Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

They reviewed research from nearly 60 academic, think-tank, and thought leader sources published after 1990 and interviewed leading practitioners from both grant-makers and capacity building service providers. Bibliography with links and summaries of studies reviewed. Presentation slides.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

He’s a master of what it takes to move folks toward the actions you’d like them to take, and I’m hoping this summary will help you talk with your boss and board and figure out how you can use the tools they want you to use to your advantage. Descriptive analytics: What happened? Don’t assume you know the answer before you look at the data.

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Care2

OCTOBER 10, 2012

We partnered up with eight non-profit organizations to survey their advocates and interviewed 25 current and former senior Hill staffers. The elevator summary: there is a significant "Advocacy Gap," a disconnect between how activists mobilize and how Hill staff say they should mobilize to move policy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2012

If you are a leader looking for a new job, pick up a copy of Tony Beshara's new book, The Job Search Solution , and pay particular attention to what Beshara discovered when 3,129 hiring managers and interviewing authorities answered his survey about resumes (pages 67 and 68 of the book). No more than two pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Why not take a few minutes to answer her survey. An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Ambassadors in Africa - An Interview with Kim Lowery, Kabissa. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. NpTech Software.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

In addition, we have the ability to survey our donors and examine how they talk about our cause. Note, however, that if you survey your donors or ask questions of a potential donor, you have to learn to read the answer behind the answer. Great journalists love this technique—it gets them the best interviews and quotes.

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Donation Tips PowerPoint Advice 61

Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Include your mission and vision statements, a brief history, and a summary of your programs and services. Different roles may have different requirements, and some might require an interview. Is there a survey? This letter is the first thing the volunteer will see, so make it count! Is there a form to fill out? A website link?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We did quick surveys and I did interviews. In summary, for me, being audience-centered is putting the people at the middle. As always, tag me in your posts and shares so I can include you in my summary post at the end of the month ( @artlust , @seemarao , @_art_lust_ ). So how did I figure it out? I actually listened.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

you can still use the summary below?to?inspire?meaningful You can check out a recording of this interview on YouTube. ? . Fred shared key findings from CASE’s 2018 Voluntary Support of Education Survey and highlights from CASE’s “Alumni Engagement Metrics” whitepaper, an industry-wide framework to measure alumni engagement.

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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. But it would allow for a healthy amount of targeted social media advertising. In a “bizarro” version of our normal process—in which research begets design—we inverted things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

He didn’t do the “sage of the stage&# thing, he gave ample opportunities for the audience digest the ideas he shared as well as engage them in conversation. Alison Carl White from NPower Seattle has a good summary on her blog. The survey asked participants to share their great social media challenges.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

You or your marketing agency may conduct interviews with target audience members, share surveys, create audience personas, perform A/B tests, and more. Conducting user research. Collect the information you need about your audience to create effective content. Performing audits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

If you want to learn more about what I’ll be talking about, read this interview in the Guardian. This post includes my slides and summary of the main points I will be making as well as links to resources. I’ll be talking about Gen Z donors and why nonprofits need to engage them in their fundraising and programs.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We're still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally "out there" and is well-received. Nancy Roach, our founder, casually surveyed some of us early stakeholders to decide on a name. They interviewed key stakeholders. They sent out surveys.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2013

After the Stakeholder Discovery, it’s important to provide a summary of what you learn to make sure you’ve captured everything and to help solidify the consensus building across all stakeholders. Surveys and Interviews. Stay tuned for my next post to learn about using Analytics data as a form of User Research. Introduction.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 11, 2016

Denise McMahan is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and is the founder and publisher of CausePlanet.org where nonprofit leaders devour Page to Practice™ book summaries, author interviews and sticky applications from the must-read books they recommend. _.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So, Steven, this is where I’d like for you to actually turn this slide into a survey. So here’s the next survey, Steven, right off the bat, just to make sure everybody’s kind of present and getting us grounded. I know people are transitioning from meetings and … so please activate the survey. Here we go.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

You can research this in a variety of ways, whether through surveying members, running a focus group, or even seeing how other associations price courses with a similar level of complexity and comprehensiveness. The graphic below provides a summary of each model: Free Pricing Model.

