.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

If you represent the American Bankers Association, financial acumen probably isn’t a problem. This is a concept that bears repeating, so don’t hesitate to remind the group, from time to time, where the buck stops. Be sure to allow time for questions. A director who can’t read your balance sheet, can’t be a great leader.

Raise 419

Raise Law Associations Director 419

Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

On the flip side of the Double Down strategy, IAEE was also able to identify activities and projects the team was spending time on that didn’t offer much return on investment. Contact us at any time to speak with one of our data-loving experts. They then promoted that content to unengaged members with similar profiles.

Data 210

Data Strategy Associations Survey 210

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The right fund accounting software can save you time and streamline your processes. But as a community health center, you’re already running on lean margins, which makes it even harder to carve out time to implement new software. Determine the non-financial metrics you want to track. Think about the future.

Fund 88

Fund Software Community Tips 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report addresses metrics for success for investing in broad field social movements or networked approaches to social change. The report lays out some new metrics for movement building – that are paths to the more easily counted tangible results and where the unit of analysis is the movement or network, not an organization.

Metrics 114

Metrics Fund Build Social 114

Care2

MAY 31, 2013

During our discussion, Jessica and I talked about nonprofit and political campaigns obsession with vanity metrics. The other problem with relying on vanity metrics is that it dilutes social media’s real purpose – to be social. This is one way communications and there is nothing social about it.

Metrics 75

Metrics Brain Social Media Social Network 75

3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the time of year when fundraising teams are pouring their available time, energy and talents into perhaps the most important task of the year. When was the last time you cleaned it, appended it, purged it, normalized it? If one or more of those terms sounds unfamiliar, make time for some thorough data hygiene.

Data 184

Data Time Fundraising Retention 184

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

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.” At any given time,you’ll be trying to answer a hundred different questions and juggling a million things. That’s the OMTM. It focuses the entire company.

Metrics 101

Metrics Measure Analytics Method 101

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The problem might be something you’ve never considered. ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability. Maybe stale programming is stopping the love? Could the issue be trust?

Associations 221

Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Which one would you be most likely to remember when it comes time to make a recommendation? However, it is also worth noting that in addition to their advantages, producing a nonprofit explainer video often comes with a price tag and can be a time-consuming process. Get to know your audience. Craft a compelling storyline.

Video 105

Video Support Tips Audio 105

Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

The strategic planning process is a rare chance for a nonprofit’s leaders to step back and look at their organization and its activities as a whole—to understand what success looks like and to allocate time, talent, and dollars to the activities that can help achieve it. Even the most ambitious strategic plan must also be feasible.

San Francisco 98

San Francisco Nonprofit Metrics Boston 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

What is the way out of this problem? Limited time and resources for maintaining and creating content on one hand, and a desire to get started. The secret sauce: Very focused objectives for your Fan Page and a selective strategy. Here are some metrics that I use to harvest insights on those questions.

Metrics 97

Metrics Benchmark Facebook Experiment 97

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data silos are a common problem across all industries and can cause serious pain points, especially as data volume increases. Restricted research: Inconsistent data restricts healthcare teams’ ability to perform meaningful research and problem-solve. Save staff time and costs by avoiding manual entry.

Integration 76

Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 76

The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 12, 2022

This is a simple problem to fix as it’s about swapping words. Then read around where you used that word to consider if you actually tell donors what that impact is. This is probably the hardest part of the process and it’s what will help you identify a key message for your story so it’s worth spending time on.

Storytelling 94

Storytelling Impact Profit Story 94

M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Read time: 8 minutes. About this time last year, we all started talking about Apple’s new Mail Privacy Protection , a.k.a. A year later, it’s time to take a look at what actually happened. This type of open didn’t really exist at this time last year. Apple MPP, a.k.a. Make strategic adjustments? Now, let’s dig deeper.

Mail 108

Mail Spam Rate email 108

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

If you company is experiencing a constant or newly presented problem, a change will need to be made. Remedial Change – when a problem is identified and a solution is implemented. In this phase, you will review performance, metrics, and outcomes. Consider the problem or opportunity at hand. This is a proactive change.

Change Management 105

Change Management Change Management Phase 105

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Getting an MBA takes time and money, making it inaccessible to many people who want to take charge in the business world. That core consists of working through and with other people to create value while using financial concepts and metrics to maximize the value created for all company stakeholders.

Skills 92

Skills Learning Knowledge Leadership 92

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 11, 2018

What is your perspective on the problem you need to solve or the opportunity you need to capture? What evidence do you have of this problem or opportunity? How is this problem or opportunity connected to the company's purpose and mission? Ask these questions and take these steps: What is your company's mission statement?

Companies 49

Companies Change Time Articulate 49

Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ). Define the problem. Add to the story by explaining your organization’s unique solution for addressing the problem, including how your nonprofit’s work will drive impact. Outline the solution.

Communication 98

Communication Campaign Channel Measure 98

Qgiv

MARCH 14, 2023

Donor Retention Donor retention as a metric has gained traction since 2001 when Adrian Sargeant published the first academic research on the financial impact of increased donor retention. This problem is not going away. Despite organizations utilizing fundraising best practices , many challenges for nonprofits remain.

