Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Social media is an indispensable tool for raising awareness for your nonprofit’s cause, reaching new audiences, and strengthening your relationships with donors. Social Media Return on Investment Measuring your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) is essential for any marketing or fundraising initiative. After all, with 4.9

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this guide, we’ll review the basics of AI fundraising tools and a few strategies for using these solutions to improve donor relationships. How AI Fundraising Tools Work There are many types of AI fundraising tools that suit a wide range of needs.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

DIY Community Engagement Metrics. So often I find that we are too quick to say that because a website doesn’t have our domain, a tool is downloaded to our computer, or a platform doesn’t have our developers working on it that we can’t be responsible for measuring and analyzing the way we use it.

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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

Facebook is the flagship social media platform for most nonprofits. The inherent community nature, pervasiveness of the platform, and the fact Facebook is constantly adding tools for nonprofits to better utilize the social network has made it the perfect choice for most nonprofits. Image courtesy of Black Celebrity Giving.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Adopt technologies that simplify collaboration and enhance communication , like board portals or other real-time tools. Platforms like Korn Ferry, BoardSource , Cowen Partners, and Caldwell Partners offer sophisticated matching services to help you find the perfect fit for your board. Provide the right tools.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Flexibility : The best dashboards are flexible enough to track the metrics that are most important to your nonprofit. Integration : The best dashboards can be easily integrated with other software applications your nonprofit uses, such as your CRM or email marketing platform. Data Studio is a free data dashboarding tool from Google.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

However, managing grants efficiently and effectively can often be a daunting task, requiring meticulous attention to detail, rigorous compliance measures, and streamlined processes. These new tools brought a digital approach to grant management, making processes much easier for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

When evaluating CRM software for your nonprofit, you need to look for these five key differentiators: 1) Importance of Platform. It is important to look at the platform the CRM system is built on. Does the platform integrate with your existing infrastructure? Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause?

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sgEngage

MAY 16, 2024

Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the grantmaking lifecycle is vast and ever-growing. Today, data collection comes from a myriad sources: survey platforms, program apps, web forms, and even social media engagement. Grantmakers are swimming in a sea of information.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tools – What tools do you have? What tools do you require? Drive strategy by using data to inform your association’s strategy and departmental strategies as well as drive business metrics and KPIs. This will align the organization by having clear success metrics and KPIs. What limits you? Is it at your fingertips?

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2024

The best part: You can integrate Bloomerang into your Storyraise report , meaning you get donations and learn about your donors all in one platform. By integrating analytics and reporting tools into donation platforms, organizations can gain insights into audience behavior, engagement metrics, and fundraising performance.

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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. What is a Membership Engagement Strategy?

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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 provides plenty of tools to help you create an effective strategy that can make a huge difference in your organization and help you meet the goals you set. Fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. The short answer is, more than ever before, you have to embrace the pay-to-play nature of the platform. 5) Select metrics and monitor campaign performance. Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) measures ROI. 4) Design your creative.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

HSNY’s website now also targets individuals looking for hunger-relief services for themselves and their families, and offers content that reflects this shift, such as a SNAP pre-screening tool. We work quickly to create and disseminate content, and look at metrics on our various digital platforms. The web is always changing.

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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 ). Pick your favorite tool and create tasks with due dates, details, and assignments for your team.

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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. Hone in on your true scope of influence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” ” Here’s a quick review of both books.

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Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Digital marketing is a powerful tool for businesses of all sizes to reach their target audience and achieve their goals. Consider expanding beyond those platforms to test and reach a wider audience. Measure Impact: Define the metrics that will help measure the impact of your digital campaign.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

As you define your goal(s), also think about how to measure it. Here are a few examples: Increase awareness and expand your audience: success is measured by an increase in followers, but you could also track things like shares, reposts, and retweets. If you haven’t exported your data before, here are how-to guides for major platforms.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This year, the need to check in is even more critical, as 2023 will usher in a whole new paradigm for a core part of digital strategy: web metrics. UA has been a reliable benchmarking tool for more than a decade, and many organizations have comfortably adopted strategies and reports that deliver data to inform their broader digital strategy.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Now, you’re probably wondering how to find not just a robust fundraising platform, but buy fundraising software that serves your organization for the long term. Keep in mind that the most effective fundraising software offers multiple tools within the same platform. This resource was made for nonprofits like yours!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With so many tools out there to choose from, your opportunities for customizing your organization’s tech stack are virtually limitless, especially when it comes to fundraising apps. This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success.

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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. Surveys can be a great tool for this. But that anecdotal evidence won’t convince the board member.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While video views are nice, we measure our success by engagement—using likes, comments, saves, or shares as our metrics. But they also bring attention to our entire social platform’s content. As long as your video is under 60 seconds, it is easy to repost across platforms.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

By Tereza Litsa , Social Media Manager at Lightful , a simple social media management platform for nonprofits. It’s an easy way to set measurable goals and to align your objectives with your daily posting. 5) Pick the right tools. 10) Measure success. 10 Steps to Create a Content Calendar. 6) Plan your campaigns.

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

While there’s a common concern that automated email marketing may seem impersonal, it is, in fact, an invaluable tool for nonprofits to build and strengthen relationships with supporters when executed thoughtfully. Data-Driven Decisions Email automation tools often come with analytics. Why Automated Email Marketing?

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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. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Set Program Goals & Metrics.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Setting Up Tracking and Metrics What’s measured gets managed. This all-in-one fundraising platform is not just a tool, but also a reliable partner that can amplify your organization’s efforts significantly. All these tools are aimed at making your fundraising drive a seamless experience.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

You may use free or paid tools to show numbers such as growth in followers, Likes and shares, RT’s, and sentiment based on secret algorithms by computer programs. That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. What are the Best Tools for Collecting Data?

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

On average, successful nonprofits bring four users into their Classy platform within the first 90 days. 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. Check Out The 2021 State of Modern Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Often, organizational structures within individual facilities and departments create their own data platforms and workflows that are not aligned with one another. To make matters worse, these platforms may not be built to scale, meaning they won’t be able to keep up with the demands associated with increasing data volume.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

7 steps to start a major gift program Major gift fundraising tools Let’s start by reviewing the basics of what these key donations are. Prospect research software like DonorSearch provides tools that will automate analyzing wealth information for each prospect. Use your CRM to develop a report template to measure your program’s impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tools and Apps to Energize Your Base. You need two key ingredients – people and tools to connect and engage with them. From “texting&# to location based apps like FourSquare this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest apps and tools organizations can use to effectively moblize and energize people online.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Also, review your fundraising metrics and data from previous campaigns. Ensure you have access to these useful tools: CRM. Plus, you gain access to a variety of email metrics, such as open rates and click-through rates, that let you know how effectively your emails engage recipients. Social media scheduling tools.

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