NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

What goes into creating and designing a successful nonprofit website that inspires action? Audience Analysis. Make sure you remember your top three goals to include in key visual elements on your site using calls to action. You have a site map that resonates with the way your audience accesses information.

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Design Web Nonprofit Guide 247

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

Marketing automation can help you with: Broad, audience-building efforts (think: scheduling social media posts) Steady engagement tactics (think: sending out your weekly newsletter) Workflows that target visitors who complete certain actions (think: sharing a viewbook when someone fills out a form) And a whole lot more.

Marketing 235

Marketing Fundraising Nonprofit Social Media 235

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

See larger image here: Map from: Waddell, Steve. 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. This week at the Packard Foundation, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Waddell whose research focuses on Global Action Networks.

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Map Profit System Guatemala 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

So, was delighted when Darren Barefoot asked if he share a guest post about how to do audience analysis. Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for NGOS by Darren Barefoot. But not all kinds of audience analysis are evil. Have they taken action on your issue in the past? What other organizations do they support?

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Audience Analysis Nonprofit Facebook 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2011

TweepsMap is an interesting Twitter app that will put your followers on a map of the world, literally. Despite a few glitches, you use this tool to see if your audience is local or global. What did you discover by putting your Twitter followers on the map?

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Map Twitter Washington DC 96

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Well, from the planning and analysis side, that is. We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Community Mapping. >> Content Mapping. >>

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Metrics Community Template Map 219

Tableau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Enjoy multiple enhancements to bring your geospatial analysis to the next level, including multiple marks layers support for maps , Redshift spatial support, and more. Explore next-level analysis with two new predictive functions models. You can now add unlimited marks layers from a single data source to your map visualizations.

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Map Resource Tools Analysis 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In October, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Waddell whose research focuses on Global Action Networks. One of the tools for better understanding networks are visual diagnostics and mapping techniques. He co-authored a paper called " Visual Diagnostics and Mapping for Scaling Change " and we had an opportunity to discuss it.

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Social Network Analysis Network Social 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

The Social Media Strategy Map and Worksheet 1. Taking Action or Fundraising: You're using social media tactics to spur supporters to action or donate. And while surveys, focus groups and other services can give you an analysis of what your current audience is doing online, direct observation is works best. by Beth Kanter.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 107

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Paste a passage into the app and you’ll get an analysis that highlights overly dense passages, unnecessary adverbs and more. Enter a web address or a block of text into the Readability Test Tool for an easy-to-understand analysis of your content. Next: LinkedIn and Website Analysis Tools. LinkedIn Maps. Twitter Tools.

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Tools Internet Marketing Free 167

Tableau

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In this blog post, I'll describe my analysis of Tableau's history to drive analytics innovation—in particular, I've identified six key innovation vectors through reflecting on the top innovations across Tableau releases. And with this work, I invite discussions about this history, my analysis, and the implications for the future of analytics.

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History Analysis Widget Analytics 145

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Community Mapping. Community Mapping helps you identify not just the various segments of your audience, but also create a clear picture of which tools/platforms are associated with those groups and which messages are best to target where. Action: The action or connection that ties it together.

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Tools Tech RSS Map 162

NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Some goals can be pretty easily quantified -- such as dollars raised, actions taken, or members recruited. Social network analysis can help you determine whether you are making an impact in these areas and help you more effectively target your efforts. Mapping the Network. Mapping the Network. Diagram 1. Diagram 2.

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Social Media Measure Influence Media 92

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. That doesn’t mean organizations sit back, relinquish all responsibility and control, and wait for the community to take action.

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Community Build Technology Action 220

Robert Weiner

APRIL 30, 2009

The guide, produced independently by research and analysis firm Freeform Dynamics, provides guidance for where to start in greening an organization and maps out a pragmatic, yet comprehensive course of action ranked according to expense and difficulty of implementation. read more.

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Green Tag Guide Map 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Photo Tweeted by @starfocus during a network mapping session at NWF. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Staff members were at the core of the map. They reorganized the map into clusters. Observations.

Network 127

Network Nonprofit Map Exercise 127

Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

Smith and his talk "Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media: Creating Maps and Measures with NodeXL." " Marc is with the Connected Action Group , which uses social methodology to gain insights into patterns of communities. What is social network analysis?

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Map Network Social San Francisco 57

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

For example, knowing that a certain message or call to action, or even type of service, worked for one organization in one community translated to other organizations as a packaged up and ready to repeat solution. We thought that there would need to be new tactics for making impact and new calls to action. Analog Strategies.

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Nptech Slides Community Strategy 213

The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Google Maps will soon show users in the US the most fuel-efficient route. The new services focus on reducing planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions and are primarily found on Search, Maps, Travel, and Nest. Starting Wednesday, people in the US can see which driving routes are the most fuel-efficient when using Google Maps.

