Whole Whale

MAY 11, 2022

Short Answer : It’s not just you, Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is completely different than Universal Analytics (UA). Shakespearean answer : If the topic of Google Analytics and all things web tracking feels like a foreign language and you’re more of a theatre person here is a quick Shakespearean summary of what is going on.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

Those who follow me on Twitter , or for whom I’ve helped implement NetCommunity websites, won’t be surprised to find me write about Google Analytics. fact that I can often be found laying in bed at 6am and digging through client web reports. Google Analytics Dashboard. What is it?

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents. Being aware of these common pitfalls is crucial for maintaining the integrity of your financial reporting and in turn, the trust of your supporters.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is part of an ongoing series about getting the most out of Google Analytics. If you’d like to start with the basics, read Intro to Google Analytics or Understanding your Audience through Analytics. Or, check out all of My Posts on Google Analytics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

There is a fundraising software that will help your staff manage fundraising campaigns and donor data efficiently and engage and grow your donor base. Goals can include: Gain insight into donor data through reporting and data analytics. Enhance online fundraising by offering monthly giving and crowdfunding.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Your nonprofit’s constituent relationship management (CRM) software contains one of your organization’s greatest assets — your data. Nonprofit CRM Comparison: Top 7 Solutions. Depending on the solution, features may include: Reporting automation. Nonprofit CRM Comparison: Top 7 Solutions. Donor management.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ll delve into several common concerns—such as the challenges of data comparison, the absence of readily available reports, and the distinction between the free and premium versions—as well as explore the importance of transparency in GA4 to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the data insights provided.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. For some good how-to posts, check out my co-blogger Alissa Ruehl , perhaps starting with her Intro to Google Analytics. This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. Methodology.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Before we get into specifics, some business about how we looked at this data: because Giving Tuesday jumps around, we can’t just look at December revenue year over year and keep things apples to apples. We also use the median for our comparisons, so that one outlier doesn’t skew the whole set. Just look at these :heart-eyes: .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Reporting: Generate custom reports and dashboards to gain insights into donor behavior, program performance, and operational efficiency. From volunteer management to advanced analytics and marketing automation, integrations make Salesforce a dynamic platform that can evolve alongside an organization’s growth and changing requirements.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

By keeping careful documentation of all of this personal data, the museum was able to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from its major donors each year. Nonprofits use donor management software or a donor database to organize their donor data and ensure its accuracy. Data segmentation. Let’s get started.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 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 and the second and third posts for a tour through some of the most useful reports around visitors & even more exciting reports about visitors. That is a dynamic IP.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2013

Last month, Stephanie Evergreen wrote an awesome guest post called “ Six Steps to Great Charts ” with lots of practical tips for using the Excel chart feature to visualize your social media measurement data. Step 3: Delete Data You Don’t Need. Time Series Comparisons. Step 2: Use Color To Emphasize.

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Achieve

JANUARY 15, 2020

Feature Google Analytics tracking. Google Analytics allows you to view your site’s performance and understand where the traffic is coming from. Leverage a CMS that has embedded Google Analytics functionality so you can track metrics like site visits, bounce rates, and more. Reporting features. Event comparison.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Data collection tools Once your event is over, your event registration software shouldn’t stop working for you! With data collection tools, you should be able to easily integrate with your CRM and automatically compile data about your fundraising event and your donors.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

The study reported traffic decreased across 18 of 19 nonprofit verticals , with Canadian organizations being the exception. (It It should be noted, like other benchmark reports, nonprofits within the study vary from year-to-year.). Benchmarks are helpful, but your data is what matters most. What’s the reason? Examine Visits.

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Neon CRM

MAY 9, 2023

Here are a few different types of donor management software that nonprofits use to handle their relationships: CRM: A constituent relationship management system is a comprehensive tool for tracking donor data and interactions. Customer service: Customers report quick and effective customer service.

