Candid

MAY 13, 2024

Measuring effectiveness equitably across grantee portfolios A number of promising practices have emerged for how funder collaboratives can equitably measure impact across their full grantee portfolio: Tracking grantee characteristics across the portfolio. Tracking feedback across the portfolio to improve grantee support.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 16, 2021

When you are in the process of growing your online business, there are essential metrics you will need to track to ensure that your business is expanding. One of those crucial metrics is your website’s conversions. Some of these actions include sharing a blog post to social media platforms, or buying a product.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

For those of you who have read Social Media for Social Good and have taken my webinar on how to launch a social and mobile media strategy for your nonprofi t, you know that the core of the strategy that I advocate for is tracking and proving your success. That said, below is selection of metrics to track and a brief explanation as to why.

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Track Mobile Media Fundraising 227

Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, many organizations fail to properly track gift officer portfolios, gift officer actions and donor pipeline management within their donor database management. Standardization around portfolio tracking, donor interactions, documenting proposals, and next steps is critical to the health and sustainability of any fundraising program.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. Establishing regular meetings or processes for metrics review helps position us to learn from the data we’re collecting and be better positioned to identify opportunities to improve.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

For those of you who have read Social Media for Social Good and have taken my webinar on how to launch a social and mobile media strategy for your nonprofi t, you know that the core of the strategy that I advocate for is tracking and proving your success. That said, below is selection of metrics to track and a brief explanation as to why.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

From the start, you want the system tracking the grants that fund multiple programs and to enjoy the ease of having all grant documentation in one electronic source. Determine the non-financial metrics you want to track.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Some examples include: Data specific – What data empowers you? An example is how many new members did we acquire last month? Drive strategy by using data to inform your association’s strategy and departmental strategies as well as drive business metrics and KPIs. Check out our blog on overcoming your fear of dirty data.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

However, a clearly defined scope is critical to keeping a project on track throughout its life cycle. For example, you will be reviewing your expense management processes as part of this project, but any fundraising management topics will be reserved for a later initiative. Goals and Metrics What does success look like?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

This is the ninth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. ” For example, @WomenforWomen : It’s also recommended that your nonprofit sign up for Twitter Blue for $2.99 (USD) a month. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogging can be a unique and powerful way for nonprofit organizations to connect with their audience. However, with so many blogs out there (let alone all the other media your audiences see every day), it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd. But those basics only set the foundation of your blog.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

Even though unrestricted funds don’t have mandates on how they should be spent, tracking and reporting on them is still important for both your donors and for your organization’s financial decision-making. For example, a food bank may receive donations specifically for their program providing food for school-aged children.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

You’ll come away with specific examples from the team at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) that you can use to inform your own strategy. In order to track trends year-over-year, IAEE will repeat many of the same questions, adding in three or four additional questions about programs or services the team is testing.

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Data Strategy Associations Survey 210

Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2024

This blog post outlines the key elements for creating a successful fundraising plan for your next charity event, empowering you to maximize your impact. Example: “To raise critical funds through a community gala to support our after-school literacy program for underprivileged children.” But where do you begin?

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

Read our blog to learn more about online communities and discover how your association can use one to boost member connections and loyalty. Some examples of online communities include a LinkedIn or Facebook group where industry professionals connect. An online community improves member loyalty and drives engagement.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

For example, small and mid-tier donors might be interested in hearing about your annual crowdfunding campaign, while major donors may want more information about your planned or legacy giving program. You can use generative solutions to help draft full email messages, text messages, blog post outlines, direct mail letters, and more.

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Tools Donor Fundraising Survey 87

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, established donors might like to hear about how your fundraising initiatives are going, whereas people who are encountering your nonprofit for the first time might be more interested in your backstory. For example, a medical nonprofit podcast might be more formal than an animal nonprofit. Interactive.

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Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

Example: email should be close to 100%, other fields like interests aren’t as important to capture initially. Set a baseline and keep track of the progress you are making. Keep monitoring the growth with metrics (for example, decreased number of duplicates, increase in completion rate of certain fields.).

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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? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value. 