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Google Help Map Search 126

Tableau

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In this blog post, I'll describe my analysis of Tableau's history to drive analytics innovation—in particular, I've identified six key innovation vectors through reflecting on the top innovations across Tableau releases. And with this work, I invite discussions about this history, my analysis, and the implications for the future of analytics.

History 98

History Analysis Widget Analytics 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2010

See Juilos Vasconcellos analysis ). To be successful integrating social media into your fundraising channels, you need to use different techniques, tactics, and tools to map to the person’s level of interest. platform for donations, creating a combined call to action that asked Twitter users to retweet by donating $10.

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Campaign Twitter Social Sponsor 105

The Verge

JUNE 12, 2021

The presentation started with a cinematic reveal; Extraction is set in the same Rainbow Six universe, featuring Siege operators such as Hibana, who’s gone Missing in Action. Working with your team, using tactics, and making tough decisions will be essential to survival.

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Map Analysis Conference University 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2011

Social network analysis can reveal knowledge flows and roles. Use network maps to visualize the network and make connections. Network analysis provides a new measurement tool. Innovation is the result of the network in action. Patterns of participation impact knowledge flow. Technologies shape the work.

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Network Skills Personal Strategy 95

Tableau

APRIL 21, 2021

In Zambia’s North Luangwa National Park, rangers study the map on their screen to see if there are any places they haven’t checked. It took one presentation of that map from Tableau with EarthRanger data and everyone knew where to look,” said Ed Sayer, the program manager at Frankfurt Zoological Society’s North Luangwa Conservation Programme.

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Conservancy Foundation Data Map 98

Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

By using shaded maps, clear data points, and red/yellow/green indicators, users can easily identify areas in need of improvement. It includes those who understand data well (researchers), and others who are likely less familiar with complex data analysis tools. The Livability Index bridges these gaps in several ways.

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Policy Data Los Angeles Audience 92

Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. consider mapping the common fields identified here to any data fields available via Application Programming Interface (API) in your public database. Publish the mapping publicly to incentivize adoption by product providers and grantmakers who may have custom solutions.

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Grant Application Contact Analysis 111

Tableau

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Geospatial Analysis in Tableau. Map Layers, Buffer Calculations & Parameter Actions in Tableau. Show only Selected Countries in a Background Map. For updates throughout the month, follow me Twitter and LinkedIn , and check out the list of blogs that Andy Cotgreave and I follow for Best of the Tableau Web.

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Web Chart Conference Map 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The impact, longer term, is innovation or the result of the network in action. There are many approaches and visual analysis tools. Let’s focus on the very first steps. Once you or your organization views the world with a networked mindset, then you need to visualize the network.

Network 99

Network United Arab Emirates Twitter Jordan 99

Tableau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Enjoy multiple enhancements to bring your geospatial analysis to the next level, including multiple marks layers support for maps , Redshift spatial support, and more. Explore next-level analysis with two new predictive functions models. You can now add unlimited marks layers from a single data source to your map visualizations.

Map 52

Map Resource Tools Analysis 52

sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Experiment with Journey Mapping A colorful visualization of the constituent experience, journey mapping is a model that helps you track how and when you engage with supporters and when and why they make the giving choices they do. They turned to donor journey mapping. It’s a common practice for commercial enterprises.

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Donor Registration Map Fundraising 97

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

More specifically, datamaking is an action whereby we transform information into data so that data can contribute to knowledge. The Creative Power of Datamaking Focusing on the action of datamaking opens a world of possibilities for developing knowledge. The key force in the formula is that data is actually a decision.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Grant 115

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In other words, data can tell a continuous story that is meaningful, dynamic, and actionable. In June, Tides partnered with Rhiza on a data mapping pilot using their Insight software. Click map for interactive version. and "to what ends?" The larger the green circle, the greater the grant amount.

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Case Study Story Data Studies 68

Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Tableau is known for taking data from almost every system your organization is using and turning it into actionable insights – including Raiser’s Edge NXT. The solution can take your data and make it easier for you to create custom reports and dashboards to understand and take action with your data.

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Blackbaud Report Chart Analytics 94

The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

SpaceX also included a crude map showing its plans , which entailed building two orbital launchpads, two suborbital launchpads, a new landing pad, and other major infrastructure changes. Part of the problem also revolved around SpaceX’s required No Action Alternative.

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Application Proposal Texas Alternative 98

Tableau

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Geospatial Analysis in Tableau. Map Layers, Buffer Calculations & Parameter Actions in Tableau. Show only Selected Countries in a Background Map. For updates throughout the month, follow me Twitter and LinkedIn , and check out the list of blogs that Andy Cotgreave and I follow for Best of the Tableau Web.

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Web Chart Conference Map 98

Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

As you get started on sifting through your data reports and action items completed this year, keep an eye toward how your internal and external reports can blend data-driven stories of impact. Analyze with actionable data in mind Once you have the numbers, how do you know which numbers matter more, and how to glean insights?

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Story Report Data Analysis 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. He told a story that someone in one of his workshops to teach these methods asked him, “So what are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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