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Community Impact: Using Patient Data to Measure Program Success
Connection Cafe
JANUARY 27, 2020
Healthcare Nonprofit Marketing Outcomes + Impact community benefit community impact Outcomes Measurement
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Demystifying Outcomes Measurement: A Glossary for Funders
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. “ Measurement vs. Evaluation.
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Book Review: Measuring the Networked Nonprofit
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.” bookreview resources beth kanter book review measurement netnon
Journeying Toward Outcomes and Measuring Results
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?
The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 129: Measuring Impact on the SDGs
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.
What do you measure?
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.
Embracing the Point of Impact Together: Outcomes Measurement Tips for Funders and Nonprofits
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. Outcomes Measurement Tips for Funders. Outcomes Measurement Tips for Nonprofits.
It's proven: non-profits thrive when they measure volunteer impact
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
Measuring happiness through Twitter
AFP Blog
MAY 8, 2013
Measuring happiness through Twitter : The day of the Boston bombings was the world’s saddest in five years—at least according to the “Hedonometer,” a tool designed by mathematicians at the University of Vermont that acts like a mood ring for the Internet
Measuring Matters
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.
What do you measure?
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.
5 Steps To Simple Nonprofit Performance Measurement
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. Start measuring, and reporting. Keep measuring.
Can You Measure Love?
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
Measuring the Impact of Your Nonprofit Program
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.
Measuring World Hunger Day
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 8, 2012
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.
It's proven: non-profits thrive when they measure volunteer impact
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
Resources for Measuring What Matters
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 28, 2013
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
How to Measure Your Prospect Management System
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
How to Promote and Measure Hashtag Campaigns
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!
Measuring Impact: The First Step
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.
How are you doing? Measure outcomes, not activity, to find out
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
What Gets Measured Gets Better
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
Return on Mission: A Framework to Measure Success at Philanthropic Organizations
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.
Why Measuring Should Come First
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. Strategy measuring social media monitoring social media POST method
Recipe for (Measuring) Success
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.
Measuring the Networked Nonprofit
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
Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale
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.
Technological Protection Measures and the Blind
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.
How to Define, Measure and Communicate Your Impact
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!
How Can My Nonprofit Get Started with Measurable Advocacy?
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.
Measuring Conservation Effectiveness
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?
How Do You Measure Nonprofit Impact
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? Author: Guest Blogger.
Social Media with M+R: How to Measure the Metrics that Matter
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".
Announcing Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Book
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.
How can nonprofits and funders create mutually agreeable performance measures?
ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 3, 2020
Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. To truly move the needle towards ameliorating social challenges throughout the world, we must revisit the efficacy of what has been measured and how. Performance measurement is not objective. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.
How Do We Balance Measuring Outcomes with Measuring to Learn and Improve? (#SM_RE)
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
Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates
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.
How To Make Measurement Fun!
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.
What to measure in social media
SocialFish
JUNE 17, 2014
Jason Falls spells it out for ya here. Awesomeness. Prove It from Jason Falls. ————— ( photo credit ).
KPIs, Metrics, and Benchmarks – Oh My!…How to Measure Your Year-end Campaigns
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
Peer to Peer Fundraising: How Do You Measure Up?
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.
#kantersea: Data, Transparency, and Measurement In Seattle
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
“Is measuring data about proving it or improving it?” Advice for Nonprofits To Get Started with Measurement. “If you’re just starting with measurement, start with an easy win.” ” – @ kanter Build up your measurement muscles, y’all!
Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength
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. Measurement
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