sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2023

So, when it comes to communicating your impact story, many foundations need to rely on the data in their form 990 to tell their story. Understanding your grantee data through clear data governance is an essential part of managing and communicating your foundation’s impact story. The key is to be intentional.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You’ll discuss measurable objectives for the team to reach and draft the priorities for each of these objectives. Measurable: Quantifiable. Attainable: Achievable based on your past successes.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

With a dedicated email deliverability expert on staff, EveryAction releases the nonprofit industry's primary data on Nonprofit Email Deliverability each year. #4. Custom reports offer a real-time picture of your supporters across all channels. Dig deeper by segmenting data by universe, timeframe, or source.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. Once we get access to a client’s Google Analytics data, we first establish a timeframe for reporting. To understand how visitors interact with the site. Methodology.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A data entry clerk may have just changed the location from which the data was entered and the workflow to receive it. What you could be finding is that the organizational chart stayed largely the same, but now, not everyone fits where they were before. What specific, measurable results will occur once that training is complete?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

bbcon Takeaway #1: Small investments in data quality will yield big returns. Morale suffers – poor data quality leads to a downward spiral: staff members lose confidence in the integrity of the data, who then take less care in the data they enter, and may even revert back to basic spreadsheets and other archaic data management methods.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2012

Using this data, we now have an opportunity to start some difficult but important conversations about the true state of our sector. What are the big picture conversations about? The chart below highlights that upward trend. As usual, increased demand with decreased or unreliable funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I started the Webinar asking folks to type into the chat the first few words that popped into their heads when they heard the phrase "ROI." As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. What's common to both is the use of metrics to measure results.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Read on to discover the value of data-driven storytelling and how this key feature increases trust and enables your nonprofit to drive more revenue. By applying simple information-sharing strategies, you can appeal to donors who, in today’s dynamic world, are more sophisticated and demand data when deciding how to allocate funds for donation.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

Access to data and information will validate our strategies , show us when and where we’re wrong, and help us benchmark our performance. It’s about understanding the full picture of where we are and where we want to be, and charting our progress along the way. We’re just ready for good to take over.

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Guatemala Social Media Influence Chart 37

Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 18, 2021

In a previously published blog, The Complete Picture of Alumni and Donors with Cloud for Good’s Advancement Accelerator , we showed how the connection between the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) and Education Data Architecture (EDA) provides your advancement team with both alumni data as well as giving history. Read More ».

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

As we continue to ramp up for the spring event season, I want to bring a strategic data point to your attention for thought and consideration. Some data points are showing us that this is not always the case. Make sure that your organizations can see the donation and participation data in the same plane. This makes sense, right?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Showcasing impact with data Visualizing success The power of an annual report often lies in its ability to convey complex information in an accessible and engaging manner. Utilizing infographics, charts, and other visual tools can help break down your nonprofit’s achievements and impact into digestible bits.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

How will you measure success? Paint a picture of your organizational structure so the reader can understand quickly what your nonprofit looks like from an operational point of view. You need to have the data to prove it. Management and Organizational Charts. What are the exact goals you are trying to achieve?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As I’ve been working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with co-author KD Paine, we’ve come to the chapter on measurement tools. I sent out a query nonprofit tech colleagues who are social media mavens and ask that age old question, “ What’s in your social media measurement tool box ?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Malaise is a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness, of being “out of sorts.&# Lately, I’ve been hearing about “measurement malaise&# infecting nonprofits and not just social media measurement. Idealware Study. Respondents that names tools were labled as “substantial.’

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How can I measure and track our overall fundraising program? . So, most nonprofit fundraising plans aren’t supported by data, but rather stem from inertia and intuition. Although the topic of fundraising metrics isn’t very sexy, the payoff from a data-based fundraising plan will be. 10 Key Data Points. Map Metrics.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

They have the power to inspire, engage, and ignite action in ways that data and statistics alone cannot. Once you have gathered and analyzed the data, you will have a better idea of how to craft a story that speaks to them. Understanding this is a journey and it doesn’t happen overnight. Again, authenticity is key.

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Storytelling Impact Arts Nonprofit 81

NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Jessica Holliday, NTEN’s Operations Director, learned a lot at the Do Good Data Conference in Chicago last week and chose to share some highlights with us. Be Generous with Data—Water for People Ned Breslin from Water for People preached to the choir of the importance of using data to drive successful programs.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Every time we turn around, somebody’s bringing another piece of technology, something that generates data into our organizations. You invest money and budget, data stored in there. So I can picture your office or your home office. Stops you in your tracks, all starts with data. . We all deal with a lot of stuff.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

And what is the optimum combination of videos, pictures, text, friends, and other widgets? The Data How was it collected? Then, we examined each profile and recorded the following data: Number of friends Number of comments Has the organization friended other nonprofits to drive more traffic to their own profile? " comments.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

And what is the optimum combination of videos, pictures, text, friends, and other widgets? The Data How was it collected? Then, we examined each profile and recorded the following data: Number of friends Number of comments Has the organization friended other nonprofits to drive more traffic to their own profile? " comments.

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Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

Since moving its systems to Salesforce, the team has been able to stay lean by cutting out hours of what used to be manual data entry and management of disparate spreadsheets and applications. However, AnnieCannons is also like a business, which is where data and process management gets a little more complicated. Destiny Rescue.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

As such, adoption can be used as a currency , measuring the worth of your programs, services and opportunities. What are they like: what are the demographics, the data, the stories? Communities use adoption as collective decision making and prioritization. The first step: Identifying your community. But think about it in more detail.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

You need to measure nonprofit impact, according to McKinsey and communicate value in a visually-appealing manner so that it draws readers in and keeps them engaged. Use charts to present statistics and financial figures. Your nonprofit impact communication is bound to be filled with statistical data and financial figures. .

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M+R

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now we’re seeing many Republican-dominated state legislatures advance restrictive and often racist measures that take power away from people to cast their vote. The data in this post is based on a comprehensive Muck Rack search to pull media hit data aligned with our search terms from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Note From Beth: If you’ve picked up a copy of the newly released “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World ” than you no doubt noticed the cartoons, created by Rob Cottingham , that begin each chapter. Using Cartoons to Make Sense of Your Data by Rob Cottingham.

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