sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2023

That’s why it’s important to work closely with your grant partners so you can get ahead of possible crises and create the best possible impact story. Measure your outcomes and tell your story. But are you telling the right outcome story? Augment your reporting with data analysis. Connect with others though open APIs.

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Effective Tips Grant API 68

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. These visual analysis tools illuminate potential connections and spaces where relationships exist or are possible. Successful datamaking helps us put equity and dialectics into practice. These are opportunities for meaning making.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 96

Classy

JUNE 30, 2021

The State of Modern Philanthropy 2021: Future-Proofing Your Fundraising reveals insights on fundraising success in the wake of a tumultuous year. Download the full report for a more detailed analysis and findings. . Insights for Future-Proof Fundraising Success. Achieve Success Backed by Timely Fundraising Data.

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Fundraising Benchmark Stats Metrics 98

Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

To set both yourself and your donors up for success, think about providing multiple and simple ways to give throughout the year-end giving season. Have a year-end fundraising goal and plan to set yourself up for success. To set yourself up for a successful year-end giving season, consider thinking beyond GivingTuesday.

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Tips Giving Fundraising Profile 120

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We’ve built a flow to gather this data and carry out statistical analysis on the numbers. Numbers Only Tell Half a Story. Numbers are easy to count, but what about the stories of the individuals we engage with? It is this externalisation and validation of success that creates change, and, as a result, changes lives.

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Music Measure Impact Data 106

Candid

JANUARY 11, 2024

This is key to living up to our nonprofit mission to provide data as a sustainable public good that supports the entire sector’s success. Shareable profiles—more than 9,000 nonprofits are using a shareable link to freely, easily, and proactively provide their full profile to tell a richer story to potential donors.

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Data Profile Picture Accessibility 85

.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Abilities rooted in a deep understanding of human behavior remain essential for success in business and life. Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis. Welcome people who can contribute unique stories and experiences.

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Skills Collaboration Communication Classroom 221

NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

The Analysis Exchange is a first-of-its-kind effort to freely provide analytical insights to nonprofits and non-governmental organizations. Joining Analysis Exchange is completely free and the entire process takes about three weeks beginning to end. Some examples of these successes include: .

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The conversations about the ALS Association’s astounding success with the Ice Bucket Challenge continue. Let me offer one piece of advice: let’s not get distracted by the story and instead focus on the epilogue – the Ice Bucket Epilogue: it’s about the data. How will the ALSA ever repeat that success?

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Challenge Data Analysis Charity 183

Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Allegiance Group makes achieving direct mail success simple. Conducting a marketing opportunity analysis. Take advantage of that personal touch by adding a story designed to strengthen your connection with donors even more. Identify any major changes that come up if they have the potential to impact the campaign’s success.

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Mail Fundraising Nonprofit Channel 52

Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Setting your goals first allows you to anchor a reference point for success. The goal with your analysis is to have actionable data. If you can’t do something with the data, it’s not supporting the story you need it to tell. Often, this is a high-level report, focused on strategic, organization-wide metrics of success.

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Report Data Metrics Analysis 71

3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Certainly fundraising data management isn’t as interesting as writing good copy, telling stories about your nonprofit’s successes, or chasing new potential donors. Good data, however, and the technology systems that depend upon good data, are THE key to your fundraising success. 3 – Program outcomes.

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Data Time Fundraising Retention 184

Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

After you’ve become deeply familiar with your data and dedicated the time, strategy, and planning that goes into a successful CRM implementation, you might be surprised to learn that ALL of your data doesn’t belong in Salesforce. Success Story: Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

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Roles Data Strategy Technology 112

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Repeat what works – Run successful ads repeatedly until they stop selling. Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. Focus on participation – Judge success by number of donors versus just total dollars raised. .” Thorough understanding leads to big ideas.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. The secret sauce to success for nonprofits and social media is reflecting in action. Integrate quick email interviews as you say thanks with donors, pattern analysis of comments or blog posts.

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Analysis Reflection Experiment Time 50

Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The Brand Story. A brand story relays the history, character, motivations, and other defining qualities of your nonprofit, from conception until today. The key to producing an effective brand story video is treating it like a novel. Producing an awareness video is about creating a story of change. The Awareness Video.

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Video Nonprofit Images Awareness 87

Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Showcase volunteer impact People will likely connect with stories that show how volunteers are making a difference. Highlighting opportunity and need, giving examples of achievements, or even featuring individual volunteers and their stories can drive others to give their time to your cause. Let your volunteers share their stories.

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Social Media Volunteer Media Social 91

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

What goes into creating and designing a successful nonprofit website that inspires action? Audience Analysis. There are a few steps to successful audience-centric design: Identify Your Audience: Understand all of the groups your serve and find out what makes them tick. Testing Your Visual Story.

