sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

The social good community continues to respond to the hardships and impacts of the pandemic and social justice issues. Companies large and small are investing in purpose and social responsibility programs: Our report includes an analysis of employee engagement trends across companies with 0 – 100,000+ employees.

Disaster 95

Disaster Social North America Companies 95

TechImpact

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Understanding how the metrics below relate to your nonprofit will help you discern which demographics to target during your next donation campaign. According to the analysis, individual who donated upwards of $100K to a nonprofit is almost 33 times more likely to donate to a nonprofit with a similar mission.

Donor 166

Donor Giving Help Demographics 166

TechImpact

MARCH 13, 2014

Understanding how the metrics below relate to your nonprofit will help you discern which demographics to target during your next donation campaign. According to the analysis, individual who donated upwards of $100K to a nonprofit is almost 33 times more likely to donate to a nonprofit with a similar mission.

Donor 184

Donor Giving Help Demographics 184

sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Return on investment is a metric that measures the profitability of an investment, giving you a way to compare the yields of investments and make more effective financial decisions. And, with that sort of analysis, you’ll be able to tinker with your model and see what works over time. Capital Campaigns and ROI.

ROI 73

ROI Campaign Gift Metrics 73

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Because of its broad scope and deep impact on both top line (productivity) and bottom line (efficiency) performance, the sales operations department has become a strategic and indispensable component of a mature sales organization, especially in the enterprise, SaaS and B2B space. . Sales Ops Metrics & KPIs. Sales Activities.

Synchronous 145

Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 145

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

.    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value.  Reader Sharing (bookmarked items).

Metrics 71

Metrics Bookmarking Analysis Feeds 71

M+R

JUNE 22, 2021

This year’s annual M+R Benchmarks Study includes front-page news, long-form analysis, mild-mannered reporting, and even a crossword puzzle all about the newest news and topical trends affecting nonprofit digital marketing, advocacy, and fundraising. . Bring your questions about Benchmarks and ads! Register here.

Benchmark 52

Benchmark Studies Digital Analysis 52

NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact. How do we determine which data matters in the first place, and how that data will impact the direction of our work?

NTEN 100

NTEN Data Metrics Sample 100

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

One study found that 86 percent of respondents believed that having a strategic plan positively impacted revenue generation through grants, donors, events, and other avenues. Ideally, every three to five years, your board and staff directors will meet to realign regarding goals and begin the strategic planning process.

Examples 122

Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Leaders should also work to avoid SRT Leadership Traps – traps such as, getting in your own way, succumbing to paralysis by analysis, allowing your Board to be your customer and rushing the Reset. Rebecca Homkes Today, Homkes shares these insights with us: Question: You describe SRT as a loop, not a line.

Latvia 90

Latvia Companies North America San Francisco 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Here’s the description: Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line? Return on Investment is what many executive directors may be thinking when social media strategy comes up. An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time.

ROI 103

ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

" Allan also offers an analysis of the nonprofit micro-philanthropy applications, but says it is too early to speculate where things will be in the next 21 days or next few months. Charlene Li has an analysis of the impact. " So, how do you explain Open Social to your executive director? The web, it???

Director 50

Director Open Social Social Network 50

NTEN

MAY 19, 2010

" That's where the Analysis Exchange comes in. Time strapped nonprofits can sign up to receive free web site analysis. Amy Sample, Director of Web Analytics at PBS Interactive, says: "What I love about the Analysis Exchange is the learning is reciprocal. > Learn more and join the Analysis Exchange today!

Analytics 60

Analytics Web Consultant Free 60

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Have you ever wondered how to turn your corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs from well-intentioned efforts into strategic drivers of social impact? With diverse data sources, complex corporate giving programs , and stakeholder expectations on the rise, it’s no wonder that CSR directors are seeking advanced solutions.

Software 52

Software Business Guide Companies 52

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Quantitative and qualitative data are often positioned as opposing or complementary means of documenting impact. 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.

Case Study 68

Case Study Story Data Studies 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

By Rob Leighton , Executive Director and Founder at iMission Institute – a social sector marketing agency and technology consulting firm specializing in helping nonprofits raise more money, fire up engagement, and streamline work. According to The Urban Institute, there are roughly 1.8 million nonprofits in the U.S. , Test both!

Marketing 206

Marketing Fundraising Test Nonprofit 206

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes When doing a cost analysis between two solutions, it’s tempting to compare based on sticker price alone. At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS.

