M+R

APRIL 22, 2021

Go explore the findings, charts, and analysis at mrbenchmarks.com. . For now, here’s some quick news you can use: . Related Links: Google Analytics and Benchmarks: What you need to know. Read time: 2 minutes. We are excited to report that the 2021 M+R Benchmarks Study is ready for you. 2021 Benchmarks UK FAQ.

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

What I do know from this Target Analytics study is that ignorance and sloth are ruinous. Mark Phillips, the founder and CEO of Bluefrog shared an in-depth analysis of the report on his blog Queer Ideas : “For me, this report offers a challenge. The writing is on the wall, it’s in the data and, frankly, it’s staring us in the face.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Save time looking for news. Supports tracking and analysis for message and call to action response. Google Analytics. The goal of this webinar was to provide some baseline tools to help manage the incoming and the outgoing content across all channels an organization may be using to communicate and connect. Listening Dashboard.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. vs Web 2.0 – I wanted to talk about Google Analytics. Google Analytics is also free.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Typical Twitter user is a young woman with an iPhone & 208 followers — Tech News and Analysis : witter’s endless funnel of data is producing an equally endless series of studies — including on Twitter itself. The latest study offers fun tidbits about who is using Twitter and why.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

If you’re not yet familiar with Google Analytics, it’s a free tool from. Read the first post for an overview of the Dashboard or go to my profile to see all of my posts on Google Analytics. If you’ve been following these Google Analytics posts, you’ve probably come to see website analysis as a sort of sleuthing.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 16, 2016

This is accomplished through big data analytics—the process of obtaining and parsing those data sets—in order to generate useful insights, correlations and patterns that can influence everything from spending habits to fashion trends to what consumers want in next generation products from manufacturers.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Web analytics tools gather data that can help nonprofits better engage stakeholders, drive donations, and measure the success of their online presence. Unfortunately, according to a new study by the Nonprofit Times and data analytics firm, Cardinal Path , nonprofits may not be making the most of the data our websites have for us.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2013

During the last presidential election, the role of analytics in decision making and prediction moved to the forefront in the minds of many as a way to gain an advantage in competitive situations. More importantly, most managers are now skilled in the area of understanding analytics and how they should affect their business decisions.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Finding people who genuinely care about your cause is like making a new friend; it takes time and effort. It’s Time to Kick It Up a Notch The good news is that you only need three things to successfully identify, engage, and convert those elusive brand-new donors, and I’ll bet you already have them on hand: data, content, and technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2019

When we think about applying AI to philanthropy and fundraising, we have to ask this question: What data-based analytical tasks are not yet automated or could be done on a larger scale and that would free up time for the nonprofit staff to focus on the human interaction with the donor?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Laura Quinn at Idealware has been offering Webinars and I will be joining her " Introduction to Website Analytics " on Thursday, September 27th 1:00 - 2:30 EST. You can register here. NEW SEMINAR! Through demos of free tools such as AWStats and Google Analytics, we'll look at what these tools can tell you about your site.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Recruit Volunteers to Help Social media has many moving parts including strategy, content creation, community engagement, and analysis. In fact, hashtags can increase engagement up to 50% and posts with at least one hashtag get 29% more interactions. Before using social media as a recruitment tool, decide what your aim is.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Google Analytics — Top Fundraising App for Nonprofit Websites Where’s the first place your supporters go to learn more about your organization, its mission, and your upcoming opportunities for involvement? Google Analytics provides valuable insight into your website and its successes. Set this up on your computer.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I've been working in the analytics industry for more than two decades now, with a many different types of organizations, and I hope some of my insights can help you if you're interested in using more data, or using it in smarter, more efficient ways. Here are some quick tips for using Excel to improve your data analysis.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

With all the wonders of reporting and analytics available to us, it is important not to get too involved with your statistics until you have verified the quality of your information. As well as follow us on social media for new content, product news, and interaction directly from Gyrus. Data and Data Quality Disclaimer.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Instead of repeating those numbers, we’ll focus on the practical “in the weeds” analysis that can support you in making data-driven decisions that go well beyond this time of year. Using generative language artificial intelligence tools, we performed an emotional sentiment analysis of 1,177 subject lines sent out on GivingTuesday.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We crafted clear user journeys to connect site visitors with what they need, including information on visiting Washington wineries, connecting with events and programs, and finding the latest research news and grant opportunities.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We crafted clear user journeys to connect site visitors with what they need, including information on visiting Washington wineries, connecting with events and programs, and finding the latest research news and grant opportunities.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2016

