The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all. These barriers that keep nonprofits from collecting data and identified in the report include: data collection, expertise, time, and money. These barriers are … [Read more...]
Non-Profit Leaders as Personal Brands
Note From Beth: I recently keynoted the Social Good Brasil conference and one of the other speakers was Simon Mainwaring who gave an amazing keynote about social branding. His talk resonated with some of the ideas around how nonprofits can use a network mindset and leverage the professional networks of senior leaders of nonprofits. He agreed to riff on the idea and write this useful post. As a long time reader of Beth’s blog, I am very excited by the release of Beth’s new book, Measuring … [Read more...]
Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications
Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said "Chuck Patch Is Not Dead." At the time, Chuck was a staff member for Historic New Orleans. It underscored the idea that nonprofits, like your family, should have a disaster communications plan. My colleagues at Big Duck have put together a terrific webinar on this topic for this Friday. Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications - Guest Post By Meghan Teich at Big … [Read more...]
Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!
I've just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the "Silicon Valley" of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas and … [Read more...]
Why Your Nonprofit Should Be A Big Listener
Note from Beth: Last month during one of our book talks for "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World, " at TechSoup Global, Rachel Weidinger from Upwell came up to say hello. Rachel is a long-time "nptech" colleague who is now leading the team at Upwell who is trained to sift through the vast amounts of real-time online conversations and content online to support ocean conservation. Their time is spent on three areas: (1) monitoring and analyzing online … [Read more...]
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