Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “How does your nonprofit measure success?” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Strong Staff Supports a Strong Mission We measure success through employee feedback and the experiences of those we support.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Re-orient toward longer-term measures of fundraising performance. Develop new and more appropriate measures of performance. To read the detail of each recommendation, download the complete report or check out the executive summary to get the highlights. 32 Sure Fire Ways to Grow Philanthropy in the U.S. Now it’s your turn ….

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: How Does Your Mission Connect to the Funder’s Interest? Clearly explain how you will measure success. We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is the secret to successful grant writing?” Know your prospective funder in depth!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 April 8, 2007 As I write this, I’m hurtling through small towns and big cities on the train home. We have to do better than this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

Are any of these measurable? In Summary. For more questions, please download the complete Identity Questionnaire. What specific business goals does your organization have that would be bolstered by rebranding? If so, please explain how. What might your target audience get confused about when they think of your organization?

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Charity Village

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Summary: Get ready as we dive headfirst into the world of AI for nonprofits! In this session, Keela explores the incredible ways AI is transforming nonprofit operations, covering everything from fundraising to donor engagement, program optimization to impact measurement. Original Broadcast Date: October 26, 2023.

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Google Research AI blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

One solution that can address information overload is summarization — for example, to help users improve their productivity and better manage so much information, we recently introduced auto-generated summaries in Google Docs. Today, we are excited to introduce conversation summaries in Google Chat for messages in Spaces.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 31, 2024

As 2023 has drawn to a close, tax season looms on the horizon, and we nonprofits gear up for a unique opportunity—issuing tax summaries to our donors. Bloomerang refers to them as tax summaries—which they are—but they also summarize each donor’s cumulative giving. What are tax summaries? Offering a donor survey would be advised.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2011

MFGII summary findings Nov 2011. The study points out that nonprofits can increase their fundraising and improve operations through an intentional focus on measurement – that helps them determine impact, effectiveness, and efficiency. MFGII summary findings Nov 2011 View more presentations from GuideStar USA, Inc.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Ruling on a motion for summary judgment , the judge presiding over the case has dismissed Apple’s copyright infringement claim over Corellium’s software, finding that Corellium’s use of Apple code constituted fair use. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Crucially, the court didn’t dismiss all of Apple’s case.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

In his blog post on evaluating fundraising programs, Measuring Success The Buffett Way , Jason McNeil asks What measures might Warren Buffett use to evaluate development effectiveness? She's trying to make the case for investing in Advancement Services at a college that seems to only want to invest in fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

I’m really curious about how networked nonprofits can use measurement and make decisions using data to get more impact from networked approaches. I want to hear about your successes and challenges in making your networked nonprofit more effective using measurement and data to make decisions about effective use of emerging media.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

If you aren’t measuring donor engagement, you might have to. Donor engagement is a measure of all of the things that make up a complete donor profile, beyond just gift size and superficial demographic information. How Measuring Donor Engagement Can Empower You. See How Bloomerang Can Help You Measure Donor Engagement.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They need to know what is being promised, what outcomes will be measured, how much capacity it will take, and what the expectations are. It can include things such as: * A Program Summary * Program Timeline * Outcomes * Partnerships * Data Tools Too much to list here, but you can see how it works, and you can tailor it to your needs.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Impact measurement — the process of measuring and communicating your nonprofit’s impact — can effectively convey the value and outcomes of your work to your stakeholders, which in return funds more impact. Measuring progress against targets increases efficiency. How does impact relate to both of these trends?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2013

Note from Beth: A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed two books about measurement from two different fields – start ups and nonprofit performance assessment. We make tweetable summaries for wonky reports. We measure the impact of our campaigns by counting social mentions. We write the great tweet to go with that video.

