Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Regardless of the tool we’re using, the team at MomsRising is committed to deepening and broadening the conversation around public policy issues that impact families in our country. With our blog firmly established as a valuable source of content, we are now developing strategies to further leverage our blog to support our policy goals.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

The good news is that many tools are incredibly user-friendly, and experimentation can be one of the best ways to learn what works for you. Rather, we see effective teams being able to turn their attention to new ideas and approaches they didn’t have time for before. But if you’re just starting out, you’re not behind!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Volunteer policies and procedures: It is critical that you have policies and procedures in place that minimize potential problems that could arise.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

The good news is your organization has options to consider for replacing foundationConnect with another grantmaking solution. Year-over-year strategic planning includes changes in operations, processes, initiatives, measurement of impact and outcomes, and the need to find new ways to connect with stakeholders.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. Initially, they piloted and experimented with new formats, ultimately figuring out the lead times and outside resources necessary to produce a monthly email and short data story, with longer pieces scheduled quarterly.

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Forum One

JANUARY 31, 2023

The great news is that new approaches and affordable tools are changing how nonprofits can manage and analyze data throughout this process. Tools we recommend at this stage include Looker , Superset , Mode , and Metabase.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 20, 2021

The good news is that we at Labyrinth are here to help. On-the-ground fundraising measures. On-the-ground fundraising measures. Adhere to local mask and vaccination policies. There are major penalties for non-compliant nonprofits, ranging from late filing fees to revocation of your nonprofit status.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help disseminate news releases or produce news events to get coverage. Many boards have policies requiring the full board (or each member individually) to hit a fundraising goal and this worksheet helps get them organized and on a path to success. Offer to help write (or edit) fundraising emails or letters. Cultivation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

One of my goals for 2011 is to better track the amount of time I spend on social media posting, planning, etc, and measuring that against actual engagement, as measured by: donations (via special source codes) and engagement (comments, reTweets, etc). Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI.

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TechImpact

JUNE 4, 2014

The good news is, a simple change in frame of mind when thinking about your volunteers could be all it takes to greatly improve retention and engagement. Find out if all your volunteers are up to date on your nonprofit’s processes, language, best practices, and policies. Image Courtesy of Blues By Starlight.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. That’s good news for you because it also gives you a set of guiding principles on which you can base your board communication.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the last couple decades, news of golden parachutes and the minting of new billionaires has drawn attention to executive compensation practices. More recently, Lawrence Mishel and Jori Kandra from the Economic Policy Institute placed the 2020 figure at 351:1. What’s reasonable compensation for a chief executive officer (CEO)?

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NCE Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

News agencies picked it up and used it but few asked permission. You should read the privacy and permissions policies for each social media tool/platform/product you use to know. Is it a new and easy way to measure social media? A woman posted a photo of the latest shuttle launch on a social media site. Yes, Yes and Yes.

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Classy

APRIL 22, 2021

Influencing corporate sustainability policies and practices. In partnership, we are committed to achieving the following milestones: Influence Company Policies and Practices. Corporate Green Policy: Achieved. In partnership, we are committed to achieving the following milestones: Influence Company Policies and Practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Measure Networked Nonprofit. Human interest stories and good news from the organizations generated more interaction than others. Once you have the discipline in place of setting up an editorial calendar, measuring it, and generating insights about what resonates with your audience, you might wonder – what’s next?

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Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2016

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees. It may seem hard to imagine but it’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

While CVS lost $2 billion in annual cigarette sales in the first year of its new policy, its pharmacy sales jumped. Purpose-Driven Companies use a Purpose Mindset to Advance Measurable Goals. Stand-out companies set measurable goals to put their business strategy and purpose statement into action.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

News from Turkey does offer a glimmer of hope. Organizations identify funding, policy, and communication as the top ways they want funders to support their work. Respondents to the Center for Effective Philanthropy raised philanthropy’s role in advancing systems change and engaging in policy, especially advocacy and organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

There were 2o people in the dining party, and AppleBee’s policy is to add the 18% tip automatically to any parties over 6. The bill was divided up and Alois Bell wrote on her receipt, “I give God 10% why do you get 18%?” Mobile Organizational Culture social media policy Training Design' 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Professor of Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. More and better partners, more and better relationships with reporters and more or better policy maker relationships. and storify. Content Curation on Twitter.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

The good news is, you’re a fundraising professional and if anyone can pull it off, it’s you! It’s important to think about things from the perspective of others, and if you were attending an event, you’d want to know that measures were put in place to keep everyone safe. Pro-tip: Plan on having an open bar?

