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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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Dig Deeper and See Farther You may wonder how AI-driven analytics differ from the queries, dashboards, and statistical packages that have been around for some time now. Automating data exploration frees time to focus on higher-level analysis and interpretation of results. It was CMA that had to learn more about its community. “If

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Crowdsourced data is not a substitute for real statistics

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Patrick Ball, Jeff Klingner, and Kristian Lum After the earthquake in Haiti, Ushahidi organized a centralized text messaging system to allow people to inform others about people trapped under damaged buildings and other humanitarian crises.

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4 things we learned about foundations and general operating support 

Candid

private and community foundations to learn more about giving trends. Here are four things we learned about GOS grantmaking trends among funders right now. About 10% of foundations indicated they awarded no GOS grants whatsoever. Internally, there is a lack of clarity about what general operating support exactly means.”

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Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

Candid

It gets them excited about helping to achieve that mission. As a fundraising professional and nonprofit consultant working on a doctorate degree in business, I was curious about just how much a mission statement matters when it comes to nonprofit fundraising. Study 1: How sad is your nonprofit mission statement? For our first project,?

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6 Ways to Prepare Your Communications for Successful End-of-Year Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This analysis can help guide you towards what best engages your target audiences. If you are incorporating new ideas into this year’s fundraising efforts, use this data to make some predictions about how you can best motivate your audiences into action. We frequently talk about A/B testing as a digital tactic—and it is!

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Have grantmaker salaries kept up with inflation?  

Candid

year-over-year in June 2022—the highest rate in over 40 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics—we asked foundations how inflation would affect their operations. But what about the implications for foundation staff? As the consumer price index rose 9.1% from February 2022 to February 2023.

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Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, was delighted when Darren Barefoot asked if he share a guest post about how to do audience analysis. Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for NGOS by Darren Barefoot. But not all kinds of audience analysis are evil. You can also build a consensus among your colleagues about who exactly your target audience is.

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