Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Europe and Latin America. Report Out.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 143

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. Start with benchmark data. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. If you’re a brand new nonprofit, it’s going to take you a while to get up to speed.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 126

Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

There are two alarming trends in the current nonprofit world, and they are profoundly and demonstrably linked. Across the nonprofit sector, the average donor retention rate is about 40% to 45%. At the same time, nonprofits are struggling to retain fundraisers and crucial development staff. The learning curve is steep and long.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Measurement Challenges.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Read the complete article in NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] By Andrea Berry, Idealware Social media has provided nonprofits with a whole new toolbox for marketing themselves and engaging constituents. Measuring is how you decide which is which. Working for what?

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Social Media Measure Media Social 88

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2020

member states to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and protect our planet, provide a common roadmap for organizations to measure impact. Tiffany also shares the process that DTE Energy took to align to the SDGs and how they brought their nonprofit partners along on their journey. Listen Now: Resources: Alexis Fish.

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Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

Advertising can be an effective way to help grow your nonprofit’ s digital footprint, complement your current organic marketing efforts, and be an essential, part of your integrated marketing strategy. Here are our top advertising tips to help your nonprofit supercharge your paid media strategy: 1.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Monthly giving is an essential revenue source for nonprofit organizations.

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Analytics Data Giving Metrics 52

TechImpact

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Upgrading your nonprofits technology is always a must-do, however not proving the proper post-implementation measures can lead to a lack of adoption or low use of new features, rendering the investment worthless. Benchmarking. Keep track of future upgrades, department needs, and the allocation of resources.

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Technology Strategy Adopt Industry 138

EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

from our friends at Double the Donation Major giving strategies play a major role in many nonprofit organizations’ fundraising success. In this guide, we’ll explore six smart strategies to drive major giving success for large nonprofits: Enlist prospect research to identify major donor prospects. Consider hosting a capital campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2013

24th. Will nonprofits follow that trend? Michael has been front and center of video for nonprofits for years. Regardless of mission or size, your participation will help to define the value of video in the nonprofit community”. Currently, there are no significant benchmarks around video for nonprofits.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

The world needs nonprofits now more than ever. Giving Tuesday — now a primarily digital-first giving movement — is a great opportunity for nonprofits to engage with current and new supporters using a multi-channel digital marketing mix. Last year , in the U.K. Giving Tuesday offers opportunities for every organisation, large or small.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

posted by Alexandra Oropeza Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. According to 2019 research by Meredith Kavanagh , nonprofit leaders believe that some of the top investment priorities for their organizations that year were more advanced technology (e.g. CRM system, online fundraising platform, etc.)

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion. 67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. I hope these resources fill you with inspiration and gusto to go out and create your own amazing content! Are you on course to reaching those optimistic January goals and resolutions?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Limited time and resources for maintaining and creating content on one hand, and a desire to get started. The secret sauce: Very focused objectives for your Fan Page and a selective strategy. To create a listening post to understand the questions and concerns from nonprofits about implementing an effective Facebook presence.

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Metrics Benchmark Facebook Experiment 97

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I have always found one of the most exciting things about the nonprofit sector to be its diversity. Nonprofits encompass organizations of all sizes, varied organizational structures, unique missions, and a limitless range of fundraising priorities. Understanding Benchmark Data. Making Identification Proactive, Not Reactive.

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Data Los Angeles Gift Model 71

NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2014

But what if taking the time to focus on other things, like measurement and new staff orientation, would provide better retention rates and a happier staff? The second interview in our nonprofit culture series focuses on the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands. But we’re also a place where we support each other.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In today’s world, nonprofits rely on their technology to help bring them closer to their goals. Nonprofits looking to reassess or develop a new technical strategy should consider partnering with a nonprofit technology consulting firm. Your nonprofit is unique, so your solutions and strategies should be too.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

The Nonprofit Fundraising Strategic Plan Guide explores the fundraising planning process and breaks down each of the necessary elements that will allow you and your team to elevate your next campaign. Your fundraising team should bring together a mix of nonprofit pros with complementary skills and align them around your strategic plan.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

You likely understand the general benefits of planning, but why is creating a fundraising plan so important for your nonprofit? A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. No nonprofit fundraising plan is complete without specific attention paid to online fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Peer to peer fundraising events like runs, walks and rides have become a staple for nonprofit fundraisers, and often bring in more revenue than any other fundraising campaign throughout the year. Do you provide online resources for your constituents to create their own fundraising events?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

If Skip the resolutions and let’s talk about goal setting for your nonprofit. July 1 represents a new fiscal year for many nonprofits, a time to review programs and previous goals to be sure they’re aligned with the mission and to establish new benchmarks. We want your nonprofit to be successful in its mission.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

That might be why a giving officer’s average span to stay at a nonprofit organization is less than three years. These stats were compiled by the team at Blackbaud, long-time stand-out providers of nonprofit technology. They’ve been applying science to major gifts fundraising to help nonprofits raise funds more effectively.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

UA has been a reliable benchmarking tool for more than a decade, and many organizations have comfortably adopted strategies and reports that deliver data to inform their broader digital strategy. Watch this space for guidance, webinars, and resources on the GA4 transition.

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

As you conduct daily operations at your nonprofit, you’ll find that getting your nonprofit’s development strategy right is one of the most important pieces of the nonprofit management process. After all, nonprofits need gifts and donations to sustain them, no matter what their mission or goals might be.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Has your nonprofit identified an unaddressed need within your community? Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Train volunteers.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Major gifts are not only a highly-strategic effort, but also a high-stakes one— for many nonprofits, over 80% of their total fundraising dollars come from major contributions alone.

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NetWits

JUNE 19, 2012

The fact is email is an important tool that requires considerable planning, resources and expertise to be successful. My presentation covered how nonprofits can learn from what the corporate world is doing. Corporate email programs often have the resources to run more sophisticated email programs than nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

posted by MacKenzie LeBeau Graduate Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. In the face of increased accountability pressures, nonprofits are searching for ways to demonstrate their effectiveness (Liket and Maas, 2015). Meaningful tools to evaluate effectiveness are largely absent (Liket and Maas, 2015).

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Become their trusted resource, coach, and advocate. Be clear in how you measure job performance so everyone on your team understands their duties and the expectations around their role. Measure the most important goals that lead to results. To build that trust, develop a strategic plan and share it regularly with your team.

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