Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

As a trainer and facilitator, the work I do with organizations and networks, often on behalf of a foundation for its grantees, is capacity building. To answer the questions, they conducted a landscape analysis of existing research on the impacts of capacity building on organizational strength and social impact. Presentation slides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Here's a summary of some of the topics and discussions that took place in the NpTech FriendFeed Room. More analysis from Steve MacLaughlin Eric Johnson shared Text to Save Lives. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Exploring FriendFeed. Causes Raised $2.5

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This way, you set up the foundation for future event success, no matter which type of event you want to host. Reports and data analysis tool. Send a thank you letter as well as a summary of the event’s impact. Hybrid events continue to rise in popularity, especially after this spike in virtual experiences. Post-event engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. We encourage you to read the full report or executive summary here ; full citations are available for all data. billion to $4.8

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As we consider what makes a website successful in 2022, here are four strategies we believe are absolutely essential for foundations to consider when approaching a next website redesign. In summary. Think beyond the website. Creating a personalization plan.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Whether the visitor is a known or unknown user, the experience is tailored to fit their profile dynamically through data analysis, behavior, user attributes, and characteristics to create a more meaningful experience. Creating a personalization plan Personalization is key to standing out in an increasingly crowded digital media environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. " Gates Foundation also announced grants to programs aimed at helping small-scale farmers in Africa and Asia. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. And if you???re

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BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

In order to understand the incidence and success of formal nonprofit collaborations , The Bridgespan Group and The Lodestar Foundation collaborated in a 2014 research study. The Foundation Directory Online, The National Center for Charitable Statistics and Guidestar are all useful databases for researching other nonprofits similar to yours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m facilitating peer exchange groups on measuring the networked nonprofit with 60 grantees. Here’s a summary: There was a range of practice for using data and measurement to improve social media and demonstrate impact: Crawl.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. Over the past twenty years, the Brainerd Foundation has invested nearly $50 million in organizations working to protect the environment in the Northwest. Why Use One? Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. Foundations don't do it directly but via nonprofits. If you think about what a foundation has to offer, money for sure, we're also good at convening people. and offered an analysis here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If you were unable to attend the conference, we hope you can use the summary below to inspire thoughtful conversations at your institution and help in your planning for the new year. . . Conduct an impact analysis and use it! private and public 2-year and 4-year institutions. . Fundraising during a global pandemic .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

Photo by Chris John Beckett Sean Stannard-Stockton wrote a reflection on my analysis of the list of “foundations that tweet”. Kivi's Nonprofit Marketing Blog has a summary of Chris Brogan and Julien Smith's book, Trust Agents. on the Philanthropy411 blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). Jeremiah Owyang has a good analysis of what features Google + needs to go mainstream. Wait for maturation? What are the potential uses for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

I set up an online fundraising page on Razoo to direct the money to Surf Rider Foundation. Given the theme of the campaign was to honor my Dad’s love of the ocean and surfing and I was supporting Surf Rider Foundation, I used the surf theme to name each giving level after particular type of wave.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

posted by Abby Elsener Assistant Director of Development, ASU Foundation. Heron Foundation, points out, versions of SIBs have existed for decades. The Philanthropic Consequence of Government Grants to Nonprofit Organizations: A Meta-Analysis.” As Clara Miller (2015), president of the H. Brookings Institution. Vera Institute.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2014

And it breaks these contributions down by source (individuals, foundations, bequests, corporations), giving us the best view of who is supporting what (health, education, arts & culture, etc.). A simple analysis will help you see if the contributions you receive are overly weighted in one specific area, or lacking in another.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The ACLU website has a good summary of the USA Freedom Act. The nonprofit privacy rights community was fully mobilized including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future, ACLU, Free Press Access, Demand Progress, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Mozilla Foundation, and many commercial web companies.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2016

