Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

If you are going to pour the amount of work necessary into creating a podcast, you will want to measure its success — but how? We can track total downloads and we can tell if those downloads were from unique devices, but that’s where the measurement trail meets the edge of the cliff. Ways to measure a podcast's success!

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Step 1: Build the top of your funnel SImply put, building the top of the funnel means participating in activities designed to create awareness about your association. Again, remember to measure the results of these thought leadership efforts by measuring the engagement with the resources you produce.

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Create Strategy Associations Registration 169

The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. It can be near impossible to measure the success of a story if you haven’t first thought about what your desired outcomes are and drivers of success. Start by narrowing down what you’re using storytelling for.

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ROI Storytelling Measure Story 67

Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Social media is an indispensable tool for raising awareness for your nonprofit’s cause, reaching new audiences, and strengthening your relationships with donors. Social Media Return on Investment Measuring your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) is essential for any marketing or fundraising initiative. After all, with 4.9

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Social Media Metrics North Carolina Media 52

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

DIY Community Engagement Metrics. So often I find that we are too quick to say that because a website doesn’t have our domain, a tool is downloaded to our computer, or a platform doesn’t have our developers working on it that we can’t be responsible for measuring and analyzing the way we use it. Do-It-Yourself.

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Metrics Community Map Template 219

Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Adopt technologies that simplify collaboration and enhance communication , like board portals or other real-time tools. Encourage active participation. Provide the right tools. Diversity metrics: Monitor the diversity of your board composition, including gender, race, ethnicity, age, and professional background.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. This strategy will encompass tailored activities, communication channels, and personalized interactions aimed at making their members more satisfied and encouraging them to contribute to the organization’s mission.

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Strategy Measure Social Media Metrics 98

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

As a society, we have become obsessed with the “Technology” half the tools and devices that infiltrate our lives—and with producing, updating, and controlling these devices. Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit. Management – What tool/resource(s) do we use to store and analyze our data?

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Chart Map Data Attention 87

sgEngage

MAY 16, 2024

Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the grantmaking lifecycle is vast and ever-growing. Limited Resources: Extracting meaningful insights from complex data sets can be resource-intensive, requiring skilled personnel and powerful data analysis tools.

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Data Impact Government Proposal 71

sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

Culture of Innovation: Characteristics and Benefits As you may have experienced, nonprofits often struggle with innovation or are slower at adopting more modern approaches and tools. Use Modern Tools and Data to Enhance Decision-making The path to innovation can be improved by implementing the right tools and taking advantage of data.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Start with a simple self-assessment to understand where you and your organization fall along the impact maturity scale: what tools and processes do you already have in place? These metrics should measure what really matters rather than simply what is possible or easy to track. What works and what doesn’t? Data access. .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Now that you’ve collected the data from years past and reflected on it alongside colleagues across departments, you can document your development activities and the challenges or learning experiences that arose. retain 75% of previous year’s donors; or activity-based—e.g., retain 75% of previous year’s donors; or activity-based—e.g.,

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Gift Develop Measure Blackbaud 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” Thus, performance management was a way to drive activities, not results.

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Metrics Measure Analytics Method 101

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics? Does it have pre-built dashboards with nonprofit metrics that are important for each persona at your organization and important for board members. Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause?

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Metrics Nonprofit Profile Platform 262

Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Digital marketing is a powerful tool for businesses of all sizes to reach their target audience and achieve their goals. Measure Impact: Define the metrics that will help measure the impact of your digital campaign. Actively seek input from the audiences to ensure voices are heard. Follow accessibility guidelines!

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Programs and Services: Description of the nonprofit’s activities and how they align with its mission. Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2011

What is it and what it means to use it as a measurement for improving Facebook engagement on your Facebook Page? This post summarizes some of the key points and resources shared. Measuring Your Edgerank Score. AVES is the process of using bogus social media metrics to indicate value — metrics like influencer scores.

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Measure Facebook Screencast Metrics 100

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.

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Statistics Stats Program Management 52

M+R

JUNE 10, 2021

From screenshots that’ve been shared, it looks like the “Protect Mail activity” option loads ALL content. It’ll affect our ability to run subject line tests, to monitor deliverability health, to identify active subscribers and keep them on the list or identify inactive email addresses and scrub them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With so many tools out there to choose from, your opportunities for customizing your organization’s tech stack are virtually limitless, especially when it comes to fundraising apps. This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector. For example, Dawn shared how her organization offers nonprofits practical resources and tools to help to get started.

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Demographics Build Social Green 95

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

All of the association’s activities and initiatives are grounded in the ideals that are outlined below. Images of the association’s founders, history, and current activities are displayed throughout the facility, and spaces were created to accommodate a variety of work styles. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Set Program Goals & Metrics.

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Measure Impact Program San Francisco 50

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Now that you’ve collected the data from years past and reflected on it alongside colleagues across departments, you can document your development activities and the challenges or learning experiences that arose. retain 75% of previous year’s donors; or activity-based—e.g., retain 75% of previous year’s donors; or activity-based—e.g.,

Gift 52

Gift Develop Measure Blackbaud 52

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned.

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Social Media Measure Action Media 113

Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

To prepare for the planning stage, get to know your donors by: Using data analytics tools. These tools aggregate and organize information about your supporters, past campaigns, and the broader market. Think of these as mini, measurable targets that help you inch closer to achieving your more ambitious goals.

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Marketing Analysis Nonprofit Audience 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Our goal is to help individuals and teams achieve and measure success and to shift the thinking about projects and work from merely completed activities to investments that deliver impact,” explain the authors.

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Work ROI Law Project 63

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Retaining top performers is likely a measure of your effectiveness and success in your role. The key to effectively using feedback as a retention tool is to actively do something with the information you collect. It’s also objectively measurable through concrete KPIs. Actively recognize standout contributions.

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Retention Management Tips Nonprofit 89

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

It’s an easy way to set measurable goals and to align your objectives with your daily posting. There’s no need to be active on all social channels if you don’t get ROI from them. 5) Pick the right tools. You can try our tool for free, but there are also many other options beyond the nonprofit sector that you can try out.

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Calendar Social Media Content Media 277

Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Donor retention is the measurement of how many donors continue giving to your nonprofit year after year. You can calculate this metric for your organization by dividing the number of donors who gave again this year by the total number of donors who gave last year. . Segmenting donors. Also, don’t send appeals too often. .

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

With the rise of smartphones, it seems like everyone’s constantly on social media, making it the perfect marketing tool for your nonprofit! Social media provides plenty of tools to help you create an effective strategy that can make a huge difference in your organization and help you meet the goals you set. Fundraising.

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Social Media Media Guide Social 52

Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A product, whether in the for-profit, nonprofit, or government sector, is a powerful tool that delivers a valuable service to a specific audience. City Health Dashboard NYU’s Langone Health’s Department of Population Health developed the City Health Dashboard to share and compare data on 37 measures of public health across more than 500 U.S.

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Product Develop Impact Case Study 88

sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Grant management is the comprehensive process of overseeing all activities related to grants: from identifying recipients, to awarding funds, to reporting on outcomes all while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. Legal Advisor: Ensure that all grantmaking activities comply with the law.

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Grant Management Award Evaluation 52

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

With all of the new, innovative fundraising tools available online, the price of your campaigns may go up, making it challenging to actually get a return at all. To better analyze your campaigns, you’ll need to understand a few fundamental metrics, including ROI, cost per dollar raised (CPDR), and cost per acquisition (CPA).

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