Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You may begin with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis. Ask yourself some of the following questions. How often should you develop a standard nonprofit strategic plan?

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 122

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Google Analytics – [link]. Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. Tip: You can also get Google Analytics for your Facebook Page! These analytics are part of having a Facebook Page.

Tools 162

Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Some reflections questions I used to understand the data: What content/links are of interest to the people who are engaging with me? It makes really easy to do a quick content analysis, figure out what content resonated, and build community. It is a Twitter analytics tool. Who is regularly retweeting me?

Twitter 110

Twitter Tools Learning Measure 110

Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2018

Data and analytics can play a big role in improving nonprofit strategy. What charts or slides did the group focus on? Among nonprofit advocacy groups, I often witness a huge gap between the people with access to data and analytics and the people actually empowered to make strategic decisions. This was their “Testing Whiteboard.”

Data 31

Data Help Analytics Test 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

The assessment helps nonprofits look at eight different areas: Technology, Content, Channels/Devices, Audiences, Analytics, User Experience, and Governance. Participants volunteer their question for the Spectragram. We decided to use an understanding exercise, a SWOT analysis related to the topics. Reflection and Takeaways.

Participatory 76

Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 76

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

At the 4 th level of 100% adoption for your prospect management system, your organization is now able to provide a deep analysis with reportings based on a sound system and full buy-in from all staff. High-level analysis questions by senior leadership and during campaign/advisory board meetings: How many active proposals are pending?

Rate 35

Rate System Management Analysis 35

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2015

Marketing research done on a regular basis will allow you to make better decisions, chart changes over time, plan initiatives, and assess your success. Clearly define the question you want the research to answer. The first step to market research is to clearly and concisely define the question you want the research to help you answer.

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Research Marketing Method Attitude 20

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. At the heart of most issue-focused policy and research is data analysis. Connect the dots from raw source to visualization to analysis.

Policy 36

Policy Data Content Share 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Google Analytics.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Some indicators that a card sort test is a good activity for a design project include: A website that is structured according to the org chart so that each department has their own section. I’ve had success with an online recruiting tool called Ethnio that serves your website visitors a pop-up with a few screener questions. Wireframes.

Design 36

Design Process Web Test 36

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. While retention rates have been lower, there are opportunities and questions we still need to address. Get the report and read it. It points to some great momentum in online giving.

Attention 36

Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

That's why TechSoup has partnered with Tableau on a new blog series called "Beyond the Pie Chart." Tried to create a report and couldn't find a chart or graph that would clearly illustrate your point? Now think about making a chart comparing donation amounts for the past three years. But what about bar charts?

Chart 36

Chart Library Time Analytics 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Rob Stuart, who passed away recently and who was instrumental in the creation of the nonprofit technology movement always had a favorite question, “What tools are in your tool box?” Measurement tools or perhaps more accurately, social analytics tools collect that data.

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Measure Social Media Tools Media 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Their categories were based on whether or not the respondent was using a specific measurement tool like Facebook Insights or Google Analytics. Creating is more appealing then analysis to most. We all need to be curators of our analytics data. Idealware Study. Respondents that names tools were labled as “substantial.’

Measure 96

Measure Organization Metrics Analytics 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I've been trying to collect screen captures and stories about nonprofit web analytics for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN. Ah, my screencast script on google analytics completely ignores social media and only focuses on web sites. Unique Visitors, from your web analytics tool, and Feed Subscribers, from your RSS tool.

Measure 50

Measure Social Media Tools Technorati 50

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

As development research, prospect management and development analytics professionals, we provide the information and analysis that ensure our organizations focus on our most essential prospective donors. From effective streamlining to data analysis and knowledge management, grants managers are doing the work that defines grantmaking.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

" That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- many analytics programs do not track RSS feeds. Kaushik makes a distinction between "on-site" visitors or unique visits as calculated by your analytics program and "off-site" visitors.

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Reflection Measure Technorati ROI 50