ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The Vera Institute (2015) offers this definition of social impact bonds: “In a social impact bond, private investors fund an intervention through an intermediary organization—and the government repays the funder only if the program achieves certain goals, which are specified at the outset of the initiative and assessed by an independent evaluator.”.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

In his blog post on evaluating fundraising programs, Measuring Success The Buffett Way , Jason McNeil asks What measures might Warren Buffett use to evaluate development effectiveness? She's trying to make the case for investing in Advancement Services at a college that seems to only want to invest in fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

The next phase was crowd-sourced rating process - where anyone could be a curator evaluating the aesthetic quality and relevance to the exhibition theme. Here's a summary of the impressive participation stats for each phase. View the Evaluation Statistics.)It Read the artist statement and then read the discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

The session was framed by some recent research from UnitedHealth Group and the Optum Institute called Doing Good is Good for You: 2013 Health and Volunteering Study. The study reveals that U.S. He evaluates every request with a question, “Will this compromise his ability to help the people he wants to help?”

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

You can see visual representations of an individual donor's giving summary as well as a timeline of every interaction with your organization. An audit tool evaluates your letters for ease of reading and effectiveness of communication. Case Studies. Manage Your Donors. Manage Your Emails. Manage Your Mailings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

My colleague, Anne Whatley, wrote this summary of what you’ll find when you dig into these two stellar and highly practical reports and resource lists. We summarized what we learned in two guides that are designed to help civic tech innovators monitor progress towards their intended outcomes and evaluate the impact of their efforts.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

According to a study by Everage and Researchscape International , nearly all marketers (99%) said personalization advances their customer relationships and 92% said their customers and prospects expect experiences that are individually tailored to them.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

In order to understand the incidence and success of formal nonprofit collaborations , The Bridgespan Group and The Lodestar Foundation collaborated in a 2014 research study. According to the Bridgespan study, funders “need to tread cautiously” when recommending partners because they would not want their word to be taken as “dictate.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

In reading through this amazing outpouring of posts, people have been very transparent if they are nominating their own project as well as their criteria and evaluation thought process. Holden not only shared his recommendations, but gave us a detailed description of his evaluation process. Donor Power Blog defines fundraising 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Conversion, as measured in dollars and cents, as a means to evaluate and justify the time spent on social media.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2009

The third annual Convio Benchmark Study was released earlier this week, and I had the opportunity to sit down with Vinay to discuss the high-level results. This report marked the largest to date with data from nearly 600 nonprofits that evaluate fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

According to a study by Everage and Researchscape International , personalization leads to a 55% increase in visitor engagement, a 55% improvement in customer experience, a 39% improvement in brand perception, and increased conversion rates by 51%. In summary. Creating a personalization plan.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Then, evaluate what donor acquisition and engagement strategies worked and what didn’t. . You can also make sure your marketing material includes case studies and real stories from the people you help. . The potential donor turns into a donor after evaluating their options and donating to the organization. Be personal.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

You can see how this works at the case study: How the ACCO Used Crowdfunding to Help Kids with Cancer. Find a case study here on how Kilbride Hospice is using it. It also provides visual representations of each individual donor's giving summary as well as a timeline of every interaction with your organization.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Based on IRS data and done using a complex model – one that is freely available for others to review and evaluate – the report tells us how much has been donated across the country in the previous tax year. The longest running study of its kind, Giving USA shows us how giving has fared over almost 60 years. What’s in the report?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

executive summary here ) ContinuousProgress: Better Advocacy Through Evaluation is an online guide to more effective foreign policy advocacy and evaluation. It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. Yet another great example of using Web2.0 tools to capture and share knowledge from nonprofit gatherings.

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Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

Executive summary: The summary is a snapshot of your proposal. Studying winning proposals from the past can provide insight into what works best for a specific funder. Planning your evaluation Decide which metrics you’ll use to measure the success of your project.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Program summaries, such as the advertising and exhibit income, registration fees, government grants, and private monetary donations received. We recommend doing all of the following during your search as well: Review client testimonials, reviews, and case studies. An attestation statement. If so, can these be adjusted by the provider?

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

Wade Hudson, co-founder of the Progressive Resource Catalog and the Strategy Workshop , an informal association of activists and organizers, are studying ways to help progressive activists become more effective and get results. Tags: Case Studies Nonprofit Events. Where: United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave, NE, Washington, D.C.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So it’s about a study. . So my perspective today is as somebody who’s been studying philanthropy for my career, but also as a passion. So a little bit about what community is and, you know, folks all around the world have been studying community since the beginning of humankind, right? Now I am in my podcast zone.

