Forum One

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It can be difficult to measure the impact of your work, particularly when you are unclear about what impact means to your organization. To understand how outputs are different from impacts—and why you should measure impact in addition to outcomes—it is helpful to understand what goes into the process of achieving impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

One of the themes raised up as the GEO/Monitor Institute conference came to an end was the importance of trust and relationship building in networks. The philanthropic exploration of networks potentially offers a new platform or frame to talk about the need to explicitly value process and relationship-based work. John Esterle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Build Relationships : Approach influencers with sincerity and a genuine interest in collaboration. Step 3: Track and Measure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) To enhance your nonprofit’s social media presence, it’s essential to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). In influencer campaigns, measure reach and impressions.

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DonorDock

MAY 23, 2024

Maintaining a genuine relationship with donors is essential in keeping your nonprofit organization running. But how can you measure or quantify donor relationships?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2023

This free nonprofit marketing tool allows you to share your organization’s latest news and updates, promote your latest fundraising campaign, and strengthen relationships with your supporters. 3) It’s a great relationship builder. 2) You can tailor social media to your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Other Performance Metrics to Review Now that you understand the most important metrics to measure success, there are a few reports you can review with those metrics in mind to make any necessary changes. We hope you found this blog helpful in measuring the success of your Google Ad Grants campaigns!

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Care2

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Your retention rate measures how many supporters (donors, volunteers, ambassadors, community partners, etc.) As a nonprofit professional, you’re likely always thinking about ways to improve your supporter retention rate. continue helping your nonprofit over time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

It lets donors determine for themselves that their donation, involvement, and passion moved the needle and made a measurable contribution to the world. making donors feel appreciated goes a long way toward building long-lasting relationships. Building Lasting Relationships Boosts Donor Retention. Nothing feels better than that.

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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. Despite this, when it is times to do measurement, many feel that it is a daunting task. How can we improve our measurement practice?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2009

Photo by Smitty42 Lucy Bernholz has a great post called " Metrics Are Good, Unless They Are Bad " which talks about the problems we encounter when we're trying to measure hard to measure stuff - like social media, social return, and social enterprise. And, the whole point is about improving relationships.

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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. Use performance measurements sensitive enough to detect gradual changes so that small scale initiatives can be informative.

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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. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. That’s the secret!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

Note From Beth: Last month, I did a webinar for the SalesForce Foundation on measuring social media. Using Salesforce to Cultivate Donor Relationships by Tal Frankfurt, Founder and CEO, Cloud for Good. We realized that our relationships with our constituents were constantly evolving.

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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. Measuring beyond "likes". Goal: Engagement Metric: Overall Engagement Rate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2021

Your nonprofit just scored that dream partner you worked so hard to prospect and now have big plans in the works, but how do you ensure a prosperous and collaborative relationship? Are you taking the necessary steps to set your partnership up for longevity and success?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2023

We are challenged to continually improve and evolve those relationships; so associations can be a rising tide that floats all the boats, in the profession, or the industry. While social and economic factors make it harder to preserve that special relationship with our members, the good news is that we have great tools to apply to the task.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

This was an award-winning filmmaker, who had spent years of her life, thousands of her own dollars, and probably a relationship or two to bring her poignant, hybrid, social issue documentary to the light of day (or in her case, a night on PBS following a limited theatrical release). “I Measurement' Who are we trying to reach?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 3, 2024

The more trust you develop, the stronger the relationship becomes. In times of difficulty, relationships are a shelter. Leaders are measured by the caliber of leaders they develop, not the caliber of their own leadership. If you have integrity with people, you develop trust. In times of opportunity, they are a launching pad.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

It will also help them build better relationships with major donors and their broader donor base. Gain insights into donor behavior, understand stakeholder preferences, and more, while freeing up time for relationship-building. It leads to stronger relationships and more willingness to contribute.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

Stellar stewardship can deepen your relationship with your partners and help build trust in your area of expertise that in turn translates to positive funds for your mission. Create VIP opportunities and advisory boards to deepen relationships. Which of our partners could support us in a deeper way?

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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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NonProfit PRO

MAY 12, 2023

The percentage of American adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has doubled since Gallup first began measuring it in 2012. And the younger the generation, the larger the percentage, with nearly 21% of Gen Z and almost 11% of millennials identifying as LGBTQ+. So, how can nonprofits connect with this growing demographic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2011

What is it and what it means to use it as a measurement for improving Facebook engagement on your Facebook Page? This post summarizes some of the key points and resources shared. Affinity = the relationship between you and each individual fan. Measuring Your Edgerank Score. Edgerank Is To Facebook As Pagerank is to Google.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Most associations don’t have an easy way to measure member engagement across all their different systems and touch points. And even when measured, it can be tricky to know how to use engagement scores to improve member experience and operational results.

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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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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Learn more Measure program outcomes in real time Built-in reporting Bonterra’s native reporting tool empowers grants administrators to measure program outcomes, not just outputs. Measure impact according to your company’s specific needs with drill down and self-service dashboard builder capabilities.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Retaining top performers is likely a measure of your effectiveness and success in your role. After all, these first impressions set the tone for the relationship and may equip (or not equip) new hires for success and satisfaction down the line. It’s also objectively measurable through concrete KPIs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Build meaningful donor relationships through timely touchpoints. Track and measure your success so you know how to invest resources. In this must-watch webinar you’ll learn how to: Take a multichannel approach to your donor communications. Align your digital strategies to form a cohesive donor journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? What is your measurement pilot?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

And though we are making huge strides as a sector to understand the most effective techniques and approaches to using these tools, we still have a lot to learn about one of the most important areas of social media: measurement. Measuring your activities is as important as what you’re posting, or how many times a day you post.

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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. Europe and Latin America. Report Out.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). establish relationships with 100 new prospects. Measuring your results is as valuable as the initial goal setting, and often overlooked in the flurry of looking ahead to the future.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. Donorbox defines KPIs as “a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.” KPIs should be clear, quantifiable, and adaptable.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 13, 2021

As we work collectively to recover, many small to midsize nonprofits are looking to measure fundraising performance. One of the results of the pandemic was that many nonprofits took their fundraising virtual. Fundraising professionals have lots of pressure to perform, and organizations are turning to fundraising consultants.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Existing research identifies gaps in the ways in which community engagement is measured. Community engagement fosters the transformative relationships and increased ownership necessary to build sustainable communities of opportunity” (Bergstrom, 2013). Nonprofit organizations can measure community engagement in a number of ways.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The more trust you develop, the stronger the relationship becomes. In times of difficulty, relationships are a shelter. Leaders are measured by the caliber of leaders they develop, not the caliber of their own leadership. If you have integrity with people, you develop trust. In times of opportunity, they are a launching pad.

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