Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? This framing captured the impact not only of the technology tools of their partners, required by certain funders, but also of the access to information for migrants, which would be measurable on an ongoing basis through surveys. How closely should they track those changes?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But we have SO MUCH information in our CRM or database that it’s easy to become stuck in analysis paralysis when it comes to using data for donor acquisition. Gone are the days when organizations relied solely on traditional methods to find and engage donors. Ask friends and family to make a small donation and collect feedback.

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Donor Social Media Websites Content 82

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Scientist / Data Analysis Engineer / General Techie Want to help save the world with your code? We're Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and we're hiring right now ! This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The Playbook includes a few examples and methods for doing this. The Playbook offers some excellent practical tips on how to design and implement surveys and focus groups, one of the most common methods many nonprofits use to collect data. Here’s some thoughts about each section: What Data to Collect. Meaning Making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

This session presents a new form of social media analysis that combines social and survey data. We’ll share the results of three demonstration projects based on social media and survey data from 6,000 respondents. What questions can you answer by combining social media and survey data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? There are two different methods to evaluate your training. If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Best of all, you really only need to adopt a few proven and productive cultivation and engagement methods to start converting your peer-to-peer event participants into monthly donors. For the Ration Challenge, the team used a variety of methods to pinpoint the personas and behaviors of those interested in refugee issues.

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Donor Registration Map United Kingdom 72

Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s also important to contextualize the data from your platforms with qualitative data, A/B testing results, survey results, and audience interviews. The goal with your analysis is to have actionable data. Quantitative data can tell us what is happening, but it often can’t tell us why is it happening. For that, we need to dig deeper.

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Report Data Metrics Analysis 71

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 5, 2011

In addition, studies that do examine Hispanic volunteering often yield inconsistent results as survey methodology, including survey instruments, sampling method, data collection procedures, inducement to participate in the survey, unit of analysis, memory prompts, proxy responses, and so on. Hodgkinson, V.A.,

United States 71

United States Survey Dominican Republic Volunteer 71

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Moreover, this work has been underfunded and its analysis happens often away from C-suite or Board discussions. Sometimes, third-party evaluation, which includes rigorous study design and statistical analysis, is required to properly understand a program’s impact. In other words, one size doesn’t fit all.

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Integration Impact Practice Management 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

There is also an opportunity to weave in analysis of your data from surveys and incorporate storytelling with your data. My colleague, blogger Michele Martin has this well-researched deck with many more examples of methods for doing a process evaluation and reflective practice. This can avoid repeating mistakes of the past.

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Reflection Practice Results Storytelling 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

There are lots of ways to collect data on the current practices of your organization- common best practices are surveying and interviewing. Administer a Survey Pilot. If you chose an interview method (or any method for that matter), I strongly encourage you to speak with as many individuals as your capacity will allow.

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Knowledge Process Share Organization 100

Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Because no one wants board members approving budgets that they don’t fully understand or making decisions to expand staff when they aren’t clear if the budget can withstand additional salaries and benefits or voting on fundraising approaches when they don’t understand cost/benefit analysis. Here’s how you can build that board.

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Build Literacy Nonprofit Exercise 109

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. Survey existing donors on what spurs them to give quickly when appealed to. Remember your goal is persuading consumers. Apply those lessons.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Candid

APRIL 20, 2021

A June 2020 survey by the Pew Research Center found that approximately one out of every three AAPI individuals surveyed reported having been subject to racial slurs/jokes since the beginning of the pandemic, and one out of four feared someone might threaten or physically attack them. Foundation funding trends for AAPI communities.

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Pledge United States Foundation Grant 119

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 8, 2017

While most nonprofit directors report being satisfied with their board, in a survey done by researchers Larcker, Donatiello, Meehan & Tayan, (2015), nearly all nonprofit participants also reported some sort of serious governance-related problem within the previous calendar year that has negatively affected their organization. Holland, T.

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Los Angeles Alexa Analysis Government 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful. While evaluation surveys are great, they are only one form of feedback. The learning objectives for the workshop were two fold: Participants understand best practices and how to apply.

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Activities Active Activism Integration 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. We did a classic brainstorming/SWOT analysis exercise related to our topics. Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach?

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 76

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Understand Your Target Audience One of the most important steps in refining your membership model is to gain an understanding of your target audience by conducting an audience analysis. Surveys: If you could meet with all of your current supporters or members, what would you ask them?

