Our seasoned technology and communications experts bring together extensive high-tech industry (software design and online technology) expertise with a sensitivity to and thorough understanding of the missions and operations of foundations. We seek to partner with foundations in using technology and communications to invent new approaches to solving the complex environmental and social issues we face. Our suite of services helps foundations:

• Assess existing technology IT infrastructure and online technology to determine whether they effectively supports foundations in achieving their missions
• Plan and develop online homes for foundations, including robust, database-driven websites with related social media channels and private social networks
• Plan build social media campaigns and networks to help foundations generate new ideas, share knowledge, coordinate grantee work, and identify leaders
• Capture and report learning from social media and network interactions to enable foundations to take action, whether changing strategy, sharing knowledge, or coordinating activities
• Plan and implement branding, marketing, and advertising campaigns for foundation campaigns and public advocacy projects
• Plan and develop content for online communications, whether seeding a blog or wiki, or assisting foundations with the writing of reports and whitepapers for website publication

Social Media Planning and Implementation

Foundations and non-profits are tackling some of the most difficult challenges facing societies today, including environmental degradation, poverty and disease, and failing educational systems. These complex, seemingly intractable social problems call for new approaches to solving them, and many foundations and non-profits are rising to that challenge, inventing more collaborative, network-centric ways to work together to achieve meaningful impact.

SocialQuarry can work with organizations of all sizes to plan and build effective social media campaigns and online networks, tailoring technology to meet particular objectives. Our social media and technology consultants have extensive experience in using social networks and media to:

• Coordinate groups working on a common issue
• Generates ideas and tap expertise beyond circle of experts
• Raise money
• Identify leaders who can expedite learning and coordinate actions across a network
• Leverage social relations to get message out there
• Track evolving issues in emergency situations

SocialQuarry Dashboard

Conversations on social networks generate vast amounts of data. SocialQuarry Dashboard gleans meaning from conversations and maps and analyzes relationships on a network to aid organizations in taking effective actions. SocialQuarry has wide-ranging applications. It can monitor data and trends on community forums during a natural disaster or disease outbreak, identify leaders who are expediting learning or coordinating actions across a network, or capture ideas on a private social network for an organization’s annual conference. SocialQuarry is one of the few social network analysis and mining tools focused on the non-profit world, helping organizations pinpoint information that accelerates change.

How SocialQuarry Dashboard Works

• Which ideas, facts, and feelings are emerging as hot topics and trends?
• How are they evolving and diverging?
• How do they spread among people, organizations, and geographic regions?
• Which people are emerging as leaders or blockers?
• What is the history of contributions from individuals?

Technology Needs Assessment

SocialQuarry can analyze whether a foundation and its grantees’ IT and online infrastructure is effective at helping them achieve their objectives. Our technology needs assessment offers foundations trustworthy advice about technology that can lower their costs while increasing their capacity. Non-profit organizations and small businesses have expertise in addressing their mission, but often have trouble making smart decisions about technology and IT office infrastructure. Having worked with hundreds of organizations over the last twenty years, we’ve gained a solid understanding of their needs, and the many options available to solve their problems.