sgEngage

AUGUST 10, 2021

Are you freaking out about how Apple’s recent announcement regarding new privacy functionality of the upcoming iOS 15 might impact your email strategy? When someone actually reads and feels compelled to click an email, we know we’ve made genuine impact. Tracking opens as the sole metric for engagement is no longer accurate.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In this guide, we’ll walk through three key social media fundraising metrics, as well as how you can improve them: Social Media Engagement Rate Conversion Rate Social Media Return on Investment Ready to tap into the full potential of social media fundraising? This helps viewers better understand your daily operations and impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Here are important factors that nonprofits should consider when developing year-end campaigns, which, if executed successfully, will further their missions and make a profound impact on the communities they serve. One-time and non-donors might receive compelling stories and testimonials that inspire them to get involved.

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

As you get started on sifting through your data reports and action items completed this year, keep an eye toward how your internal and external reports can blend data-driven stories of impact. Regularly monitoring performance metrics or KPIs throughout the year allows you to know what you need.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

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. The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Nonprofits, corporate foundations, social enterprises, and organizations working in the social sector can struggle with how to approach understanding their impact: How do they know that changes in their beneficiary group are due to their interventions? How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? Mexico border.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

Motivations for their giving include receiving tax deductions and understanding the impact their investment is making. Studies show that donors ask less about where their money is spent and more about the impact their donation is making. So, how can nonprofit leaders effectively communicate impact to stakeholders?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Whether you tell stories in your fundraising or communications program, chances are you want to understand the impact and return on investment (or ROI) of the stories you tell. It can be near impossible to measure the success of a story if you haven’t first thought about what your desired outcomes are and drivers of success.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Tell an Emotional Story The Power of Narratives: People connect with stories. These could be qualitative or specific metrics or KPIs. Current State – use specific metrics to describe the current state of the business area like limitations, challenges, inefficient processes that relate to data, integrations and reporting.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

— Personalized communication and engagement strategies are critical to helping mid-level donors see the value and potential impact of increasing their donations to your nonprofit organization. Include impact stories and metrics in your acknowledgment and stewarding messages that show how far their dollar will go toward making an impact.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2024

For years, when nonprofits would publish digital reports with their best stories, they had to point inspired readers to a separate page to make a donation, disrupting the storytelling to fundraising pipeline. We solved this problem with Storyraise , a solution for nonprofits to create digital annual, impact, and donor reports.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

DIY Community Engagement Metrics. Metrics Tracking. >> Internal reporting: Weekly metrics for various platforms •Add metrics as you go. With high turn out at events, yet volunteer numbers dropping, we hope to highlight volunteer opportunities and stories of volunteers at the next few events to measure impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Their potential to impact significantly the social challenges that plague our cities is extraordinary. Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Collective Impact is a helpful framework to organize churches to affect change in their cities.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

They’re a powerful tool for communicating your impact, but what makes an annual report effective? Pathfinder International’s annual report combines thoughtful web design, powerful graphics, individual stories, and gorgeous portraits to vividly showcase their beneficiaries. One of our favorite parts is their “Pushing Impact” section.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2020

By Dana Bakich , founder and CEO of Positive Equation – a digital consultancy focused on equipping nonprofits with the tools and resources to build impactful digital strategies. The amount of the sponsorship largely depends on your social metrics – following, reach, engagement, and average video views. 100 (approx 10k views per $.01).

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

If you are not sure which metrics are essential or how to convert your data into something stakeholders can grasp and absorb, start simply by setting clear goals. That’s where technology can make a real impact. Quantifying the impact and success of services and programs can be challenging, but it’s essential.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

A healthy balance sheet is the source of innovation, impact, and engagement. Tell your financial story. To highlight the significant metrics, describe the relationship between the budget, the plan, and initiatives that are important to members. So how do you make the financial report a bingeable presentation?

