Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Watching the metrics every week, though, it was clear we weren’t looking just for traffic to the blog. In an attempt to ensure that we connected the “why” of whether something was successful or not to the “what” of the content itself, I started splitting apart our metrics. Get your copy! Why the dog photo?

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2013

Here’s some great content metrics that strategist Jay Baer highlighted on his blog (thanks for the recommendation Beth Kanter ) which nonprofits can utilize. Some call social media shares vanity metrics because they have turned into such a popularity contest. How are people consuming your content?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

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.orgSource

JUNE 24, 2024

But there weren’t many contestants vying to take it away. Health —Positive performance across a range of well-defined metrics, including financial stability and the professional development and engagement of staff, volunteers, and members. But for decades, associations easily held pride of place in their industries.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

The first time I focused on DIY Community Engagement Metrics and shared lots of templates and examples. For me, the two most prominent reason to include crowdsourcing in your engagement strategies for campaigns or contests include: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

User-Generated Flickr Birthday Card Contest: For my 50th birthday, held a contest where friends got to remix embarrassing photos of me into a 50th Birthday Card on Flickr. Metric: Content created. Metric: Click thrus. Metric: Dollars and recruitment. What is a good success metric? Happy birthday #beth53 !

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The contest, announced Monday morning, will run for four years and is open to teams around the globe. million metric tons of CO2, or just 11 percent of its total emissions for 2020 alone. Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images. Fifteen teams will be selected for the competition within 18 months. The company purchased contracts to capture 1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

As a part of my research fellowship with the Society for New Communications Research , Kami Huyse and I are working on research about how companies that contribute to online communities fare in this important metric of change, and if this also contributes to the bottom line as well. Tags: contest csr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

As NTEN points out , the campaign include integrated tactics: They have a custom landing tab on Facebook for the campaign, tied to a contest: they’re asking their fans to share their pets’ stories and photos. Like all rock star nonprofit social media mavens, Carie Lewis is a curator of social media metrics.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Knowing this is the case, make it a point to provide sample tweets and Facebook posts, hold contests that encourage social media participation, interact with your participants online by asking them questions and responding to their comments, and most of all, celebrate their achievements every chance you get. Measuring Success.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. The right metrics. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them. pick the right metrics.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Dig out that camcorder 'cause Quantum Shift TV has launched a video contest with social impact for students in the U.S. School Video Contest. Teams will be ranked based on Web metrics such as number of views on their videos, viewer ratings, puzzles completed and social network activity. Share the Story!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think if I were to sum up social media metrics for nonprofits, I would say that best examples of social media practice and measurement are when social media is used for engagement with a purpose. And, I’m sponsoring a little bet of a contest to get nonprofits to share their #npfail stories (details here ).

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

Page experience” is a fuzzy term, of course; Google is using it as shorthand for a set of metrics the company is developing that go beyond how quickly the page loads. They’re measurable in ways that other page experiences might not be, though Google says it may add more metrics to that list over time.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. Our strategies are focused on clear goals and metrics. Community-sourcing is when you launch a contest or campaign to your community. Organizations.

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Tableau

MAY 18, 2022

Three fierce contestants took the keynote stage to rock day two with their mad data storytelling skills. Working alongside each contestant was their study buddy, trusted advisor, and fiercest cheerleader, their Sous Vizzer. It was an outstanding performance and dazzling display of data storytelling from all three contestants.

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Tableau

MAY 18, 2022

Three fierce contestants took the keynote stage to rock day two with their mad data storytelling skills. Working alongside each contestant was their study buddy, trusted advisor, and fiercest cheerleader, their Sous Vizzer. It was an outstanding performance and dazzling display of data storytelling from all three contestants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here. Okay, with all these contests perhaps you're worried about Cause Fatigue. Here's a systems way to think about the impact that such contests can create. Registration here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

What useful nugget did you learn from analyzing your social media metrics data or your measurement process that lead to a success or improvement in your social media practice? When a nonprofit partners with a company on project that uses social media, what metrics do you use to measure success? Data Analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. It does have a Star Wars theme, but he created a fun caption contest. Here are some tips for games and giveaway contests on Facebook. John Hadyon suggests not calling it posting, but planting seeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I'm also doing a session at the NTC in April called " Mapping Metrics To Strategy: Using Measurement To Improve Your Social Media Efforts " with panelists Wendy Harman, Red Cross, Qui Diaz, Livingston Communications , Danielle Brigida, NWF, and Susan Granger, PDF. Listening skills and tools upgraded. What works used for future campaigns.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

2 ) Money Is Not the Only Metric. Any strategy that leverages Facebook should embrace a range of metrics for evaluating its success. As these metrics rise, you will have a solid indication that users are engaging more deeply with your nonprofit or cause. 3 - Your People Are Your Impact.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Event metrics can be great guides as we plan. In earlier posts, npENGAGE has discussed how to focus on our event fundraising analytics and how to use these metrics for success. Below are some ways to use your event metrics to identify and engage specific participant types during your fundraising event. Warm Bodies.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Build excitement through your Instagram event promotion by posting teasers about your event line-up, contests, and ticket deals. Host contests and giveaways to boost engagement. Engage your followers even before your event by hosting Instagram contests and giveaways. Create rules for each of your contest or giveaway posts.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

These are often hotly contested between drivers, and there have even been reports of some using bots to access in-demand shifts. Additional points are provided based on metrics like completing deliveries on time. A table on Amazon’s site shows what’s available at each reward level.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Canvas door-to-door.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. Challenge your members to a photo contest, and require that all entries use the same branded hashtag. How to Measure Your Success Of all the strategies we’ve shared so far, email marketing offers the most easily measured metrics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

We use Hootsuite and Sprout Social to manage our accounts and track metrics. Data from a recent Facebook contest we ran not show that we not only significantly increased our followers in a short amount of time, but we saw individuals then head over to our website to be engaged further. We tweak and readjust along the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

What are the transaction and transformation metrics? The first is easy – dollars raised, # of volunteers, etc. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2010

You track metrics while you're on the treadmill (without falling off). Flickr photo: kcolwell We know that you, my fellow NTEN community members, are rock stars. You can write fundraising email copy in your sleep and hand code your e-appeal while making breakfast and watering your plants. You are fundraising email campaign ninjas!

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Care2

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Don''t get so mixed up in vanity metrics and numbers that you forget why your organization really exists. You can do this by sharing information on blogs, twitter, Facebook, as well as host quiz contests to engage your audience. Share personal stories by staff and volunteers on the ground. Take the time to educate your constituents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I was going to spend a lot of time making up different lists and sub-lists of nonprofit techies , social causes, social media gurus, metrics geeks, and the way too many other topics I'm obsessed with, but realized all I had to do was find someone who I knew and trusted and follow their list.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

However, perhaps you’ve noticed your online engagement metrics are declining, and you’re looking for fresh ways to engage with your audience. . Online contests or challenges. Incorporate a few contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Assessment occurs through the use of success metrics, otherwise known as key performance indicators (KPIs). Nonprofits don’t have trouble finding success metrics to use. ● Both of those suggestions have their place in the nonprofit community as KPIs, but they’re not starter metrics. Let’s narrow down that list of metrics.

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