Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2020

Healthcare Nonprofit Marketing Outcomes + Impact community benefit community impact Outcomes Measurement

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2020

Many foundations would like to have a more defined measurement process around their grantmaking but aren’t sure where to start. Webinar: “Measuring for Success: The Good, The Helpful and the Impactful” Blackbaud Foundation Solutions Resource Hub. Podcast grant management grant processes grant tracking Outcomes Measurement

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Over the past several years, I’ve met with countless people at a wide variety of organizations to connect on outcomes measurement , and I tend to hear similar questions and qualms about this still-new area. “ How do we get started? ” “ Is there a difference between measurement and evaluation? ” “ Is there a right way to define an outcome? There is a groundswell of interest in outcomes measurement and a desire to get it right across the sector. Measurement vs. Evaluation.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2020

member states to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and protect our planet, provide a common roadmap for organizations to measure impact. The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the set of 17 global goals adopted by 193 U.N.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

I recently got my copy of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit by Beth Kanter and Katie Delahaye Paine. In the foreward, Beth and Katie say that “measurement is the secret sauce; we provide the recipe.” One that really speaks to me is the point that “measurement helps nonprofits understand and improve their social networks.” bookreview resources beth kanter book review measurement netnon

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2016

From there I dug in to learn as much as I could about outcomes measurement and results from consultants, think tanks and other leaders in the field. What did I learn about outcomes and measuring results in those early days? As a funder, I need to first collaborate with experts in my focus areas to determine the right types of changes that should occur and we need to determine how these changes should be measured.

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VolunteerMark

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Check out this newly released research report that proves it''s critical for us to measure volunteer impact - it also proves that measurement of volunteer impact is vital for increasing donations & ensuring that your programs are effective

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

My association Board chair and I were chatting not long ago, talking about the mission and big-picture objectives of our association, and I mentioned, literally without giving it a second thought, that we were incapable of measuring progress on some of the things we had set for ourselves. Maybe I was thinking about Shelly Alcorn’s recent post, Is Your Mission Bigger Than What You Can Measure? If you can measure it, she seems to say, you’re not aiming high enough.

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NetWits

APRIL 13, 2010

There is a continuous discussion going on in the nonprofit space that’s centered on measurement. We all know that measurement and determining return on investment (ROI) is important so we’re thinking about how to determine what success looks like in the social media world. Over the years nonprofits have figure out how to measure a lot of things.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2017

One of the most exciting parts of 2017 for me so far has been to see how many nonprofit organizations and foundations are becoming more and more passionate about outcomes measurement. Each organization is on what we like to call an outcomes journey , where results-focused givers are moving from basic outcomes measurement to a strategic and integrated approach. Outcomes Measurement Tips for Funders. Outcomes Measurement Tips for Nonprofits.

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VolunteerMark

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Check out this newly released research report that proves it''s critical for us to measure volunteer impact - it also proves that measurement of volunteer impact is vital for increasing donations & ensuring that your programs are effective

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2016

It means investing with purpose to achieve specific, measurable outcomes and impact. In the impact investing model, when we give to a cause, we should see specific and measureable return in the form of social change. And I’m proud to say that over the past eight years, I have helped giving organizations shift millions of dollars to impactful, measurable giving and empowered them to tell their organization’s results story. Who’s excited about simplifying outcomes measurement?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If we continue trying to measure social change by financial criteria alone, we’ll never have full view of the inputs and processes necessary to create lasting impact. However, we shouldn’t rely on for-profit output measures to paint a complete picture of nonprofit success.

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SocialFish

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

My association Board chair and I were chatting not long ago, talking about the mission and big-picture objectives of our association, and I mentioned, literally without giving it a second thought, that we were incapable of measuring progress on some of the things we had set for ourselves. Maybe I was thinking about Shelly Alcorn’s recent post, Is Your Mission Bigger Than What You Can Measure? If you can measure it, she seems to say, you’re not aiming high enough.

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TechImpact

JUNE 19, 2014

Big data and robust analytic measuring tools have enabled this revolution to go from a pipe dream to reality in only a few short years. Everyone wants to compare the success of their organization to a measurable analytic. Analytics are by far the easiest and best way to measure the effectiveness of a technology implementation, fundraising campaign, or content marketing plan. Start measuring, and reporting. Keep measuring.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Recipe for (Measuring) Success. Author: Noel Beebe. Event season is in full swing which means three things to me… reports, reports, reports.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Balancing the reality of your campus with the overwhelming nature of being a marketer today, this conference will help participants identify, explain and integrate the key ingredients to creating, sustaining and measuring the impact of a successful brand strategy and market position.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It’s hard to ramp up the good work you do if you don’t know how to concretely define, measure and communicate your impact to supporters. When we keep in mind the true meaning of the impact, in all its forms, it helps us discover what’s important when measuring it. Measuring impact. How can you objectively measure a growth in self-esteem or an increase in overall well-being? Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.). goals, measure them!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 6, 2010

Measuring outcomes is difficult, measuring activities is easy. But, if we only measure activities, we could find ourselves being "successful" while the species we're trying to protect goes extinct or the biome we're trying to protect loses viability and diversity. At a two-day event at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation on changing an entire movement. The people attending all believe that we have to focus much more on conservation outcomes: are there more tigers?

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Through her work with clients like the Wildlife Conservation Society and her love of (math) problem solving, Amy has picked up a lot of wisdom + I wanted to better understand her process for approaching a social media campaign and measuring its efficacy. It's not enough to measure "likes" for every post and assume the ones with more had the most impact. Measuring beyond "likes".

