Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Of course, we’d have to focus on local language content. While English might be very useful in Nairobi, Swahili would be the language needed in rural Kenya. Andrew’s challenge wasn’t an empty one: his team could measure the effectiveness of interventions we might try and see how well they work. Well worth a try!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Videos, interviews, client stories, audio, emails, podcasts, social media posts—there are so many types of storytelling opportunities available to nonprofits of all missions and sizes. Avoid Complex Language and Narratives While all the nitty-gritty details behind a story might be interesting, too much jargon can be distracting.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

For example, Gretchen Buhlig, CEO of the ASU Foundation, made the following comment in a recent interview with me related to technology deployment at the foundation, “We have 1.2 Natural-language processing. Natural-language processing (NLP) refers to the capability of AI to understand the text and the spoken word.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Once you have a clear mission, set both short-term and long-term goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART). Gather new data directly from your target audience This can be collected through methods such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Having a dollar amount goal is important when measuring success. That’s why a toolkit of templated social media and email language is crucial. Tip: If you have a match, remember to always include language about the match in all templated communications. Set A Goal. Fiver budgets a whopping $80,000 to raise each year.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

In this interview, Julia shares some of the strategies she teaches her clients, including her secret formula for social media calendars, how nonprofits can improve engagement on their social channels, and the one thing she wishes nonprofits would stop doing online. I didn’t know that until I had to research it, manage it, measure it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Managers can use a common language to name the true challenges of work and create a culture of expectations, accountability, and support for team members to examine their “job-within-the-job” and to navigate its challenges. Shift performance management practices to match the double realities of work.

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Achieve

APRIL 28, 2022

Conducting surveys alongside interviews and focus groups not only offers you a chance to improve your engagement in the future, but also acts as a form of engagement in and of itself. . People have different love languages. Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

The two categories are: Quantitative Research: This research yields numerical, measurable data that can be transformed into useful statistics. Common methods that generate qualitative data include focus groups, interviews, and participant observation. Additionally, measure the effectiveness of the strategies implemented.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2016

Optimizing entails determining the best location for your email signup widget and the most effective language to drive the strongest signup activity. It's also essential to determine the best language to encourage email signups. Focusing on an issue or program area or simply using mission-based language may make a bigger impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Note from Beth: I was thrilled to be interviewed by Steve along with many other nonprofit data nerds, for his new book, Data Driven Nonprofits. He was kind enough to send me an advanced copy and it is definitely a must read. Along the way, I interviewed more than 20 nonprofit experts from a wide variety of organizations.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Participants had digital copies of the powerpoints translated into french and used their laptops to follow along. We used real-time translators and participants used headsets to tune into the language channel of their choice to understand what was being said. Workshop Handouts work in Arabic and French. Design for Flexibility.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2009

" PR Communications: Measuring Your Level Of Social Media Engagement - John Cass has a new post in which he discusses "the engagement relevancy rating." Read this great interview on the Change.org blog to learn more about him! Apart from starting The List Kids to serve young Iraqi refugees in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission 3. Web Analytics is the objective tracking, collection, measurement, reporting and analysis of quantitative Internet data to optimize websites and web marketing initiatives. Several of the larger nonprofit organizations we interviewed for this screencast have gone that route.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency is currently transitioning from the ‘laugh’ to the ‘fight’ stage as the Federal Government is making plans for measured regulation s. In a Whole Whale podcast interview, the Giving Block co-founder Pat Duffy , he explained that “There’s too much money out there. Different Terminology .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

Measuring the strength of our networks, how they change over time, what theory of change to develop, what longer term outcomes might be achieved through networks, etc. A Tale of Different Networks: Netsquared and TSG (Video interview with Marnie). How to overcome obstacles, like strict communications protocol? Story of Stuff.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

How do you measure the value of that experience? Anna Greco did research in three ways: through in-person interviews with participants, surveys with participants, and observational analysis of the jars themselves. I think most of us are familiar with interview and survey-based evaluation methods. A man walks into a museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Develop shared language. ” That’s accomplished with organizational measurement discipline ! The book offers some recipes for culture change. Hold weekly interdepartmental meetings. Encourage brainstorming. Give staff space and time for creativity and to think. Cross disciplinary teams.

