3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Nonprofits everywhere are struggling to get their hands on reliable, useful workplace giving data from corporate giving programs. Who remembers the days of charities arguing with local United Ways over the donor data? Too many sources of donor data to keep track of. The data generated by the workplace has changed.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While mapping out these types of plans is important, you should also focus on taking proactive steps to avoid putting your nonprofit in risky situations in the first place. There are many different types of situations that fall under this definition. Most nonprofits collect and store data about their donors, campaigns, and finances.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

It can streamline tracking and reporting processes, enhance communication with donors and constituents, and consolidate necessary information. There are three components of adequate planning: having a plan, creating schemas, and mapping data. Inputting data into Salesforce takes time, but in the long run, it will be worth it!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Data Is the New Coin of the Realm — Learn How to Stretch Your Budget! Real time access to information enables nonprofits to more effectively advance their mission in a rapid response world. How do you choose the right data plan among all the options out there? How Much Data Do You Need? Start with the numbers.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

I'm not a criminologist, but being a curious data person, I wondered which bus stops historically recorded the most crimes. Here's what I found, and I'll show you the steps I took in Tableau Desktop , available at TechSoup, to make the following map. Gathering the Data. I included all the criminal data.

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

This data is available on our racial equity map.[ It’s frequently challenging, and often impossible, to track progress on corporate pledges based on publicly available information. But not sharing this valuable information weakens philanthropy’s collective efforts. . billion dollars. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

Not only is it a mess to get accurate financial reports, you can’t get the data you need for grants which can wipe out your chances of getting grant funding. And going back to retroactively enter data is a huge time-consuming headache. MYTH: Nobody has time to enter data into an Accounting program. Again, big mess.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 19, 2021

Hopefully, this article will map out the pros and cons of email list purchasing. You aren’t the only one buying that list Like using a porta potty, someone was definitely there before you were there. Now consider how successful you, personally, would be at making friends if the first step of the relationship was you buying their data.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This timeline offers a clear road map to prevent lapsed donors: What makes donors lapse? The simple definition of a lapsed donor is someone who hasn’t given in a certain amount of time. By thanking them quickly and personally, communicating impact, and sharing success stories. How lapsed is “lapsed”? They could be in their 70s or 80s.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

Nonprofits are often wary of creating their own data visualizations, and for valid reasons. Unfortunately, many organizations and individuals that usually collect insightful data lack access to such resources. More and more nonprofits, journalists, activists, and advocates are making use of Silk's data visualization platform.

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

They use donor data to deduplicate customer records, which ensures you have all the information to build a relationship with a donor in one place. They may also receive payout reports or other data from different teams to incorporate and track within a database. Information Technology. Finance & Operations Manager.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Few things are as important to successful fundraising teams as clean data around your prospect portfolio and moves management. Define transformational, principle, major, and annual gift amounts and frequency : What is your organization’s definition of a major gift? Data Cleanup : What cleanup might be needed within your database?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I’m always on the look out for useful and thought provoking resources on how nonprofits can use data to make better decisions that lead to greater impact. Here’s what I learned: Definition: A culture of continuous improvement. Data are not linked to organizational resultsor mission-driven goals across programs.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

You can start by sharing information and agreeing to work on something for a few short weeks or months. While some work in formal partnerships, many more engage in informal ones where they align funding or work on a project together for a limited time. Funder collaboration need not be burdensome, nor does it require perfect alignment.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Effective data management is key to understanding your constituency and building better fundraising and engagement strategies. But before you can capitalize on the information stored in your CRM or other nonprofit software, you need to know exactly what analytics to track in the first place. 4 Types of Data Analytics.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Last March, I wrote up some general notes about community engagement based on a mind-map I did at a #MuseumNext talk. So, this month, I thought I'd give you my definitions for the key ideas of the month. I'd love to hear your definitions: Visitor-centered means centering your visitors in your work.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

If we think about this in terms of individuals, self-care, by definition, runs deeper than external or physical pampering. These are the professional equivalents of making resolutions to exercise more, follow our career maps, and plan more spa days for our NPOs. . 90% of them can’t be answered by data or metrics.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

