Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Someone asked Tara a question about measuring Whuffie or influence. Her response: This is one of the biggest reasons I don’t like to measure Whuffie. I get the question time and time again when I talk about the book. The measure needs to be in the impact. A lot of followers doesn't equal influence.

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Influence Measure Impact Metrics 96

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you’re achieving that key outcome for impact. By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

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. SMMStandards Progress and Roadmap: Marklein and Paine Present the First Social Media Measurement Standards at the Dublin Summit.

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Measure Social Media Media Social 96

Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

Tie past spikes in registrations to the marketing initiatives taking place during that time so you can better understand which approaches and messages led to the most registrations. What factors influence first time attendees? Consider a technology approach that enables real-time access to your event registration data.

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Associations Data Registration Analytics 318

The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Secure Your Supporters’ Trust: Mastering Privacy-Compliant Fundraising In an age where every click, like, and share is meticulously tracked, the landscape of digital fundraising is evolving rapidly.

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Support Fundraising Awareness Data 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I spent a year co-writing on a book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” with measurement guru KD Paine because I felt strongly focusing on vanity metrics such as follower counts or Facebook likes was a waste of time. I didn’t get asked ”What are the best tools to measure followers on Twitter?

Attitude 97

Attitude Social Media Measure San Francisco 97

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They want us to invest in digital analytics tools to measure our efforts, but I’m not really sure what this will tell us. Your board is right: It’s time to evolve and inhabit the digital landscape. How can these tools help you track meaningful data? How are you measuring if you’re meeting or exceeding them?

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Analytics Digital Tools Measure 111

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

To strengthen wellbeing in the workplace the book provides leaders various solutions, including a new metric to track suffering, struggling, and thriving — Gallup Net Thriving. The authors further share that most people spend one-third or more of their waking time working. Use community volunteering as employee socializing time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2010

Social Media Measurement Tips View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I took measurement and since David Neff wore an apron and talked about kitchen tools and recipes, I riffed on cooking measuring techniques. My points were simple: 1) Measuring Cup : Identify the right results and pick the right metrics to measure it.

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Social Media Measure Jordan Tips 95

sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

This includes considering factors such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, and other intersecting identities that can influence access to resources and opportunities. From governmental opposition to cultural and societal opposition, these are challenging times for those who are societal changemakers.

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Philanthropy Action Structure Law 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

We want to distinguish the salon from the informal knowledge sharing that happens daily on the web or behind pay walls by offering a regular synthesis of the stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom shared in real time in the salon. Measurement Challenges. I believe this is because it is so difficult to measure behavior change.

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Summary Social Media Measure Media 94

Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Why report love matters Choosing a donor database is a pivotal decision for nonprofit fundraisers, influenced mainly by reporting capabilities. Measure Impact: Link fundraising successes to specific projects or programs, showcasing the tangible outcomes made possible through donor support.

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Report Effective Fundraising Template 62

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Revealing, insightful, and packed with a good balance of science, statistics, stories, and actionable strategies, the book, Connectable , is an incredibly timely must-read for leaders. However, loneliness is a subjective feeling and can be difficult to track. Establish psychological safety using proportional conversations.

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Team Authoring Statistics Life 73

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you're achieving that key outcome for impact. Databases - Nonprofits can use these tools to track data in real time and report on results.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 81

Allegiance Group

MAY 20, 2024

Nonprofits say: “Increase in small individual gift giving, long-term giving increases over time.” Nonprofits say: “(Donors) are more cautious and want even more information about measures of success for our programs.” It is becoming increasingly difficult to get face-to-face time with donors.”

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Trend Donor Guide Fundraising 52

Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2023

Your supporters are ultimately in charge of their own journeys, but you can certainly take action to influence and guide them. Planning a series of steps to engage your first-time supporters with your organization increases the likelihood they’ll remain engaged. Do you have a planned next step for them? Why might that be?

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Data Gift Relationship Interaction 96

Forum One

JUNE 22, 2021

Creating a well-thought-out content strategy, tracking meaningful KPIs, and analyzing how it’s performing can help your organization optimize your website. Let’s break down how measurement planning and an agile approach to managing and assessing your content allows you to optimize and track the effectiveness of your content strategy.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Defining and measuring impact is a tough nut to crack. In our recent webinar, “Measuring Impact: A Recipe for Mission-driven Work” , we shared how we approach impact, challenges we are looking to overcome, and a framework for building an impact measurement foundation to help you overcome the challenge of defining impact.

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Challenge Impact Measure Review 58

Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Amplify Your Impact: Integrating Tech for Peak Nonprofit Efficiency In a world where technology moves at lightning speed, nonprofits are often left grappling with the tailwinds of rapid change. Strap in; it’s time to take your cause to heights unimagined.

