TechImpact

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Image courtesy of Nonprofit Information. Considering a study done of $5 billion given to 400 nonprofit organizations, these are the 5 factors that can help your nonprofit predict which donors will be giving to your nonprofit. Well, predicting your nonprofit’s fundraising potential is not a mystery.

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NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

In a couple of weeks, the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study will be released (previously the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study ). The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. However, the benchmark study is a tool, and like any tool, it depends on how it’s used.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You see, marketing is a cycle of execution, analysis, and tweaking. What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. Check your metrics, focusing on overall numbers and growth. What’s working?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Sometimes benchmarking studies can be more rigorous and survey an entire field. Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

A philanthropic study found that the average bequest was nearly $78,000. Donor management software consolidates several time-consuming tasks to simplify the process of managing contributions while also providing access to valuable donor metrics. Planned giving bequests account for nearly 10% of charitable giving revenue.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

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

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. The City Health Dashboard provides a case study in data storytelling that is unique to their platform but provides universal lessons for any organization looking to use data to reach audiences or influence action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. Data Analysis. This conversation explored common pitfalls to analysis approaches and how to avoid them. What’s your “sexy&# social media metric?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Step 5: Define your metrics. The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi. Step 3: Define your investments.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

That is why social media content analysis is important to any campaign. Obtrusive and Unobtrusive Analysis. Obtrusive observation of people’s behavior—behavior that is deliberately prompted—means that the subject knows they are being studied and measured. worker productivity improved precisely because they were being studied.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends. Often overwhelmed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

.” The participants were a cross-disciplinary group and included people who work at different foundations in the areas of evaluation, communication, social media, and programs as well as people who work for nonprofits and as consultants who work in evaluation, social media, network analysis, data scientists, and others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

A benchmarking process can be as simple as finding a handful of similar nonprofit organizations and comparing your key performance metrics. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest. Or you may use a sector wide benchmarking study such as the NTEN Social Networking Benchmarking Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012.

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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. You may begin with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis. This model never looks the same for two organizations.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

While this is an informal poll and not a scientific study, the results are eye-opening. The Foundation concluded after years of effort what then-Paul Brest feared at the beginning of the effort in 2006: Personal philanthropy may sometimes be so profoundly emotional as to be invulnerable to rational analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information. This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. The resulting curriculum which will live on this wiki and will also cover important organizational adoption issues, strategy, ROI analysis, as well as the tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

The study found that corporate marketers have become more practical about their expectations for campaigns that use both mobile and social media technologies. A key finding: Nearly 60 percent of respondents listed “ measurement, analysis, and learning &# as their top information technology bottleneck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for peer knowledge sharing, but we hope to distinguish it from the informal knowledge sharing that happens daily on the web or behind pay walls. Ymca of Metro Chicago Facebook Case Study. There are specific metrics for specific platforms. NTEN – E-Nonprofit Benchmark Study.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Step 2: Conducting a Market Analysis for Your Non-Profit Conducting a comprehensive market analysis is crucial for non-profits to understand the landscape they operate in and make informed decisions. ” Measurable Goals : Establish metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs) that allow you to track progress and success.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While they aren’t the most comprehensive of reports, there is no point in ignoring free metrics! Yes, there are a couple case studies included in the report of organizations using mGive. The best place to look for information on prices and options and even case studies is MobileActive. Facebook Insights.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

Database comprehensiveness ⁠— You want your donors to find the information they need using your matching gift database. Reporting ⁠— Look for software that provides detailed insights into matching gift progress, trends, and other relevant metrics. Carefully evaluate these elements in your matching gift software buying.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Do research first and implement one presence at a time with specific goals and metrics. Be a digital curator with your electronic information, not a packrat. Take Breaks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

What seemed to resonate most with the crowd was the concept of “ One Metric That Matters.” Getting All Departments To Become Data Informed – Make It Fun. ” She also advised us to use manual tracking for sentiment analysis because computers do not do nuance very well. How do we turn data into Insights?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For instance, your major gift officer may use an app to look up more information about major prospects prior to initial meetings. but now, you can take all that information on the go with Bloomerang’s mobile fundraising app ! They offer a donor portal that makes it easy for donors to self-serve their information updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. This analysis took all of five minutes. Why Is Pharoth Wearing A Foo Camp T-Shirt?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

If you've been thinking of launching or expanding your organization in social media, Slideshare is a good starting point for information and advice. Beth Dunn’s presentation covers the basics, complete with case studies, and suggests Quick start and Advanced Quick Start tactics to launch your nonprofit into social media. Listen first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  It included two excellent case studies and social media metrics- one on ASPCA and the other Georgia Tech. Where do they get the information?  A key takeaway for me was a content or pattern analysis of what consumers were saying about Georgia Tech on Facebook - it was an analysis of over 4,500 mentions.  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. 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. It answers the "Was it worth doing?"

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

For instance, create donor segments and study commonalities among your target audience to better target your item catalog to match their interests and price ranges. After your virtual auction, study your engagement data and revenue totals. Generate contact lists and marketing segments for use in promoting your auction. Social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

The basics include: benefits, value, metrics, and financial calculations. I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. Note that qualitative data is important - you need both to do an ROI analysis and to communicate the results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

According to the web site, the goal is to seek to quantify and report out on areas of activity of general interest to museum studies specialists, colleagues, and patrons. What it doesn't show me is any trends over time or analysis based on gathering data from several types of resources. I would like to see some context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I need get rid of clutter, but I first need to do the redesign thinking process before getting into the details of the information design, look, and feel. I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. And, I also need to make my information tracking a bit more systematic.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Confidentiality of sharing case studies. Finding the match between market needs and skills — try informational interviewing with other consultants. Don’t be afraid to ask for what you’re worth, and decide by market analysis. What about franchising consultancies, to make a network of ‘train the trainers.’

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

These platforms serve as centralized platforms to streamline the collection, analysis, and reporting of data related to a company’s social, environmental, and ethical performance. This comprehensive view will allow you to monitor progress toward CSR goals, identify areas for improvement, and make informed decisions.

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