Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. Did you mail out an appeal at a different time?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

I happened to mention that I was seeing reports from nonprofit folks about the recent change in the Facebook Algorithm and Megan Keaney Anderson offered to write this guest post. How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. What has changed?

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

As a bonus, many associations find that repeat event attendees also renew at higher rates. ( Do your repeat event attendees also renew at higher rates? ). This data shows that attendees at the three year point have the highest drop-off rate. (Do Let’s take a look at how event data can be put into action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” ” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. Twice as likely to take part in events like charity walk.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

An expanded overview of two-year diploma acquisition at three years and beyond increases traditional completion rates, but only minimally. This begs the question: What should community college completion look like, and what measures of attainment equate to success in this higher education sector?

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

As 2024 kicks off and the world of data and AI continues to rapidly evolve, associations need to adapt to meet the ever-changing needs of members and stakeholders. While these changes may feel overwhelming, there are easy things you can do with your current staff and set of resources that will help position your association to thrive in 2024.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the heart of fundraising are the supporters who believe in your cause and want to place their trust, and dollars, into your organization to make a change in the world. Using the toolkit’s free Reflection worksheet, gather data on your current revenue streams, audience, donor retention rates, and more. The good news?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Your Executive Director, your board of directors, or even your colleagues may have different priorities, preferences, or perspectives on what information you need to collect. You can also look at the response rates, completion rates, and error rates of your application to see if there are any issues or challenges.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. For example, retention rates tend to be higher for mid-level and major donors. That which gets measured gets done!

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are measures of how much money your fundraising events are raising, how your audience is growing, and which parts of your event are the most successful. How do you show year-over-year changes? Event Attendance Rate. In our example, the event had a 347% ROI, or a return of 3.47 Attendance Growth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different? the use of?funds

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The challenge is due in part to data silos , or groups of raw data isolated from different departments. Lack of shared storage, inaccessible files, and the desire to avoid changing existing data platforms all worsen these existing data silo challenges. This leads to measurable growth and improved patient results.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Sending emails between Tuesday and Thursday and between 9 AM and 12 PM or 6 PM and 9 PM can also increase open and response rates. Clear Goal and Demonstrated Impact: By spotlighting specific stories and quantifying the outcomes of past contributions, donors will see their gifts as catalysts for positive change and want to give more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. She also said that sorting and organizing your data in different ways can lead to seeing patterns.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How This Nonprofit Retains 46% of Their Donors with Amy Gibson Nonprofit Nation The Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie, increased their donor retention rate from 26% to 46%. This episode covers conflict, different perspectives, and learned experiences with Kia Jarmon. Until next time, keep making a difference and watch your impact grow!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. Are we actually making a difference? What are the right tools to help measure success? Measure program success, not just analytics. Simply Measured. Analytics are just one indicator of success. Sprout Social.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Building from your theory of change, it is crucial for organizations to have a comprehensive, clear set of metrics (also called “indicators” in the social sector) that track inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes; all of these build evidence of your program’s effectiveness. What Evidence Should I Be Collecting? Data access. .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the heart of fundraising are the supporters who believe in your cause and want to place their trust, and dollars, into your organization to make a change in the world. Using the toolkit’s free Reflection worksheet, gather data on your current revenue streams, audience, donor retention rates, and more. The good news?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They want us to invest in digital analytics tools to measure our efforts, but I’m not really sure what this will tell us. To get a better grasp on this, let’s look at the different types of analytics and what they measure. How are you measuring if you’re meeting or exceeding them? Analytics should drive positive change.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. Diversity Metrics.

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

For instance, you can segment different content to first-time donors, recurring donors, or volunteers. By analyzing data such as open rates and click-through rates, you can refine your email strategy to better resonate with your audience. Data-Driven Decisions Email automation tools often come with analytics.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

However, grantees sometimes run into difficulty deciphering the terminology between different funding sources. Use stories, graphics, and anecdotes to highlight the humanity of your organization’s campaign and the concrete difference you’re making. Lead the change. Learn the language and history. Seek clarity.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Starting during the weekend of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and #GivingTuesday in 2016, Gmail introduced a new method for measuring the quality of engagement when it comes to email deliverability from the email sender to determine if an email should be delivered to an inbox, known as the inbox placement rate.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

Every e-mail marketer worth her salt knows how to calculate an overall messaging open rate: messages opened ÷ messages delivered. That's why I was a little confounded when we first started using our new e-mail system, and it would spit out a report like this: An overall open rate of almost 33%? True Open Rate. and take action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

In the 2018 Charitable Giving Stats from NP Source , 77% believe everyone can make a difference by supporting causes. Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause? Are you able to measure activities that are in progress that help drive towards improvement in the cause? How many projects were launched?

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In the language of Google Ads, donations are one of the most valuable conversions an organization can measure. A conversion is any measurable action that a visitor takes on your website. Keep in mind, however, that you should measure meaningful conversions. Common measurements include: Time spent on your site.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Under this framework, your nonprofit would create goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. having your marketing team launch a new campaign and explore a different communication channel). Measurable: Set a quantifiable target for the goal, such as increasing the number of monthly donors by 20%.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Don’t change just for novelty’s sake. A great tool to see how different companies make their product the hero is by looking through swipe files curated by sites like [link]. Illustrate the concrete change created by donor support. This convinced him to keep running successful campaigns for years without change.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

Increases Open Rates : Everyone knows that writing effective subject lines is essential to increase email open rates. Change Tones It’s essential that you know what communication style/tone your community prefers. Measuring Success and Improving with ChatGPT ChatGPT isn’t just a great tool for drafting content.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Outreach is all about creating and cultivating relationships with your donors, and digital marketing is no different. By using both Facebook and Tiktok, for example, you can reach different generations of donors. To understand the importance of a multi-channel approach, consider how your different marketing channels work together.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. Understanding the different needs of varied audiences has helped the City Health Dashboard team design storytelling products that ultimately make the Dashboard easier to use and more accessible to key populations.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

For example, a change in legislation or a natural disaster could motivate concerned supporters to take action. For example, you might test different Giving Tuesday email strategies or affinity month themes to see if donors respond better to certain appeals. Their retention rate. Your online donor retention rate.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Ways to measure your efficiency and success within each . People absorb content differently, so it’s important to organize your virtual fundraising event in a way that is accessible to a variety of learning styles and schedules. How to Measure Success. Experience Our Nonprofit Event On-Demand.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Purpose can be an organizational strategy and a roadmap to remain competitive in a fast-changing economy. Despite this, less than half of employees know what their organization stands for and what makes it different. Purpose-Driven Companies use a Purpose Mindset to Advance Measurable Goals. Take CVS Health.

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Bloomerang

MAY 1, 2023

How do you measure success in a given year? Leadership Respondents expressed their concerns about frequent changes in leadership and its effect on the organization’s ability to fundraise. The lines of communication come in different forms.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure. Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. You change more lives. What’s working? What’s not working?

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Greater Giving

JUNE 8, 2023

Gathering Data for Informed Decision-Making Measuring Fundraising Success Evaluate the total amount of money raised and breakdowns of different revenue streams such as ticket sales, sponsorships, and donations. This input allows you to address concerns and put a plan in place to make changes.

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