Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

the skills identified in this workshop or sessions at the upcoming NTC designed to look at change issues that technology surfaces from the viewpoint of executive directors or IT staff might help. No problem, I dug into the NpTech + Digg tag archives and pulled out this terrific Beginner's Guide To Digg.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Your header should also include a short tag line. If you don’t have a tag line already established, think about how you would explain your nonprofit’s core mission in a short, catchy phrase. Add your website to your page and fill out your company information, such as your address and company size. Optimize your photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Purposeful Measurement to Inform Replication. Grantee organizations will measure what matters. But not all metrics are equally valuable, and choosing the measurements that matter can be complicated. After we create a shared network based on individual’s knowledge and skills, we move to the organizational network maps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

One hopes that nonprofits deciding to roll their own social networks, aren't creating their own social silos and have gone into it with a solid strategy, clear objectives and measurable metrics , and can evaluate the ROI. I'd love to see more detail, like an overview the strategies or how they measure success. What do you think?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The ROI for us is measured in lives saved more than just the money raised to do so. What do you think are the most important skills necessary in a social media practitioner? Chris also notes the headlines and tags of videos that are trending and often patterns our next video to capitalize on the buzz. Please summarize your ROI.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Volunteer opportunities: Describe each volunteer role, including expected time commitment, required skills, and what the volunteer will be doing. Nobody wins when a volunteer ends up in a role that requires more time than they can commit or skills they do not have. Be clear on discipline measures and reasons for dismissal.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It provides more customization but requires greater analytical skills. It’s important to both rethink what’s possible, and what you’re really measuring. Within GA4, you’ll need to determine a plan for tagging events, as “events” are the pathways for the value that GA4 provides, and determine if you’ll need any custom reports.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

None of us like the fact that the percentage of income we spend on "overhead" is the primary measure of our effectiveness. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. As a sector, we're woefully behind when it comes to evaluation skills. We need a culture change.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

None of us like the fact that the percentage of income we spend on "overhead" is the primary measure of our effectiveness. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. As a sector, we're woefully behind when it comes to evaluation skills. We need a culture change.

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DNL OmniMedia

JUNE 8, 2023

To identify native solutions, look for the “Native App” tag under “More Details” on the app’s Salesforce product listing. After event doors close, it’s up to you to measure the success of your programs. Understand your event’s needs.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The security measures taken in a data center managed by world-class security engineers would most likely beat the measures that most non-data-center organizations can afford to take. In addition to her technical skills, Shawn provides excellent project management capacity to bridge any technical gaps within an organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

tags: blogs facebook ). I'm also using this for the upcoming WeAreMedia Workshop in San Francisco which has a section on experiments and measurement. As the chief listener for the organization, Wendy honed her listening literacy skills using free tools like google alerts, technorati, RSS reader, and delicious.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2009

Here's the deal: Leave a comment describing why you want create a Ning site for your community, your goals, and how you will measure success or if you have an existing Ning site how you want to improve it. Tags: ning. I'll pick four lucky people will be selected to receive a free copy of Manny's book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. If you've set specific goals and metrics to measure those goals over time, if after 3-6 months you have no tangible or intangible results, don't be afraid to move on or change something. Tags: Information Coping Skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it. They also tag and analyze responses. After answering these questions, you should have a good idea of the requirements you have for a tool to measure your social media marketing results. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Care2

APRIL 13, 2010

From Beth Kanter and Allison Fine’s presentation on the importance of having a “Networked Nonprofit&# to Sarah Dijulio’s session on Super Heroes of Online Fundraising that dived into strategies nonprofits should consider using when testing fundraising messaging, nonprofit campaigners gained valuable skills.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 22, 2010

M=Measurable. Make sure your goals are easily measured. Set goals for yourself that can be reached with the skills and resources you have. Tags: Fundraising Planning fundraising plan goals. Answer the ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’, and ‘why’ questions to make your goals specific. A=Attainable. See you there!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Your organization has identified a social media objective, audience, strategy, tools, measurement, and experiment. Tags: listening. Flickr Photo by PaulGi. You know your first step is listening, but before you jump into a river of conversations and keywords and even before you touch the tools, you need to be ready to listen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

