Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

There are many types of technology and other management tools available to assist in this process, and now is the time to take stock of your technology and the tools you are going to use to track your data. One benefit of focus groups is the ability for participants to feed off each other’s energy and bounce ideas off one another.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. Is there an organization you could partner with, as Feeding America did with Mother Jones? of their total audience. Imagine the missed opportunities!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

As one participant points out, “It is very hard to get departments to agree because Web wants one thing, Membership wants another, Communications has it’s own tracking.&#. One question that bubbled up was about specific techniques to measure or benchmark your nonprofits social media strategy and execution.

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MARCH 28, 2008

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MARCH 26, 2009

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APRIL 24, 2008

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APRIL 15, 2008

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. Powerful platforms like Bloomerang also allow you to create donor segments for more targeted research and communications, view donor engagement and generosity metrics per supporter, and track fundraising campaign progress.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Continuation grants Continuation grants are a type of grant renewal for your nonprofit that enables you to continue receiving funds if you achieved the required benchmarks using the original grant’s funding. The process for finding, applying for, and tracking grants is difficult but important.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Each case study includes background information about the issue and the campaign, key learnings, benchmark numbers, and outcomes.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

When you track your nonprofit administration spending, you will have several categories feeding into what is considered overhead, including management, general, and fundraising. After all, you can’t figure out the right balance for your organization if you don’t know what to categorize as a fundraising expense. Here in the U.S.,

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Care2

MAY 2, 2007

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

There are many types of technology and other management tools available to assist in this process, and now is the time to take stock of your technology and the tools you are going to use to track your data. One benefit of focus groups is the ability for participants to feed off each other’s energy and bounce ideas off one another.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Attend NTEN's NTC Conference in April and attend the social media tracks. Use a time out timer to help you track time spent and keep on track. Be your own filter.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

The comprehensive study tracked 53 nonprofits, including UNICEF, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, AARP, Feeding America and the Human Rights Campaign. Download the full 2014 M+R Benchmarks Study. Eliminate them and make your form as lean (and less intimidating) as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "     Here's what she shared: Basically we track all these different ways people respond to and share content (like blog posts). since it won't have any engagement yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2008

Last week, I did my annual Blog ROI benchmarking and I started to noodle around with the question - How can I use AideRSS as a tool to help me evaluate engagement and improve my blog? You can do an analysis of your blog feed here. " You won???t How are you using AideRss?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

You ascertain averages, browse benchmarks , and create charts. You are using diagnostic analytics if you have dashboards or established benchmarks for your campaigns. When Amazon suggests items to purchase, Netflix recommends a new show, or Facebook determines what posts to show in your feed. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “My

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. Their experience of your page will occur primarily in the News Feed. First impressions are important on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Attend NTEN's NTC Conference in April and attend the social media tracks. Use a time out timer to help you track time spent and keep on track. Be your own filter.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

industry benchmarks. How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? Feed digest. Think about which things you really need to track and measure those, not everything you could possibly track. and pop.url for tracking retweets (Check out Laura Lee Dooley’s URL shortener report!). obama reach vs local reach.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

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JUNE 26, 2009

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APRIL 16, 2008

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AUGUST 12, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

In addition, they are tracking conversations, summarizing, and using them as audience feedback for producers. Her PBS station's first foray into Twitter was to set up a feed for Wired Science. She notes, "Wired Science site had a number of feeds and we thought it was appropriate way to experiment."

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

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JANUARY 15, 2009

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JUNE 15, 2007

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MAY 1, 2008

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

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JUNE 4, 2009

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AUGUST 21, 2007

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

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