NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Matt is the recipient of the 2011 Edelman Chicago “Eddy” Award for Innovation. First off, in terms of metrics, you need to be very clear in your own mind as to what the exact intended end use of that data will be. Can you offer any advice for finding, gathering, or sourcing good data to inform their strategies?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites. Devon summarized the data in the above presentation.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Date : November 9, 2011, 3 pm EST. Location : Online. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking your strategy, to goals, to data. Description : When it comes to social media, email marketing, or even online engagement in general, we often have a feeling when things are going well or when they aren’t.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Date : October 4, 2011. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking your strategy, to goals, to data. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, or something else, you don’t have to be satisfied with a feeling: use your organization’s strategic plan to identify real goals and then track the data to show your impact.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Starting over may not be an option, but in the absence of that, here are ten things event fundraisers and marketers should be considering to reinvent their plans for 2011: Become more data driven. The culling, organizing, and assessment of your event data is where the real work happens, and where the real insights emerge.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research. This gives us (and you) a more comparable metric. In our latest survey, we decided to ask about technology staffing levels differently.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2012

The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmark study comes out April 5 th and is packed with great data that highlights key online fundraising and advocacy response rates as well as social media metrics. Can’t wait to get your hands on the data? Online fundraising grew 20% in 2011.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

Forward this to all the girls online” By 2011 the meme evolved a couple of times. On January 8, 2011 the meme ranked number 11 on Google Trends search queries and the Susan G Komen Foundation said that their Facebook page grew by over 100K “likes” in 24 hours. In 2011 he was diagnosed with ALS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

But they are looking at associated metrics such as: downloads, user comments, sharing, and google analytics to show dog searches… then data collection (emails and mobile optins), microdonations, and buzz via earned media. Specific measurable objectives included: Increase page likes to 12,000 by 12/31/2011 (achieved on 12/1/11).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Meet Bib Filbon and Jeff Bladt who have the job title, “Data Scientist,” and are on staff at DoSomething.Org. They work in partnership with DoSomething’s program staff to collect, analyze, and make sense of data to improve impact of DoSomething’s programs. DoSomething.org does not consider this overhead.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

." A Devaluation of "Friends" May Be Driving Trust in Thought Leaders – Steve Rubel – "This morning in Davos our CEO Richard Edelman unveiled the key findings of the 2011 Edelman Trust Barometer – an annual survey. There's a lot to dig into here.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

In 2011, Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council conducted an online survey of individuals who have participated in at least one run, walk or ride event in the last two years. Go back in history and grab the below metrics for each of you events: Total number of participants. Tailoring your communication is key.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. " Is email going out with 2011? How are you managing your data? And it's convinced me of one undisputable fact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

We use Hootsuite and Sprout Social to manage our accounts and track metrics. Data from a recent Facebook contest we ran not show that we not only significantly increased our followers in a short amount of time, but we saw individuals then head over to our website to be engaged further. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

I’m on a mission this year, with the publication of the book, to continue to evangelize about nonprofits should all become data nerds and embrace the joy of measurement. The Valid Metrics Framework, Updated to Include Social Media. Five Steps You Can Take Now to Apply the New Measurement Standards In Your Organization.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2012

have the second highest carbon footprint in the world, at just short of 20 metric tons per year per person and it's increasing by.6% Lync also offers very good security and control of data. Justin Morris' Introducing Lync for Mac 2011. People in the U.S. 6% per year. What Does Lync Actually Do? Lync Online.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to the session I presented with my colleague Robyn Mendez, Let’s Get Nerdy – Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Event Strategy. In case you missed it, we also unveiled our brand new 2011 Peer-to-Peer Event Benchmarking paper, and talked through how to use data to inform your event strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org is a data-informed organization that uses a ladder of engagement not only to guide its content and social media integration strategy, but uses measurement at each rung of the ladder to ensure that they are getting results. We analyze the content that users spend the most time, referral traffic, and other key metrics over time.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