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Model Florida Nonprofit Benefit 52

Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

That is why social media content analysis is important to any campaign. Obtrusive and Unobtrusive Analysis. For example, they know they are taking a survey or they know you are checking the engagement stats on your Facebook page. Instead, we learned how to better control for the effect in our analysis.

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Content Social Media Analysis Issue 41

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. Does not have a dashboard or simple collection method. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends. Presents a report with quantitative analysis that demonstrates value. Does not know where to start.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years. Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field.

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Analytics Teach Training Train 97

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2015

The nature of the research question will determine the content of your research, and the method you use. However, the most valuable data for your non-profit must be collected yourself, but this is do-able using common market research methods, which I describe below. Choose a method. This will help you focus your research.

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Research Marketing Method Attitude 20

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

Four methods to address the challenges of slim administrative budgets are: 1. In early 2012, The Nonprofit Research Collaborative collected data from almost 1,800 nonprofit organizations on board engagement and reported: “Survey results show organizations that have engaged board members are more likely to meet fundraising goals.”

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Fund Tucson Arizona Grant 70

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 10, 2023

If you see that many participants aren’t reaching your lowest tier, consider adjusting your communication methods or adding additional incentives to encourage participants to reach their goals. Use predictive analysis. The more your participants achieve these tiers, the more motivated they will be. Measure the smaller things.

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Data Campaign Practice Management 52

Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

According to a survey by eMarketer, 59.3 One can evaluate training effectiveness, learner’s preferences, and usage patterns through analysis and visualizing software, Tin Can and other analytics tools. Smaller sized content also enables them to absorb and retain the training courses in a better way. percent of the U.S.

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Online Learning Trend Learning Online 56

Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

In a recent survey we ran of planned and major giving professionals on March 24, 44% said they were already increasing their digital fundraising. Only a week later, a survey of the same population showed that 60% were moving to more digital fundraising — a massive shift for a normally slow-moving sector.

Effective 40

Effective Giving United States Template 40

Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

Better yet, the graduate student who led this project, Anna Greco, documented the whole project and did in-depth analysis of the visitor contributions. Anna Greco did research in three ways: through in-person interviews with participants, surveys with participants, and observational analysis of the jars themselves.

Participatory 52

Participatory Evaluation Project Museum 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

If you’ve not seen The Center for Effective Philanthropy survey of September, 2012, it sets up the challenge pretty clearly. Here’s his response: The reality is funders are not supporting good measurement—at least not measurement done by the nonprofits to manage their effectiveness and to outcomes.

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Measure Roles Support Literacy 99

Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

The patch relays the info to a cloud app for analysis and in due course the info shows up on a doctor’s smartphone. Phones also provide a reliable contact method for people who have no permanent address. For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help.

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News Technology Homeless San Francisco 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

In the report she compares 19 applications based on different criteria into a succinct consumer reports like analysis. She looks at survey results, independent web research, verification of new features and analysis of how the 19 applications relate to one another and the marketplace. It covers the following:".

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Attention Research Report Case Study 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience. This is evaluation.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

Be sure to methodically ask yourself this set of questions before choosing an LMS: What are your development objectives? An analysis through an in-depth survey accompanied by a few short one-on-one interviews with the projected user base and decision makers within the organization can aid tremendously.

Analysis 40

Analysis System Environment Learning Management 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

There are no systems in place, no dashboards or simple collection method. Monitors feedback from target audience in real time but balances with trend or survey data. Documents quantitative results against goals and value when asked by senior leadership. He thinks the business world is moving in the direction of more data analysis.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

When faced with a severe technical crisis -- think mail server down, fried DB server, website hacked -- it's important to approach the situation methodically and in an organized manner. Survey the situation. Promise that a root cause analysis will be delivered to all interested parties after crisis resolution. Assemble the team.

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Technique Management North America NTC 82

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

For instance, if your organization wants to lower its rate of donor churn , you might invest in a new strategy for surveying donors and then using those insights to refine your engagement efforts. What is your total budget for any tech upgrades or new tools? Will you need to hire a tech consultant? What’s your timeline?

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Tech Develop Strategy Guide 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work. pulls out some of the most salient data points from the survey and we'll excerpt further from his post below.

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