Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Wordle of Words Participants Use To Define ROI Yesterday I taught the fifth and final webinar as part of NTEN/TechSoup Global Webinar Series: Social Media and Storytelling. Some interesting questions that popped up looking at this chart: Does this mean that in the beginning we get insight but not $, and in the end we get $$ but not insight?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

I’ve been mulling over the “Social Media ROI&# concept and how it doesn’t necessarily work for nonprofits, especially when it applied as a litmus test to see if there are financial outcomes — cost reductions or increased revenue. Should we be using an industrial measurement model in a digitally networked age?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

We know that the road to great results is paved with controlled experimentation , one hypothesis and test at a time. Using the scientific method for experiments can yield insights about how much time and effort – whether our effort has to reach perfection or not. What are the right tools to help measure success?

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Stage 3: QA & Testing Approximately 4-6 weeks During this step, we conduct some quality assurance testing and double-check that everything is working smoothly. Design: Create a comprehensive battle plan for the migration, including how pre- and post-migration quality will be measured. Ask your team a few key questions.

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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. You may need to provide training on the purpose and use cases for your data warehouse or take strides to encourage more data-driven thinking in your organization’s workflows to see a worthwhile ROI on warehousing.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Direct mail can benefit your nonprofit in many ways, from connecting with donors in a personal way and yielding a high ROI. To confirm that your strategies are effective and align with your audience’s preferences, conduct tests with members of your target audience, measuring brand awareness and likelihood to support your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). 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. View more presentations from kanter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. With specific social media campaigns, it is easier to have specific goals and measure whether or not you met them with the time allotted. They were supportive and encouraged me to test and experiment. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Association Analytics

JUNE 2, 2021

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?”. When we refer to products here, we are talking about products, services and content.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

One of the top questions we get asked at Whole Whale is “how can we attract new online donors to our organization?” Create a quiz that tests the knowledge of users who are aligned with your organization’s cause. The question is how you convert that traffic on your site to leads. Online quizzes.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

You need to test and learn quickly in order to move forward with confidence. How was the ROI? . A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . How are you measuring commitment and ROI? How are you measuring commitment and ROI? . We’re in unusual times right now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. Tim Davies from the UK volunteered to be the guinea pig and test the thinking process (a logic model of sorts) for his newly launched web project that incorporates social media strategies. | View | Upload your own.

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Media Cause

JUNE 28, 2021

Whether your goal is to drive traffic, acquire leads, get donations or even gain learnings, having a defined why for your campaign will help you plan for, and ultimately measure, success. When selecting platforms you really need to consider the questions listed above: What is your objective? Selecting Ad Platforms for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Actionable Measurement. The gym metaphor resonated because lately I’ve been obsessed with the idea of “ SpreadSheet Aerobics , an actionable social media measurement strategy that is fit and trim and light on its feet! I don’t try to measure everything. Avoid Measurement As Therapy and Drive By Analysis.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

As the sector pushes more and more for higher fundraising return on investment (ROI), these trends of exclusivity according to wealth and background are reinforced. That doesn’t mean that a high ROI is a bad thing, or that these fundraising practices should be retired.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Gyrus

JUNE 30, 2016

We are here to help, if you need aid in integrating a separate product or developing an API, we’re here for you, and will instruct you on appropriate measures during your administration training session. Load all of these completed materials into a test environment, then conduct rounds of testing.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

So leaning on that background, as well as my more recent decade in nonprofit technology, I offer the following interview questions that an interviewee can ask of a hiring organization, to determine whether a given group is where you should place a career bet. The Seven Questions. ” Follow-up questions might be.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2017

The common question I’ve heard over the years is this: “How do I get donors to realize the importance of paying for what are considered overhead costs?” To answer these questions, I think it’s important to first understand the landscape and pressures around nonprofit overhead. . Is an accountant overhead?

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

We offer a number of analytics-related services including web analysis, strategic planning, digital measurement and testing, and data reporting and visualizations, so we can certainly assist your team. The answer to this question can provide insight into how you appeal to prospective donors and market your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

  As part of the preparation, we surveyed participants for their burning questions and that's how I created the content. The questions were a mix of strategic and tactical. One question I got was: What Theatre companies are using Four Square in an interesting and engaging way?   What is your measurement strategy?

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

What will not have a good ROI? An UnGala frees up your organization and staff, helping you focus your energy where needed most and raise a lot quickly, with a higher ROI. Create a series of challenges that test team skills, endurance, and aptitude with a games tournament. Which parts of this can be moved online? Then share!

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Forj

MARCH 8, 2017

In order to start doing this right now, I did a little test on how to kickstart a video campaign myself, resulting in this blog. So the question holds, how can associations use video in their efforts to promote educational products? Know your goals to measure ROI. # What are you trying to accomplish? Know your audience.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A donor database is a software solution that nonprofit professionals use to access insights into their supporters’ engagement histories, track key fundraising metrics, and measure success. A solution that you can’t afford (or one that you know you won’t be able to afford in the future) will only decrease your overall ROI.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Measuring the success of your event is a key step in evaluating your effectiveness and determining which elements of your event worked well and which came up a little short. . But, how do you measure the success of a virtual event? KPIs to Measure Virtual Event Success. If you can A/B test subject lines, do so.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Measuring the success of your event is a key step in evaluating your effectiveness and determining which elements of your event worked well and which came up a little short. . But, how do you measure the success of a virtual event? KPIs to Measure Virtual Event Success. If you can A/B test subject lines, do so.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 18, 2016

Set specific, measurable goals for each one of these based on historical data, and predicting success will get easier. Here are some questions you can ask yourself to noodle around on to get some fresh perspective on things. Only do those things that bring you the most ROI. The number of current donors you need to renew.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure. Then, determine the amount you’re willing to spend to hit those goals and lead to a healthy return on investment (ROI). Make secure donations.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

There is no easy answer to the question of build, buy, or customize. Ensure any work effort estimates include design, development, testing, training, and other “soft” costs ( some of my thoughts on hidden IT implementation costs ). Document Requirements. Or even if they are.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

One problem is that many do not formulate a measurement strategy and are at a loss to justify their investment of time and resources or reap insights to improve what they're doing. . The report presents a framework for measuring social media effectiveness against those business results and presents standardized metrics.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure. Then, determine the amount you’re willing to spend to hit those goals and lead to a healthy return on investment (ROI). Make secure donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

But how will you know the answer if you don’t set up a test and use measurement and data to help you answer it. This is called “data literacy” — setting up a hypothesis and a way to measure it – and analyzing the results and deciding how to improve. and Is That The Question?):GlobalGiving’s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Today, I am moderating a panel at SXSW about Social Media Nonprofit ROI in the format of a poetry slam. A creative report on non-profits, social media, and effective ROIs delivered as poetry slam and expertly judged including interactive crowd participation. Come measure success. The panel will be in room 18BCD at 5: 00 PM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social and Nonprofits ROI: Case Study Slam submitted by Beth Kanter Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI. How do I measure thee, let me count the ways, etc).

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

While this sounds great, the real question becomes: Are you doing everything you can to maximize your investment into email marketing? It sounds like a silly question, but 46% of marketers say they use more than one email service provider (ESP). It’s one of the easiest and most direct ways to measure digital investments.

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