Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. With the year half way over, this is the perfect time to evaluate your progress so far. Let’s check out what to consider when measuring your results. This Year Vs. Last Year.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 8, 2021

In today’s world, organizations simply cannot afford to invest their time and limited resources in initiatives that do not demonstrably deliver outcomes that support their goals. SMART is an acronym people use to remember the five aspects of a well-articulated goal: SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As a critical element of your brand, your mission statement needs to represent your organization’s ethos but also be informative, succinct, and moving to your supporter base. A nonprofit mission statement is the messaging an organization shares, displays, and uses as a guiding principle. Here’s an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Last spring at the “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations ” meeting convened by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, practitioners from social media, measurement, evaluation, programs, communication, and philanthropy worked on a synthesis of these disciplines to address measurement. Technology!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

Nonprofit human service organizations consist of a wide range of organizations focusing on delivering solutions to communities through health care, housing assistance, family-oriented services, youth development, and more. In order to tie outcomes to mission, leaders must embrace and invest in outcome measurement.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

They help you gather information, assess needs, measure outcomes, and build relationships with your grantees. What To Ask as You Review Your Questions To help you evaluate and improve your application, here are seven questions to ask yourself as you review each question. Does this question reflect the mission of my organization?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It’s hard to ramp up the good work you do if you don’t know how to concretely define, measure and communicate your impact to supporters. When we keep in mind the true meaning of the impact, in all its forms, it helps us discover what’s important when measuring it. Measuring impact. goals, measure them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. ” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. Formative Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. The next step in using this framework has been to established quantifiable measures – which allows organizations to see progress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Every social sector organization can and should be doing impact management ! There are three main components to integrating impact management practices in your organization: continuous evidence building, participant-centered program management, and integrated financial management.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 4, 2022

Leveraging analytics will help you identify if there is value in continuing hybrid or online events for your organization. For example, you may have wanted to ask questions like: “What if we hosted our event for free?”. The pandemic gave organizations an opportunity to execute these abnormal events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Despite the difficulty of working measurement in a generic way, the output from sessions was quite valuable. Elizabeth R.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How will you measure volunteer impact in 2024? As we close out 2023, you probably have some view into the impact your volunteers made, including how much time they worked and other basic information to share with others in your organization. Did your volunteer program save money for your organization?

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Examples of campaign objectives and goals include: Building awareness of your nonprofit by increasing new website visitors by 20% in six months. Step 5: Launch, measure, and optimize It is time to launch your communications campaign.

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sgEngage

JULY 3, 2023

During times of crisis, it is important to take an informed, measured approach that supports the long-term success of your organization’s mission. And plan around shorter periods of time to ensure that your organization is able to respond with agility to unforeseen events as they arise. Evaluate your current business model.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Keep reading this Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits to learn what makes accounting for nonprofits unique and get tips on choosing the best accounting software for your organization. Churches and faith-based organizations also fall under the category of nonprofits. How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

“In the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal—in a feedback loop. You use the measurement as feedback to make adjustments.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To successfully implement changes to your grantmaking application, you need to communicate the benefits of data-driven and user-centered design to your leadership, tie the benefits to your organization’s overall goals, and involve your leadership in the decision-making process. For example: Does your application represent your mission?

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Some examples include: Data specific – What data empowers you? An example is how many new members did we acquire last month? The outcomes you can achieve tend to fall into four buckets that benefit your organization. This will drive adoption of being a data-driven organization. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Here’s the good news: with preparation and a pulse on the right data and information, it is possible to get a handle on the task and get a big picture of your organization’s needs. Below is a list of processes and procedures you can take to prepare yourself and your organization to start your website build or redesign on a solid footing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

They stated that donors should not measure a charity’s performance based on overhead expenses. In the letter, the three ratings companies recommend that donors measure a charity’s performance in transparency, governance, leadership, and results. How effective is that organization in creating real world social change?

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Greater Giving

JULY 24, 2023

Activity data As a tax-exempt organization, you technically won’t have to file a tax return. To prove this, you’ll have to know how to file Form 990 , which requires nonprofits to provide: Descriptions of your organization’s charitable programs. Your accomplishments from the previous year. Staff information, like names and salaries.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm? You could, for example, base one on an email list of your past donors to try and reach the most productive segment of your following.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This is no surprise as recruiting talented staff involves making your organization stand out in a competitive market and maintaining clear expectations, which is an area of improvement for many hiring organizations. Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This is no surprise as recruiting talented staff involves making your organization stand out in a competitive market and maintaining clear expectations, which is an area of improvement for many hiring organizations. Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

They directly contribute to the organization’s programmatic mission, making a significant difference in the lives of those they serve. Mission-Driven Product Examples Products can be websites, but not all websites are products. For nonprofits and government agencies, products serve the same purpose but with a different focus.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Though each tool is a little different, they all create opportunities for your organization to start conversations and to show the personal side of, and the personalities behind, your work. Measuring your activities is as important as what you’re posting, or how many times a day you post. Measuring is how you decide which is which.

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Social Media Measure Media Social 88

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The importance of cybersecurity for nonprofits can’t be overstated, and your organization is not immune to the constantly evolving cyber threats that come with sharing information through the internet. Because nonprofits run off of donations, many organizations also have limited access to IT support. That’s phishing!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

As a nonprofit organization, which factor do you believe best showcases the success of your mission? Coffman stated in their 2004 GuideStar article : “There’s no question that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to manage their finances responsibly. Overhead to program expense ratio. How is ROI calculated?

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to SureImpact’s Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement , impact is “the quantifiable difference an organization makes … the collective effects (intended and unintended) of a nonprofit’s work on the communities it serves.” Impact metrics are vital to: Identify program gaps and areas of need within your organization.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2023

Organizations that successfully navigate change management have also made culture shifts to ensure lasting change. There are 4 culture shifts that a nonprofit organization needs to make to maintain change management. A major pitfall for maintaining changes in an organization is a lack of training. Everyone must do their part.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I now spend more of my time evaluating communications and digital projects so, I read with interest Lean Analytics , the book in the Lean Start up series on measuring what matters. The principles were useful but I found it difficult to translate the case examples into concepts for the social sector.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

And when it comes to creating a nonprofit business plan for your organization, that’s a task that generally falls to the board—a situation that can create a big disconnect between what you need and what you actually get. Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve.

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