Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2017

My colleagues and I have talked at length about how social good organizations have reached a point of impact – a point in the giving sector’s evolution where organizations are shifting their giving mindset from, “ look how much we gave ” to “l ook at what our grant achieved.”

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

At the forefront of strategies is impact investing. From the plenary speech alone, it was clear how much the impact investing field has evolved. But, impact investing means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. The Path to Effective Impact Investing.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

This happens all across the sector and aligning grantmaking organizations with their grantee partners has been a challenge at best and at worst has resulted in not being able to measure the outcomes and overall impact of the effort.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

To enhance impact, foundations and nonprofits should leverage their data through platforms like Guidestar, Algorhythm, and Blackbaud Outcomes. How can we all agree that we are running towards the same impacts?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2016

It’s no secret that we’re at a point of impact in the giving sector where actions aren’t enough—it’s about achieving measurable outcomes that demonstrate how your giving activities have improved the situation for your intended population.

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SocialFish

MARCH 6, 2017

How do organizations track the impact of their online communities? To get answers to these critical questions, Leader Networks conducted a survey of nearly 300 marketing and community leaders that resulted in The Business Impact of Online Communities Study.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The decisions we make today—whether in regards to how we treat our planet, how we create opportunities, or how we deal with inequalities—directly impact the kind of world we’ll leave for those that come after us. Social Good Global Goals IMPACT 2030 SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2016

In short, nonprofits can now more deeply connect donors to moments of impact—immediately as they happen! Fold Facebook Live into your strategy by asking these questions: Where and when does impact happen? What sort of impact stories matter most? Live-broadcast moments of impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

at Social Sector Accelerator, a member of the Counterpart International Network, has been doing research on this topic: Is it possible to effectively measure the impact such “capacity building” services have?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

This conference brings together some of the top minds in nptech and gives attendees a chance to discuss what’s happening across the industry and share best practices for how to work smarter and create bigger, lasting impact with technology.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

The Leap Ambassadors Community is a group of nonprofit leaders who are passionate about “inspiring, motivating and supporting nonprofit and public sector leaders (and their stakeholders) to build great organizations for great societal impact.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. Many times, nonprofits, especially smaller ones, do not have the resources to hire outside consultants to measure the impact of their programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

” After spending five years living and breathing networks and measurement and designing and delivering many, many nonprofit capacity building programs, my focus is going to be on how nonprofits can apply measurement and their networks to learn for impact.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2017

Even if it’s found that the criticism was unmerited, the reputation of a single organization – and the entire segment – still is impacted. My brief review of this situation leads me to three important conclusions that impact every fundraiser: Negative media coverage of a single nonprofit organization can affect any of us. I recently read another “vindication” of a nonprofit that had been subject to a media expose.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2017

With the constant changes, innovations, and breaking news impacting the sector, staying focused on the work that matters will be key for all of us. Here are the top 6 trends that will impact the social good sector in 2017: 1.

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TechImpact

JULY 8, 2015

Tech Impact’s overarching mission continues […]. The post Tech Impact Announces Strategic Partnership With OneNFP appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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VolunteerMark

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Check out this newly released research report that proves it''s critical for us to measure volunteer impact - it also proves that measurement of volunteer impact is vital for increasing donations & ensuring that your programs are effective

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

Different Ways Nonprofits Are Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems and Achieve Impact. So we used a mapping and communications workshop to layout a Theory of Impact and sequencing strategy to help them secure their first major core funder.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2016

It’s simple—regularly communicate the impact that your donors have already created. It might seem too easy, but research shows that donors want to know 1) how their gift was used and 2) what impact it had. Stories perfectly illustrate impact in action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

However, few of us working in the social impact space could admit to utilizing storytelling to its fullest potential. I don’t have to tell anyone who reads Beth’s blog about the value of storytelling.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Achieve and The Case Foundation just released their 2016 Millennial Impact Report, which focuses on millennial behavior and attitudes toward social good and cause engagement. Highlight Their Impact. Of the remaining participants, nine percent believed they could make no impact at all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2012

The Collective Impact of Love guest post by Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation. There is a lively debate these days in the nonprofit sector about how the solutions to intractable problems depend on “collective impact” and what it means to be “outcomes-focused.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 8, 2013

There is much talk within the nonprofit sector of how organizations should measure their impact, and there doesn’t really seem to be a right or wrong way to implement a measurement strategy. Just like every donated dime counts, so does every point of impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 22, 2013

What these organizations lack in size, however, they make up for in impact. Consider the impact of payment timing on your grantees’ cash flow. posted by. Anjali Deshmukh , Associate Director. Angela Francis , Senior Associate. Nonprofit Finance Fund. Welcome to Research Friday !

