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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. Return on Investment.

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Drawing Networks on Napkins with Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor, Co-Authors of Net Gains

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Madeleine is co-founder and principal of Arbor Consulting Partners , a research and consulting group led by senior social scientists. Later, I found the chart in Net Gains. And, of course, what metrics to use. We talked a lot about network practices. She also discusses it in the video above.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

Forum One

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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Data and Story Telling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

Forum One

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

ASU Lodestar Center

Boards are the brain trusts of nonprofit organizations, responsible for providing leadership, oversight, expertise, guidance, accountability, vision, fundraising and an invaluable connection to community. People are hard to chart, while numbers are perfect for spreadsheets. What are nonprofit boards doing wrong in recruitment efforts?

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Building a Strong Future: A Step-by-Step Guide to Non-Profit Planning

The Modern Nonprofit

It encourages brains to come together, keeps everyone rowing in the same direction, and brings a laser-like focus to hitting those big, audacious goals. Rolling out a well-thought-out business plan is like charting a course through treacherous yet conquerable terrains. First, identify your target audience.

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