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People Community Video Podcast 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2006

our overview of 27 different online donation tools with reviews, recommendations, and summary charts. We're also looking for volunteer writers to work with nonprofit technology experts and write articles or case studies (all of our writers get a byline and a bio). What are some upcoming reports?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

One hopes that nonprofits deciding to roll their own social networks, aren't creating their own social silos and have gone into it with a solid strategy, clear objectives and measurable metrics , and can evaluate the ROI. Drop a comment or link back and I'll round it up for next week's summary. What do you think? And if you???re

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

UVP Case Study: PAN Foundation Consider the Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation, which helps underinsured people with life-threatening, chronic, and rare diseases get the needed medications and treatments. In 2018, the foundation partnered with Allegiance Group + Pursuant to evaluate how it communicated its unique value.

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Foundation Fundraising Cancer Interview 52

Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

There has been little consensus about the impact of focusing on overhead as a means of evaluating nonprofit organizations, either among nonprofit leadership or researchers. Summary of Findings. Ask board members for an extra gift” and “reduce our staff” were tied as the third more frequently chosen option. So what should we do next?

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Time Donor Research Issue 20

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

QUESTION: At our organization, we are re-evaluating our fundraising technology needs, but nobody is talking about strategy or data. Can you talk a bit about why these three need to be evaluated together? Jumping to the technology evaluation without first re-evaluating strategy is a mistake. Study your results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

What's Up With Feedburner by Beth Kanter Google Analytics Primer sponsored by NTEN with screencast and wiki created by Beth Kanter Using Postrank To Evaluate the Top Content on my blog by Beth Kanter. Benchmark studies. Google Analytics. Don't worry if you can't quantify them at this point, just list them. Client surveys. Observation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

CAF has coined the term “ philgorithms ” for algorithms of this kind.The report ends with a summary of high level trends that might impact civil society organizations, including a discussion on inequality, algorithmic bias and the future of work. 12 hosted by Data Analysts for Social Good features Peter York, an evaluation expert.

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Learning Philanthropy Nonprofit Charity 101

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

In summary, collaboration is critical because a client-centric approach, tied into a community of resources through technology, facilitates simplified, whole solutions that can be evaluated based on system-wide outcomes. Tags: collaboration interview case studies clienttrack community management tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You can read the summary of how the free agent community came together to self-organize and create a public action as well as a full report of the lessons learned and reflections on the #TakeBackThePink campaign in this public google doc. How do you evaluate and recognize “critical mass” of a free agent community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

There is an informative interview with Mayur Patel, who leads the Knight Foundation’s evaluation efforts. The issue contains lots of practical advice, an infographic of the NTEN benchmarks study, and and more. He shares some thoughts about the Open Data Handbook.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Despite study after study that shows pay is not the top reason employees stay with a company, research results like these often surprise workplace leaders. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Compensation came in fifth on the top five list.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Including a summary or teaser for your article in your newsletter, then linking to the original article for readers who want more information. Create case studies and collect testimonials from clients and supporters. They publish the case study on their website, and they want to get the most possible mileage from this resource!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

photo by flickr user michale , licensed with CC " BY " I arrived back from the UK only to jump into a car and drive out to Western, MA for a meeting to present an evaluation report I've been working on a for a client. In a recent study about progressive technology, lack of data integration was cited as the #1 universal complaint.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The conclusion of your article is a condensed summary of your major points and if possible should be no longer than 2-3 sentences, or about 50-75 words. Now, recall in Chapter 2: Nonprofit Marketing Strategy when we evaluated keyword ranking opportunities based on difficulty. Conclusion. Afterall, keywords are the backbone of SEO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2012

I discovered that it was Larry Eason from DotOrgPower and his colleague, Shelley Wenk, offered to write this summary of the discussion as a guest post. Here’s a summary of the discussion. Jen Humke @macfound suggested that the sector needs a research agenda beyond surveys and case studies. CoFLA Guest Post by Shelley Wenk.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2011

is management strategy where employees are evaluated on performance, not presence.) We commissioned a nine-month study with Bainbridge Graduate Institute on the environmental and business impacts of adopting a virtual work environment, the result of that study was a framework called BetterWork TM. BetterWork TM.

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