Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The 2013 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,129 nonprofit organizations representing more than $12.5 Overall Giving Trends . Overall giving in 2013 grew 4.9% Online Giving Trends. Online giving in 2013 grew 13.5% billion in total fundraising. million in online fundraising.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. It’s a longer-term trend.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2016

The primary goal of the twice-yearly State of Grantseeking™ survey and report is to help you understand the recent trends in grantseeking, and how you can use those trends to grow your organization. One of the most notable changes is the increase in the rate of funding. Learn More at Our Free Webinar. Register Now.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The latest 2013 Charitable Giving Report by Blackbaud analyzed data from more than 4,000 nonprofits to provide the largest analysis in online giving data. in 2013 compared to 2012. of all charitable giving in 2013. of all charitable giving in 2013. Online giving on #GivingTuesday in 2013 was up 90%, compared to 2012.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013. Email raises money.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

in 2013 compared to 2012 (You can take a look at the review I did of their 2012 study). of all charitable giving in 2013. Online giving on #GivingTuesday in 2013 was up 90%, compared to 2012. This is the second consecutive year that online giving has experienced double-digit growth rates. of 2013''s overall gifts.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013. Email raises money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Digital Trends. ” Chelsea took a photo with her Smartphone and posted it on the Reddit, a community aggregation site where content is ranked and rated. He also talked about consumption trends and changes, particularly a rise of mobile traffic at bedtime when people check tomorrow’s news at night.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Blackbaud just released it’s 2013 Charitable Giving Report, showing steady growth for all nonprofits. This fourth-quarter boost in donations has been a consistent trend for several years and will most likely continue in the years ahead. Set shorter-term goals for online engagement, email open and click rates, and conversion rates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

And even though a recent report pointed out that email open and donor response are dropping in the nonprofit sector, I can’t help but wonder if current (yet old) e-newsletter design trends have a lot to do with the results.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2013

Millennials are often the target demographic for many nonprofits, as they are known to be the most technologically-savvy with high adoption rates of smart phones, their value of entrepreneurship, and the belief that they can make a local difference, according to the Telefonica Survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. ” Dave analyzes trends and technologies to predict what is next on the horizon.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2014

Giving USA is published by the Giving USA Foundation and their report on 2013 giving trends is now available. Overall Giving Trends. in 2013. - The total donated to charitable causes in 2013 was estimated to be estimated $335.17 Individual giving accounted for 72% of all charitable giving in 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

And so it continues to surprise me that nonprofits invest far too little in video content, as if they are somehow exempt from this general trend. When the word video is used in an email subject line, open rates double. Click-through rates increase 2-3 times when a video is included in an email. Digital Sherpa ).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2017

Here are five trends to look out for – and tips for how your organization can leverage them. In the weeks following the 2016 election, Planned Parenthood reported receiving donations at “ 40 times its normal rate.” We know 2017 is shaping up to be an epic year for philanthropy. Big bumps for progressive causes.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2014

While the data''s comprised of both aggregated and anonymous data from retail, media and entertainment, and travel websites during 2013 - 2014, the data is also useful for nonprofits to examine. Facebook ad click through rates are up 160% year-over-year and are up 20% quarter-over-quarter. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0'

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

Notably, this isn’t just a trend for younger generations. Organizations are better able to start conversations with stakeholders through text as indicated by its 45 percent response rate compared to the meager 6 percent response rate of email, according to Sophorn Chhay on Trumpia.com. Cloud Computing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2013

The 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study. Don't miss our most popular webinar series of the year, where we'll reveal the results of the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study. We'll highlight key online trends to help you measure success and identify what you can be doing better to help you reach your mission.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

In 2013, internet users donated more than any previous year, with online giving up 14% since 2012. millions total gifts and nearly $325 million were raised, making 2013 a huge year for nonprofits working to optimize their online presence. Couple those two facts, and a long donation form could be killing your conversion rate.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2015

Let''s flashback to 2013 when Facebook announced in a blog post that they''d start autoplaying videos: Since September, we’ ve been testing a way to make videos more engaging on Facebook , and as a result we’ ve seen views, likes, shares and comments increase more than 10 percent. Social Networking Trends Video Web 2.0'

