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How #GivingTuesday is using Champions
Giving Tuesday hopes to spark a movement of people and organizations who want to celebrate giving and encourage more and smarter giving during the holiday season. The intent is to create an annual national day of giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving or this year on November 27, 2012. The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. I heard about it in September and immediately signed up to be a social media ambassador which was a … [Read more...]
Say So What To Your Data Three Times
Last week KD Paine and I were in Washington, DC for a whirlwind of book discussions, parties, and workshops - together and individually - for the Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Global Giving generously hosted a book discussion with their staff and partners at their offices. It was great to see Alison Carlman and Kevin Conroy from Global Giving and Meg Biallis who were participants in the testing group of 60 Packard grantees who tested the book frameworks and contributed to the insights … [Read more...]
Three Analytics Tools to Gauge Your Social Audience’s Pulse
Note from Beth: "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" is getting a lot of good feedback as people read and apply the ideas in the book. One of the key messages in the book is that nonprofits should not start with the tools and data, but start to clearly define success and their audience. By doing so, they will understand the few data points and the tools needed to collect that data to figure out if they have been successful! In the book, we avoid talking about specific tools because they … [Read more...]
Donate to Hurricane Sandy Relief
Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning's New York Time's headline. But the story is personal for me. I grew up in Atlantic City and my parents still live in the house they've owned for over 50 years. Both elderly, they evacuated, although my father is in the hospital (not storm related) so they are safe, dry, and have power. We have no idea about the damage to the house, but coming through social channels, I found photos of my hometown, including the one above of … [Read more...]
Social Good Brasil Conference
From November 6-8 – 2012 I will be in Florianopolis, Brazil to keynote the Social Good Brazil – The Seminar, which brings together influential minds, social entrepreneurs and innovators, and connecting people from all walks of life to share ideas and actions to make the world a better place using technology, social media and innovative thinking. This will be my first visit to South America and I could not have asked for a more joyous introduction to social good and social media in that … [Read more...]
NTEN Webinar: Social Media Measurement Steps and How To Measure Engagement
Please join KD Paine and I for an NTEN webinar on October 30th at 11:00 am where will share tips, stories, and lots of practical information about how your nonprofit can transform its culture to embrace the data, a powerful simple framework, "The 7 Steps of Measurement," that will help your organization learn how to set measurable goals, come up with the perfect Key Performance Indicator, select the right measurement tools and metrics, and most importantly how to make sense of your data. … [Read more...]
Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System
[slideshare id=14685935&doc=2012-10912-networkedandhyperconnected-ncsl-madisonpdf-121011095932-phpapp01] This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being "hyperconnected" or "over connected" to the web, mobile technologies and social media. It is the same title of Raine's recent book. The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their … [Read more...]
Walk in Your Donor's Shoes: Be Your Donor Day – Oct. 24th
I'll never forget the advice that my colleague, Ettore Rossetti Director, Internet Marketing from Save the Children, offered during a panel I moderated at the NTC in 2011 on free agent fundraising He said suggested going out and trying to raise money for your organization through a social network as an individual and learn how easy or hard it is -- and fix those things are getting in the way of building a great relationship with donors and letting them fundraise on your organization's … [Read more...]
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