, from accepting corporate giving requests from your employees to tracking how much your company has contributed to charitable causes year to year. Implement workplace giving software. Spread the word about your program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Lucy Bernholz, moderating, said that metrics are the carbon in the ecosystem and the oxygen is the policy frame. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. To get the market from niche to mainstream people are working on taxonomy, metrics and peer and trend ratings. Lagging indicators -.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

For each phase, there are specific criteria and indicators that an organization will develop. We are tracking progress against a baseline. Use of counting metrics. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress. Written social media policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

During the next two days, I will be facilitating a two-day social media bootcamp for NGOs from Jordan and Lebanon that have been through the program in their respective countries. E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

There are many things in my life and work that I need to streamline, and an important skill to facilitate this is learn how to say no. Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. I have a confession.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

A good way to facilitate an in-kind donation campaign virtually is to take advantage of your online tools and make an eCommerce page with a list of needed products. These “Family Meetings” are a great way to not only keep supporters engaged, but also to facilitate them meeting other supporters they don’t know. Peer-to-peer platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Spectragram is a facilitation technique I learned from Allen Gunner at Aspiration. Spectragram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

This year my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation includes training, coaching, and facilitating peer learning sessions for grantees on using social media effectively, becoming a Networked Nonprofit. It has been incredible laboratory to put the big ideas in the book in practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

A new role here to facilitate these Wired fundraisers. Measuring the ROI by dollar amounts as the key metric needs to be balanced with using metrics like increased conversions (email list sign ups), measurable word-of-mouth, or improvements in online buzz. " (Tried tracking down the paper, but can't find it.).

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Choose an online fundraising platform Choose the software solutions that will facilitate your online fundraising efforts. Track key metrics To determine how successful your strategy is and see if you’re reaching your goals, you need to know which metrics to track.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Now that you’ve identified what the project goals are, pick measurable outcomes to determine what metrics you’ll use to track those goals. Using the worksheet: You will also see auto-generated impact statements based on the metrics you entered in the first tab of the spreadsheet. Increase in single donations.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

Ensure optimized site performance and structure Ensuring the technical soundness of your website is a foundational aspect of effective SEO. Additionally, a well-structured sitemap can reveal essential metadata, such as the last modification date of a page, facilitating timely updates in search engine databases.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. We’ve got some tools, questions to ask, and things like that when you’re looking at data-tracking systems. So how do we know what to track? So, obviously, going to be a really great presenter for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2014

Yesterday and today, I am attending the Markets For Good workshop at the Gates Foundation. We all know that the first step when collecting data to measure a strategy or program is to identify outcomes, which is also the single most important metric that tells you if you are on track. You can about the vision here.

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