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example when watching a video, audio and visual channels activate separate parts of the brain , and when these two elements combine, it helps supporters better understand and engage with your mission. . Use an engaging and quick opener to convince viewers to care, for example: “More than 9 million children faced hunger in 2021.

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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. A big topic of discussion as the field is maturing is how to track on-the-ground outcomes for people and communities, in addition to counting clicks, views, downloads and tweets. Hone in on your true scope of influence.

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

In this blog, we will outline four common strategic planning pitfalls and what you can do to avoid each to ensure your nonprofit’s plan results in success. There are a range of tools organizations can develop during the strategic planning process to help them stay on track. Lindsey Waldron is a principal at Bridgespan, based in Boston.

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San Francisco Nonprofit Metrics Boston 98

Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. For example, the only real way to measure sentiment and how people are feeling about your campaigns, your content, your work, and your impact is to analyze the conversations yourself. Why is Social Media Data Important?

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Metrics Social Media Media Social 77

Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Examples of campaign objectives and goals include: Building awareness of your nonprofit by increasing new website visitors by 20% in six months. Expanding reach by confirming 50 partners for a new initiative in 90 days.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Apple Mail Privacy Protection works by pre-loading email content — including open tracking pixels. Reminder, email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in email content. You’ll see them go by different names, but for the sake of this blog I’m going to call them: Human opens — what “opens” were before this change rolled out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Blog: hsus.typepad.com. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? We track amount raised, number of donors, and number of action takers from social media, as well as some other social media-esque metrics like fan base growth over time, sentiment, and user engagement (number of comments, number of likes, etc).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This week, as part of Member Appreciation Month, we're talking about technology that supports communications and information, so I thought I'd share some of the metrics we use to track our effectiveness that don't really warrant a complete blog post in-and-of themselves. We'd also love to hear about your favorite metrics.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are a few examples: Increase awareness and expand your audience: success is measured by an increase in followers, but you could also track things like shares, reposts, and retweets. One important note: make sure to track your own time during the experiment. Here are two experiments we’ve shared as examples.

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Social Media Data Strategy Media 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog. We use Hootsuite and Sprout Social to manage our accounts and track metrics. Dupe: I love our blog – I has surprisingly become one of the strongest presence on our website. We also have an External Affairs Visita Volunteer who manages our blog space. Jumo: [link].

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Social Media Foundation Examples Media 189

Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Match the cause with the business Set a mutually beneficial goal Use more than one marketing channel Make it a collaboration, not just a donation Track the campaign Match the cause with the business Before you start your cause marketing campaign, you need to find the right business to work with. Don’t focus your goals solely on money!

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Track engagement and follow up. New blog posts. For example, post a picture of a campaign fundraising thermometer on your Instagram story when you reach a new milestone, or tweet out reminders on the day of an event. Track engagement and follow up. . Create connections between your site and social profiles.

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Social Media Relationship Donor Media 52

Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Using the example provided in the Winter ’22 Release Notes, an Interaction has been added titled “Show Cases.” For those of you who have set up dynamic dashboards to track your organization’s KPIs, you have cause for celebration with this new feature! For example, the gauge chart can display a subtotal of a subsidiary (i.e.,

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Measure and track your success. Here are a couple key metrics: Donations : Have your donations increased? Tracking over a full 12 months is a good timeframe since certain periods of the year have increased or decreased fundraising (org-specific annual events, the summer slowdown, Giving Season, etc.).

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

For example, organizations might still use in-person meetings as a key metric for gift officers despite communication preferences and habits changing so dramatically post-2020. The post 5 Essential Employee Retention Tips for Nonprofit Managers first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Analytics tools.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

But before you can capitalize on the information stored in your CRM or other nonprofit software, you need to know exactly what analytics to track in the first place. Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. For example, you can compare this year’s year-end giving campaign to last year’s. Web Analytics.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Funders don’t always track their GOS grants Survey respondents expressed difficulty in estimating the dollar amount for their general operating grants. Others were unable to provide even an estimate since they don’t track GOS grants. Here are four things we learned about GOS grantmaking trends among funders right now. Candid’s U.S.

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