Note from Beth: Show Me Your Dashboard! Imagine that I'm dancing around singing that phrase. I'm looking for good examples (and stories) about nonprofit dashboards, especially ones that support social media decision-making. Tell me about your dashboard in the comments - and if you're willing to take a screen capture or two, your organization's dashboard could be featured on this blog! Nonprofit Dashboards, Guest Post by Jacob Smith A dashboard can be your nonprofit's trusted adviser. … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
QR Codes, Electronic Devices,Nonprofits, and Concert Etiquette
QR Codes (Quick Response) is a bar code that can be scanned by your mobile phone (with a free app) and are currently being used with print media (or t-shirt media) to point people to more information online. The information embedded can be a URL, a link to a download, text, phone number, or SMS. According this post by Gina Trapani, many geeks think QR codes are gimmicky, clumsy, not used well or enough, or that they're "a solution looking for a problem. That's no surprise given there are … [Read more...]
Social Media and Grantmaking Session at Council on Foundation's Conference
Council on Foundations ROI Panel View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I participated on a panel called Face, Tweet, Link - Socia Media, Grantmaking & A True Social ROI. Laura Elfurd, Vice President and Chief Community Investment Officer at ZeroDivide moderated a panel that included Stephen Downs, Assistant VP, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Alexandra Mitchell and Jeff Pryor from Pathfinder Solutions, and Kathy Reich, Program Officer, Organizational Effectiveness & … [Read more...]
Sneak Peak of New Facebook Nonprofit Use Research from Idealware
Note from Beth: For those of you who have been following my blog for a long time, you know of my obsession with research reports, particularly social media research snippets. The good folks at Idealware offered me a sneak peak of their new Facebook research - how could I resist? Charts, graphics, analytics, metrics, and data are like crack to me ... A guest post by Kyle Andrei, Idealware Who's seeing success with their Facebook page? In February, Idealware distributed a survey (thorough an … [Read more...]
Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks
Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called "Connected Citizens" that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? And, how can funders leverage them for good? The report analyzes many examples of networks and provides tools and tips for Network-Centric Grantmaking. Diana Scearce, who I've had the pleasure of working with on the Network of Networked Funders project, is the report author. The … [Read more...]
