Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2011

Do you need to a monthly trend? Stare at your charts and graphs and numbers. Step B: Identify the comparison. Step C: Select the right chart. (5) You can show data as a table of numbers or you can present a bar chart, pie chart, or series graph. Decide which one makes your vivid point.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

Your Donor Management system helps you identify potential major donors and spot trends in giving. A simple report with a pie chart can easily show you that. A report showing comparisons can help you see this increase. So set up your Chart of Accounts right from the get-go. One size does NOT fit all here.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Read the entire report to learn more about global trends.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 18, 2018

A dimensional chart of accounts structure creates a separate field in your database for each bit of expense information rather than cramming all the information into one account code field. Dimensions also enable your accounting software to run faster by streamlining the chart of accounts. Provide a basis for comparison.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Newsletters with industry trends hit your inbox almost every day. Charts and lists are two of the most common formats for grant reporting, but they have different benefits when you are trying to make sense of your grantmaking data. Using Charts in Your Grant Reporting. The “What is This Report Telling Me?”

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Where appropriate, we’ll also draw out some conclusions and comparisons to help contextualize where and how GivingTuesday can fit into your nonprofit’s overall strategy. The chart above shows that 2023 saw higher overall volumes throughout the day, with a small spike at 9:00 a.m. Click here to see a larger version of this graph.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Check out the comparison chart below. Tags: Cause Marketing Trends. According to the study, high-touch engagement, such as volunteerism is up 11%, advocacy is up 8% and philanthropy is up 9% since Cone’s last study in 2008.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

A growing trend among most of us these days is paying for things more with credit and debit cards and less with cash and checks. This trend means even the smallest churches may find it useful to explore low-cost ways to accept electronic donations for offerings, tithes, and other gifts. Collect Donations Anywhere, Any Time.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

With the right knowledge and tools, we believe every nonprofit can better explore its data and spot trends, outliers, and even new opportunities. That's why we've partnered with TechSoup to offer basic data visualization tips in Beyond the Pie Chart. Use Line Charts and Area Charts to Track Trends over Time.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

If a client hasn’t had Analytics for a year, 3 months would be the shortest timeframe we’d want to evaluate to ensure we get a clear enough picture of trends over time. see the Traffic Sources pie chart on the right for an example of this data). Research Questions. What content on the website is most popular?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

That might seem low, but it’s actually on track with other online trends. As a point of comparison, the U.S. It’s in our org charts. Can you read a chart? Based on research from the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report , online giving in the United States represents 8.5% of total fundraising revenue.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

That's why TechSoup has partnered with Tableau on a new blog series called "Beyond the Pie Chart." Tried to create a report and couldn't find a chart or graph that would clearly illustrate your point? Now think about making a chart comparing donation amounts for the past three years. But what about bar charts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking. Communicating the results.

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sgEngage

MARCH 28, 2023

Instead of parading a variety of colorful charts and graphs in front of them, narrow in on the key point you want your board to know or what they need in order to make an informed decision. If you are pulling industry or demographic data as part of your trends report, be clear where that information came from.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2017

It made for interesting tweets and blog post headlines about online giving trends, but it wasn’t very useful. There are some interesting and insightful trends when you really dig into the data. As a point of comparison, in 2016 the median offline gift less than $1,000 was $20. How are you trending?

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

Do you remember the chart your teacher had on the bulletin board or hanging right off the front of his/her desk? Whether it is the top score in Pac Man, bonus programs in business, or your 3rd grade teacher’s star chart, achievement systems can be powerful external motivators. By Seth Giammanco, Principal, Minds On Design Lab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2015

Not every organization has the staff or budget to professionally design every graphic or chart it produces. Give people points of comparison to understand how the data relates to larger trends, other geographies, etc. As a co-founder of a design firm, I work to help social sector organizations avoid these pitfalls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

So, here's a comparison between last year and this year and another opportunity to consider improvements. It is not useful to know how many posts you write on a monthly, weekly or daily basis or the number of the words for comparisons either. Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). Technorati ???Authority???

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