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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.”

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” They provide free web analytics consulting to non-profits and NGOs around the world by matching analytics professionals, students, and charities.

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

NTEN

He inspired audible gasps when he quoted a shocking statistic from the Bridgespan Group—only 6% of nonprofits use their data to drive improvements in their work. One of my first jobs in tech 1,000 years ago was as “Text Production Lead” on a music encyclopedia CD-ROM (Google it, kids).

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Measuring Organizational Influence In Social Media

NTEN

There are millions of blogs online, from those hosted by highly influential media personalities to high school students communicating with their friends. Next, we statistically analyze blogger behavior to find groups of blogs that link to similar things online. Defining the Network. Diagram 1. Identifying Attentive Behavior.

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What Digital Currency Could Mean for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

One such participant was Erik Goebel, a 29-year-old University of Minnesota graduate student studying chemistry, a self-described geek who "likes to experiment with new technologies and try new gizmos and gadgets." Google Wallet. Some Statistics About Online Donations. Amazon Payments.

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