Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

So here’s why reflecting on the acronym “RESULTS” is so worthwhile in our efforts to achieve nonprofit success! Keep an eye on nonprofit blogs and bookmark pages that offer new perspectives. . Keep an ear out for podcasts by fellow nonprofit professionals. Utilize the skill sets of those helping your nonprofit.

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Results Nonprofit PowerPoint Map 109

M+R

APRIL 22, 2021

Go explore the findings, charts, and analysis at mrbenchmarks.com. . Thanks to contributions from 220 amazing nonprofit participants, this year’s Benchmarks Study covers detailed data including digital ads, social media, email, web traffic, mobile messaging, and more. . Online revenue for nonprofits increased by 32% in 2020.

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Benchmark Studies Hunger FAQ 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But it is also a quiet time of year and a good time to catch up on reading. Also, if you are looking for a last minute gift for the nonprofit networking and data nerd in your life, here’s some book recommendations. It will help you understand when to use a pie chart versus a bar chart – but it goes beyond that.

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Network Data Chart Case Study 134

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. My Nonprofit Needs a Data Nerd and How to Find Them! Although nonprofits often have lots of data and a desire to use it, I agree, we data nerds are in short supply! Why get good at Excel?

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Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The nonprofit and education leaders I work with each have a different definition of “digital transformation.” When technology does more of the heavy lifting – more data analysis, more personalized communication with constituents, more automation – employees have more time to tackle the bigger challenges that require human brainpower.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd! The people with skills are out there.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. How would you describe Virgin America in social networking analysis and mapping terminology? . I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

To explore how these salaries compare with other staff, we first limited the analysis to 646 organizations that reported a salary for their CEO and at least two other full-time staff among the 35 listed roles. Analysis set of grantmakers’ full-time CEO salaries Min 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Max No.

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Ratio Survey Sample Report 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results. I immediately came up with twenty ways to adapt this simulation and method for a nonprofit context! The next question asked us to find flaws with the solution and pass the paper to someone else.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building. He agreed to write a four-part primer on a visual diagnostics, mapping, and social networking analysis primer and how nonprofits might use these tools for social change.

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Analysis Social Network Network South Africa 71

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you want to go the extra mile, you can create charts and graphs that show how you allocate funds. See, you don’t need to give donors a down-to-the-cent analysis of your expense report. If you do choose to take on this level of transparency with your donors, be prepared to receive some questions about your overhead costs. (For

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Money Donor Chart Ratio 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

We focused on digital transformation because incorporating digital has become essential for delivering on all aspects of a nonprofit’s mission, not just fundraising and communications but program delivery and governance. Each section lists best practices and processes for being a digital nonprofit. Reflection and Takeaways.

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Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 76

M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

For one nonprofit we work with, individual donors who give between $1,000–$99,000 make up less than 1% of the overall donor base, but they contribute an amount that is equal to the entire small donor program. The questions we need to ask go beyond the immediate revenue numbers. Finding your audience part 1: file analysis.

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America Digital Audience Channel 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The presentations and recordings are available online for free and if you work for a nonprofit and want to learn more about social media, definitely worth reviewing. As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. This is such a good question.

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ROI Social Media Reflection Question 50

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you’re a brand new nonprofit, it’s going to take you a while to get up to speed. Here are some of the questions you might ask in order to understand what metrics to track: . In this post, I’ll explore the fifth strategy. .

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

The Storytelling Non-profit

MAY 3, 2022

Any nonprofit organization dreams of having successful fundraising campaigns. Here’s an example of the chart that I created: Tasks Start Date Completion Date Who is Responsible? Donors might be asking questions, you might have to do a special outreach. A lot of planning and exceptional project management.

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Campaign Fundraising Channel Mail 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

I just published this piece guest blog post over at MarketsforGood about how nonprofit data nerds can use data to set some new goals for 2017 to become healthier – Enjoy. The passion that many nonprofit data nerds feel for our work is a double-edged sword. Start with getting enough sleep.

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Data Personal Support Exercise 125

Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2020

Through the uncertainty, nonprofit staff, volunteers, and fundraisers show signs of being resilient, resourceful, and resolute. We ask questions that were unthinkable just a short time ago. We’ve all seen the charts, where our actions directly affect outcomes. Nonprofits. Are we flattening the curve? Predictive Scoring.

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Data Analysis Virtual Education 42

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. Community Mapping. Your goal: why do you engage with them.

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Cindy Leonard asked a great question: How come you don’t have any followers in Washington state?

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Map Twitter Washington Chart 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Delight: Check out these charts and graphs! Elearning space defines it as: “Use of intelligent data, learner-produced data, and analysis models to discover information and social connections, and to predict and advise on learning.” Denial: You can’t measure social media! Bonus: Spreadsheet Appreciation.

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Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

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. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking. Here are a few more.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 103

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?

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Rate System Management Analysis 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question: How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? Participants volunteer their question for the Spectragram. We did a classic brainstorming/SWOT analysis exercise related to our topics. Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach? Round Robin Brainstorming.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

What follows is a reflection from several workshops for nonprofits on how to do this. I use the chart below, which comes from Chapter 5 of our book. This is a new way of thinking for a lot of nonprofits (not all), so the checklist is a useful way to bring the concept to life. How useful are these metrics to making decisions?

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 97

Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2018

Data and analytics can play a big role in improving nonprofit strategy. It usually doesn’t though, and that’s because most nonprofits are using their data wrong. What charts or slides did the group focus on? Successful nonprofit strategy in the digital age isn’t going to come from hiring some “data wizard.”

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Data Help Analytics Test 31

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Why does data matter to nonprofit organizations and what data matters? These questions and more were answered in a recent Twitter conversation on data and analytics. 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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Analytics Data Analysis Chart 65

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning often gets a bad rap, but time spent mapping out your organization’s future can save you from spinning your wheels, being busy but not effective. When running a nonprofit, there’s so much to do and you’re on the go from morning ’til night. Yuck, right? So, let’s change that. Who do you serve?

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Beginner Nonprofit Goal Process 111

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Boards are the brain trusts of nonprofit organizations, responsible for providing leadership, oversight, expertise, guidance, accountability, vision, fundraising and an invaluable connection to community. So, how can diversity help nonprofit boards better accomplish their mission? Let that sink in a moment. percent of the U.S.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2010

2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Collaborative Benchmarking Analysis); * The average online gift was $144.72, according to BlackBaud though M&R’s benchmark study noted that the average one time online gift was $81. How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up? Tell people what you want them to do quickly.

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Online Practice Fundraising Benchmark 64

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. Here’s how your nonprofit can get started conducting research , no matter your size: 1. Clearly define the question you want the research to answer.

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Research Marketing Method Attitude 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building. He agreed to write a four-part primer on a visual diagnostics, mapping, and social networking analysis primer and how nonprofits might use these tools for social change.

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Map System Profit Guatemala 86

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. 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. This is known as “showing your corporate underpants”.

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Design Process Web Test 36

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. For this, I'm drawing on the Smart Chart of Kristen Grim and from working with a cadre of smart nonprofit communications folks who have remixed the social media game. Pscyho Socialgraphics!!

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Social Media Remix Research Audience 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value.

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Google Change Social Adopt 116

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Think of the words "overhead" and "nonprofits" and what comes to mind? If the nonprofit sector is going to change the conversation about overhead, the sector first needs to foster a more honest discussion about responsible accounting. " Accounting Resources for Nonprofits. For example, Ms.

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