While these are the primary benefits of outcomes for foundations and nonprofits, there are other benefits that can help organizations become more effective. In our ongoing dialogue with thousands of members of the giving community, we’ve heard from hundreds of foundations that are either measuring outcomes or want to measure outcomes.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Analytics can help to determine trends, prescribe actions and responses, and provide a solid foundation for data-driven decision making. Data must often be cleaned up before you can consider a technology choice to help in analysis. Do we have the capabilities and skills in-house to do the analysis?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

He didn’t do the “sage of the stage&# thing, he gave ample opportunities for the audience digest the ideas he shared as well as engage them in conversation. Alison Carl White from NPower Seattle has a good summary on her blog. Social Network Analysis Tools for Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Photo by Mr. Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

by Social Source Foundation. The system has support for a number of different interactions, including a strong event module, and you can see a useful summary of each constituent’s relationships and activities. by Fund for the City of New York.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2023

Instead, you’re writing a two to three-sentence summary of that post focused specifically on the theme of your newsletter. Add visuals: An image or graphic next to the summary can make it more eye-catching and help it stand out in the newsletter. It will show you what your newsletter is doing wrong and how you can improve.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

Enhanced Data Analysis AI can also analyze data more quickly and effectively. is an AI meeting assistant that automatically records audio, transcribes spoken words into text, captures slides, and generates summaries – all in real-time. We’ve got some awesome tools to help you get started, so let’s dive in!

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Easily develop comprehensive reports Make demonstrating outcomes easy with built-in reporting, data analysis, and visualization tools. more services delivered. I already have a case management tool and an impact measurement tool, what makes Bonterra Impact Management better? Request a demo

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Blue Fox

MARCH 5, 2020

Keep your eye on the prize and remember that checking these boxes will build the foundation for your new level of transparency. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance NCP) (2) Schedule a brainstorming and analysis session with your team. Whether you need bookkeeping services or help with financial analysis, Blue Fox is here to help.

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Blue Fox

MARCH 5, 2020

Keep your eye on the prize and remember that checking these boxes will build the foundation for your new level of transparency. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance NCP) (2)Schedule a brainstorming and analysis session with your team. Whether you need bookkeeping services or help with financial analysis, Blue Fox is here to help.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

I just read the new book from Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, and strategy guru Roger Martin, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works. That’s the group the Skoll Foundation wants to invest in: social entrepreneurs driving large-scale change. The authors present a two-by-two matrix.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2022

The analysis is based on a July – June fiscal year, covering the period of FY2017 through FY2021. Sustainers helped to create a strong foundation for steady revenue in FY21, due to investments made 3 or more years ago in sustainer acquisition. . The data set included 20 million donors who gave 71 million gifts for a total of $2.9

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Machine Made Goods: Charities, Philanthropy & Artificial Intelligence Report: The Charities Aid Foundation (GivingTuesday UK partner) has recently released a report that discusses the profound implications Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have for civil society and the work of charities. Are Small Charities Being Left Out?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Launched in 2006, MomsRising is a trans-partisan organization that started on a shoestring budget (supported in part by the Packard Foundation ), and with a very small staff. It has grown quickly – now counting more than a million members on its list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

Organizational Network Analysis). First, we use a customized build of Salesforce, which the Salesforce Foundation has donated to us. . Source: Rob Cross, What is ONA? I'm giving my copy away, but that isn't the point of this post. We use google docs, chat, spreadsheets etc. And Clouds rises from the rubble).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

at 9:22 am I am not sure that I agree with your analysis. at 9:24 am Excellent summary. And the way to get FOSS alternatives is for organizations, foundations and others to invest time and energy into those options. So my question to you and your colleagues, from our perspective, is what do you want us to do? Free software?

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

Nonprofit: Monique shared a case study for a nonprofit called the Rasmuson Family Foundation, one of the largest foundations in the US, around increasing awareness of their Artists’ Award program. May 27, 2009 | Mark Horoszowski Thanks for the great summary of our session, Heather! It was an honor to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2016

As part of the report release, I wrote this guest post on the Knight Foundation blog called “ In Wake of Giving Day Tech Failure, Here’s What We Have Learned ,” and sharing here on my blog. For its part, Kimbia, the tech platform for Give Local America, conducted a forensic analysis of its system.

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