Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

If your nonprofit is already blogging, plot your stats. Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008. I didn’t think the world needed another blogger. I was wrong. Blogging was the missing piece in my social media strategy. Online Donations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2010

69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. Its findings included: The 151 nonprofits that provided data for both 2008 and 2009 reported that overall donations fell by a median of 9% while online gifts grew by 5%. Its findings included: 14% growth in online giving overall.

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NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

According to stats from the RUN. billion in 2008, the council’s fourth annual “Run Walk Ride Thirty” study reports. Much as we saw the rise of the team fundraising event from the late 1980’s into the new millennium, we will start to see its decline as we enter into 2016 and beyond. The proof is in the numbers. The collective $133.9

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Guess that one slipped through in 2008. I don’t remember the last time I looked at traffic stats. The comment itself was “Thanks for this information” and the URL of Softweb Solutions. Truth be told, I typically delete such useless drivel right away as blog spam. First, I don’t like being threatened.

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Care2

DECEMBER 26, 2009

According to Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, Internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54% to 64% between 2006-2008. Internet Usage by Latino’s Grows by 10%.

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Care2

JUNE 25, 2011

According to a Pew study, in 2008 women comprised 53% of social networking site users. Check out these social networking usage stats. Thirty-two percent of women, compared to just 25 percent of men, volunteer across every state, age group and education level,&# said Jocelyn Harmon. Did you know that women also dominate social networks?

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

between 2008 and 2009, and for half of the nonprofits in our study, online revenue either held steady with 2008 or declined. So, if we were you, we'd download the full report and then give it a read, asking yourself these important questions: Are we tracking these stats? emails per month, while Health nonprofits sent just 2.1

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Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

Stats like these suggest that it’s worth investing more time in your peer-to-peer fundraising program. According to a peer-to-peer fundraising study by NonProfit PRO and Frontstream, 43 percent of nonprofits engaged in peer-to-peer fundraising said that fundraising made up more than 50 percent of their revenue.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

And now, the top ten posts of the year, according to my Google Analytics stats: Getting Naked : Being Human and Transparent. I’ve got a number of ideas up my sleeve for next year for this blog, one of which is to take up the challenge that Beth mentioned , and do 100 posts on something. Hmmm, think it was that keyword?

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Care2

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Email grew 21% between 2008-2009. million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. Between 2008 and 2009 the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5 Between 2008 and 2009 the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2012

However grim that may sound, another stat is encouraging: "Women are projected to account for 51.2 percent of the increase in total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018.". That said, ladies, we have a lot of work ahead of us.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

It gives you all of the necessary stats: page hits, visits, referrers, some nice geographical info, etc. Anyway, being a poor student, and having a few extremely low-traffic sites, I figured I’d stick with Site Meter , which seems to be the best of the free site analysis tools. Google Analytics is also free.

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Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2010

the lowest score since December 2008. More Stats to Note: About half of all American donors say that unexpected expenses have had a negative effect on their giving. The Donor Confidence Report by Campbell Rinker which surveyed over 500 U.S. 52 percent said they expect to give the same amount.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. I wasn't able to get stats on the number of families connected or computers distributed to date. How the Project Got Going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Flickr photo from Wesley Fryer Stephen Downes points to this post by Wesley Fryer, " Feedburner Stats Drop After Google Account Merge" I haven't yet merged my account and all of sudden my counts dropped 1,400 subscribers. from December, 2008 wondering how the backend might change.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. What It Means. First, what the research does not mean: Don’t jump into Facebook immediately!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

Here are the percentages from 2008-2012: 27%, 29%, 28%, 27% and 27%. Benchmarks & Stats Event Fundraising Friends Asking Amy Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Traditional Events' I know it’s tough to read the numbers and my chart is a little more dramatic than it should be because of double numbers in the vertical axis. Is it working?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. Hashtag Stats. I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Funders are going to eat those stats up! If you were tackling this question with just your own data, you might see something like: 3,467 contact initiations (number of people who called with service requests). 3,148 counseling sessions. 2,924 placements. That looks pretty good. Promise me one thing: No More Tables. Birds Saved.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

In 2008, the Baltimore Ravens made what some would say was an unconventional hire with they named John Harbaugh as their new Head Coach. Benchmarks & Stats Event Fundraising Friends Asking Amy Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Traditional Events' I’ll be back next week with more data to help you embark on your fundraising revolution.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Andrew spoke about the huge access the Internet offers — citing stats from how the presidential candidates used social media in the 2008 election. Being everywhere is nice, being relevant is best. Where radio, TV, and print are economies of scarcity, he said the Internet is an economy of abundance.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

He then shows some stats from comScore : * Over 133 million Americans watched online video in July — or 74% of US internet users. 27 Aug 2008 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. minutes. * « technola [.]

