NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

research and tools, and a list of creatures that walk a fine line between ugly and cute bring this week to a close--check out what your industrious community has been up to! Long-time NTEN member and supporter, Atomic Mobile , recently reached a big milestone of 200 clients on the new TapFunder mobile donation platform - check it out !

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2013

And don''t forget, you can compare your own organization''s technology staffing and budget levels to the research via NTEN''s online benchmarking tool , which allows you to filter the data by organization size, staff size, issue area, and more. You can also print custom benchmark reports or download your filtered data set.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

We've been sharing the results of our annual research on nonprofit investments in technology staffing and budgets in multiple ways this year: with the full report , an infographic with the key benchmarks , a webinar – and we also introduced a dynamic benchmarking tool this month.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

We just released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study with our fantastic friends at M+R Strategic Services. Get the recording to see how Children's Defense Fund and HRC use benchmarks to increase the performance of their online campaigns. To help folks get started, we hosted a release party. What are you struggling with?

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Here are 6 strategies for increasing adoption and user awareness from NTEN. Benchmarking. Provide demos and tips to users to encourage new tools and exploration of the new technology service. Usability Testing. What can’t they do now that they used to be able to do? What would make adoption easier? Communicate with Users.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Reference Sheet: Keep the benchmark rates at your finger tips with this handy reference sheet!

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

Whether you’re searching for industry best practices and inspiration, looking to connect with other fundraisers, or are on the hunt for practical tips leveraging the tools in your Neon One account, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for at Generosity Xchange. The conference also includes two experiences available at an additional cost.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Set your own benchmarks: Guidelines, benchmark reports, and best practices are helpful to know, but ultimately its important to know your audience. On day 2, I was part of the Visual Communications panel with four panelists (some you might recognize from the NTEN Community!): Here''s what they said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

In the nonprofit sector, there is no universal review mechanism to benchmark against, but Great Nonprofits is beginning to fill those shoes. blog posts from Geoff Livingston and Valeria Maltoni about one popular influence measuring tool. As Kami Huyse points out, paid tools can be expensive, particularly for small nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

One question that bubbled up was about specific techniques to measure or benchmark your nonprofits social media strategy and execution. What data to collect and how to use to make decisions to improve the effectiveness of your implementation? In other words, how do you measurement as a diagnostic tool ?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

I've heard Jamie Notter (and others) decry this staple of association board meetings as a tool whose time has come and gone, but it wasn't until I read the treatment of it in Humanize that I really understood what he was talking about. One of the things we wished for as we navigated the campaign: benchmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!” The tool will pool the data from these three sources and do analysis of online giving habits in the US, practically in real time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Social Media Initiative Guide: This guide from Spreadfast, a social media management tool vendor, has some great tips and ways to think about Key Performance Indicators, tactics, and metrics. A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

What tools do you recommend? QUESTION: NTEN just held an online fundraising benchmark webinar, where they talked about email open rates being low, and organizations raising something like $17 for every 1000 emails sent. DEBBIE: From our experience, industry benchmarking can be tricky. DEBBIE: Yes.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

NTEN and Mobile Citizen are teaming up for this survey to better understand online technology and digital inclusion among nonprofits and the communities nonprofits serve. We hope this research provides an initial benchmark that we can all learn from and build on together. The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Every year NTEN uses a community-driven process to develop the agenda. You’ll walk away from this session with a new perspective on conducting research and the right tools to ensure the inclusivity of your research practice moving forward. We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The Nonprofit Technology Conference ( 12NTC ), organized by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), brings together nonprofit leaders from far and wide to learn about the latest in technology that can benefit their organizations and the communities those organizations serve. Cloud Benchmarks: What Are Your Peers Up To? Mixing It Up!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”. Picking the right measurement tool for the job and how to use it.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

The tool is meant to openly share and visualize the operations of World Bank financed activities down to as local a level as possible and compare these with actual need and monitor the effects over time." There are also indicator data including maternal health, infant mortality, malnutrition, poverty, and population.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Here are a few: The blog at the Nonprofit Times, called “Don’t Tell the Donor&# has a very interesting entry on the flurry of benchmarking studies that came out recently. It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Hold weekly interdepartmental meetings. Encourage brainstorming.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research. Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" When people first join your list, hook them and engage them immediately.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." Helps us move away from tool driven decisions to results. But ROI was not really intended to measure a technology project, program, or tool or any other isolated aspect of an organization.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

First , make sure you are using an emarketing tool that allows you to track all of the basic email statistics (open rates, clicks, actions taken, money raised, etc). Second , use the tool correctly so you can both capture the metrics you need and use the data to make educated decisions about what to do next. What am I missing?

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NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2010

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay Fabulous NTEN board member Nancy Schwartz of Getting Attention released some very interesting research today. For the last several years, we have participated in the E-benchmarks Report with M + R Strategic Services. Fortunately, segmenting tools have moved down market. This isn't news. This isn't news.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

ReviewBasics is a collaborative editing and reviewing tool. They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc.

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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. If you’re just looking to get your feet wet with a quick survey, one of the many free or low cost online tools will do the trick.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports. Register now!

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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! ] Though each tool is a little different, they all create opportunities for your organization to start conversations and to show the personal side of, and the personalities behind, your work.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports. Register now!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

The full report from The Millenial Impact is available online for free along with a new tool called Millenial Impact Benchmarks. This roundup from NTEN. Nonprofits can use this guide for raising engagement with younger audiences. compares the pros and cons of various mobile fundraising tactics.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

We're learning the power of information and are quickly developing the skills at adopting the tools to do it right. Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast. Tags: benchmarks dashboards NPTech NTEN ontc statistics tracking. Nonprofits have caught on to this. That's good. We'd be happy to have you!

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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. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. Set up a social media dashboard with google apps for your listening, separate it from your work email and tools.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

50 Fascinating Nonprofit Statistics , Douglas Gould Company Must-Know Insights from #15NTC , Kevin Martone, Harold Grinspoon Foundation via Getting Attention 15NTC: Tech Tools & Austin Tips , Roshani Kothari, Ginkgo Street Labs NTEN 2015 Wrap Up , Paul St.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The NTEN team does a remarkable job of facilitating an environment ripe for connection with no limit to how much you can learn from peers. The plenary lineup NTEN has put together this year includes topics like “The Future of Nonprofit Technology,” and “Where does Tech Belong and Whose in Charge.” Visit [link] to see who is coming!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

" They probably said the same thing about Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools. Target Analytics noted in the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking Analysis study that as much as 16% of new donors and 27% of new revenue came from online sources in 2008. Here's your official wake-up call.

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