Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

This blog provides an overview of how to establish your scoring model, establish a team of data champions, and adopt a regular reporting routine so that your association is set up for success. To learn more about how we can help you with tracking and measuring your member engagement, get in touch with us today. Let’s get started!

Analytics 169

Analytics Associations Model Metrics 169

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. Alfred Prufrock: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”

Life 135

Life Measure Facebook Profile 135

Nimble AMS

MARCH 25, 2022

Research from Community Brands consistently shows that members place high value on networking and staying up to date on industry news, trends, and regulations. Create a calendar that includes a steady stream of new and useful content to entice users to visit the community more often. TIP: These are examples of high-level goals.

Community 133

Community Online Strategy Guidelines 133

Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. Initially, they piloted and experimented with new formats, ultimately figuring out the lead times and outside resources necessary to produce a monthly email and short data story, with longer pieces scheduled quarterly.

Story 66

Story Data Storytelling Lesson 66

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

The good news is your organization has options to consider for replacing foundationConnect with another grantmaking solution. Year-over-year strategic planning includes changes in operations, processes, initiatives, measurement of impact and outcomes, and the need to find new ways to connect with stakeholders.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Application Integration Grant 52

Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

The stakes are high, but there’s good news: EGA has leveraged the vast reach of Candid’s demographic data to help unlock critical insights for equity in environmental philanthropy. It also allows them to measure their progress toward their 30% equitable funding goal. For racial equity, this is doubly true.

Effective 83

Effective Demographics Philanthropy United States 83

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Bible is replete with God’s commands to proclaim good news, heal the sick, comfort the downtrodden, feed the hungry, and to care for orphans and widows. Commit to a shared measurement system: Common metrics hold the cohort accountable and informs future action. Collective Impact requires time and faithful endurance.

Impact 98

Impact Raleigh Arizona Collaboration 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The continued flow of money into the nonprofit world is welcome news. Yet, nonprofit leaders and managers will have to carefully assess, prioritize, and take risks with their finances, which will likely require new skills and bold adaptation to continuously changing circumstances.

Trend 111

Trend Report United Kingdom Australia 111

Candid

JULY 27, 2023

as measured by total giving. We adopted more automation in the loading, cleaning, and coding of data. These new processes allowed for expanded data collection, including more grantmaking by smaller foundations, non-U.S. private and community foundations. Staff entered, cleaned, and coded this data using largely manual processes.

Grant 82

Grant Data Pledge Analysis 82

Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2023

AI-Generated Fraud Protection: To help protect nonprofits from fraud and help mitigate card testing, Qgiv has adopted an AI-enhanced fraud protection system that detects bots and malicious card tests. This automated security measure has resulted in a 97% drop in card testing on Qgiv forms.

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Press Test Industry 59

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

Adoption of cryptocurrency is hitting mainstream adoption and as the data show cut across many segments of the population. 13% of population) meaning this is still early in the larger adoption cycle ( A Harris Poll from August 2021 ). Another macro trend that has caused increased crypto adoption is the fact that the U.S.

Donor 52

Donor Difference Ukraine Podcast 52

TechImpact

JUNE 4, 2014

The good news is, a simple change in frame of mind when thinking about your volunteers could be all it takes to greatly improve retention and engagement. adopting this mindset, however, is often times more difficult than most imagine.

Retention 184

Retention Volunteer Marketing Help 184

Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

User adoption is a tricky beast. Naturally, clients tend to focus on the technical aspects that surround adoption: picking a solution that meets the list of user needs they have identified. But what about the people/social factors that influence adoption? Even better. Please share your own in the comments section.

Adopt 58

Adopt Collaboration Content System 58

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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. That’s good news for you because it also gives you a set of guiding principles on which you can base your board communication.

Guide 52

Guide Business Support Metrics 52

sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Learn on-demand: Register for Blackbaud’s free AI webinar series AI capabilities integrated with your existing fundraising software simplify the adoption of this new technology. Add to this indicators of affinity to give, including past giving patterns, social and professional affiliations, even social media behavior or news articles.

Gift 89

Gift Game Philanthropy Fundraising 89

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Purpose-Driven Companies use a Purpose Mindset to Advance Measurable Goals. Stand-out companies set measurable goals to put their business strategy and purpose statement into action. Surprisingly, that can be good news for a company’s nonprofit partners.

Companies 106

Companies Alaska Malta Philanthropy 106

Nimble AMS

MAY 26, 2021

Here are two recent examples: Salesforce announced a release of enhanced security measures that would restrict guest users’ ability to edit and delete records. They help us adopt best practices from Salesforce for our customers. And they even give us the opportunity to provide input and feedback to Salesforce. Monitoring for issues.