Project 98

Project Tech Guide Phase 98

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

posted by Joseph Garcia Director of Communication, ASU Morrison Institute Director, ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center. Unlike business, the bottom line of a nonprofit is not necessarily money; it’s all about outcomes, which often manifest themselves as intangible results not easily measured by metrics.

Arizona 40

Arizona Tucson United States Nonprofit 40

BoardAssist

JANUARY 31, 2017

Thanks to Alice Antonelli, Director for Advisory Services at NFF, for her great advice! A lot of our inquiry is based more on trend analysis than ratio analysis. In any event, months of LUNA may be the metric to follow as it is the more conservative measure of the two. The first is the months of cash ratio.

Measure 40

Measure Practice Ratio Conservancy 40

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Just because organization 1 gets 45,000 unique visits per month, and organization 2 gets 3,000 means nothing in relationship to the impact that organization has in the world, or in relationship to how it uses its resources. It wasn’t meant as a statement about what I think about whether or not web stats are a useful metric of much.

Stats 100

Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Nonprofit CEOs and Executive Directors are faced with changes in the landscape of their work so frequently that the ability to be agile and pivot quickly should be a standard job requirement. The modern CFO is visionary, abundance-minded, collaborative, and technologically savvy.

Challenge 73

Challenge Organization Interview Roles 73

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This digital marketing content directly impacts the success of your online fundraising strategies. Phase 4: The Analysis Stage. Analyze key metrics in your database. Then, use the engagement metrics and donor feedback you generate to promote the campaign to email subscribers. Phase 3: The Execution Stage.

Digital 98

Digital Strategy Create Phase 98

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!

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

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!

Social Network 74

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!

ROI 53

ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Lean Start Up is is taking hold in huge corporations like GE and into the nonprofit sector, in hospitals, schools, and social good entrepreneurs. The latter is exemplified by the work of “ Lean Impact ” which is hosting a conference in San Francisco in 2014. Q: Nonprofits may get their “start up” or innovation funding from foundations.

Conversation 104

Conversation Benefit Metrics Impact 104

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. Figuring out the Return on Investment for your blog can't be done with a single metric. It’s not possible.

Metrics 50

Metrics ROI Measure Content 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Social media metrics mavens know that both qualitative and quantitative data is needed. Don’t wait to collect a year’s worth of data in a week. Finally, avoid getting into data collection and analysis ruts – and evaluate your approach. Content Analysis Tools: Radian 6 and Netvibes. One place to look).

Measure 115

Measure Social Media Tools Media 115

Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2016

Plus, spreadsheets provide numbers but not critical analysis, and meaningful data-driven conclusions are hard to come by. The most effective dashboard solutions are intuitive and visually dynamic; they present an accessible real-time look into a range of metrics. Case Study Insights: United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. Train Diligently.

Dallas 36

Dallas Michigan Database Nonprofit 36

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. We thought that there would need to be new tactics for making impact and new calls to action. Our strategies are focused on clear goals and metrics.

Slides 213

Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

By Zeph Harben, Director of Application Architecture, VolunteerMatch Every day we encounter hundreds of decision points. We could see that the internet was deluged with "me-too" Facebook implementations, and we lacked clear data on the potential impact of the change. Avoid using marketing hype as a substitute for your own analysis.

Data 63

Data Change Analysis Metrics 63

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So even if it’s not a basic needs program, it’s still providing support in other areas that have been impacted by COVID. 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. .

Grant 119

Grant Build Video Strategy 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Ah, those intangible benefits that we can identify related to social media, that are difficult to justify to an executive director, and impossible to quantify. See if there are published tangible payoffs from others and collect these "data nuggets" because they add credibility to your analysis. Let's remember - Gilbs Law.

ROI 50

ROI Module Social Media Resource 50

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Right now, Charity Navigator is in the midst of beta testing CN2.0 , which is the first step beyond simple ratio analysis. Well, ratio analysis will still be part of the new package, but the old methods are being revamped and supplemented with more information about subject nonprofits. But thats getting ahead of ourselves. As the E.D.

Teach 90

Teach Ratio Student Classes 90

Everyaction

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Recently, I caught up with Melissa Wyers, Executive Director of EveryAction, to chat all things EveryAction Development. By having access to all of your data, your reporting and analysis is so much more powerful. This helps you understand the impact of your messaging across channels.

Develop 41

Develop Tools Work Fundraising 41