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2013

There’s been a lot of talk about the results of the 2013 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey. Donor retention rates are depressing. Three Guesses , Claire Axelrad tries to make sense of the downward trend and offer up some guidance as to how nonprofits can begin responding. More than 7 out of 10 donors were lost.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The overall trends aren’t a surprise—more people continue to use each of the social media platforms—but you can learn a lot of interesting information when digging into the numbers. A dig into the numbers reveals more trends of each sites’ popularity and who is using them. Picking Your Platform. Picking Your Platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Harvard Business Review, March 2013. SSIR Blog, January 2013. Also, in some places of the world there is lower adoption rates of social — for example in very rural areas of the developing world – where this data would not be useful for informing a funding strategy. Long Live Strategy.”

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Are you noticing a trend here? Rate yourself, activities you lead and your leadership if you manage staff. So far 2013 has been an up and down for my champion Ravens and their bye week has come at the perfect time. Reflect on your performance in 2013. How well did you execute your plan?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

"We went live with Shopify towards the end of April 2013, and in that time we’ve seen a 75 percent increase in sales from the previous year, mainly due to the professional look of the store and the ease of the process. Accept payments instantly: Easily accept credit card payments with a low credit card rate and no hidden fees.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The data discussed in this presentation was pulled from 200 Altru customers, which are organizations in the arts and cultural vertical of the nonprofit market, and is from the last 12 months ending in Q1 2013. They saw a spike in membership revenue, but a decrease in general admission ticket sales and a lower retention rate.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

Services like Tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram are growing at incredible rates, especially with younger users. Visual content motivates more responses than text, engages younger participants, and is often cited as a major trend of 2012 and 2013. A trend in which I take almost no part.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Despite declining sales, well over 300 million PCs will be sold worldwide this year while tablet sales are in the range of 200 million in 2013. Citrix cites Gartner Device Shipment Forecasts that find that the business PC market will grow at a rate of about 10% per year for the next few years. Refurbishment and the Environment.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

And there’s certainly truth with that statement – the 2013 Benchmark Report is broken up by not only NTEE verticals but by revenue band and email tier – but the sheer size of an organization’s email file is starting to mean a lot less. more here, Don’t be Fooled by Message Open and Click-Through Rate ). But there’s a rub.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

Based on the her book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Award, Beth Kanter will share frameworks, strategies and practical tips for engaging with your network in ways that lead to measurable results. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Using Luminate Online’s Email Response Rate Segmentation Task , the second email targeted those who had opened or clicked an email over the previous 90 days (i.e. In 2013, the second email accounted for 17.5% My favorite example of this approach has been adopted by the New England Aquarium at year-end.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 21, 2013

Nonprofit Finance Fund’s (NFF) 2013 State of the Sector survey explored a variety of financial and management challenges facing organizations across the country. Available government resources are tied to the same macro-economic trends that cause an increase in service demand. As part of a.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Some of the most significant disruptors to the sector over the last decade include: While the value of individual giving in the United States increased about 3.4% (adjusted for inflation) in the decade from 2003 to 2013, the number of public nonprofits increased 23.4% or almost 5 times the rate at which individual giving increased.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2013, online fundraising grew by 13.5 Affiliate storefronts are a great way for both to take advantage of the online fundraising trend. In that week, the total number of affiliates in the program grew by 17 percent, and the conversion rate for schools was 44 percent higher than the affiliate program average.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2014

“We went live with Shopify towards the end of April 2013, and in that time we’ve seen a 75% increase in sales from the previous year, mainly due to the professional look of the store and the ease of the process. Accept payments instantly – Easily accept credit card payments with a low credit card rate and no hidden fees.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to Chuck, ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. If the ten-year trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

That might seem low, but it’s actually on track with other online trends. There is perhaps no more telling data point than this: online donors 65-years and older have the highest retention rate. And donors that are 55-years and older have the highest retention rates for both online and offline giving. of total sales.

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