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Brian Spicker , Senior Vice President of Community Impact. This week, Brian Spicker of Valley of the Sun United Way sat down the with Center's Stephanie La Loggia for a short interview about the meaning of "collective impact." References. ^ [1] Collective Impact. posted by.

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Frogloop

MAY 12, 2016

The 2016 Benchmarks Study was recently released and highlights the latest nonprofit trends and strategies with an eye on shifts throughout the past decade. The study is comprised of a diverse mix of 105 nonprofits of various sizes and sectors. The study analyzed 2.8

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Boulder and seeing the winter beauty of the place right after a big snowfall as well as of connecting with many people excited about social impact. Social enterprise. Technology. Contemplation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Based on the research, they have launched a platform that helps connect practitioners with tools and resources to tell better stories of impact. I particularly like the sections about how to create a culture of storytelling and measurement.

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SocialFish

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Something you mentioned earlier was the impact of social media on this landscape. Maddie Grant, co-founder of Culture That Works , was a recent guest on the TechnologyAdvice Expert Interview Series to share her insight on the intersection of sales, marketing, and technology.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

How do you demonstrate tangible impact so they don’t think of you as a form of entertainment but rather as an essential part of the community? Check out our latest infographic below on the impact a donation to an arts organization makes on the local community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

How are you using experiments, a/b testing, and validated learning to improve your nonprofit’s impact?

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NetWits

JULY 20, 2011

Back in March of this year at SXSW I got the chance to spend a few minutes with Chris Noble the “Voltaire&# [ according to him ] of cause marketing. If you don’t know Chris make sure to say Hi to him on Twitter.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2015

Tax policy, and its impact on charitable deductions. Interest rates, and their impact on saving vs. spending. Unemployment rates, and their impact on donor numbers. Population growth, and its impact on the pool of potential donors. As a fundraiser, you are well aware of your internal program’s performance metrics. Changes in average gift sizes, donor retention rates, and revenue can all be tracked back to changes in your campaign strategies.

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John Haydon

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

In the article, I’ll share 7 proven visual marketing ideas you can use today for maximum impact on Facebook. […]. The post 7 Proven Visual Marketing Ideas for Maximum Facebook Impact appeared first on John Haydon. Do you want to get more engagement on Facebook?

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Frogloop

MARCH 28, 2016

A lot of nonprofits question how big election years will impact their fundraising, especially if they are not a C4 or a PAC. They worry that donors will prioritize candidate donations over their nonprofit. A new report by Blackbaud shows that this assumption may be wrong.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Jamie Forbes of Opus Advisers and Alexandra Urbanowski of New Hampshire Public Radio helped attendees understand the value of building a brand within the nonprofit space and how it can impact fundraising. Measurement is essential to understand your impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2016

How small changes in individual mindset and tiny habits can help your nonprofit, association or membership organization make a big, positive and sustainable impact. Register for Free! .

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SocialFish

AUGUST 22, 2011

Introducing ROI and the Impact of Social CRM: 12 Forward-Looking Use Cases for Associations. DOWNLOAD ROI and the Impact of Social CRM: 12 Forward-Looking Use Cases for Associations. Our latest white paper is out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Note from Beth: How often have those of worked in nonprofits asked the question or been asked the question by funders, “What’s the impact?” The first step is identify what impact might look like as this post explains. “I Maya’s film may have indeed had impact.

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John Haydon

JULY 8, 2016

They want to make an impact that matters, and when you show them that impact, they will likely continue their support. Show donors the impact as it happens Often, supporters are […].

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