Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results. There is also an opportunity to weave in analysis of your data from surveys and incorporate storytelling with your data.

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

This comprehensive exploration of your digital systems could include evaluating security, network functions, system management, user experience, and overall performance. An evaluation of current security practices and systems can pay big dividends. An assessment is a look under the hood that is both preventative and proactive.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Also, create surveys to hear directly from grantees about what is working and where there are unnecessary hurdles. Two Ten is using a survey to evaluate their processes and remove barriers so they are continually improving their grantee experience. This change helped the organization drive better results and eliminated waste.

Community 91

Community Time Grant Disaster 91

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A well-planned fundraising event can leave a lasting impression on all the people who attend, which can, in turn, result in greater long-term support for a nonprofit organization. Evaluate the success of your nonprofit’s event and make required changes to improve year over year. Collect donations from event tickets/participation.

Nonprofit 104

Nonprofit Registration Volunteer Fundraising 104

Candid

OCTOBER 30, 2024

To better understand what caused this, we included DEI-related questions in exit interviews and staff surveys, analyzing the data by identity group to spot trends. This and other initiatives resulted in decreased turnover for people of color, now proportionate to their representation in our staff population.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

PART 3 In Part 1 we looked at results from the recent Generosity Commission Report and how it’s important for you to shift your culture to meet the current moment. One easy way to get more of this information is to find out how donors self-identify using a survey. Now is the time to re-evaluate your primary fundraising strategies.

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Tips Strategy Volunteer Donor 112

sgEngage

JULY 30, 2024

How Math is the Solution Since 2019, CollegeAPP has surveyed Americans nationwide to identify adults who intend to pursue postsecondary education and training. Key Findings from Our Surveys Below are some additional findings from our work. Let me share more.

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Survey Student Education Classroom 91

Volunteer Hub

MAY 18, 2023

Volunteer engagement surveys are an invaluable tool for nonprofits. Explore how these surveys can provide crucial insights, elevate the experience for volunteers, and optimize processes, to help nonprofits better achieve their mission. Conducting a satisfaction survey can help a nonprofit identify areas where improvements can be made.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

These are the other six qualities: PCI’s cultural DNA Service Collaboration Accountability High-performing and results-oriented Diversity Work/life balance “Promoting these values makes our office a space people enjoy. Our results were not where we wanted them to be. Making that evaluation requires collaboration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Tools like Screaming Frog can be used to crawl your current site and download the results onto a spreadsheet where each piece of content can be assessed. These are information collected directly from website users through on-page surveys, feedback widgets, and other techniques. Content to be rewritten. New content to be created.

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Websites Analytics Nonprofit Project 312

.orgSource

MARCH 4, 2024

This methodology was used to evaluate expanding the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABMS CertLink®, platform into new markets. This initiative resulted in ABMS CertLink®. Blue Ocean Strategy was used to evaluate the potential for promoting the product to new markets. That idea might seem a little miraculous.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation. If you’re just looking to get your feet wet with a quick survey, one of the many free or low cost online tools will do the trick.

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Measure Impact Issue Survey 143

Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

You can do this by implementing mid-course check-ins or post-course evaluations. As a result, they invited the expert to develop more courses and saw an increase in learner enrollment and program revenue. Tracking Long-Term Impact True success for your learning programs can be found by evaluating their long-term impact.

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Analytics Education Program Impact 169

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

CodeSignal For helping new tech workers brush up on their technical and soft skills CodeSignal is a popular skills assessment platform to evaluate candidates used by recruiters and hiring teams at major companies like Meta and Uber. As of 2024, EdSights serves more than a million students across 140 colleges.

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Education Companies Student Skills 93

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

Bing Webmaster Tools :: bing.com/webmasters A free set of SEO, diagnostic, and reporting tools designed to improve your website’s rankings on Bing search results. The analytics tool evaluates the effectiveness of your posts and provides the best times to share your content. Websites & Email 1.

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Resource Tools Digital Marketing 348

Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

So, let’s take a look at three areas where you can improve your peer-to-peer fundraising results: 1. Be sure to periodically re-evaluate your software platform to ensure it’s still meeting your needs. Survey responses. After each event or campaign, it’s a good idea to send participants a survey to capture their feedback.

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Results Fundraising Social Media Campaign 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. You can use pivot tables to summarize anything from demographic information to satisfaction survey responses. Why get good at Excel?

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Data Nonprofit Statistics Chart 139

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Open Windows In July 2020,orgSource surveyed approximately 300 association executives. Netflix, number one on the list, is a good example of a company whose vision expanded as a result of an elevated purpose. That’s why they also deserve frequent exploration and evaluation. The response surprised me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

This is in part because Google Grants only allows ads that are at a Quality Score of 2 or higher and also because a strong website will just lead to better results for your Google Ad campaigns. Failing to meet this threshold for 2 consecutive months can result in a temporary account deactivation. Use Lots of Keywords.