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

It became a commercial company in 2008. You can check out our entire catalog of refurbished IT equipment here. How Green Is RCI? Using the U.S. PC Rebuilders and Recyclers (PCRR) is, as I mentioned above, our newest RCI refurbishment partner. PCRR is a Chicago-based company that was founded in 2000 as the nonprofit, Computers for Schools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

I don't have the stats to back this up, but anecdotally, I believe that Twitter can generate more giving than Facebook Causes. Here are some examples from Beth from November, 2008 - I'd be interested in hearing about more data and experiences myself. Also everyone says that Twitter wont' raise any money. Is that true?

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

For example, between 2006 and 2007, online donations grew by 26% but between 2007 and 2008 online donations only grew by 14%. Organizations also added 28% more new constituents to their online list, although this stat is 10% lower then in 2007. Dave Steadman Hamilton College March 26, 2009 | Dave Steadman Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

You may be surprised to see some recent stats that question how successful Facebook is as an engagement tool. Take a look at the stats below. Reader Comments (7) Excellent stats Allyson. June 30, 2009 | Andi Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Over 179,000 nonprofits utilize Facebook Causes but just how sticky is Facebook?

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Share important news, feed them useful stats and resources that relates to your cause and the issues they have been writing about. Make sure that the stories you are sharing or pitching are: Timely and topical Credible Has a human interest angle Good stats Stories that are funny, sad, shocking, or emotional can hook the media too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Jay Dedman pointed to an analysis Feedburner by Chris Baskind. But the exchange prompted some reflection on how I use Feedburner. I think engagement metrics are far more useful for evaluating reader interest.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2007

I am a big stats girl and would have loved for the Sherpa to show me the numbers – quantities, costs, return rates, etc. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How were people who signed up via the internet but did not receive the email counted? Did they test combining direct mail and email? Guess a girl can dream. All rights reserved.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

60) Search « Care2 Stats for June 2006 | Main | Does your organization have a community? Cheers Best Regards, Lea Go [link] May 7, 2007 | Lea Go Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Or just a mailing list? » Wednesday Jul 05 2006 Dogs Death Heard Around the World Wide Web Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at 02:32PM | by Lesley M.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., Also, check out Beth Kanters article on baby boomers which has some great social media stats. February 24, 2009 | Laura Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., Also, check out Beth Kanters article on baby boomers which has some great social media stats. February 24, 2009 | Laura Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Other interesting stats: the growth of referrals from Facebook and mobile browsers (more on that below). Copyright © 2008, Care2.com CRM--short for constituent relationship management--might simply be called a database, but to nonprofits, CRMs are much more than that. Dont just fire out the same blast email to everyone.

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Social Media Trend Advocacy Online 34

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Making the Most of the News Cycle In September 2008, NWLC launched a voter education microsite that included a register-to-vote widget, and we started running Google ads on keywords like “register to vote.” Conversion rates are definitely the key stat for us, but we keep an eye on CTR too. Has this happened to anyone else??

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Performance measures include stats from a webcasting provider or content delivery network on how many unique users tuned in, for how long on average, etc. Outcome measures would include stats from your website hosting provider on click-through behavior by users. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

60) Search « Care2 Stats for December 2006 | Main | New Studies Reveal Important Trends Facing NPOs » Thursday Dec 28 2006 Mobile Social Networks Get a Boost Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 12:33PM | by Hatef Yamini In the world of social networks, the end of 2006 represented a major milestone: MySpace went mobile!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2012

In the same way that Twitter forced me to rethink online messaging in 2008 and onward, Pinterest has made it abundantly clear that expecting our online supporters and donors to read even only 140-characters can sometimes be too much to ask. Inspirational Quotes and Powerful Stats as Images: Posted on Facebook by Rio+Social.

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