Media Cause

MAY 20, 2021

In the marketing world, the challenges are usually most pronounced for me with things like color-coded spreadsheets, charts or graphs using vague pastel shades. Depending on the chart or graph you show me, I may or may not know what it’s trying to communicate. One such example tool for this is Accessibe.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the need-to-know information and steps of creating a major gift fundraising strategy, including: What is a major gift? 7 steps to start a major gift program Major gift fundraising tools Let’s start by reviewing the basics of what these key donations are. Create a gift range chart.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 99

Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

For the next few months, we’re taking an in-depth look at key features and tools that make for a successful development program. Here are some key tools your nonprofit should have to meet your reporting needs: Customizable reports that allow you to get roll up data and detailed data. Enter our new series, “New Year, New Heights.”

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

But donors can reveal just as much information about their motivations and interests through their unspoken actions. Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success. Review your donor demographics.

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Donation Donor Giving Demographics 52

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tools and Apps to Energize Your Base. You need two key ingredients – people and tools to connect and engage with them. From “texting&# to location based apps like FourSquare this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest apps and tools organizations can use to effectively moblize and energize people online.

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Use analytics tools to surface new patient insights. Coordinate care efforts to make more informed decisions. Additionally, this digital shift to increased data interoperability means less chart chasing and improved quality care. Informed fundraising plans. Standardize data formats to ensure consistency.

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Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 79

sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Knowing that information will help you identify the amount you need to keep in reserve. Tip 2: Gather information on your revenue diversity (do you have different types of income, or does it all mainly come from fundraising, for example), restricted vs. unrestricted balances, profit margin, and months of cash on hand.

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Foundation Build Fund Review 80

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

If you don’t use analytic tools, it’s impossible to know how many people are engaging with your content and what, if any, action they’re taking after that engagement. Without that information, you won’t know what you need to adjust, scrap, or continue doing. Without this information, you’re flying blind. Above that average?

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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. He may have a goal to leverage the information in your new donor database to foster relationships and grow major giving by 10% in the coming year. This model never looks the same for two organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2011

Dashboards are a nonprofit’s best friend because they can be powerful tools in communicating your organization’s important measurement data at a glance. But what if we used design thinking to make our dashboards more effective. That’s what attracted me to this book Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

This means putting more of your staff’s effort on those areas that will drive the greatest impact with today’s members: individual benefits such as training and certifications, and industry-focused benefits such as industry news and information, advocacy, and raising awareness. . Finding the right tools to analyze data .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Knowing that information will help you identify the amount you need to keep in reserve. Tip 2: Gather information on your revenue diversity (do you have different types of income, or does it all mainly come from fundraising, for example), restricted vs. unrestricted balances, profit margin, and months of cash on hand.

Foundation 52

Foundation Build Fund Review 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Step 5: Define your metrics. Step 6: Select your data collection tool(s). The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV.

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 97

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

Do you have the information you need to guide your key strategic decisions? While some nonprofits are highly evolved in this category, many organizations are struggling with the first step of identifying which metrics to collect. He tells his teammates, “I’m not going to tell you what to do, but here are the tools, here’s the data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

In other organizations, those that are lucky enough to have M&E staff, there is a disconnect between measurement practices for programs and communications. It is important to think of measurement integrated into everything the organization does – I’ve called it being data-informed. Click to See Larger Version.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

The tools you choose will depend on your nonprofit’s unique needs! Once you have that part in place, it’s time to find fundraising tools that will help you meet those goals. This means identifying effective and capable tools to help you make strategic moves based on accurate, updated data. . Gift range chart.

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

Many organizations struggle with the idea of ROI and metrics when it comes to social media because so much of it feels, well, untouchable. These 5 steps assume that your organization has already used a process to evaluate your audience and your goals and chosen tools and strategies that match the audience and organizational goals.

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ROI Case Study Metrics Student 135

3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Check your reply cards, online forms and every other tool that you use to intake donor data. Use charts and diagrams to help them visualize your organization’s impact. Do you have the right donor information? You’d be surprised at how many charities today encourage anonymous giving. 5 – Donor retention.

