Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

“In the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal—in a feedback loop. You use the measurement as feedback to make adjustments.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. Challenge your members to a photo contest, and require that all entries use the same branded hashtag. Impressions are nice for measuring awareness but they’re too broad to measure engagement. Looking for an easy win?

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. The students also emphasized that service increased their sense of agency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

Flickr Photo by Joel Goodman. Five Steps You Can Take Now to Apply the New Measurement Standards In Your Organization. Everything You Need to Know about the Dublin Summit and the New Measurement Standards. Social Media Measurement Standards: Progress and Roadmap – A Guest Post by Zan McColloch-Lussier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. grist.org’s key results are: Footprint: The reach of their activities, both online and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

It isn’t a matter of that “photos do well on Facebook, it is which photo.” How are you using experiments, a/b testing, and validated learning to improve your nonprofit’s impact? You could pick any channel, social or otherwise to set up an a/b test hypothesis. Don’t just guess. Words : Language is tricky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2013

When KD Paine texted me a photo of the award, she said that she imagines both our Dad up there somewhere smiling and being proud of their daughters. As many readers of this blog know, my Dad, Earl Kanter , passed away in June. One of the last things I got to share with him was that the book was nominated for the Terry McAdams book award.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Telling a good story can also give your donors confidence that your nonprofit is making an impact and that their donations are used effectively. Nonprofit storytelling refers to narratives an organization shares (often called “impact stories”) as a way to illustrate its mission and connect with supporters on a personal, emotional level.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

1) Always showcase your impact. Smile Train consistently shows the dramatic impact of its work via Twitter. By showing a simple before and after photo, you feel connected and drawn in and want to learn more, maybe even to get involved. PHOTO OF SMILE TRAIN TWEET. 2) Share photos of your volunteers in action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Photo by Gary Clark. And, of course, don’t forget that you also need to measure your content strategy and “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” has lots of tips and resources that help you do that. Thanks to user feedback, we enhance and evolve our Editorial Calendar every year. What is it?

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

Importantly, TBP also acknowledges that funders do not inherently have more expertise or knowledge than grantees do, and that we can only achieve sustainable impact if we work together as equal partners. We realize that some of the most impactful work is being done by organizations HF might not know about.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2024

To create impactful change, innovative approaches are needed —including bolstering nonprofits led by and serving women and girls facing inequities with general operating support grants. Further, in 2012, of the $4.8 billion philanthropic investments allocated to the U.S. South, just 5.4%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Photo by M. This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Why You Should Measure Impact in Addition to Outcomes A Collaborative, Inclusive Approach to Brand-Building How to Choose Diverse and Inclusive Photos The Phases of Service Design What Does Digital Transformation Mean for Nonprofits? The post Our Most Popular Blogs of 2021 appeared first on Forum One | Turn Ideas Into Impact.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

To gain the trust of prospective donors, you need to show how your values align with theirs and how you’ll make a measurable impact. If you chart your course intentionally in those early days, you can help set your nonprofit up for growth, sustainability, and impact.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling lets donors and volunteers know that they are making an impact and making life better for real people. Was there a measurable impact? Emotional impact is where the rubber meets the road and causes people to reach for their wallet. Did her donation of time or money help someone? Use visuals.

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2024

Over 1,000 nonprofits attended our 2024 Seals webinar , but we know there are many more out there looking to tell their story of impact and share that story broadly with current and potential donors to make their case for funding. In 2023, 62,575 nonprofits earned or renewed their Candid Seals of Transparency.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

I saw firsthand how empowering it is to move away from a traditional hierarchical structure to a partnership when the Candid Governance Committee established an Impact Assessment taskforce. With the board and staff collaborating and bringing their lived experiences and knowledge together, the organization can be more impactful in its work.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 14, 2022

If you want to win over Millennial and Gen Z supporters, you need to do three things: connect with their activism, engage with them where they are, and demonstrate your impact. To win over Millennial and Gen Z supporters, you need to: connect with their activism, engage with them where they are, and demonstrate your impact.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI. Photo credit: gorodenkoff via Getty Images The post Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. Alfred Prufrock: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 6, 2024

These videos should communicate the impact your supporters have had on your cause by including footage of your volunteers, staff, and beneficiaries. For online recognition, reach out to donors you want to recognize to request a photo, a few sentences about what your cause means to them, and permission to share the shout-out online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2015

Photo by Lee Haywood. Having handled over 5 million text messages to date, Crisis Text Line has a tremendous amount of information to help them maximize their impact. Descriptive Insights – measuring satisfaction. Descriptive insights measure past activity and usually involve counting how many times something happened.

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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. Taking photos. This was the question at the heart of last week''s MuseumCamp.

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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. She gives a seven step framework for measuring the ROI of relationships.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

What do you measure every day, week, month, year? And ultimately, we take action to be part of something as we already have plenty of opportunities to take and share video, photo and messages with our friends or the world at large. Photo credit: Flickr leehaywood. Start with Metrics.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Before even getting started, be clear on what you want to achieve, starting with specific goals and KPIs in mind will help you measure whether or not your campaign has been a success and will give you a benchmark for the next year. Did you know that 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations ?

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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

Luckily, Tech Impact is here to help. Post level data reports on the analytic behind individual posts on a page, whereas page level data measures the impact as post has on the entire page. The post Better Understanding Nonprofits And Their Facebook Metrics appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Flickr Photo by PetitPlat - Stephanie Kilgast. By applying this approach to any program development or strategy and even your organization’s dashboard, your nonprofit can more innovative and get more impactful results. Tracking for Impact and Learning. These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

You can read more in this series of five reports that looks at the definitions, research, power, practices, and insights relating the impact of social networks on family strengthening and community change. Open/Closed and how it impacts the learning. There are many challenges to assessing the impact of networks.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

To start establishing yourself as a world-changing, impactful organization on the platform, here are a few best practices to succeed on LinkedIn. Optimize your photos. When choosing your header image, pick a photo that best represents the work your organization does. Create your company page. Take advantage of sponsored content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Dear Beth: I want to compile a report for my Executive Director about the impact of our online organizing strategies. Flickr - to host photos from events we have attended and hosted. I get lots of email requests like this and can't answer all them or blog either. But sometimes, those stats don't really tell us anything.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It’s important to remember these prompt best practices when using AI content to ensure the best results: Proofread the work Fact check any information Check for plagiarism If you don’t have an expert graphic designer, AI can also help you edit any photos or videos you plan on using for your campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Measure Networked Nonprofit. Engaging photos, especially of local places and animals work well. Once you have the discipline in place of setting up an editorial calendar, measuring it, and generating insights about what resonates with your audience, you might wonder – what’s next?

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Donor retention measures how many donors continue to give to your organization. Could the next gift come because of that moving photo on social media? How is retention measured? It’s critical to message appreciation, the impact they’re making, and the need for continued giving. What is donor retention?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure. Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. What improvements would make a significant impact?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Photo Credit: Nathan Russell, Together Against Hunger We can reconsider the role that we play, and more deeply engage a wide range of stakeholders. “As Photo Credit: Peter Caton, Action Against Hunger, Kenya A strength-based approach is key. Leaders discuss hunger reduction strategies at Together Against Hunger.

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