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Markets for Good Post: Design A Better Dashboard

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard. Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Dashboard design should also inspire buy-in and continuous improvement by using “ human centered design ” methods. Metrics for Movements.

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Finally, A Clear Shift in Attitudes About Measuring Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. With shifting attitudes, the skills and will to get past hurdles in measurement follow.

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Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. How do you go beyond just doing a survey or collecting metrics? All of these work well with small groups and inside of organizations.

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Year-End Reporting: Data-Driven Ways to Tell Your Story

Forum One

Regularly monitoring performance metrics or KPIs throughout the year allows you to know what you need. To do this effectively, it’s important to have a good understanding of communication preferences as well as methods and levels of data comfort for different groups of stakeholders.

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How Standardize Your Nonprofit’s Social Media Measurement: Use This Grid

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The workshop shared a landscape analysis of what’s already out there from the various industries in order to build a clear understanding of what’s in place and what isn’t in terms of social media measurement valid metrics. 2011 Putting Principles in Action: Valid Metrics Matrix. Click for Larger Image.

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The Ultimate Guide to Year-End Giving for Nonprofits

Bloomerang

Direct mail is the most popular year-end giving marketing method. Your online donation form itself should be easy to fill out to facilitate ongoing donations through your website. After the year-end giving season ends, assess relevant metrics to determine how well your strategy played out. Analyze your success.

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10th Annual Kentucky Nonprofit Network’s Nonprofit Leadership Forum

Amy Sample Ward

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. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking Strategy, Goals and Metrics. Topic : Social Media Done Right in 30 Minutes/Day.

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