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Great reads from around the web on March 2nd

Amy Sample Ward

CTK Foundation Grant Award: Social Media, Technology, and Poetry for the Soul | Community Organizer 2.0 – "I was contacted by my colleague John Haydon last week to write about an interesting foundation grant challenge by the CTK Foundation. " Pew: Open government is tied to higher levels of community satisfaction | Gov 2.0:

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Nonprofit Mission Poetry Contest: Win $10,000

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: A couple years ago, I organized a “ Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam &# at SXSW. The song will be written and recorded by songwriter Bill Dillon who was recently exonerated after 27 years in prison thanks The Innocence Project and produced by Jim Tullio of Butcher Boy Studios. Guest post by Juan A.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s The Average Portfolio Size For A Full-Time Grant Manager

Bloomerang

Your grants manager could be sending out carbon copy proposals every day of the week, but that’s unlikely to improve your ROI. What’s most important is you submit proposals only to funders likely to be a good fit for your particular project. Let me tell you why. What matters here is quality, not quantity.

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How to Manage Your Arts and Cultural Nonprofit’s Revenue Streams in Uncertain Times

sgEngage

Each piece of your revenue pie needs to be well managed, clearly forecasted, and carefully monitored for ROI. You also need to calculate the ROI of each program and revenue source. Ready to have these ROI conversations with your team but don’t know where to start? And you need a plan B and C for each one.

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Guest Post by Deanna Zandt Measure THIS! An intro to social media ROI

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media ROI View more presentations from Deanna Zandt. The following is a talk I gave about ROI for Social Media at the 2009 Social Tech Training in Toronto, ON. Access to resources: You may not be able to fund a particular project, but do you know people who can? Accomplishments: What awards have you won?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Vanity metric dangers, planning for failure, Black founders survey

TechCrunch

In the early days, every project is a sprint, and there are times when putting on a show for investors can feel more important than actually serving your customers. Relying on vanity metrics is like attending a Little League awards dinner: Everyone goes home a winner! This makes measuring ROI tricky.”

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12 Donation Request Letter Templates to Help Raise More

Qgiv

High return on investment (ROI): Studies have shown that direct mail campaigns can achieve a return on investment of up to 112%. Youre likely sending out donation letters for a specific reason, whether a project, campaign, or event. Outline your projects needs and what you hope to accomplish. Highlight past successes.