Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data. And of course, my problem here is that my background is in science, not marketing – so I find it impossible to look at data and not see its weak points. It wasn’t scientific, and the sample was about.05% million of them.) That was my point. {

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2011

The Giving USA 2011 report is out and the team at The Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University have given plenty of data and statistics to sift through. I’ve pulled out five interesting facts that might get overlooked in all the fuss about the high level findings. seen in 2000 and 2005.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

The truth is that Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization, began in 2009 and so too did the genesis crypto culture. Adoption of cryptocurrency is hitting mainstream adoption and as the data show cut across many segments of the population. Now, in 2022 Pew Research surveys show that 87% of U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. For example, one can access statistics on giving by metropolitan area, by the political persuasion of various geographic areas, by faith, by wealth indicators, etc. Source of Data.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

As such, nonprofit organizations must be proactive in creating effective accountability strategies to recruit new donors and further engage current donors (LeRoux, 2009). Giving Statistics.” Below are the top five strategies that nonprofits need to create and sustain a robust and loyal donor base: Performance Evaluations.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Other interesting findings include: For email newsletters, open rates and click-through rates fell slightly (1-2%) in 2008, though the changes were not strictly statistically significant. What does all of this data mean for nonprofits? May 14, 2009 | Eric Copyright © 2008, Care2.com messages per month. com , Inc.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

" Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date. Avencia ranked in the 2009 Inc. Thank you for tracking and sharing these data and case studies! 500|5000 list. Congratulations to Daniel Ben-Horin , selected this year to be an Ashoka.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

Some of these were: Online fundraising grew in 2009 as compared to 2008 but the average gift size was smaller. As my old statistics professor used to say “I can make statistics show you anything I want." The findings mirror many of benchmarks in the Convio report. Email fundraising response rates averaged at 0.13

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2009

It is, perhaps, a sign of the times that on Thursday, May 28 2009 the US Congress is going to clean out its closets and hold a discarded electronics collection event for the first time in its 220 year history. The event will be on Thursday, May 28 from 8 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. The latter can be a very geeky topic, requiring expertise in statistics, understanding social network analysis terminology, and hard to master software. How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? NodeXL and Marc Smith.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. You’ve probably seen the statistics. The fact is, you too have the resources and you can’t afford NOT to get into the online game. Now it is easier and more cost-effective than ever. .

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Main | Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team » Wednesday Jan 14 2009 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:40AM | by Allyson Kapin Let’s face it: People have a love hate relationship with their email. January 15, 2009 | Samer Excellent suggestions!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

According to NAIS, K-12 school enrollment numbers fell by 3% in 2009 and another 7% in 2010. They could then gauge success of these efforts by retrieving “click-through” and “view” statistics. . This allowed for sound, data-driven strategic decisions. Admissions offices were hit hard and enrollment numbers showed.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I was lucky enough to get a preview of the Money for Good 2015 report and it’s full of surprising (and not so surprising) data, insights and recommendations for organizations, funders and vendors. Out of all the statistics in this report, this one struck me the most. Never heard of the $FG report?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The National Center for Charitable Statistics notes that 90 percent of these organizations have never filed any kind of return. This is great news.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

While large gains have been made over the last 50 years, statistics from the latest census show that a total of “13.3 Terry Booth began working for PLUK in March of 2009 and was promoted to Media Director by the end of 2010.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2009

This is the largest decline since Giving USA began publishing these statistics in 1954. With an estimated two-thirds of charities experiencing a decrease in 2008 overall giving, I decided to take a look at how things are shaping up so far in 2009. With only a quarter in the books, 2009 obviously has a long way to go.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These data are collected periodically through Knowledge Networks , a reputable firm that specializes in panels of Americans who respond to surveys online.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

Since we started this undertaking in 2009, weve heard each year that demand is on the rise, and that remains the expectation for 2011. " Such a scary statistic, but definitely very eye-opening information to have. The nonprofits that stick around through this mess must focus on the future because it will only get better from here!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The unofficial Iraq Body Count (IBC) , which tracks civilian casualties in Iraq based on press reports and administrative records, has initiated a comparison of their own data to the deaths documented in the SIGACTS data. This new evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that IBC’s press data underreport small events in Iraq.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Summer 2009 Our growth over the last year has been so phenomenal that I wanted to use this summer update to highlight some of the great people working for Benetech: our interns, summer associates and fellows. As an intern, Kristian has spent her summer doing what she loves: statistical analysis.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Read more about the methodology. over last year.

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Read more about the methodology. over last year.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 14, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for Loyal & Wealthy Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 14th, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. Excludes donors giving $1,000 or more in 2009.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Blackbaud is monitoring early giving data from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Some important trends will be explored later to show analysis of post-Haiti giving.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 11, 2009

A Guest Beneblog by Tamy Guberek (Benetech HRDAG team member from Colombia) There is important news this month from our partners at the Guatemalan National Police Archive, which has worked since 2006 with Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG).

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2010

This week, we'll look at the overview of the process of the creation of the book and some overall statistics for user participation. With the exception of spikes each time I made a blog announcement about the book development, the traffic to the wiki stayed pretty constant throughout 2009. But this doesn't tell the whole story.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

The Right Donor Data Transfer There is a lot of time and attention on what goes into getting someone to make an online gift. In fact, at the recent BBcon, Steve himself displayed a statistic that mobile web usage will actually pass desktop web usage by 2013. Not to mention getting receipting right.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2011

If so, look at your acquisition lists from 2008/2009 then calculate your average18- or 24-month long-term donor value by list. (Be After considering long-term value and narrowing the field to worthy acquisition lists, the next step is to use additional data analytics to eliminate unresponsive donors.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

At the 2009 NTC, we decided to give this system a major tech overhaul by implementing a mobile text messaging version of this: the Mobile Evaluation. Staff time spent consolidating data cut by 95 %: With paper evaluations, it took a lot of time post conference to transfer all that information into a spreadsheet for analysis.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I fell in love with it all the way back in 2009. I wish I knew the statistic origin by heart, so I can give you the attribution. Data is your friend. And so we had a big, big mighty, mighty task ahead of us and not necessarily on paper, the core competencies to be able to get it done. So I used StrengthsFinders. They take less.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As Steve said, my name is Margit Brazda Poirier, and I’m owner and founder of Grants4Good, a grant consulting company that I started in 2009. I’ve got some fresh data for you. And again, Grants4Good, I started it back in 2009, so that’s been 12 years. I’m really excited to be here with you.

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