Candid

MAY 1, 2024

We begin by researching how fundraisers, funders, and others keen to assist nonprofits approach their work, how they interact with technology, and what they like and don’t like. And as our design and engineering teams build, we test. And with each significant release, we conduct more formal testing.

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Tools Build Problem Test 64

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As technology evolves, there are new ways nonprofits like yours can take advantage of advancements to save time and raise more money. At the forefront of these new technologies is artificial intelligence (AI). Data analysis AI is a great tool for enhancing your data analysis across your organization.

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Fundraising Nonprofit Analysis Donor 97

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The guide below covers the key steps to running a Facebook fundraising ad campaign from start to finish, including set-up, monitoring and evaluating success after completion. The risk is low, and the potential rewards are great, so be sure to consider testing this channel as part of your next fundraising effort.

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Facebook Fundraising ROI Metrics 229

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The odd thing about living through a technological revolution is you think it’s just another Tuesday. These technologies can do everything from poetry to code to digital art to research to essay writing. The hype is problematic, but the revolution is real. But things forever changed when OpenAI released version 3.5 We didn’t ask.

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Generation Education Blackbaud Model 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I’m thrilled to be doing a panel on nonprofit technology training and it has a bit of a star wars theme, “ Learn You Will.” I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Salesforce has been at the forefront of AI in CRM technology ever since it first introduced an AI tool, Salesforce Einstein , to the platform in 2016. It’s also going to lower the entry bar to data analysis, giving everyone in your organization the ability to make better decisions on the fly. Automate aspects of your member journey.

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Language Generation Analysis Data 59

Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

You or your marketing agency may conduct interviews with target audience members, share surveys, create audience personas, perform A/B tests, and more. At Allegiance Group + Pursuant, we combine our years of nonprofit marketing experience with thorough data analysis. Performing audits.

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Marketing Analysis Nonprofit Audience 52

Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 10, 2021

While this information might not come as a surprise, there is a clear path forward for your technology strategy as it relates to managing your constituents. With a positive mindset and proactive approach, this development just might turn into a silver lining for the future of your organization’s technology. Readying Your Transition.

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Life Test Nonprofit Data 64

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Moreover, this work has been underfunded and its analysis happens often away from C-suite or Board discussions. It’s true that rigorous evaluation is critical, but right-sizing your evaluation is equally important. In other words, one size doesn’t fit all.

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Integration Impact Practice Management 69

NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact. But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. Every nonprofit aims to have impact, but few have the systems in place to calculate little more than outputs. Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI).

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Dominican Republic Issue NTEN Impact 88

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

However, navigating the complexities of setting up a data warehouse can be challenging, even for the most technologically savvy organizations. Instead of manually consolidating data from across sources, you can instead have it all stored and standardized in one place to streamline analysis and interpretation.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

For over a decade, she’s brought fundraising strategy & technology together to create successful campaigns. Hilary specializes in technology audits, digital fundraising, and technology implementations. You’ve decided to lead your organization through a technology assessment. With that, let’s get started!

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Tech Consultant Nonprofit Software 52

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, nonprofits are increasingly turning to technology to streamline operations, engage with donors and volunteers, and improve their ability to further their missions. Fundraising: Create and manage fundraising campaigns, process donations securely, and evaluate the success of these efforts.

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Consultant Nonprofit Integration Review 52

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

2 – How many different types of technology systems are you using to execute a fundraising campaign? For question 2, we had the highest percentage of people relying on just 1 or 2 technologies than we have ever experienced in the poll, 61% vs. 45% aggregated. how often do you test data recovery? The polling results.

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Data Donor Poll Aggregator 138

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

The individual organizations making the two lists (the best nonprofits to work for and the rest) during a given year vary but the metrics track over the years, giving something that looks like longitudinal data, with external pressures such as the economy generating rises and dips in their fortunes that largely pass the smell test.

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Data Work Aggregator Attitude 52

Forj

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Our solution to assist association executives with justifying the expense of an LMS, EvaluPac, recently won the Gold Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Award for “Best Advance in Technology for Testing or Learning Evaluation”. How are you evaluating your learning programs and where is that data going?

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Learning Management System Report Learning 28

Forj

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Our solution to assist association executives with justifying the expense of an LMS, EvaluPac, recently won the Gold Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Award for “Best Advance in Technology for Testing or Learning Evaluation”. How are you evaluating your learning programs and where is that data going?

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Learning Management System Report Learning 28

Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

One section of the study pulls together multiple data points for a gap analysis around member benefits. The analysis shows organizations are doing well in several areas that are important to members. Consider areas the study indicates are strengths for most organizations and evaluate your association’s performance.

