NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 11, 2023
Impact measurement is mission-critical. Thankfully, regardless of how small the budget, there is a lot that organizations can do to maximize their impact measurement dollars. After all, it is essentially an assessment of whether or how well an organization is living up to its mission.
Association TV
APRIL 20, 2022
Why measure engagement in 2022? Digital engagement is the direct line into your audience’s unfiltered and unbiased opinion. Okay, so why would you want an unfiltered and unbiased opinion? Because this helps you understand what your audience loves about you, and what they don’t like so much.
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Bloomerang
JULY 11, 2022
The post Measuring Your Marketing Effectiveness: How Mature is Your Marketing? appeared first on Bloomerang.
Candid
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
If so, it’s time to start thinking about how to measure your definition. There are still literally dozens of ways to measure this definition (trust me, I’ve tried). Many measures used to operationally define BIPOC leadership rely on percentages, but these can feel arbitrary, especially among very small organizations.
The Sponsorship Collective
JUNE 14, 2022
The post Measuring Sponsorship ROI appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective. For instance, if you spend $1,500 on a billboard for 30 days and the billboard nets you 500 new leads who end up earning your company $3,000, then your ROI was $1,500. It’s easy […].
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
While KPIs represent a valuable opportunity, it’s important that you select the right ones to track for your unique organization, especially since there are so many possibilities.
The Sponsorship Collective
JANUARY 4, 2022
The post Sports Sponsorship Measurement and ROI Metrics to Track appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective. As your partnership wraps for the season, it’s your responsibility to sit down and calculate how lucrative said partnership was. What are some sports sponsorship metrics to track? Pay […].
Association Analytics
JUNE 2, 2021
Many organizations measure the success of their products by aggregate revenue, engagement numbers, and member feedback. Aside from membership, do you know the most valuable products your association offers? When we refer to products here, we are talking about products, services and content.
Volunteer Hub
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Here are 4 ways to measure volunteer program ROI and ensure you are getting the highest amount of value. As your nonprofit grows, so does the need to optimize your volunteer program and effectively measure ROI. Measure Volunteer Value. Measure Community Reach. You can easily measure by comparing inputs and outputs.
Candid
APRIL 6, 2022
On March 13, 2022, Meme Styles, president and founder of MEASURE , joined Candid CEO Ann Mei on the stage at SXSW for their talk: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity ( available to watch now on YouTube ). Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX.
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.
Amy Sample Ward
DECEMBER 3, 2012
I recently got my copy of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit by Beth Kanter and Katie Delahaye Paine. In the foreward, Beth and Katie say that “measurement is the secret sauce; we provide the recipe.” ” And that they do! In the book, Beth and Katie identify a number of themes.
The Sponsorship Collective
JANUARY 4, 2022
The post How to Measure Event Sponsorship ROI appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective. Just take the sponsor’s growth (through sales, conversions, etc.) and subtract that from what they spent on the sponsorship, and you’ve got ROI. That means you have to track metrics to determine the success of your sponsored event.
Kindful
AUGUST 12, 2021
And if you don’t measure your ROI, you’ll never know if you’re actually making money or if you’d be better off focusing on more lucrative and less time-consuming strategies. . Did you have a clear, measurable goal for throwing it? In order to accurately measure ROI, however, you need to set goals that you can measure.
Socialbrite
OCTOBER 31, 2021
So, how do you measure your video marketing efforts? Measuring your video marketing. To know how to measure the effectiveness of your video marketing , you must first decide what the goal of the marketing is so you know what you’re looking for. Measuring the engagement of your videos. Measuring brand awareness.
TechImpact
JUNE 19, 2014
Big data and robust analytic measuring tools have enabled this revolution to go from a pipe dream to reality in only a few short years. Everyone wants to compare the success of their organization to a measurable analytic. Here are the 3 steps your nonprofit needs to get started measuring and reporting on meaningful data today.
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.
Bloomerang
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” If so, then that gives a measure of assurance to donors to say, “This is a program that has worked. Is it measurable?
TechImpact
AUGUST 1, 2014
In a recent blog post by Buffer , they claim it is difficult to, or nearly impossible, measure ROI on social media marketing. The mere presence of highly measurable statistics would refute Buffer’s point. Here are just a few strategies we think might help you begin measuring the ROI on your social media strategy.
The Storytelling Non-profit
JANUARY 24, 2022
One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. It can be near impossible to measure the success of a story if you haven’t first thought about what your desired outcomes are and drivers of success. This could be a quarter, month or week.
Find the free stuff
JANUARY 31, 2021
Mastering this feat is only possible if you’re measuring your efforts and changing for the better. 3 Key Customer Satisfaction Metrics to Measure appeared first on PhreeSite.com. The post Happy Customers?
AccelEvents
OCTOBER 19, 2020
While keeping attendance numbers down can help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, event organizers will still need to follow a series of COVID-19 safety measures to ensure attendees and participants are protected. . Every physical event needs to have basic security measures in place to ensure the safety of the participants.
Saleforce Nonprofit
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
The post Using Music and Data to Measure Impact and Wellbeing appeared first on Salesforce.org. Damien Ribbans is an operations director with over 20 years of experience in the third sector, having worked with organisations focused on areas including disability, mental health, elderly populations, and homelessness.
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?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Later today, I’ll be doing a webinar hosted by Hubspot called “ I love Measurement.” That got me thinking about measurement and how you measure difficult stuff. I think about this quote: ” Anything can be measured in a way that is superior to not measuring it at all “ - Gilbs Law.
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.
Charity Village
APRIL 27, 2022
You need to measure, and you need to measure the […]. The post The importance of communications measurement: Are you using the right metrics? So, when you do have budget to spend, it’s important to make the most impact with that money. But how do you know if your efforts have actually been effective?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 8, 2012
. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” ” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. Twice as likely to take part in events like charity walk.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 25, 2013
Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.
Tech Soup Blog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
With all of the time and resources that nonprofits pour into creating their programs, it's important to know whether these efforts are creating the change you need. Are you serving the communities you set out to serve? Are you meeting the requirements of your stakeholders?
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.
NetWits
APRIL 13, 2010
There is a continuous discussion going on in the nonprofit space that’s centered on measurement. We all know that measurement and determining return on investment (ROI) is important so we’re thinking about how to determine what success looks like in the social media world. Direct mail and email are at the top of that list.
NonProfit Hub
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
It’s hard to ramp up the good work you do if you don’t know how to concretely define, measure and communicate your impact to supporters. When we keep in mind the true meaning of the impact, in all its forms, it helps us discover what’s important when measuring it. Measuring impact. goals, measure them!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 22, 2013
Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 3, 2013
But it wasn’t until Active Voice brought on a full time evaluator that were we able to identify and actually measure the kind of shifts we think films can contribute to. This is now the core work of Active Voice, designing outcome-oriented strategies and implementing story-fueled, measurable campaigns. Measurement'
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. I could not have written this book alone, especially as a reformed measurement phobic. KD Paine taught me the joy that is measurement. We were also lucky to have a talented editor, William T.
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
This week''s Apricot Jam link round-up includes posts on: nonprofit measurement; membership models; online communities for associations; nonprofit newsletters; and inspiring your board. Apricot Jam'
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 11, 2016
When I heard about Guidestar’s plans to measure high performance at scale, I invited Jacob Harold, CEO and fellow ambassador to share a guest post about it on my blog. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. And sometimes it can feel that measuring social change is even harder.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 6, 2010
Measuring outcomes is difficult, measuring activities is easy. But, if we only measure activities, we could find ourselves being "successful" while the species we're trying to protect goes extinct or the biome we're trying to protect loses viability and diversity.
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