Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2014

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please post the name and a link to the report in a comment below. Published by M+R and NTEN.

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Social Media Mobile Report Media 232

NTEN

APRIL 3, 2012

Another NTC means more great studies about nonprofit technology released, including the 2012 " Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmarks Report." While you're welcome to scroll down to read some key findings, we recommend you click on over to download the complete report, right now. It's free! > official Facebook pages and 1.2

Social Network 91

Social Network Benchmark Network Report 91

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2016

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please send a link to the report to Nonprofit Tech for Good. Most of the reports listed are based on U.S.

Social Media 167

Social Media Report Media Asia 167

NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

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. You can download the complete report from NonprofitMarketingGuide.com.

Communication 80

Communication Trend Report NTEN 80

NetWits

APRIL 6, 2012

I just returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference (#12NTC) hosted by NTEN in San Francisco, CA. Holly and the rest of the NTEN team (including all the volunteers) did an incredible job inspiring of over 1800 people for three days. Don’t forget to download the complete 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report.

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Facebook San Francisco Benchmark NTEN 241

NTEN

MAY 21, 2012

How helpful are NTEN's resources to your work? > Please take the 2012 NTEN Community Survey! Your answers to these questions help us shape the programs and services we offer to NTEN members and the wider nonprofit sector. > Please take a few minutes to take our annual community survey!

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Survey NTEN Community Voice 67

Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

Over the last few months NTEN has been surveying U.S. To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. NTEN surveyed 780 nonprofits across nine U.S.

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Survey NTEN Results San Francisco 56

NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

For my next session, I'm covering "Findings from the 2012 Millennial Impact Report", with Derrick Feldmann from Achieve and Angela White from JGA. This year's report focuses on communicating with Millennials, how and where they're communicating. 41% of Millennials plan to volunteer in 2012. Email still matters.

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Report Impact Indianapolis Seattle 64

NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. 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.

Ratio 85

Ratio Report Technology Roles 85

NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

Flickr: anythreewords Did you know that Fundrasing and Development staff was the fastest-growing constituency in the NTEN (read: nonprofit tech) community? > Please take the 2011 NTEN Community Survey Each year NTEN surveys the nonprofit technology community (that's YOU) to ask: How do you use technology in your work?

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NTEN Survey San Francisco Community 47

NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NTEN partnered with Charity Dynamics to conduct the 2012 Nonrprofit Donor Engagement Study. Survey questions sought to understand understand individuals’ preferences regarding traditional and digital media for donating, volunteering, and engaging with nonprofits.

Studies 73

Studies Donor Benchmark Charity 73

NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact. In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.”

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NTEN Data Metrics Sample 100

NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

NTEN has been conducting an annual survey about technology (formerly known as "IT") staffing levels and salaries, as well as budget and planning practices of nonprofits, since 2006. We are happy to announce that the 2011 survey is underway – and that it is new and improved! >

Benchmark 78

Benchmark Survey Technology Nonprofit 78

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we surveyed NGOs and libraries around the world this year about where they are in regard to using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how far things have gone toward cloud adoption. The survey was fielded in February and March 2012. to conduct our survey in 21 languages.

Survey 61

Survey Global South Africa Results 61

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The survey also reports that event planners still rely heavily on email marketing, online event marketing tools, websites, and print advertising to promote their events, indicating that traditional forms of event marketing still play an essential role in promoting an event." " The Age of Mobile Email Has Arrived. Are You Ready?

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Web eBook Registration Bookmarking 117

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September; we've now had several months to consider the findings and talk to some of you about what you think. Our survey found that while cloud usage among NGOs is widespread, it is not deep yet. This post is the first of a series.

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NGO Global Survey New Zealand 57

Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. TechSoup Global's NGO cloud survey found plenty of contradictions and confusion about cloud computing.

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NGO Survey Global Adopt 62

NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

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. Download the complete report, "The State of the Nonprofit Data.".

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Research Data Metrics Nonprofit 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field. That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years.

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Analytics Teach Training Train 97

NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

Flickr: JenWaller If you think it's too hot outside to be crunching numbers or analyzing information, pour yourself a fresh glass of lemonade because this week's Member Round Up revolves around data – from a free tool for visualizing data to a hot-off-the press report about the state of hiring in the nonprofit sector.

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NTEN Open Source Influence National 57

NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

Flickr: NTEN: Nonprofit Technology We're still catching our breath from the NTC earlier this month, but the nonprofit technology community is as active as ever this week! Learn more about these stories and all the ways NTEN Members are amping up the awesome. The 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit will take place on May 23, 2012.

