sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Unless you measure your nonprofit’s performance, it’s impossible to know where you are succeeding and where you need to focus future efforts. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

“Is measuring data about proving it or improving it?” “Take away the (NonProfit) status if you can’t demonstrate public good!” Advice for Nonprofits To Get Started with Measurement. 2 What is the metric to track. “If you’re just starting with measurement, start with an easy win.”

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Gyrus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Measuring Training Effectiveness with LMS Analytics Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Introduction Companies use Learning Analytics Tools to collect, analyze, and measure the effectiveness of their learning and development programs. It helps them know if they are using time and resources wisely.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Clear Goal and Demonstrated Impact: By spotlighting specific stories and quantifying the outcomes of past contributions, donors will see their gifts as catalysts for positive change and want to give more. Define your metrics of success. What do you want to get out of your year-end campaign?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2009

Photo by Smitty42 Lucy Bernholz has a great post called " Metrics Are Good, Unless They Are Bad " which talks about the problems we encounter when we're trying to measure hard to measure stuff - like social media, social return, and social enterprise. Lucy brings up some points about metrics for Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The study aimed to get the nonprofit perspective on these two important questions: How important do nonprofits believe performance assessment is to demonstrating impact? Nonprofits want more help in performance assessment efforts than they are currently receiving from their foundation funders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Over the past three years, I've been presenting on this topic , the thinking and practice has evolved from 'we can't measure social media or it doesn't yet provide a tangible return," to being able to have guidelines, metrics, and techniques for demonstrating the ROI.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Value Every Stage Assign appropriate credit to awareness activities Measure engagement metrics Track time-to-conversion Consider assisted conversions 3. Feel free to *borrow* because we can’t work with everyone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. Donorbox defines KPIs as “a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.” Think about what metrics you will use.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

In a 2022 survey, nearly 70% of respondents cited building measurement, evaluation, and learning capabilities as a critical area in which they would like to invest. Like other types of grantmakers, collaboratives seek to measure effectiveness and learn from feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2011

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m facilitating several peer exchanges on the topics of measurement, social media, and networked nonprofits. It comes as no surprise that Momsrising embraces measurement and learning. Source: Social Media Propaganda Posters by Aaron Wood.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Which means your ability to glean insights and assess the impact of your digital strategy depends on how you use that data to measure and interpret your performance. Download the guide now to transform your approach to digital metrics and drive greater impact for your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

It's still too early to measure success in aggregate dollars per donor. Allison suggests that we're looking at the wrong metric - we should be measuring success using awareness not dollars. Causes has demonstrated its ability for distributed fundraising for causes where there is the right stimulus.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

One of the most difficult yet most important evidence to review is that which demonstrates that the provider has continually updated not only their feature set, but the core architecture of their software over time. Note that we use a monthly metric here at VisionLink. Forward Leaning or Laurel Resting? The devil is in the detail.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Measuring Training Effectiveness with LMS Analytics GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Companies use Learning Analytics Tools to collect, analyze, and measure the effectiveness of their learning and development programs. Having measurable metrics is crucial to pinpoint what is and isn’t working in training development programs.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Measuring Training Effectiveness with LMS Analytics GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Companies use Learning Analytics Tools to collect, analyze, and measure the effectiveness of their learning and development programs. Having measurable metrics is crucial to pinpoint what is and isn’t working in training development programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

” The sense-making part is so important! And, one of the questions that keeps coming up is “How do we get our board or senior staff off their addiction to the wrong metrics, like views?” ” You have to show the connection between the metric and what matters! Asks so what? The Honest Looser Award.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Yet if yours is like many mission-driven organizations, you still measure digital performance using basic metrics (like page views and visitor counts) that fail to demonstrate real mission impact. That means creating a measurement plan that aligns digital KPIs with mission-related objectives. What is a Measurement Plan?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Nonprofit executives (83%) understand that social media makes it easier for supporters to organize independently – underscoring how critical it is for nonprofits to demonstrate their value and relevance to advocates. Demonstrate their unique impact to underscore relevance to advocates. It also important to keep measuring and improving.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to SureImpact’s Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement , impact is “the quantifiable difference an organization makes … the collective effects (intended and unintended) of a nonprofit’s work on the communities it serves.” In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: .

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Twenty Hats

JUNE 7, 2021

Measuring volunteer impact benefits more that your program: it empowers YOU. So, how can we demonstrate with confidence what we do matters? Your most powerful strategy requires getting serious about metrics. So, get good at understanding values that can be measured. The life of a volunteer manager can feel lonely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

SMART Objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely objectives. The Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Advocacy Campaign guide points out they come in three flavors: Tactical: Tools and Techniques. It is also important to think about what specific metrics are needed to measure along the way.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Demonstrating impact, an essential part of any impact management strategy for nonprofit, and making change for good is the raison d’etre of every organization. The right technology is instrumental in making this happen by unifying your platform, implementing impact management strategies, and defining what the organization is measuring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2011

The post provides some great recommendations on dashboard design, but also illustrates how to link your objectives, metrics, and KPIs to dashboard design. Tracking what content is utilized, and the services rendered provide a means of measuring our success in achieving that mission. These become the metrics & KPIs behind our work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. Designers of these civic tech platforms and apps are already measuring results, such as the number of users, and are very familiar with tools like Google Analytics. Hone in on your true scope of influence.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Measuring the return on investment for any organizational effort is a standard of doing business. In a rapidly changing media landscape it can be overwhelming for organizations to know how to properly measure the various types of impact being made, especially when it comes to social media efforts. Author: Jordan Viator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I'm most curious to see how Pepsi will demonstrate leadership in social marketing and of course the longer term result - social impact. Jeremiah Owyang has shared his initial analysis of Pepsi's Contest, summarizing the opportunity, risks, strengths, weaknesses, metrics, and impact. This is a big bold effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2011

If you want extract value from your social media strategy, you need to use measurement. That means setting measurable goals, collecting the right data, making sense of it, and transforming it into actionable decisions. Sense-making is an essential workplace skill along with several others. Here’s how I do it: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Grit is a long-term metric, and though difficult to measure, it is a truer indicator than IQ or SAT scores and other static quantitative measures on the potential to achieve ultimate success. Do our grantee partners demonstrate dogged determination to get results? Does our staff?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The gospel is a verbal message of salvation demonstrated through acts of God’s love. Commit to a shared measurement system: Common metrics hold the cohort accountable and informs future action. Value opportunities to learn: Commit to collecting, sharing, & analyzing data to measure impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

Achieving scale usually leads to sustainability: when we demonstrate that a new Benetech solution is far more effective than the status quo, we can usually find a way to finance that innovation for the future. We measure what we do, so that we know we’re getting stuff done. We Get Stuff Done Benetechers are intensely results focused.

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When considering reward and recognition strategies it is key to have an end-goal and metric for measurement. Demonstrate and Communicate Impact…Often. Are those strategies having a positive impact on improving volunteer experience ? Remember to consider both long and short-term goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Flickr Photo by ESML.

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