Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Google Analytics – [link]. Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. Tip: You can also get Google Analytics for your Facebook Page! These analytics are part of having a Facebook Page.

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, throwing a million charts and graphs together or writing a 10,000-word essay on why your nonprofit is the best isn’t going to be so effective (or worth anyone’s time). DREAM also hosts its annual report on Issu, a great third-party platform for a well-designed digital reading experience. offers a profound analysis of #MeToo.

Report 85

Report Template Org Nonprofit 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making. This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. Click to See Larger Version.

Measure 103

Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. At the heart of most issue-focused policy and research is data analysis. Connect the dots from raw source to visualization to analysis.

Policy 36

Policy Data Content Share 36

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you implement a new survey system to use on your website and emails but then neglect to develop an easy, scalable way to actually export the survey results to your database for analysis, what’s the point? Rank these considerations by priority, starting with the tech gaps or issues that need immediate solutions.

Tech 42

Tech Develop Strategy Guide 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Google Analytics.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. It's enough to report on and start people thinking about the issues, but the field is pretty darn new. Get the report and read it. It points to some great momentum in online giving.

Attention 36

Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

This conference features exceptional speakers and a plethora of workshops that address key issues and trends affecting nonprofit human-serving organizations. RootsCamp is an annual gathering of progressive organizers from across issues and around the country who learn, celebrate, and grow together. 11/17/2016. RootsCamp 2016.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

Care2

JULY 2, 2009

[link] Twopular: Tracks the most popular trends on twitter including who is the top people tweeting specific trends (aka trendsetters) and a bar chart listing the hours a topic trended. One of the down sides of Twopular is that if your issue/hashtag is not in the top 10 trends, you won’t see stats in the bar graph.

Social Media 70

Social Media Track Media Tools 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

" That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- many analytics programs do not track RSS feeds. Kaushik makes a distinction between "on-site" visitors or unique visits as calculated by your analytics program and "off-site" visitors. Technorati ???Authority???

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Reflection Measure Technorati ROI 50