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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a trainer, I always do a participant assessment to understand their experience, knowledge, and attitudes related to the topic – for the most part social media and networked nonprofits. I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. Map the data.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Someone with the wrong attitude or who doesn’t understand the goals can do more harm than good. Rounding up a group of members who are eager to share their wisdom might seem like a fairly simple proposition. My first bit of advice is, don’t treat recruiting these experts casually. They will be representing your organization.

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Social Media Measurement and Learning Analytics: How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Delight: Check out these charts and graphs! However, the use of a pie chart is a little meaningless – I would change to a bar chart. Denial: You can’t measure social media! Fear: What if we find out our social media didn’t perform well! Confusion: I don’t know what or how to measure social media.

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25 SMART Social Media Objectives

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Spitfire’s useful SMART chart planning tool has been used by many nonprofits and was adapted for social media for nonprofits by NTEN’s WeAreMedia project several years ago. With social media as with communications strategies, the data points are those that will help measure: awareness, attitudes, actions, or behavior change.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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Use Data to Drive Decisions The fancy graphics and charts that technology makes available aren’t show ponies. The behaviors and attitudes overlap and intertwine. On the other hand, if I want to sit by the fake fireplace, have a chat with the barista, and hear some easy-listening jazz, that’s available too.

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The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Billboard’s audience, presumably, is passionate about songs and lyrics given it is the source for music charts, news, and events.

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The Essential Nonprofit Annual Report Template & Full Guide

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They value and appreciate a book-style annual report with detailed stories, infographics, and charts. Use a you-attitude throughout the document. A you-attitude is all about presenting accomplishments as your donors’ rather than your organization’s. Try to keep supporters centered at all times. Visually display information.

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