Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

If don’t synthesize the ongoing stream, it gives me vertigo. I set aside an hour or two a month to review my valid metrics , but also to do a meta synthesis of the conversation to curate the best points and resources. Pick valid metrics in the context of an integrated campaign. Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2011

Google Analytics , with its robust dashboard system displaying key web site metrics, is another example. The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s dashboard is an oft-cited example. The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s dashboard is an oft-cited example. 2) Status Dashboards. 4) Tracking Dashboards. 5) Scenario Comparison Dashboards.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Official Google Blog: Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project – Take yourself on an art tour using Google Maps! "One Popularity and relevance are the most common metrics through which to filter that content – but are they the best?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 16, 2012

This is absolutely a valuable metric, but I was curious how this data might vary if the list was based on organizations with the strongest social media presence.the ones we stand to learn the most from. Museum of Modern Art. Museum of Modern Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

In fact, companies with digitally literate board members significantly outperformed their peers on key metrics: “ Doing business in the digital era entails risks ranging from cybersecurity breaches and privacy issues to business model disruptions and missed competitive opportunities. But the initial costs should not be a deterrent.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We are excited to share that the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal , NYU’s Congressional District Health Dashboard , and March of Dimes have been named Anthem Awards finalists. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I'm thrilled to share this brilliant guest post by Marilyn Russell, Curator of Education at the Carnegie Museum of Art. This is a perfect example of a museum using participation as a design solution. Our colleagues in the Museum of Natural History were eager collaborators. It is great to feel more of a part of the museum!" "All

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Gensler estimates that use of GPS has the power to offset up to 341,000 metric tons of carbon annually. DLR Groups upcoming conversion of a department store into the Albany Museum of Art, meanwhile, will avoid about 65% of the embodied carbon emissions (in this case, about 1,600 metric tons) of a new building.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

From a steep learning curve to having to interpret new metrics, the frustration is real. The data isn’t apples-to-apples We knew this going in, but organizations are still having to adjust to learning and setting up new metrics, while data like unique pageviews and bounce rate are gone. Key issues of concern (i.e.,

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

That’s why we put together a list of the five essential metrics you need to know, as a fundraiser, to achieve higher retention rates. Tracking these metrics will help you keep a pulse on the current engagement of your donors so you know which efforts are working and which ones need to be increased or modified. Donor Level Moves.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2014

About a year ago, the Dallas Museum of Art did something truly innovative. The museum’s memberships have tripled in the past year. Dallas Museum of Art has taken the concept of website and email marketing metrics and made them analogue. The museum has taken Web 2.0 And the results have been overwhelming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

My version of the game includes "life happens" cards where groups gain points if they solve certain problems like staff resistance or define metrics. For example, when I did this workshop in Australia, I met Dr. Linda Kelley who had just finished an analysis of the technographics of Australian museum goers. What to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

Rick Kats kindly sent me a spreadsheet of metrics for 6 nonprofits that were early adopters, using it consistently and best practices. SFMOMA’s Museum Store board is one of the its top three boards in terms of followers. First, let me offer this disclaimer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

A benchmarking process can be as simple as finding a handful of similar nonprofit organizations and comparing your key performance metrics. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest. Measurement is a comparative science, so you have to compare that number to something you done in the past or to peer organizations.

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Forum One

JANUARY 30, 2024

This innovative project offers comprehensive data on 36 metrics for all 435 U.S. Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal Bronze Anthem Winner in Best Use of Data The Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal is a collaborative effort between Forum One and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Presentation by Laura Lee Dooley a metrics and social media geek for a nonprofit. Brooklyn Museum With over 21,000 followers, the Brooklyn Museum, one of the oldest and largest museums in the country, is having discussions about art with art patrons and other art museums on Twitter.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

When my sister first started working with a nonprofit museum, she had a lot to learn about the fundraising process for the organization. The museum had notes saved in their donor management software about the seating preferences for their major donors and that particular donor preferred their regular seat toward the front.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Beth Kanter, Social Media Strategy Is Everywhere in the Organization - Indianapolis Museum of Art. What hard data points or metrics will you use to track your objectives? You need to pick the right hard data points or metrics that will help you track your objectives. Nina Simon, How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Explore the March of Dimes case study Smithsonian NMAAHC’s Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal now makes more than 400,000 pages of volunteer-transcribed records and previously-unavailable data sets accessible for anyone to search.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy. is the author of the popular Museum 2.0 Blog that covers how museums are using social media. Laura Whitehead. is the queen of nonprofit technology in the UK. Laura Lee Dooley.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The averages we report for each metric are medians — they represent the middle nonprofit out of all those which provided data. When Sarah’s not at work (and there’s not a pandemic), you can usually find her with her two boys hiking the Billy Goat Trail, swimming at the pool, or exploring the Museum of Natural History. Related Links.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Ticket sales, donations, petition signatures, and email list registrations are all metrics you can use to measure your nonprofit’s marketing progress. These metrics are key indicators of your nonprofit’s success. Microsoft uses metrics like clicks and impressions, so you can easily assess your marketing progress for each campaign. .

