Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide on the subject explains that you have an option to choose between open-source and paid courses. While open-source can be tempting due to the inexpensive price, they often only offer a limited amount of information before requiring payment or they simply lack high-quality content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

Direct Relief , a humanitarian aid organization, and its Direct Relief and its bot builder, Mind Heros , have open-sourced their model. Ultimately, the bot helped the organization decrease the response time which is a critical metric for emergency and humanitarian work.

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

This stage of personalization doesn’t require automation, and you can test and gauge impact by simply monitoring opens and click-through rates. Identify whether there are specific metrics that will ultimately support your goals, including better engagement or more conversions in donations and members. Examples of basic personalization.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

' Open Source Is Dead! Long Live Open Source! What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" — a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The event kicked off with opening remarks by Joan Garry , an industry veteran and champion for the nonprofit sector, which led directly into the first panel discussion on the topic of climate. . From Climate Change to Navigating the Unexpected. Data Lake for Nonprofit Cloud , Powered by Amazon Web Services was also announced.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Excellent data tools will continue to get cheaper and easier to use… This trend has been going strong for a while now, particularly as more and more of the data landscape has shifted to using open source tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Speaking of metrics, Drew Bernard has an awesome post about how to use web analytics based on the functions of specific pages or sites. Speaking of the responses of the old guard, eTapestry, which was bought by Blackbaud last year, is opening up it’s API this week. Everyone (including them) gets better data. Time will tell. {

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

This kind of content gets shared and spreads the word, and it keeps people opening your emails, and even looking forward to them. Join the open source culture. The open source culture allows many organizations to use the innovations and labor of others and in turn contribute your own organizational strengths and capabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

The buzz has been going full blast about Google's Open Social API, from TechCrunch to ZDNET. The nonprofit technology community is aksing: " What will Google Open Social mean for nonprofits? What is Openness? " So, how do you explain Open Social to your executive director? Open standards help long term.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. Convio or Causes?

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon. Large audience and engagement numbers are not the only metric of social media success. Lean into your organization’s values and consider how they show up in your social media strategies and policies.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Both the database implementer and the nonprofit organization will need to establish in the project plan the metrics and deliverables that comprise success.&# I wish all nonprofits understood this! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Both the database implementer and the nonprofit organization will need to establish in the project plan the metrics and deliverables that comprise success.&# I wish all nonprofits understood this! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It’s fairly easy to extrapolate that even with the poorest of clients, we’re seeing web adoption especially as traditional sources of information for job and apartment listings leave print media. You cannot use the digital divide as a fig leaf over open site statistics anymore. That dog won’t hunt. 2 admin 09.18.07

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2010

I think the current economic situation has led to a lot of belt tightening, which has had some not so great repercussions in the nonprofit sector, but has also caused a greater attention to results, metrics and accountability. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Lucy Bernholz, moderating, said that metrics are the carbon in the ecosystem and the oxygen is the policy frame. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. To get the market from niche to mainstream people are working on taxonomy, metrics and peer and trend ratings. Lagging indicators -.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process with staff and advisory board feedback. The panel picker process just opened - so you have until August 29th to vote for as many panels as you think are worthy of being on the program or not. THIS is Iron Chef ??? With snacks!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy. is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. Laura Whitehead. is the queen of nonprofit technology in the UK. Laura Lee Dooley. Michelle Murrain.

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Technology Companies Netsquared Social Media 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Jeremiah Owyang's " Why Your Social Media Plan Should Include Success Metrics " post might help nonprofits identify some realistic short-term outcomes for social media implementation. Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. Her selection criteria.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

The main idea is that rather than tracking usage and completion metrics, LXPs aim to use data to tie learning to member performance. Seeking an open-sourced platform and the ability to adjust to changing learning needs quickly. Where and how learners are engaging with the platform, such as the type of device they’re using.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Email is a critical channel. design: is it clean?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Instead of nonprofit effectiveness, metrics, and measurements, it’s a day that citizens can reflect on the impact that we want to have in the world. For the Giving Tuesday movement, centrally, and for the team at 92 nd Street Y, Baltimore proved that the day is truly an open source movement.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

The Seven Benetech Truths: Social Change Through Technology We Get Stuff Done Right Stuff Right Open Over Proprietary Partnership Over Going Alone Value Flexibility Personal and Professional Development Social Change Through Technology Benetech is about social change first and foremost. Open Over Proprietary We’re an open source organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Social Metrics: The Search for ROI in Social Media by Steve Latham of Spur Digital. No problem, I dug into the NpTech + Digg tag archives and pulled out this terrific Beginner's Guide To Digg. Check this recent interview to learn more about Jonathan's secrets to using social media tools for success.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

From questions about the actual production of the files, to distribution, to listener metrics and feedback, there are plenty of moving parts that can raise questions. Audacity (open source software for Windows, Linux, or Mac) and Garage Band (Mac only) are two of the most common tools podcasters use.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Mapping Social Media Strategy To Metrics: Listen, Learn, Adapt Designed by Beth Kanter | Beth’s Blog Communications Track - Plaza Room A The session will share an overview of why the sequence listen, learn, and adapt is critical to implementing a successful social media strategy. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2021

Metrics to gauge our mutual successes or areas for improvement. They have been instrumental in launching an open-sourced DEI benchmark survey for our ecosystem, as well as influencing how Salesforce.org Alliances could help drive equity in the partner ecosystem and beyond.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Things to consider and target include: sender line: who is your email "from" subject line: what are you saying before the email is even opened? The White House opened up their Twitter account during the peak of the Swine Flu hysteria.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Assign relevant metrics to each goal. Check in on these metrics regularly as you carry out your strategy. . Anne is an advocate for open source and co-organizes the Bay Area Drupal Camp. Decrease bounce rate by 50% for important pages like your homepage or donation page. . Define your audience.

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Content Strategy Create Websites 75

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. The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! What do you think?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Define specific metrics and outcomes you expect from the migration to guide your strategy. OpenRefine is a free, open-source tool that you can download and put to work cleaning up your data. Test a Bunch, Migrate Once The last thing you want to have happen during a data migration is a necessary re-do of the migration itself.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems This is an excerpt from the 60-page independent Idealware report that provides a summary of what open source content management systems are, what features are often useful to nonprofits, and a detailed comparison of WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 1, 2023

AI as a service is now a reality and can be powered by any number of growing open-source models. And maintaining a focus on ethics, responsibility and user well-being over performance metrics or cutting costs. An AI system must be grounded in human values and judgment to be safe.

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Teen Test Advice Review 52

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

Audacity - open source and free, lots of community resources, have to download a separate mp3 encoder but they have links on their site. Can import other sources well. Look at what the purpose of your podcast is and try to link metrics to the success of your goals, instead of downloads or listenership.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

However there is immediate value to the partners in the form of a dashboard and metrics for applying for grants, etc. They put metrics against speed and accuracy of the data their partners were sending in. The Robin Hood Foundation concentrates on a single, driving metric in order to be able to compare different grants presented to it.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Content management systems (CMS) have transformed standard expectations -- about posting news and updates without web design skills, managing donors and other constituents, opening up sections of your site to your community, tracking results, and more.

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