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. MORE
Jason Falls spells it out for ya here. Awesomeness. Prove It from Jason Falls. ————— ( photo credit ). MORE
Later today, I’ll be doing a webinar hosted by Hubspot called “ I love Measurement.” That got me thinking about measurement and how you measure difficult stuff. Tom Gilb , an engineer and measurement guru. … Read More Measurement MORE
And though we are making huge strides as a sector to understand the most effective techniques and approaches to using these tools, we still have a lot to learn about one of the most important areas of social media: measurement. Measuring is how you decide which is which. MORE
Here are four common mistakes my team and I see made by social, government, and nonprofit organizations trying to measure their impact, and tips on how to avoid them: 1. Measuring Too Much. By far the most common problem we see is that most organizations try to measure too much. MORE
But it wasn’t until Active Voice brought on a full time evaluator that were we able to identify and actually measure the kind of shifts we think films can contribute to. Measurement “You Know Your Film is Making a Difference When…” Guest Post by Ellen Schneider. MORE
When I heard about Guidestar’s plans to measure high performance at scale, I invited Jacob Harold, CEO and fellow ambassador to share a guest post about it on my blog. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. And feedback requires measurement. MORE
Exploring what to measure is the first step on a journey to greater impact. Chari Smith. Founder. CRSmith Consulting. Are these the data you're looking for? How can nonprofit organizations know what is working, what is not, and what impact they are making? MORE
But, like anything else, to improve results, you need to measure it. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director. If you deliver capacity building to nonprofits or you are a nonprofit who has engaged with a capacity builder, how did you measure the results? MORE
I recently heard this same idea from colleague Carie Lewis during our Measurement Workshop at SXSW. But that’s only half of it as KD Paine and I write in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Are you measuring conversion? Measurement MORE
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. Outcomes Measurement Tips for Funders. Outcomes Measurement Tips for Nonprofits. MORE
Source Codes: The Most Useful Measurement Strategy You May Not Be Using – Guest Post by Laura Quinn. Measurement TipsYou’re likely using more than one channel to communicate. Email, Facebook, posting to listserves, your website, direct mail—the list goes on and on. MORE
I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. Blog Posts About Various Steps of the Measurement Process. Once you set measurable goals, you’ve got make sure they are realistic. MORE
Not only did she wear a Tiara, but she shared her measurement insights in rhyme. I haven’t yet formally announced that I’ve been working on a book project with KD Paine to bring her Measure What Matters to the social good sector. Books Measurement MORE
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. What do you measure? Measurement MORE
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 MORE
I led the panel, “Measuring What Matters: How Funders and Nonprofits are Leveraging Data” and was joined by Adrian Bordone, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at GuideStar, and Peter York CEO and Chief Innovator at Algorythm. MORE
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. MORE
I learned about measurement from Katie Delahaye Paine, who is the leading expert in measuring communications strategies. Part 3: How To Measure the Effectiveness of Your Efforts. Part 4: How To Measure Engagement. Part 5: How To Budget for Measurement. Measurement MORE
While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. MORE
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 MORE
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. MORE
Note from Beth: My take away from this guest post is the advice that my co-author, KD Paine, has been saying for years. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. MORE
” It was always a terrific conversation starter with nonprofit techies because knowing the right tool for the job is important. As I’ve been working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with co-author KD Paine, we’ve come to the chapter on measurement tools. MORE
What is it and what it means to use it as a measurement for improving Facebook engagement on your Facebook Page? This post summarizes some of the key points and resources shared. Measuring Your Edgerank Score. Are you measuring your edgerank score to improve results on Facebook? MORE
I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. There is also the issue of social media measurement tools. Measurement MORE
If each nonprofit organization is now creating their own theory of change, and their own outcome and impact measurements, how do we compare those to another nonprofit’s outcome and impact measures? Nell Edgington. President. Social Velocity. MORE
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. How do we measure and track engagement to results? MORE
Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Measuremen MORE
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? MORE
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! MORE
Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. We are honored to have Laura Arrillaga-Andreeseen, Author of Giving 2.0 , write the foreword and it articulates from the donor perspective why nonprofits need to embrace measurement and learning. MORE
This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. Measurement MORE
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. MORE
“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. MORE
Measuring the Return on Relationships by Claire Diaz Ortiz (nee Williams). Although I opened the discussion, I didn’t take it far enough, and too many of you came away with the same, burning question: How can we measure the ROI of relationships? Measure them as well. MORE
” What are the metrics for measuring your content? I have an editorial calendar where I map out themes for the year – topics that relate to being a networked nonprofit, measurement, capacity building/training, and social media. MORE
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.” bookreview resources beth kanter book review measurement netnon MORE
In a recent blog post by Buffer , they claim it is difficult to, or nearly impossible, measure ROI on social media marketing. The mere presence of highly measurable statistics would refute Buffer’s point. MORE
For now, here are some highlights from the Spring 2017 State of Grantseeking™ Report that may help you establish measurable objectives for your own grantseeking program. MORE
I’ve been curating resources on nonprofit measurement over on Scoop.It, with eye towards collecting useful material related to social media and social impact measurement. Each comes at the topic of measurement from a different angle. Measurement MORE
A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. MORE
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. Who’s excited about simplifying outcomes measurement? MORE
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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. Outcomes Measurement Tips for Funders. Outcomes Measurement Tips for Nonprofits.
