Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

and around the world to create award-winning videos that drive results. Video engagement on social media is the measurable action that viewers take after watching. Science shows that certain emotions trigger our impulse to take action and share, while other emotions suppress it. Your emotions compel your body to take action.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If you can trust the data to be representative, you can trust it to yield actionable insights. Compare your data and look for trends One of the challenges of opinion data is that it’s hard to know what’s a good average overall rating or result. You can also compare feedback results between distinct programs or across site locations.

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Rate Survey Nonprofit Sample 128

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

If you don’t use analytic tools, it’s impossible to know how many people are engaging with your content and what, if any, action they’re taking after that engagement. Start with benchmark data. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. Track your own data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

per month – or $425 a year, according to the Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmarks Report. As a result, securing more monthly donor revenue is a high priority for nonprofits. That’s a missed opportunity because NextAfter also found that a “Give Monthly” pop-up results in a 64% increase in monthly donations.

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Classy

JUNE 30, 2021

It’s one thing to track metrics, and another to understand the story they tell about where your organization is today and what the most valuable actions to take for the future will be. . We created a free Benchmark Assessment to surface actionable fundraising takeaways based on your organization’s current metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

The report, “I nto Focus: Benchmarks for Video and A Guide for Creators ,” is based on a survey of 500 nonprofits and interviews with experts (including me). Is your organization using video and getting results? How are you measuring those results? How Nonprofits Measure Success of Video.

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Benchmark Video Practice Measure 120

M+R

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Participating organizations share their supporter email, action, donation, deliverability, engagement, and fundraising behavior. We’ve had dozens of participants over the past couple years, and we’ve shared some of their results here and here and… well, all over our blog , really. and our annual Benchmarks study.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action. You may discover that retweeting your own tweets results in higher engagement than tweeting the same tweet twice. Don’t be a #hashtag #spammer.

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M+R

MARCH 5, 2024

Participating organizations share their supporter email, action, donation, deliverability, engagement, and fundraising behavior. We’ve had dozens of participants over the past couple years, and we’ve shared some of their results here and here and… well, all over our blog , really. and our annual Benchmarks study.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

The annual M+R Benchmarks Report has arrived again, shining a light on trends that are shaping nonprofits’ digital programs. Having shared and discussed this year’s Benchmarks Report with many of our partners, here’s twelve key trends that have resonated strongly within the EveryAction community. But only 6% took three or more actions.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

This year's survey is streamlined in order to provide a better experience for survey participants and to focus the results on providing you and the nonprofit technology community with valuable and actionable benchmark data. And how these benchmarks compare for different sizes and types of organizations.

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Classy

JULY 21, 2021

Actions to attract and retain recurring gifts. How recurring donors take action outside of just monetary donations. Benchmark Your Recurring Donation Strategy. Get Results in Minutes. Top recurring gift motivators and incentives. Considerations to avoid recurring donor churn. Discover the Latest Recurring Giving Insights.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2020

At the end of the day though, making small changes to your forms or calls-to-action can drive big gains. The average nonprofit website has a 1% conversion rate ( according to the M+R Benchmarks report ) and this means that 99% of the people you get to visit your website leave without donating or subscribing to your email list.

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Metrics Digital Marketing Retention 318

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Step 4: Define your benchmarks. Who or what are you going to compare your results to? Step 7: Analyze your data, turn it into action, measure again. Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi. Step 5: Define your metrics.

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M+R

AUGUST 7, 2023

All free, one hour each, and jam-packed with information and ideas and actionable steps. If the prospect of similar results in 2023 is keeping you up at night, join us for this webinar, where we’ll share some strategies that might not be on your radar (yet). We’ll present the results. You guess the winner.

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Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

Clicks CTR Form Submissions The result? One of the best ways to plan your overall budget and budget by channel is by looking at specific KPI benchmarks for each channel, your industry, etc., There are tons of online resources that share benchmarks for specific channels and industries—like Wordstream and TechSoup.

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Tips Organization Channel Benchmark 52

Care2

JANUARY 31, 2010

Interested in setting Facebook and Twitter benchmarks for your nonprofit but don’t know where to start? Check out M+R Strategic Services first Nonprofit Social Media Benchmarks Study , which includes sample research by groups such as Easter Seals, Oxfam, Human Rights Campaign, League of Conservation Voters, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

Director of Programs and Policy answered a few questions about how they used learning and pivoting to get better results. What were your results? What did you do to get those results? Now that we had a benchmark from our first year and chose a more realistic goal of $15,000. Masha Chernyak. Our strategies were working.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

It’s easy to host a benchmarking session and just present data. The audience is able to take notes on numbers and try and gauge their organization’s success, but it’s more difficult to make those data points actionable or to provide insight that people can leverage. Why benchmark? Are you using benchmarks?