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Data Time Fundraising Retention 184

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Another wished that funders would “include funding for proper assessment tools to systematically capture and analyze data and other pertinent information.”. I like the worksheet that allows you rate the usefulness and ease of collection for proposed metrics to collect.

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Data Measure Sample Seattle 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2011

Charts, graphics, analytics, metrics, and data are like crack to me … A guest post by Kyle Andrei, Idealware. In February, Idealware distributed a survey (thorough an informal email outreach) to over 500 nonprofit professionals who were using Facebook at their organizations. Stay tune for more information and a (free!)

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Facebook Research Advocacy Analytics 123

Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

This list is comprised of tools, research, fundraising ideas, and other reading material to give you insight into how the sector as a whole is doing and what your strategic focus should be going forward. Gift range chart : Utilizing a gift range chart is a great way to created focused, goal-oriented campaigns.

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Resource Blackbaud Chart Retention 48

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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Report Tools Storytelling Fundraising 93

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Although it can be tempting to measure everything, it is best to focus on those key indicators relevant to an organization’s goal or areas where improvement is needed and not get bogged down by too much information. Determining what data to collect is necessary in order to find the right tool to gather and make sense of it.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The difficult part is putting all the data points together in a way that you can make decisions based on that information. Your grants management system has a variety of ways to visualize the information, but what is the best format for the insight you are looking for? Using Charts in Your Grant Reporting.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change? I consider those basic metrics to be “rearview mirror” metrics.

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Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Lack of resources, expertise, leadership buy-in, choosing the right software tools (or the right strategic partners) all while trying to stay current on the latest marketing trends is overwhelming. Once in the search analytics dashboard check the Clicks and CTR metrics and then filter by Pages. Was the information not appealing?

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Digital Marketing Guide Chapter 111

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

But how can you improve this metric ? Make the most of your interactions with your supporters by leveraging the information in your donor database to appeal to them individually. Reach out to them and offer the recurring donations program as an easy way for them to give without inputting their information every time.

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Donation Strategy Retention Rate 64

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Whether you’re already riding the momentum of an exciting campaign or just considering the planning phase, know you have access to the right engagement tools and tips to prepare your board for a successful capital campaign. Ensure your members know where to find important board information. How can we get our board more involved?

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Campaign Tools Phase Accessibility 57

Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2018

Think about the last strategy meeting you were a part of: What information was distributed beforehand? What charts or slides did the group focus on? They formulate a set of rough metrics and hypotheses, spend the week running small tests, and then convene at the end of the week to summarize what they have learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

David Wilcox has been doing a lot of thinking about re-inventing membership organizations or associations given that one can connect and meet people who share their interests online more easily with social media tools. KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Her selection criteria.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of DC second annual Social Summit and sharing some information on social media ROI and metrics. Analyze goals of you social media and decide what metrics to measure based on those goals. Author: Jordan Viator.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

Let User's Explore, Discover, and Control Moving beyond info-graphics and simple into interactive tools that let the users take control of the data themselves are another powerful way to reveal your story through data. They don't take an “everything and kitchen sink” approach to providing tools that can manipulate the data.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

It turned out to be a lame name, but we did compile some pretty useful information. I liked our 10 technology tips to help you reduce your need to travel, and also our travel reduction tools we compiled. Online Project Management Tools. Eight Tools to Keep Your Team Connected. Collaboration Tools Chart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. Return on Investment.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

To help relieve these demands, many organizations are turning to Business intelligence tools to retrieve, organize, and share knowledge for analysis and guided decision-making. BI can improve the speed and quality of decision-making by providing real-time information about key performance metrics. What is Business Intelligence?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  He made the points that your metrics must get you to results - and the three most important results are: Increased Revenue. The underlying theme of his informative talk was about customer experience.    Chart of an emotional visit to Starbucks.     So, we turn to tools.  

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

There's no question that information technology and the instantaneous access to data, when properly used, can become a significant tool in meeting your organization's mission -- but acceptance and alignment still seem to be incongruent. They're always willing to try the next new gadget or adopt the latest social media tool.

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