NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

See, you don’t need to give donors a down-to-the-cent analysis of your expense report. Your charity’s overhead ratio is not necessarily an indicator of its success, but rather a way to offer insight about how funds are broken down. So far, these tips have been very data-focused. Explain the benefits of overhead.

Money 64

Money Donor Chart Ratio 64

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

This often overlooked and sometimes under-appreciated department uses data to drive strategy, best practices to guide training, and technology to hack success. Data Analytics. Today, sales teams harness the power of big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve performance and future proof profitability.

Synchronous 145

Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 145

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

At Zoetica, we facilitating a social media peer learning project called “ Leveraging Social Media: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Devon summarized the data in the above presentation.

Benchmark 96

Benchmark Social Media Measure Results 96

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

Now compare each number with previous years (if you’ve been around long enough to have historical data). Slice Data One Way, Then Slice It Another Way Now that you have sliced your data one way, let’s slice it another. Did you maintain a 3:1 ratio , providing donors with three warm touches between Asks? Handwritten notes?

Evaluation 72

Evaluation Fundraising Raise Grant 72

BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

Individual nonprofit websites will assist in further research efforts, however, financial performance data is generally omitted, but it should not be overlooked. Conduct a financial analysis of each nonprofit (and of your organization). Evaluate each nonprofit on the list and determine the best candidates.

New York 40

New York Collaboration Nonprofit Analysis 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

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, My ratio is 2.4, Most of Mr. Gray's data set was male as far as I could tell. so I'm in the low end of conversationalist. Did it surprise?

Twitter 74

Twitter Ratio Google Artist 74

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.

Metrics 81

Metrics Social Media Strategy RSS 81

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Until we know if we’ve got a toe-may-toe or a toe-mah-toe, we’re destined to follow the separate paths we’re already on, rather than to find the common one, down which, as an industry we can use common data to drive our donor-focused decisions, staffing and budgets. Target Analytics studies donors and fundraising data.

Gift 35

Gift Strategy Benchmark Arts 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2008

POP QUIZ: True or False The ROI Methodology collects just one data item, a financial ratio, expressed as a percentage. This requires conversation with others or staff - not only to gather the data necessary to establish the chain, but obtain their agreement on the technology's contribution to the mission or program improvement.

ROI 74

ROI Measure Ratio Benefit 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Guy notes that the ideal ratio of peoples’ comments to your responses is one-to-one. John Haydon did this pattern analysis of different types of questions that nonprofits ask on Facebook. The exception is when there are many comments that are generic such as “Nice!” or “Love it!”

Practice 107

Practice Tips Social Meme 107

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

The CEOs of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator, and GuideStar USA published a second open letter last year with the express goal to "crush" the overhead myth, the idea that overhead ratios should serve as the sole basis for evaluating nonprofit performance. Bridgespan Group Nonprofit Cost Analysis toolkit.

San Francisco 36

San Francisco Ratio Nonprofit Interview 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results. I said, somewhat jokingly, that you shouldn't be spending more time doing the ROI analysis than the actual project. The final report or analysis can be a memo or simple report, doesn't need to be elaborate.

ROI 50

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.

Analytics 20

Analytics Gift Strategy Fundraising 20

Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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. Do some math Use our Magical Nonprofit Financial Ratio Matrix to assess your organization’s financial health. Information is data that requires analysis.

Create 158

Create Ratio Analysis Review 158

Blue Fox

AUGUST 9, 2020

The flow creates continuous improvement and continuous analysis. Data is a word used by proactive smart leaders. Data is what gives nonprofit executive directors, CEOs and board members the ability to make reasoned, educated decisions. Data is the pencil that draws the blueprints for strategic planning.

Ratio 78

Ratio Analysis Data Platform 78

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. It would based on an analysis of all the "words" or tags that people have used to describe resources also bookmarked with nptech. Sort of an emergent taxonomy. " What do those guidelines look like?

Guidelines 50

Guidelines Nptech Folksonomy Tag 50

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

News and World Report , and Money routinely publish stories that emphasize program spending and fundraising cost ratios. Federated campaigns often "help" their donors make giving decisions by prominently publishing such ratios next to the organizations names. A lot of people really didnt like the approach.

Teach 90

Teach Ratio Student Classes 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

Last week, I wrote a post that summarized some tips, resources, and tools for using Pinterest. 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. Followers: Gives a measure of reach.

Benchmark 102

Benchmark Photography Ratio Stats 102

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.

Measure 95

Measure Tips Metrics Bookmarking 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

Inspiration for How To Think Like A Social Media Marketing Genius Presentation by Beth Kanter For the past two years, I've been doing an annual Blog benchmarking process that attempts to do a ROI analysis. At the end of 2008, I did a " Best of Beth's Blog " analysis using PostRank. Analysis of words in posts.

Metrics 50

Metrics ROI Measure Content 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

When standard metrics are discussed, people easily fall into the "mine is bigger or better than yours" comparisons or "numbers data out of context thinking." Data is not like Martha Stewart - it is far from perfect. Visiting a web site is radically different if you look at from view of Web data collection.

Metrics 56

Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Anyway, since I didn't want to spend all day on this and since I couldn't really slice and dice the data easily, so I only compared two months - May, 2007 and May, 2008. (I Last year, I had a ratio of 1.4 You can do an analysis of your blog feed here. What metrics or qualitative or quantitative data do you use to measure them?

Reflection 50

Reflection Measure Technorati Metrics 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I agree, but is a ratio the best number? The numbers and data alone are almost meaningless unless you take those numbers think about how to make improvements, set goals, and reflect. The reflection involves qualitative data -- anecdotes, reflections, stories, and pattern analysis. which is very hard to so.

Measure 50

Measure Social Media Tools Technorati 50

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

This post is all about analytics and the vital role it should play in your organization: Let Go of Your Fear – Anyone Can Be Data-Driven. Let Go of Your Fear – Anyone Can Be Data-Driven. We all use data and analytics in some measure every day to guide our strategic planning and tactical decision making. by Jann Schultz.

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Analytics Data Analysis Metrics 33