Experiment 78

Experiment Script Product Associations 78

Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

Believe it or not, only 55% of nonprofits are actively measuring volunteer impact. If you are not measuring impact, how are you growing your volunteer program? You can download our volunteer request to send donors here. You want a deeper understanding of your volunteer program.

Volunteer 82

Volunteer Management Software Database 82

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” If so, then that gives a measure of assurance to donors to say, “This is a program that has worked. Is it specific?

Report 83

Report Measure Process Impact 83

Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2016

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees. It may seem hard to imagine but it’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B.

California 100

California Public Open Online 100

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Or even the networked influence from news coverage and stories from one group or city to the next. It may have been a network of organizers in various towns or locations coordinating with each other and then operating locally. Or a team of volunteers that manage communications (from phone trees to canvassing).

Community 179

Community Organization Online Netsquared 179

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In support of the Teacher Development Initiatives, helping K-12 educators teach and adopt proficiency practices in the classroom. Writing a good grant description is not unlike writing a news story with a lot of facts to organize and share. For the Teacher Development Initiative. Tell Your Story Through Your Grant Descriptions.

Communication 92

Communication Oregon Grant Portland 92

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? Inform donors of breaking news and/or problems as soon as possible. . To ensure you’re meeting your objectives, measure customer satisfaction.

Donor 141

Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more organizations are embracing the idea that collecting and measuring data and acting on what they learn from it can improve their work and better their services. But surprisingly few nonprofits are talking about open data. The benefits seem legion, but nonprofits are lagging behind the trend.

Open 68

Open Data San Francisco Denmark 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Note From Beth: The cartoon above is from my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” and was alluding to what I call the “ Cute Animal Theory ” that content performs better when you have a cute animal, a dog, a cat, or even a squirrel.

Examples 106

Examples Profit Content New Zealand 106

Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

while providing them with the essentials they need,” said Andrea Scallon, Director of Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning, Miriam’s Kitchen. The manual process that we used to measure our program before investing in VolunteerHub was time-consuming and prone to error. of Orange County.

St. Louis 98

St. Louis San Diego Atlanta Minneapolis 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

FCCleveland It also helps us to share news & info about the work of the foundation field w the world, & our own work of course ! The board spans several generations and we had a range around the table of people new to social media and those who have been early adopters.). More about that later.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Social Case Study 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

” Livestrong is one of the nonprofit early adopters that has published their brand page using the new format. For those of you who already have a measurement habit, you might notice that FB Insights data has been slow lately. That is being fixed. Here’s some tips and ideas to get you started.

Change 117

Change Tips Help Facebook 117

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take. Examples from Haiti.

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Volunteer Hub

MARCH 26, 2021

How your volunteer center measures the ROI of your volunteer management solution depends on your overall program goals and mission. I was blown away by how fast VolunteerHub was adopted by the DSC organization and how quickly the solution made an impact towards our mission,” said Myra Khalife, General Secretary for Donner Sang Compter.

Volunteer 54

Volunteer San Diego Case Study ROI 54

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

If you and your employees have set performance goals or established other performance measurement criteria, this should be a relatively easy process. But, by all means, resist the temptation to simply take employees’ self-evaluation, change a few words and adopt it as your own. Begin with a clear understanding of what is important.

Effective 59

Effective Tips Attitude Evaluation 59

Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. If you have a morbid curiosity on how addicted you actually are, you can take the Center For Internet Addiction Test , a 20-question online diagnostic tool that will give you the bad news. Tablet adoption is very brisk.

Phone 67

Phone NSF PowerPoint Mobile 67

Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Work with your Board, attorney, and an HR professional to create and adopt the policies you need to ensure a safe, quality Volunteer Program. Be clear on discipline measures and reasons for dismissal. Procedures do not require Board approval but are critical for providing processes and structure to support the policies.

Volunteer 119

Volunteer Create Policy Roles 119

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Be sure to look for a text-to-donate provider that offers measures like: PCI compliance Fraud detection Data encryption These aspects will make your text fundraising transactions as secure as possible and build donor trust. Your text-to-give campaigns will be safe when you use secure fundraising tools and a reputable service provider.

Mobile 59

Mobile Guide Giving Fundraising 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

Sigmund Freud I've been buried putting the final touches on some new curriculum for social media and nonprofit peer learning approaches. It's the dance floor and the balcony - both strategy and tactics but deployed in a lab with focused experiments, measurement, reflection and learning from peers.

Social Media 95

Social Media Remix Research Audience 95

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

If you and your employees have set performance goals or established other performance measurement criteria, this should be a relatively easy process. But, by all means, resist the temptation to simply take employees’ self-evaluation, change a few words and adopt it as your own. Begin with a clear understanding of what is important.

Effective 40

Effective Attitude Evaluation Software 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. Grantees get better at communication, proactive planning, partner engagement, message discipline and social media integration and measurement.

Social Media 97

Social Media Training Train Network 97