Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Cursed Thing Last year at this time, I was in Austin, TX doing a keynote workshop for Legal Services Corporation on the ROI of Nonprofit Technology. The basics include: benefits, value, metrics, and financial calculations. I think that is dangerous. Improvement in marketing efficiency. This matters most.

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TechImpact

JULY 7, 2014

You know you need to invest in technology. Despite this, many in the nonprofit sector are hesitant to heavily invest in their technology. Many nonprofits allow the paralyzing fear of not effectively utilizing the technology permanently delay the investment. Often citing their ROI is difficult to understand to deliver upon.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Topic : Strong Connections: Linking Strategy, Goals and Metrics. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, or something else, you don’t have to be satisfied with a feeling: use your organization’s strategic plan to identify real goals and then track the data to show your impact. Topic : Social Media ROI.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. For example, you can understand what impact, if any, a new communication channel had on fundraising outcomes. There are virtually unlimited metrics you can track— if you can collect the data, you can analyze it. Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With rapidly changing technology and the need to be nimble in our approach to donors, leveraging the data in your nonprofit donor database is more important than ever before. Trust & Accountability: Nonprofits often rely on very powerful anecdotal stories when sharing their mission and impact. Step 3: Map out the Data.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

The right technology solutions can streamline the entire fundraising experience, easing your nonprofit’s administrative burden and leaving donors with a positive impression of your organization. As you generate marketing content, actively monitor metrics like email click-through rate, social media reposts, and conversion rate.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

Better fundraising ROI. This increases ROI, helping you accomplish your goals and get that much closer to achieving your mission. . Instead of having to search for sparse sources of information, we’re now left with the opposite issue—sifting through ample resources to find the most trustworthy and impactful information. .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Social Media Today | ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media – A great post from Brian Solis on Social Media Today discussing the ROI of social media. "Over the years, Social Media experts attempted to redefine ROI for a new era of influence. . "Over … But that was then and this is now. ."

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Have you ever wondered how to turn your corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs from well-intentioned efforts into strategic drivers of social impact? CSR software is a technology solution designed to help businesses manage, measure, and report on their CSR and sustainability initiatives. Who Uses CSR Software?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With this information at your fingertips, you are best positioned to lead data-driven strategy sessions with your leadership to take a close look at your income streams and decide which ones help you drive impact and which ones don’t serve your organization anymore. With these two numbers, you can identify the ROI for each channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

While some may think there are not a lot of high quality women who can speak on technology issues or are starting tech companies, it simply isn’t true. Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. Demonstrate their unique impact to underscore relevance to advocates. Measure social media with key metrics for visibility, engagement and advocacy . To be fair, that evidence is limited.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

With this information at your fingertips, you are best positioned to lead data-driven strategy sessions with your leadership to take a close look at your income streams and decide which ones help you drive impact and which ones don’t serve your organization anymore. With these two numbers, you can identify the ROI for each channel.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

With this information at your fingertips, you are best positioned to lead data-driven strategy sessions with your leadership to take a close look at your income streams and decide which ones help you drive impact and which ones don’t serve your organization anymore. With these two numbers, you can identify the ROI for each channel.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2017

It’s part of our nature to want to leave a mark and be involved in something that’s going to have impact. My thought, after reading the article, was that nonprofit organizations are missing a key metric to accurately define what is and what is not an overhead cost. I challenge the industry to adopt a new metric.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Need some metrics guidelines? It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Need some metrics guidelines? It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Need some metrics guidelines? It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

These stats were compiled by the team at Blackbaud, long-time stand-out providers of nonprofit technology. It involves examining the data and performance metrics of individual major gift officers, as well as the team as a whole, to understand what’s working and what leaves room for improvement. How do we know this?

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

Reporting ⁠— Look for software that provides detailed insights into matching gift progress, trends, and other relevant metrics. Robust reporting facilitates informed decision-making and aids in demonstrating the impact of your efforts to stakeholders. Carefully evaluate these elements in your matching gift software buying.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Return on Investment, Return on Reflection: I will integrate my work on social media ROI with general nonprofit technology ROI More about this theme is below because it will be a major focus area for me this year. Workshop Keynote for Legal Services Corporation (1/28) ROI and Technology. score out of 5.0).

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

This new reality and shifting landscape have created significant opportunities to use virtual and hybrid events — and the technology that powers them — to elevate brand awareness, increase demand generation, enhance user acquisition, and ultimately accelerate growth for your company or your clients.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Hildy Gottlieb’s Pollyanna Principles are a great place to start if you want to learn more about how you can evaluate and identify your organizational goals (and larger view) in a way to successfully design projects, programs and even partnerships for real impact. Identify what technologies are most appropriate.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In this resource, we’ll guide you through how to holistically evaluate ROI, including direct and indirect costs and savings, how long it will take to get a return, and tying it all back to the goals of your team to make a powerful case for change. Do you know how much your technology processes are costing you? Increase in new donors.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Fred Weiss shared an in-depth analysis on the latest trends facing higher education advancement , alumni engagement metrics, and CASE’s 2018 Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) Survey. Key findings from CASE’s 2018 VSE Survey include: . Gifts from every type of donor increased. Trends in Talent Management .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

“Big listening is taking all the conversations that are going on online and trying to find pockets; in our case, ocean issues like MPAs (marine protected areas), overfishing, sustainable seafood, whales, bluefin tuna, ocean acidification, sharks, and shark finning, “ explains Matt Fitzgerald, Upwell’s Curator & Social Metrics Manager.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 18, 2013

Examples may include complete technology changes or large system upgrades, strategic organizational planning with a third party consultant outfit or process restructuring (i.e. Show me the ROI. First and foremost, let’s start with goals: What are the BIG goals that you have for your CRM strategy? Look for the low hanging fruit.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

If you’re looking at your technology budget and wondering whether you’re getting your money’s worth, join Digital Strategist & Technology Coach Maureen Wallbeoff and learn exactly how to harness the power of your technology to help your organization grow. They’re just technology.” ” I love it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. What are we cobbling together today from existing technology, and what could we be doing tomorrow? What artistic problems need a dose of geek teamwork?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether that’s raising funds, engaging people, or something else. What is your real output?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

How to create an online fundraising strategy Tips for a successful online fundraiser 10 effective online fundraising ideas 8 online fundraising metrics to track Use the tips and ideas in this guide to create your own online fundraising plan and to determine the fundraising tools you’ll need to accomplish your ultimate goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social and Nonprofits ROI: Case Study Slam submitted by Beth Kanter Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI. If you want to search for others, scan the list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

Our main goal is to help you learn how to leverage our technology and the tools that make up social media. Check out: Google Analytics Maximized: Deeper Analysis, Higher ROI & You by Avinash Kaushik. is the next Google, but the technology it's brought to market could be very important in the indexing of the social web.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2011

Two important findings that tend to have the greatest impact on advancing marketing and communications are an org’s commitment to the philosophy and investing in the mechanics to make it happen. The systems and technology to support integration are an essential part of the process. The process of proving ROI is complex.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This evaluation isn’t just about numbers; it’s a vital step in determining your ROI , and helping you make informed decisions about repeating or refining strategies. Picture a passionate advocate valuing social impact or a digital-savvy donor who prefers online engagement.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Online fundraising technology allows your nonprofit to better understand which marketing campaigns effectively drive donations and where there’s room for improvement. Then, determine the amount you’re willing to spend to hit those goals and lead to a healthy return on investment (ROI). Capture donor information in your donor database.

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