M+R

OCTOBER 31, 2023

If you’d like to join the fun, please review and fill out the consent form here. your responses with data from dozens of other nonprofits to create a set of averages, trends, and key metrics. We rely on data and survey responses from a wide range of nonprofits, and we hope you’re game to join us for this coming year. Mostly for us!),

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. Here’s how we think about impact management at Salesforce: Impact management combines elements of: Impact measurement.

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

This quick guide will review the essentials. Artificial intelligence works through machine learning, which involves the discovery and analysis of deep patterns in datasets. Machine learning technology uses these patterns to train predictive algorithms that will measure specific propensities and make predictions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Measurement Challenges.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

You still have to review and edit what ChatGPT has created, but it will save you loads of time on the initial draft. Use a Human For Review Even though ChatGPT can create natural-sounding emails, you should still review everything that it generates before sending it out to your community.

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Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

Just as you’ve finally settled into the shift from Universal Analytics (UA) to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and started to get a handle on its new metrics, Google has yet another deadline for organizations to meet. By exporting data, users can maintain access to historical comparisons and enable future analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

One of the posts that got a lot of engagement and contributed to the uphill trend in the metrics was about editorial calendars. ” What are the metrics for measuring your content? Over the past 5 years since I’ve been analyzing metrics and my content , I have a good list of the topics that do well.

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Content Measure Organization Strategy 101

Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You see, marketing is a cycle of execution, analysis, and tweaking. How are you measuring your success? What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure. What’s working? What’s not working? Is it engaging?

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Marketing Guide Metrics Nonprofit 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

He said that strategic plan is more wishful thinking compared to a business plan that chocked with analysis. Business plans are not difficult to measure and the process is a discipline process of asking questions. How will they measure success? So, articulated success metrics for a networked strategy is also important.

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Review Business Nonprofit Measure 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Say Giller, “Our whole team reviews Google Analytics, like sipping fine wine.” Source: grist.

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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 deepest layer is the Dashboard itself—embraced by researchers and policymakers who use the platform to its full capacity, running analysis and downloading multiple data sets. Understand your capacity.

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Story Data Storytelling Lesson 67

Care2

APRIL 18, 2011

The very first thing that nonprofits should do is setup a tracking system to measure their blogs and social media. Before we dive into specifics, it’s important to recognize that no one product will measure everything you need and they are not 100% accurate. That said - they are still useful as part of your metrics and tracking.

Social Media 65

Social Media Measure Tools Media 65

NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. Used properly, you’ll know if your email metrics are at industry levels; used poorly, you’ll only scratch the surface of email performance. The San Diego Zoo’s recent email performance analysis supports this position.

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Rate San Diego Open Benchmark 139

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Sales Ops Metrics & KPIs. As the volume of business information exploded, sales ops has evolved into a more powerful data analysis and reporting unit that can provide critical insight on the following areas: Sales Process Optimization. Performance Metrics Analyses. Selection of Key Sales Metrics to Adopt.

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Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 145

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Taking proactive measures. 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. Plans ask us to review regularly and ask the question: Are we on track?

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Latvia Companies North America San Francisco 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. 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.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

A national panel of judges was engaged in reviewing all entries based on creativity, quality, message effectiveness, consumer appeal, graphic design, and overall impact. This year, Forum One took home three gold, two silver, two bronze, and one merit award in the website, apps, and interactive, and annual report categories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. Data is focused on the metrics that are specific to social media channel. Example of A/B Testing Results. What is the difference?

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. First, a simple metric relating to security reports, and second, what processes are in place in the communities to deal with security.

Drupal 150

Drupal Comment Report Open Source 150

BoardAssist

JANUARY 31, 2017

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part One: Top 3 Measures of Financial Health. In this first installment, Nonprofit Finance Fund shares their “Top 3 Measures of Financial Health.”. A lot of our inquiry is based more on trend analysis than ratio analysis. Is the organization producing consistent surpluses ?

Measure 40

Measure Practice Ratio Conservancy 40

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It involves examining the data and performance metrics of individual major gift officers, as well as the team as a whole, to understand what’s working and what leaves room for improvement. Close examination of major gift metrics allows you to discover: Any obstacles that are holding individuals or your entire team back.

Blackbaud 52

Blackbaud Guide Management Fundraising 52

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Review tactics like monthly giving programs and recurring emails that generate habitual support. Passionate explaining of impact?

Lesson 59

Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

The system should have anti-fraud measures in place and be PCI-compliant. Save your most-used reports as templates to reuse in future data analysis. Website analytics tools enable you to track metrics such as time on page, bounce rates, and conversion rates for different pages. Customized donor reports.

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Software Guide Fundraising Platform 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar.

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Benchmark Social Media Global Project 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Actionable Measurement. The gym metaphor resonated because lately I’ve been obsessed with the idea of “ SpreadSheet Aerobics , an actionable social media measurement strategy that is fit and trim and light on its feet! I don’t try to measure everything. Avoid Measurement As Therapy and Drive By Analysis.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 99

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

I also provided instruction on setting up prospect review meetings to discuss status. At the 4 th level of 100% adoption for your prospect management system, your organization is now able to provide a deep analysis with reportings based on a sound system and full buy-in from all staff.

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Rate System Management Analysis 35

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2014

I also provided instruction on setting up prospect review meetings to discuss status. Reporting and Statistics: Also at this stage your staff will be meeting regularly for prospect review meetings with the appropriate development staff, and striving to do so, on a weekly, bi-weekly, or at the outset monthly basis. 50-75% adoption).”.

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Rate System Management Module 38

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Harvard Business Review, March 2013. Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation. Do you need sentiment analysis? ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

Social Media 100

Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

You’ll discuss measurable objectives for the team to reach and draft the priorities for each of these objectives. You may begin with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis. Measurable: Quantifiable. Here is a high-level overview of what your plan should include: Your organization’s mission statement.

Examples 117

Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

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. Make sure you have a measurable goal.

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ROI Social Media Reflection Question 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

How are you measuring that? Measurement and Learning. It offers a quasi social network analysis to see how your posts are shared: when, by whom, and to whom. It offers a quasi social network analysis to see how your posts are shared: when, by whom, and to whom. How much time are you investing?

Google 98

Google Time Nonprofit Metrics 98

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. First, a simple metric relating to security reports, and second, what processes are in place in the communities to deal with security.

Drupal 100

Drupal Comment Report Metrics 100

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. They track employee participation and measure the impact of these programs.

Software 52

Software Business Guide Companies 52

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

This can come from an internal database analysis, wealth screening, predictive modeling project, a peer/board review, or just plain discovery of a prospective donor from a staff or volunteer member. Typically the type of data for pre-qualification is found during a brief review of wealth screening results. Identification.

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Proposal Module Time Metrics 32

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. " She talked about the importance of measuring your social media efforts.   This was a great positive spin -- rather than measure to show me or prove the impact, it's measure so you can quantify it. 

Social Media 50

Social Media Relationship Media Georgia 50

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How can I measure and track our overall fundraising program? . You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change?

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Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We got a peek at the new features and functionality – and we now have a 30 days to prepare, so we don’t have to drop everything and have a new page up in the next 25 minutes! We can review the changes, figure out a strategy, and implement the changes. Here’s my suggestions: 1.

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