Any discussion about nonprofit data or analytics reminds me of Poe’s “The Purloined Letter” because so many organizations have a very valuable asset left out in plain sight. Target Analytics, a division of Blackbaud, recently analyzed the data health of thousands of nonprofit organizations. The results of the analysis were troubling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Total Fans / Unsubscribers: Total number of fans over time, overlaid with the total number of fans who have chosen to hide your posts in their News Feed (unsubscribers). New / Removed Fans: The number of people who have become a new fan of your Page or stopped being a fan of your Page.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2018

This concept is rooted in one of our core fundamental purposes for using analytics: finding the common threads in data so that we are best able to predict future behavior. I believe that at any given point you should maintain a running analysis of fundraising metrics for a minimum of three, but ideally five consecutive years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

My first step with a new platform is to create a “Circle of the Wise” consisting of people who regularly share useful tips and news about the platform. Or people whose Google + is focused on Google + tips, news, and resources. Google + has an analytics tool that is very basic, called Ripples.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 28, 2015

The answer is a resounding ‘yes,’ which should be good news to nonprofit organizations concerned about recent news articles portraying the declining fortunes in walkathons and other popular team-building events. A little mining and analysis will reveal if your data is complete on your most loyal donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Trust me — I know them well because I used to be one.” Giller, a journalist, established the Seattle-based nonprofit as a destination news web site for environmental news, reports and opinion with a wry sense of humor. Say Giller, “Our whole team reviews Google Analytics, like sipping fine wine.” Source: grist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I now spend more of my time evaluating communications and digital projects so, I read with interest Lean Analytics , the book in the Lean Start up series on measuring what matters. The principles were useful but I found it difficult to translate the case examples into concepts for the social sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2008

In a recent post , I mentioned that Jeremiah Owyang pointed out that "Retweet" (sharing a link or tweet from one of your followers with your followers) is a social gesture indicating endorsement of an idea and predicts that there will be an analytics tools to measure this. I went looking for stop gaps from Brian Solis's awesome list.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

Steve MacLaughlin, VP of data analytics at Blackbaud and author of Data Driven Nonprofits , broke down what successful nonprofits do to manage big data. Data analytics fall into one of four types. Descriptive analytics (hindsight): This answers the question of "What happened?" Please visit the site to view this video).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

John Haydon did this pattern analysis of different types of questions that nonprofits ask on Facebook. More here about that metric and other Facebook metrics you can gather in the Facebook analytics program. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Well, from the planning and analysis side, that is. Instead of listing “blog posts,” instead, list what those blog posts are about: maybe job openings, volunteer opportunities, news about your work, examples of your services or people you have helped. New grants or new programs. And that’s okay! Step 2: Goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In late September news trickled out about a change in Facebook’s Edgerank algorithm that was causing big drops in reach for many branded pages. The new algorithm also factors in negative feedback and penalizes posts that have been actively hidden by viewers or reported as spam. How big of a difference does this make?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

I'd like to see an analysis of retweeting, number of new donors, an overlay of the blogging campaign with the hash tag trending, how much off twitter promotions generated direct traffic to donations page and vice a versa. It's basically Techmeme or Google News for Twitter, but for all popular links shared in a given day.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So you wouldn’t want one card to be “News” and another to be “News Article about XYZ”. News Article about XYZ”) to get to the right number of cards. If we do a test via OptimalSort, there are some great analysis tools built-in to the software that help us identify these patterns. Be creative with your card labels.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In 2014, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation —the largest private foundation in the world—launched standard, streamlined procedures for its grant processing that included new tools to focus documentation and analysis on the key topics supported by its philanthropy. Why the Environment Changed: Federal Grant News. “It

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The good news is that there are also real benefits for nonprofits. Power BI — transforms your nonprofit's data into visuals including graphs and charts from your own CRM or from your website using Google Analytics. Tableau —professional-grade data analysis and visualization software. What Is Cloud Computing?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2018

Whether patient fundraising is a new idea at your organization or your development team wants to evolve a long-standing program, the first question is a frequent and practical one. Analytics and data are often the answer. There are more options than ever before, which is good news. Where do you start?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2016

Literally, put results first, whether in grant discussions and decisions, program design and analysis, or anything else. Analytics are built to show trends, patterns, successes, and shortfalls as they unfold. The important element of privacy is fully respected by unique identifiers and cohort groups as the unit of data and analysis.

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