Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Meaningful data is a tremendous asset to advocates, policymakers, and mission-driven organizations. Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Your members can provide you with a lot of data about what they are interested in and how well your association is meeting their needs. This blog provides an overview of how to establish your scoring model, establish a team of data champions, and adopt a regular reporting routine so that your association is set up for success.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 24, 2024

Keep Spam Rates Under 0.3%: Don’t be the annoying spammer in people’s inboxes. Now, let’s talk about spam rates – the real sticky wicket. High spam rates are like waving a red flag at Google and Yahoo. So, be cautious, and check your spam rates. And keep an eye on your spam rates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Surprisingly, there is little concrete data on which set of donation amounts results in the highest increase in online giving. 6) Add charity rating badges and program vs. operating expense graphics. in 2019 and accounts for 8.7%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action. Twitter Newsletters. Twitter Spaces.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Some of the most effective online fundraising strategies happen when you dig into your organisation’s data and understand who your donors are, and how they came across to you. . Data should inform and optimise your fundraising strategy , and attribution is a simple technique you can use to really help you get it right.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s been proven time after time that data-driven strategy creates the most successful fundraising results. The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. What do we mean by “data?”. What can data help your nonprofit achieve?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Here’s how to do it: Start a newsletter: Send newsletters out on a quarterly or monthly basis to let your members know what your organization has been up to. Make it personal: Personalized messaging can lead to a 26% increase in open rates. Once you’ve hit send, keep an eye out on your open rates and click through rates.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

You keep mailing out newsletters and fundraising appeals. Your response rate falls from 60% to 40% to under 30% over time. Is your organization is a donor data hoarder? Is your organization is a donor data hoarder? Data hoarding extends far beyond just your donor data and CRM software. That feels right!

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 2, 2023

And, according to ANA/DMA, “Direct mail still pulls a higher response rate than any marketing medium.” Your donor newsletter. Clean up your data. What’s your renewal rate? Lastly, consider a data audit. Review your data with an eye to segmentation. Write short handwritten notes to go along with it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

By Meredith Gray , Head of Marketing at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. Predictive analytics uses algorithms to give insights into your data, which makes it a little different from traditional data analytics.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Personal acknowledgments, impact reporting, and a strong monthly giving program are some of the cornerstones to a high donor retention rate. But there’s one unsung strategy that can elevate your donor retention rates, while expanding mid-level and major giving: multi-year gift agreements. Does this r eally improve donor retention?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. If your nonprofit is going to use LinkedIn Pages, then commit to posting a minimum of 2-3 times per week to maximize your click-through rate (CTR) and engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

If you’re just looking for simple newsletter sends and database management, you might need one thing. Data capabilities: Learn what metrics the tool can track, along with reporting functionality. The good news is that the longer the contract, the better the rate. Figure out who really needs to use the platform.

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

Data-Driven Decisions Email automation tools often come with analytics. By analyzing data such as open rates and click-through rates, you can refine your email strategy to better resonate with your audience. This data-driven approach to email services for nonprofits helps in making informed decisions.

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Global Giving

APRIL 4, 2019

Q: Why bother gathering data? When gathering data, it is important to first reflect on what goal you want to achieve and what information you need to know in order to find out if you’re doing it right. Q: How can data help nonprofits raise more money? Gathering data at regular times (e.g.

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Forum One

JANUARY 20, 2022

Now is the time to celebrate what all your organization achieved, reflect upon what you didn’t, and learn from that data to make 2022 your best year yet. To answer that question, you want to be sure you’re pulling up the right data. Conversion rate (e.g., newsletter sign-up, resource download, donation). when/why?).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Community Brands recently shared donor retention data that reinforced alarming trends that the nonprofit sector has been monitoring for a while. In their survey, they asked nonprofits what their current donor retention rate was: about 60% said they didn’t know and the rest had an average donor retention rate of 45%.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. And while those numbers might seem modest, when you compare them to social media engagement rates, they become truly impressive. So, what do you think?

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Personalize the ask In a study of email fundraising campaigns, we found that the emails with the highest engagement rates addressed the recipients by name and used “you” language, speaking directly to the recipient. An organization could segment their donor data to follow that structure, narrowing the criteria as a donor gives more.

