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. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. You know what they say about measurement, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. Refinable – adapt to rapidly changing environments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2013

I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with Packard Foundation grantees during the past year with a goal of improving measurement practice for social media and based on my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” On a call last month, participants shared examples of their measurement tools and spreadsheets.

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Social Media Metrics Media Measure 112

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You’ll discuss measurable objectives for the team to reach and draft the priorities for each of these objectives. Write these actions down and create a timeline to complete each one.

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Convey the mission as urgently needed and highly solvable to inspire hope and action.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2011

Dashboards are a nonprofit’s best friend because they can be powerful tools in communicating your organization’s important measurement data at a glance. 4) Choose the Right Measure. Stare at your charts and graphs and numbers. Step C: Select the right chart. (5) 3) Don’t Give Too Details.

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Design Chart Measure Metrics 116

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

The resulting digital community not only moved mentoring online in a vibrant, flexible way, but also showed BBBSA that it could use technology to learn more about its constituents, make better matches, and more effectively measure the progress of the connections between Littles and Bigs. About the Author.

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Digital Question Mentoring Michigan 116

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Ensuring compliance and accuracy in your financial reporting involves several key actions: Regularly review the latest guidelines and summaries provided by authoritative bodies on revenue recognition of grants and contracts. How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA).

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

Create a goal chart to guide your team during this process. You can then visualize these goals on a chart in order to understand their relation to one another. You can then visualize these goals on a chart in order to understand their relation to one another. Identify areas of organizational improvement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Their theory of change is about raising awareness of the issues and then inspiring, engaging and encouraging their audiences to take actions around this goal.

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Design Marketing Metrics Measure 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

For nonprofits, those are not solely money or efficiency for everything that could be measured. By aligning social media to organizational objectives and using measurement, you can answer the question: of all the ways we could be investing our resources, is social media the best choice to see the social change results that we want to see?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I introduced several methods for using measurement for transformative results, including the Maturity of Practice Model (CWRF) and how to use it as an assessment tool, principles of being data-informed , and how to apply KD Paine’s 7 Simple Steps of Measurement. What are your measurable objectives?

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 97

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Earlier this summer I posted on top tips for measuring ROI and getting strategic with data , touching on the idea and importance of actionable data, or rather, data that helps draw meaningful conclusions and future actions to optimize programs. ABCs of Social Media ROI and Measurement View more presentations from Jordan Viator.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

But donors can reveal just as much information about their motivations and interests through their unspoken actions. For example, a change in legislation or a natural disaster could motivate concerned supporters to take action. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success.

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Donation Donor Giving Demographics 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Billboard’s audience, presumably, is passionate about songs and lyrics given it is the source for music charts, news, and events. Here’s another example of how Billboard is using nostalgia in its tweets: This Week In Billboard Chart History: TLC Takes ‘No Scrubs’ To No. Include a strong call to action (CTA).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2011

Charts, graphics, analytics, metrics, and data are like crack to me … A guest post by Kyle Andrei, Idealware. In addition to constituent impact, we also asked respondents about what we call “measured results,&# those goals that don’t directly involve constituents, and can be easily quantified.

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Facebook Research Advocacy Analytics 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

These qualities may sound “soft”, but Goleman found direct ties between emotional intelligence and measurable results. What action can I take to manage the situation and my emotional response more effectively? With regular intelligence, you are generally as “smart” now as you ever are going to be. 2: Track Your Moods.

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Professional Management Journal Reflection 113

Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

What’s an action you need to take to achieve your goal? Who on your team will be responsible for taking this action? When do they need to take this action? Step 2: Set expectations and key performance indicators to measure progress. The best way to measure that growth is with Google Analytics.

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Digital Marketing Guide Chapter 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

ROI had it origins as an accounting term and was originally a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business. It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Many grant applications will ask similar questions, such as what programs or materials you need funding for and why, how your nonprofit makes an impact in the community, and how you’ll measure success if selected for the award. Organizational chart. Most recent Form 990. 501(c)(3) letter of determination. Updated nonprofit bylaws.

