Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

As a result, the focus has been writing grant proposals rather than appealing for individual support. By far, those two stats are higher than any other country surveyed. Seeing the limitations of microfinance, Matt sought alternative financial solutions to improve financial access across Africa. Why is that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup. Alternately, you may feel so good about it and say my job is done.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Ben’s Bells Project and the University of Arizona teamed up to create surveys that measure outcomes from the nonprofit’s Kind Campus curriculum. Use multiple data points that reflect various perspectives, and include results in the same report to show different sides in relation to each other. Performance measurement is not objective.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 19, 2023

To get the best results from your welcome process, be sure to: Personalize your member welcome letters: Celebrate your new members with a letter tailored to them by including details like their name and membership level. Send your members satisfaction surveys to learn: How their experience with your nonprofit is going.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Donor retention is the second-highest concern for nonprofits, according to the 2022 CCS Philanthropy Pulse survey. Following up on any direct mail appeal with an email increases your chances of being seen and offers an alternate way to give. Here’s an example Great things are happening. We need you. Tell us why you left.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In-kind donations: Another alternative to making monetary contributions is donating goods or services. By developing an employee giving program, you’ll cultivate a workplace culture that your team wants to be a part of—resulting in increased employee commitment to your organization. Employees want to maximize their gifts.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The resulting benefit might be the ability for staff to better answer client questions during home visits. What are costs of alternatives? Next, consider the costs of alternative solutions including competing providers or different approaches. Conduct interviews or surveys to understand user experiences.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

You can help us by taking the short survey we’re running. The survey will remain open until April 25 and results will be available this summer. The first nationwide refurbishing program geared strictly to nonprofits, RCI also provides an environmentally friendly alternative to used equipment disposal.

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Blackbaud Alternative Survey Global 47

NTEN

DECEMBER 21, 2011

We asked this question recently on our post-conference survey and the results were overwhelming: 95.9% In the four years that I’ve been responsible for planning and negotiating conference A/V and other technology expenses for NCFR, I’ve had my eye on mobile broadband as a potential lower-cost alternative for providing internet access.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. This is evaluation.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Train 111

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 3, 2019

A poll of the general public done by Grey Matter Research and Consulting found that 61 percent of adults surveyed felt that charities should only spend between 10 and 29 cents of every dollar on overhead. After all, one cannot expect to change the results of their efforts without first changing their methods.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Send a survey if you don’t hear back. However, they generally don’t allow for the same level of personal interaction as the in-person alternative. Review major gift results Assess your major giving program results to determine how well the program works and identify opportunities for improvement. Make one last phone call.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 97

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

For this reason, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) commissioned primary research to survey consumers about text-to-give fundraising for the benefit of the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada and charities that use mobile giving. Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011.

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Attitude Mobile Giving Canada 95

NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Ask what can be improved, invite them to planning meetings and send team captain-specific surveys. Update them on the final event results. If gift cards are not in the budget, think of less expensive alternatives. Similar to top fundraisers, find ways to involve them and connect them to the cause.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

M+R’s past experiences have shown that negative framing generally results in higher revenue, but we put it to the test in Oxfam’s first appeal, with some surprising results. The difference wasn’t huge, but we’d seen similar results with another client’s test around the same time, so we went with it.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Easily replaced with free or lower-cost alternatives. You can research this in a variety of ways, whether through surveying members, running a focus group, or even seeing how other associations price courses with a similar level of complexity and comprehensiveness. Extremely limited or otherwise not applicable to many members.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

If you don’t already have this information, consider conducting a donor survey. What have you seen as positive results of your nonprofit’s work? The alternatives “we achieve” or “we determine” are far more descriptive. What about your nonprofit work is unique? What Is Your Impact? Lastly, think about the impact of your work.

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Examples Language Iowa Nonprofit 95

Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. Forms can be used to survey volunteers and program participants about their experiences with your organization, gather opinions from donors about an upcoming strategic plan, and about 100 other things. That’s right.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

This is in part because Google Grants only allows ads that are at a Quality Score of 2 or higher and also because a strong website will just lead to better results for your Google Ad campaigns. Failing to meet this threshold for 2 consecutive months can result in a temporary account deactivation. Use Lots of Keywords.

