Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

You may already know that I plan in earnest to provide my personal President’s Updates as quarterly informal reports, but that all too often I fall behind on this well-intended schedule—as is the case with the update you’re reading now! We’ll embrace failure as part of the learning process and as a metric of a true "labs" atmosphere.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

At the 4 th level of 100% adoption for your prospect management system, your organization is now able to provide a deep analysis with reportings based on a sound system and full buy-in from all staff. High-level analysis questions by senior leadership and during campaign/advisory board meetings: How many active proposals are pending?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Programmatic statistics related to mission impact. As with many multiple-choice tests, there is only one answer here that makes sense: programmatic statistics related to mission impact. ROI is a cost/benefit analysis methodology that measures how much money is made or saved for a given investment and is calculated as.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Data reports and personal snapshots are often generated separately, then placed side-by-side with the hope that the juxtaposition of hard metrics with an emotional picture and blurb will resonate with a wide range of people. We awarded a total of $17 million in education grants in 2010.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

Database comprehensiveness ⁠— You want your donors to find the information they need using your matching gift database. Reporting ⁠— Look for software that provides detailed insights into matching gift progress, trends, and other relevant metrics. Carefully evaluate these elements in your matching gift software buying.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Although it can be tempting to measure everything, it is best to focus on those key indicators relevant to an organization’s goal or areas where improvement is needed and not get bogged down by too much information. Even text can be measured with text analysis tools that can provide statistics on keywords and gauge sentiment.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Reporting and Statistics: Also at this stage your staff will be meeting regularly for prospect review meetings with the appropriate development staff, and striving to do so, on a weekly, bi-weekly, or at the outset monthly basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

The tool is quite fascinating because it combines a light weight social network analysis (see this page. While we've opted to have all these conversations in public, the tools let people track more granular information about you - who you talk to and what you talk about it. jasonfalls. silkcharm. curtmonash. jasonfalls. silkcharm.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2018

Statistical findings, such as those featured in my paper, are based on the rule , and not the exception. 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. Absent that, you may be goal-setting based on inaccurate data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. You cannot use the digital divide as a fig leaf over open site statistics anymore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

This information is invaluable to your nonprofit – Giving you the ability become more effective with your online efforts. Check out: Google Analytics Maximized: Deeper Analysis, Higher ROI & You by Avinash Kaushik. 17 statistics to monitor on your blog by Darren Rowse. You get more statistics for analysis!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

What is interesting is how the web metrics include a mix of traditional web analytics and social media metrics, in this case number of friends on myspace (454) and views (see above) on its youtube channel. What it doesn't show me is any trends over time or analysis based on gathering data from several types of resources.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

While working at NPower PA , I was often surprised by the nonprofits we were serving and and how they were using metrics. My eyeball generating and tracking toolbox: Google Analytics for free web traffic analysis. What would an extra 1,000 web visitors a month mean to the organization based on our current statistics?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

If you've been thinking of launching or expanding your organization in social media, Slideshare is a good starting point for information and advice. Social Media for Non Profits Primal Media’s sideshow is loaded with information on trends, recent statistics, and examples of social media used by nonprofits. Listen first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Or they might have some understanding of metrics and have gone as far as setting up a free google analytics account, but are not sure what to do next. To understand how to identify actionable reports from the complex sea of information collected in an analytics tool. Learning Goals. To understand the definition web analytics.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

It also involves careful analysis and upkeep of your donors’ data. This isn’t an entirely passive process: A nonprofit that has an active donor acquisition strategy (more on that below) will be working to identify and target potential donors with information.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Not only can users narrow down their search to the district level, they can then choose from various impact metrics to better understand specific factors, behaviors, outcomes, etc. It includes those who understand data well (researchers), and others who are likely less familiar with complex data analysis tools.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

By using this information, you can personalize your outreach efforts and provide tailored experiences to your donors. Enhanced Data Analysis AI can also analyze data more quickly and effectively. Well, with AI, you can now use predictive analytics to analyze donor data and gain insights that can inform your fundraising strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Are Web statistics a matter of transparency. " Holly Ross from NTEN has the final word with a brilliant post sharing all the metrics they track and putting them into context. Nonetheless, he had to write an article. He suggests starting with the context here and then read his article. What do you think?

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Social Media Marketing Statistics. Truth Initiative are great at providing information to the public. SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING STATISTICS. The statistics are more compelling when you dig into them by platform. Facebook Statistics For Nonprofits. Twitter Statistics For Nonprofits. What We Can Learn.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Consider these statistics : 1 in 5 Americans access the Internet primarily through a smartphone. Specifically, define the metrics that are most interesting and useful for your organization. Then, doublecheck that you’ve got a solid infrastructure in place to collect that data and report it to your CRM for further analysis.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This means that any solution used to reach new supporters, steward existing donors, collect donations, host fundraising events, and collect information about your audience can be considered “fundraising software.”. Visit their pricing page for more information. Fundraise Up’s pricing. Overview of Bonfire. for the foreseeable future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Maybe it is the feeling that measurement requires data collection and that will cause even more information overload and why we put the task on the organizational back burner. As measurement guru KD Paine says, you need the right measurement tool for the job – identify SMART objectives , pick metrics , and then your tool.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Unlike paid traffic from ads, organic traffic comes from people organically discovering your content while searching for information online. Organic traffic allows you to get your nonprofit’s message and purpose in front of people who are actively searching for related information online. It supports your mission.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 4, 2015

Taking a look at overall analytics to study the statistics of opens and clicks is necessary, but don’t put all of your stock into blanket analytics. These metrics can help you see who isn’t getting your messages and why bounce rates are occurring and minimize them. Instead, look at how individuals respond to things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Measuring the success of social media efforts can't be done with a single metric. I think there will be different metrics for different strategies, organizations, and tools. Kaushik suggested these metrics for benchmarking blogs: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). Audience Growth (content consumption ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

Kevin Gamble left me a comment on a google analytics post that the " Depth of Visit Report " was one of the best metrics (coupled with referring source) for understanding visitor behavior on his university's web site. He notes: "The bottom line on statistics -- we're seeing pretty routinely that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

In 2014, it rang in the new year with a new series of its Internet data reports , which aggregate a range of statistics to help make some sense of what’s happening in terms of Internet usage around the globe. I spent some time searching for similar studies or compilations for international organizations as well as some specific examples.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Data—the capture, analysis, and use—can be overwhelming. Data and the understanding and interpreting of metrics is something I have to work hard at, because it simply does not come naturally to me. I began to educate and report on a new series of metrics that added depth and reason behind our results. Should I be doing more?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

To a large extent, understand the market forces at play that help or hurt your chance for success; think SWOT analysis and marketing mix. Finally, use statistics, industry sources or research that supports your point of view to build authority around your article. Conclusion. My only rule here is consistency in colors and style.

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