Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. Microsoft with its Surface line of tablets that are a hybrid of laptops and tablets, is working hard to transform tablets from personal entertainment devices to business productivity machines. Find their report here. Tablet adoption is very brisk.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Without accurate and consistent data entry, you can't measure accurate results. So, the key to success is to ensure that all of your gift officers and related staff are entering in their contact reports (also known as "actions" in the Raiser’s Edge CRM software) in a consistent manner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Over the past three years, I've been presenting on this topic , the thinking and practice has evolved from 'we can't measure social media or it doesn't yet provide a tangible return," to being able to have guidelines, metrics, and techniques for demonstrating the ROI. My presentation use s*x metaphors to explain some of the points.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Purposeful Measurement to Inform Replication. Grantee organizations will measure what matters. But not all metrics are equally valuable, and choosing the measurements that matter can be complicated. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. It is also important clarify these expectations with participants.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to Westfall Gold’s 2021 Major Donor Generosity Report (cited in Donors: Understanding The Future of Individual Giving ), 88% of a nonprofit’s donors who have the capacity to make a major gift are not current major donors. Some organizations recognize tiers of donors in their annual reports or at events. Why Implement It?

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” With this in mind, and my trusty laptop timer working as a moderator, I will now begin. Gamification is a real thing now, you can play games that teach you everything you need to know, effectively measure said games and embed them directly within your learning platform. Where is the hosted solution physically located?

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

More than that, though, 89 percent of food recipients have reported having better access to healthy food. A lot of food banks measure impact by number of mouths fed … when I hear that I think, that's more hungry people that need food! To find out how to bring food rescue to your town or city, check out these resources.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. How might you measure it? My NTC panel on social media metrics, measurement, and roi will include a case study slam - so stay tuned). The report out was amazing. What worked? What didn't?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. ROI had it origins as an accounting term and was originally a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business. Use of metrics to measure your results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

These leaders are then given the meeting agenda (game instructions), keep the group on track, and volunteer to report out. We arranged for wifi in the room and asked participants to bring their laptops). I'm interested in learning how to do this better, take it deeper, and perhaps begin to measure it. Photo by James Leventhal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. Be sure to read the Third Sector Foresight Report on how nonprofits can best use social media and social networking - which was distributed at the conference. " The Giving Carnival: Edition 5 was about how to measure social impact.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Recruiting participants can be challenging and takes a certain measure of courage (as you’ll read below). If you have a quick test, you can hit up fellow parents during practice time with laptop in hand. They also give you slick graphs, reports, heat maps , and other cool stuff. Do you have some funds?

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Millions of people were laid off or furloughed, while millions more were sent off with their laptops and their monitors to work from home. If you believe in stuff like reports, surveys and studies, the number one factor in recruiting and retaining quality employees is pay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

One hopes that nonprofits deciding to roll their own social networks, aren't creating their own social silos and have gone into it with a solid strategy, clear objectives and measurable metrics , and can evaluate the ROI. I'd love to see more detail, like an overview the strategies or how they measure success. What do you think?

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

KPIs give your organization a way to measure the success of campaign-specific goals and your nonprofit’s long term goals. goals are goals that follow these five criteria: They are Specific, Measurable, Attainable/Ambitious, Relevant, and Timely. Report The Nonprofit Email Report Learn More 30. Set S.M.A.R.T.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Millions of people were laid off or furloughed, while millions more were sent off with their laptops and their monitors to work from home. If you believe in stuff like reports, surveys and studies, the number one factor in recruiting and retaining quality employees is pay.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

News & World Report. Offering a mobile donation platform so donors can give whenever the mood strikes without having to pull out their laptop or desktop to do so. These measures help align your goals with a concrete action plan. Additionally, you can prove your commitment to donors by ensuring a secure donation process.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. This response is a measure of how eager the environmental field is for a tool that helps better manage projects. The feedback has been amazing.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Low productivity, bypassing security measures, for sure, is something that’s very important that a lot of organizations reach out to us about. And I said, well, what if somebody wants to watch Netflix on their company laptop? There are probably many reports to file. So, we have some questions about what could go wrong.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You run a report, you run a query, and you’re immediately second-guessing, or you want to start let’s say a new donor welcome series, and you don’t have a lot of confidence that your data is actually going to be able to serve up just new donors. She runs some reports. What should people be looking at and measuring?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. It's a 40-page study that measures what's going on with nonprofit email, fundraising, social media, and mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

I've packed everything except for my laptop, the wireless router, all seven Avett Brothers CDs, and the beloved coffeemaker. Luckily enough, one of the most interesting parts of engaging in social media is how you can measure just about everything that you do. You've experimented with quite a few Web 2.0/Social The case I???m

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She has also co-authored two books on using social media: “ The Networked Nonprofit ” with Allison Fine and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit with KD Paine. I especially like her Emergence of Digital Civil Society report that she wrote with Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli. Beth’s prediction is that cows will tweet!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

At United Way, we sit in one room with our laptops, working as a team to monitor the conversation, flag interesting tweets and stay on top of the Chat. If you’re using the free version, you can pay $20 for a complete report.). Although we don’t measure our success by trending topics, it certainly is a badge of honor.

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