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?
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. Who’s excited about simplifying outcomes measurement?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 2, 2015
A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 11, 2016
When I heard about Guidestar’s plans to measure high performance at scale, I invited Jacob Harold, CEO and fellow ambassador to share a guest post about it on my blog. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. And feedback requires measurement.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 25, 2013
Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Measuremen
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 29, 2014
I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. Blog Posts About Various Steps of the Measurement Process. Once you set measurable goals, you’ve got make sure they are realistic.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 4, 2017
But, like anything else, to improve results, you need to measure it. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director. If you deliver capacity building to nonprofits or you are a nonprofit who has engaged with a capacity builder, how did you measure the results?
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 22, 2016
I learned about measurement from Katie Delahaye Paine, who is the leading expert in measuring communications strategies. Part 3: How To Measure the Effectiveness of Your Efforts. Part 4: How To Measure Engagement. Part 5: How To Budget for Measurement. Measurement
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
TechImpact
AUGUST 1, 2014
In a recent blog post by Buffer , they claim it is difficult to, or nearly impossible, measure ROI on social media marketing. The mere presence of highly measurable statistics would refute Buffer’s point.
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
I led the panel, “Measuring What Matters: How Funders and Nonprofits are Leveraging Data” and was joined by Adrian Bordone, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at GuideStar, and Peter York CEO and Chief Innovator at Algorythm.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
Source Codes: The Most Useful Measurement Strategy You May Not Be Using – Guest Post by Laura Quinn. Measurement TipsYou’re likely using more than one channel to communicate. Email, Facebook, posting to listserves, your website, direct mail—the list goes on and on.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Later today, I’ll be doing a webinar hosted by Hubspot called “ I love Measurement.” That got me thinking about measurement and how you measure difficult stuff. Tom Gilb , an engineer and measurement guru. … Read More Measurement
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 25, 2013
” What are the metrics for measuring your content? I have an editorial calendar where I map out themes for the year – topics that relate to being a networked nonprofit, measurement, capacity building/training, and social media.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 3, 2013
But it wasn’t until Active Voice brought on a full time evaluator that were we able to identify and actually measure the kind of shifts we think films can contribute to. Measurement “You Know Your Film is Making a Difference When…” Guest Post by Ellen Schneider.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 19, 2013
I recently heard this same idea from colleague Carie Lewis during our Measurement Workshop at SXSW. But that’s only half of it as KD Paine and I write in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Are you measuring conversion? Measurement
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. How do we measure and track engagement to results?
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
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. What do you measure? Measurement
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 17, 2013
I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. There is also the issue of social media measurement tools. Measurement
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!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
Measuring the Return on Relationships by Claire Diaz Ortiz (nee Williams). Although I opened the discussion, I didn’t take it far enough, and too many of you came away with the same, burning question: How can we measure the ROI of relationships? Measure them as well.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 3, 2010
While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
” It was always a terrific conversation starter with nonprofit techies because knowing the right tool for the job is important. As I’ve been working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with co-author KD Paine, we’ve come to the chapter on measurement tools.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. We are honored to have Laura Arrillaga-Andreeseen, Author of Giving 2.0 , write the foreword and it articulates from the donor perspective why nonprofits need to embrace measurement and learning.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 10, 2011
What is it and what it means to use it as a measurement for improving Facebook engagement on your Facebook Page? This post summarizes some of the key points and resources shared. Measuring Your Edgerank Score. Are you measuring your edgerank score to improve results on Facebook?
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.
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 12, 2017
For now, here are some highlights from the Spring 2017 State of Grantseeking™ Report that may help you establish measurable objectives for your own grantseeking program.
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.
NTEN
OCTOBER 24, 2011
And though we are making huge strides as a sector to understand the most effective techniques and approaches to using these tools, we still have a lot to learn about one of the most important areas of social media: measurement. Measuring is how you decide which is which.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 19, 2011
Not only did she wear a Tiara, but she shared her measurement insights in rhyme. I haven’t yet formally announced that I’ve been working on a book project with KD Paine to bring her Measure What Matters to the social good sector. Books Measurement
NTEN
OCTOBER 16, 2014
Exploring what to measure is the first step on a journey to greater impact. Chari Smith. Founder. CRSmith Consulting. Are these the data you're looking for? How can nonprofit organizations know what is working, what is not, and what impact they are making?
SocialFish
JUNE 17, 2014
Jason Falls spells it out for ya here. Awesomeness. Prove It from Jason Falls. ————— ( photo credit ).
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.
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 22, 2016
Here are four common mistakes my team and I see made by social, government, and nonprofit organizations trying to measure their impact, and tips on how to avoid them: 1. Measuring Too Much. By far the most common problem we see is that most organizations try to measure too much.
NTEN
OCTOBER 21, 2013
If each nonprofit organization is now creating their own theory of change, and their own outcome and impact measurements, how do we compare those to another nonprofit’s outcome and impact measures? Nell Edgington. President. Social Velocity.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 15, 2013
This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. Measurement
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