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Whole Whale

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s critical to stay on top of Google Ad Grant policy updates for the Google Nonprofit program in order to keep your grant. Instead, advertisers will need to create Google’s new default search ad – a responsive search ad. This change is accompanied by an update to Google’s Ad Grant policy. Maintain 5% CTR. Online Course.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

The measure merges sentiments such as “I am very satisfied with my employer” and “I am willing to give extra effort to help this organization succeed,” among others. The good news is that some of the softer aspects of employee satisfaction have experienced the smallest drop-offs since 2021’s report.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Or even the networked influence from news coverage and stories from one group or city to the next. It may have been a network of organizers in various towns or locations coordinating with each other and then operating locally. Or a team of volunteers that manage communications (from phone trees to canvassing).

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

To follow these steps, many researchers and policy analysts have had to rely on outdated approaches, such as spreadsheets, shared drives, and internal databases of varying sophistication. The great news is that new approaches and affordable tools are changing how nonprofits can manage and analyze data throughout this process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

A statement to the international news agency Reuters read: “We revised our Ad Grants policies to help nonprofits be more effective with AdWords and improve the quality of their ads, which will lead to targeted awareness of their projects and mission.” Why did you do this, Google Ad Grant team?!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. Based on the her book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Award, Beth Kanter will share frameworks, strategies and practical tips for engaging with your network in ways that lead to measurable results.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

It has been a busy few weeks for mobile news … but then again, when isn't it busy? During the keynote, Wheeler noted that the influx of people using high-speed 4G LTE networks on their mobile phones has motivated the FCC to revise its policy on mobile broadband under net neutrality rules. Net Neutrality and Mobile Video.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Nonprofit staff training has evolved to meet the new challenges your team is facing. If you’ve caught the news at any point in the last year, you know that the trending topics are different than anything we’ve encountered before. Let’s explore a few big changes and how you can create custom-developed courses to incorporate them.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

They are the result of research — measuring something quantitatively or qualitatively, formally or informally; usually involving a question, a purpose, and by necessity a methodology and instrument. All data depend on measurement, even data as common and seemingly objective as the weather. What if I don't speak loudly enough?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

As I delighted in this news, a board member to my left said, “Is this allowed?” . No matter where you are or what size your organization is, all nonprofits are federally required to have conflict of interest policies. I once sat in a boardroom reviewing a forecasted profit and loss statement for an organization I was leading.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

Closures and social distancing measures have wiped out organizations that didn’t have a rainy day fund. That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. So we started a newsletter called the ‘New Reality Roundup’. The policy goal post moves, and we want to move with it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2010

The environmental nonprofit, Greenpeace International , made a big splash in the green IT world this week by launching a new policy campaign to measure the energy efficiency of the data centers that power cloud computing differently than in the past.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Here are even more blog posts, articles, and event recaps to get you started: Facebook uses an algorithm called EdgeRank to determine the makeup of each user's news feed. A good social media policy provides clear guidelines on what staff should do when posting and interacting with constituents, volunteers, and donors.

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John Kenyon

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Every week I hear from a new nonprofit dealing with disaster from being hacked. Recent news of large organizations being held hostage by ransom ware that requires organizations to pay a ransom to get access to their data is just the tip of the iceberg. Regrettably, most nonprofits have limited cyber security measures in place.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2018

Couple the Cambridge Analytica fallout with the onset of GDPR, and we now see not just Facebook, but Google and other platforms taking measures to limit the ways we can utilize data, and we expect these types of shifts to continue. Why You Should Keep GDPR in Your News Alerts. Personalization means a more focused marketing spend.

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