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10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations (and How To Track Them)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

“A survey of 200 charity and foundation professionals revealed that nonprofits are finding it difficult to determine how valuable social media tools are for their organizations. Seventy-nine percent said they hadn’t found ways to do so.” – Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 12, 2009. Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007.

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Convio’s 2009 Online Fundraising Benchmark Report

Robert Weiner

Compared to 2007, results for online fundraising were up 14 percent, email file growth was up 28 percent, and Web site traffic was up 20 percent. The average gift amount was unchanged at many organizations, with the average gift hovering around $67.50 in 2007 and 2008.

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Blog shout outs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

at 4:21 pm We would love it if you’d add us (Home Free Organization) to your blogroll…we will do the same…thanks! at 4:28 pm Awww, shucks. :-) Let the love flow bidirectionally! 2 homefreeorg 05.01.09 3 homefreeorg 11.06.09

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

He has some good ideas and suggestions about how to be transparent as an organization through the website. I do think the biggest mistake an organization can make in the re/creation of its website is to go with the vendor with the lowest bid. Check This List 07.28.08

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

That’s an interesting model, and, if the software is decent, sounds like it could be a good option for some organizations. There are some fabulous sessions proposed for the 2009 NTC , running the whole gamut of nonprofit technology, from planning to Web 2.0, But, of course, as with anything, look (a lot) before you leap.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. As the bandwidth available increases (via FiOS , and other methods) cloud computing will get even more attractive to organizations and people. at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09

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How’s that donor database of yours?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In most ways, however, this is far from a surprise – donor management is a primary way that money gets funneled into nonprofits, and, unsurprisingly, organizations often spend significant dollars on their donor management packages. of use in very large organizations. and MPower at 0.4%. and MPower at 0.4%.

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