.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sunk cost fallacy is that soul-sucking tendency to continue investing time, money, or effort into activities that are clearly failing. Dig Deeper and See Farther You may wonder how AI-driven analytics differ from the queries, dashboards, and statistical packages that have been around for some time now. Not necessarily so.

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Standardize retention calculation: It’s difficult to tell how strong your member base is at any given time if there’s no standardized method for counting it. You should segment your membership by the metrics that matter most to you, such as demographics, tenure, behavior, at-risk status, periods of time and more.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Other methods of expanding your visibility include social media campaigns, events, career fairs, and using search engine optimization (SEO) to attract people to your website. You want to provide the most relevant and engaging resources, content and events, at just the right time, so you keep them moving through their journey.

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M+R

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Read Time: 5 minutes. Note: The purpose of this document is to both outline new Google Analytics 4 (GA4) functionality and develop a set of M+R recommendations. Analytics are an essential tool for digital marketers and there’s a big shift underway as Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is being implemented.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. It’s time to ask some hard questions. Even experienced fundraisers sometimes use fundraising methods that just don’t work for a particular organization or audience. Maybe you’ve experienced this….

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Whole Whale

MARCH 27, 2023

As you may know, Google Analytics is deprecating support for the 13+-year-old Universal Analytics. As the clock runs out on the year, consider the types of requests you start getting for historical data from Universal Analytics. More details on this from Google: Export and share reports – Analytics Help.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Like it or not, the switchover to Google Analytics 4 is coming (at some point – Google is keeping the official date a mystery to themselves as well as the rest of us mere mortals). As we’ve previously recommended, the time to prepare for the switchover is right now. Some of the things we do like: Very easy setup process.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more. On one hand, this saves your team the time you’d spend researching products and determining which one is a worthy investment, as well as the money you’d spend making that investment.

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Bloomerang

MAY 20, 2024

Automated membership processes: Streamline administrative tasks with automatic renewals, nondeductible tracking, and receipting—reducing manual errors and response times. Unlock insights and drive decisions using integrated data analytics. It’s a powerful tool designed to give nonprofits the edge they need in today’s busy world.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With so many tools out there to choose from, your opportunities for customizing your organization’s tech stack are virtually limitless, especially when it comes to fundraising apps. Be ready to add new supporters to your donor database at any given time with a Quick Add feature in the main navigation of the app. Constituent search.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

It’s time for your association to take advantage of the Fresh Start Effect. This is an approach you can take pretty easily with the systems, tools and staff you already have in place. This is considered an implicit data collection method. This is considered an explicit data collection method.

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 2, 2022

These kinds of insights speak to the importance of tailoring messaging to donors’ preferences and behaviors, which means sending those crucial donation reminders to the right supporter segments at just the right time. These organizations raised over $14.4 million to power their purposes. million in donations.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Our goal is to be a source of inspiration and to offer the tools that make for outstanding careers and associations. To help our colleagues build the skills they would need to handle fast-moving technology, we spent a lot of time talking with thought leaders. It’s time to meet your business objectives. leadership.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A study conducted by McKinley Advisors found that successful associations take time to plan strategically. Perhaps you’re currently experiencing success and are looking for methods to maintain your organizational growth and exceed your future goals. With automated processes you can save staff time and enhance your ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To efficiently provide this information, nonprofits need detailed financial records and real-time data to help gauge their progress towards their financial goals on both a monthly and annual basis and meet reporting guidelines. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources. This method?focuses?on

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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. The service provides early access to new Twitter tools and a variety of unique features. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2022

But , raffle laws vary from state to state—in many states (13, the last time we checked), online raffles are flat-out illegal. One misconception we hear regularly relates to Sweepstakes’ free Alternate Method of Entry. Alternate Method of Entry: For a sweepstakes to be legal, you must offer a free entry option.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Nonprofit credit card processing solutions are tools nonprofit organizations use to complete credit and debit card transactions securely and quickly. Leveraging a secure payment solution throughout the donation process strengthens donor trust and allows them to use a convenient payment method. per transaction.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Introduction to Microsoft Clarity Microsoft Clarity is a cutting-edge behavioral analysis tool that empowers organizations to understand user interactions on their websites. Microsoft Clarity offers a compelling solution by providing real-time analytics that facilitate data-driven decision-making.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2023

