sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

We sometimes forget that IT stands for Information Technology. As a society, we have become obsessed with the “Technology” half the tools and devices that infiltrate our lives—and with producing, updating, and controlling these devices. How often has your organization struggled with answering, “How are we doing?”

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

While most university-bound students apply to their four-year school of choice with the intent of completing a program of study and attaining a degree, a community college student’s “why” is typically neither as clear nor as linear. Simply put, should community college students be expected to complete or not?

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 4, 2022

March 4, 2022 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good today announced a partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) for the Talent for Good apprenticeship program. As one of the largest public universities in the U.S. As one of the largest public universities in the U.S. About Arizona State University. About Cloud for Good.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Changing Higher Ed Episode 43: Raising Money for Universities during COVID with Scott Roberts and Tim Hill . Higher education fundraising is even more critical as colleges and universities navigate the unexpected and unpredictable financial situation caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic. Staying on Message.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Running Facebook fundraising ads is an excellent way to reach your target audience and optimize for donations while generating data that allows you to measure your success. Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) measures ROI. He helps organizations identify specific, measurable objectives and reach them using data-driven digital communications.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

technologies to identify patterns and provide insights. The Switch to GA4 + What it Means for Your Data Google launched Google Analytics 4 as a new generation of their analytics platform and sunsetted Universal Analytics, GA4’s predecessor. Despite this obstacle in measurement, this tool and others like it are still incredibly useful.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. The 7 steps of measurement. in Political Communication from the University of Maryland and a B.A.

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M+R

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Universal Analytics (a.k.a. GA4 standardizes a lot of Universal Analytics (UA) features into something that is more consistent feature to feature; Events are a lot different in the new GA4. More information about enabling enhanced measurements and the data collected can be found here. Enable Enhanced Measurement for eCommerce.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

One of my great joys in my long career in nonprofit technology has been seeing the extraordinary success of so many women in our field. The Gender Parity Index is a UNESCO measurement of access to education for both males and females. According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. Last year, U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

While nonprofits implement DEI measures without putting them into practice, these groups are judging by what they see and may be deciding to shift their support to an organization that is more actionable in its efforts. Utilizing hiring technology that hides applicant demographics. Increasing mentoring initiatives for BIPOC staff.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

More and more funders are asking for this kind of information, but most of them still provide nothing (money or expertise) to make it possible to manage and measure performance. So how can you build a system to measure outcome indicators and focus on your mission, if there is no funding to do so? Keystone Accountability.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I led the panel, “Measuring What Matters: How Funders and Nonprofits are Leveraging Data” and was joined by Adrian Bordone, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at GuideStar, and Peter York CEO and Chief Innovator at Algorythm. Current technology advances have given us a low cost to entry so everyone can participate. Looking Ahead….

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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. Google Analytics 4 and Universal Analytics aren’t the same platform. How they collect and display data isn’t the same.

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Everyaction

APRIL 25, 2018

In this blog series, we'll be focusing on how Higher Educational Institutions use technology to communicate with and engage their students and alumni. This requires a database that can easily track a large number of students and measure their participation in a variety of different activities.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

How Do You Measure Up? In this webinar you''ll learn: How you can use the benchmark report findings to measure your success and identify your areas of improvement. She has a BS in Business Administration in Marketing and Advertising from Marquette University, and lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” Disturb the universe? For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. Talking of Michelangelo. In a minute there is time.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

It can sound big and murky, but digital transformation simply means integrating technology into your organization in a way that enhances your ability to deliver on your mission. Greg holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and has over a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Back then, we were concerned about heady items like constituent-centric experiences, data-driven culture and strategy, technology for change, and use cases for technology. Of the surveyed nonprofit employees, roles included responsibility for programs, fundraising, grants management, technology, HR/office, or marketing.

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Double the Donation

APRIL 13, 2021

AlumnnIQ, a powerful and innovative fundraising platform, has partnered with Double the Donation to bring automated matching gift technology to its clients. This partnership will allow universities using AlumnIQ to access 360MatchPro, the industry leading matching gift solution. says Adam Weinger, President at Double the Donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Others changed a lot, like the person who supports your technology infrastructure or the people who have direct patient contact. What specific, measurable results will occur once that training is complete? Mary’s University of Minnesota. People changed, too. Some grew and matured with the experience.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Build Technology Into Your Strategy In 2024, it’s hard for even the most cash-strapped nonprofits to run without using technology. As you build out your strategy, remember that technology isn’t a nice-to-have, it’s a must. Plan to Change Your Plan When people make plans, the universe laughs.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Social Media Marketing & Measurement, Network Building, Tech Tools for Nonprofits, Company Culture, Donor Engagement, and Data Science. She was one of the first to publish about using social media for social impact and has lectured at Stanford University. TECHSOUP BLOG. NTEN CONNECT BLOG.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

They can't afford adequate accounting staff, good technology, or human resources management. Instead of focusing on income and expense ratios, donors should ask about the scale of the organization’s goal, how they are measuring their goal progress, and what it would take to reach that goal. Nonprofits.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Check out just a few of the sessions our partners are delivering: Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management on Salesforce. Don’t Configure Technology, Configure Its Users. Zak Kaufman, Vera Solutions, and Andrew Means, Salesforce.org. OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. She has a B.A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For many nonprofits, Google Analytics is the tool of choice for measuring traffic, reach, engagement, and action primarily because it is free. While it is somewhat easy to use, some of the more valuable features may require a little tutoring to understand and use. The syllabus includes: An overview of today’s digital measurement landscape.

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Volunteer Hub

APRIL 21, 2022

Man in the Middle (MitM): The National Institute of Standards and Technology defines a Man in the Middle attack as a cybersecurity threat in which an attacker is positioned between two communicating parties in order to intercept and/or alter data traveling between them. Communicate email security measures. Create password requirements.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

last week to see what’s really going on in the frontier of nonprofit technology: wearable devices. As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. Ned explained that the wearables are a hot topic now.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Making fundraising decisions based on that data is a little trickier, especially if you are not sure what to measure, why, and what to do with the results. Measuring for success at each stage. Immediately following bbcon, Blackbaud hosts the future-focused Product Update Briefings , a semiannual celebration of technology innovation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

Direct and Expand Your Program : Discover how to use technology to deliver your best programs and services and amplify your program impact. Govern and Protect Your Data : Learn how to develop your data management strategy and how to use technology to protect, integrate, visualize, and act on your data.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. Chicago, Illinois: Getting Started Measuring Your Impact When There's No Way You'll Do an RCT. London, United Kingdom: Technology and Vulnerable Consumers.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

Giving Days are growing in popularity, but they are also increasingly more engaging with the improvements in technology. It all started when we noticed larger universities holding successful giving days back in 2014. Set explicit measurable goals. We wanted to see if this was a channel that our community responded well to.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Enhancing Your Current Processes Even the most well-oiled finance teams can improve their processes with new technology and new partnerships. Improving Business Process with Process Maps : Is it really an improvement if you can’t measure the impact? Here are a few sessions that will inspire you to rethink your workflows.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . National University. Her work enables NetHope members to be more effective and efficient through the use of technology

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. At the time, I was working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” with co-author KD Paine. I first heard Laura speak when she launched her book , Giving 2.0, at Stanford two years ago. 3) Giving 2.0:

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

The International Society for Third Sector Research published a recent paper that summarizes why nonprofit leaders must use technology to connect with stakeholders in the emerging digital, civil society. Outreach to donors online requires an organization, no matter the size, to utilize some form of technology. million alumni.

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