We also discussed the whole issue of network evaluation and the difficulty of measuring those relationships versus a specific impact. One of the topics we discussed was about the skills and practices of network weavers - whether they are working with networks of organizations or supporting an organization's network of supporters on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

He takes the long view of short attention spans…it’s sometimes hard for people to find the right organizations to volunteer for, and it can be equally hard for organizations to capitalize on the various skills that volunteers bring to the table… But microvolunteerism, Colker says, ‘is perfectly suited for the Millennial Generation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

tags: listening socialmedia ). Your organization has identified a social media objective, audience, strategy, tools, measurement, and experiment. The most important listening literacy skills are. Once you've started to monitor the results of keyword searches, it's important to put your pattern analysis skills to work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. Community Managers should measure increased speed from word of mouth or marketing awareness, the best way to measure this is time from awareness to close –or spread of WOM. Tags: ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Perhaps you're looking to make your strategy more effective, less time consuming, or see measurable results. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. Tags: socialmediametrics social media streamline metrics Information Coping Skills. Good for you! Great work. The tips below are for you. .

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

What the organization was measuring had nothing to do with what any external stakeholders — from foundations to donors — actually wanted to know about the organization's work. Think beyond surveys: make qualitative measurement an everyday activity by listening to and engaging staff for feedback.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

We write every person who responds to a message on the forum per a #DonateYrBrain tagged message. Should our primary goal and, therefore, measurement of success, be new volunteers joining our forum, current volunteers participating more, or online volunteers that complete microvolunteering assignments becoming longer-term contributors?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. In past startups I would use friends and family to measure early success. Tags: interview maps data openaction opensource philanthropy socialactions. Things have just been super chaotic as of late.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. We are all after real world changes, so how do we measure our use of these tools on real world impact? Link to things that can be measured. WeAreMedia.org.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

I see a vast range in skills and knowledge depending on the program, and I see many qualified people who don't go to a museum studies program. There are many ways to become a museum professional and we don't have uniform measures across programs (like a standard set of board exams). .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

3) Social Network Analysis of the #GPF13 tag during the discussion created by Marc Smith. ” He also talked about how the need to package the data better for the sector to use it, especially organizations that do not have the skills, capacity, or resources to hire a data scientist. Notes from Session.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

With increased competition for talent, demand for higher salaries, and specific required skills, hiring for technology staff within nonprofit organizations is particularly challenging. What positions should exist and when, what are the specific roles and responsibilities of each position, and how will success be measured?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We we use the “with” instead of the “for” perspective, we are able to see skills and contributions the community can make, opportunities for growth outside of your programs or your walls; we are able to see that we are part of a solution and not responsible for engineering the entire fix. What do you measure every day, week, month, year?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Conference Tag: CU08 ConnectingUp Conference Warning: I am live blogging these notes as the conference unfolds. Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. What if we faced up to really measuring the results of our work? Two basic skill sets: a.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

There are many things in my life and work that I need to streamline, and an important skill to facilitate this is learn how to say no. Information Coping Skills and Social Media Productivity Skills This is more personal use, but if you are a nonprofit professional tasked with social media strategy you will need skills in these areas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Measuring the Value of Your Blog. Information Coping Skills: Turn off the damn computer and go for a walk. Information Coping Skills: How Information Overloaded Are You? Tags: socialmediametrics. Gnomedex Real Time Fundraising Experiment. Online Community Engagement Strategies. Teaching Your Kids About Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

tags: nonprofit socialmedia ). Fear that it will take staff time, there will be little return, and the return will not be as easily measurable as, say, a direct mail piece. The key skill is pattern analysis and of course, using what you find to inform decisions or actions. Fear about letting the public comment back "publicly".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

That takes time and skills. What’s unclear is whether or not nonprofits in the survey are measuring engagement and return on relationships. Tags: online communities social media research snippets. It's NOT about " Here's my crap and now let's talk about it. " The work flow is about relationship building.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

What usage stats do you need to track to measure results? What is your skill and comfort level with online tools such as ESPs? a colleague skilled in online tool usage ) or will you be taking it on yourself, with the help of the ESP support team? . Who on is your typical user on your clients’ staffs; their focus and skills?

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