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Proposal Grant Effective Language 83

Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Next, simply choose what the chart should look like, how it should be labeled, and save. Now, you’ve got the perfect solution for any analytical problem you’re trying to solve (Check out this webinar that shows this solution in action).

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Blackbaud Report Analytics Database 88

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2011

So I asked on Twitter if there was anyone out there from Washington state – and a number of them responded back.

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Map Twitter Washington Chart 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

He’s one of many four-legged and fine feathered fans of ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Create posts that stir people up and encourage action. That’s Hank, a dog that belongs to Ryann Miller from Care2 Network. ” Others offered some good practical advice: Post an unusual (but relevant) photo.

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Tunisia NGO Facilitation Calendar 99

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

EveryAction stores over 89 million "Action Profiles" of donors and supporters, which means that a significant number of EveryAction forms come pre-filled. The platform features tools like click-to-call advocacy, email message delivery, and social advocacy , empowering nonprofit supporters to take action on issues they care about. #5.

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Advocacy Offline Gartner Nonprofit 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2015

You look at this yin yang narrowly as data visualization and spreadsheet data, but it includes organizational culture and its influence on decision-making – from consensus building on indicators, agility in responding to data with action, and using data for learning and continuous improvement. ” #DoGoodData2015.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Behavior – again, this is observable and traceable, and is based upon prior actions and not intentions or preferences. Past behavior is the best metric or predictor for future actions and behavior, so you should be tracking this in your database system of choice. Also note that segmenting is an ongoing process. First, Create a Plan.

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email Marketing Mail Metrics 149

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The Content Marketing Institute defines content marketing as “ a strategic marketing approach focused on creating valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience – and, ultimately, to drive action. ”. Why is Content Marketing Important? Make sure to download the full report. It’s Your Turn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

As someone who loves using data for decision-making, I found the health data generated by my Fitbit was highly actionable. I realized that I was in front of my computer monitor, trying to squeeze out one more email or just one more bar chart.

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Data Personal Support Exercise 125

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Create a gift range chart. A gift range chart helps determine how many gifts you’ll need to acquire at each giving level to meet your campaign or annual giving goals. Empower prospects to see your mission in action and understand exactly how your organization operates and creates the most significant impact possible.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 97

Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

Smith and his talk "Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media: Creating Maps and Measures with NodeXL." " Marc is with the Connected Action Group , which uses social methodology to gain insights into patterns of communities.

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Map Network San Francisco Analysis 57

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

bbcon Takeaway #3: Impact measurement must be baked into the culture of your foundation . Because the world of philanthropy is transforming; impact measurement is your organization’s ability to track, report, and – most importantly –. Measuring impact is equally important to both the grantor and the grantee.

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Impact Help Foundation Atlanta 28

Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

63% offered no action opportunities on their thank you page or emails. One tactic that has been successful for the nonprofit CARE is to provide their donors with two simple pie charts that illustrate how funds raised are allocated below the credit card donation form. How welcoming! Tell people what you want them to do quickly.

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Studies Online Fundraising Nonprofit 78

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

That’s the question I asked this morning on Qriously, a new application that measures public sentiment, in real time. First, overall: And when you click on “What does this chart mean?&# Qriously could be used to test different messages and groups to measure where responses are strongest. Campaigning.

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Data Mobile Time Map 154

NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

There are companies and tools that offer "solutions" for tracking, measuring, and even "engaging" with your community online. Create a chart – either on a whiteboard, a flipchart, or even a document on your computer. So, I thought I'd take the time to document my recommended processes here! A note about DIY.

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Map Content Community Chart 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2015

These qualities may sound “soft”, but Goleman found direct ties between emotional intelligence and measurable results. It illustrates how our emotions can drive our actions. With regular intelligence, you are generally as “smart” now as you ever are going to be. Self-management is having the ability to choose your actual response.

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Skills Build Journal Leadership 50

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Today, we have many things to worry about, watch for, measure, monitor and just deal with in general. However, there are several KPIs that we all monitor and measure in our daily lives that translate well into additional KPIs that I would recommend. Author: Katie Beth DeSchepper.

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