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Life Retention Studies Benefit 60

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

What is a market analysis for nonprofit organizations? Market analysis, also known as market research, is the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information about target markets and customers. Where would you like to test your hypotheses against actual research? Let’s get started.

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Research Marketing Survey Nonprofit 52

Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Conduct research about your organization’s specific market, working to identify marketwide consumer and technology trends. Evaluate peer organizations to identify your peers’ strengths and weaknesses, compare them to yours, and find opportunities to differentiate your organization. Conducting a marketing opportunity analysis.

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Mail Fundraising Nonprofit Channel 52

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive-by analysis. When the issue of interest moves from measurement for accountability/compliance to #evaluation for learning – from Karcsig. Another way is to let qualitative data inform a hypothesis that you go on to test with numerical data. Do only numbers matter?

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Story Data Analysis Structure 74

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Double-certified neurologist and preventive medicine specialist with a background in public health, working toward the transition to replace the use of animal experimentation with superior human-based testing methods. Her work enables NetHope members to be more effective and efficient through the use of technology . Eleanor Meyers.

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Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Deep-dives into Google Analytics reports with specific examples for evaluating your digital marketing performance. Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan. Best practices for collecting actionable data.

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Analytics Google Digital Free 106

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. This is full-funnel marketing , and to do it effectively you need some technological assistance.

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Marketing Fundraising Test Nonprofit 198

fusionSpan

OCTOBER 25, 2013

We just spent a year evaluating, planning, testing, and implementing this process. You understand the technology and how to use it but you don’t have time to write it all down. When changes in your organization’s processes are documented in a detail, they are available for analysis to sales and marketing.

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Process Associations Comparison Consultant 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Example of A/B Testing Results. Testing and Coordinating: At this stage, the organization is regularly collecting data but in a bunch of different spreadsheets and collected by different people or departments. They use data visualization techniques to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

However, with the bedrock of a strong business plan, a non-profit is not just dreaming of castles in the air; it’s laying the groundwork for castles that stand firm, castles that will weather the storms and stand the test of time, benefitting those it vowed to serve.

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Profit Guide Build Metrics 59

Care2

JULY 11, 2013

They share best practices in online campaigning as well as concrete data and analysis from their A/B testing. Idealware: I consider Idealware the Consumer Reports for the nonprofit community when it comes to evaluating and rating nonprofit products and technology.

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Resource India Case Study Nonprofit 72

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

I’m often asked to help nonprofits define a technology roadmap – that is, figuring out how to migrate their business from a legacy system(s) to a new solution(s) and beyond. ” In response, technology directors and CIOs ask, “I know we can customize this, but is it a good idea?” Or even if they are.).

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Build API Evaluation Exercise 32

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy. New Technology for New Power Movements. Understanding: Landscape and Opportunity Analysis. Networked Leadership : Jodie Tonita, Social Transformation Project.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2011

Conduct a competitive analysis of some of your favorite sites. Try something new on your site and test it out. Run an A/B test on different donation forms or landing page layouts. Evaluate traffic to your website from mobile devices and start thinking about if and when you should plan to develop mobile-friendly content.

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Offline Test Analysis Review 24

Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Through the Laura and John Arnold Foundation he set up with his wife, he plans to use the money to ambitiously solve some of America’s biggest problems like obesity and crime through data analysis and science, with an unsentimental focus on results. ?He Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data.

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Africa Data Philanthropy Giving 47

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

As an educational consultant, I offer nonprofits instruction on best practices around their technology. I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. We’ve come a very long way from Microsoft and Internet Explorer having 90% of the market share.

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Design Websites Practice Philadelphia 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

A few months N-TEN, an organization that supports the nonprofit technology field, disclosed the results of its internal evaluation to measure success of its programs and invited readers to interpret the meaning. is being constantly tested. There's a movement towards Philanthropy 2.0 which makes the process more transparent.

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Wikipedia Evaluation Nonprofit Philanthropy 50

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

The topic – “Drive Your Fundraising Success with Strategy, Smart Technology and Better Data” – focused on the importance of aligning fundraising strategy, technology and a data in order to maximize the efficiencies of all three. We opened the event with a short audience poll about fundraising technology.

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Data Technology Strategy Fundraising 100

NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2011

In market segmentation, you evaluate your overall donor and constituent base and separate them into smaller groups based on similar characteristics. As you implement simple segmentation strategies, don't be afraid to test different messaging within the same group of people to see what gets the strongest response.

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Communication Results NTC Content 69

NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Many programs, when evaluated, have been shown to be ineffective or have negative outcomes. There are some key elements to look for when your organization is ready to evaluate a performance management data system. Will you track results of adult literacy tests or teens transitioned into work programs?

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