Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A Major gifts officer cultivates high-level donors, connecting with them individually to build relationships that significantly impact your nonprofit. Describe your experience with using data analytics to inform major gift decisions. What is a Major Gifts Officer? What skills and qualities should you look for in a major gifts officer?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Bluenose Analytics. The fundamentals of designing for storytelling in tech products can be woven into the overall strategy of nonprofit organizations. The first step is articulating a strong story about the organization, then making sure that every element on the website reinforces that. Product Design Manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd! Recruit Through LinkedIn: On LinkedIn profiles, members can “signal” their interest in skilled volunteering for a nonprofit.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

For nonprofits, this means millennials are a key demographic to craft fundraising campaigns around. . Many millennials share little in common other than a familiarity with the internet, but, thankfully, your direct mail campaigns can also address and make the most of each supporters’ unique relationship with your nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2015

So you work at Nonprofit XYZ and increasingly you hear about other organizations' success in utilizing Google Analytics to increase impact. You soldier on and set up Google Analytics, hoping that the data can start a conversation with everyone, despite the initial reluctance. Why Is Google Analytics Important for Nonprofits?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

I recently published the last post in my series about the nonprofit web design process and thought it would be helpful to have a final summary for the entire series. Analytics data as User Research : Timeframe for which to review analytics data and some specific research questions to drive data analysis. User Research.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Your nonprofit is on a never ending journey to understand your supporters. When you have a strong grasp of your audience’s motivations, you can increase donations, volunteer hours, advocacy actions, and the overall public opinion of your nonprofit. This is done through a process called nonprofit market research.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 13, 2022

See our ultimate nonprofit RFP guide with examples and templates. What is their background or experience in Google Analytics and web tracking for impact? Are they able to articulate back to you what you’re after? RFP decision spreadsheet matrix to help you rank proposals (Spreadsheet). Considering a Rebrand? Check this out.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This week, I was fortunate to get a sneak peek at two of the nonprofit sector’s leading tech experts musing on their technology trend predictions for 2016. Relevant even for a nonprofit designer like me. For nonprofits, we need to think beyond responsive design into other mobile opportunities.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This week, I was fortunate to get a sneak peek at two of the nonprofit sector’s leading tech experts musing on their technology trend predictions for 2016. Relevant even for a nonprofit designer like me. For nonprofits, we need to think beyond responsive design into other mobile opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

You not only get a great mobile wireless plan, but through their nonprofit giving partners, a person in need will receive a mobile device loaded with content to help break the cycle of poverty and empower their life. But the real question is, how can your nonprofit leverage this device for social change?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Note: This is the sixth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Purposes for personas include: Help synthesize and articulate what we learn about constituents through user research. When we create personas for a nonprofit, we try to limit the number to 5 or 6. Build consensus around target audiences.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Note: This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Articulating content priorities for your homepage and other key pages/sections of your web presence. The data we gathered via Analytics during the User Research phase and during Stakeholder Discovery is key to assessing content performance.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

Note: This is the tenth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Some organizations come to us with a very clearly articulated brand that has accompanying logos, fonts, colors, photography, copywriting and more. See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series. Methodology. User Research.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Matt is a research and information technology executive with key competencies in measurement and analytics, business process engineering and optimization, product development, and organizational management. governments, foundations) can put out an “ask” for a specific outcome (e.g.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2017

In fact, when I was conducting research for my book Data Driven Nonprofits , I spoke with data champions in a wide variety of organizations across numerous focus areas. Data champions —whether inside a nonprofit organization or a foundation—know that data on its own doesn’t accelerate impact on its own.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

But no matter the circumstance, triumph, or disaster, it’s nonprofits like yours that keep this world turning. Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: It’s not about the clothes you wear. Being a good communicator involves more than just good articulation; it’s about understanding your audience.

