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Becoming a Data-Driven Association

Nucleus

A newly released executive survey revealed that 99% of major American companies invested last year in data and analytics, and 91.9% In this latest survey, 29% reported achieving “transformational business outcomes” during the past year – so what is holding the others back? In the 2021 survey, 92.2%

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Some Findings from the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report

NTEN

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. Here are some of findings that stood out: 78% of respondents planned to email their typical supporters at least monthly in 2012.

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7th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Report: A Closer Look (Staffing Levels)

NTEN

In our latest survey, we decided to ask about technology staffing levels differently. Because we know that the term "IT Staff" means something very specific to people, and the concept of who is "IT Staff" has not changed as rapidly over the last few years as the role of technology in an organization has.

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Research Friday: Looking Back - 2011 makes a strong case for capital

ASU Lodestar Center

One source of data informing this work is our annual State of the Sector Survey. Throughout the year, I’ve been blogging about key trends from our 2011 survey, which was completed by nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide. But it wasn’t just program change; management steps and tough decisions were also required.

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New Research: The State of Nonprofit Data

NTEN

In April 2012 NTEN worked with Idealware to conduct a survey of nonprofits about their relationships with data, and what we found was a large dichotomy—either they were doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all. Here is a sample of what we found: 99% of respondents track some sort of metrics.

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Introducing a New NTEN Workbook: Getting Started With Data-Driven Decision Making

NTEN

In 2012, NTEN was able to survey a sample of US nonprofits to find out how they were doing when it comes to being data-driven: were they collecting data and tracking metrics? How do we determine which data matters in the first place, and how that data will impact the direction of our work?

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Measurement Takes Center Stage in Bill Gates' 2013 Letter

NTEN

As our own 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report showed, 99% of organizations are already in the practice of collecting and tracking various types of data and metrics about their work and tactics -- but a very few indicate that this data is useful for progammatic decision-making.

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