Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Conduct an impact analysis and use it! Lauren Jan n ey, Foundation Relations and S cholarship Coordinator at Cape Fear Community College Foundation , shared how they are using the new texting functionality in their award management solution to connect with their scholarship applicants and recipients in a new way.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

On February 1st, two people on the team spun out to become an independent nonprofit—the Human Rights Data Analysis Group —to focus on the statistical and analytical side of our human rights work. We also received our largest-ever award for human rights, a two-year, $2.2 million grant from the U.S.

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Everyaction

MAY 30, 2018

Using a 1-10 scale or other similar metric may help you compare those options that fall somewhere in the middle. Spreadsheets are great for this, because the ability to sort and filter data also makes visual analysis easier. For any given feature, whether or not a vendor meets your needs may not be a simple yes or no answer.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Data reports and personal snapshots are often generated separately, then placed side-by-side with the hope that the juxtaposition of hard metrics with an emotional picture and blurb will resonate with a wide range of people. We awarded a total of $17 million in education grants in 2010. Where did those grants go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. This analysis took all of five minutes. Bloggers Who Create Community Award.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

To help relieve these demands, many organizations are turning to Business intelligence tools to retrieve, organize, and share knowledge for analysis and guided decision-making. BI can improve the speed and quality of decision-making by providing real-time information about key performance metrics. What is Business Intelligence?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In 2013, the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) announced sweeping changes to the grant management process for US federal grant recipients in both pre-award and post-award phases. As representatives from the organization stated, “we focus on purposefully measuring the most critical metrics of progress.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Online contests that award dollars to nonprofit causes are here to stay. Each panelist will provide in-depth analysis of a notable social media screw-up they’ve been involved in, isolate key failure factors, analyze the broader lessons, and talk about how these specific organizations improved on their mistakes.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We are proud to see this great work honored and to share that, across our roster of mission-driven client organizations, we took home 63 awards as well as a notable Webby nomination. That’s a rate of over one award per week! This beautifully designed branding and website won five awards this year!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We are proud to see this great work honored and to say that across our roster of clients, we took home 63 awards and even one Webby nomination ! That’s a rate of over one award per week! This tool was awarded five different awards for its interactive design and ability to communicate key health and livability data.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

Need some metrics guidelines? Quantitatively, thats worth quite a bit as no one has been able to calculate this metric so thoroughly before. The metric boils down to cost per action as applied to advocacy or outreach (branding, education, etc) campaigns. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Job well done!

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

Need some metrics guidelines? Quantitatively, thats worth quite a bit as no one has been able to calculate this metric so thoroughly before. The metric boils down to cost per action as applied to advocacy or outreach (branding, education, etc) campaigns. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Job well done!

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Need some metrics guidelines? Quantitatively, thats worth quite a bit as no one has been able to calculate this metric so thoroughly before. The metric boils down to cost per action as applied to advocacy or outreach (branding, education, etc) campaigns. It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Job well done!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Track key campaign metrics. Directly after the campaign, build a report of the key metrics that determine your campaign’s success. . Some of the metrics you might decide to analyze include your: . Analyze these metrics and identify opportunities for improvement. After the campaign, award the winner with a prize. .

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Using a donor management system provides capabilities such as data analysis, using this to send personalized communications, and implementing automations to manage these based on donor behavior. As donors form the fundamental pillar of nonprofit work, fostering these meaningful connections is essential.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2021

Digital-first fundraising enables instant capture and analysis of donor data. Finally, develop dashboards and reports that will help you track your most important, frequently referred-to metrics. Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

For a straightforward look into some metrics that indicate whether social networks can benefit your nonprofit, check out the frogloop Social Network ROI Calculator. August 3, 2007 | Stas Great, comprehensive analysis of the current state of the Facebook Causes application. Great analysis of causes! Is it a random sample?

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

For a straightforward look into some metrics that indicate whether social networks can benefit your nonprofit, check out the frogloop Social Network ROI Calculator. August 3, 2007 | Stas Great, comprehensive analysis of the current state of the Facebook Causes application. Great analysis of causes! Is it a random sample?

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I want you to also look at logic model sample and a SOAR analysis because that could really kind of help you think through some of the priorities in the planning exercises. . And the SOAR analysis, I think, is a great brainstorming tool because this can really incorporate feedback from all different folks. I love this logic model.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. But was there ever any gold? And is there any left? And is it even worth it ?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Á la our Causes analysis awhile ago , we examined 150 nonprofit profiles on MySpace to see which functions people were using, how those features were working, and how much money their profiles were raising. But was there ever any gold? And is there any left? And is it even worth it ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Measuring the success of social media efforts can't be done with a single metric. I think there will be different metrics for different strategies, organizations, and tools. Kaushik suggested these metrics for benchmarking blogs: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). You can do an analysis of your blog feed here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

Kevin Gamble left me a comment on a google analytics post that the " Depth of Visit Report " was one of the best metrics (coupled with referring source) for understanding visitor behavior on his university's web site. Kaushik offers up some metrics for blogging: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post).

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

I had the honor of participating on the ROI (Return on Investment) of Social Media panel at the Women Who Tech TeleSummit with Monique Eldwell of Conversify and Cheryl Contee of Fission Strategies where we laid out some key metrics and useful case studies. The metrics for measuring ROI can be extremely varied. Here are a few examples.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

There is no simple metric to understand how to consider efficiency and effectiveness in intellectual work. I performed an analysis of my organization’s attendance at programs for the last five years, I created the decorations for our new music series, and I worked on labels for an exhibition in our interpretation laboratory.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Also essential to the day were 12 coaches, whose areas of expertise ranged from digital media to business analysis, and three judges: James Rooney, Microsoft; Deena Pierott, iUrbanTeen; and Sonya Watson, Tides Foundation. You can learn about the three winners here.

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