Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 3, 2016

He is the founder and CEO of Metric Insights. He founded the company in 2010 to transform the way business intelligence is performed so organizations of any size can quickly and easily deploy powerful analytics. We’ve all heard that big data is revolutionizing the for-profit world; making companies smarter, leaner and more intuitive.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. The 2010 advocacy response rate was 3.3%. Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more? Online Fundraising.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

What if I don’t have the data? MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, MarketingSherpa “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide” 2008. Including how last year’s donations were used. You may be wondering “How can I ask personalize our email if we only have someone’s email address?”.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Now, I don't want to offend you, but I've seen how you treat your data. Your data deserves better. And good data management can help us solve those problems more effectively by allowing us to make better business decisions, collaborate more effectively, and engage the public and our clients in solving the problem, too.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2010

Well, you have clues to their behavior already, in the data you've been collecting -- perhaps even inadvertantly -- as they read your messages and navigate your web site. If you feel like all that data's dragging you under, join us for " Understanding Behavior: Getting Engaged or Stranded at the Inbox?

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research. Is the clear jump after 2010 due to the more inclusive language in the survey question, or to increased staffing levels at organizations?

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

Gaining buy-in early on, soliciting bids and conducting an ROI analysis helped Death With Dignity National Center prioritize its top technology projects and prepare to develop metrics for evaluation. Barber learned about the Technology Leadership Academy (TLA) and brought the opportunity to her new boss, executive director Peg Sandeen.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2023

Bloomerang is designed to give nonprofit professionals more time back in the day by making data insights easy to interpret and act on. Bloomerang Payments leverages industry-leading anti-fraud measures and PCI compliance to protect donor data. View reports such as campaign health metrics, recurring gift volume, and total donations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. First, a simple metric relating to security reports, and second, what processes are in place in the communities to deal with security. More on that in a bit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Data Analysis. What useful nugget did you learn from analyzing your social media metrics data or your measurement process that lead to a success or improvement in your social media practice? How do you analyze your social media data? What’s your “sexy&# social media metric? Happy New Year!

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Thanks to the eBenchmarks research series NTEN has partnered with M+R Strategic Services to create, you can now impress your boss and colleagues with your knowledge of not only how to calculate your organization's fan page churn but also what kinds of goals you might want to set for your Facebook strategy around this metric.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

This is what I think: Convio should partner with neutral players to underwrite benchmarking studies that get data from a much wider sample of organizations than just their clients. Everyone (including them) gets better data. Time will tell. { 1 trackback } Blackbaud buys Kintera » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 05.29.08

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2012

Microsoft Lync is one of the least understood Microsoft product donations in the TechSoup catalog; however if yours is a larger organization that already runs on Windows Server 2008, uses Office Professional Plus 2010 , and has multiple offices or lots of work out in the field, it's definitely worth looking at. People in the U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

craigconnects – "I took a look at a few articles and studies, and according to ComScore's 2010 Digital Year in Review, email use dropped 59% among Internet users ages 12 to 17 in 2010. An increase in email use, however, was visible in the 55+ age group, who used web-email 15% more in 2010 than in 2009.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

And furthermore, by focusing on justification and metrics, we were distracted from the primary objective of building relationships and cultivating dialogue. In 2010, we enter in to a new era of social media marketing, one based on information, rationalization, and resolve." … But that was then and this is now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It wasn’t meant as a statement about what I think about whether or not web stats are a useful metric of much. Webstats are, of course, important, both as an internal metric to watch, analyze, and improve, and for that matter, to put out there, in conjunction with lots of other data. David 4 Kivi Miller 09.18.07

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

What it means to be data-informed. A little more about the Webinar: Is your organization producing reliable, measurable data that supports your social media practice? Funders and board members expect to see results, so networked nonprofits need to focus on metrics that reinforce these online efforts. The 7 steps of measurement.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

As part of our agenda planning process for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we hosted a community planning call this past Friday. More in-depth, financial metric focused ROI, perhaps in a Roundtable discussion format. Data security and compliance. Data visulization. Back office technologies and management.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Despite the facts and the data, organizations small and large that are spending huge amounts on direct mail and telemarketing are reluctant to move spending to the online channel — even when the data clearly shows that integrating online with offline campaigns makes the overall program more successful.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

You may well have pressing needs to budget for like upgrading from Windows XP and Office 2003 before April 2014 and getting newer IT equipment, for instance from TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative , that already has Windows 7 and Office 2010 installed. Finalize the technology plan with benefits and outcomes.

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Care2

JULY 22, 2011

Email goes direct to the inbox, our online strategy metrics are led by terms like open rate and clickthroughs, and online fundraising campaigns depend on email marketing. Email reading on mobile devices rose 81% from October, 2010, to April, 2011. As of now, this data isn’t commonly available from email providers.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 16, 2016

This is the sixth consecutive year of increases in giving, a period of growth that began in 2010. But there are some important changes in the data worth noting. Since 1974, this metric has ranged from 1.7% billion in charitable giving data from nonprofit organizations and $2 billion in online giving. Who is Giving.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base. Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. While they aren’t the most comprehensive of reports, there is no point in ignoring free metrics!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. Look first at your organizational metrics. But, alone, the organization can’t make the change.

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Forum One

AUGUST 20, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2011

Organizations don’t truly own their data. of nonprofits were able to raise over $10K on Facebook in 2010, according to Frank Barry of Blackbaud. Organizations have little control over how things are displayed in their Facebook page and what shows up on people’s feeds. Analytics are limited. Good luck getting it back up.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Because The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013 builds on a similar study conducted in 2010, and was based on similar studies into the habits and preferences of American donors , the report not only identifies trends in Canadian giving, but also provides insight into the differences between Canadian donors and their American counterparts.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Forum One

AUGUST 14, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

Helps data integrity (verify mailing address; find out interests). #3 MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, 2011 MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Survey. You can insert personalized content that: Cultivates (thank recent donors/volunteers; report how gifts were used). Solicits (matching funding interests).

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Forum One

MARCH 27, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Forum One

MAY 11, 2005

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

This allowed Stacey and the team to have real-time access to detailed metrics, making it possible to revise the messages & tactics on the fly. Stacey struggled with the decision to commit so much time, energy, and focus on Facebook during this campaign because of the ethical questions around personal privacy, data sharing, and so on.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? Online Metrics as of June 23, 2009. How do you appropriately implement them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

Jeremiah Owyang from The Altimeter Group along with John Lovett and Eric Peterson both of the Web Analytics Demystified firm have published an open research report that advocates for a standardized framework of the following business objectives and use of metrics to measure them. They define this process as "social media analytics.".

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