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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. What is needed for nonprofit organizations to make this shift? DoSomething.Org: A Data-Driven Nonprofit In Action.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2021

Our major “pivot” has been to articulate a new focus on racial equity and social justice, transitioning community investment strategies and prioritizing them through an equity lens. We are redesigning our 2021 strategy as we continue to listen to, and learn from, our community partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

For that to happen one has to look at a maturity of practice and where to take small steps towards improvement. I developed one for networked nonprofits and social media called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” Click to See Larger Version. Click to See Larger Version. There is also the issue of social media measurement tools.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2013

Note: This is the first in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Now, if your nonprofit designs something in-house, purpose #3 is null and void. It’s still of utmost value though to get all of your stakeholders in a room to articulate what you’re trying to do and to build consensus across the team.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Given this, articulating your mission can help fuel your peer-to-peer campaigns, which means it’s time for you. an essential nonprofit KPI that all organizations should track. As their generation ages, they’ll gather the resources to give even more to your nonprofit, which is why it’s critical to form solid connections early on. .

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Fundraising is a year-round concern for nonprofit organizations, delivering the critical donations and contributions they need to keep their operations running. These hardships make it even more challenging for nonprofits to conduct successful fundraising and encourage donors to give more to their cause. Foundations.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Nonprofit funding comes from various sources—regular and major gifts , grants, in-kind donations, corporate sponsorships , planned gifts, and eCommerce sales are a few of the most common. In addition, some nonprofits also rely partly or entirely on memberships to support their missions. What is membership software for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

If we stay true to these five simple measurement steps as articulated by colleague KD Paine, then we’re on a good, steady course of continuous improvement. And the nuts and bolts questions like, “Given all the Facebook changes , what do I need to understand about the new Facebook metrics and the Insights analytics program?”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2007

Yours truly clearly ticked off our articulate and thought provoking keynote speaker, Carl Schramm, the head of the Kauffman Foundation. He challenged us to name a new (formed in the last 10 or 20 years) nonprofit Google, or Microsoft or YouTube. Late breaking news from the Gathering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. Pictured is: Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2013

My job at Blackbaud is to help nonprofits design things. They help us synthesize and articulate what we’ve learned about your constituents through user research. When we create personas for a nonprofit, we try to limit the number to 5 or 6. Personas in the Design Process. Anatomy of a Persona.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

That means marketing, finance, analytics, grants management, and more. As our speakers in the session focused on “data-driven storytelling” highlighted, analytic reports don’t replace meetings, but they can certainly help them. Takeaway #2: All decision-making should be powered by data .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Cursed Thing Last year at this time, I was in Austin, TX doing a keynote workshop for Legal Services Corporation on the ROI of Nonprofit Technology. I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. I think that is dangerous.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! Ready to learn more about Giving Tuesday and how your nonprofit can make the most of it? Let’s get started!

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In the world of nonprofit fundraising, stories are more than just words on a page or images on a screen; they are the beating heart of your mission. StoryBrand Framework There are two major ways you can think about crafting stories, and you can test this through donor research and data analytics to see which is more successful for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Look at what other nonprofits are doing in the space. Feedburner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

.&# Lately, I’ve been hearing about “measurement malaise&# infecting nonprofits and not just social media measurement. Their categories were based on whether or not the respondent was using a specific measurement tool like Facebook Insights or Google Analytics. Idealware Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

I’m delighted to be hosting the January, 2014 Nonprofit Blog Carnival. I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. Here’s a roundup of submissions for your reading pleasure from some awesome nonprofit bloggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Rob Stuart, who passed away recently and who was instrumental in the creation of the nonprofit technology movement always had a favorite question, “What tools are in your tool box?” Measurement tools or perhaps more accurately, social analytics tools collect that data. One place to look).

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Marketing doesn''t have to be painful for nonprofit organizations with limited resources. Here are four ways nonprofit organizations can improve their marketing efforts while also spending less money and less time on the issue: Do Your Research. Get your audience to personally engage with your nonprofit organization.

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