Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. ” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. Formative Evaluation.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. The post starts off with general guidance. Not all fundraising programs look alike.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

They’re organized, actionable and tell a complete story of how you’re going to achieve your goals. It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. Want step-by-step guidance for building out your Fundraising Planning Guide and Calendar Worksheet?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Create goals that are specific and measurable to ensure that the stories you tell are purposeful (“specific” and “measurable” just so happen to be the first two letters in the S.M.A.R.T. This can make supporters believe you’re trying to influence their actions (or wallets) by breaking them down emotionally. goals acronym).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the need-to-know information and steps of creating a major gift fundraising strategy, including: What is a major gift? Evaluate external threats and opportunities. Use your CRM to develop a report template to measure your program’s impact. Check out this buyer’s guide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact. Evaluation can also help foundations get the feedback they need to modulate their role and influence.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure. Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. What’s working? What’s not working? Review your recent emails.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? This guide will help you decide whether partnering with a consultant is the right move for your association and how to choose the right team member when doing so. Measuring the efficacy of your eLearning programming. What does a learning consultant do?

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Discover our step-by-step guide to connecting with donors who truly care about your mission, and watch your fundraising efforts thrive. This will help you understand the types of supporters that are most likely to be interested in your cause and guide your efforts in targeting the right audience.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You can discover that early in the process and redirect your team toward more impactful actions. For example, you can see whether your team members’ actions measure up against those of officers at other organizations pursuing similar goals (or even other officers within your team).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Running Facebook fundraising ads is an excellent way to reach your target audience and optimize for donations while generating data that allows you to measure your success. Note: any fields that aren’t specifically mentioned in this guide should be fine left with their default settings.). 2) Identify your target audience.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. They track employee participation and measure the impact of these programs. Strengthened brand reputation.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

For purposes of “reasonable” cybersecurity measures, the FTC provides this language: “Employing reasonable safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of data given the type, amount and sensitivity of that data in relation to the size, sophistication and capability of the organization.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Note from Beth: My colleague, Aliza Sherman, has written a book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing and you drop everything and buy it now. We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Work. Measuring Input.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Sometimes it’s best to take a step back and evaluate if you’re doing everything possible to get your message heard. By the end of this guide, you’ll learn how to get your content read … how to build brand authority & trust… And how to grow your revenues online. When do they need to take this action?

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Historically, community leadership has been more of a concept versus an action. Leadership is both a process/action and a result, but we often only hear about the results of good leadership. By investing in community leadership, foundations pave the way for a more equitable and thriving society.

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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. The Playbook gives you an examples. Meaning Making.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this guide, we’ll review the basics of AI fundraising tools and a few strategies for using these solutions to improve donor relationships. These solutions leverage predictive analytics to help anticipate future donor actions. How AI Fundraising Tools Work There are many types of AI fundraising tools that suit a wide range of needs.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Before you start crafting your messages, it’s important to define clear goals to guide your digital marketing activities. Measurable. Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) that your team can track to evaluate your progress toward your goal. Outline your digital marketing goals. Achievable.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

With quality web content and focused calls to action, you can use the grant to increase your web traffic, then convert that traffic into donations. In the language of Google Ads, donations are one of the most valuable conversions an organization can measure. A conversion is any measurable action that a visitor takes on your website.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Strategic alignment – implementing standardized KPI dashboards across your organization helps ensure all of your departments are measuring progress and that their goals ladder up to your organization’s strategic goals. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs. Describe what you plan to improve and outline how you plan to measure it.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I’ve offered you checklists , FAQs and e-guides with templates for writing donor-centric annual appeals. In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to evaluate those annual appeals before you publish them so you know you’re sending out the best possible ask. . Does your appeal clearly show what action the donor should take?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

They are setting the stage for transparent communication when evaluating compatibility and complementary “value exchange between partners” are in effect. According to La Piana’s practical guide for leaders and professionals, “A partnership, first and foremost, must enhance your ability to deliver on your own mission.”. Recommendations.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. Diversity Metrics.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

With that in mind 35 influential leaders from across the nonprofit industry came together at the Growing Philanthropy Summit to develop an action-oriented agenda on growing philanthropy. Re-orient toward longer-term measures of fundraising performance. Develop new and more appropriate measures of performance. Staggering, I know.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Operations & Leadership Finding the Best Nonprofit Membership Management Software: A Mega-Guide 17 min read Read Now 4. Outlining measures to protect sensitive information will help you earn the trust and confidence of your members. Develop a Public Relations Plan Advocacy is about being the voice of change.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes. Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this guide, we’ll discuss how to use digital marketing strategies to update your organization’s nonprofit marketing and outreach plans both now and into the future. To make the most of these platforms, include calls to action in your posts with direct links to donation pages or event registrations. Donor Profiles and Records.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

This often overlooked and sometimes under-appreciated department uses data to drive strategy, best practices to guide training, and technology to hack success. Here’s everything we’ll cover in this guide. Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Sales Ops: Table of Contents. Performance. Technology.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

They are living documents, serving as a “north star” to guide your organization to success. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets. However, it’s always a good rule to try to avoid taking actions out of panic, and instead be methodical. How have things been coming along?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

As you draft your messages, focus on incorporating clear calls to action, using personalized language, and appealing to supporters’ emotions. Finally, like any other fundraising strategy, you should track success metrics for your text messages and use them to evaluate your texts’ effectiveness. Keep an eye on your metrics.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Questions Are Your Tools As a funder, one of your primary mechanisms for gathering information to guide your decision making is the questions you ask. Here are a few lessons we learned along the way.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Whether you’re looking to take an improved approach to your existing strategy or design a new plan from scratch, this guide will steer you through the process of building a fundraising strategy. A well-developed fundraising strategy will accomplish the following: Gives your team a guiding blueprint for decision-making.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. As part of a.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Ready to adopt a more human donor loyalty philosophy and wrap it into a written strategic plan that holds people accountable for seeing it through and measuring success? Here are some action steps you can take to get started. Action Steps to Increase Donor Loyalty. Want More Action Tips to Increase Donor Loyalty?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2018

As a member of the NTEN Board, I used this framework to help us work through our performance evaluation process. Their intention was to create a guide for nonprofit leaders who wanted to ensure that their organizations provided high quality, sustainable results for the people or causes they served. Should we include all seven pillars?

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