Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Among other changes, it requires encouraging employers to have more bike friendly policies.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2022

Research indicates workforce diversity is the cultural or demographic characteristics that makes employees unique, which is needed to effectively confront social issues and achieve social good. Research indicates progress on diversity is dependent on nonprofit boards, which impact nonprofit performance and policies.

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Volunteer Hub

APRIL 21, 2022

Without cybersecurity policies and protocols in place, your nonprofit is more vulnerable to data breaches. According to a cybersecurity survey conducted by Microsoft, 60% of nonprofit respondents do not know of or do not have a digital data policy for handling cybersecurity risks and protecting data. Here are 5. Invest in Training.

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Case Management Tools Measure impact A unified solution to help you collect actionable program data, develop comprehensive reports, and share how you’re impacting your community. They are updated any time there is a change in regulations or policy. How does your solution measure impact?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. Feeding America’s strategic plan has a broad goal to mobilize the public in three outcomes areas: donations, public policy advocates and brand awareness and foster engagement.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This innovative online portal allows historians, scholars, and family researchers to search and explore data on slavery, Reconstruction, and the individuals impacted by these historical events. congressional districts, enabling informed policy decisions. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. million records.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 15, 2021

It represents people who are making measurable differences in communities and those whose lives are being changed. . based, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to developing evidence-based insights that improve decision making, strengthen communities, and improve people’s lives. .

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

Support Children’s Colorado Foundation Gold – Website Established in 1978, Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation is dedicated to advancing the mission of Children’s Hospital Colorado through family-centered care and cutting-edge research and treatment. This 157-page report created a useful tool for Zero to Three’s advocacy at any stage.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. For nearly 50 years, the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL) has been the standard measure used by governments and nonprofit organizations serving low income individuals and families to determine eligibility for anti-poverty programs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Existing research identifies gaps in the ways in which community engagement is measured. In short, research shows that community engagement can be sustained by creating opportunities for reflection, collaboration and contribution. Nonprofit organizations can measure community engagement in a number of ways. 2009, May 1).

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Retaining top performers is likely a measure of your effectiveness and success in your role. If giving feedback isn’t a strong suit of your organization’s practices and culture, do some research and practice on your own to develop better feedback habits. It’s also objectively measurable through concrete KPIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Nancy Lublin, who was CEO at the time, hosted a book party for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and during a tour of the office, she introduced me to Bob Filbin, DoSomething’s Data Scientist at the time. For example, researchers can answer questions like: what is the relationship between weather patterns and depression?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

In 2017, Race Forward merged with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the nation’s largest research, advocacy and services organization devoted to racial justice. Have there been demographic, economic, or policy changes that affect your messages and offerings? Organizations are always changing. The environment is always changing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Regardless of the tool we’re using, the team at MomsRising is committed to deepening and broadening the conversation around public policy issues that impact families in our country. With our blog firmly established as a valuable source of content, we are now developing strategies to further leverage our blog to support our policy goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 1, 2013

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. New yardsticks require new measures, new measures require new institutions.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Restricted research: Inconsistent data restricts healthcare teams’ ability to perform meaningful research and problem-solve. There are two solutions for integrating your data — either build an in-house centralized data platform or research an analytics vendor to outsource data collection and analysis.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

Despite the robust annual increases, however, the current total falls short of the 13% of GDP analysts at NITI Aayog, an Indian government public policy think tank, believe is necessary for the country to meet its commitment to achieving 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Measuring Impact Among the metrics MacArthur will follow in this project is the impact these grants have on the local news ecosystem around the country and whether the grants are able to arrest the downward spiral of local news. Did we slow or stop the demise of local news, the creation and expansion of news deserts ?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Grant Research Tip: If a deadline has passed for a funder’s grant opportunity, don’t despair. Visit Grantli to learn more tips on how to do the best grant research and how your organization can find even more funding opportunities. Funding Priority: Mental Health. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Hanley Family Foundation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Policy oversight. Policy Oversight. Brown, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Texas A&M University.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

These experts will come together to research, participate in a collaborative design sprint, test ideas with the community, and ultimately work with Salesforce pro bono volunteers to develop and launch a solution that will be free to all. Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy. Isabella Gonzalez Potter. Isabella received her B.S.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Grant Research Tip: If a deadline has passed for a funder’s grant opportunity, don’t despair. Visit Grantli to learn more tips on how to do the best grant research and how your organization can find even more funding opportunities. Funding Priority: Mental Health. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Hanley Family Foundation.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Community leadership, based on my research and consulting with foundations, combines the defined concepts of collective leadership, civic leadership, and community engagement into a comprehensive approach that seeks to work alongside communities—geographic, identity-based, or faith-based—to create a positive change.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. While full data sets are made available and used extensively by researchers and city governments, City Health Dashboard has learned that simply providing data isn’t enough. Understand your capacity.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. So I called one of the researchers, Tiffany Brannon. You can measure the change in that comfort before and after the research activity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Both Giving USA and The Chronicle of Philanthropy are reputable sources of information, but the way each measures philanthropic giving for their reports differs – significantly. posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

The Zero to Three Policy Center, an organization is an independent, non-partisan research-based voice that educates the public and political leaders about the unique developmental needs of babies and toddlers. In 2019, USDA conducted the third Farm to School Census to measure progress towards reaching their goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Research the steps needed to create a direct mail fundraising program (e.g. Many boards have policies requiring the full board (or each member individually) to hit a fundraising goal and this worksheet helps get them organized and on a path to success. Research the renting or purchasing of mailing lists for direct mail campaigns.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Blackbaud’s research, however, shows the average time from the first solicitation to a donor’s first gift is four years, yet the average development officer’s term is only 18–24 months. Another way to establish consistency is to standardize processes and policies regardless of the team manager. Be mindful of job hoppers.

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OneCause

JULY 7, 2022

In a 2019 survey, the Pew Research Center reports that 69% of U.S. This desire for transparency extends to data security and privacy—implementing and communicating your security measures is a fundamental way to signal transparency and respect in a digital world. The Many Risks of Poor Donor Privacy Policies.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2022

And this year the theme is “Only One Earth,” highlighting the need for us all to live sustainably and in harmony with nature by making transformative changes in our policies and our choices. And how can we accurately measure the carbon reduction that results from these projects?”. Yesterday, June 5, was World Environment Day.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

Research further shows that a team with a member who shares a client’s ethnicity is over 100% more likely to understand that client’s needs. Identifying clear, measurable goals with transparent dashboards to ensure there is accountability for how DEI efforts are being achieved. Increasing mentoring initiatives for BIPOC staff.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Public ideas about health are changing rapidly as a result of technology, medical research, and preventive and wellness services. While CVS lost $2 billion in annual cigarette sales in the first year of its new policy, its pharmacy sales jumped. Purpose-Driven Companies use a Purpose Mindset to Advance Measurable Goals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. “I SIBs rely on the role of external evaluators to provide summative evaluations to measure program success.

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Forum One

JANUARY 31, 2023

A modern data platform provides analysts at your organizations with tools that let you define data dimensions, measures, calculations and aggregates that can be shared by your entire organization for querying and exploring. Tools we recommend at this stage include Looker , Superset , Mode , and Metabase.

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