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NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. The benchmark trends are important because they help us ensure our approach is on the path toward success, but a more accurate measurement is the number of constituents engaged. To the strategic services team, it’s our bible.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

and meta descriptions (Html summaries of page contents.) Measure Results “Marketers are always looking to measure their skills. Keyword research—Find relevant keywords and track their performance over time. You can also identify links that may be harming your results. That’s a reminder to proceed with caution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Again, using design-thinking facilitating methods, the process started with a presentation from the executive director on the strategy for the year and measurement. While technical topics such data and measurement processes emerged, so did a lot culture change issues. Data Measurement'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

But, like anything else, to improve results, you need to measure it. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director. Bibliography with links and summaries of studies reviewed. If you deliver capacity building to nonprofits or you are a nonprofit who has engaged with a capacity builder, how did you measure the results?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2011

Last month, our theme was measurement and we shared a summary of the best measurement tips and resources here , here , and here. Our intent is to provide a space for just-in-time answers, share best practices at no charge , and deepened our learning based on a monthly theme. Good for you!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Over the past year, we have been experimenting with infographics, data visualizations, stylized executive summaries, even cartoons to help spread our findings. Why is outcome measurement important, and how is an infographic like this going to help in that effort? had a great story to tell. For years KaBOOM!

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 14, 2024

A search – internally or externally – requires an executive summary of each candidates’ experience, record of achievements, and competencies that is submitted to the board’s search committee. This summary should also accompany the candidate’s cover letter and resume.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As many of you know, I’ve just finished writing a book with measurement guru, KD Paine, called “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” that teaches nonprofits how to embrace the data and use it to improve decisions and get better results as a networked nonprofit. It’s a must read for data nerds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Actionable Measurement. The gym metaphor resonated because lately I’ve been obsessed with the idea of “ SpreadSheet Aerobics , an actionable social media measurement strategy that is fit and trim and light on its feet! I don’t try to measure everything. Avoid Measurement As Therapy and Drive By Analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

SMART Objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely objectives. The Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Advocacy Campaign guide points out they come in three flavors: Tactical: Tools and Techniques. It is also important to think about what specific metrics are needed to measure along the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Ofcom says the rule is part of a new set of measures designed to make it simpler to switch between cell carriers. The new rules about phone unlocking are just one of the measures Ofcom is announcing today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2011

When developing a dashboard, it’s helpful to clarify the concepts and purpose of it from the narrower perspective of non-profits utilizing social media. Our team identified what our dashboard should to do for us: Provide a summary of detailed data, at a glance. Highlight the important insights that can provide focus for management.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They want us to invest in digital analytics tools to measure our efforts, but I’m not really sure what this will tell us. To get a better grasp on this, let’s look at the different types of analytics and what they measure. There are so many things you can measure in Google Analytics, but you’re not going to use all of this information.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Key elements of a project proposal Executive summary Often, your executive summary will be the first spot funders look to decide if they want to continue reading the entire proposal. Goals are typically broad, general statements of need, while objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timebound ( S.M.A.R.T. ).

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This tool is designed to save time and enhance the understanding of data visualizations by automatically generating summaries or "stories" about the data presented in the dashboard. Update the number formatting, sentiment, and dimension labels and measure names to ensure the narratives resonate with your business's unique lexicon.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2024

Now you can run reports to measure: Total volunteer hours across the organization to get a high-level view of volunteer impact. You now have 60 new reports to help you measure volunteer impact. For reference, The value of volunteer time has risen to $31.80 an hour, a 6.2% increase from 2021 to 2022. And there’s much more!

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 25, 2011

Easy to measure with the addition of two simple custom formula fields to the Account object. cv__First_Gift_Date__c is a Common Ground custom field but it's just a rollup summary that calculates that account's earliest (MIN) close date for closed/won opportunities. Was it paying off?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

If you need a tool to measure your leadership skills, check out LeaderGrade , by Quantum Workplace, which measures your leadership influence by asking your peers and followers to rate your leadership skills. The online survey tool uses a 45 question assessment to measure your leadership skills across 15 dimensions of leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I’m in learning mode, so this post is a quick summary of insights, questions, and resources. How will you measure success? I’m in learning mode, so this post is a quick summary of insights, questions, and resources. Is mobile the best way to reach your target audience? But many smaller organizations don’t.

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Google Research AI blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Then, the decoder outputs the summary by predicting it word by word. To decide whether to commit to a certain prediction or to postpone the prediction to a later layer, we measure the model’s confidence in its intermediate prediction. On all three tasks, the oracle measure can preserve full model performance when using only 1.5

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