Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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MAY 31, 2011

Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, has released the third edition of it’s groundbreaking research into multichannel giving trends among nonprofit organizations. This is in line with the 2010 Online Giving Report. Only 11% of online donors acquired in 2007 were still giving in 2010.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 12, 2021

Founded in 2010, Cloud for Good is a certified B-Corp, 7-time Great Place to Work, 7-time Inc. Computerworld is the leading technology media brand empowering enterprise users and their managers, helping them create business advantage by skillfully exploiting today’s abundantly powerful web, mobile, and desktop applications.

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2010

So you're tracking your web analytics, and your metrics are going up in all categories. Reports like this are great for organizations to determine if their increases in different web metrics are comparable or better/worse than others'. But have you ever wondered how you compare to other organizations?

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

transaction Setup Fee: $0 Commitment: None Integration: Salesforce, MailChimp, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Google Analytics, Google Docs, HubSpot, Insightly, Stripe. Founded: 2010 Designed with fundraising staff in mind, iDonate’s overall mission is to move overall giving from 2% of disposable income to 4% by 2025.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2) Launched the advocacy Twitter handle in January 2010 (@Advocate4PanCAN) and it is growing steadily. 2) I want to make our website ( www.pancan.org ) more shareable across the web. We have over 70 affiliates in the U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Speaking of metrics, Drew Bernard has an awesome post about how to use web analytics based on the functions of specific pages or sites. This is what I think: Convio should partner with neutral players to underwrite benchmarking studies that get data from a much wider sample of organizations than just their clients. Time will tell. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

And now, the top ten posts of the year, according to my Google Analytics stats: Getting Naked : Being Human and Transparent. Hmmm, think it was that keyword? However, the bounce rate on that one was well below average, so maybe not. I wish all a holiday season full of fun, quality time with family (chosen or otherwise), and joy. {

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2010

Well, you have clues to their behavior already, in the data you've been collecting -- perhaps even inadvertantly -- as they read your messages and navigate your web site. Using Core Metrics to Read Between the Lines ", one of the highest rated sessions at the 2010 NTC, now in handy webinar form.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Top feature: Users gain insight into online traffic, transaction times, website visits by device type, and conversion rates with real-time analytics. GoFundMe Platform overview: GoFundMe is a crowdfunding platform that has helped raise over $25 billion in donations since 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. Also, there is secondary data to review and your web site analytics. Making your web site readable on a mobile phone can be as easy as picking low hanging fruit , especially for blogs using WP platform. Qwerty Monsters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2012

At first, I was surprised as one person after another responded to Farra by saying that nonprofits needed to work on responsive web design before moving on to app development. Apps, Responsive Design, or Both: Some Important Guidelines for Going Mobile for Nonprofitrs – Guest Post by Heidi Massey. Social media.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If your organization needs convincing that its time to adopt HTML5, just share the following tidbit from Wikipedia with the powers that be: “According to a report released on 30 September 2011, 34 of the world's top 100 Web sites were using HTML5.” 3) Asynchronous Google Analytics Tracking. Oh, memories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We also know that the distance separating the web and television is narrowing. Your website is becoming a channel and the web is already a hybrid mix of media where video plays a dominant role. You might think of Facebook as an important social network, but it is now also the third most popular video site on the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

The panel description: At the Cross Section of Web, Social and Mobile. How can a non-profit today use mobile technology, social and web in a way that increases participation, ensures success and provides easier management campaign and their resulting data points. Larry Eason: Larry is a web and mobile strategist to causes.

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2011

Check out the 2010 Annual Report in video ! Are you using Google Analytics for your organization's website, blog, or other online space? Be sure to check out Chris Tuttle 's post sharing the 5 Web Reports Every Nonprofit Should Know.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2011

Analytics are limited. of nonprofits were able to raise over $10K on Facebook in 2010, according to Frank Barry of Blackbaud. And they were the web,&# said David Plouffe, Chief Campaign Manager. Why is replacing your website with a Facebook page a bad idea? It has limited functionality. Good luck getting it back up.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . This socially-sourced crowd spends upwards of 15 minutes per day, every day , on social media sites, 3 to 7 times more than on any other major web property. .

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 3, 2016

He founded the company in 2010 to transform the way business intelligence is performed so organizations of any size can quickly and easily deploy powerful analytics. It’s common to have data stored in different places and in different formats—on the web, in a spreadsheet, in a donor database, etc. Keep Your Data Clean.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2011

Working at nonprofits, we all want to be better fundraisers, web innovators, and social media gurus in order to meet our mission. Industry leaders and nonprofit experts will gather in cities across the country for tracks covering Internet marketing, social media, emarketing, fundraising, and analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

Altimeter Report: Social Media Analytics. Jeremiah Owyang from The Altimeter Group along with John Lovett and Eric Peterson both of the Web Analytics Demystified firm have published an open research report that advocates for a standardized framework of the following business objectives and use of metrics to measure them.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We continued experimenting with the e-news throughout 2010 to boost site traffic, redesigning the template and removing less-popular features. So, in September 2010, we moved to our Community Guided Content model. Plus time spent on web pages on page is up – a modest but welcome increase of three seconds.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

It launched in 2010. You can use in-app analytics, add more information like a contact number or web address to your profile, and access Instagram’s advertising features. Digital strategy, integration and analytics. Tracking these KPIs is achieved through analytics tracking software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Leave a comment below telling me your social media plans for 2010, and why you think these 7 books will help you achieve what you want to accomplish. Here’s where to go (if the blog post is not up yet, check back later in the day): www.kaushik.net/avinash : this is the amazing blog of Web 2.0 Analytics author Avinash Kaushik.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) link] Cheers! - pretty cool. pretty cool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2011

Last week, I read Jocelyn Harmon’s post about Nonprofit Facebook Fail and in the comments, Petri Darby refers to the dramatic increase of visits to his nonprofit’s Make-A-Wish Foundation Web site. Make-A-Wish Foundation monitors analytics, does tests, and tweaks its website ( www.wish.org ).

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2010

Reprinted from Grizzard , original post by Chip Grizzard on 6/3/2010. Based on current trends as reported by Target Analytics and Convio, I think the typical organization will (or should) be raising at least 50% of its revenue from individuals via channels other than direct mail by 2016. Author: Jill Ward.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

The organizations that participate in the Target Analytics online benchmarking group are prominent nonprofits covering a range of sectors, including animal welfare, the environment, health, human services, international relief, and societal benefit. This is in line with the 2010 Online Giving Report.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) A solid Web site is a key (and maybe the No.

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