Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The audience consisted of data geeks, data scientists, and analytics professionals! I told this crowd of data geeks that they should volunteer with nonprofits by signing up for the Analysis Exchange or serve on a nonprofit board – that nonprofits would welcome their expertise.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We likely don’t need to convince you that in today’s digital age, data is the lifeblood of any successful association. And you’re likely to agree that ensuring the cleanliness and accuracy of that data is key. But what happens if your data isn’t clean? Data should be directional Your data may be disorganized.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But when the stakes are high, data is the knife that cuts through preconceptions to uncover the objective truth. AI turns that knife into a laser taking data-driven decision-making to unprecedented levels of accuracy, efficiency, and ease. AI provides a satellite image of an entire data landscape. Not necessarily so.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Step 2: Explore – In addition to reviewing the data in their dashboard, IAEE asked members in its annual member survey and in post webinar surveys about topics they’d like to learn more about. Once the team aggregated the data and they were able to form a hypothesis, test it and confirm a need.

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Association Analytics

MAY 4, 2023

In today’s data-driven world, having knowledge of analytics and data is a must. As an association professional, it’s more important than ever to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to understanding how to leverage the insights that data provides. Not one of them said with data or analytics.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

From inflation to the increasing expectations of consumers and employees, to the continuously changing digital space, there are a lot of factors that might be currently impacting your association. The best part is that you already have access to a major part of the solution – your data!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

By Stephanie Wallace , Marketing Specialist, Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

With the amount of data available, tools are leapfrogging each other monthly, which means it might take some research to find which one works best for you. It’s also crucial to remember that by using a public AI tool, your organization’s data can become part of the training dataset.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 11, 2022

customer data platforms are changing how organizations do business worldwide rapidly. Nonprofits need to keep up with these changes and take action to stay competitive. We’re nearing the end of cookie tracking.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 19, 2024

In the realm of nonprofit organizations, effective data management is essential for optimizing resources, enhancing donor relations, and achieving mission-driven goals. However, many nonprofits grapple with the challenges of managing data efficiently due to limited resources, disparate data sources, and manual processes.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 23, 2023

Artificial intelligence will bring positive change and help transform nonprofits. However, we must also be careful with the data entrusted to us or we’ll miss the opportunity ahead and, instead, introduce new challenges.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. Rely on record fields such as “added by,” “changed by,” or “changed by date” in your software’s query tool.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

When the Supreme Court gutted race-conscious admissions last summer and the American Alliance for Equal Rights followed with a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, some in the philanthropic sector feared that demographic data had become a potential liability. They built a public API and released a public data set.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

If you are looking to launch a lean and agile innovation culture, you must change your mindset to overcome inertia. Use Modern Tools and Data to Enhance Decision-making The path to innovation can be improved by implementing the right tools and taking advantage of data. Manage Change This brings us to the last step.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

is the founder of Data Viz for Nonprofits , a design consultancy that delivers high-quality visualizations that help organizations to quickly grasp their data, improve their work, and show their impact. So, they hire a graphic designer (if they have some extra change in their pockets) or they use DIY with programs like Canva or Spark.

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EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

Depending on the size, reach, and impact anticipated from a technology change, engaging the board of directors is often critical to your success. They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To efficiently provide this information, nonprofits need detailed financial records and real-time data to help gauge their progress towards their financial goals on both a monthly and annual basis and meet reporting guidelines. that focus on the changes in net assets.?. requires specific?industry?expertise, expertise, knowledge,?and

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

One way to serve your clients more effectively is to gather feedback from participants, then use what you learn to improve services and support organizational change initiatives. If you can trust the data to be representative, you can trust it to yield actionable insights. or “What could we be doing better?”

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Is your organization feeling the changes in our economy, society, and communities? Fortunately, data can help you make good decisions during uncertain times. Why data should drive your decisions Many key industries, including retailers, manufacturers, and healthcare organizations, use data to inform decisions.

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sgEngage

JULY 26, 2023

Have you consulted your legal team about the evolving data privacy requirements? Your legal counsel can help you understand how the changing laws apply to your organization’s data collection, usage, and storage. Americans are increasingly concerned about the privacy of their personal data. Set data storage expirations?

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Strategies to use data to prepare your organization for AI The AI revolution is touching everything, nonprofit and member-based organizations included. This session featured experts on the latest Data + AI + CRM + Trust innovations. Tips to prep your data for AI Is your organization ready for AI? What changes could you make?

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data. The goal is then to turn those data insights into actionable tasks. Your team can decide which data points and KPIs matter most to your strategy and your mission.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As more funders seek to use demographic data to inform their grantmaking decision-making, 125 partners have now joined the Demographics via Candid movement. Here I highlight their best practices for collecting this data from grantees, as well as what this information is helping foundations to achieve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It makes your data and documents available anywhere, anytime. And here’s why we care so much about the cloud: We care about the ability of communities to create change. We think we can all benefit from data. Here’s the deal: cloud computing means that people are keeping data in similar formats. Or it can, anyway.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2021

The pandemic accelerated virtual fundraising trends and changed the fundraising landscape forever. Use impact tracking and data reports to effectively gain and retain new donors. Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST. Presented by: Pledge. Cost: Free.

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EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

It involves change, which can feel uncomfortable. Locate your data. Check in with all staff members at your organization to make sure you know where all data resides. Do a data clean-up. Even the best new software won’t work optimally with duplicate, incorrect, or outdated data.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom.

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Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Today, Candid released our latest research manual, Analyzing Candid’s demographic data. nonprofits currently share some demographic data about their staff and board with Candid. In fact, about 1,000 nonprofits are now adding demographic data to their Candid profiles every month. Over 62,000 U.S. For example, U.S.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The short answer is no, not if you want to use your data in meaningful ways. But what I’d bet you’re really after isn’t one record—it’s complete control over your data—and that IS possible. Still, we did not want, for example, an enrollment clerk to be able to change information upon which a business officer relied.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2012

Check out the latest, a recap of a panel dicussion on data visualization: View full size. Rob Cottingham and Kate Rutter have been busy documenting the 2012 NTC in pictures. Thanks to Rally.org for making this possible!

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You want to collect the data you need to make informed decisions, support your grantees’ success, and demonstrate your impact. Gather Data on Your Current Application Before you present your suggestions to your leadership, have the data on your current application ready.

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Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. Individual donors and foundations increasingly view data “ as the fuel for innovation and social change.”

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

Yaw Ankowa What's the first thing we need to create the change we want to see in our communities? . But what we really need is data. It seems like a simple thing: get out in the community, collect the data, do the math. It seems like a simple thing: get out in the community, collect the data, do the math.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. Myth 1: “Candid grants data” is the same as “990 data.” These forms are a primary source of data about U.S. These forms are a primary source of data about U.S. Many of the largest U.S.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2023

Data is power and behind every data point is a human story. Your data tells you who is supporting your mission and offers insights into how, when, and even why they choose to give. Building an informed strategic plan relies on your ability to gather, interpret, optimize, and safeguard this data.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Follow the steps in our blog to create a culture of change management and gain executive buy-in for new technology. How to build executive buy-in for new association management software Change is a process. Make the process smoother by creating a culture of change management and following these five steps: 1.

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