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. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you’re achieving that key outcome for impact. By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Secure Your Supporters’ Trust: Mastering Privacy-Compliant Fundraising In an age where every click, like, and share is meticulously tracked, the landscape of digital fundraising is evolving rapidly. This has led to increasing awareness among internet users about the implications of their digital footprints.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Traditional methods, like direct mail, are still important for reaching older or less tech-oriented supporters. During a year-end campaign, it’s essential to track and analyze data from these multiple channels. Define your metrics of success. What do you want to get out of your year-end campaign?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I spent a year co-writing on a book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” with measurement guru KD Paine because I felt strongly focusing on vanity metrics such as follower counts or Facebook likes was a waste of time. I didn’t get asked ”What are the best tools to measure followers on Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. Designers of these civic tech platforms and apps are already measuring results, such as the number of users, and are very familiar with tools like Google Analytics.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. How to Measure Your Success Developing your social media presence as a membership engagement strategy can be measured via engagement metrics. How to Measure Your Success Live events are only successful if your members show up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

Five Steps You Can Take Now to Apply the New Measurement Standards In Your Organization. Everything You Need to Know about the Dublin Summit and the New Measurement Standards. SMMStandards Progress and Roadmap: Marklein and Paine Present the First Social Media Measurement Standards at the Dublin Summit. But where to start?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are measures of how much money your fundraising events are raising, how your audience is growing, and which parts of your event are the most successful. Tracking these key event metrics can deliver critical insight into what you’re doing well, and where your events need improvement.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The rise of digital wallets in nonprofit fundraising The past 24 months have witnessed a significant shift towards digital wallet adoption, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on traditional donation methods. Checkout conversion measured from the point at which customer starts to pay for donation. typical checkout).

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M+R

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We hope you like acronyms, because Google is making some big changes — and that means nonprofits will need to understand some important technical details in order to effectively reach, track, and mobilize supporters. GA4 has been built to provide cross-platform data, so user activity can be tracked across web and app access.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

This is considered an implicit data collection method. This is considered an explicit data collection method. As you think about the current methods you’re using to ask members questions, consider one question you could add to one of those forms that would return highly valuable data. Observing is the most valuable type of data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Nonprofits have assets but instead of owners having equity in the balance sheet, net assets are tracked for a nonprofit. At a nonprofit, a donation must be tracked throughout the accounting process, and if the funds are restricted, supporting documentation is required to prove that the funds were only used for the stated purpose.

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CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2024

You should try to continually measure and evaluate your donation pages to see what is and isn’t working for you. This will help you make decisions about any changes you would like to implement and to measure whether these changes are effective. You can run your donation page through Google Search Console to test it!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

The fundraising landscape changes quickly, so staying informed and being open to new methods and approaches will help secure success. Set realistic deadlines for each phase of your fundraising efforts to keep your team on track. Track interactions and engagement to refine your online presence and maximize outreach.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2023

We’ll discuss the potential risks associated with donation processing and provide proactive measures you can take to safeguard your nonprofit’s funds. Some payment processors take proactive measures to prevent fraudulent charges. How do you reconcile and track charges and can we do this within our existing CRM solution?

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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. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you're achieving that key outcome for impact. Databases - Nonprofits can use these tools to track data in real time and report on results.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leveraging a secure payment solution throughout the donation process strengthens donor trust and allows them to use a convenient payment method. Other payment processors integrate Stripe and Paypal, so nonprofits may not be able to access nonprofit-specific giving methods and may be charged additional fees. per transaction.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Setting up tracking using Google Tag Manager can be very challenging, but the Media Cause Marketing Technology team has conducted research and found a way to add Google Tag Manager to your event pages. Once on the page, you can add your GA4 measurement ID. Cvent pageview = cvent_page_view Cvent Registration = reg_complete 6.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. You can use it to track donor behaviors based on like-minded groups. Surveys can be a great tool for this.

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Donor Search

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Measuring your performance is a crucial step that nonprofits must take to succeed. And worry not, there’s no shortage of methods of measuring performance. This post was written by Bill Tedesco, CEO of DonorSearch. There’s no better way of isolating and troubleshooting any ongoing problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Text-to-give is a text fundraising method, similar to text-to-donate, that allows your supporters to donate to your organization using their cell phones via text messaging. Data reporting provides you with an easy way to track your text campaigns to see which keywords and other fundraising strategies drive more donations.

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When considering reward and recognition strategies it is key to have an end-goal and metric for measurement. The five strategies below have the potential to be effective with the right goal and method of tracking volunteer program success. Remember to consider both long and short-term goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard. Dashboard design should also inspire buy-in and continuous improvement by using “ human centered design ” methods. These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. Tracking for Impact and Learning.

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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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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2024

As we discuss these methods, consider your current approach to recruitment marketing and which of these strategies would complement it well. Stay aligned on what success means for your campaign by tracking and sharing engagement metrics with them.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2023

Online giving is one of the fastest-growing donation methods. Explain a few of the benefits of donating online like the convenience and added security of this method. Track web traffic from any QR codes used on direct mail. You can also include URLs on mail, but remember to keep them short and easy to spell.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How closely should they track those changes? Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. Here’s how we think about impact management at Salesforce: Impact management combines elements of: Impact measurement.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This fundraising method requires individual members to fundraise on your team’s behalf, securing donations from their network and team supporters. Track and share fundraising progress data to help team members hold each other accountable to meet their individual goals. Include data tracking and reporting features.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

After all, each organization, depending on its size and scale, will have a different method for measuring who is considered a mid-level donor. Get to know them better by arranging meetings, and follow up regularly using their preferred contact method. Data tracking. Express appreciation. Reporting and analytics.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Our various protective measures ensured that genuine donations could flow seamlessly without obstruction, and our efforts enabled us to keep fraudulent activities at bay. Third-party advanced bot detection While our other fraud prevention methods work fairly well, we’ve also been looking at new technology to leverage against card testing.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

First, let’s go over the basics of the main methods your organization can use as a part of your marketing plan. With digital strategies, you can easily track who engages with your campaign and then record that information in donor profiles. Preferred method of communication. Core Nonprofit Marketing Channels. When they donate.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Heeding our own advice, we have been helping a number of clients to get up and running with new GA4 properties, the tags they’ll need to deploy the GA4 code through Google Tag Manager or walking them through the steps of adding the GA4 directly to their website’s pages (not a method we would typically recommend, but that’s a whole other blog post!).

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Media Cause

MAY 31, 2023

On the surface, it makes sense that privacy and tracking would be at the bottom of a marketer’s task list. But if you engage in targeted advertising or use Google Analytics to track website visitors, privacy-first marketing should be a priority for your organization. The Importance of First-Party Data What’s the Big Deal?

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In October 2022, Google announced they would replace their Universal Analytics (UA) with their next-generation measurement solution Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , on July 1st, 2023. By default, GA4 will track Page view, Scroll, Outbound link clicks, Site search, Video Engagements, File Downloads, and Form Tracking.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 20, 2024

Shift in Giving Patterns Donors are changing how they give, with more donations coming from donor advised funds (DAFs), IRA distributions, or other non-traditional methods. Nonprofits say: “(Donors) are more cautious and want even more information about measures of success for our programs.”

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Setting monthly goals allows employees to be more productive and focused on measurable results. Create a database of projects with employees goals and weekly updates to truly measure your nonprofit’s success with this method. Create accountability mechanisms. Implement just-in-time support systems.

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