Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The session will share the results and insights from research studies that combining social media analytics with survey data. Grant Managers Network Conference: March 18th. I’ll be headed to San Diego for the annual Grant Managers Network Conference. LUMA Institute: March 19-20th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

As a trainer, I always do a participant assessment to understand their experience, knowledge, and attitudes related to the topic – for the most part social media and networked nonprofits. ” When you use automated excel or survey monkey charts, it encourages you to skip that important step. I thought was done!

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TechImpact

AUGUST 27, 2013

Now we are getting into some newer techniques. TechSoup reports that 26% of the 2012 survey respondents were using a cloud-based file sharing service. There are a lot of great inexpensive web applications that allow you to meet with your network via video chat and share presentations or discuss business. File sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The skill, of course, is hosting a Giving Day and we are now looking at processes, techniques, and ideas for follow up and assessment. There is also an opportunity to weave in analysis of your data from surveys and incorporate storytelling with your data. How do you go beyond just doing a survey or collecting metrics?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a mini-workshop at the Director's Institute for the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network in Sacramento. I started with a variation of of the human spectra gram , a technique I learned from colleague Allen Gunn from Aspiration. I select what I do based on an online pre-survey. .

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

This article goes beyond basic strategies and delves into advanced techniques for effectively engaging board members in fundraising activities. Tips for conducting a skills and interest assessment include creating a survey or conducting one-on-one interviews. Do you have experience with networking and building relationships?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge. What techniques are you using? A conversational case study is a write up our interviews identifying a few questions we still have. Does it work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Brennan shared some of the core techniques of developmental evaluation which included: 1. Key Informant/Stakeholder Surveys and Interviews. These techniques are often applied to measuring social media and networks and making sense of the data. Have a clear, linear chain of cause effect. … Read More Measurement'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project , a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Fluency in social media skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I always try to do an extensive participant survey prior to the workshop to uncover the knowledge in the room and used a “living case study” technique. Monitors, listens, and researches the people in their network. Curates content to capture attention from their network in an age of information overload.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The factors determining how engaged a donor is will vary from organization to organization, but engaged donors are typically the ones most responsive to your messages, most likely to attend events, the first to volunteer, and proud to share your mission within their networks. You can try: Sending donor surveys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The concept was genius — providing an app and free cell phone to the individuals in exchange for filling out the surveys. Completing the survey would get them more cell phone time. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

According to Idealware’s survey of over 750 nonprofit staffers: Almost 80% "think" that they reach new supporters using Facebook, Twitter, video sharing sites like YouTube, and blogging. However, only between 25% and 35% said that they could confirm that they are truly reaching new supporters via these social networks.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Volunteer management is the process your organization uses to create your network of volunteers. Show them proper techniques for each job and inform them about what they can expect during their time volunteering. This helps you reach the right volunteers for each project and provides a more enjoyable experience for your volunteers.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

Combining both content marketing techniques and digital advertising tools has delivered value to nonprofits. While social media platforms are in constant evolution, nonprofits are learning to innovate and experiment with engagement techniques for advocacy and fundraising. Mobile list size grew by 35% in 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

The Networked Health Organization. I conduct a survey that collects information that I can analyze against a maturity of practice model I’ve created called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.&#. 2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. Movement can really help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2012

Once I recover from the journey, expect read reports about the Networked NGO in Rwanda and use of social media to support Women’s Rights organizations. The online marketing survey gathered extensive data and benchmarks about how small businesses and nonprofits use online marketing and whether they are seeing results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I used a brief pre-survey where I was able to collect information about success stories, challenges, and current social media usage. The survey asked participants to share a story that illustrates how social media has brought value to their organization. The survey asked participants to share their great social media challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

We started with 47 conveners we selected around the country–regional, state, and local arts agencies and membership associations, whom we asked to invite their member organizations to take our survey. We opened up the survey to all arts organizations in August. Just over 70% of our respondents, a majority, said “yes.”.

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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2011

Using the Internet to Raise Funds and Build Donor Relationships: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Boosting Donations , a new handbook from Convio, will help your organization see the big picture and create effective strategies for long-term success.

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Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

Using surveys to ask for input shows alumni that their thoughts are valued. Surveys are also a useful tool for keeping up-to-date demographic information about location, professional field, and more. Personalized content shows alumni that they are valued as part of the college community, and will increase their sense of connection.

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Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

Using surveys to ask for input shows alumni that their thoughts are valued. Surveys are also a useful tool for keeping up-to-date demographic information about location, professional field, and more. Personalized content shows alumni that they are valued as part of the college community, and will increase their sense of connection.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

It provides strategies, techniques, and an approach to recognizing and confronting any threat faced by an organization in fulfilling its mission.” . The Nonprofit Technology Network has a template assessment tool to make it easy to organize your info. Risk management can help to double-check that your organization is in the clear.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

With so many potential connections and over 104 social media networks, utilizing this powerful communication channel to support your campaign or event may feel overwhelming. Commit only to a certain number of social networks that you’re going to be able to manage well. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are for social networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” Or if you are good self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

It provides strategies, techniques, and an approach to recognizing and confronting any threat faced by an organization in fulfilling its mission.” . The Nonprofit Technology Network has a template assessment tool to make it easy to organize your info. Risk management can help to double-check that your organization is in the clear.

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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. If you have a large team/organization, you could ask this on a survey and share back the data.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So, Steven, this is where I’d like for you to actually turn this slide into a survey. So here’s the next survey, Steven, right off the bat, just to make sure everybody’s kind of present and getting us grounded. I know people are transitioning from meetings and … so please activate the survey. Here we go.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We’ll present the latest data from Pew Research national surveys to engage the politically savvy and tech-obsessed folks here in DC who have noticed this shift in political life, taking a look at the raw data behind the new political process, and how it relates to our political infrastructure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. Cambodia Networked Nonprofit' Be sure to say hi to her on Twitter.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

Consider featuring top participants in an email and showcase a screen shot of their personalized page for those who may not be on the social network arena. And while you can’t really determine this by running a report, consider including a section asking them to share their fundraising experience in the post event survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

To engage and discuss techniques and tips for using Facebook effectively for nonprofits. Measuring this requires some surveys of fans as well as counting the number of insights gleaned from posts and discussions from Fans. What I'd like to see is a social network analysis of active fans and their relationships with others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

They have reached senior decision-making and leadership levels with the help of models that preceded today’s digital hyper-linked and networked environment with its wide, deep and rapid access to large numbers of people and vast amounts of information. From yesteryear to tomorrow Enter social software.

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