Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Through tools like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, you can post information, encourage comments and get feedback. Measurable : You should be able to quantify goals with a numeric benchmark. Achievable : Make sure your benchmarks are realistic based on what you’ve accomplished in the past. How do you find this out? Try asking them.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Pew Research raw survey data now available – Looking for some data to help tell your organization's story? "The The site also posted losses in Canada, the U.K.,

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Conversation is the New Attention – "This article is adapted from their SXSW 2011 talk, Toss the Projector: Redefining the Speaker/Audience Dynamic.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 15, 2011

For this week's post, we welcome Angela Francis, Senior Associate, from Nonprofit Finance Fund to discuss NFF's recently released State of the Sector survey findings. We welcome your comments, feedback, and suggestions! One source of data informing this work is our annual State of the Sector Survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Knowing what work you need done and the quality of work you’d like to receive and set benchmarks to measure outcomes. In terms of feedback, this is much more subjective, and there is a fuzzy line between surveying, polling and questioning a lot of people or your constituents and actual crowdsourcing for input. Measuring Work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Business leaders who wonder whether they should conduct an employee survey should think about these five good reasons for conducting surveys, as recommended by John Kador and Katherine J. Armstrong in their book, Perfect Phrases for Writing Employee Surveys : 1.

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MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Some struggle to find an attainable number. Benchmarking comparing your organization’s past performance to itself or doing a formal or informal analysis of peer organizations can help. It also helps to break down your goal into monthly or quarterly benchmarks. SMART objectives can be revised along the way.

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MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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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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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

November 2010 Fundraising Survey The first Nonprofit Research Collaborative fundraising survey is based on completed questions from 2,349 charities, 163 foundations, and 386 grant makers. Invitations to participate in the survey were sent by the six partner organizations to their constituents. sectional studies.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Key Insights from the 2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 27th, 2010 Blackbaud has conducted its North American State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey annually for six of the past seven years.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 6, 2012

An official press release for the study reads: The survey. One of the resources I have been most impressed with is the " Technology Literacy Benchmarks For Nonprofit Organizations ," created by NPower. The benchmarking tool gives great advice as to what kinds of technologies should be given priority in such a plan.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

A survey by PRWeek and Barkley found that 55% of male Internet users said they would pay more for a brand or product that supported a cause they cared about. A survey by PRWeek and Barkley found that 55% of male Internet users said they would pay more for a brand or product that supported a cause they cared about.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

Speaking of data, contribute some of your own valuable thoughts to The State of Grantseeking Fall 2012 survey until October 12. The idea behind these surveys is to take the pulse of grantseeking and determine the status of philanthropy in the U.S. Share your links in the comments! Anything we missed?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

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MAY 31, 2011

The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue. Observations: The participants in the benchmarking group are dominated by direct mail focused nonprofits.

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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. solicit The 2010 Cygnus Donor Survey notes this and other trends.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Donors Flip Channels Dunham+Company has new data out in “A National Survey of the Impact of Offline Communication on Online Donations.&# The study was part of a Campbell Rinker Donor Confidence Survey of 510 adults nationwide who had given at least $20 to charity in the prior year.

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