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Activities Active Activism NTEN 61

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

NTEN – Here's a great run-down from Amy Luckey of the process to use in exploring and evaluating your organization's impact. And she uses NTEN as an example so you can see all the work we've been doing to figure this out for our strategic plan, too: "What does your organization do?

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Hunger Web America Case Study 120

NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

Flickr: diskychick There's been a flurry of activity lately in the NTEN community and it's easy to see that change is in the air! Ushering out those dog days of summer is some exciting news from around the sector; from acquisitions and survey results to emerging leaders, there is no shortage of fresh perspectives this week.

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Change NTEN United States Sample 55

Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

NTEN has done some great research on cloud computing. One of the best things I’ve seen is Donny Shimamoto’s presentation on cloud security at NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit about a year ago. I also like Geri Stengel of Ventureneer ’s post on the NTEN blog, The Cloud: Not As Airy As You Thought.

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NTEN Survey NGO Global 67

NTEN

MAY 6, 2013

But while surveys – such as NTEN’s The State of the Nonprofit Cloud Report (released in 2012) – suggest that the “vast majority of nonprofits are using hosted software,” many nonprofits and membership organizations have yet to move to the cloud. Here are some thoughts that might reassure the reluctant.

Management 81

Management Nptech Grant Survey 81

NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

As you may have heard, we released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Benchmarking Report at the NTC last week. Learn more and register today The report addresses questions like: How many Facebook pages does the average nonprofit maintain? > Free for everyone! How many followers do nonprofits have on Twitter?

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Social Network Network Social NTC 65

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Lasa, a UK-based technology and welfare charity (and content partner of TechSoup's), published a crowdsourced report on how charities and nonprofits can engage with technology to build a stronger connection with their constituents. For more on cloud computing and nonprofits, see TechSoup's 2012 Global Cloud Computing Survey results.

Digital 60

Digital Charity Wiki Social Media 60

NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

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.

Measure 96

Measure Ethiopia Nigeria Analysis 96

AFP Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Nonprofit use of data mixed  Philanthropy North Carolina : Nonprofits are tracking data on their operations and programs but face hurdles in gathering and building data into their business, a new survey says.

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North Carolina Philanthropy Data NTEN 22

NTEN

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Also coming up in November is the 2012 Nonprofit Software Development Summit , Aspiration 's "Annual NPTechie Love Fest". The report will be released November 10, but you can s ign up to receive it right now. Sign up to be an attendee or an old person, er, speed catcher. Take part at networkforgood.org/beyourdonor/.

Award 61

Award Oregon Fundraising New York City 61

Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

Here are 10 of the most helpful reports and resources for philanthropy professionals: Giving in an Election Year. A new report on charitable giving in a political climate. How they were changed by the 2012 election cycle. 2016 Nonprofit Sector Leadership Report. The 2015 Charitable Giving Report.

Professional 20

Professional Causes NGO News 20

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. It’s also been reported as the top tactic to deliver relevant and engaging content.*. You can insert personalized content that: Cultivates (thank recent donors/volunteers; report how gifts were used). It’s not just me.

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email Campaign Test Benchmark 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes ). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. Nonprofits need to “ loose their gut and get serious about measurement.”

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Report Data NTEN Measure 117

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In this case, it's a recap of some of the big nonprofit technology stories of 2012. Top Nonprofit Technology Buzzwords of 2012. "Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. By the way, Lucy Bernholz' top buzz word of 2012 was " data."

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Review Technology Africa South Africa 75

NTEN

APRIL 9, 2014

Here are 8 big trends that emerged from the nonprofits we surveyed: The average one-time online donation amount to a nonprofit was $68 in 2013. Online giving was up 14% in 2013, with monthly giving revenue up 25% compared to 2012. Nonprofit organization email lists grew significantly – up 14% in 2013. Email open rates were down 4%.

Benchmark 98

Benchmark Studies Report Advocacy 98

NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

From new reports, to funding opportunities, to success stories, we hope you'll be as inspired as we are by your amazing nonprofit technology community! All kinds of new reports are available to inform your organizational strategy. Blackbaud just released the "Charitable Giving Report: How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2012".

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Project Report Hurricane Classroom 73

NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2012

A new report, "Digital Citizenship: Exploring the Field of Tech for Engagement", released by the Knight Foundation, explores the potential for technology to improve democracy -- specifically at how it can help people engage with their communities, leaders, and governments. Anything we missed? Share your links in the comments!

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Research Ideas Tools Survey 67