Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

A study ( [link] ) funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation has found “when digital games were compared to other instruction conditions without digital games, there was a moderate to strong effect in favor of digital games in terms of broad cognitive competencies.”. Around Gender.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

doctors for every 10,000 people against the best ratio of 84.2 Besides a low doctor to patient ratio, healthcare infrastructure also remains critically underdeveloped. We are transforming community pharmacies into the foundation of a modern health system in Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. This week at the Packard Foundation, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Waddell whose research focuses on Global Action Networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

If you are using a forum, then measuring the number of replies to post (or, if your forum allows voting, then the positive feedback on posts) could be appropriate, as well as the ratio of people signed up vs posting vs replying, etc. It’s incredibly important for the success of your work to evaluate how things are going throughout.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 23, 2024

Deposits are things like: Updates Warm touches like thank-you calls or hand-written notes Stories in your newsletter or on social media that the donor sees Video of your nonprofit in action “Behind the scenes” info At their foundation, they’re the feel-good stuff and make the donor glad they decided to give to your nonprofit.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Health crises such as the recent outbreak of coronavirus add a heightened level of urgency to the work that Wikipedia does on a daily basis, and so Marketplace ’s Molly Wood sat down with Katherine Maher, chief executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation , to talk about the challenges of misinformation and the future.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

The three powerhouses, Guidestar, Charity Navigator, and Better Business Bureau, that foundations, philanthropists, and donors use to seek out information and ratings about nonprofits released an open letter to the nonprofit and foundation world yesterday. So when does reviewing overhead become important?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

Yesterday I went to the San Francisco session of the second annual Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp. There is a 4:1 ratio. In case you've never heard of craigslist , it's this awesome free online classified web site that has listings for cities all over the world. It is a volume business.

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Top Nonprofits

JUNE 30, 2022

Every nonprofit, from the Gates Foundation to a startup organization that operates out of a garage, has a story. In this guide, we’ll cover foundational graphic design tips before diving into stylistic tips to help your nonprofit get started making the best possible impression. Foundational Nonprofit Graphic Design Tips.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Some other foundations provide resources for nonprofits to develop their evaluation knowledge, such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook. Funders are increasingly conditioning grants upon the delivery of specific measures. But still, outcome evaluation is an area for improvement in the sector.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

According to Payscale , the ratio of the median earnings of women to men has decreased by just $0.07 This is the culture and thus foundation of your company. Bureau of Labor Statistics found white women earn 83.3% as much as their white male counterparts, while African-American women earn 93.7% compared to men of their same race.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

at NWF, listening has been the foundation of our social media movement, we are nothing unless someone thinks we are something. everything before lays the foundation, everything during and after helps you improve and change your strategy. new that was the metric/goal to track and 6 months later there was only 18% negative ratio.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

If you are using a forum, then measuring the number of replies to post (or, if your forum allows voting, then the positive feedback on posts) could be appropriate, as well as the ratio of people signed up vs posting vs replying, etc. It’s incredibly important for the success of your work to evaluate how things are going throughout.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

A core component of Jiminny is its data, which breaks down conversations in terms of metrics such as talk-to-listen ratio, listening skills, and monologues, to show which staff are most adept at what skill, and which of these deliver the best outcomes. million in the bank, the company has a solid financial foundation to build on that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

" I just have to quote her in a few places: When you complain about your student teacher ratios, look at everyone gathered around the computer in this lesson! There has already been over $20,000 for the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. to Cambodia ?" In fact, I'm going to ping a few colleagues.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The problem is that with the volume of information coming in, taking the time to inspect and understand each piece of suspicious activity can put enormous strain on an organization: It’s time-consuming, and, as it turns out, not the best use of that time because of the signal to noise ratio involved.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Many people are turning to donor-advised funds over setting up private foundations because they’re easier to manage. There’s no minimum payout requirement compared to a foundation’s 5%. In addition, there are no costly administrative elements to navigate, such as having a foundation board or conducting regular financial audits.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Other businesses may increase their match ratios, raise their donation limits, or introduce short-term matching gift initiatives⁠—even if they don’t typically match employee donations. And that’s in addition to their regular matching gift program!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

” Zoom IQ for Sales generates an engagement score that aims to capture how attentive a given customer is based on “talk-time” ratio, the lag time between responses, and the number times that the customer speaks during the call. ” An external beta for Zoom IQ for Sales is currently ongoing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2016