Challenge 98

Challenge Retention Nonprofit Tennessee 98

Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

Have you allocated time for routine maintenance? The scope of the problem seems really big…but is bad data really preventing you from getting your work done? Tackle the clean up one step at a time. It is good business practice to spend time managing it. Lots of challenges, right? Okay, take a deep breath.

Data 169

Data Analytics Associations Registration 169

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

An endurance runner looks at his mile times. In this case, the line from A to Z zigs and zags a few extra times. Assessment occurs through the use of success metrics, otherwise known as key performance indicators (KPIs). Nonprofits don’t have trouble finding success metrics to use. ● This metric is a biggie.

Metrics 28

Metrics Track Organization Evaluation 28

Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

The problem is, this advice is often aimed at organizations with dedicated social media folks, or even teams of them. Now, assess the posts to see what makes them similar and different, including the text, imagery, links, post types, timing, and platforms. Set a time period for the test. Then, pull the top and bottom 10 posts.

Social Media 98

Social Media Data Strategy Media 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Using the scientific method for experiments can yield insights about how much time and effort – whether our effort has to reach perfection or not. Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. Don’t waste too much time on people who will never agree with you.

Social Media 119

Social Media Channel Difference Media 119

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

The problem with ratios. Storytellers strategically place the donor or prospect into the story, allowing them to help solve a problem, making them a hero. Negative emotions are associated with the problem, while positive emotions connect to the solution. Story: How are you telling the story?

Impact 52

Impact Communication Effective Ratio 52

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. The same is true for ongoing vs. first-time donors. Here are some of the questions you might ask in order to understand what metrics to track: . How much food do you need to feed them, and within what time period? .

Analytics 122

Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points (fancy way of saying metrics) that will help you harvest insights to improve your social media strategy. For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need. I think engagement metrics are far more useful for evaluating reader interest.

Metrics 81

Metrics Social Media Strategy RSS 81

M+R

JULY 27, 2023

Read time: 5 minutes Most nonprofits, even the smallest ones, include supporter cultivation in their messaging mix — the occasional thank-you email, an annual impact report, maybe a robocall at year end. That assumption was also backed by years of UCS’s email fundraising metrics consistently beating M+R benchmarks.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Test Advocacy Metrics 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. 2) Tweet or retweet 2-10 times daily from early morning to late evening. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

Twitter 355

Twitter Practice Social Media Nonprofit 355

sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises. Like an emergency fund for your organization, an operating reserve allows you time to make data-driven decisions instead of having to react immediately. If a government regulation changed or community preferences shifted, would you have time to react?

Foundation 80

Foundation Build Grant Fund 80

sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Collaborations, after all, take time. When two or more organizations work together on any project, time must be spent up front setting ground rules, creating processes, and making compromises. In the past, many foundations viewed collaboration as a speed bump. New Collaboration Models Emerge.

Collaboration 78

Collaboration Foundation New Hampshire Government 78

Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

This is a popular time for charitable giving because supporters are motivated by the holiday spirit and because it’s the last opportunity for donors in the U.S. This is a popular time for charitable giving because supporters are motivated by the holiday spirit and because it’s the last opportunity for donors in the U.S.

Guide 107

Guide Giving Nonprofit Metrics 107

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

Many organizations struggle with the idea of ROI and metrics when it comes to social media because so much of it feels, well, untouchable. It’s soft and maliable and relative, pretty much all of the time. We are usually pretty quick to highlight problems, so this is probably the easiest step!

ROI 135

ROI Case Study Metrics Student 135

Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you think it may be time to update your nonprofit’s branding, it’s helpful to know what to expect from the process. You’ll need to dedicate time and resources to the rebrand process. It may likely take longer than expected, so it pays to build in extra time for any unanticipated bumps in the road.

Nonprofit 119

Nonprofit Audience Library Research 119

CauseVox

MARCH 30, 2022

Meat Fight’s CEO, Alice, loves that peer to peer fundraising through CauseVox saves her time as the CEO to focus on other parts of the organization while much of the fundraising runs on autopilot: individuals who have themselves been impacted by Meat Fight can pay it forward by raising money for them on their own peer to peer campaign pages.

Tips 78

Tips Fundraising Pledge Template 78

sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

But when most of an organization’s funds are restricted, often unnecessarily, it can create significant cashflow problems and inhibit growth. You can create presentation-ready charts that visually show what funds were spent, how they were used, and how that has changed over time. The more money that went to services, the better.

Fund 87

Fund Chart Grant Report 87

NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Let's take a quick tour of the most important metrics, and take the first step to improving your email campaign performance through evaluation and optimization. You can divide the key metrics into offensive and defensive variables. Offensive Email Metrics. Defensive Email Metrics.

Metrics 53

Metrics email Campaign Rate 53

sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

You can pull in different report metrics and filters to get the information you need to make decisions. It is tailor-made for that organization and does everything the customer needs it to do in the way that works best for that team at that point in time. When you do update, it’s time consuming and costly.

Software 85

Software Grant System Industry 85