Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Jason Falls shares in a post about measuring engagement, " The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.". And, as stubborn as it sounds Mr. CEO, you don’t get money out of a conversation.". Do you agree?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 15, 2024

The list is long and includes roles like information technology, evaluation, grants analysis, learning and change, systems management, and more. Focusing on Tech Alignment If you are a grants professional with knowledge responsibilities, it is important to be able to articulate the purpose or framing of your knowledge approach or activity.

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Candid

AUGUST 14, 2024

Several indicated their foundations’ application process involves conversations rather than written materials. The risk of AI unduly influencing our evaluation process is minimal.” “We are agnostic to the tools that applicants use to create grant applications.

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Google Research AI blog

APRIL 6, 2023

While this technology has improved, the core user experience often falls short: conversation can feel stilted, attention can be difficult to maintain, and usage can be fatiguing. Improved conversation dynamics In our qualitative studies, users often describe conversations in Project Starline as “more natural.”

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We can help you move analytics to the top of the list by giving you tips to build a business case and how to articulate it to others. We suggest that you have a conversation and not send a survey. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs. This may seem like a daunting task, but it’s easier than you think. Ask your colleagues questions.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2010

One of the main stats we track to articulate the value of our social media presence is site traffic. Right now, I'm going with this theory: Facebook isn't driving as much traffic, but it does have one big intangible that Twitter doesn't: conversation. Mix vigorously -- and frequently. The more you make this recipe, the better it gets!

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. Do they articulate an understanding of and/or demonstrate affinity for your mission and vision? Evaluation matrix . Interview questions.

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 22, 2021

That’s the first opportunity to clearly articulate the expectations for the volunteer – and to assess whether the role is, in fact, realistic. Discuss how to evaluate the assignment. What will you assess during the project and what will be evaluated upon completion? I often consider this the first vital reality check.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

An ability to understand and interpret emotions can help employees have better conversations. It helps leaders to: Share vision : Effective leadership communication helps leaders articulate their vision and expectations and share them with employees to help them align with the common goals.

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Blue Avocado

JULY 16, 2024

Improve how your nonprofit evaluates, recognizes, and motivates its employees. If you would like to significantly improve how your nonprofit evaluates, recognizes, and motivates its employees, there are a few strategies that you might implement to help guarantee success. So How Do We Achieve This Gold Standard of Evaluation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Articulating measurable goals. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media. Overwhelmed by data collection process. Technical or Systems Challenges. Getting accurate data and the right information. A streamlined and well designed dashboard.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 24, 2013

If you can be that vocal member who articulates the need for organization building, how it will result in greater results over time, and how the board must be the champion of and seed investor in organization building, you can create a stronger, healthier nonprofit. How effective is your nonprofit? Think strategically about who you could.

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DataRobot

MARCH 16, 2023

This integration, which leverages the ChatGPT model in Azure OpenAI, provides a conversational AI experience that will allow you to interact with and interpret model results and predictions directly. Data scientists still need to review and evaluate these results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. Once you have those numbers, clearly articulate your goals and identify what you need to meet your goals. You may boost your average donation size or conversation rates by a remarkable percentage. . Track your own data.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

” It was always a terrific conversation starter with nonprofit techies because knowing the right tool for the job is important. As I’ve been working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with co-author KD Paine, we’ve come to the chapter on measurement tools. That usually isn’t case.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 18, 2023

If you find that your current tech suite is causing more hindrance than help, it may be time to evaluate a new solution. These smart pals can transcribe meeting proceedings, brainstorming sessions, or donor calls in real-time, leaving you free to stay fully engaged in the conversation.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2021

Here are ten tips on preparation, evaluating proposals , and red flags to watch out for in working with digital vendors: Seek productive conversations as a starting point. Are they able to articulate this in straightforward language? They archive and track conversations, record, and lay out milestones and important decisions.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2009

Being me, I tweeted throughout the webinar, which also sparked a couple great conversations. Here are some of the highlights: If you aren't articulating how IT relates to your mission, expect leadership to cut deep. You need to articulate how IT relates to mission, over and over again. Then, evaluate joint IT/Business processes.

