Candid

MAY 15, 2024

What we learned by listening to grassroots organizations The Honnold Foundation works in partnership with marginalized communities around the world to expand equitable access to solar energy and develop locally relevant solutions to climate change. If a metric isn’t reflective of the impact they want to make, then why collect it?

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Proposal Application Metrics 52

NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

This September 3-6, NTEN will debut the Leading Change Summit. How do we measure social change? As Director of Solution Delivery, Matt is responsible for defining and curating Mission Measurement’s suite of products and services. Matt will show us how. I think there are two key points to keep in mind here.

Measure 96

Measure Impact Chicago Metrics 96

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change.

Participatory 91

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 91

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Does integrate with existing applications your staff uses everyday like Microsoft Office365 ? Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics? Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause? Is the technology popular in the market?

Metrics 262

Metrics Nonprofit Profile Platform 262

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” ” Here’s a quick review of both books.

Metrics 101

Metrics Measure Analytics Method 101

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement.

Statistics 52

Statistics Stats Program Management 52

Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This year, the need to check in is even more critical, as 2023 will usher in a whole new paradigm for a core part of digital strategy: web metrics. Buttons move around, some functionality changes, and it can take a little time to realize the potential of new tools or capabilities.

Time 72

Time Metrics Analytics Adopt 72

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2011

. —– Whether your organization has had a presence on Facebook for years or just days—or you’re considering starting now—trying to follow along with all the changes to functionality, options, and analytics is incredibly overwhelming. One of the biggest changes shaking up Facebook users is the introduction of the Subscribe option.

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Facebook Change Tutorial Plugin 196

sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

If you aren’t seeing a diverse set of applicants, is there something in the way the job description is written or the places where it is advertised that should be reconsidered? Review your applications through an equity lens after each grant cycle. Yes, training on empathy and recognizing bias is important, but it needs to go deeper.

Practice 78

Practice Trend Grant Gartner 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives. We learned that it predicting the path of hurricanes is a more precise science than the measuring their destructive force. What are the key results of this campaign ? What does success look like?

Hurricane 97

Hurricane Measure Social Media Pledge 97

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Healthcare Data Silos Healthcare data silos, or divisions within the healthcare data system, are due to hundreds of applications running at once. These applications exist within everything from electronic health records ( EHRs ) to revenue cycle management and claims management. Here are a few advantages: Deepened donor connections.

Integration 85

Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 85

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a helpful framework to organize churches to affect change in their cities. Collective Impact is a place-based methodology conceived to affect large scale change. Commit to a shared measurement system: Common metrics hold the cohort accountable and informs future action. God loves cities.

Impact 98

Impact Raleigh Arizona Collaboration 98

Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Blackbaud recently announced the end of support of a few applications hosted in their Citrix environments, including Crystal Reports (CT). It is available inside your CRM as shown in the image above of Tableau CRM or as a standalone application that allows you to bring data from multiple data sources as shown in the example below. .

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Blackbaud Report Chart Analytics 94

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Flexibility : The best dashboards are flexible enough to track the metrics that are most important to your nonprofit. Integration : The best dashboards can be easily integrated with other software applications your nonprofit uses, such as your CRM or email marketing platform. Metrics : Metrics are measures of something.

Analytics 52

Analytics Tools Wikipedia Track 52

NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

This year, implementing the new concurrent and holistic committee application process resulted in a more accessible and streamlined experience with more community members on NTEN committees than ever before. We have successfully put out opportunities for RFPs or other options to work with us that have garnered a diverse pool of applicants.

Community 88

Community NTC Sponsor NTEN 88

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2016

How have we helped to change their lives for the better? My face reddened as the realization sunk in that he wanted to know the impact of our program , not a bunch of surface metrics. From there I dug in to learn as much as I could about outcomes measurement and results from consultants, think tanks and other leaders in the field.

Measure 20

Measure Results Grant Guidelines 20

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Don’t change just for novelty’s sake. Illustrate the concrete change created by donor support. This convinced him to keep running successful campaigns for years without change. Avoid changing messaging just for novelty’s sake. The metrics showed the ads were not effectively driving growth.

Lesson 59

Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

While it’s not impossible for your staff members to lead the charge, nonprofit leadership has the power to change the tone of conversations and easily set an example for everyone else at the organization. All changes should be rooted in knowledge and learning, so that’s the first step. Guide Your Staff.

Practice 59

Practice Leadership Nonprofit Culture 59

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2019

As a results consultant I had the pleasure of working with the SEFCU team to design a measurement framework that enabled SEFCU to become more targeted and specific about how they wanted to invest their human and financial capital to ultimately be able to demonstrate their success toward their end desired result of “measuring lives improved”.

