NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Flickr: ccbrand Even though summer''s in full swing and it''s so easy to spend those lovely afternoons just sipping lemonade, the nptech community is hard at work putting out new research, collecting data, and figuring out how to put technology to work to solve today''s most pressing issues. Data Member Round Up nptech summer special'

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Research Contest Phase India 61

NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

Fundraising Results: Close to 18,000 people participated in this online fundraising contest resulting in over $2 million dollars being given to 1,200 participating nonprofits. Based on the data below the strategy worked. 1,200 Participating nonprofits. 17,838 individual donations. 1,886,434 dollars raised.

Social Media 200

Social Media Raise Washington Online 200

AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

Increase data collection: Event gamification requires the audience to interact with the event app or platform. They would likely be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the right to put their name on the contest. You can do a contest like the one above or do something different.

Virtual 98

Virtual Poll Game Sponsor 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Sort through online organizational data (Google analytics, email open rates) to see if there are insights, trends, and patterns that could be used to improve operations. Sort through organizational fundraising data to see if there are insights, trends, or patterns that could help. Is the donor renewal rate low? Canvas door-to-door.

Fundraising 343

Fundraising Mail Law Donation 343

NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

In 2011, Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council conducted an online survey of individuals who have participated in at least one run, walk or ride event in the last two years. The survey also found 40% of team members exceeded their fundraising goals vs. only 29% of non-team participants. What’s the take away here?

Raise 209

Raise Money Fundraising Social Media 209

AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

Increase data collection: Event gamification requires the audience to interact with the event app or platform. It is likely that they would be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the rights to put their name on the contest. You can do a contest like the one above or do something different.

Virtual 92

Virtual Poll Game Sponsor 92

Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

Despite heavy adoption of technology across the space, recent data from Forbes found that 1 in 4 nonprofits are still “not sure” how to approach their events in 2021. In fact, data has found that nonprofits who are hosting virtual events are using the same channels and tactics to steward donors as they would in the in-person setting.

Virtual 62

Virtual Donor Fundraising Retention 62

Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

I'm happy to announce that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Boulder Food Rescue , an organization working to eliminate food waste in its community and across the country. To collect this information, Boulder Food Rescue sends out teams of people to survey local businesses.

Feeds 36

Feeds Contest Denver Oakland 36

AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

Increase data collection: Event gamification requires the audience to interact with the event app or platform. It is likely that they would be happy to donate a gift of some sort or furnish additional funds to you for the rights to put their name on the contest. You can do a contest like the one above or do something different.

Virtual 59

Virtual Poll Game Sponsor 59

Everyaction

JANUARY 18, 2018

Suggestion: If you really want to maximize the number of people who purchase swag, have a contest. It can be tricky to get data like age and birth date from your subscribers, so ask for their birthday on a survey or when they sign up (tell them you’ll send a special birthday message).

Donor 81

Donor Mail Laptop Contest 81

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities.

Community 158

Community Giving Washington Arlington 158

AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Use data from previous events to really define your event goals and hone your target audience. Consider adding trivia contests, virtual scavenger hunts, escape rooms, polls, and even traditional board games to your event agenda. If you are at a complete loss, consider including a short survey with your event registration.

Virtual 59

Virtual Tips Audience Hosting 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The next action was an uncontrollable desire to compare my “People Talking About” with my peers, realizing that benchmarking of meaningless data is well, meaningless. ” You can see that smaller fan bases had higher percentages – but of course that is meaningless.

Metrics 112

Metrics Facebook People Measure 112

Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

You can check out an in-depth look at the survey results in our webinar Inspiration Station: Creative Virtual Fundraising Ideas from Real Nonprofits. This is a type of event where donors pay a fee to be a part of a contest where the “last person standing” receives some sort of prize. Host a virtual endurance event! Bingo Night.

Virtual 69

Virtual Ideas Guide Fundraising 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

We haven’t launched a major social media campaign since our brainstorming session but are planning to develop a measurement pilot the next time we execute our semi-annual cartoon caption contest or a Facebook campaign involving one of our legal cases. What advice would you give to others? Social Media Presence: ACLUNJ. twitter.com/aclunj.

Measure 96

Measure Social Media Media Social 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Based on our post-event survey of more than 9,000 individual donors, 67 percent heard about the event via email, 23 percent via Facebook, and 4 percent via Twitter. According to our survey, 41 percent of respondents said they “like” GiveMN or their favorite nonprofit or school on Facebook.

Giving 104

Giving Minnesota Social Media Offline 104

Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this. Feedback: Many virtual conference platforms offer features that allow for sending participants surveys both after specific sessions, as well as about the event as a whole.

Virtual 105

Virtual Professional Marketing Fundraising 105

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

We're having a contest to encourage you to reduce your computer's energy comsumption. Read this post, take two simple actions, complete a quick survey, and you'll be eligible to win! Welcome to TechSoup GreenTech's Unpower Yourself!

Green 43

Green Contest Environment Survey 43

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Try these suggestions to connect with your HR colleagues: Provide recruitment messages with impact data and storytelling. The very good news is HR collects and manages employee data and can provide distribution lists and insights to help your targeted communications efforts. HR can also provide advice on conducting employee surveys.

