Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Sometimes benchmarking studies can be more rigorous and survey an entire field. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Drawn exclusively from data reported on IRS Forms 990 and 990-EZ, our annual report provides in-depth information and insights on executive compensation from over 123,000 tax-exempt organizations for fiscal year 2021. These are just a few highlights from a report rich with key data and details.

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District of Columbia Report Comparison Nonprofit 109

Association Analytics

MAY 20, 2024

Industry Data Analysis Many associations aggregate data and then provide it back to members. This type of report may be a source of non-dues revenue but it can also be used as a member benefit or even as a source of performance benchmarking. You can look to existing sponsors and engage them in conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Also think about the data and analysis that a development professional would perform on the donor data base to analyze multi-channel fundraising campaigns. Tools that mash up public data allow nonprofit fundraisers to do benchmarking and a better analysis of market conditions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

A benchmarking process can be as simple as finding a handful of similar nonprofit organizations and comparing your key performance metrics. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest. Or you may use a sector wide benchmarking study such as the NTEN Social Networking Benchmarking Study. By: Rebecca Shore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. Information flows. As you can see there are many different ways to apply social networking analysis to understanding networks. Someone you know well enough to call.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I took the analysis that.orgSource did and a year later, I was able to show the board their progress in every focus area. Set benchmarks for performance and accomplishments and highlight progress at each meeting. For more information on the Leadership ColLAB, See our article “The Delicate Balance.”

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Without that information, you won’t know what you need to adjust, scrap, or continue doing. Without this information, you’re flying blind. . Start with benchmark data. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. Do you know what topics people care about?

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 126

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Data health solutions that enhance and maintain the health of your data, ensuring you are always working with accurate, complete, and up-to-date information. Performance analysis solutions help you understand programmatic strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities. When it comes to improving fundraising performance, knowledge is power.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI.

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NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

In a couple of weeks, the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study will be released (previously the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study ). The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. However, the benchmark study is a tool, and like any tool, it depends on how it’s used.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While not a representative sample of institutional funders, it’s one of best avenues for detailed exploration and benchmarking of salaries. Analysis set of grantmakers’ full-time CEO salaries Min 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Max No. In 2022, 1,003 grantmakers participated in the survey.

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Ratio Survey Sample Report 104

Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

To achieve this, Forum One conducted a comprehensive landscape analysis and full audits of their technical ecosystem, communications, and analytics as well as stakeholder interviews. 2022 State of Babies Yearbook (Zero to Three) Bronze – Annual Report Zero to Three works to ensure all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis. Learning can be formal or informal, designed or serendipitous, individual or collective.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

UA has been a reliable benchmarking tool for more than a decade, and many organizations have comfortably adopted strategies and reports that deliver data to inform their broader digital strategy. Google’s Data Studio, a more advanced tool, was also used by many of our clients looking to set up more sophisticated analysis.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. Understand donors’ giving behaviors. Monitor data and adjust your appeals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. Data Analysis. This conversation explored common pitfalls to analysis approaches and how to avoid them. Schenekenberg. Many feel the same as Craig Newmark.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2014

Because we survey organizations involved in the grantseeking universe twice a year, the information contained in the survey analysis reports (which are free) is current, and catches the tide changes and zeitgeist of grantseeking as they happen. survey grants tsgrantstation GrantStation benchmarks State of Grantseeking programs'

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Real-time analysis of every data point associated with your major gift program can be a hassle. It can sit on top of any CRM solution, Blackbaud or otherwise, and is focused on helping your team identify, set, and monitor goals and benchmark performance against internal and industry peers. Peer Benchmarking. It’s fueled by data.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Age has a significant impact on the amount donors give, the way in which they are willing to engage, and how they prefer to seek and consume information from their top charity. Additional commentary and analysis of the study’s results from the recent Charity Dynamics/NTEN joint webinar also is available via recording online here.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. How to use your service blueprint to identify gaps and opportunities in your organization’s service and information delivery. Presenter(s): Julia Bradshaw , User Experience Design Lead , Forum One. Now more than ever, people rely on technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for peer knowledge sharing, but we hope to distinguish it from the informal knowledge sharing that happens daily on the web or behind pay walls. One question that bubbled up was about specific techniques to measure or benchmark your nonprofits social media strategy and execution.

