The NonProfit Times

MAY 16, 2024

Corporate investment in social impact appears to show no signs of slowing down. The researchers studied how trends relating to corporate social responsibility (CSR), diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns are influencing corporate social impact strategies.

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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. I didn’t get asked ”What are the best tools to measure followers on Twitter?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

A connected throughline of our shared humanity With that in mind, as I reflect on the influences, changes, and overall trends we have seen in employee engagement, philanthropy, and CSR in 2023, and those that are to come in 2024, I cannot help but be struck by the notion that it is not about specific trends or actions.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

With the rise of smartphones, it seems like everyone’s constantly on social media, making it the perfect marketing tool for your nonprofit! Infact, there are over 308 million social media users in the United States alone. Learn how your organization can take full advantage of social media in this guide!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

Few would deny that storytelling is a powerful tool for inspiring action and influencing thought leaders, donors, and decision makers. However, few of us working in the social impact space could admit to utilizing storytelling to its fullest potential. Meanwhile, digital technology has changed the game. By Jay Geneske, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

I’m on a mission this year, with the publication of the book, to continue to evangelize about nonprofits should all become data nerds and embrace the joy of measurement. The Valid Metrics Framework, Updated to Include Social Media. The Valid Metrics Framework, Updated to Include Social Media. But where to start?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” ” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. Twice as likely to take part in events like charity walk.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With the importance consumers put on social responsibility, businesses are getting increasingly involved in charitable causes, especially with cause marketing. They’ll link to your donation form from the business’s social media or website. But social media isn’t the only way you can reach out to people during your campaign!

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Care2

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Or are social media ranking tools an example of more kool-aid mix being added to the overflowing punch bowl? “Is it even possible to measure online influence, divorced from offline influence,&# asks Tom Webster over at BrandSavant [link]. . Is your organization considered a content curator?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Boost Your Nonprofit’s Impact: 10 Power-Packed Summer Fundraising Ideas for 2023 As the mercury rises, so should your nonprofit’s impact! Keep in mind the costs of renting projection equipment, acquiring necessary permits, and ensuring safety measures are in place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

My colleagues, all experts, practitioners, and instigators share a passion for inspiring others to build great organizations for greater societal impact and increasing the expectation and adoption of high performance in the field. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. Social change is hard.

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Care2

OCTOBER 19, 2010

As nonprofits and advocacy groups delve deeper into social media, the need to assess their return on investment (ROI) is critical. So what should the ROI for advocacy groups’ social media programs be and how can we measure them? Be sure and also check Frogloop's blog post " The Four "I's to Measure Social Media ".

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Issue awareness is often a foundational step in advocacy work, and it’s important to make sure that your organization’s issue awareness work uses specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals to measure progress. GLAAD publishes studies on LGBTQ+ issues in media.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Social media is an indispensable tool for raising awareness for your nonprofit’s cause, reaching new audiences, and strengthening your relationships with donors. However, your nonprofit isn’t the only one that understands just how valuable social media can be for your fundraising efforts. After all, with 4.9

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Measurement Challenges.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

You may be aware that there is a big debate going on in the social media blogosphere about "influence". We're all familiar with the mantra that we should be out there leveraging influencers in our communities in order to get the word out about our causes, brands or services. So what is influence, really? But hold on.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In July 2020, Candid published a blog post examining the many surveys inquiring about social sector organizations’ needs in light of COVID-19. Organizations across the globe continue to feel negative impacts of COVID-19. It’s reasonable to assume the negative impact will continue, at least in the short term if not longer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives. We learned that it predicting the path of hurricanes is a more precise science than the measuring their destructive force. What are the key results of this campaign ?

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the significance of advancing equity in philanthropic grantmaking and discuss actionable steps that donors, organizations, and social changemakers can take to make a meaningful impact. This means moving away from rigid funding structures and timelines toward more agile and responsive approaches.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 20, 2024

When we asked respondents what changes they saw, we noticed six trends: Fewer Donors, Higher Average Gift Decrease in Donations Shift in Giving Patterns Increased Caution and Engagement Impact of External Factors Changes in Fundraising Strategies Let’s dig into each trend to see what nonprofits are saying about their donor behavior.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Social media: Maintain an active presence on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Whether you’re filming a video, writing an email, or posting on social media, use the following storytelling techniques to connect with your audience on a deeper level: Introduce a main character.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In addition, the book covers: The five elements of wellbeing: career, social, financial, physical, community. The quality of an employee’s work experience has three times the impact on their overall wellbeing as the number of hours they work ,” report the authors. Use community volunteering as employee socializing time.

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Classy

JULY 5, 2021

Since today’s consumers are demanding more social responsibility and impact from the companies they support, brands also often already have giving programs established for cross-collaboration, so you won’t necessarily be pitching them a new idea. Influencer. Learn How To Tap Into Local Partnerships.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One of the most valuable assets that any nonprofit can have is consistent marketing and paid advertising data—this is especially true in the midst of a major crisis or shift that deeply impacts society, like tough financial times or global events. Don’t abandon your social platforms in crisis or hardship.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

How do you measure that? This year, the theme was social impact assessment, or measuring the immeasurable. The goal was to explore new ways to measure "immeasurable" social outcomes like connectedness, pride, and civic action. This was the question at the heart of last week''s MuseumCamp. It was hugely used.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

This could be as simple as “If we post more links on Facebook with the embedded link tool, we will increase our reach” or any of the items that Mari Smith suggests you measure on Facebook. You could pick any channel, social or otherwise to set up an a/b test hypothesis. Share an example of your experiment in the comments.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This shift was marked by commitments of increased funding, greater flexibility in grantmaking practices, and a focus on social and economic systems transformation. My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift?

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. The City Health Dashboard provides a case study in data storytelling that is unique to their platform but provides universal lessons for any organization looking to use data to reach audiences or influence action.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. So consider this just the first of many posts related to issues of cultural inclusion, evaluation, and impact. I wanted to know more. That didn''t happen.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Expands visibility and credibility in the community by showing your impact. Investing in marketing helps you build a foundation for growth, community engagement, and impactful change. Nonprofit marketing is deeply intertwined with social impact rather than focusing on financial gain.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

Their systems and processes help them pivot when an unexpected turn of events (a global pandemic or a tidal wave of social activism, for example) turns their operations upside-down. They’re flexible enough to pursue multiple paths to impact, which is critical given how quickly the world changes today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Infusing Social Into Social Justice Organizations – Guest Post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation. Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network. But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. The art part includes all the ways nonprofits and schools can engage and connect with alumni of their programs through social channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2009

Photo by Smitty42 Lucy Bernholz has a great post called " Metrics Are Good, Unless They Are Bad " which talks about the problems we encounter when we're trying to measure hard to measure stuff - like social media, social return, and social enterprise. Lucy brings up some points about metrics for Twitter.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

I would definitely make larger gifts if there were 1) fewer campaigns; 2) those campaigns championed more targeted solutions; 3) those solutions were backed up by better impact information. For as long as the Fundraising Effectiveness Project has measured nonprofit donor retention it has been abysmal. Donor Negative ACTIONS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

Screencapture from Jonny Bentwood 's White Paper on measuring influence. A new whitepaper by Jonny Bentwood, a PR consultant for Edelman, Distributed Influence: Quantifying the Impact of Social Media. pdf) starts the conversation and attempt to address a method to quantify influence.

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