In our session on Community Voice at NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Techology Conference, Arthur provided a case study of the LikeMinded program and how it was built based on engagement with the community. When it comes to understanding your communities behavior, data is your best asset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I unpacked the latter with a series of spectragrams asking folks to share their opinions about whether or not social fundraising as a fad or whether or not dollars raised was the only metric for success.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. Helps data integrity (verify mailing address; find out interests). #3 MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, 2011 MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Survey. Building in targeting capabilities.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Between 2006 and 2011 donor retention rates decreased about 10%. This data can be gathered through surveys, tracking the issue they were recruited on, and the different types of actions they take with your organization. This will give you the data you need to move them up the ladder. That is an attrition rate of 59%.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns.

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Care2

JULY 22, 2011

Email goes direct to the inbox, our online strategy metrics are led by terms like open rate and clickthroughs, and online fundraising campaigns depend on email marketing. Email reading on mobile devices rose 81% from October, 2010, to April, 2011. As of now, this data isn’t commonly available from email providers.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

The 2011 TMWL activity on Twitter was driven primarily by people very close to the campaign, whereas the first Tweetsgiving was driven by people Stacey didn't know yet or hadn't invested time cultivating relationships with. Two or three years ago, you could have a conversation out in the open and have people organically join in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

We launched a mobile site , in 2007 aimed at feature phones, and we’re developing an Android version of the app for release in 2011. What metrics are you using for mobile? Additionally, in an upcoming version of the app we’ll be pushing sustainable seafood information to users who’ve downloaded the app. How will you measure success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2012

After the session, I sat down with VolunteerMatch’s President Greg Baldwin to learn more about how they use data, measurement, and learning to measure and improve impact. It is a live data trail of interactions and connections on the site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2011

We have a visual chart that shows us the stage of each draft – so when we reached 80% milestone, my reward was to attend the afternoon sessions of the Social Innovation Summit 2011. ” “Funding data analysts is not overhead” “Don’t pimp your organization out to a funder. No shame in failing.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

It is also important to think about what specific metrics are needed to measure along the way. Often, there is too much data collected and not enough sense-making of it. Many organizations think more data is better. Increase mentions by 20% on Twitter before, during, and after performances for 2011.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Confer with your team using your budget and previous donor data to set a defined crowdfunding goal. Keep tabs on your engagement metrics as you track your crowdfunding progress. She has been working there since 2011 when she started as a Customer Experience and Implementation Manager. Develop a campaign strategy.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2015

But, we are talking about data on emails, info on top fundraisers, impact of personal donations and so much more! Join us next week for a preview of the annual study. This webinar will be filled with a few of our favorite things… we’re not talking rain drops on roses or whiskers on kittens. Well in this case, base.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. Our strategies are focused on clear goals and metrics. Analog Strategies. In the analog paradigm, our strategies did not include technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Happy Generosity Day! The idea of moving Valentine’s Day away from dinner reservations and singles awareness towards a day of generous acts began in 2011 by Sasha Dichter , Scott Case, Ellen McGirt, and Network for Good’s Katya Andresen. The premise is simple. Today, think about you can be generous and then…just…be generous.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? They will learn a lot by digging, and their trials will provide essential information to Charity Navigator about how and whether we can truly develop a reasonable common metric of accountability and transparency of nonprofit organizations. But thats okay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The 2011 September Campaign. The most important metric is dollars raised and it is public on our September Campaign site , you can see how much money has been raised against our target and exactly how many fundraising campaigns have been launched. Our 5-year-anniversary video from charity: water on Vimeo. To pass our $1.2

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Achieve

JULY 14, 2022

Gather the right data. Inaccurate or outdated data can negatively impact your outreach, making it hard to get in contact with the right people. Data appending. Metrics help your organization set and track goals. John founded Snowball in 2011. Follow these tips to make the most of your email campaigns: .

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We very quickly saw a jump in the website metrics we track. This new strategy means we're driving a lot of traffic to NTEN.org overall: We're up 24% year-over-year in 2011. Readers of the newsletter received a teaser for the article – usually the first paragraph or two – and a link to read the entire article on our site.

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