Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Take a look at any nonprofit dashboard and the most effective ones probably have an organizational process that lies beneath. A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Tracking for Impact and Learning.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With interactive maps, private meeting scheduling, and a personalized agenda, attendees have everything they need to get more from the event. Trello — Top Fundraising App for Project Management Nonprofits are frequently planning projects. You have a responsibility to your donors to use their money wisely for projects.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. “Map out the story you need to tell. Increased data privacy can impact social media ads’ effectiveness and reduce an ad’s ability to effectively target who we want it to.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

As you encourage content curation activities for your staff, you may also want to remind them of techniques for being efficient and staying focused: Manage Your Attention, Not Just Your Time: Don't just create a to-do list, lay it out on daily and weekly schedules, breaking down key tasks of the project into chunks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Email marketing is an effective channel but your message is often isolated to people who already know you exist. Then, do everything in your power to deliver your projects ahead of schedule. Heat maps, Click Maps, and Session Recorders. Heat maps and click maps are helpful to show what content is most useful to visitors.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

If a capital campaign is on the horizon for your organization, Aaron Bishop and Brian O’Neil will share strategies and resources available to confidently predict your project costs and resources needed. We were talking before the session started, they’ve got a lot of really interesting projects. Aaron, Brian, I got 2:00 Eastern.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project's Obesity Epidemic visualization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

We used a map metaphor , inspired by and adapted a post by Chris Brogan. The original worksheet was developed from recommendations from the Spin Project and the " Smart Chart " developed by Spitfire Strategies.) Does our staff have an effective new tool for external feedback and reputation management?

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Forum One

MAY 30, 2024

Once you’ve begun to understand your audiences needs, the next step is to start communicating trust effectively. Trust is the bedrock of any mission-driven organization, and effective communication is key to building and maintaining that trust. Watch the webinar. And are you paying attention to all the right cues?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

constituents and effectively market their missions. about providing feedback at every turn – they are sticklers for data and statistics that you can toggle into charts or hard numbers to find out. effectively your personalized emails are performing. YouTube branding, and free licensing for Google Earth and Maps.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Mobile Access 2010 Pew Internet and American Life Project). Mobile web pages are effective when they deliver precisely targeted information. For example, simple or pre-populated forms, maps and location information, simple advocacy tools such as petitions, or simple instructions such as consumer or medical information.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

You can read the original post on the Packard Foundation's Organizational Effectiveness site. By the time we applied for a Organizational Effectiveness grant from the Packard Foundation in early 2016, it already felt late. When we had seven people, we barely needed an organizational chart. Some people changed managers.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project’s Obesity Epidemic visualization.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project’s Obesity Epidemic visualization.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

TechSoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Kampala, Uganda.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Lenders will want to see your nonprofit business plan to get an idea of how well you’ve thought things through and to see what your revenue projections look like. Evaluation is critical to determine your effectiveness as a nonprofit — and it’s particularly important for grants. Management and Organizational Charts.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Our step-by-step guide to strategic planning will help you create a clear roadmap, allocate resources effectively, and stay focused on your mission. Rolling out a well-thought-out business plan is like charting a course through treacherous yet conquerable terrains. You’re not alone. But it’s not just about avoiding trouble.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. The learning objectives were: make decisions about how to effectively integrate social media into organization's overall web communications plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

What's your strategy map? My problem now is that I don't do a lot of processing with a pen or marker/flip chart anymore -- but I was standing up there, so I jotted some notes down on my moleskin. One group look at the metrics in terms of the ladder of engagement - both short term and long term effects. What's the outcome?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Forum One has worked with dozens of organizations to effectively show impact and change outcomes using data. Understand the impact you want to achieve Your entire project is predicated on what you are trying to accomplish. While some people can easily interpret charts and graphs, others would rather read words.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Are you looking at a map or the rearview mirror? What you really need are metrics that provide you with a plan of action, or a map, to help bolster your fundraising efforts. . Map Metrics. I have created a simple, yet effective spreadsheet that calculates all the above metrics by simply providing the top 10 data points above.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

When I look at the gorgeous examples of what is possible in FlowingData's Best Data Visualization Projects , I wonder how a nonprofit without a big graphic design budget can compete. Note that to imbed your interactive map or chart, your website must support iFrames. Why Data Visualization? Its main audience is journalists.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

When I look at the gorgeous examples of what is possible in FlowingData's Best Data Visualization Projects , I wonder how a nonprofit without a big graphic design budget can compete. Note that to imbed your interactive map or chart, your website must support iFrames. Why Data Visualization? Its main audience is journalists.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2015

In partnership with Markets for Good, they''ve launched a new microsite: Results Data Initiatives: Charting the Known World that maps these new research initiatives. Launching a new project at your organization? Try this simple tip from Norman Reiss to improve project success. Registration is now open!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. They are not documents, there is no fancy graphic design, they are mind maps. And we break down those projects into things that can be completed in two weeks. . So once you have an execution goal, then, you can create a project, right?

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

We’ll walk you through tips to make your report as effective as possible (with helpful templates along the way to provide formatting examples). The audience for this report is the donors, volunteers, constituents, and other stakeholders who have been involved with the organization’s projects and programs throughout the year.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Given all of the time commitment we were asked to put into the tag system onsite, I assumed that when we got home, we'd get some kind of personal profile that showed what we'd done, how it mapped to our profiles and our behavior relative to each other or other visitors to date. Motivate further active engagement.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

For instance, tech companies use algorithmic management to precisely surveil and manage the details of workers’ daily working conditions—tracking every delivery time, cataloging every customer review, mapping workers’ daily locations, even noting the length of bathroom breaks. 11 According to a 2017 report, 57.3 trillion in assets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2012

In addition, Sinatra mentions that figuring out their ‘no matter what’ messages was important to mapped out in advance. 1) Be Flexible and Keep It Simple. 2) Use Multiple Channels and Shape Content for each Channel. .” 4) Figuring out “No Matter What” happens messaging is key.

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