Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Event metrics can be great guides as we plan. In earlier posts, npENGAGE has discussed how to focus on our event fundraising analytics and how to use these metrics for success. Below are some ways to use your event metrics to identify and engage specific participant types during your fundraising event. Warm Bodies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

By Brent Merritt , a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. The 2019 M+R Benchmarks Report observed that for certain nonprofit sectors the impact has been “dramatic,” and for health nonprofits, in particular, it appeared “nothing short of transformative.”. Year-Round Promotion.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

That core consists of working through and with other people to create value while using financial concepts and metrics to maximize the value created for all company stakeholders. Billhardt and Kracklauer : Learning is fundamentally a social activity. I found this concept difficult -- does the problem lie with me?"

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Now you’ve identified how you’re using the story, we’re going to get into the weeds to identify your metrics and markers of success. Arguably, measuring ROI on any kind of communication or marketing activity is a channel. Now for the metrics beyond total engagement on the posts, this is where you’ll customize your measurements further.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

P2P fundraisers can do the same; for example, Just Giving from Blackbaud offers a generative AI tool that quickly creates content for individuals’ fundraising pages. According to the 2022 Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmark Report , the annual value of a sustainer is four times greater than a one-time donor. They generate a-ha moments.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2022

Peer to peer fundraising is a type of fundraising campaign that involves activating your donors to fundraise on your behalf. Your supporters create personal and team fundraising pages and then connect with their social networks to collect donations from friends and family. Flexible metric counting for donations, activity, and impact.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Employee retention must be understood holistically—many interconnected elements create an environment where employees feel valued and want to stick around to grow their impact. All of your organization’s practices directly or indirectly contribute to retention by creating a more engaging and well-run workplace.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

Porter Novelli’s latest research on business and social justice shows that consumers, employees and other stakeholders want companies to acknowledge their role in systemic injustices and actively change the system. That survey established a critical baseline that we can use to benchmark our progress in the future.

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sgEngage

JUNE 6, 2024

Work closely with administrators to identify reports that need to be run and the metrics to track during the campaign, which will inform your fund setup and gift entry process. PRO TIP: Comb your active funds and assign them with a category and type, conforming to CASE reporting standards as closely as possible. Review reporting.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Increase Donor Retention: Creating an intentional, documented plan outlines next steps to be taken with a donor. Creating consistent outreach and movement through the donor life cycle (identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship) promotes donor retention. Donor Database Management Essentials.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Of these users, 70-80% will then delete or relegate the app within 1 month (benchmarks via Localytics ). The United Service Organizations created a tool for their direct internal stakeholders. CTR (benchmark via MailChimp ). cost per install (benchmark via AppBrain ). True cost fallcy: The black hole of maintenance costs.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. Is there any sourcing or methodology outlined that lets you understand how the report was created? This is where the increasing amount of nonprofit sector research reports can help.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

We’ll cover: Why you should create a fundraising strategy. Why you should create a fundraising strategy. You likely understand the general benefits of planning, but why is creating a fundraising plan so important for your nonprofit? Also, review your fundraising metrics and data from previous campaigns.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. The findings mirror many of benchmarks in the Convio report. donating money). donating money).

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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. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. They are created with the biases and worldviews of those who developed them. But is this the right question?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The upcoming iOS15 update will create some changes in how email marketers use opens to track success and retarget their audiences — but as we all know, adapting to change is part of operating in the digital landscape. Benchmark Data Now. Here is what you can do to prepare for the impacts of iOS15 on email marketing.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

This was the only group that had an increase for all metrics from the 2019 report. CSR strategies can be global and hyper local: Virtual volunteering events created the opportunity for employees no matter where they are located to connect with each other and support a cause. This was approximately a $6.1 million increase from 2019.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Return on investment is a metric that measures the profitability of an investment, giving you a way to compare the yields of investments and make more effective financial decisions. However, keep in mind that it’s a less straightforward metric in the case of capital campaigns than it is for annual campaigns you might host.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

” – focused on why you need, and how to create, a nonprofit data management plan. QUESTION: NTEN just held an online fundraising benchmark webinar, where they talked about email open rates being low, and organizations raising something like $17 for every 1000 emails sent. Plan those activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

.    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "     Reader engagement consists of metrics for: Conversation (commenting). However, not all activities are created equal, so to speak.   Do you need it?

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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? It should be noted that this is a relative proxy that is almost certainly under reporting as you can see in the purple region that nearly 50% of download activity isn’t being actively tracked.

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Givinga

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In cases where companies foster strong relationships with external stakeholders, the effect is even stronger: brands that are active with corporate responsibility initiatives see 40-80 percent more market value growth. More importantly, it will use those tools to realistically connect your CR activities to your bottom line.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I’m now on the prowl for examples from the nonprofit world of “Little Bets” and was excited to read about how Unicef created a fictional profile for a 13-year-old girl named Ami Musa, from the poor, war torn African country of Sierra Leone. How did you come up with the idea for this board? Please tell us if you know of one!

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. Consider implementing one or two solid list-building activities a year, like this one from Children’s Medical Center. of their total audience. Something like this.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Average gift was nearly flat year over year for the median organization, but this metric is especially volatile and easily pulled by outliers. Other groups had smaller, more active lists, thanks to increasingly aggressive inactive suppression and reactivation strategies. . Texting is getting up close and personal.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Dunham and Company released an Online Fundraising Scorecard that looked at 151 nonprofits online fundraising activities. Create Killer Landing Pages. Marketing Research Metrics Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Fundraising' The report either gave a big "F" or a mediocre rating to most of the nonprofits in the report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Another option is to create a Theory of Change or Logic Model , which should include inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact. Set Program Goals & Metrics. Clarify quantifiable outcomes or metrics that can be easily measured on a routine basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

While it is advised to review event metrics after an event, it may be beneficial to review some fundraiser participation while the fundraising is actually happening. Create a quick start guide and make it available on the fundraising website. Offer Helpful Guides.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change? I consider those basic metrics to be “rearview mirror” metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Do research first and implement one presence at a time with specific goals and metrics. Create Good Social Media Habits. Make Time for Reflection.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve created this guide to nonprofit CRM options, through which you’ll review the basics of CRM software and a side-by-side comparison of the top solutions through the following points: Overview of CRM for Nonprofits. It is best for organizations that have active, but relatively straightforward, fundraising and stewardship efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Create a Page not a Group or Cause. Create a page here. Be active daily. According to the “ eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ” done by NTEN (shout out to Holly Ross ) email is still the “killer app” that reaches the most people. That said, you can’t just throw up a page and expect to be successful. Red Cross Fan Page.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index is one of the few metrics I think is worth obsessing over. At the very least this will give you a benchmark to reference your progress. If you want people to take you seriously on LinkedIn then you need to be active on the platform. Check Out Your LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

These community foundations are actively using the Giving Day Playbook to host Giving Days in their communities and it forms the backbone to peer exchanges. If this is your first Giving Day, keep it simple and pick the right metric. (See See this for Giving Day metrics to track your goals.). (See

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index is one of the few metrics I think is worth obsessing over. At the very least this will give you a benchmark to reference your progress. If you want people to take you seriously on LinkedIn then you need to be active on the platform. Check Out Your LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI).

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. I hope these resources fill you with inspiration and gusto to go out and create your own amazing content! Are you on course to reaching those optimistic January goals and resolutions?

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