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Pamela Grow

APRIL 29, 2023

According to the latest data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , nonprofits continue to face a concerning decline in donors and donations. The struggle to retain donors is widespread, with the lowest recorded donor retention rate at 42.6%. Subscribe to Erica Waasdorp’s weekly newsletter so you’re always focused.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

By guiding the board of directors in their discussions, providing data to inform decisions, and suggesting actions to take, board reports serve as a crucial communication tool between the association and its board. . The data the software collects and reports ensures that writing a board report is more efficient.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

According to a 2020 Edelman study , 89% of decision-makers surveyed believe that thought leadership improves their perceptions of an organization — yet only 17% of them rate the quality of the information they read as very good or excellent. Here’s one significant challenge. Do the Research Favorite playlists change quickly.

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Candid

JULY 6, 2021

From developing email streams to scheduling social media posts to importing new data on donors, automation in fundraising and communications has become very advanced indeed. . Let’s consider how you collect data when a donor gives to your organization. These relationships are key for your organization’s donor retention rate. .

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2011

Register for our Social Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the full reports used to construct this INFOGRAPHIC. Looking for more information on the above data? Register for our Social Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the full reports used to construct this INFOGRAPHIC.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

To paint a comprehensive picture of your audience, there are several different sources you’ll need to pull from, including: Previous data. Referencing relevant, older campaign data can help you get a sense of which strategies or channels seem to generate the most engagement. Email marketing. Social media.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

The university’s Salesforce success has been made possible through a migration from their legacy TargetX CRM into a customized Education Data Architecture (EDA) environment that was both integrated with Marketing Cloud and compatible with Salesforce.org’s new Admissions Connect tool. The Digital 360 Advantage.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

By collecting and analyzing key data points, you’ll be able to continually refine your strategy and stay at the forefront of social media fundraising. Let your data lead the way. This is where your social media engagement rates come in. So how do you stand out from the crowd? Then, multiply that number by 100.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

and a high unsubscribe rate can be a red flag to your email service provider and ultimately impact your ability to send emails at all. This results in better email open rates , email deliverability, and clickthrough rates, and lower spam complaint and unsubscribe rates. Small lists raised more money per contact, too.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Increases Retention Rates and Donor Life Cycle With each recurring donation, your organization may send thank-you notes with suggestions to stay engaged beyond financial support. Inspiring donors to take action in their community and advance your mission ultimately increases donor satisfaction and improves retention rate and donor life cycle.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

These insights came from Melanie and Tara, along with the nearly 100 people who attended and lit up the chat: From Melanie: How declining trust is affecting higher education 2023 Gallup data shows that public trust in higher education has dropped 20 points over the last 8 years to a historic low of only 36% having confidence in higher education.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Access to data alone won’t increase donations to your cause but understanding which reports to analyze and reacting to donor behavior can. When it comes to tracking and analyzing data, a lot can be learned by looking at other industries. Three ways to go beyond page visits and bounce rates?

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

If you're in charge of your organization's web analytics, you undoubtedly know about bounce rate -- the measure of visitors who enter your site, say "Enh" (or something ruder), and immediately leave, without viewing any more of your carefully crafted pages. Yeah, those people annoy me, too. Let's dive in. Happy filtering!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Whether you call it "data-driven", "data-informed", "evidence-based", or something else, making smarter decisions and strategies for your organization is something every nonprofit leader strives for—and what the latest issue of NTEN:Change is all about.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

In other words, when you enter a prompt, ChatGPT scours vast amounts of text data online (such as books, websites, articles, etc.) and learns not only about the content of that data but also how the words and phrases in it have been structured. It then takes these learnings and produces a response to your prompt in natural language.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

That’s because all nonprofits have similar goals, including connecting with more donors, boosting their donor retention rates, and developing strategic, sustainable partnerships with other organizations. Donor stewardship helps you boost your donor retention rate , helping you earn much more over time. Major gifts.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 5, 2022

Manage your donor data. TIP: Nimble AMS by Community Brands helps you collect and manage member and donor data in one place so you can easily keep data updated and secure and use it for fundraising campaigns. You can then use that data to send targeted email asks through Nimble AMS. . Learn more.

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