If you, your team, senior leadership, and your governing board want to understand how successful you’ve really been, you (and they) need to know about the tools, resources, and support you have provided to your fundraising team—including contractors and volunteers. Or maybe it might help to find out you don’t have such tools and resources.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2024

In the digital era, adopting an all-in-one giving platform that integrates CRM, volunteer management, and fundraising tools isn’t just a tech upgrade; it’s a strategic necessity for nonprofits that want to thrive. This transformation exemplifies the Lexington Pride Center’s switch from fragmented systems to a unified platform.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2020

In the past, members of the analytics consulting team at Blackbaud have written on this subject matter in the 2009 publication Building Fundraising Momentum in a Recession and the 2011 article Raising Money During Challenging Times. Prospect research and screening tools. Below are some of our best recommendations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. Designers of these civic tech platforms and apps are already measuring results, such as the number of users, and are very familiar with tools like Google Analytics. If you have any suggestions for inclusion please send us a note.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

In this guide, we’ll cover: Strategies to Identify Mid-Level Donors Strategies to Connect With Mid-Level Donors Essential Tools to Grow Mid-Level Donor Relationships As you read through this article, consider how you can frame these mid-level donor strategies to your nonprofit’s unique audience. Express appreciation.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Text-to-give is a text fundraising method, similar to text-to-donate, that allows your supporters to donate to your organization using their cell phones via text messaging. There are many reasons your nonprofit should utilize text-to-donate tools. 8 text-to-give platforms for nonprofits 1. Learn more about Qgiv’s pricing here.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2017

Just stop and think about how many times a day your life is impacted by an algorithm. When people throw around buzzwords like Big Data, Data Science, or Artificial Intelligence , one of the things they talk about is the power of predictive analytics. Prescriptive analytics can transform the way nonprofits work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Using the scientific method for experiments can yield insights about how much time and effort – whether our effort has to reach perfection or not. Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. What are the right tools to help measure success? Sprout Social.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 15, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Celebrating National Nonprofit Day: Honoring Leaders of Change August 17th isn’t just another day on the calendar; it’s National Nonprofit Day, a day to honor and recognize the monumental contributions of nonprofit organizations across the nation. Real-time Analytics and Reporting: Knowledge is power.

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Nucleus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Each member of this panel has been deeply involved in achieving transformational changes within associations in 2020, and each has seen that data and analytics is central to this process. He has led Nucleus development to achieve this, making sure that users begin seeing real benefit the very first time they log into the system.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In October 2022, Google announced they would replace their Universal Analytics (UA) with their next-generation measurement solution Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , on July 1st, 2023. This could take some time) #4 Congrats, you now have your GA4 property! Google Analytics 4 and Universal Analytics aren’t the same platform.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a nonprofit, you likely use a variety of methods to promote your services and gain more support—two of the most common being email and website marketing. That way, both methods can inform each other, taking your marketing efforts to the next level. Your website is a stellar tool for increasing newsletter registrations.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 1, 2013

“A CRM system is not just a database, it’s a tool for managing the various relationships your organization has with businesses and community members,” Astheimer added, “It can be a transformational way to manage processes and see your interactions on a global scale.” Adhere to preferred contact methods.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

If you haven’t already started using Google Analytics 4 (GA4), there’s no time like the present. We’ve said it before and said it again —there’s no reason to delay the switch from Universal Analytics (UA), the tool 99% of our partners use as default. What is Google Analytics 4? Why is Google making this change?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Recurring Donation Benefits Here are some additional ways recurring donations benefit nonprofit organizations: Attracts New Donors Attracting new donors is a challenging process that involves time-consuming marketing outreach and financial investment. This data is important for donors to access for tax purposes.

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Media Cause

MAY 31, 2023

When is the last time you read through your organization’s privacy policy? But if you engage in targeted advertising or use Google Analytics to track website visitors, privacy-first marketing should be a priority for your organization. It’s time to invest in your first-party data infrastructure. Maybe… never?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Over two years ago, I made a screencast about Web Analytics for Nonprofits that covered the basics of using google analytics, web metrics, and some nonprofit case studies featuring Laura White and the Idealist. That's just about when I discovered Avinash Kaushik's blog, Occam's Razor and his first book on Web analytics.

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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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