Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I use a combination of Postrank analytics, Topsy, Addthis and many other tools to calculate the interaction portion, and the other two are simple to find through website analytics and social site updates like Nutshellmail or Facebook’s Insights. We put out a quarterly report that collects qualitative and quantitative information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In early October we made the rounds to promote the book in Boston and I had a chance to meet Brooke Freedman and Brian Halligan at Hubspot. I happened to mention that I was seeing reports from nonprofit folks about the recent change in the Facebook Algorithm and Megan Keaney Anderson offered to write this guest post. Were they urgent?

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

In this webinar you''ll learn: How you can use the benchmark report findings to measure your success and identify your areas of improvement. At Blackbaud, Dennis has managed the Strategic Services Practice, comprised of consultants in Business Analytics, Design & Information Architecture, Deployment Services and Agency Services.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Assembled below are Connection Café's top five online posts of 2011, as determined by our Google Analytics Top Content report. Google Analytics for Nonprofits - Part 1 : Alissa Ruehl schools readers in Google Analytics reporting. While the lists above are completely subjective, the following isn't.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Beth’s Blog, September 2011. The group also mentioned an example in Europe where a neighborhood council was cross referencing social media data with location to find out what topics were trending in those neighborhoods as part of a planning process. Do you need annual reports, or will monthly reports suffice?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Based on data from 3,828 charities that raised more than $12 billion in the prior 12 months, The Blackbaud Index reports that overall charitable giving grew 2.3 After flat years in 2011 and 2012, giving to religion has grown slightly in 2013. Analytics Donor Strategy Blackbaud Index faith-based fundraising industry trends'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

But it is also theme of a panel that I’m moderating at the Innogive Conference on Monday, April 2 that will focus on how this trend is and will continue to impact nonprofits’ communication strategies. USPIRG ToySafety.mobi is a 26 year annual report on toy safety.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. Accessibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Trust me — I know them well because I used to be one.” Giller, a journalist, established the Seattle-based nonprofit as a destination news web site for environmental news, reports and opinion with a wry sense of humor. Say Giller, “Our whole team reviews Google Analytics, like sipping fine wine.” Source: grist.org. Source: grist.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Key Trends in Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 7th, 2011 Blackbaud has released two new groundbreaking research studies that reveal insights about peer-to-peer event fundraising.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Unfortunately, this may be the result of 80% of nonprofits reporting difficulty building strong workplace giving strategies with limited staff and matching gift resources. Affinaquest was, in turn, acquired by SSB (a data management and sports analytics company) in 2021 while retaining the Affinaquest brand name.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2014

Now is the time of year when blog editors worldwide ask their writers for predictions and trends for the coming year. I thought Mary Beth Westmoreland’s latest piece on npENGAGE did a great job summarizing the high-level technology trends we often see and hear about in the nonprofit sector. Happy new year!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. With the exception of Foursquare, it’s been a trend that has had a hard time getting into the hearts and minds of mobile users.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. With the exception of Foursquare, it’s been a trend that has had a hard time getting into the hearts and minds of mobile users.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2017

When it comes to understanding individual giving trends, nonprofit organizations face an enormous information gap. Donation Insights uses Mastercard's anonymized and aggregated transaction data to offer a report and a dataset. Since 2011, individuals in the U.S. Bridging the Information Gap. Open-Source Insights and Dataset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The 2011 September Campaign. We’re also keeping a close eye on our Google Analytics to ensure that enough people are visiting the campaign page and the conversion rate. How do you report, reflect, and revise what you’re doing? Our 5-year-anniversary video from charity: water on Vimeo. How does charity:water do that?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. Here's the latest.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. This is in line with the 2010 Online Giving Report.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. No sugar coating these trends.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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