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Benchmark Data Washington Arts 35

EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

To truly understand the value of a tweet or Facebook post, you have to determine ahead of time exactly what sort of action you hope someone will take when they see it - click, share, sign up, donate, retweet, etc. It's not enough to measure "likes" for every post and assume the ones with more had the most impact. Measuring beyond "likes".

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Metrics Social Media Measure Media 100

M+R

AUGUST 14, 2023

REGISTER NOW Wednesday, August 16 at 1pm ET August 29: The Top Three Strategies You Probably Aren’t Doing (But Should Consider) Before EOY This year’s Benchmarks survey confirmed an overall drop in digital end-of-year fundraising last year, especially in some sectors. We’ll present the results. You guess the winner.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

Send Handwritten Letters First, Not Emails Email is faster and can return instant results, but old-fashioned handwritten letters give that personal touch. Individual P2P fundraisers often have great results making their initial requests via handwritten note, even if they’re participating in an online fundraiser.

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Effective Tips Fundraising Blackbaud 72

NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Because key industry benchmarks and trends show that engagement online through advocacy is an effective springboard for raising money because advocates are 7X more likely to give (full report), compared to non-advocates. Transform Actions Into Money. So how do you clear a path from taking action to giving money? Great news!

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Giving Advocacy Rate Action 235

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Additionally, the 2021 M+R Benchmark Report cites “The increase in overall giving was largely driven by more people giving rather than people giving more.” It means more dollars raised, faster met results, and hopefully, more fun for you and your community in the process. Use engaging visuals.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Action: Turning these participants into superstar fundraisers isn’t an easy task. Action : Note the participants who have met or exceeded their fundraising goal. Action : If the online tools usage is low along with your total amount raised. Want more on using metrics to create an action plan?

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

That assumption was also backed by years of UCS’s email fundraising metrics consistently beating M+R benchmarks. Okay, back to the results… ??? If too little cultivation was a real problem, we’d have seen it show up in fundraising metrics, right? Email fundraising response rate went up 11% for the test group.

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Fundraising Test Advocacy Metrics 52

sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

Want to see what this looks like in action? You can attend the upcoming ACCP webcast “ Shifting Strategies for Global Community Engagement as a Result of the Pandemic ” to learn from CSR leaders at Blackbaud, Dell and PIMCO on how they support communities facing the impacts of COVID-19. ).

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NetWits

JUNE 19, 2012

Calls to action. Analyzing results. They focus on delivering relevant content based on subscriber interests, preferences and actions. As a result, emails expectations have changed. The fact is email is an important tool that requires considerable planning, resources and expertise to be successful. Relevant content.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

The results of the study are available in this graphic report. Yes Benchmarks Data Data Integration Integration & APIs Leadership Mobile & Social Media NPTech Community Organizational Culture Staffing Strategy Communications Fundraising IT Staff'

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Studies Data Report Management 89

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

Workshops, panels, discussions, mentoring, a thriving job board, and networking are all part of WOC, as well as a sister branch, Allies in Action , for white allies to support and learn. Increased donor diversity results in revenue goals exceeded, and team diversity creates access to new networks and better, broader perspectives among teams.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration. This can range from them being consulted to owning the results. Ask what they want to see as a result of grant funding and how they will know that it has happened?

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Classy

AUGUST 19, 2021

Driving action for the greater good is not just the outcome of our products but the core of who we are at Classy. . Download Classy’s 2021 State of Modern Philanthropy Report based on benchmarks from 4,800 nonprofit organizations. Meet Eric Pannese. Nonprofit Started, Nonprofit Focused, Always. Unlocking Generosity Through Classy.

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Product Design San Diego Management 52

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

We've been sharing the results of our annual research on nonprofit investments in technology staffing and budgets in multiple ways this year: with the full report , an infographic with the key benchmarks , a webinar – and we also introduced a dynamic benchmarking tool this month.

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2013

With the analytics and campaign expertise of M+R Strategic Services , we are excited to release the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ! We analyzed the results of: 1.6 Million advocacy actions You can get the complete report -- including important reference information like definitions of terms and metrics -- for free.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As a result, organizations can demonstrate growth and impact to donors while strengthening their commitment to the mission. Inspiring donors to take action in their community and advance your mission ultimately increases donor satisfaction and improves retention rate and donor life cycle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Plain Language Action and Information Network. M+R Benchmarks Report. Email messaging resulted in 19% of all online revenue in 2020 (up from 14% in 2019). Plain Language Resources: Big Duck’s Plain Language for Nonprofits. Plain Language Association International. The Center for Plain Language.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This has resulted in Blackbaud Fundraiser Performance Management (FPM), a CRM overlay that empowers major gifts officers to successfully manage relationships with prospects and raise gifts. You can discover that early in the process and redirect your team toward more impactful actions. Peer Benchmarking.

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