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DIY Community Engagement Metrics

Amy Sample Ward

DIY Community Engagement Metrics. When people who work in services, programs, grant writing and fundraising, for example, all share their view of the groups in the community, not only can you start mapping the network but you can also have really rich discussions about the way different parts of your organization view the community.

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Guest Post on Care2 Frogloop: Designing Campaigns for Impact

Amy Sample Ward

Start with Metrics. When building a campaign and exploring your options for the structure, actions and engagement pieces, look first at your organizational metrics. Those metrics and goals are the best resources for identifying the focus and the calls to action for your campaign. Photo credit: Flickr leehaywood.

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The Outcome of Our Outcomes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo By Mastery of Maps. Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Is your measurement approach a way to manage your grants and portfolio? The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Banana Custard. Change the conversation from vanity metrics to validated learning. In these early stages, it is more important to honor learning. But there is something else to add as well. As we see it, the Omaha community is relationships.”.

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Creating Your Organization's Social Media Strategy Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Dollar Bin, Flickr In February, I'll be co-teaching the " WeAreMedia Live " intensive two-day workshop in San Francisco from NTEN. Maddie Grant, Five Fears Associations Have About Social Media. What hard data points or metrics will you use to track your objectives? Measurement. How often will you track? Experiment.

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The Dallas Museum of Art Took a Major Risk, and The Outcome Has Been Remarkable.

Connection Cafe

This type of data is absolutely critical for grants and fundraising. Dallas Museum of Art has taken the concept of website and email marketing metrics and made them analogue. photo credit – Flickr: Creative Commons. How did they pull it off? Download the tip sheet for more ideas to retain your members!

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. Shonali Burke is one of those people I met through an Twitter introduction by social media metrics guru KDPaine last October when I presented at the e-metrics conference. I'm writing this post from 30,000 feet aboard Virgin America as I fly back to California from a whirlwind week on the East Coast.