Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

The art part is how you articulate your organization’s measure of success and formulate strategies to realize that success. The science part of the equation starts with a solid methodology and tools. Some of the posts shared some great case studies, insights, and tips about each step of the process: Set Goals. Want Useful Analytics?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Writing them down has been powerful for us: these truths articulate who we are and how we do things at Benetech. Benetech is a Silicon Valley nonprofit organization developing innovative technology solutions with a primary goal of positive social change rather than profit. We're striving now to fully live up to them!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Now you have a problem statement, you have to anchor your entire program, and the beautiful thing is that you can flip it around to have a goal that will solve the problem. Step #3) A – Articulate the goal(s) of a grant An A rticulate goal is the main aim that will result because of your program and will solve your problem statement.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Define your project and the project goals. 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. These will likely include: Goals – The S.M.A.R.T. Why is this goal important?

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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. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs. You probably have a long list of great things you want to accomplish this year…including making analytics a priority. Next, define the outcomes you hope to achieve.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

Nonprofits should focus on continuum of value that incorporates both tangible and intangible benefits to integrating social media in communications or program goals. It defines all the results required to bring about a given long-term goal. How It Works. Integrating Social Media Measurement With Your Theory of Change.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming. As we stated in part one of this series , setting SMART goals for the process is key. . Set a SMART goal. Have you evaluated your public-facing JEDI statements and practices? . Avoid labels and stereotypes.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strategies for achieving those goals. Regularly outlining the goals and objectives of the organization, as well as the strategies and action plan for achieving them is good practice. Step 1: Outline the goals and objectives of your organization. Financial projections. Volunteer recruiting. Record keeping. Board recruiting.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2024

A technology migration project typically involves several key steps, including defining a project scope, assessing the current tech stack and gathering requirements from across the organization, evaluating technology vendors and implementation partners, and ultimately planning, building, configuring, testing and training staff on the new system.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

As you start to feel the priorities of your community evolving, here are four ways to evaluate and respond so your grantmaking organization stays relevant to your community’s changing needs. Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 21, 2023

proposal letters and pitch decks) to articulate the vision of an event in a way that makes the sponsor’s decision easier to make. Additionally, I enter every conversation with my mind focused on learning about their sponsorship program and goals so that I can position my event as a solution for helping them meet their goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Ultimately, she realized that the highly participatory process resulted in a robust strategic plan that articulated goals and initiatives through 2015 to stabilize infrastructure, increase participation, improve quality, and encourage innovation. ” Paul Connolly. He can be reached at pconnolly@tccgrp.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals. We have to look at what the result overall is – it is not just views for the sake of views or comments and likes for the sake of comments and likes.

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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

Has a system and dashboard for collecting measurement data that is shared with different departments. Holds weekly campaign check-ins to evaluate what’s working and what’s not across communications channels, as well as, any specific social media feedback received that would help shape our future campaigns or social media use.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2023

When you invest so much time and energy into taking your mission to the next level, the campaign must be tailored to your unique needs and goals to generate meaningful returns. These are highly targeted campaigns, with their fundraising goals tightly tied to the specific project or set of campaign projects.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This means you’ve got (1) a constituency who cares about your mission, vision and values; (2) a relevant case for support with clearly articulated needs and goals; (3) commitment from all stakeholders; (4) a communications mechanism, and (5) processes in place to steward your resources. Human Resources. Dynamic Functions.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Why You Need a Nonprofit Business Plan No matter where your nonprofit is in its growth or what you’re trying to accomplish, a plan will help you reach your goals faster than if you are trying to operate without one. Regardless, your nonprofit needs a roadmap for the future so you can accomplish your goals and fulfill your mission.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

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. The Impact of Effective Communication on Leadership Effective communication is a cornerstone of successful leadership.

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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. The point is this: You are where you are; the goal is to improve. Once you have those numbers, clearly articulate your goals and identify what you need to meet your goals. Track your own data.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In this resource, we’ll guide you through how to holistically evaluate ROI, including direct and indirect costs and savings, how long it will take to get a return, and tying it all back to the goals of your team to make a powerful case for change. What are each of their personal aims, goals, values? Is it to serve more people?

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sgEngage

JUNE 24, 2024

It outlines how your organization’s data should be managed responsibly, securely, and aligned with your overall goals. Evaluate each data asset based on three factors: Data sensitivity: What is the confidentiality level of the data? Make sure all the information in your system supports critical decision-making or strategic goals.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Of course, knowledge practice in philanthropy should align with and support targeted strategic goals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

They are setting the stage for transparent communication when evaluating compatibility and complementary “value exchange between partners” are in effect. The degree to which a nonprofit can articulate the strength of its reach, resources, reputation, and capabilities is an important key in securing productive collaborative relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Social media data is not linked to higher level organizational results or mission-driven goals across programs. Bob’s job is to make sure that departmental and overall organizational goals are aligned, and that social media data are seamlessly integrated into achieving their organizational key results.

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Google Research AI blog

JULY 20, 2023

When the societal context in which a product will operate is not articulated well enough to result in robust problem understanding, the resulting ML solutions can be fragile and even propagate unfair biases. The first phase of AI product development is problem understanding , and this phase has tremendous influence over how problems (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

When nonprofits look at ROI, the question is not so much about dollars invested, but " Are We Really Making A Difference? " The problem is that nonprofit end up trying to think like social scientists trying to prove causation and like lawyers calculating risk. Isn't best to focus on evaluating results?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 24, 2013

Instead, start asking what the real costs of the work are and how much you truly need to raise to accomplish your ambitious organizational goals. Then make the case for why a development director, or a strategic plan, or an evaluation study, or new technology will grow the results your. The support of the board. nonprofit is achieving.

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 22, 2021

Expectations include the goals of the work, who is responsible for what, and how everyone involved will communicate. 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.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Evaluate how your organization’s and your community’s core values are being articulated and experienced in the stories you tell , in your interactions with the public, and in your communications with donors. With every campaign and goal, there will be missteps. Reveal your failures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. While evaluation surveys are great, they are only one form of feedback.

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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. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

They can help the organization set and achieve goals. They’re responsible for planning, organizing, and directing a group so that goals are reached in a timely fashion. In order to reach your goals, you need a well-thought-out plan. You must think about both long-term and short-term goals and how you’ll reach them.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

RFPs provide a structured process for companies to evaluate their potential suppliers. By clearly defining the requirements and evaluation criteria, they provide a level-playing field for all parties to win based on their capabilities. Transparent Evaluation Criteria Establish transparent criteria for evaluating vendor proposals.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

RFPs provide a structured process for companies to evaluate their potential suppliers. By clearly defining the requirements and evaluation criteria, they provide a level-playing field for all parties to win based on their capabilities. Transparent Evaluation Criteria Establish transparent criteria for evaluating vendor proposals.

Template 52

Template Proposal Evaluation Structure 52

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

RFPs provide a structured process for companies to evaluate their potential suppliers. By clearly defining the requirements and evaluation criteria, they provide a level-playing field for all parties to win based on their capabilities. Transparent Evaluation Criteria Establish transparent criteria for evaluating vendor proposals.

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