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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

Neglecting Month-to-Month Financial Comparisons Month-to-month comparisons are crucial for detecting trends, anomalies, and areas of concern in your financial activities. Skipping this analysis can lead to missed opportunities for adjustment and improvement, potentially causing long-term financial issues.

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Guest Post by Steve Waddell: Systems Mapping for Non-Profits - Part 1

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He agreed to write a four-part primer on a visual diagnostics, mapping, and social networking analysis primer and how nonprofits might use these tools for social change. There are new forms of “mapping”, including social network analysis , which can vastly enhance and speed understanding of the systems.

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Twitter Is 2nd After Google in Referrals To My Blog, But They Stay Longer.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I did a comparison of time on-site with top referrals and Twitter referrals stay longer than Google. It lead me to this post by Louis Gray called " What's Your Twitter Noise Ratio ?" " He goes on to describe how the noise ratio is constructed. My ratio is 2.4, My ratio is 2.4, Did it surprise?

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When standard metrics are discussed, people easily fall into the "mine is bigger or better than yours" comparisons or "numbers data out of context thinking." What is your post to comment ratio? Comparison of Old/New Web Metrics Facebook Metrics - ROI of Friendship - Dave McClure's ARRGH Model.

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Measuring the Value of Your Blog: Reflections Over the Last Year

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, here's a comparison between last year and this year and another opportunity to consider improvements. It is not useful to know how many posts you write on a monthly, weekly or daily basis or the number of the words for comparisons either. Last year, I had a ratio of 1.4 You can do an analysis of your blog feed here.

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've thought long and hard about how video editing amplifies my compulsive nature and how I need to reduce my ratio of video minutes viewed per hours of editing time! If you want a detailed comparison of these and other social bookmarking services, you can read one at Consultant Commons. Most services offer a ???tag tag as private???

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A Fundraiser’s Secret Weapon: Data Analytics

Connection Cafe

Data—the capture, analysis, and use—can be overwhelming. The analysis of our fundraising programs’ performance helped set the foundation for embracing big data and creating the cultural shift needed at Project HOPE. The analysis moved beyond short-term metrics such as annual net revenue and took a macro view of our program.