Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2022

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to calculate an accurate nonprofit dollar retention rate. Does that 47% refer to how much money retained donors raised as a percentage of total revenue raised? .

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2022

However, it’s okay to refer to experts for data security insights to assist with your organization’s security training. Consider including your AMS vendor and security providers in your plan for easy reference. Routinely educate employees on your data security practices and encourage staff to come forward with any security questions.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

The project lead should develop a charter in the planning stages so it can provide a central point of reference throughout the lifecycle of your project. This short paragraph should answer questions such as: Why is this project worth doing? Business Case Your business case is the justification for undertaking your project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Ask your colleagues questions. Use softer, more open-ended questions to get detailed information that you will capture in writing for your plan. What questions do you want answers to from data? Process – If you have a question, what is the process to get your answers? Be sure to ask stakeholders in different departments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Benchmarking, whether an informal or extensive research study, can be an incredibly valuable exercise because the numerical analysis can help you craft realistic measurable objectives. Devon’s benchmarking study collected social media data from a survey of 2o7 arts organizations , referred by participants in Track 2.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2024

While this scenario represents a best practice for major donor portfolios, there is no one answer to the question of when to disqualify a prospect. 5 Key Qualification Questions Before we take a drive down Disqualification Road, let’s identify what it means for a prospect to be truly qualified.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It serves as the reference point to settle disputes, avoid “ scope creep ,” and judge the usefulness of ideas. It can also be used to measure progress and keep the planning team focused. Do they have budget or timeline questions that could help them better prepare a bid for you? Ask for advice on how to improve it.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

To help you figure out your goal and audience, answer the following questions: Why do you want to start a WordPress site? Don’t be afraid to reference nonprofit WordPress guides to help, such as this one by Kanopi , as they’ll have useful advice for you. Who do you want to see and interact with your content? Bounce rate.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 31, 2024

Bloomerang refers to them as tax summaries—which they are—but they also summarize each donor’s cumulative giving. Let donors know the measure of their impact is more than dollars and cents. Invite engagement: Encourage donors to ask questions, make suggestions, or share their thoughts.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

Design Responsibly Responsible AI refers to the practice of designing, developing, and deploying artificial intelligence systems in a manner that is ethical, transparent, and accountable. They should function as intended, and there should be measures in place to prevent and mitigate harmful malfunctions or misuse.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 30, 2023

This is a great question to play with for creating a unique prompt for creating draft personas for your nonprofit. Psychographic information : This refers to your donor’s personality traits, values, interests, beliefs, motivations, and behaviors. How are donor personas usually created?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Data Security: Explain the measures in place to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations, such as GDPR or CCPA. Additionally, it can be beneficial to host these meetings on a regular basis to review updates made to the system and answer any lingering questions.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Setting monthly goals allows employees to be more productive and focused on measurable results. Create a database of projects with employees goals and weekly updates to truly measure your nonprofit’s success with this method. Create accountability mechanisms.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent).

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

as measured by total giving. Today, we refer to it as the “Foundation 1000”, and it is often used to look at historical grantmaking trends. Still have questions about incorporating Candid’s data set into your research? private and community foundations. Staff entered, cleaned, and coded this data using largely manual processes.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

I’m referring to ChatGPT , a revolutionary language model developed by OpenAI that’s changing the game in every industry. It’s the second chatbot to ever pass the Turing Test , the current standard for measuring sophisticated AI models. Well, there’s a solution. It can also reject inappropriate prompts and admit its mistakes.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

A volunteer handbook gives volunteers the information they need about the organization and its mission, and answers any common questions they may have. Without a handbook, volunteers may feel disconnected and unsure of their role and responsibilities because once training is over, there are no materials for them to reference later.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Someone may have already asked a question on one of your social media posts that could lead to a blog post. Link to resources In your blog posts, make sure to reference other pages on your blog. Think about your target audience and what they would be interested in. Certain nonprofits lend themselves well to specific topics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

Keynote : Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Be Networked, Use Measurement, and Learn from Your Data – I shared some high level ideas from my book and discussion about the three big themes. The former refers to things like manuals and documents, which he points out we tend to preserve very well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a webinar on measurement and nonprofit for Kivi at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. One of the questions I was asked, ”Why Data Informed? Mario Morino uses the phrase “information-based introspection” to refer to using and applying data in context to excel. Why Not Data-Driven?”

