12 ways measuring can empower your nonprofit

I am happy to find so many good point here in the post writing is simply great thanks for sharing.

This post is pretty interesting. Inspiring, as well. Thanks for sharing such inspiring experience with us. Great website, congrats

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Beth's traveling in DC on her book tour so asked me to announce the winner.

Congrats to kathrynferreira, you've won a copy of "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit." Hope you find it useful! Contact us so we can get your mailing address! We're following you on Twitter. :~)

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Beth will be popping by tomorrow (Thursday) to name a winner for her book giveaway, folks. Thanks!

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We were not previously measuring much of anything before.  Measuring has allowed us to have deeper relationships with folks and a clear connection when we meet face to face.

This is very interesting and a tool I need even if I do win the book I still am going to purchase it today from you site.  What I read are all tools that I need to take my non profit to the next level thank you for your incite

If you can't measure it, you can't prove your success. We're moving toward more engagement, more measurement, and more success!

Far too many people jump on social tactics without a roadmap or a plan. Measurement is the bones of a vision that connects a Facebook Page, Twitter handle, and Google hangout into creating meaningful change in the world. I look forward to reading this book and adding measurement best practices to my toolset for building communities of change.

The information found in Measurement has helped me develop a better strategy to social media and data collecting. I use this for my chapter with the Cal Aggie Alumni Association and with coaching nonprofits. Whether it be the lessons on how data collection needs to mean something otherwise it's trivia or utilizing more pet photos in presentations to gain popularity, the chapters provide an easy way to build up from one measurement to the next.

Measurement has helped us to develop our concepts with monitoring and evaluation top of mind from the beginning, so when it comes time for proposal writing, and of course project implementation, we have designed for impact. It can be difficult to quantify goals and objectives, but this is really the only way to keep tabs on progress and at the of the day, be able to definitively say that we have truly made a difference in our field.

Measurement helped us to show the results of websites and sweepstakes for brand of baby clothes, and get larger budget. Now we working on new, better website and we are going to campaign in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina with this brand.

The act of 'measuring' implies that a non profit org has made a plan of its strategy to work on social media: this is not always the case, and I think it's the main challenge for them. Reading the book will help me to be a better consultant for them to drive this change! Thanks!

As the old saying goings "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted," so I really need my free copy of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit to help guide me! ;)

Quantifying what works and what doesn't has allowed us to improve our campaigns, then by doing so has increased our reach & audience. Thus, measurement has allowed us to prove to our funders that what we do is worthwhile, and that they should keep investing in our cause. 

I already bought my copy of "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" at a Beth-Katie book party at Stanford last week (interesting discussion, too!). I'm sure I'll pick up some great pointers, given the great amount of interest in metrics that we're starting to see in the nonprofit community.

It's worth mentioning that once a month I give a webinar for @CharityHowTo on The Power of Metrics: Why Your Nonprofit Should be Obsessed with Web & Social Media Metrics. The next one is Monday, Oct. 29, and we always get favorable reviews. It's not free, but may be worth the investment if you're serious about creating a modest metrics program for your nonprofit:

http://charityhowto.com/upcoming_info.php?vid=664

Regardless, you should read Beth's new book to understand how measurement can be used to advance your organization's mission!

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I recently transitioned from the agency world to a nonprofit, and while I do not have tangible results thus far ( I started a week ago) one of my main responsibilities for the first few months in this role is to determine ways we can benefit from using data and implement measurement standards.  I understand and have experience in using data measurement to find key influencers from a corporate perspective, measure the outcomes of social media and communications strategies, but I have yet to translate this to my nonprofit organization. 

Measurement has allowed our organization to better target and engage supporters in advocacy actions.

With measurement I can target announcements for interest groups that may be interested in our activity and enlarge the community of experienced users.

Measurement is helping me prove the importance of social media to my bosses and my org's board. 

Measurement (what I've been able to do so far) has definitely helped us use our resources wisely, adjusting our outreach and advertising to get the maximum return, and knowing when to abandon or radially overhaul methods that aren't working.

Measuring helps us figure out what tactics work best for our donors!