Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

It''s no secret that the nonprofit community has seen a steady decline in email open rates, click-through rates, and email page completion rates, which was also confirmed by the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. million online actions shed light on valuable information for nonprofits and their messaging. billion email messages, 5.6

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Rate email Advocacy Social Media 75

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Also, text alerts are limited to 160 characters, so if you want to do a call to action or inform your subscribers beyond a 160 characters, then you are going to need a mobile website/page to do it. It will surely stretch into 2011 and beyond, but 2010 is definitely the year to reap the benefits of early adoption. population!).

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Mobile Websites United States Nonprofit 210

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). This is well and good for the information-consuming public; however, these results can spawn curiosities that are fun to dig into.

Web 114

Web Norway Russia Mexico 114

NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Nonprofits need to find a way to capture this information, to build a bridge from its commercial social network to something it owns to ensure against data loss. Without them, you have no fundraising information, no campaign data, no volunteer information. How can the programs department use that information?

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Data Time Social Media Database 56

Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

In 2011, YouTube started letting people post their videos with Creative Commons licenses. Licensing information on YouTube videos can be very hard to find, so I am assuming that videos you find from the Creative Commons Search Tool are in fact OK to repost. It is a Twitter company that has about 100 million users each month.

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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. for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

Blackbaud 66

Blackbaud Trend Haiti Benchmark 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Some struggle to find an attainable number. Benchmarking comparing your organization’s past performance to itself or doing a formal or informal analysis of peer organizations can help. It also helps to break down your goal into monthly or quarterly benchmarks. SMART objectives can be revised along the way.

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Social Media Media Social Chart 129

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Written for the March 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. * * * * * * * * * * *. In fact, I think the first month I hit $100 in total donations was a much celebrated benchmark. What about Twitter? We were wrong. Working hand in hand.

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Social Media Results Donation Online 200

sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

Blackbaud 56

Blackbaud Haiti Trend Arts 56

sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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Online Fundraising Blackbaud Chile 111

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Early Bird Registration for 2011 NTEN NTC is Open Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 12th, 2010 NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference is now open for early bird registration. The 2011 NTC should be the best yet.

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Registration NTC NTEN Open 40

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

What you do with the information makes all the difference. This data comes from the our donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking group and looks across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. If you’re just looking at the list, then the value of the information is relatively low. Just like a report of giving by city.

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District of Columbia Trend Donor Blackbaud 72

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The 34 page report contains a lot of information across a broad range of questions. Between 40% and 50% of organizations in each sub-sector, except International, estimate a budget increase for 2011. Among grantmakers receiving more applications, 49% intend to increase their budgets in 2011. sectional studies.

Collaboration 75

Collaboration Research Report Indiana 75

sgEngage

DECEMBER 14, 2010

What you do with the information makes all the difference. This data comes from the our donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking group and looks across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking. Sometimes it’s just ambient awareness or trivial trivia.

District of Columbia 70

District of Columbia Trend Donor Blackbaud 70

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS. They have also been very active on Facebook and Twitter along with a few entries on the Jumo blog. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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Trend New York Blackbaud Argentina 80

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo?

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 70

sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 How will you gather information about the results of your efforts? All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? Do you have email templates ready to go?

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Haiti Trend Difference Blackbaud 63

sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Next: How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo?

Blackbaud 62

Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Haiti 62

sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 20th, 2011 Nonprofit organizations are a big target for online credit card fraud. There are certainly pros and cons to using these but they work.

Online 64

Online Blackbaud Nonprofit Test 64

sgEngage

DECEMBER 7, 2010

What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Foursquare. That means Facebook needs more profile information about you and based on what I’ve seen so far — people are updating their interests, employment history, and other details at a rapid pace. That can be a good thing and sometimes that can be a bad thing.

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Trend Facebook Blackbaud Feeds 73

sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Blackbaud updates these indices on the 15th of each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue.

Blackbaud 58

Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 58

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

There are 75 pages of statistics and trend information in the report. The study is part of an ongoing research partnership with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , which began in 2006.

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Studies Philanthropy Trend Attitude 74

sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Who stores the donor information and how quickly does the nonprofit get it? One of the biggest problems with all external giving sites is that lag time between the gift and the nonprofit being able to act on the information. But what happens after the click is tremendously important to the nonprofit.

Trend 75

Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud Aggregator 75

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APRIL 6, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Video: Online Advocacy Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 6th, 2011 The recordings from Blackbaud and Care2′s Advocacy Live 2011 event are now online.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Trend Video Online 60

sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Integrated Systems are a Global Priority: The area with the highest average importance rating in all countries is having a unified database that contains all information on donors and other supporters. and community fundraising is cited by Italian respondents.

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Global Netherlands New Zealand Germany 48

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2010 Online Giving Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on February 15th, 2011 Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. There is a tremendous amount of valuable information about organizations of different sizes and sectors.

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Trend Online Giving Blackbaud 82

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

There is also some missing information in the report that would be helpful to know like how did these donors make their first gift, how long have they been donors, how many nonprofits do they donate to, does gift amount vary by channel, etc. This isn’t a knock against the study, but it’s important to keep things in context.

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Mail Trend Offline Blackbaud 78