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 20, 2013

These are important questions, and having age data can help ensure you have the necessary data in place. Are they at the age when they may consider establishing an estate plan, thus a planned gift of some type? Have they already established a planned gift via a bequest to your nonprofit? Ah… the fresh scent of a clean and healthy database!

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AccelEvents

JULY 26, 2021

Starting a content marketing strategy early on can boost this authority and provide foundational content that your audience can refer to. Identify how you will measure the success of your event. When mapping out the event content curation, try to answer these questions: What is your target audience looking for? Content Curation.

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Greater Giving

MAY 12, 2022

A page on your fundraising event website is an easy way to let guests know about any safety measurements or COVID Protocols for entry. Reference any remote bidding opportunities, and make sure to provide information about how to register and participate. Have the most commonly asked questions ready in an FAQ section easily available.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

Questions to ask when developing a narrative change strategy. Before creating narratives and messages, you need to define and determine how and why the narratives need to be created by asking the following questions: What is the narrative you want to advance? Putting narrative change into action for impact.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Natural language processing to automatically recognize and classify the intent behind a member’s question or request. Einstein Copilot is going to integrate with every application in Salesforce, so no matter whether you’re on the events, marketing or fundraising team, you can get the insight you need simply by asking questions.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 2, 2021

When we refer to products here, we are talking about products, services and content. Many organizations measure the success of their products by aggregate revenue, engagement numbers, and member feedback. You need to look behind the scenes to get the real answer to the question “What products are most valuable?”.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2022

This is called a CRM vision and it defines what the system is expected to achieve and how success will be measured. When developing a CRM vision, the most basic questions to ask are: What are our most important goals? From there, they can build an actionable plan and reference guide for their path forward.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 26, 2021

Here are two recent examples: Salesforce announced a release of enhanced security measures that would restrict guest users’ ability to edit and delete records. Salesforce made a change in their Lightning design system to refer to CSS syntax with one dash instead of two. As a Salesforce partner , we have access to Salesforce staff.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

The easiest way to develop this understanding is to simply ask your supporters questions. You can answer the following questions: How do donors really feel about your nonprofit? This information— what you want to learn— is referred to as your objective. This is done through a process called nonprofit market research.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

The topic – “Donor Retention by the Numbers: Demystifying the Leaky Bucket” – focused on how to properly measure donor retention and then use that data to drive improved fundraising results. We had a very active Q&A session after the event, and could not get to all questions before the event closed.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Great question! This will provide a frame of reference for this year’s performance in comparison to the previous year, allowing your board to pinpoint key areas they should focus on going forward. This will help you measure improvement year-over-year and hold your team accountable for meeting various goals.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Prospective donors are unlikely to trust a nonprofit organization with a questionable reputation. You should then take appropriate measures to remove those mentions and links. . You want to make sure that your donors are satisfied with your work, and that they’re likely to refer other donors. Content Management for Nonprofits.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Effective impact measurement and reporting: Nonprofits rely on data warehouses to track and measure their impact over time. Identify the key questions you want to answer and the insights you need to gain from your data. 6 Steps to Get Started Take these steps to build a solid foundation for your data warehousing journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Always community-minded, Eric has gone on to create the Analytics Exchange which pairs nonprofits with analytics volunteers from the private sector – a great way to provide education and support for nonprofits as they embrace measurement. Click for larger image. The information is also reported with a link to organizational results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data. Patton who is often referred to as the “Grandfather of Developmental Evaluation” and any starting point for understanding the methods begins with his book, “ Developmental Evaluation.” Here are my notes and takeaways.

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