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2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking Analysis

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Target Analytics , a Blackbaud Company, has released the 2008 donorCentrics™ Internet Giving Benchmarking Analysis. This is a follow-up to the groundbreaking 2006 report and provides insights into the online and offline trends of donors.

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The State of Online Fundraising

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Charities that have traditionally focused on offline fundraising have also learned in recent years the importance of online giving. Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. Here's your official wake-up call.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. PostRank scoring is based on analysis of the " 5 Cs " of engagement: creating, critiquing, chatting, collecting, and clicking. This analysis took all of five minutes. Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections.

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Attention All Shoppers: Online Fundraising Metrics Are In!

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I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Get the report and read it.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. Online numbers don’t always equate offline results. Trust me.

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Professional Networking: Just for Fun or Part of Your Job Or Combination? Tips for managing multi-memberships in social networks?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What initially caught my eye was the demographic (age analysis) of LinkedIn VS Facebook users. While the demographics of Facebook are younger compared to LinkedIn, the Compete analysis shows that Facebook users are maturing. Source: Facebook vs LinkedIn Traffic. CANs = Currently Active Network. FANs = Formerly Active Network.

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Becoming A Social Media Savvy Nonprofit, Nurturing A Social Culture Through Personal Use

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The listening as a first step is familiar - it's free market research, it's brand monitoring, it's an analysis of press mentions. Using social media is an enhancement to your offline professional networking and relationship building. It's a shift from a getting things done sort of productivity to social productivity.