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Grant Google Guide Nonprofit 341

Google Research AI blog

APRIL 21, 2023

It usually involves a cross-functional team of ML practitioners who fine-tune the models, evaluate robustness, characterize strengths and weaknesses, inspect performance in the end-use context, and develop the applications. The formative study used a conceptual mock-up interface to gather early insights. for graphics rendering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. One of the simplest ways to practice continuous improvement is to incorporate a process evaluation. Survey participants and incorporate their feedback.

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Practice Thailand Reflection Nonprofit 108

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations. This framing captured the impact not only of the technology tools of their partners, required by certain funders, but also of the access to information for migrants, which would be measurable on an ongoing basis through surveys.

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Impact Organization Management Evaluation 119

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The result? According to a survey from BoardSource, “Boards that trust their executive directors and focus on strategic governance and fundraising tend to see stronger organizational performance and sustainability.” This inevitably leads to operational bottlenecks, especially when there are unnecessary back-and-forth emails and calls.

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Nonprofit Director Government Leadership 103

.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you think EI is a soft skill, one of those activities that requires maximum effort for minimum results, these statistics tell a different story. It can also help you evaluate your group’s current strengths and weaknesses. For example, a job interview, performance evaluation, or strategy decision.

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Virtual Work Skills Culture 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. Communicating Results. Facilitation skills: Someone who can work with others to define needs and questions, collect data, translate the results and then work with different individuals or teams to use it.

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Resource Practice Data Work 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

One of the study’s authors, Mary Trudel, wrote a guest post back in 2011 summarizing the results. They are in the process of updating the study and have some preliminary results to share. This is the question we’re asking arts groups across the country this month, refreshing our national landmark survey of 2011.

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Social Media Arts Social Media 108

Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

We need a bit of time to take a step back, evaluate what worked and didn’t work, and realize we’re not in a “new normal” but an “interim normal.” A new survey from McKinsey finds responses to the Covid-19 pandemic sped business adoption of digital technologies by several years—and many of these changes will likely be here for the long haul.

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Digital Strategy Nonprofit Donor 134

Gyrus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This data is a goldmine for organizations looking to: Evaluate the effectiveness of their training programs. Evaluating Training Effectiveness By analyzing course completion rates, assessment scores, and engagement metrics, you can identify which training programs are most effective.

Analytics 64

Analytics Training Train Data 64

Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

While the results may be a sobering wake up call, they can be just the push you need to strategically evaluate your real goals or pivot to a better investment of your organization’s time and money. Satisfaction score in post-event survey . Factors to consider measuring event success. P&L improvement. Fundraising success .

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ROI Measure Evaluation Goal 62

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Principle 3: Conduct a board assessment, survey, or discovery interviews before the retreat. . In order to learn more about what the board or staff members need, we customarily include a board assessment or survey and conduct discovery interviews as part of the retreat planning process. .

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Effective Product Tips Evaluation 122

Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

However, I encourage you to take some time to analyze your online fundraising campaigns to optimize your overall fundraising results. Reviewing your campaign daily, weekly, and monthly allows you to adjust the campaign for optimal results. Evaluate post-campaign data. Access your data. Analyze during the campaign.

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Campaign Tips Fundraising Online 114

Candid

AUGUST 14, 2024

As part of Candid’s annual survey of foundation giving trends , i we posed two questions about generative AI: Have you received grant applications created by generative AI? Over half (57%) of survey participants said they didn’t know whether they’ve received grant applications created by generative AI. foundations.

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Grant Proposal Foundation Generation 111

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

The purpose of this post is to share the results of an interesting survey from the beginning of the event, as well as the great attendee follow-up Q&A. We opened with a short audience survey about nonprofit data management. We were once asked to evaluate new technology options for a client.

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Data Management Nonprofit Donor 133

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. Evaluation can be painful.

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Evaluation Arts Story Impact 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. This is evaluation. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 113

Nimble AMS

JUNE 4, 2022

To gain further perspective on which goals your organization should set, you’ll need to evaluate the type of members you hope to recruit. Survey your members to understand their volunteer motivations and connect them to the best volunteer or advocacy options. . Use the results to personalize email reminders to members. .

Associations 113

Associations Goal Technology Volunteer 113

Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As a result of our Demographics via Candid efforts, this number has increased significantly over the past two years. The data set is a goldmine for researchers and evaluators interested in better understanding the demographics of the nonprofit sector. Over 62,000 U.S. This section also outlines how the data is collected and stored.

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Demographics Data Free Evaluation 111