DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The data-driven business world requires companies to effectively communicate their data to make informed decisions. Raw data is difficult to interpret and even harder to communicate. Raw data is difficult to interpret and even harder to communicate. Make data-based decisions. Here’s how to get started. .

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data. The goal is then to turn those data insights into actionable tasks. Your team can decide which data points and KPIs matter most to your strategy and your mission.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The reality for many organizations, whether a smaller nonprofit, a large international advocacy organization or a government agency, is that their data lives in separate silos. Tools and channels that house data often do not make it easy to navigate. Not sure how to compare or connect data sources. Does this sound familiar?

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

As you get started on sifting through your data reports and action items completed this year, keep an eye toward how your internal and external reports can blend data-driven stories of impact. Start with the goals you set yourself Before searching for data, start with your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Salesforce ecosystem is an intelligent receptacle of information where we input data, and, in turn, we get recommendations on ways to be more efficient and make our customers’ journeys more engaging. But what if we could move beyond that and use the power of connected data clouds to directly change lives?

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

To have an effective annual report, you’ll need to make sure it’s informative, emotionally moving , and empowering. In fact, you can customize your annual report to only include the information relevant to what your donors and prospective supporters want to know. Pathfinder International. The Humane Society.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2022

Digital strategy runs on data. Without robust data and analytics, any organization’s strategy is just a series of guesses. While it’s easier than ever to access data—every digital action, from website clicks to member signups produces a trackable trail—knowing how to use the data is a different story. How reliable is it?

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

With the combined resources of Foundation Center and GuideStar, we at Candid have a unique opportunity to build the most effective solution for providing information for and about nonprofits and funders. For example, we heard that funders want more information about fiscally sponsored organizations and their sponsors.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As you get started on sifting through your data reports and action items completed this year, carefully consider how you are packaging your data in the most impactful way. How to glean insights : Having the data is one thing, but knowing what insights to pull with confidence that it is the right picture is quite another.

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Report Data Metrics Analysis 71

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

Third Sector Labs recently presented a data migration webinar with host Bloomerang. The topic – “10 Decisions You Will Face with Any Donor Data Migration” – focused on preparing for your next CRM or data migration while addressing 10 tough decisions nonprofits encounter along the way. Easier = 29%.

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 14, 2014

Fundraising data analytics is becoming more popular – and more necessary in today’s philanthropy marketplace. Admittedly, for many of us in the sector, the very mention of ‘data analytics’ sounds intimidating. ” What is fundraising data analytics? Why is fundraising data analytics important?

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Analytics Data Fundraising Database 170

Nimble AMS

MAY 10, 2022

When you develop quality content, you become a spokesperson for your association members, engaging them through relevant research, opinion articles, case studies, and industry analysis. According to the Community Brands Association Trends Study, members in their mid and late career identified industry information as their top priority.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

Guest Beneblog by Patrick Ball, Jeff Klingner, and Kristian Lum After the earthquake in Haiti, Ushahidi organized a centralized text messaging system to allow people to inform others about people trapped under damaged buildings and other humanitarian crises. Kristian Lum has analyzed data from the same sources that the JRC team used.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

New research conducted using data from Candid suggests that understanding this relationship can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising success. I was familiar with using data from Candid to evaluate a nonprofit as a prospective employee or when considering giving a donation—I love digging into a 990 ! For our second project,?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I recently presented two academic research papers as part of my graduate studies. We then ran the following studies using this data. We then compared how that emotional polarity score interacted with the organizations’ financial data. . Below I’ll share what that research involved and what we learned. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But it is also a quiet time of year and a good time to catch up on reading. Also, if you are looking for a last minute gift for the nonprofit networking and data nerd in your life, here’s some book recommendations. Presenting Data Effectively by Stephanie D.H. Presenting Data Effectively by Stephanie D.H.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 11, 2023

Conduct a power analysis in your targeted districts. Conducting a power analysis will highlight these gaps in your volunteer program; information that should be part of your campaign and resource planning. A well-trained volunteer will be capable of managing this meeting on their own without a staff member present.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Two poster boys of nonprofit data sanity: Bob Penna (l) and Steve Pratt (r). This has given me a lot of opportunities to reflect on how difficult it can be for people whose expertise lies elsewhere to orient themselves to data governance. Steve Pratt ‘s blog article “ Drowning in Data ?” Unported License.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? The only valid data is quantitative data. Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive by analysis. Make data-driven decisions only, don’t trust your gut ever. (And,

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Recent data from the global consulting firm Spencer Stuart shows that 98% of S&P 500 boards conduct a board evaluation of some type, although only about a third review the board as a whole, individual directors, and committees as part of the process. For more information on the Leadership ColLAB, See our article “The Delicate Balance.”

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At the heart of every effective Salesforce implementation lies a good data strategy. Its AI can simply help make an organization’s data more accessible, more relevant, and more actionable than ever before – all with the safeguards that make for responsible AI use. All this is just the start, however.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 23, 2010

We are pleased to announce the publication of the data and the accompanying data dictionary from the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. All of personal information has been removed from the published dataset to protect the identities of the victims and statement givers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

View more presentations from womenwhotech. One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. Information flows. Networked Nonprofit: Care2 Webinar. You are invited to a virtual book launch party ! Family members.

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2012

More than simply graphically displaying static data, they offer trend analysis, forecasting and drill-down capabilities that can dramatically expand your insight into program performance. New York University. Business Intelligence tools, or "BI" tools, take the dashboard idea to the next level.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

ChatGPT (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. With the ability to continuously learn and adapt to new information, ChatGPT can remember past conversations and constantly iterate based on user prompts.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

An acronym is a much beloved tool of English teachers and PowerPoint presenters all over the world. It might be even useful to locate a volunteer with a background in sales or data analysis and see if you can get them to come on board as the one person in your organization who can go through the feedback and present the results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2011

What Does the Data Say? What Does the Data Say? Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote about SoSomeThing.Org as an example of a nonprofit with a “data-driven culture.&# What initially caught my eye was the above presentation from George Weiner. Here is a rough narrative to accompany my ‘What does the data say?’

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The audience consisted of data geeks, data scientists, and analytics professionals! I told this crowd of data geeks that they should volunteer with nonprofits by signing up for the Analysis Exchange or serve on a nonprofit board – that nonprofits would welcome their expertise.

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fusionSpan

MARCH 30, 2022

Businesses deal with a lot of data, and analyzing it in its raw form is frequently difficult. The quality and accuracy of the datasets you’re working with increase when you present them in attractive graphs, charts, shapes, and plots. Tableau is the most extensively used data visualization application.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

The Analysis Exchange is a first-of-its-kind effort to freely provide analytical insights to nonprofits and non-governmental organizations. Joining Analysis Exchange is completely free and the entire process takes about three weeks beginning to end. Eric Peterson, Web Analytics Demystified. It is that simple.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

Without a strong finance department, nonprofits risk not having the information needed to make critical decisions. These employees must provide the leadership team with the necessary financial information for planning, budgeting, and growth of the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. The skills are out there.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 27, 2012

When I met Ehren Foss and learned about his plans for a CloudFixer Analysis Tool for Common Ground , I jumped at the opportunity to help him. I loved the idea of a simple, affordable solution that organizations could use right now that would give them unfiltered data to inform their decisions. Or feature matrixes. Their choice.

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