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OpenAI

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

1] Although we cannot predict exactly what will happen, and of course our current progress could hit a wall, we can articulate the principles we care about most: We want AGI to empower humanity to maximally flourish in the universe. Importantly, we think we often have to make progress on AI safety and capabilities together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

identifying the new ways of working you want to see or articulating a new set of beliefs and values associated with them. Culture is an organization’s operating patterns of behavior, activities, and attitudes, influenced by a shared set of values and beliefs that characterize the way people work together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

pdf) starts the conversation and attempt to address a method to quantify influence. This voice, articulated through social media, can be extremely powerful and can force individuals, companies and communities to change the way they behave. How does one use the information to shape an evaluation of your communication strategy?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. In my work people learn evaluative thinking from me.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Employee performance review is a formal regulated process of assessing the employee’s work performance and articulating future work expectations. Monthly Performance Evaluations Monthly performance reviews ensure that new projects stay on track and meet the organizational goals. Leave the evaluation on a note of encouragement.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Employee performance review is a formal regulated process of assessing the employee’s work performance and articulating future work expectations. Monthly Performance Evaluations Monthly performance reviews ensure that new projects stay on track and meet the organizational goals. Leave the evaluation on a note of encouragement.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Employee performance review is a formal regulated process of assessing the employee’s work performance and articulating future work expectations. Monthly Performance Evaluations Monthly performance reviews ensure that new projects stay on track and meet the organizational goals. Leave the evaluation on a note of encouragement.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Surprises are few and opportunities are easily evaluated and leveraged. You need to articulately describe the need you’re addressing in a way that moves listeners’ hearts. But I forced myself to listen to the financial conversations at the Board meetings. One look at the budget and I would glaze over.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

When asking for a legacy gift from a donor to your nonprofit, it’s important to approach the conversation with sensitivity and professionalism. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact. Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 16, 2013

For attendance to be correlated with impact, you have to find a way to articulate a theory of change that connects attendance to your mission (inspiration, learning, civic participation, etc.). That means 10% is your conversion factor; if you want to sell 5 pairs of shoes, you need fifty people to walk through the door.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

There was a very productive conversation. I was also impressed with the report out, not only were they brief and to the point, but they were able to clearly articulate social outcomes in the social media strategy. Evaluation. The big difference in India - is that CSR is not cause-marketing or geared towards sales.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

If the organization fails to clearly articulate the expectations a donor should have regarding the post gift-giving process, the organization will likely not meet the donor’s expectations and therefore, lose the loyalty and financial support of that donor. Every contact with a donor should be considered an opportunity to steward.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Our ongoing work on LaMDA explores how these models can be used for safe, grounded, and high-quality dialog to enable contextual multi-turn conversations. Natural conversations are clearly an important and emergent way for people to interact with computers. I’m excited about the progress we’ve made in making LaMDA useful and factual.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Iterative prompt refinement forces clearer articulation of intent and goals upfront, enabling more aligned responses. Evaluate if the style and tone fit the intended audience and goals. Rewrite these parts in a more conversational and accessible tone. Enter refining and iterative prompts. Create an image prompt for these.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Artist as Problem Solver vs. Artist as Problem Explorer Mark Allen (director of Machine Project) and I have talked about this issue several times, and Mark articulates it beautifully. This is particularly true when it comes to project evaluation. Here are a few elements that really resonated for me.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Fall In Love With Understanding Your Donors Problems It is from that point that you will be able to craft and articulate compelling narratives that convert. Addressing these fundamental motivations is key, and by doing so, you’ll witness an increased conversion of donors. Find out what makes them give and what they care about.

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Stanford AI Lab Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

Guibas Contact : kaichun@cs.stanford.edu Links: Paper Keywords : embodied ai, 3d scene graph, interactive perception VAT-Mart: Learning Visual Action Trajectory Proposals for Manipulating 3D ARTiculated Objects Authors : Ruihai Wu*, Yan Zhao*, Kaichun Mo*, Zizheng Guo, Yian Wang, Tianhao Wu, Qingnan Fan, Xuelin Chen, Leonidas J.

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