Analytics data as User Research : Timeframe for which to review analytics data and some specific research questions to drive data analysis. Usability Tests : Types of usability tests you can conduct, participant recruiting, task definition and creating a prototype. Information Architecture. User Research.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Currently in beta, TwitSprout also allows you to easily convert your Twitter data into a PDF-format for easy sharing with others. It is a must download! GreatNonprofits :: greatnonprofits.org. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Qgiv taps into the donor data available within Bloomerang to help nonprofits better target and personalize their fundraising programs. It’s a great example of partnering, where we’re really good at the data management and the relationship building tools and Qgiv is awesome at the online fundraising platform.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Check your state’s secretary of state office website for more information. Search for information about your state’s requirements on your Secretary of State’s website. Host an informational meeting with board members and staff (once you hire them) to ensure everyone is on the same page. Legal services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. The definition of links or how you’re connected is defined however you want in social network analysis. Information flows. Someone you know well enough to call.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template to help you map out the best possible plan. There are thank you notes to write, data to input, and results to report. You should definitely aim high with these, but make sure they’re realistic within the timeframe you have. Fundraising Goals.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Your event marketing budget will be distinct from your event budget, and you’ll want to map out how much you can spend for each. . Data that you need from the event. With this information, you can roll out: The primary ways that your event needs to be marketed. For budgeting purposes identify: The main event goal(s).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

In the midst of inexplicable tragedy, my personal definition of the social web got rocked. We set up the home bases, provide mission-related information, and enjoy all the people who come in to play. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. . Crisis data = people .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data. Refine a model or make definitive judgment. Meaning Making–Cross department interpretation of data in real-time. Key Informant/Stakeholder Surveys and Interviews. Have a clear, linear chain of cause effect. Based on a logic model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Gansky calls these “Mesh” businesses ([link] that leverage data and social networks to allow people to share resources conveniently (a car sitting idle, an extra room in your house). They give community members a very concrete piece of information to take advantage of. And she argues that they represent the future of our economy.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

You turn to NTEN Connect for the information that will help you do your job better -- the articles in this very issue prove it -- but also for those brief sanity breaks that let you keep pushing ahead toward realizing your vision of a better world. We are definitely pro-that. And you definitely need a custom landing tab.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

You turn to NTEN Connect for the information that will help you do your job better -- the articles in this very issue prove it -- but also for those brief sanity breaks that let you keep pushing ahead toward realizing your vision of a better world. We are definitely pro-that. And you definitely need a custom landing tab.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. Gathering Data. Even low-cost hobbyist drones like the Parrot AR drone quadricopter can produce and send high-definition videos and photos to a smartphone or tablet. Drones are superb for visual data collection. How Are Drones Being Used for Good? Assessing disaster-stricken areas.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

This app uses the cloud to constantly refresh its database of words so you have the latest definitions and spellings available. Bing Maps (Excel 2013) helps you use location data from a given column in Excel 2013 and plot it on a Bing Map. It also provides basic data visualization using your location data.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2020

While seemingly straightforward in definition, the OKR process when executed well has the following characteristics: Objectives are communicated publicly and designed for collective ownership – The objectives are shared broadly and become a core part of the objectives for every person in the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If I have learned anything from co-writing a book about measurement , that it is not only important to collect your data, but leave space for reflection at the end of a campaign to harvest insights for the next campaign. I try to do this with any project I work on, whether it is a social media campaign as well as a training workshops.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Different logins, different purposes, different data…all coming together to work the way we need it when we need it. Definitely. Limitations I’ve found, especially as compared to the more expensive/complicated ClickTools: No conditional mapping. No data in the URL. To me, this is what the cloud is all about.

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Forj

APRIL 13, 2018

GDPR has been in the news recently, and on the mind of companies that collect personal data via the Internet. GDPR stands for the General Data Protection Regulation. The new GDPR goes into affect on May 25, 2018 and replaces the Data Protection Initiative of 95/46/EC. . That’s good advice, as GDPR might require quite a bit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

’ The book was an inspiration and encouragement for those us whose inner critics have been keeping us away from using the technique in front of other people. The book offers a wonderful road map for a learning journey to internalize these techniques and I’ve practicing a lot.

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