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

As part of the study they are inviting people who work in community organizing and progressive activist groups to participate in an online survey and an optional follow-up phone interview. After conducting follow-up phone conversations with willing respondents, they will send a summary of the responses to survey participants.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We’re still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally “out there&# and is well-received. Nancy Roach, our founder, casually surveyed some of us early stakeholders to decide on a name. They interviewed key stakeholders. They sent out surveys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

In my work, I have 20 minutes to interview Bill Gates and I need my equipment to work." There was lots of good advice and specific recommendations (see my summary here.) As David acknowledged to the audience before launching into a audio geek show and tell session, "Your equipment depends on your needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

The HighTouch Blog points to a survey from 160Characters detailing how quickly people expect responses from various forms of communication. Britt Bravo has a terrific interview with Chris Messina and Ivan Storck of Citizen Space about Green Coworking. Beaconfire Consultants has an analysis of nonprofit apps on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips. Staff Surveys. Staff Interviews. Client surveys. Clients Interviews. One thing about a traditional ROI process is that you might need to collect other data to analyze the ROI. Data from system.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2023

Interview your colleagues, particularly those who: Write, post, or edit content often (writers, web managers, digital directors) Speak with your audiences often (help desk, membership coordinators, community managers, event planners) Maintain the site (developers, system administrators) Ask them what’s working and what’s not. Just listen.

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Websites Analytics Interview Audience 62

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

So instead of just talking about the wide needs as if it’s a fact, include: testimonials, statistics, reports, articles, interviews, etc. GRANTS writing formula summary The GRANTS Writing Formula will give you the magic wand to write a successful grant proposal. Without this, your entire project will fall short. This is a must.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Instead of including full-length stories or articles, include quotes, excerpts, or summaries in your newsletter. Conduct Surveys Looking for a way to collect valuable information about your audience? Send a survey! Put together a brief survey and send it to new subscribers who haven’t made a gift yet.

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Digital Ideas Business Donor 52

CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

Conduct Surveys and Interviews: Deepen your understanding by engaging directly with your donors through surveys, interviews, or focus groups. Once you have your year overview, drill down further by breaking our your year into months: A month overview broken out by subject line, summary, and a call-to-action.

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Social Media Storytelling Media Effective 64

Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Talk to your key audiences through interviews, focus groups, or surveys to understand their data needs and data sophistication. On the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps platform, for example, there is a summary page for each county. New York University’s City Health Dashboard succinctly shows data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

CAF has coined the term “ philgorithms ” for algorithms of this kind.The report ends with a summary of high level trends that might impact civil society organizations, including a discussion on inequality, algorithmic bias and the future of work. In the last five years, he has been researching and writing about AI.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Don't Praise.

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Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership 51

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. Thanks for the summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Hubspot has a terrific template that can help you think through personas for your marketing or communications strategy and this infographic gives you a summary of the research and data you need to collect which should include a mix of interviews, surveys, and analytics data.

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Channel Social Content Studies 135

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The online survey tool uses a 45 question assessment to measure your leadership skills across 15 dimensions of leadership. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program. Also free is a summary analysis of your results. A full reporting on your results costs $79. Don't Praise.

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Kansas City Mentoring Kansas Skills 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2013

You can download the summary and full report here or read this interview with Center for Media Justice ED Malkia Cyril in Forbes Magazine that shares the social media secrets of top movement leaders. DIGITAL PERSUASION: How Social Media Motivates Action And Drives Support For Causes.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 2, 2014

To wrap things up, I’ll post a summary in the coming weeks linking to each of the posts in the series so you’ll have a link to reference all of the posts. Surveys and Interviews. I hope you’ve enjoyed learning about the process. Other Posts in this Series. Introduction. Stakeholder Discovery. User Research. Card Sorts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Robin Good recently interviewed Marshall Kirkpatrick about Mash-ups and he asked Marshall to define widgets in the context of the conversation. Here's a summary: Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs and folks are still experimenting and learning. You can do a general reader survey like, the nonprofit tech blog.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

an hour, and a national survey of Instacart workers found average wages (before expenses) of just $9.50 Olga Prushinskaya, “Worker Co-ops Show Significant Growth in Latest Survey Data,” Fifty by Fifty, February 18, 2020, org/2020/02/worker-co-ops-show-significant-growth-in-latest-survey-data/.

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