Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

Still, it’s hard to take a cold, hard, honest look at the numbers, especially when you are fundraising for a new nonprofit and still learning the ropes. Often in the nonprofit world, we try to focus on everything at the same time. Foundations and grantmaking nonprofits. Or if you anticipate the numbers won’t look too good.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

There comes a moment in most nonprofits’ lives where they realize it might be helpful to partner with another nonprofit on anything from programming to sharing back-office expenses. But once this determination has been made, many nonprofits are stumped as to how to find that critical partner. Thanks Stephanie!

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New York Collaboration Nonprofit Analysis 40

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. If so, you've fallen victim to the overhead myth. For example, Ms.

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San Francisco Ratio Nonprofit Interview 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Automating Listening: You can automate your listening by using a tool like Tweetscan and search for particular terms - like nonprofit. It lead me to this post by Louis Gray called " What's Your Twitter Noise Ratio ?" " He goes on to describe how the noise ratio is constructed. My ratio is 2.4,

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Twitter Ratio Google Artist 74

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Over $400 billion in combined charitable donations were given to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. Major gifts make up as much as 80 percent of a typical nonprofit organization’s charitable income in a year—and come from 20 percent or fewer of the donors. Target Analytics studies donors and fundraising data.

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Gift Strategy Benchmark Arts 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points (fancy way of saying metrics) that will help you harvest insights to improve your social media strategy. Jay Dedman pointed to an analysis Feedburner by Chris Baskind. Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics.

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Metrics Social Media Strategy RSS 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. Guy notes that the ideal ratio of peoples’ comments to your responses is one-to-one. or “Love it!” But make them fun too.

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Practice Tips Social Meme 107

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

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2015

The results of a predictive modeling and/or wealth screening endeavor can improve programs and strategies of all types – Well… that is if you smartly utilize the results of your data. When embarking on a comprehensive analysis of your database, be sure to keep your goals and objectives first and foremost.

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Analytics Gift Strategy Fundraising 20

Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Our CEO at Blue Fox recently spoke on this topic at Nonprofit Hub’s Cause Camp conference in October. Get 2020 financials up-to-date Scrub your data in Quickbooks or in your accounting files and make sure you have accurate data on the books. Information is data that requires analysis.

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Create Ratio Analysis Review 158

Blue Fox

AUGUST 9, 2020

However, it’s important to note that building a financially sustainable nonprofit is your best shot to keep services running during tough economic times such as these. So, let’s get to work.] ​In the nonprofit world, nirvana is achieved through financial sustainability. So, where does a nonprofit start?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

The semantic web and the continued evolution of search, data design, and user interface design will help. "nptech" = "nonprofit tech")and potentially aggregate them into buckets or paths that make them more browsable. Sort of an emergent taxonomy. " What do those guidelines look like?

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Guidelines Nptech Folksonomy Tag 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

I took a look at a couple of the measurement tools available for Pinterest and got on the waiting list for Pinerly after reading this analysis from the Poynter Blog based on stats provided by Pinerly. I was curious about what I could learn if I did an informal benchmark study of a few nonprofit Pinterest users. Engagement.

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Benchmark Photography Ratio Stats 102

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. Another part was that many nonprofits didnt have systems in place to track and allocate expenses accurately.

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Teach Ratio Student Classes 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points, or metrics, that will help you harvest insights and improve your blog. Next, you need to know the right metrics to use, and employ the proper tools to collect the data. I've been advocating this approach for a long time and offer you a set of data points and questions.

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Measure Tips Metrics Bookmarking 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. I'm looking to blend different perspectives and have a workshop session that can speak to nonprofits and grassroots media makers.

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Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

" A year ago, I decided to tweak my blog title from "Beth's Blog" to "Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Are Using Social Media" because I had a lot of referrals from Google for the word "Beth." Last year, I had a ratio of 1.4 You can do an analysis of your blog feed here. Technorati ???Authority???

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Reflection Measure Technorati Metrics 50

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. I agree, but is a ratio the best number? I try to link to and encourage as many nonprofit bloggers as possible and help them increase their technorati rating. via Kevin Gamble (see larger here ).

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Measure Social Media Tools Technorati 50

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For 5 years the Blackbaud Institute has brought together experts in the nonprofit sector to speak on a wide variety of topics. From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. Our first installment covered the must-haves for your nonprofit marketing plan.

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