EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Through her work with clients like the Wildlife Conservation Society and her love of (math) problem solving, Amy has picked up a lot of wisdom + I wanted to better understand her process for approaching a social media campaign and measuring its efficacy. Measuring beyond "likes". Ready to start posting?

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Basic data sets allow organizations to take action—such as communicating with members or soliciting donors. Analyzed data—usually in the form of charts and dashboards—provides a way for you to measure your organization’s activity against past output or industry standards: it allows you to determine growth and success, or lack thereof.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

During the discussion, use the following business principles to assist in your evaluation: Churn Rate: Churn rate in its broadest sense is a measure of the number of customers moving out of a collective group over a period of time. Which of our partners could support us in a deeper way? 3) Reporting Is Everything!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. To truly move the needle towards ameliorating social challenges throughout the world, we must revisit the efficacy of what has been measured and how. Use performance measurements sensitive enough to detect gradual changes so that small scale initiatives can be informative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” ” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. Twice as likely to take part in events like charity walk.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It’s hard to ramp up the good work you do if you don’t know how to concretely define, measure and communicate your impact to supporters. Impact,” by definition, is the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another. Measuring impact. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound.).

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Case Management Tools Measure impact A unified solution to help you collect actionable program data, develop comprehensive reports, and share how you’re impacting your community. Collect direct participant feedback through secure web forms for actionable insights to improve programming and individual care plans.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They are a measure of your own ability to be an effective leader and the way your team works together to accomplish goals: Self-awareness to assess your own strengths and weaknesses and how they are impacted by your beliefs and motivations. These EI competencies impact your organization’s interpersonal dynamics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

“In the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal—in a feedback loop. You use the measurement as feedback to make adjustments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Take for example their coverage on food that is devoured by a devoted flock of foodies.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

If you aren’t measuring donor engagement, you might have to. Donor engagement is a measure of all of the things that make up a complete donor profile, beyond just gift size and superficial demographic information. Responds to a survey. How Measuring Donor Engagement Can Empower You. Events attended. Website visits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. But in the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

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 Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ). Seek to round out your campaign’s messaging by giving your audience a clear call to action to get involved or learn more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? Influence —> take action.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

After choosing a few donor segments that you’d like to focus on, you can take it a step further by sending out a survey to this group to gather even more information. Crafting A Survey Surveys are not always necessary, but they are incredibly helpful in gathering data and really deep diving into your different donor segments.

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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. Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Paired with your experience and judgment, your decisions can be data informed or data guided using less specific data measurements. Make it easy – Don’t ask members to fill out a seven page survey at the end of the meeting. Consider your average spending year over year or the trend in your retention over a period of time.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They want us to invest in digital analytics tools to measure our efforts, but I’m not really sure what this will tell us. To get a better grasp on this, let’s look at the different types of analytics and what they measure. There are so many things you can measure in Google Analytics, but you’re not going to use all of this information.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Nonprofit and education customers continue to increase their efficiency, as 40% of surveyed customers are better able to strategize and prioritize due to their use of Salesforce. This year, 85% of surveyed customers reported that using Salesforce has helped them better achieve their missions. Director of Measurement and Evaluation.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

These solutions leverage predictive analytics to help anticipate future donor actions. According to BWF’s AI for nonprofits guide , the process of using these predictive AI fundraising tools looks like this: Your nonprofit gathers data using sources like your online donation form, donor feedback surveys, and website analytics.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. Brad: Why did you decide to use Candid’s GuideStar profiles and demographic data survey instead of creating something from scratch?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This year, the report features survey responses from 1,250 nonprofit employees at the manager level and above. The survey’s aim is to better understand: The biggest challenges nonprofits face today and in the future. Obviously, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll in countless ways, and the survey results back that up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

For us, this has been linked not just to content like articles a blog posts but also forum threads, email outreach, and broad campaigns — like our recent Cloud Survey. So we want to make sure that we getting conversions from our content — which, depending on the content type, is a variety of next actions.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Revealing, insightful, and packed with a good balance of science, statistics, stories, and actionable strategies, the book, Connectable , is an incredibly timely must-read for leaders. Little trust is present among a team where a leader controls every employee’s action and decision. One way to build trust is to use context.

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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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. Donor Negative ACTIONS. For as long as the Fundraising Effectiveness Project has measured nonprofit donor retention it has been abysmal. Your Nonprofit’s Ameliorating WORDS + ACTIONS. It’s also the number one reason you’re raising less money than you could.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Whether your nonprofit is working to improve volunteer management or the success of your community outreach programs, you’re likely considering the impact of your planned or existing actions. . Output metrics assess the intermediate results of an intervention, action, or project. Quality metrics assess how well you performed an action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. Here's the topline results: There is extensive experimentation with social media in the nonprofit sector, but only half (51%) surveyed are active users. Measure social media with key metrics for visibility, engagement and advocacy .

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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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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

When you have a strong grasp of your audience’s motivations, you can increase donations, volunteer hours, advocacy actions, and the overall public opinion of your nonprofit. Step 3: Design your market research survey. Once you’ve defined your research philosophy, you can begin actually designing your research survey.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

How are you measuring volunteer engagement? Without these important metrics, you will be unable to measure your success accurately. Consider creating and distributing an online volunteer experience survey. This allows you to collect rich feedback and data points that you can measure. Metrics matter!

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In July 2020, Candid published a blog post examining the many surveys inquiring about social sector organizations’ needs in light of COVID-19. In the year since the outbreak, we have continued to track surveys from around the globe. This blog presents several common insights generated through these surveys.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

To make the most of these platforms, include calls to action in your posts with direct links to donation pages or event registrations. Now is the time to go back to those marketing goals you created at the beginning of the campaign and measure your success. Or, share compelling personal testimonials from your ambassadors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The term “call to action” (CTA) is used multiple times in the list. A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Can you survey nonrenewing donors to see why they didn’t renew? Is the donor renewal rate low?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It is important that the people you are adding to your list aren’t being tricked into signing up, and are instead primed to take the next action that will deepen your relationship and their commitment to your organization. These call-to-action boxes break up written content with a clear and relevant email request. Send a survey.

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