Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A product, whether in the for-profit, nonprofit, or government sector, is a powerful tool that delivers a valuable service to a specific audience. It has a clear focus, providing users with the means to accomplish something meaningful and impactful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Nonprofits are doing important work every day that impacts lives and makes our world even better. But due to many common challenges to constantly reach new donors, retain existing donors, and increase operational efficiency the amount of effort to impact lives doesn’t always result in the high return it should.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

It can be helpful to set up dashboards that give you a daily overview of key performance metrics and trends for each of your campaigns. A good place to start is to think about the metrics that are most important to each campaign. So, be sure to focus only on metrics that are most relevant to your campaign goals. Your messaging?

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Campaign Tips Online Fundraising 92

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Major gifts are not only a highly-strategic effort, but also a high-stakes one— for many nonprofits, over 80% of their total fundraising dollars come from major contributions alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By Beth Kanter & Joan Garry Leading with empathy is one of the most effective ways to avoid burnout at your nonprofit. Recently, we have been exploring a fascinating topic that is not only close to our hearts, but very timely due to burnout in the nonprofit sector – empathetic leadership.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2018

posted by Cara Pritulsky Spring 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Evaluating volunteer programs within nonprofit organizations is a key step in continual improvement and data collection. Evaluating a volunteer program is exactly like evaluating any other program.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

We understand this as an approach that reimagines relationships among donors, nonprofits, and communities to rebalance power dynamics and decision making, prioritizing authentic connections and mutual learning. We realize that some of the most impactful work is being done by organizations HF might not know about.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A big part of being a nonprofit leader is creating and maintaining a fruitful relationship with your board. 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.

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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. Expanding reach by confirming 50 partners for a new initiative in 90 days. Outline the solution.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

But what if you decide to rebrand your nonprofit? Rebranding can be used to improve public perception of a nonprofit’s organization, but it’s a major decision and significant project to undertake. If you think it may be time to update your nonprofit’s branding, it’s helpful to know what to expect from the process.

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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.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fundraising is the bread and butter of nonprofit organizations—without gifts from generous donors, your nonprofit wouldn’t be able to work toward its mission. That’s fundraising 101 , the basic concept that your nonprofit relies on to see success. Giving impact labels. Giving impact labels.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Morgan McLenan works on the Project Team at Donorly, where she is able to strengthen development initiatives for critical nonprofits. The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. What can data help your nonprofit achieve?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You should periodically perform a nonprofit self-audit to see how your website, email marketing, and social media are performing. What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? A nonprofit self-audit is a chance to back up and look at the whole picture, to see how your marketing efforts are performing and where you can improve.

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Marketing Guide Metrics Nonprofit 69

Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

With the rise of smartphones, it seems like everyone’s constantly on social media, making it the perfect marketing tool for your nonprofit! Social media for nonprofits is one of the best ways for organizations to reach out, engage with the community, and promote the work they do. What is a good social media strategy for nonprofits?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It’s an important metric that will help you gauge how effectively you’re engaging new supporters, and it can also give you insight into which of your fundraising and marketing campaigns are most effective. One valuable metric will be your donor acquisition rate for the month of December. Do you set donor acquisition goals?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Anthem Awards were created to highlight and amplify the most impactful and inspiring work across seven core purposes: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Education, Art, & Culture; Health; Human & Civil Rights; Humanitarian Action & Services; Responsible Technology; and Sustainability, Environment, & Climate.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 8, 2014

dollars raised) are the most commonly used metric for evaluating fundraising staff, but they are not the only metrics that we as managers should track. These must be tracked and evaluated. Learn more about fundraising and metrics through NMI! Frankly, we all fall victim to this from time to time. Like this article?