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

It’s mostly true—numbers don’t always tell the whole story. Fundraising metrics are the key to unlocking your most effective, generosity-encouraging strategies. That’s why it’s important for fundraisers to stay up to date on nonprofit organization statistics and use metrics to inform their fundraising strategies and decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I’ve been reading Social Media Metrics Secrets by John Lovett who is a senior partner at Web Analytics Demystified where Eric T. The book is wonderful and before I share some of what I learned I have to tell you a story. He suggests that social media managers need to become curator of metrics, not just collectors of data.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Nonprofits deal with many data points, from donor profiles to volunteer records and program metrics. Leveraging these tools enables nonprofits to cultivate meaningful relationships, operate efficiently, and ultimately realize their missions with a more significant and sustained impact.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Raises more funds by sharing compelling stories about your mission. Expands visibility and credibility in the community by showing your impact. Investing in marketing helps you build a foundation for growth, community engagement, and impactful change. Digital marketing is more and more common because that’s where the people are.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. By collecting essential metrics as part of your program management process, you’ll be able to use this information to: Identify program gaps and areas of need.

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

For nonprofit organizations, making an impact without breaking the bank is crucial. In the nonprofit sector, where scaling reach and impact is a common goal, automated email marketing is the secret sauce that allows for meaningful connections with an ever-growing supporter base without stretching your resources too thin.

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Forj

APRIL 17, 2024

It's about translating your metrics into stories that resonate with key stakeholders, from the leadership team to the board of directors. It turns out that ensuring buy-in for your online community is about more than just collecting data.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

Importantly, TBP also acknowledges that funders do not inherently have more expertise or knowledge than grantees do, and that we can only achieve sustainable impact if we work together as equal partners. We realize that some of the most impactful work is being done by organizations HF might not know about.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You may also include links to stories about your nonprofit’s impact to show visitors that you’re trustworthy and successfully working toward your goals, as well as clear CTAs for whatever conversions you are trying to get from your visitors. Keep an eye on the following metrics for your site: Web traffic. Events page.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

Start with Metrics. When building a campaign and exploring your options for the structure, actions and engagement pieces, look first at your organizational metrics. Those metrics and goals are the best resources for identifying the focus and the calls to action for your campaign. Revisit your Story. You have one.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

As technology evolves, your nonprofit should expand to tell your story in more engaging, shareable, and innovative ways, such as podcasting. With nearly half a billion podcast listeners worldwide today, the format is very promising for nonprofit professionals who have detailed stories to tell.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

How are the answers to these questions impacting your fundraising? From there, identify and align variables like stories, voices, ask ladders, donation form appeals, and aesthetics that align best with each segment of your target audience. Pose a question, tease a story, or make an offer like a matching donation campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

Imagine what your organization could accomplish in 2022 if you began each initiative with clean, streamlined donor records that record donations from your online forms and update automatically , an arsenal of canned reports to track key metrics, and a solid plan to prioritize each donor segment individually. About the Author.

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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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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A well-crafted branding strategy can help you stand out from the crowd, attract donors and volunteers, and make a lasting impact on your community. Increase your impact on the community. Increase your impact on the community. What impact do you want to have on the world? Tell your impact story.

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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. 1. Many times, nonprofits, especially smaller ones, do not have the resources to hire outside consultants to measure the impact of their programs. Set Program Goals & Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The impact on the data side of the ecosystem is that massive amounts of data is being generated and much of what goes for measurement in “social media tools” is profoundly sub optimal (I’m being polite). We have IT-minded people engaging in massive data puking (one report with 30 metrics anyone?)

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

Members of this team review fundraising metrics , such as: Which recurring donors have upcoming credit card expirations, in order to stay ahead of lapsed recurring gifts. They’ll look at metrics on missing donor data, address updates, and donor actions. How many volunteer hours were recorded for a park cleanup event.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

So, you get to work and land on one text-heavy website and another website with a prominent video that describes a nonprofit’s work, mission, and impact. Show a person or group of people impacted by your organization, such as a beneficiary or donor, to share their connection to your cause. Add human interest. Use a call-to-action.

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Roundtree

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Mission + Metrics (2-4 pages). State your mission and then get to the heart of your impact. Share key impact metrics. How many people did you impact? Impact Stories (2 pages). You need a representative impact story. Conclude it with gratitude for their generosity. .

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