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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. With that in mind, it’s important to base strategic fundraising and communication decisions on real data, not anecdotal evidence.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2017

It’s a new year and that means a new, comprehensive benchmark report on the performance of nonprofits using Luminate Online. Just between us, I’ve grown to love analytics. While fundraising involves a lot of common sense and experience, data should be the points on the map that guide our decisions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Analytics and reporting features that help target fundraising. Different views of donor data for different audiences. Mobile access to data. Enhanced data security. Read about Insights from the Blackbaud #GivingTuesday Trends Report. See a comparison of other fundraising software available through TechSoup.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

At DNL OmniMedia, we work with nonprofits just like yours to position their nonprofit tech solutions for effective fundraising data tracking. You’ll explore major gift metrics through the following guide: Overview of Major Gift Fundraising Data. Overview of Major Gift Fundraising Data. How is the metric measured?

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

We can often learn a lot about our effectiveness and team dynamics this way, and gather important qualitative data to inform our next project. Comparison? 90% of them can’t be answered by data or metrics. In this article , Reb Rebele, the research manager for people analytics at The Wharton School, summarizes that: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

When I coach nonprofits on tactics and talk about measurement, their facial expressions change happy to annoyed. Collecting data is often viewed as an onerous task. You should also be thinking about what to measure and set up an efficient method for collecting that data. Spreadsheet aerobics is actionable data.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2022

The eighth annual Blackbaud Target Analytics donorCentrics Sustainer Summit brought together 36 of the nation’s large national fundraising organizations to share results and discuss sustainer growth and retention strategies against the backdrop of the pandemic and other significant events that impacted donors and giving in 2020 and 2021. .

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

They are short and to the point: People’s attention span isn’t very high ( some reports clocks it at 8 seconds.) Use these platform’s analytics to understand your audience better and the topics they care about. Gather all the data you collected and create an audience persona. The more defined this persona is, the better.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

By focusing on every step of that donor journey and leveraging supporter data to build better relationships with supporters, your nonprofit can stop focusing so much on acquiring new ones and start reaping the rewards of a loyal donor base. It also involves careful analysis and upkeep of your donors’ data. Then let’s get started!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Based on data from 3,828 charities that raised more than $12 billion in the prior 12 months, The Blackbaud Index reports that overall charitable giving grew 2.3 Analytics Donor Strategy Blackbaud Index faith-based fundraising industry trends' percent, compared to the year-earlier period. Overall giving and online giving.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Unfortunately, this may be the result of 80% of nonprofits reporting difficulty building strong workplace giving strategies with limited staff and matching gift resources. Affinaquest was, in turn, acquired by SSB (a data management and sports analytics company) in 2021 while retaining the Affinaquest brand name.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Whether you're reporting to your board, supporting teams in different departments, or just trying to get through to a specific type of donor, we've broken down all the ways your CRM + donor software can help. Using reports to answer some of the typical questions you might get from a board member. Reporting to your board of directors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method. ROI analysis requires documenting, collecting data, and internal discussion and cooperation. You also need to think like Jane Goodall or a primatologist - who does field observations, sifts through qualitative data for patterns, etc. Other Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

Note from Beth: In a report entitled Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data, authors Beth Novek and Daniel Goroff address the challenges of obtaining better, more usable data on the nonprofit sector to match the field’s growing importance. To view the full text of the report, click here.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 2, 2023

This data point represents the number of individuals who click on a link in your email, which means it gives you valuable insight into the types of calls to action your supporters find compelling. Those are just some of the findings The Nonprofit Email Report: Data-Backed Insights for Better Engagement.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

You can also establish automated workflows to set follow-up and reporting tasks for your team members. These 30-minute, no-pressure sessions walk through all the systems features, from donor management, email, and donation pages to event and volunteer management, automated workflows, and reporting. We’ll see you there!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’ve spent some time taking a look at various reports, studies, and International organizations and the use of networks and social media. Facebook reports that almost three quarters of its 1.2 I’ve also collected infographics that summarize global data on various platforms on a pinterest board.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We know nonprofits and libraries gather piles of data, from program outcomes to constituent data to fundraising or advocacy campaign results. And you probably struggle to turn that data into meaningful insights that can improve your work or tell your organization's story. How You Can Do More with Your Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Also, most of the audiences I'll be talking to are not web analytics geeks either, so will need a basic and condensed overview too. Many are discovering that traditional web analytics and metrics (like page view) are not appropriate. Data is not like Martha Stewart - it is far from perfect. Life was good.

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