This means simple financial metrics will no longer be the primary focus when telling a nonprofit’s full story ( goodbye, overhead ratios !) Prior to GuideStar he worked at the Hewlett Foundation, the Bridgespan Group, the Packard Foundation, Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace, and Green Corps.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Nonprofits need to follow WCAG because accessibility is the foundation of our work. The WCAG cites that the “top four principles that provide the foundation for Web accessibility are perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust.” Remember, the contrast ratio between text and a text’s background should be at least 4.5:1.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Moreover, the industry struggles with a low ratio of test automation, indicating an ongoing dependence on manual testing.” “We’re focused on maintaining a sustainable financial foundation. ” Indeed, companies often struggle to find the right set of tools to execute their software testing strategy.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Alation is foundational for driving digital transformation.” In terms of revenue coming in, Sangani claims that Alation — which has more than 700 employees and expects to be at just under 800 by 2023 — is in a healthy position, pegging the firm’s cumulative-cash-burn-to-ARR ratio at around 1.5x.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

That doesn’t mean your nonprofit needs to become regularly active on Snapchat, but you should be aware of its increasing popularity and lay a foundation in case your nonprofit does decide to prioritize Snapchat in the future. In fact, Snapchat is giving rise to anew type of artist – the Snapchat artist.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

To lay the foundation for transforming these engaged individuals into new donors, Chris recommends implementing a strategy known as a Welcome Series. Welcome Series A Welcome Series is a strategic sequence of emails designed to establish a strong foundation for building relationships with new subscribers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

In fact, Mercury actually considered launching with a credit card as its first product but instead chose to start with creating a bank account instead since “every founder needs a bank account to run their business…and [they] are the ideal foundation from which to build additional financial features.” Fundings and M&A.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Why career wellbeing is the foundation of the best possible life. To strengthen wellbeing in the workplace the book provides leaders various solutions, including a new metric to track suffering, struggling, and thriving — Gallup Net Thriving. How net thriving teams can improve businesses, neighborhoods, and governments.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

Fox Foundation giving form prompts donors to make monthly gifts: Offer a brief description of your monthly giving program and how it helps your organization. Businesses usually match at a 1:1 ratio, but some match at a 2:1 or even 3:1 basis. For example, look at how the Michael J.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Solicitation: AI-Enhanced Strategies for Effective Appeals Type of AI : Generative AI Where to Use It : Getting over the hump on the capacity-to-ask ratio One of the most common issues in major gift fundraising is simply not asking donors to make as large a gift as they could.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Your organization’s public disclosure of financial and tax documents can help instill confidence in donors, yes, but also grant making foundations, future hires, journalists, charity rating organizations, and the general public more broadly. Guidestar by Candid (formerly GuideStar) i s the largest source of nonprofit information.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Companies Are Matching Employee Donations At Higher Ratios. They offer a generous 2:1 match ratio and will match donations up to $10,000 per employee per year. By prioritizing relationships with companies, nonprofits can lay the foundation for more meaningful and sustainable support. Take Coca-Cola for example.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Companies Are Matching Employee Donations At Higher Ratios. They offer a generous 2:1 match ratio and will match donations up to $10,000 per employee per year. By prioritizing relationships with companies, nonprofits can lay the foundation for more meaningful and sustainable support. Take Coca-Cola for example.

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Google Research AI blog

JULY 26, 2023

This shift from the focalized to the passive domain is substantial: the recordings in the latter often feature much lower signal-to-noise ratio, several birds vocalizing at once, and significant distractors and environmental noise, like rain or wind. Illustration of the "focal → soundscapes" shift.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

The 20-person department pulls the information from scanned PDFs of the filings, enter the information into their database, and classify the information in the Foundation Center taxonomy. Foundation Center has been working on automating much of this work. A few other takeaways: Foundation Center’s new tool is amazeballs.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Your guiding principle gives you a foundation for fundraising, which is the same foundation you can use to attract new donors. If you know your guiding principle or core belief, it will guide you on how stay true to your mission even when your situation drastically changes. Pro: highest conversion rate (avg is 6% – 8%).

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DipJar

JANUARY 23, 2023

The top matching gift companies offer generous match ratios and maximum match amounts per employee. For example: Disney will match donations between $25 and $25,000 at a ratio of 1:1. Apple will match up to $10,000 at a ratio of 1:1 for active employees. Google will match up to $10,000 at a ratio of 1:1 for active employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

The field is hungry to move beyond simplistic measures such as the overhead ratio. Jacob came to GuideStar from the Hewlett Foundation, where he led grantmaking for the Philanthropy Program. Within 48 hours of first announcing Platinum we had more than 500 nonprofits sign up as Early Adopters. Is your organization ready to join them?

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