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Integration Tech Impact Nonprofit 64

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But you also want to respect your grantees’ time and resources and avoid asking them for information that you don’t use or that they have already provided elsewhere. Or you can track the time it takes you to fill out the form, either with sample data or by trying to collect similar data from your own systems.

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 94

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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Measure Relationship Metrics ROI 67

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Plus, inviting thought leaders, influencers , and other guest speakers that your audience cares about helps secure your place as a trustworthy nonprofit. As a beginner podcaster, you should establish the ideal time needed to plan, record, edit, and upload your episodes ahead of time so you can efficiently allocate your resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2011

So, in honor our collective Twitter birthdays in October and Halloween, I thought I’d share a few Twitter tools for tracking and learning that are real treats and a few that make your work flow on Twitter efficient for documenting events. I track to learn and improve relationships on Twitter. RowFeeder fits the bill.

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Twitter Tools Learning Measure 110

Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Digital marketing is often a cost-effective option for organizations because there are many free online tools to help you create content and track your campaigns. Your nonprofit marketing plan provides focus, structure, and measurable objectives to help you see what’s working and what needs to be changed.

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Marketing Guide Nonprofit Channel 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

When was the last time your application was given a solid review? If it’s been more than five years, you’re behind the times. If it’s information you want to know, but the way you ask the question feels outdated or inconsistent with the times, start from scratch and rewrite it. The world was very different then. Take it out.

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Question Application Reflection Philanthropy 88

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A board diversity policy amplifies what is expected of board members and describes how people who have been historically marginalized can participate effectively as board members, as mentioned by Kathleen Buse, Ruth Sessler Bernstein and Diana Bilimoria in their article " The Influence of Board Diversity."

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Help Strategy San Diego Iowa 96

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

Revealing, insightful, and packed with a good balance of science, statistics, stories, and actionable strategies, the book, Connectable , is an incredibly timely must-read for leaders. However, loneliness is a subjective feeling and can be difficult to track. Establish psychological safety using proportional conversations.

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Team Authoring Statistics Life 87

Forum One

APRIL 20, 2010

So you're tracking your web analytics, and your metrics are going up in all categories. Although cookies and other tracking mechanisms can weed out return visitors, all cookies are deleted eventually, and no one can control for visitors who visit your site from multiple devices or browsers types. percent clicked on a link.

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Metrics Measure Web Convio 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2023

Revealing, insightful, and packed with a good balance of science, statistics, stories, and actionable strategies, the book, Connectable , is an incredibly timely must-read for leaders. However, loneliness is a subjective feeling and can be difficult to track. Establish psychological safety using proportional conversations.

Team 52

Team Authoring Statistics Life 52

sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Comprehensive online auction software improves every aspect of the fundraising process, from sending personalized communications using your donor data to generating real-time analytics that measure engagement and fundraising progress. Look for virtual auction software with the following features: Item procurement tracking.

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Virtual Build Stream Software 72

Wild Apricot

JULY 25, 2011

In July the top-rated posts on Association Jam were about time management, technology for tracking influencers and blog measurement. Posts in the membership, fundraising and leadership categories also ranked high. Here’s a look at the most popular links in each “AJam” category for the month of July 2011.( read more ).

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Associations Influence Measure Rate 91

The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

A matching grant pledge prior to the big day encouraged supporters to dig deep, resulting in a 40% revenue increase compared to the previous year’s total by the time the day drew to a close. Any number of variables can influence these metrics. “We Supporters took advantage of the second chance.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Measuring the return on investment for any organizational effort is a standard of doing business. Was the social media plan you implemented worth the time you spent running it? In starting, define what metrics should be measured per social media tactic employed and ensure all meaningful elements are measured.

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ROI Social Media Measure Metrics 51

Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Choosing the right social media platforms Not all social media platforms are going to be the best use of time for your organization because social media platforms have different audiences and features that better suit certain causes. Tracking these actions helps you measure the success of specific campaigns and overall engagement efforts.

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Social Media Media Guide Social 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Revealing, insightful, and packed with a good balance of science, statistics, stories, and actionable strategies, the book, Connectable , is an incredibly timely must-read for leaders. However, loneliness is a subjective feeling and can be difficult to track. Establish psychological safety using proportional conversations.

Team 52

Team Authoring Statistics Life 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2022

Revealing, insightful, and packed with a good balance of science, statistics, stories, and actionable strategies, the book, Connectable , is an incredibly timely must-read for leaders. However, loneliness is a subjective feeling and can be difficult to track. Establish psychological safety using proportional conversations.

Team 63

Team Authoring Statistics Life 63