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Google Grant Guide Nonprofit 348

Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

" In 2014, GigaOm found some interesting statistics on diversity in tech from company-provided data and survey results from the U.S. Year Up isn't a replacement or cure-all for this issue, but it is an alternative source of talent. Artis explained that unfilled jobs are an ongoing issue for many corporations.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2018

They routinely survey physicians, patients, employees, and community members on a variety of issues. Alternately, what could your top marketer tell you about the hospital’s foundation? On average, every dollar invested in fund development results in a return of $3. Typically it’s very little. Is it because marketers don’t care?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  He made the points that your metrics must get you to results - and the three most important results are: Increased Revenue.     Alternative is:  simple tool that is made too complex because it is doing too many things.  Lowered Expenses. Increased Customer Satisfaction. is there problem?

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Marketing Measure Metrics Hunger 50

Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

My research was done via a survey directed to employees and board members of nonprofit organizations. Survey respondents also indicated what overhead rate their donors would consider the maximum acceptable amount. Three in ten respondents indicated it would be “significant,” while 34 percent felt if would have some impact.

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Time Donor Research Issue 20

Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

Let’s start by surveying the digital landscape. Here’s an example: Please note that although Chrome is supported for both Mac and Windows operating systems, it’s recommended that all users of this site switch to the most up-to-date version of the Firefox web browser for the best possible results. But the right words can move mountains.

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Forj

JULY 5, 2017

At AAMSE, the focus is on the Quality Payment Program, which is the result of these changes created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The program can be broken down into two different tracks: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs).

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 12, 2023

Try conducting routine surveys about your inclusivity efforts to see how your members think you’re doing. To ensure your members feel heard across your entire organization, report on the results in member town halls and share how you plan to make changes. Leverage your online community platform.

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Culture Build Organization Associations 126

Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

Alternatively, you could send them information about matching gifts. Not to mention, the donors that tend to get their gifts matched are more philanthropically minded, which means they might be more willing to participate in a peer-to-peer fundraising event, advocate for your cause on social media, or fill out feedback surveys.

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Gift Donor Philanthropy Program 37

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2015

The recently released 2015 millennial impact report shows that 84 percent of millennials surveyed gave a charitable donation in 2014. If a visit to your donation page doesn’t result in a gift, it’s an indicator that a potential donor intended on giving but changed their mind. Why are conversion rates important?

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Phone Mobile Statistics Design 20

Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

For example, if you had to switch to a virtual silent auction at the last minute in 2020, review your results to see which elements worked and which didn’t. Allow Alternative Payment Methods. You’ll also want to send out a post-event survey. You can learn more about deciding your staff assignments on the blog!

Education 52

Education Virtual Fundraising Guide 52

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

To apply the results of my analysis to produce a community-driven program design specifically for implementation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH). Sometimes that results in an artist-led cascading collaborative sculpture of 475 visitor-made scrap metal fish. All of our events require some level of participation.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5 billion ( NRF 2017 Survey ) Halloween: $9.1 billion ( NRF 2017 Survey ) Easter: $18.4B ( NRF 2017 ) Valentine’s Day: $18.2 billion ( NRF 2017 Survey ). Claiming the Day. Thanksgiving. Premium e-Cards.

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Ideas Fundraising Strategy Gift 98

Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Even if it’s something as simple as holding a local 5k charity run, asking your supporters to conquer some kind of physical or mental challenge to raise money can yield great results. Google Ads allow you to target specific search phrases and pay to have your organization’s ad displayed at the top of that phrase’s search results.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 3, 2024

Moving into the new year, nonprofit professionals everywhere are thinking about what they can do differently to improve their organization’s results. With an SMS marketing app, for example, you can send bulk texts, have one-to-one conversations, and even create in-text surveys that send data from responses right to your CRM.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Employee surveys and workplace investigations. Custom compensation survey development and execution. GivingMail stands out as a nonprofit consulting firm by offering an affordable and efficient alternative to handling your direct mail needs in-house. Annual appeal and correspondence design that yield positive results.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 7, 2007

(and here's a link to a downloadable version of this graphic ) And here's what those results mean. At the basic level, these are little more than an alternative mouthpiece for the museum's calendar of events. Approach #1: Institutional Info Blog (star example: Eye Level from SAAM ) These are blogs that distribute news about the museum.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Once you’ve employed the keyword planner, you’ll get search results that can be tailored to specific timeframes. Google offers both the average monthly search volume for specific keywords and suggests an alternative list of keyword ideas with comparable or even higher search volumes.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Google’s algorithms tend to reward accessible websites by ranking them higher in search results, which increases your site’s visibility. To ensure these visitors can gain value from your multimedia content, include the following formatting elements on your website: Alternative text for images. Improved search engine optimization (SEO).

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