Program 28

Program Giving Companies Storytelling 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

When participants collected data, they learned a great deal about data collection processes but not so much about the overall scientific method. After a broad survey, Rick’s team defined three broad categories of public participation in scientific research: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation.

Model 98

Model Activities Active Activism 98

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you share your data? ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. Observe and sift through qualitative data like a primatologist or anthropologist. Listening based on location? Feed digest.

Social Media 102

Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Forj

JULY 5, 2017

The presenters will share their experiences synthesizing data from member surveys, censuses, and focus groups to develop member personas, as well as best practices for creating targeted messaging that raise awareness of membership benefits, encourage member participation, and increase retention.

New York 31

New York Leadership California Minneapolis 31

Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

Pre-event surveys and research. Find out what your supporters want to see from your virtual engagement opportunities by sending pre-event surveys. Also, use data from past online events or fundraising campaigns to determine which opportunities saw the greatest engagement and why. Post-event surveys and follow-ups.

Digital 105

Digital Communication Tips Virtual 105

Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here are some post-gala strategies to spark engagement : Relive the Memories, Fuel Excitement: Photo & Video Power Unleash the Photo Power: Tag, Share, & Contest Your Way to Engagement Capture the night’s essence through captivating photos and videos. Survey Says… Gala Engagement!

Contest 45

Contest Captivate Photo Social Media 45

Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

To expand the power of Facebook custom audiences, you can combine them with “lookalike targeting” to reach people who are similar to those in your custom audience, leveraging all of the data Facebook possesses about us.

Facebook 44

Facebook email Nonprofit Social Media 44

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

at 9:54 pm I strongly recommend that all nonprofits track site stats to help evaluate the effectiveness of their online communications, but unless there is a specific, clear benefit to releasing a particular site stat, I don’t see the reason why a nonprofit should be compelled to share all the data. David 4 Kivi Miller 09.18.07

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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

You can do this by incorporating the following elements into your event planning process: Pre-event surveys and research. Find out what your supporters want to see from your virtual engagement opportunities by sending pre-event surveys. Post-event surveys and follow-ups. Online contests or challenges.

Digital 52

Digital Communication Tips Virtual 52

See3

JULY 12, 2007

Those logs only show a kind of raw data about page loads, image loads and the like. So they are using a variety of methods from surveys to panels. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? The problem is that my server keeps logs. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

Site 40

Site Question Alexa Video 40

Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Here at Bloomerang , we help nonprofits make the most of their fundraising every day through the adoption of comprehensive and data-driven strategies. Analyze Campaign Data. Photo Contest. Do survey results from Giving Tuesday donors yield the same level of allegiance to your organization? Test all Software Beforehand.

Campaign 99

Campaign Ideas Giving Tips 99

NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Click & Pledge Free I-POD ClientTrack by Data-Systems International Stop by our booth for a demo of ClientTrack™Online Case Management and Reporting Software. Here’s a great opportunity to participate in SmartOnline’s ‘Invent Your Mobile App’ Contest, and explore these possibilities! Is Your Brand Mobile?

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Ipod Amazon Green NTC 47

Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sharing behind-the-scenes views of your organization, reporting on the individuals, communities, or organizations you’ve helped, or holding contests, polls, and surveys are all good ways to build engagement. That’s why a good CRM that helps you access your fundraising data is vital to any social media fundraising strategy.

Social Media 52

Social Media Guide Media Fundraising 52

Achieve

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We recommend creating donor segments based on the following data: . After you’ve cleaned up your data segments, consider how you can appeal to each segment for your year-end fundraising campaign. For example, an animal shelter may host a dog costume contest where supporters make a donation to vote for their favorite pup. .

Strategy 105

Strategy Fundraising Celebrate Gift 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations. Commentary on the data here. And you have until March 11th at midnight to enter.)

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Summary Wiki Flickr NTC 50

AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Use data from previous events to really define your event goals and hone your target audience. Consider adding trivia contests, virtual scavenger hunts, escape rooms, polls, and even traditional board games to your event agenda. If you are at a complete loss, consider including a short survey with your event registration.

Virtual 52

Virtual Tips Audience Hosting 52

CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

To pinpoint your target donor audience, consider the following strategies: Analyze Existing Donor Data: Start by reviewing the data you already have. Conduct Surveys and Interviews: Deepen your understanding by engaging directly with your donors through surveys, interviews, or focus groups.

Social Media 62

Social Media Storytelling Media Effective 62

Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Competition: This is an event where you gather participants to compete against each other in some sort of contest. It could be a charity 5k, a pie-eating contest, or a battle of the bands. Want to learn more about how choosing the right CRM can help your nonprofit collect, analyze, and act upon better constituent data?

Guide 78

Guide Nonprofit Volunteer Hosting 78

Forum One

MARCH 23, 2009

A recent survey showed that Americans lack basic information about health care and how it affects their finances. Dozens of user comments for each application attest to their chief limiation: inaccuracies in the underlying data. This data format must include: Office location. I know I'm not the only one confused.

District of Columbia 52

District of Columbia Feeds Project Data 52