Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the need-to-know information and steps of creating a major gift fundraising strategy, including: What is a major gift? 7 steps to start a major gift program Major gift fundraising tools Let’s start by reviewing the basics of what these key donations are. Evaluate external threats and opportunities.

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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.” In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: .

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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. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup. Formative Evaluation.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

By doing so, we start to build relationships early and reduce the amount of time and energy applicants spend on their proposals, while also reducing the amount of HF staff time spent on the review process. If a metric isn’t reflective of the impact they want to make, then why collect it?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? The Four Elements of a Nonprofit Self-Audit of Your Marketing Plan When you walk through your nonprofit self-audit, you have four major tasks: clarifying your marketing goals, taking stock of your organizational assets, reviewing your systems, and tracking your progress. Review your recent emails.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. Want step-by-step guidance for building out your Fundraising Planning Guide and Calendar Worksheet? You should be able to pick up these templates and start working with them right away. Fundraising Goals.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

For example, you can see whether your team members’ actions measure up against those of officers at other organizations pursuing similar goals (or even other officers within your team). You can also measure your team’s actions as a whole against those of other major gift teams to see if you’re aligned with the competition.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? This guide will help you decide whether partnering with a consultant is the right move for your association and how to choose the right team member when doing so. Measuring the efficacy of your eLearning programming. What does a learning consultant do?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. They track employee participation and measure the impact of these programs.

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Greater Giving

JULY 24, 2023

In this guide, we’ll review three ways your fundraising software can help your nonprofit maintain compliance: Activity data Donation tracking Volunteer tools Fundraising events of all types require careful data tracking, but donations made at an auction are especially complex to manage and record.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

For purposes of “reasonable” cybersecurity measures, the FTC provides this language: “Employing reasonable safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of data given the type, amount and sensitivity of that data in relation to the size, sophistication and capability of the organization.” Understand the risk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Running Facebook fundraising ads is an excellent way to reach your target audience and optimize for donations while generating data that allows you to measure your success. Note: any fields that aren’t specifically mentioned in this guide should be fine left with their default settings.). Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) measures ROI.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. The Board should also be involved in planning for accountability and evaluation of the strategic plan once it’s implemented.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Discover our step-by-step guide to connecting with donors who truly care about your mission, and watch your fundraising efforts thrive. This will help you understand the types of supporters that are most likely to be interested in your cause and guide your efforts in targeting the right audience.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Those are the starting point to guide and prioritize your marketing and advertising. At what other point in your business year do you evaluate where you are at? New marketing and advertising channels with measurable goals will help your prospective customers hear about you. Haven’t tried email marketing yet?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this guide, we’ll provide four CRM training best practices. For instance, if you use Blackbaud as a CRM provider, you may review their partner network , define how your system will connect with various partners, and explore the data migration process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Note from Beth: My colleague, Aliza Sherman, has written a book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing and you drop everything and buy it now. We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Work. Measuring Input.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This guide will provide a framework for how you can recruit with long-term development in mind. Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Soft skills are typically shown through previous experience and hard skills can be measured through technical assessments.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This guide will provide a framework for how you can recruit with long-term development in mind. Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Soft skills are typically shown through previous experience and hard skills can be measured through technical assessments.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this guide, we’ll review the basics of AI fundraising tools and a few strategies for using these solutions to improve donor relationships. Anticipate donors’ future behavior As mentioned, AI solutions can evaluate historical donor data to help predict donors’ future behaviors.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Our review discussions became more interesting, and the impact of the entire program was strengthened. When was the last time your application was given a solid review? Track those and make it easy for reviewers to check those boxes.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? Collect and review any qualitative feedback you’ve received from applicants in the past. Does it ask for information that helps you measure your progress, evaluate your impact, or learn from your failures?

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TechImpact

JULY 8, 2014

Create a user guide. Creating a user guide is another avenue to set a team’s expectations, and a great way to help admins understand exactly how the process is intended to flow. By consistently reporting on information you’ve gathered, you’re ensuring that data is being reviewed and transformed into something useful.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

They are living documents, serving as a “north star” to guide your organization to success. If you already have a plan in place, it’s time to pull it back up and review the hard numbers. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets. How have things been coming along?

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

Believe it or not, only 55% of nonprofits are actively measuring volunteer impact. If you are not measuring impact, how are you growing your volunteer program? VolunteerHub is preloaded with standard reporting options, allowing you to instantly review volunteer attendance, activity and trends.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Resources, symbolic attraction of alliance members, and expanded networks” as stated in a review from AIM Alliance , are all compelling benefits to joining forces, however, organizations should proceed with caution as these solutions are not sole problem solvers. Measure and share impact. Recommendations. Clarity of purpose.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Be clear in how you measure job performance so everyone on your team understands their duties and the expectations around their role. Measure the most important goals that lead to results. Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 29, 2020

As your enterprise is founded and starts to grow, you’ll need to be able to measure your success. For a social enterprise, this is twofold: measuring the money, and measuring the social impact. To measure profits, using traditional bookkeeping and financial metrics will be acceptable.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about Salesforce for Nonprofits implementation, including what it involves, how long it takes, and what nonprofits like yours can expect from the process. Fundraising: Create and manage fundraising campaigns, process donations securely, and evaluate the success of these efforts.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

To help you build a sustainable volunteer program, in this guide, we’ll cover the essential steps for starting a volunteer program: Conduct a community needs assessment. Evaluate your volunteer program. Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. Evaluate your volunteer program.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. Diversity Metrics.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this guide, we’ll review the top nine credit card processing solutions for nonprofits and best practices for choosing the right platform. Evaluate features. Make sure the payment process you choose offers security measures like: PCI-compliance. Read reviews. Look into these benefits as you compare top options.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Operations & Leadership Finding the Best Nonprofit Membership Management Software: A Mega-Guide 17 min read Read Now 4. Outlining measures to protect sensitive information will help you earn the trust and confidence of your members. Periodic reviews shouldn’t be just a formality; they are an essential part of the strategic process.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Now, let’s review how to incorporate the expected loss of revenue from that attrition rate into your planning process: Revenue Lost to Donor Churn Formula This formula lets you take the number of donors you expect to lose and translate into an amount of expected revenue lost. Historically, it costs $1.25

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

This often overlooked and sometimes under-appreciated department uses data to drive strategy, best practices to guide training, and technology to hack success. Here’s everything we’ll cover in this guide. Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Sales Ops: Table of Contents. Performance. Technology.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Before you start crafting your messages, it’s important to define clear goals to guide your digital marketing activities. Measurable. Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) that your team can track to evaluate your progress toward your goal. Outline your digital marketing goals. Choose your digital marketing channels.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In this blog post, we'll review the research results, discuss implications, and identify the soul-searching needed to move forward in new alignment with our values. Thanks to the generosity of these funders, we were able to identify 13 groups where duplicative questions are present using several human-guided machine learning techniques.

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