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Case Study Change Strategy Studies 26

TechImpact

JULY 7, 2014

With your expected timeline in mind, make sure you have specific metrics defined for what success looks like. This idea can be extrapolated, and applied to any number of civilian applications as well. Step 3: Establish Authority and Accountability. The military is designed around a singular word. Accountability.

Tech 140

Tech Guide Relationship Authoring 140

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

. —– Whether it’s political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. Start with Metrics. What do you measure every day, week, month, year? But, it doesn’t have to be that way! You have one.

Campaign 114

Campaign Design Impact Metrics 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

It's still too early to measure success in aggregate dollars per donor. Allison suggests that we're looking at the wrong metric - we should be measuring success using awareness not dollars. Earlier this year, I was able to raise $ 6,893 for the Sharing Foundation using Causes birthday application from 167 donors.

Washington 85

Washington Metrics Facebook Donor 85

Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Measuring the return on investment for any organizational effort is a standard of doing business. In a rapidly changing media landscape it can be overwhelming for organizations to know how to properly measure the various types of impact being made, especially when it comes to social media efforts. Author: Jordan Viator.

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ROI Social Media Measure Metrics 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

In this example of using grassroots organizing to influence grass tops debates, how do we measure it? Use the “ Valid Measurement Grid &#. A funnel for donations or volunteering may be different as well. The important thing is that you need to have tactics to get people to the next stage and metrics to measure effectiveness.

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Twitter Google Facebook Broadcast 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

The key takeaway for me is the whole point about the need for new metrics to measure learning from games. That the old metrics aren't working. This is the same conversation that is happening around web metrics versus blog metrics. We need metrics! Not only those that apply metrics but need to rethink them.

Game 50

Game Change Metrics Learning Environment 50

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

More and more funders are asking for this kind of information, but most of them still provide nothing (money or expertise) to make it possible to manage and measure performance. So how can you build a system to measure outcome indicators and focus on your mission, if there is no funding to do so? Overcoming the Overhead Dilemma.

Charity 78

Charity Technology Help Measure 78

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Really changes the impact of those Twitter numbers! Really changes the impact of those Twitter numbers! "Social "Social media measurement causes unsavory (and ineffective) marketing behavior because unlike the rest of our marketing key performance indicators, social media metrics are out there for anyone to see."

Web 114

Web Seattle Pledge Bookmarking 114

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Often, we forget that because the actual application/software/tool may be free, really using it is not. It’s also important to remember that social media is a changing space, with tools and applications, even functionality, evolving every day. Identify what measures of success can be used. Review the POST Method.

Social Media 190

Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Crowdsourcing for Social Change.

Community 207

Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Care2

MAY 18, 2011

Whether it's political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. Start with Metrics. When building a campaign and exploring your options for the structure, actions and engagement pieces, look first at your organizational metrics.

Campaign 73

Campaign Design Impact Metrics 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Jeremiah Owyang has shared his initial analysis of Pepsi's Contest, summarizing the opportunity, risks, strengths, weaknesses, metrics, and impact. applications resulted in severe backlash, and is now a case study on the infamous punk'd list. . Measuring Success Measuring of this investment should be dependent on a few KPIs. .

Contest 94

Contest Analysis Track Impact 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

Remember last September when Facebook announced all those changes to individual profiles, including the timeline? One of the changes was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook. The Open Graph and apps are becoming more and more critical for marketers given the Facebook changes.

Music 114

Music Facebook Nonprofit Action 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

The Ocean Conservancy is dedicated to the goal of a healthy ocean by increasing public awareness of ocean issues and bringing significant changes to the way oceans are managed. The applications and ads were tracked using email sign ups, daily active users, application installations, referral traffic and event registration.

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Conservancy Reflection Social Media Learning 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. First, a simple metric relating to security reports, and second, what processes are in place in the communities to deal with security. More on that in a bit.

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Drupal Comment Report Metrics 100

Forum One

JULY 13, 2021

Let’s explore how your organization can adapt to the changes. In 2017—after years of unease among privacy advocates and users —Apple began announcing and rolling out a series of changes to reduce the volume of data collected and make users more aware of data collection. Fewer return visitors. Decreased ROI on ad spending.

Impact 46

Impact Organization Track Analytics 46

The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Plus, if an organization isn’t crystal clear about what it’s trying to achieve, how to measure success, and how to communicate its impact, it’s going to be a real challenge to keep the support coming in. It should be aspirational, inspiring, and reflect the positive change you seek to create in the world.

Profit 59

Profit Guide Build Metrics 59

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

We use Hootsuite and Sprout Social to manage our accounts and track metrics. A present, all of our marketing and volunteer recruitment campaigns really rely on social media to spread the word and energize our audience and so we use tools built into the aforementioned interfaces to help us measure the effectiveness of a campaign.

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Social Media Foundation Examples Media 189