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Design Web Guide Slides 247

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

As a matter of fact, the funding for Benetech to start Bookshare and our Martus human rights software project came from a successful spinoff of our first social enterprise, the Arkenstone reading machines, which we sold to a for-profit for roughly $5 million. We used it to review our planning as we wrapped up this move.

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Analysis Project Open Source Analytics 174

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts. Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? So what makes organizations successful at building evidence? Like Mobile Pathways, no matter the stage your organization is in, it is possible to find a right-fit analysis to understand your impact continuously and from the get-go. About the Author. Mélodie Kinet.

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 14, 2021

On a recent webinar, Cloud for Good teamed up with Tableau to talk about impact measurement best practices and to conduct a live demo showcasing Nonprofit Dashboards in Tableau (which are available to Tableau users completely free of charge) to help you get a head start on data analysis based on your organization’s unique needs.

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Measure Impact License Report 116

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. Analyze which types of content, stories, and communication techniques resonate most with your donors. After you implement new strategies, regularly check your monthly giving program’s success metrics.

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Analytics Data Giving Metrics 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes. and the European Union.

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International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Digging into each analytics platform individually to pull your information to try to tell a cohesive story can be frustrating. No matter your biggest challenge, the ticket to solving those issues is figuring out how to break down these silos and make your data analysis easier. Not sure how to compare or connect data sources.

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Data Analysis Map Accessibility 64

Classy

JUNE 2, 2021

As a partner to thousands of nonprofits, Classy spends a lot of time learning about what makes each of them successful. That’s why we sought to uncover trends among successful nonprofits on the platform and what they do differently early on. What Makes Nonprofits Organizations Successful?

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Action Difference Fundraising Nonprofit 106

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. Being geeks, we thought of ways to address this challenge with technology.

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Burma Analysis Guatemala Law 168

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Today, we are able to offer four different payment methods online and we’re working with different providers to offer the best success rate possible to our donors (>90%). At Donadora, work with NGOs to help them tell simple, but impact-full stories in order to inspire donors to give. are quickly replacing TV.

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Mexico Trend Giving Online 195

The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Best Practices for Crowdfunding Success Successful crowdfunding campaigns zero in on a precise project or cause. A crucial element of a campaign’s success centers around a tangible goal and timeframe. Compelling stories highlighting the campaign’s purpose can significantly motivate donations.

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Game Fundraising Campaign Generation 59

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

There’s always someone who hasn’t given much, but the capacity is there, so I want to know their story. Set yourself up for success. . Plus, with disciplined tracking and analysis, you’ll be a more effective and efficient team. . The post 4 Secrets to a Successful Fundraising Portfolio Review first appeared on npENGAGE.

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Review Fundraising Proposal Gift 85

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Instead of repeating those numbers, we’ll focus on the practical “in the weeds” analysis that can support you in making data-driven decisions that go well beyond this time of year. What you can learn : Create a cohesive story about what GivingTuesday campaign donations will fund. Click here to see a larger version of this graph.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

A guest Beneblog by Max Schneider People don’t typically associate boisterous merengue music with high-tech statistical analysis. Then again, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I heard the playful notes of a street band wafting through the window while in Guatemala with Benetech's Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG).

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Guatemala International Project Statistics 137

Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

From recruitment and admissions to student success and reporting, the Salesforce.org Winter ’22 Education Cloud Release features a number of updates and optimizations designed to help make institution operations more efficient. Student Success Hub. Read on to learn more about how this release can positively impact your university.

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Education Student Application Retention 59

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

What Goes into Successful Planned Giving Programs While planned giving programs offer a valuable option for every nonprofit organization, they do come with their fair share of administrative and social demands. Here are some key considerations for setting up a successful planned giving program.

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Giving Blackbaud Gift Policy 52

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

And shouldn’t we be able then to match our programs to donor interests in order to better inform donors, which in turn results in more successful fundraising campaigns? The back story. Technology and data should make our work easier, our fundraising efforts more successful. Isn’t all this technology and data helping?

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Data Technology Fundraising Database 148

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

Without the discipline of data, your digital marketing success is based more on hope than strategy and execution. Data and story-telling. For starters, data is an indispensable part of the story-telling to your donors and constituents, facilitating the formation of longer term relationships. Use small data (i.e.

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Digital Data Marketing Org 138

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Whether it’s how we raise our children, communicate in love and partnerships, support causes, or establish friendships and trust, Granger pinpoints the best ways to seize digital opportunities to make our lives better. It is filled with practical tips and lots of stories and useful for all nonprofit professionals.

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Network Data Chart Case Study 134