Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Research can often help you decide which ones you want to target. Once you know what platforms you’re using, do more research to find what kind of content tends to be the most popular. In some cases, you can survey to see what people currently associate the organization with. Give reliable information. Source: Dreamgrow.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. Social problems still endure, despite PM’s prominence as a way to ensure accountability and inform strategic decisions since the 1960’s. Use performance measurements sensitive enough to detect gradual changes so that small scale initiatives can be informative.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 10, 2020

Gathering this information is the only way to improve future offerings and to create a virtual event that people are clamoring to attend. To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask.

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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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Measure Issue Impact Method 143

Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Defining ‘community service’ broadly Based on surveys and focus groups, Leveraging the Potential of Youth Service found that young people ages 18 to 25 defined “community service” broadly, beyond volunteering with a nonprofit organization. reported for “informal helping.”

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Service Community Environment Empowerment 119

CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Research The first step is finding as much information as you can from your existing analytics. After choosing a few donor segments that you’d like to focus on, you can take it a step further by sending out a survey to this group to gather even more information. People like surveys that are short and sweet.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

Jude Children’s Research Hospital have already been using AI solutions to streamline their workflows and increase efficiency, and AI usage will only grow moving forward. You add the data to a machine-learning solution, which uses the information to learn about your donor base. In reality, many nonprofits like St.

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Tools Donor Fundraising Survey 90

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Using their own experience as a case study, they will show their process for collecting and managing the information, including how they created and distributed the survey through Blackbaud Grantmaking. Get an inside look at how to build and customize dashboards, including organizing your information and building unique parts.

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Blackbaud Denver Demographics Case Study 95

Nimble AMS

JUNE 28, 2023

In the latest Community Brands Association Trends Research Study , a group of association IT leaders were surveyed to determine technology’s role in delivering a superior staff and member experience. About 50% of associations surveyed say their IT budget will increase over the next year. Partner with your vendor.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ). Do your research on your target audience, including: Needs, motivations, characteristics, and pain points.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Manager of Knowledge Resources, Research and Academic Affairs, ASU Lodestar Center.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." Data are only the raw material of information. So how do we get from data to information?

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

i We anticipate a steady increase in organizations sharing demographic information as a result of our recently launched Demographics via Candid campaign. nonprofit sector, we want to better identify who , exactly, is sharing demographic data with Candid and what information they are sharing. Source: Candid, 2023.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2011

Note from Beth: For those of you who have been following my blog for a long time, you know of my obsession with research reports, particularly social media research snippets. The good folks at Idealware offered me a sneak peak of their new Facebook research – how could I resist? research report from Idealware in May.

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Facebook Research Advocacy Analytics 123

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

posted by Karina Lungo , Research Assistant, ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Funders are increasingly conditioning grants upon the delivery of specific measures. As part of a.

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Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. The steps include reading, commenting, and sharing stories of personal behavior change.

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Measure Policy Social Media Green 97

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This year, the report features survey responses from 1,250 nonprofit employees at the manager level and above. The survey’s aim is to better understand: The biggest challenges nonprofits face today and in the future. Obviously, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll in countless ways, and the survey results back that up.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2013

In this article we are going to discuss a challenge that every researcher is confronted with when creating a survey : How to design the right question list for their questionnaire? ” Essentially, a survey is only as good as the questions created will allow it to be. Creating the Research Purpose and Objectives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be Informed. Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Offer to help write short updates to keep donors informed. Can you survey nonrenewing donors to see why they didn’t renew? Is the donor renewal rate low? your neighbors. Prospecting.

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Fundraising Mail Law Donation 343

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, when surveyed, 97% of nonprofit professionals expressed an interest in learning how to use their data more effectively, and only 5% reported using data in every decision they make. Restricted research: Inconsistent data restricts healthcare teams’ ability to perform meaningful research and problem-solve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Benchmarking is the process of comparing your organization’s practices and results with a group of peer organizations. It can be an informal study and fairly simple to do. You identify a list of similar organizations and collect specific metrics to compare. A benchmarking process can help.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Jenkins & Van Cohen : In early 2019, we discovered research that highlighted that 73% of Gen Z workers reported sometimes or always feeling alone. As we began our pre-pandemic research, it became clear that it wasn’t just Gen Z who were experiencing loneliness, but everyone was. Control is the opposite of trust.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 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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Measure Issue Impact Method 81

Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Donor retention is the measurement of how many donors continue giving to your nonprofit year after year. This will inform how you make your appeal and how much you ask them to donate. You can also use prospect research to determine whether any current donors have the potential to give at an even higher rate and become major donors.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We suggest that you have a conversation and not send a survey. Use softer, more open-ended questions to get detailed information that you will capture in writing for your plan. Drive strategy by using data to inform your association’s strategy and departmental strategies as well as drive business metrics and KPIs.

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Analytics Language Associations Case Study 169

Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Use these strategies to identify your ideal customer and ensure your digital marketing materials appeal to them: Send out surveys. Your CRM, or customer relationship management system, stores and organizes information about your existing customers. Perform market research. is the purchase of your product trending up or down?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

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 Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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Measure Aggregator Platform Consultant 104

Nimble AMS

MAY 27, 2022

Research from the Community Brands Association Trends Study , also discovered less than 5% of professionals use AI, predictive analytics, or machine learning in their organization. . Gather relevant data by conducting member surveys on how individuals use technology. Create a vision for change.

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Volunteer Hub

APRIL 21, 2022

According to a cybersecurity survey conducted by Microsoft, 60% of nonprofit respondents do not know of or do not have a digital data policy for handling cybersecurity risks and protecting data. Many nonprofits store crucial data including information about clients, donors, volunteers, staff, and corporate partners that needs to be protected.

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Data Policy Method Cisco 90

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Your best bet is to collect them in a centralized volunteer database to manage all of that information. When considering who your volunteers are, you need to collect necessary information from them like demographic information, skills, and qualifications. How are you measuring volunteer engagement? WHEN can they work?

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Volunteer Strategy Organization Metrics 94

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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Statistics Stats Program Management 52

Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Research in the for-profit sector has found that CEOs might make anywhere from six times to six thousand times as much as the median worker. The Council on Foundations ’ annual survey and report on staff salaries and benefits at U.S. In 2022, 1,003 grantmakers participated in the survey. How do U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Both Giving USA and The Chronicle of Philanthropy are reputable sources of information, but the way each measures philanthropic giving for their reports differs – significantly.

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Research Arizona Philanthropy Foundation 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Nancy Lublin, who was CEO at the time, hosted a book party for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and during a tour of the office, she introduced me to Bob Filbin, DoSomething’s Data Scientist at the time. For example, researchers can answer questions like: what is the relationship between weather patterns and depression?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

For us, this has been linked not just to content like articles a blog posts but also forum threads, email outreach, and broad campaigns — like our recent Cloud Survey. ” What are the metrics for measuring your content? I do have to time box it though because I only allocate 30 minutes a day to curation.

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Content Measure Organization Strategy 101

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

When respected researcher Penelope Burk asked donors why they stopped giving, or why they gave less than they could, here are some of their responses : I didn’t receive any information at all after making a gift to a not-for-profit last year. Research shows donors who are called renew at higher levels than those who are not.

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Retention Donor Gift Nonprofit 111

Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Strategic partnerships and research inform her approach to new challenges and when drafting fundraising communications. Data is best utilized when information is organized and synthesized over the long-term, allowing you to seize opportunities when they arise and avoid potential pitfalls. What do we mean by “data?”.

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Data Metrics Nonprofit Analysis 69