.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

To adequately fulfill the three duties of a nonprofit board member —Care, Loyalty, and Obedience—a solid understanding of the organization’s financial activities is needed. Yes, you can get people to put down their phones and pay attention. Keep it Simple Many people don’t feel comfortable with numbers and statistics.

Raise 419

Raise Law Associations Director 419

Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

When we think about experimentation, consider something like what in marketing is known as ‘A/B testing’: Let’s say you’re sending out our newsletter and you split your group of 1,000 people in half; 500 get one version of the newsletter and 500 get another. Then, track those different groups. How many people click through?

Activities 52

Activities Active Activism email 52

Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2024

A phone call gives you the opportunity to build real personal connections with the people who support you. They are passionate about your mission, but they aren’t on staff, which should reassure people that they won’t be asked to donate again. They’re the people who are most likely to appreciate a phone call, right?

Support 88

Support Donor Phone Gift 88

Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

On the flip side of the Double Down strategy, IAEE was also able to identify activities and projects the team was spending time on that didn’t offer much return on investment. Both are important to consider because often, what people say and what they do won’t match up.

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Data Strategy Associations Survey 210

Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Because engagement is critical to retaining members, many associations are using a member engagement score to track and build loyalty. For example, most associations find members don’t volunteer or donate before they have seen value from other activities like courses or publications. Different types of members engage in different ways.

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Aggregator Associations Activities Active 169

Achieve

MAY 3, 2024

When hosting a fundraising event, such as a Math-A-Thon , silent auction , or charity gala, closely tracking data and adapting your event based on that data can drive higher engagement, participation, and donations. The average nonprofit email open rate is around 25%.

Analytics 98

Analytics Data Spam Fundraising 98

.orgSource

JANUARY 8, 2024

Digital platforms and processes infuse every business activity. If you feel as though your job would be perfect—if you could just eliminate the people, consider taking steps to improve your interpersonal skills. We are frequently so busy that we lose track of our feelings. That dramatic entrance has changed the role of CTOs.

Technology 221

Technology Skills Awareness Leadership 221

Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Are you taking advantage of this important information, or are you still creating events, products, and activities based on what’s always been done? Be mindful not to overweigh activities that have limited opportunities for participation (i.e. Finally, you’ll want to consider the time decay of your offered activities.

Analytics 169

Analytics Associations Model Metrics 169

Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When you’re working with limited resources it can be a struggle to both get new people in the door and then keep them there once you do. Step 1: Build the top of your funnel SImply put, building the top of the funnel means participating in activities designed to create awareness about your association.

Create 169

Create Strategy Associations Registration 169

EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Why LGBTQ+ advocacy is always-on from here on It’s more important than ever for LGBTQ+ organizations to effectively advocate on behalf of LGBTQ+ people. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people on June 6, 2023, the first state of emergency ever declared in its history spanning four decades.

Advocacy 199

Advocacy Generation Strategy Awareness 199

.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

A mission team—like any team, anywhere—needs competent people who work well together,” Bell advises. “In Building a great team starts with hiring the right people. There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. This process ensures that we hire the right people.”

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Team Build Skills Interview 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit , and I are actively researching the use of Artificial Intelligence to better understand what nonprofits need to know about artificial intelligence to future proof their programs, marketing, and fundraising strategies? Source: AI for Lawyers (Click image for larger version).

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Voice Activities Active Activism 72

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

11 Digital Marketing KPIs That Every Nonprofit Should Be Tracking. Without tracking how your digital marketing strategy is performing, you can’t know how to improve or where to invest next to see results. Analytics tracking takes the guesswork out of important decisions around fund allocation, investment and marketing.

Track 52

Track Digital Marketing Analytics 52

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

That's where time tracking comes into play. Rather than simply tracking time for compliance or "because someone told you to," successful nonprofits take advantage of the incredible data created by tracking employee time. Time tracking makes fund and grant reporting easy. Need a Time Tracking Solution?

Track 54

Track Time Nonprofit Team 54

sgEngage

MAY 14, 2024

Tracking Your Income While it’s true the goal of your income is different at a nonprofit organization, you still want revenue. Having good tracking for this will ensure no dollar is missed or wasted. The differences, however, arise when looking at what and how the tracking occurs.

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Profit Fund Grant Track 95

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

However, nonprofits are guided by a mission- like providing education in under-served areas, supporting research to find cures to diseases, creating community among a specific group of people, and more. Nonprofits have assets but instead of owners having equity in the balance sheet, net assets are tracked for a nonprofit. At churches,?it?may

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Software Guide Award Grant 291

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This is the key to getting noticed by people who will be interested in joining your organization. For example, some people might regularly use forums to meet with others online. It’s important to remember that the type of content that you’re creating will determine the way that people think about your organization.

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Social Media Associations Media Social 332

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By Alan Tyson , CEO of DATABASICS – a software product that enables nonprofits to report, approve, and track employee hours, activities, and spending from anywhere, something that is especially important in an increasingly decentralized environment. Recommendation ? DATABASICS. 4) Internal Communications Tools.

