Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. Research Questions. Once we’ve set the timeframe, we then start digging into the data to answer some key questions: What are some benchmark stats for improvement? To understand how visitors interact with the site. Methodology. Overall site visits.

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Analytics Design Research Process 37

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Input” usually means getting others to provide information of some kind such as feedback on an initiative or ideas for new campaigns or even to get answers to questions. Knowing what work you need done and the quality of work you’d like to receive and set benchmarks to measure outcomes. Measuring Work.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2013

I don’t know for sure, but I can show you how to answer that question for yourself using the good ol’ scientific method and Google Analytics. Gather information and resources – Benchmarks and tips are a great start. What questions come up from your results? How can you increase your online donations by 20 percent?

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Technique Analytics Google Test 44

Care2

JULY 16, 2012

This great workbook from Idealware and Darim Online provides insightful questions, exercises, and a sample policy template that community managers can use as a starting point in creating an organization’s official social media policy. Debra Askanase has a great review of the workbook that I’d recommend you check out as well.

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Report Guidelines Ratio Policy 78

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

Number of new donors retained into the second year : If you ask and answer the question as to why so many donors leave the first year and what your organization is doing to lose them and hold them, you’ll be on a true track to growth. Fail to answer them, and it’s more of the same. There’s never been a better time for Roger Craver’s book.

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Track Donor Retention Metrics 28

Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2023

That begs the question: What’s the best time to send a fundraising email? The Best Time for Nonprofit Emails For our latest research report, The Nonprofit Email Report: Data-Backed Insights for Better Engagement , we analyzed 37,472 email campaigns (that’s 157,048,634 individual emails) and then broke down important benchmarks by list size.

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email Time Fundraising Benchmark 69

Care2

JUNE 13, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Vlog Video Social Media Resource 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method. Learning is using experiments with metrics and the right questions at the right point to understand what works, what doesn’t. Benchmark studies. Or it might compare the cost of one approach to another or the cost of not investing. Client surveys.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Consultant Myspace Social Media Advocacy 31

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

The question I want to ask is, what do web stats really mean, anyway? to care a whole lot about how many hits they got in comparison to similar (or different) organizations. I think that metrics to answer specific questions related to outcomes or improvement are useful. The question is – what example are you setting?

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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Consultant Social Media Myspace Advocacy 31

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. If you use the questions box, it might be a little bit easier to call out your question, but we’d love to hear from you.

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Report Measure Impact Process 80

Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Fundraising Donor Management Software Comparison: What’s Right for Your Nonprofit? Take this 6-question quiz to get a customized list of CRM vendors that will best fit your nonprofit based on your budget, size, and functionality needs. 7 min read Read Now 2. After all, this is where the real relationship-building begins.

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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I just thought a quick look at the features in both Windows 7 and Windows 8 might help answer the question: Is there any reason for me to upgrade to Windows 8? Questions to Consider. Tech Radar's Comparison. PCWorld’s Comparison. TechSpot's Comparison. CNET's Windows 8 Performance Benchmarks.

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Laptop Comparison System Application 47

Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2017

These organizations participate in a donorCentrics Internet Benchmarking Group. By comparison, only 29% of online only donors were 65 or older while 58% of offline only donors are represented in these age brackets. This tends to skew income comparisons with older donors across giving channels. million donors.

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Offline Donor Online Retention 35

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

November 2010 Fundraising Survey The first Nonprofit Research Collaborative fundraising survey is based on completed questions from 2,349 charities, 163 foundations, and 386 grant makers. The 34 page report contains a lot of information across a broad range of questions. sectional studies.

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Collaboration Research Report Indiana 75

Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

Looking across years and areas illuminates trends, uncovers gaps, and provides comparisons within the field. If you have questions about the research, please email AHR@hrfn.org. [1] That said, our research has long provided one of the most comprehensive snapshots of human rights funding.

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Map Fund Taxonomy Analysis 98

Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

When choosing how to make your fundraising ask, one of the first questions you should answer is which channels you’re going to use. Alternatively, you can run two different email campaigns and compare their performance, then use that comparison to inform future campaigns.

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Raise Strategy Help Fundraising 98

Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Send in your questions and comments, we love for these sessions to be interactive. So, as Steven said, if you have any questions, put them in the Q&A box. You can put them in the chat box as well, but we prefer Q&A, I prefer Q&A because it’s easier to track your questions. There is a chat box and a Q&A box.

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Virtual Communication Video Newsletter 114

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

We recently held the fifth annual Blackbaud Target Analytics donorCentrics Sustainer Summit, hosted by WGBH in Boston on March 23 and 24, 2019, the question on everyone’s mind was simple: following significant gains in donors in FY2017, were we able to retain these surge donors in FY2018? The answer, in short, was yes. billion in FY2018.

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Trend Giving Retention Rate 30

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

About a year ago, I decided to benchmark my blog using some tips suggested by Avinash Kaushik. Kaushik suggested these metrics for benchmarking blogs: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). So, here's a comparison between last year and this year and another opportunity to consider improvements. Technorati ???Authority???

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Reflection Measure Technorati ROI 50

sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey North American Survey Results Global Comparison Survey Results United Kingdom Survey Results Asia-Pacific Results Here are five key insights from the survey: 1. cited direct mail as the top driver.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Benchmark Studies and Examples. In the US, there are several terrific benchmark studies of nonprofits and technology , including some on social networking but these are focused mostly on US nonprofits. I spent some time searching for similar studies or compilations for international organizations as well as some specific examples. .”

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Policy Social Media International News 103

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Look at week-over-week and month-over-month comparisons. Quality Content – Creating content that provides value, engages visitors, and answers their questions. Answer the questions your audience is asking online about your cause. Set benchmarks for target organic traffic metrics based on past trends and industry analysis.

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Websites Guide Impact Metrics 59

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

And we all have likely asked these same questions: How much do I really know about my donor’s relationship with my charity? Through participation in multiple benchmarking opportunities with Blackbaud, I had the necessary context from which I could evaluate my fundraising program across a range of very specific metrics.

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