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Metrics Fundraising Evaluation Measure 68

Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

You likely understand the general benefits of planning, but why is creating a fundraising plan so important for your nonprofit? Although every nonprofit is unique, there are several factors that every fundraising strategy should include to be successful. Evaluate your current fundraising strategy. With that, let’s get started.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For member-based nonprofits and associations, figuring out what membership benefits you’ll offer is one of the most important decisions your organization will make. In this article, we’ll cover 22 different types of membership benefits that your nonprofit could potentially offer its members. Let’s get at it!

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the significance of advancing equity in philanthropic grantmaking and discuss actionable steps that donors, organizations, and social changemakers can take to make a meaningful impact. This can help identify best practices, leverage resources more effectively, and avoid duplication of efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. Many times, nonprofits, especially smaller ones, do not have the resources to hire outside consultants to measure the impact of their programs. How can they get started?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

By Brent Merritt , a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. Facebook Fundraisers are a relatively new fundraising tool, but they’re already driving a major boost in revenue for some nonprofit organizations.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

As your nonprofit organization continues to grow, it’s time to consider investing in an effective fundraising platform that truly accommodates your nonprofit’s size, financial needs, and developing fundraising strategies. Why is fundraising important for nonprofits? Leverage Nonprofit Fundraising Best Practices.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Why report love matters Choosing a donor database is a pivotal decision for nonprofit fundraisers, influenced mainly by reporting capabilities. Optimize campaigns: Identify what works and what doesn’t so you can fine tune your efforts for maximum impact. Let’s find out how to achieve that level of reporting Zen consistently.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

nonprofits through Candid’s nonprofit profiles. This initiative aims to standardize and centralize nonprofit demographic data collection. nonprofit sector, we want to better identify who , exactly, is sharing demographic data with Candid and what information they are sharing.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

You need to constantly evaluate the data and analyze progress. This metric is created by asking your constituents one simple question: “On a scale from 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this product/company to a friend or colleague?” Nancy emphasized one important idea that we don’t consider often enough.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions.

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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Pre-Award Stage Generating Grant Guidelines Developing grant guidelines requires creating a comprehensive outline of the grant’s objectives, eligibility requirements, application procedure, and evaluation metrics. They often handle the creation of grant guidelines, applicant outreach, and oversee the grant evaluation process.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

We learned a lot at the recent BoardAssist Nonprofit Board Summit on how to be an outstanding board member. Our amazing panelists, some of New York’s most prominent nonprofit and corporate board members, had lots of practical and actionable advice for those of us who want to truly #bethechange. Give/Get or Get off.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

For nonprofits, this moment presents an opportunity for a social media strategy “do-over.” How Big Tech Harms Social Justice and Equity For many nonprofits, social media platforms are vital communication tools with which to organize people and provide them with services and information.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

With Giving Tuesday and the end-of-year giving season fast approaching, your nonprofit is likely ramping up efforts to reach its annual fundraising goals. Whether you’re planning holiday events or social media campaigns, incorporating texts into your promotion strategy can have a big impact on your success. Keep an eye on your metrics.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A very common “go-to” funding idea for small nonprofits is fundraising events. Here are three kinds of fundraising events that work for most nonprofits and how to choose the right one for you. Evaluating Ideas for Fundraising Events When you’re evaluating a potential fundraising event, don’t just look at the potential revenue.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, your organization’s success depends on your ability to anticipate and respond to change. Your nonprofit’s circumstances, whether internal or external, are always evolving. Responding to challenges effectively and capitalizing on your strengths can set your nonprofit up for long-term success.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

In reality, many nonprofits like St. If your nonprofit is ready to dive deeper into the world of AI fundraising to boost donor engagement with your mission, this is the place to start! Other AI solutions nonprofits commonly use include chatbots or virtual assistants to help streamline manual work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. To help you begin, below is a three-step process for writing a strategic plan that can easily be revised on annual basis while at the same time is workable and moves your nonprofit forward. Pick one day a month and enter your metrics.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 29, 2020

posted by Alyssa Huntley Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. While it might seem contrary to the type of organizations nonprofits are, they must earn some money to fund the good work they hope will be sustainable community solutions. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. Risks and rewards.

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