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2009

Seb Chan has a lovely, long interview up at Fresh+New with Helen Whitty about the Powerhouse Museum's new mini-exhibition, the Odditoreum. The Odditoreum is another wrinkle in the study of visitors' understanding and interpretation of authenticity in museums. I enjoyed listening to it (virtually, not at the museum).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2020

In fact, companies with digitally literate board members significantly outperformed their peers on key metrics. All this technology and data have made it possible for nonprofits to use a range of metrics to measure growth and performance. Read next: 4 Ways AI is the Next Big Game-Changer in Museum Membership & Attendance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. I'll be doing a presentation on a panel at the Museum Computer Network Conference in two weeks on this topic and in early 2008 for the Legal Services Corporation. You want to focus on the goals and outcomes (benefits) first - not the metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Over the past six months, I've been doing some writing on metrics/analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular. We're using the Idealware stats to explore Google Analytics and to look at some of the basic reports and explain metrics. My role on the panel is to look specifically at Social Media Metrics.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

Will Cary with the Portland Museum of Art shares how the organization invested and innovated to grow. - Amy Braiterman with Blackbaud talks about key trends and metrics in peer to peer fundraising. In this episode… - Roger Craver with The Agitator and DonorTrends discusses donor retention and loyalty.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

The first was driving donor acquisition and fundraising with minimal direct mail and email marketing, the second is that their only previous mobile campaign happened during a large museum exhibition, and had poor results. They decided to pilot their mobile campaign using a multi-channel approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Examples: Wildlife Direct and Brooklyn Museum. 8: Launch small pilots and reiterates using the right metrics to understand what is and what isn’t working. These ideas are illustrated in the slides below. 1: Social media must be integrated with internet communications or program strategy.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 30, 2007

James Yasko is writing an article for an upcoming issue of Museum News on museums and Web 2.0. Here's the question: What advice do you have, as one who keeps up with technology as it relates to museums, to a group looking to incorporate Web 2.0 Has your tagging system increased overall google hits for the museum?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2009

I'm going to be teaching two intermediate/advanced workshops, one on mapping metrics to social media strategy and the other on listening. (The Not only does she illustrate the valuable qualitative insights you can glean from social media listening efforts, but shows how to apply them to a museum context.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

This includes summer art camps, museums, theaters, art galleries, and more. Participants could gather sponsorships from friends and family for their participation, and the event itself could take place in a museum or gallery space. Don’t be discouraged. It’s a fun and interactive way to engage supporters and raise funds.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To determine these target metrics, review past event results. Art & History Museums Maitland planned a virtual three-day online art auction. Use multiple channels and take insight from past data and metrics for guidance. This committee will be responsible for: Setting goals for the auction. Host a rehearsal or walkthrough.

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BoardAssist

MAY 16, 2017

It’s important to have benchmark energy metrics so your organization can set attainable efficiency goals. Case in point: Having completed a number of energy efficiency measures, Shedd Aquarium took on a bigger project: installing a microgrid on Chicago’s Museum Campus, home to Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum and the Adler Planetarium.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Audiences are a portion of the humans in the museum ecosystem. The reason I think of a museum as human-centered is that to become audience-centered your organization has to center people. If your metric is more people in the door, you might be tempted to completely twist and transform yourself in a brazen attempt to get people in.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 12, 2020

By Lori Byrd-McDevitt After a decade spearheading the social media presence at the world’s largest children’s museum, Lori now co-owns her agency 1909 DIGITAL where she helps others with their digital strategy. She is an adjunct in JHU’s museum studies faculty. Museums have made waves. It’s our time to shine. Let’s do this.”

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

As many of you know, I’m writing a book about participatory design for museums. The book is intended to be a practical guide to participatory museum experiences focused on design strategies, case studies, and activities. And then there’s the problem of finding the right metrics for evaluation. And there’s a third reason.

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