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Once you have consistent and relevant prospect data at your disposal, what should you measure? Fundraising Success & Performance Identifying Prospects metrics Prospect Managment

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SocialFish

MAY 21, 2015

Learn how hashtags can be used to engage your social audience and how you can measure their performance in cross-channel campaigns. Download this guide from Simply Measured to learn things like: What hashtags are and why you should be using them. Free resource alert! A single hashtag can connect your brand messaging across each of the major social networks.

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VolunteerMark

OCTOBER 13, 2014

They want to know outcomes, so that’s what we have to measure. Your supporters are much more interested in what you accomplish than how you accomplish it. Watch out for these common mistakes

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Tis the time of year when end-of-year campaigns are in full swing and metrics, measurement, and benchmarks are top of mind. There are A LOT of ways to measure a campaign's success, let's look at a few. Campaigns Metrics & Measurement Planning end of year fundraising

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Track ROI of a given ad campaign over time, and pull custom, robust reports to measure success. #16. Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more.

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John Haydon

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Many nonprofit social media folks, including me, have stressed putting measurement at the end of a campaign plan. But measuring only after a campaign is a mistake – if you want to understand your people. Note that measuring also occurs during a campaign to make sure you’re on track, and also at the end to celebrate success (or not as the case may be). Strategy measuring social media monitoring social media POST method

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2011

If you work in social media or PR for that matter, and you are concerned about measurement, then KD Paine is already high on your list of must go to sources. I’ve been following her work for at least five years and had the honor of facilitating a SXSW Panel called “ Social Media, Nonprofit, and ROI Poetry Slam &# where she was a participant. Not only did she wear a Tiara, but she shared her measurement insights in rhyme. Books Measurement

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? And since advocacy often involves coalitions, it can be difficult to measure who owns the success—or quite possibly the failure—of initiatives. Others equate it to the number of messages sent to decision makers, or by looking at whether a policy measure either passes or fails by vote in committee or on the floor of a legislative body.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

What’s so hard about measuring nonprofit impact? Can you really use the same criteria to measure the effectiveness of a rural food bank that works locally and an internationally renowned art museum located in a major metropolitan area? I believe that every tax-exempt organization that accepts contributions—including GuideStar—needs to define clearly for the public (1) how it measures effectiveness and (2) how it is doing against that(those) measure(s).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Generations of fundraisers have been trained to measure success around one specific metric—revenue. There are other ways to measure success, and it depends on changing the idea that revenue generation is the only form of success. kimbia Leadership measurement Miriam Kagan nptech nten Fundraising Miriam Kagan. Senior Fundraising Consultant. Kimbia.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The Chicken and Egg Problem of Nonprofit Social Media Measurement : My new job is forcing me to confront my arithmophobia/dyscalculia (I’m not sure which it actually is–basically any kind of numbers or math freaks me out) as well as my loathing of Excel and I admit it’s almost pleasurable. I’m reading Measuring the Networked Nonprofit now and I’m kind of obsessed with it–I can almost envision myself becoming an Excel geek.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2011

Last week I wrote about nonprofit “ measurement malaise &# that keeps some nonprofits putting a measurement strategy for their integrated communications campaigns into practice. In the comments, I asked how can we make measurement fun ? We measure EVERYTHING, all the time. Most people view measurement as punishment, not something fun or valued. Some ways to make measurement sexy include focusing on the results by celebrating them. Measurement

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SocialFish

JUNE 17, 2014

Jason Falls spells it out for ya here. Awesomeness. Prove It from Jason Falls. ————— ( photo credit ). Related Posts Content Strategy for Associations Adapt Your Website to a Mobile World BREAKING: LinkedIn is Shutting off the Jobs Tab for Groups How to Lead Your Way to a Social Organization Community Management Fundamentals Best Linkedin Company Pages. Featured Implementation Industry Insider

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Blackbaud’s 2013 Peer to Peer Fundraising Benchmark report provides information that you can use to not only measure your success but to learn about trends and best practices in event fundraising. On Wednesday April 17, 2012 I will be hosting the Peer to Peer Fundraising: How Do You Measure Up webinar and sharing tips for leveraging, adapting, and using the report to increase the number of participants and funds raised through peer-to-peer fundraising events.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

As a strategist, I live and die by having access to timely, relevant, … CRM Metrics & Measurement direct mail fundraising

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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. I was lucky enough to snag an interview with Jessica Kirkwood from HandsOn Network who oversees social media strategy about how the strategy and measurement component for this campaign. Measurement

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 9, 2016

Facebook measure adsYou run a small, nonprofit or membership-based organization and you’re looking for inexpensive ways to gain new members. Have you thought of advertising on Facebook?

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NonProfit Trends

MARCH 6, 2013

Measuring ROI in multichannel fundraising campaigns can be a lot of work, but … Fundraising Industry Trends Research & Trends multichannel fundraising ROI

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John Haydon

MAY 26, 2010

Probably the best way to measure your Page is by using your Page Insights. Tags: Facebook Tips facebook page facebook tips hubspot like measure roi Your organization created a Facebook Page a few months ago.

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SocialFish

APRIL 6, 2015

But how will you even know your CRM initiative is failing if you aren’t measuring its return on investment (ROI)? Measuring ROI is a little more black and white for commercial businesses. Elsewhere on the internet, you can find generic calculators for measuring ROI after implementation. Generally, 4-6 months is a good rule of thumb, although some organizations see measurable results even sooner, depending on the software.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Overall, you want to be tracking these types of goals because it’ll help you determine the quality of your visitors and measure the effectiveness of your marketing efforts. The post Easily Measure Conversion Rates by Setting Goals in Google Analytics appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. Google Analytics can be overwhelming and confusing, but setting up Goals in your Google Analytics account helps to narrow down what you need to be looking at.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

This week''s Apricot Jam link round-up includes posts on: nonprofit measurement; membership models; online communities for associations; nonprofit newsletters; and inspiring your board. Apricot Jam

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