Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Step 5: Define your metrics. Step 7: Analyze your data, turn it into action, measure again. The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

At the 4 th level of 100% adoption for your prospect management system, your organization is now able to provide a deep analysis with reportings based on a sound system and full buy-in from all staff. High-level analysis questions by senior leadership and during campaign/advisory board meetings: How many active proposals are pending?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While they aren’t the most comprehensive of reports, there is no point in ignoring free metrics! Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you. Action: The action or connection that ties it together. Facebook Insights. URL Shorteners – [link].

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Transform your vision into actionable steps and watch your organization thrive. Rolling out a well-thought-out business plan is like charting a course through treacherous yet conquerable terrains. By conducting a thorough market analysis, you can make informed decisions about your non-profit’s programs, services, and strategies.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change? I consider those basic metrics to be “rearview mirror” metrics.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

This is the wrong course of action. Most good relationships being with understanding, a mutual agreement on a course of action or common direction. The Organizational Chart ~ Look for Obstacles. Your task here is to minimize the obstacles via the development of relationships and an organizational analysis of I.T.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. The task manager allows you to assign, manage, and track the progress of action items. Backlink analysis. Individual tasks. Then, track your rankings for those keywords in Moz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

And the goal of those relationships can be learning, collaboration, policy, service delivery, advocacy, mobilizing or action. Later, I found the chart in Net Gains. And, of course, what metrics to use.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Unlike business, the bottom line of a nonprofit is not necessarily money; it’s all about outcomes, which often manifest themselves as intangible results not easily measured by metrics. People are hard to chart, while numbers are perfect for spreadsheets. Garcia is an executive board member of the Arizona Children's Action Alliance.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Not only can users narrow down their search to the district level, they can then choose from various impact metrics to better understand specific factors, behaviors, outcomes, etc. It includes those who understand data well (researchers), and others who are likely less familiar with complex data analysis tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

What's the key metric? My NTC panel on social media metrics, measurement, and roi will include a case study slam - so stay tuned). My problem now is that I don't do a lot of processing with a pen or marker/flip chart anymore -- but I was standing up there, so I jotted some notes down on my moleskin. Tags as a metric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Social media metrics mavens know that both qualitative and quantitative data is needed. Quantitative is counting or the numbers — all those pretty charts and graphics. Sometimes we think that because we’ve purchased a fancy software package, that it will give us actionable information with just one click.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Spitfire’s useful SMART chart planning tool has been used by many nonprofits and was adapted for social media for nonprofits by NTEN’s WeAreMedia project several years ago. It is also important to think about what specific metrics are needed to measure along the way.

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Social Media Media Social Chart 129

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

As measurement guru KD Paine says, you need the right measurement tool for the job – identify SMART objectives , pick metrics , and then your tool. Creating is more appealing then analysis to most. Here’s where I think the AMEC Valid Metrics Grids will be very useful. Less is more. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

If don’t synthesize the ongoing stream, it gives me vertigo. I set aside an hour or two a month to review my valid metrics , but also to do a meta synthesis of the conversation to curate the best points and resources. Pick valid metrics in the context of an integrated campaign. How many by when? Guides, not report cards.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. Does their profile include a link to an action (sign a petition, write a letter, etc.)? But was there ever any gold?

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Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. Does their profile include a link to an action (sign a petition, write a letter, etc.)? But was there ever any gold?

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Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

Care2

MAY 27, 2009

I had the honor of participating on the ROI (Return on Investment) of Social Media panel at the Women Who Tech TeleSummit with Monique Eldwell of Conversify and Cheryl Contee of Fission Strategies where we laid out some key metrics and useful case studies. The metrics for measuring ROI can be extremely varied. Here are a few examples.

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