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.orgSource

JULY 3, 2023

Understand the New Environment Back in 2019, when I interviewed Dan for our book “Association 4.0: You can produce influencer segments, learning snippets, testimonials, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, or live streaming. Tone—The advice above also applies to tone and language. You’ll confuse the audience.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The Oxford English Dictionary defines artificial intelligence as the “theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.”. If it can be measured, can it be managed?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2012

Eric: What should be discussed during the interview process when searching for a marketing leader ? Besides, if someone is a good interviewer, he/she can easily determine strengths and weaknesses without having to ask. Ask the candidate to explain why and watch body language. Does he/she take ownership of the campaign?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The project budget wouldn’t permit a nationwide research project replete with surveys, focus groups, user interviews, and so on. We’d run the ads and measure which message was most engaging. Along with the imagery, the copy subverts the comfort of digital commerce with disturbing reinterpretations of consumer language (i.e.“Half

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We got the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Elizabeth Dove, the Director of Corporate Citizenship for Volunteer Canada. At Volunteer Canada we love to see companies expanding their employee community engagement programs (note our use of language…) to supporting the many ways employees can contribute to a better world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

In a brief interview with Ann, she shared some of her philosophy and passion. "I Measurement is the major theme as the sector grows up. There is something beneath the language of "what works" that can kill innovation. I also interviewed Shara Karasic who was in the audience. I want to design well made recycled bags.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). I was particularly touched by my interview with Deron Beal, the Executive Director and founder of the Freecycle Network , so I thought I'd share it here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I interviewed technology practitioners from the poverty law community about how they approach ROI and significant technology systems investments like client databases, document assembly systems, or video conference systems. This value has to be articulated, at least in part, in the cultural language of your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

And through our survey of 180 Minnesota human service nonprofits, and detailed follow-up interviews with staff members from 13 of those organizations, we identified the core elements common to their successes to create a framework for innovation. It became clear to us that we could use messaging there to engage people for volunteering.”.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

They are the result of research — measuring something quantitatively or qualitatively, formally or informally; usually involving a question, a purpose, and by necessity a methodology and instrument. and a video interview explaining "data" as anything that can be digitized.) But what if I tell her in a language she doesn't understand?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When setting your own goal, use the SMART principles approach, making sure it’s Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. For Fiver, this means pulling client testimonials from thank you letters written by program participants or through phone interviews with families. Aligning Year-End Giving With #GivingTuesday.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. So instead of just talking about the wide needs as if it’s a fact, include: testimonials, statistics, reports, articles, interviews, etc.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

What positions should exist and when, what are the specific roles and responsibilities of each position, and how will success be measured? Building each step of your interview process around the competencies will ensure that the process is as objective and needs-based as possible. Initial in-person interview. Phone screen .

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Those of us who sell strategy services for a living tend to rely on the desire for measured approaches to big problems. Heck, our language is littered with support for this view. Start with much more managable online interviews using CoverItLive. "Look before you leap" is a cherished nugget. Want mapping?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Those of us who sell strategy services for a living tend to rely on the desire for measured approaches to big problems. Heck, our language is littered with support for this view. Start with much more managable online interviews using CoverItLive. "Look before you leap" is a cherished nugget. Want mapping?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Donations will be a consequence of meaningful engagement, not a measurement of it. Nonprofits are spicing up their social media communications strategy with language and informalities that may turn-off older supporters and major donors. This is a flawed assumption. Training employees down the road can be expensive and ineffective.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You can even interview beneficiaries, volunteers, staff, or board members to give your telethon viewers a look into the impact your organization is having on your community. Here’s what their donation page looked like: Notice how the language on the donation page encourages donors to take advantage of the opportunity to increase their impact!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

For more on that topic, read the excellent interview with Carie Lewis of the HSUS here. " If your organization is using social media, perhaps you've been wondering how to measure or whether if you can even measure "embeds" (that cut and paste script for videos, badges, widgets, and the like).

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