TechImpact

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Upgrading your nonprofits technology is always a must-do, however not proving the proper post-implementation measures can lead to a lack of adoption or low use of new features, rendering the investment worthless. Here are 6 strategies for increasing adoption and user awareness from NTEN. Usability Testing.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). For nonprofits, measuring their broader impact can be easier said than done. The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact. Get started!

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Today we''re giving a big thank-you to the dedicated members of NTEN''s committees. NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming. Nicole Lampe, Digital Strategy Director, Resource Media. Membership Committee.

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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. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

The metrics that matter most are those that tell you if your strategy is helping you meet your organization’s overall goals. Yet, measuring that impact is complex and complicated with lots of tools, numbers, and moving targets to wrangle. I want organizations to get control of the powerful lightning that is strategic measurement.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2015

Tracking data from your website is one thing, but what is it telling you about your content strategy (and are you listening)? Do you create content, measure it, analyze it and still wonder what, if any, impact that content had on your goals? content strategy Strategy Web Sites Communications' Ted Fickes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Data Analysis.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you’re achieving that key outcome for impact. By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. But in the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Nonprofit technology professionals know how to converts laughs to donations and devoted an entire session to sharing tips, techniques, and examples during a NTEN conference. When I saw this YouTube video to promote a conference on measurement and outcomes, I couldn’t resist sharing it.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2014

Today we give a huge thanks to our mighty team of NTEN Community Champions : you helped to collectively raise over $30,000 for the greater good of the #nptech community! To recognize the tremendous work of volunteers that support the nonprofit sector, we’ll be publishing a blog post every day this week to celebrate their contributions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Colleague Miriam Brousseau tagged me and several other “close professional ties” asking us for resources on nonprofits and content strategy. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is. and article about content curation in NTEN Change Journal.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report was released at 12NTC yesterday and it’s already stirring up discussions about how nonprofits are leveraging social networks as part of their fundraising and communications strategy. The Top 3 Factors for Success on Social Networks are Strategy, Prioritization, and Dedicated Staff.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 3, 2014

data culture Leadership outcomes management Strategy' Outcomes management is the science of managing to stewarding specific social results and helping you understand whether your programs and services are effectively contributing to your underlying mission. Here are some suggestions to get you started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 29, 2014

Eastern) for Mobile 201: Digital Content Strategies for Mobile for a free webinar and learn how to harness the huge potential of mobile - how to turn it into a tool for change, instead of just another medium.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

He and I have had terrific idea swaps and brainstorms and I can only imagine the conversations he will spark in person at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. He received a NTEN scholarship to cover his registration cost but that’s it—he still needs to get there. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

Once you download the Fundraising Ideas e-Book you’ll gain insight into: 6 Steps to a Well-Measured Social Fundraising Campaign by Beth Kanter, Social Media Expert and Author of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Social Media and Its Relationship with Online Fundraising by Carie Lewis , Director of Emerging Media at HSUSA.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

And very few organizations are applying that data to make decisions about their programs or measure their strategic outcomes. In the spring of 2013, NTEN and Avectra surveyed nonprofit communications, fundraising, and leadership staff about their engagement data management practices, findings, and future plans.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2014

If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

" For many of us, when it comes to incorporating data into our grantseeking strategies, "devilment" might have been right. Also, look to the NTEN Benchmarks X Study and, of course, GrantStation's free State of Grantseeking™ Reports. How Data Can Improve Your Grantseeking. Get the State of Grantseeking Report.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. what things need to be measured. everything before lays the foundation, everything during and after helps you improve and change your strategy. Can’t wait! industry benchmarks.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Annual Giving, Donor Retention, Major & Legacy Gifts, Online Fundraising, Boards & Leadership, Content Marketing, Social Engagement , Strategy & Management, and Culture & Values. NTEN CONNECT BLOG. BETH’S BLOG.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

This five-week series of classes, designed and presented through a partnership between Idealware and NTEN, will walk you through the soup-to-nuts process of creating just such a campaign. By the end of the five weeks, they'll have developed a finished and polished email fundraising strategy – and the first message in your org's next campaign.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Whether you call it "data-driven", "data-informed", "evidence-based", or something else, making smarter decisions and strategies for your organization is something every nonprofit leader strives for—and what the latest issue of NTEN:Change is all about.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Flickr Photo: _ES Amy Sample Ward lays out 5 strategic steps for measuring the ROI of social media for your organization. There are no easy equations, but this is sound advice on how to go from identifying the problem (or goal) to measuring the impact of a social media strategy (or tool). What do you know, NTEN made the news!

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What fundraising strategies will be a game changer for nonprofits in 2011? Holly Ross, NTEN. Mark Rovner, Sea Change Strategies. Nonprofits need to take a serious look at measurement and ROI to make sure they are getting the most value out of their time investment in social media. And not apps.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

People come to your website, first and foremost, to get information, so Content Strategy is relevant for any communications work you do. In case you’re still on the fence, or you’re not really clear about what Content Strategy is and what’s involved, here are answers to the top 10 most important Content Strategy questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

I’m giving away a free registration to NTEN’s Leading Social Change Summit. NTEN is hosting the “ Leading Change Summit ” in San Francisco from September 3-6th. (Early bird registration ends on July 31 and scholarship information is here. I’ll pick a winner by July 3oth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2009

Resources to keep you thinking: What are Your Nonprofit’s Social Media Strategy by WildApricot. Answers to the below questions (and others) will help you solidify your goals overall strategy and the tactics you will use along the way. How will you measure results? What’s strategy you ask? Social Media For Nonprofits.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

GARY: A good fundraising plan consists of strategies and tactics to be executed in order to achieve your fundraising goals. We need the right technology and high quality data to support those strategies and initiatives. So, a good data management plan starts from the fundraising strategy. I’m stating the obvious, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012. The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data! The first step is go download and read the new issue of the NTEN Journal.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Idea Accelerator was designed by LimeRed Studio’s Emily Lonigro Boylan, Owner and Creative Director, and Demetrio Cardona Maguigad, Director of Strategic Design, who teamed up with NTEN to carry out the event. Ideas, help with measurement, and partners. Read more about the Idea Accelerator and pitched projects on NTEN''s blog.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Taking the glass-is-half-full approach, that means there are still lots of free webinars to take advantage of, tons of prizes to give out, and of course, plenty of NTEN thanks! Many people in the community know Steve to be a tireless nonprofit technology champion and supporter of the NTEN Community. Register for free as an NTEN Member.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training. The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Defined Audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar.

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