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Product Software Effective Calendar 317

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. People who are active on Twitter tend to be plugged into current events and trending news. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Twitter Practice Social Media Nonprofit 343

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The services and programs your organization delivers are vital, but improper or ineffective fund management is a disservice to your donors and the people and cause you serve. Banking and financial features that are targeted to the ways nonprofits collect, track, and spend funds help organizations better manage their finances.

Effective 100

Effective Donation Management Guide 100

The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Today, I want to present three quick and easy tactics you can immediately implement in your online activities that could easily double your online fundraising revenue over the coming year: 1. Inviting people to non-ask events ? Give Something Away for Free. Ask for (Just a Little) Action. Are you sending out newsletters?

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Online Fundraising Mail Newsletter 243

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

This new version of the world wide web aims to make the internet more autonomous, going beyond net neutrality, and bringing power to the people instead of internet providers and big corporations. added the ability to interact with and produce content, making activities such as social media, online banking, and shopping possible.

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Attention Avatar Virtual Internet 325

sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

Even though unrestricted funds don’t have mandates on how they should be spent, tracking and reporting on them is still important for both your donors and for your organization’s financial decision-making. Behavior: what people did differently as a result. These can be used to pay operating costs such as rent, utilities, and salaries.

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Fund Chart Grant Report 91

Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

Having the right people in the room is the deciding factor between a good event and a great one. Read on to learn more about how the responsive framework and donor signals can help you make sure to have the right people in the right room for the right event. Tracking donor signals looks different at each organization.

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Donor Survey Social Media Database 104

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

If community engagement and growing your membership are bigger priorities over near-term fundraising, focus on bringing people together for something that’s fun and can include friends. Consider the demographic you are targeting and ask yourself what types of events or activities might appeal to them. 2) Brainstorm.

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Fundraising Nonprofit Ideas Virtual 341

M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Apple Mail Privacy Protection works by pre-loading email content — including open tracking pixels. Reminder, email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in email content. Pre-MPP, we all agreed that open rate generally reflected the rate at which people were interacting with an email. Need a quick refresher?

Mail 106

Mail Spam Rate email 106

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Donor Retention Rate Formula If donor retention is a priority for you, it’s important to know how to calculate and track your donor retention rate. Keep this formula handy—you’ll want to periodically calculate your donor retention rate to make sure you’re on track. Let’s take a look. Donors are no exception.

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Donor Retention Template Widget 98

Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

An online community is a group of people with a shared interest or purpose who choose to connect and communicate virtually. Shape individual member journeys With the right online community platform, you can offer personalized content feeds based on a member’s interests and activities, helping to drive engagement.

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Community Platform Benefit Online 116

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. You can show them exactly what’s coming up and invite them to choose which activities they want to be involved in. Engage your Board. Or enough data.

Fundraising 134

Fundraising Activities Active Activism 134

Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

Do you have a strong track record? Do you have strong leadership and an active and supportive board? Do you have staff to implement project activities? Similar to having strong leadership, your organization also needs the people power required to implement a new or expanded program. federal agencies).

Grant 86

Grant Organization Proposal Evaluation 86

Candid

MAY 16, 2024

How do majority BIPOC-led (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) nonprofits fare compared with majority white-led ones? The report aims to increase transparency about diversity in the sector, highlight key findings at the macro level, and offer a snapshot and baseline with which to track efforts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Demographics 119

Demographics Nonprofit Leadership Data 119

Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Luckily, there are plenty of free social listening tools available that can help you track your brand, monitor your competition, and understand what people are saying about your cause. Social listening is the process of tracking online conversations in order to better understand what people are saying about a given topic.

Tools 98

Tools Guide Social Social Media 98

Whole Whale

AUGUST 20, 2022

Time Counts offers solid volunteer management tools, including email communication, scheduling, and tracking. Use InIt Live to send messages to specific volunteer roles or locations, individually message volunteers, and track volunteers throughout the event. Track It Forward. Timecounts. Pricing: starts at $300/event.

Volunteer 98

Volunteer Tools Software Management 98

Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

An active field of research in the 1960s, machine learning is now deeply embedded in our daily lives—from receiving recommended products while we’re online shopping to Google helping us autocomplete our emails. Can this tool help people arrive at a deeper understanding of how Candid’s data can support their success?

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Support Technology Proposal Grant 98

Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

The strategic planning process is a rare chance for a nonprofit’s leaders to step back and look at their organization and its activities as a whole—to understand what success looks like and to allocate time, talent, and dollars to the activities that can help achieve it.

San Francisco 98

San Francisco Nonprofit Metrics Boston 98

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Google Analytics (GA) is a free tool that shows you how people are using your website or app. In this post, you'll find step-by-step instructions to connect your site to GA and some suggestions for a few metrics to track that will provide insights into your site activity.

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Analytics Google Instruction Instructional 76

M+R

JUNE 10, 2021

A quick reminder: email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in the content. From screenshots that’ve been shared, it looks like the “Protect Mail activity” option loads ALL content. from getting information about whether and when subscribers open emails. When will this change go into place?

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