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Measure Social Media Media Benchmark 101

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Benchmarking Major Gifts. According to a new benchmarking study sponsored by the Association of Philanthropic Counsel and funded by MarketSmart “ major gifts ” haven’t yet found their equitable place among donors or the non-profits that receive them. The information, in my opinion, is both interesting and downtrodden.

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Gift Strategy Benchmark Arts 35

Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Consider: Information Storage : Where does the information regarding donors and prospects currently live? Gathering all of the important information will help create trustworthy data. Data analysis is the pathway for establishing robust prospect portfolios for gift officers. Step 7: Track and Review Your Metrics.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Participate when the analysis and reporting contain benchmarks that allow you to compare your own organization’s performance with that of your colleagues. Mostly, though, it’s all about the benchmarks. You are in a position to share information with your colleagues working in the nonprofit sector.

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Survey Voice Benchmark Comparison 52

Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Monitor your metrics – just as an organization has donor trend analysis in the past, there have always been events that cause big swings from year to year, whether it be an emergency for the international relief sector or an election for an advocacy organization. Visit www.blackbaud.com/covid-19 for more information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

Of course you have to be interested in what information or conversations they are sharing on Twitter. Identifying these people or what Krebs calls “nodes&# is core of social network analysis. Strategically I am building a small, yet efficient, group that reaches out into the many diverse information pools I am interested in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

People are using social and Internet platforms – many of which have immense amounts of unstructured and often shallow information. The Pew surveys point out these benchmarks: • Nearly 20 million of the 225 million Twitter users follow 60 or more Twitter accounts and nearly 2 million follow more than 500 accounts.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This global ecosystem includes the digital brand and voice of your organization, the main source of knowledge and data about the programs and issues you work on, as well as detailed information about the audience you are reaching. Are the various tools speaking to one another to share data and inform your decision-making?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Currently, nonprofit organizations are measuring effectiveness in a variety of ways including benchmarking, organizational effectiveness evaluations, key performance indicators, and outcome based evaluation. Benchmarking. Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness: Analysis of Best Practices. References : Bridgespan Group.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ask yourself if these tools have a unified visual voice and brand and if they are speaking to one another to share data and inform your decision-making. Consider how these various elements connect and work together to vocalize your mission and brand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

In other organizations, those that are lucky enough to have M&E staff, there is a disconnect between measurement practices for programs and communications. It is important to think of measurement integrated into everything the organization does – I’ve called it being data-informed.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

advertising, surveys, reporting, and business analysis. That means that the information contained in the survey analysis report (which is free) is current, and catches the tide changes and zeitgeist of grantseeking as they happen. Ellen Mowrer is business development advisor for GrantStation. She works with.

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Survey Grant Comparison Analysis 56

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

” TechSoup’s Coleridge likens analytics to a roadmap that guides where an organization wants to go with benchmarks that mark the progression to a goal. Tools that incorporate a dashboard can help organizations visualize and more easily analyze their data by taking that information and turning it into charts and graphs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends. Often overwhelmed.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Well, that's an awful lot of pages of data and words, and you want some quick-fix guidelines and benchmarks. Based on years of biannual report analysis, I find that annual budget, mission focus, and service area, in that order, have the most impact on an organization's grantseeking experience. So Now What? Mission Focus.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

You ascertain averages, browse benchmarks , and create charts. You are using diagnostic analytics if you have dashboards or established benchmarks for your campaigns. This type of analysis has served us fairly well to date. If you’re like most peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) staff, you’re drowning in data.

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