Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These questions and more were answered in a recent Twitter conversation on data and analytics. However, as Katanick observed during the tweet chat, “analytics matter to nonprofits because they provide a tangible way to demonstrate that an organization is delivering on its mission and goals.” A Few Good Web Analytics Tools.

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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. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You’ll discuss measurable objectives for the team to reach and draft the priorities for each of these objectives. How often should you develop a standard nonprofit strategic plan?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2013

I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with Packard Foundation grantees during the past year with a goal of improving measurement practice for social media and based on my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” On a call last month, participants shared examples of their measurement tools and spreadsheets.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

These proactive measures will not only keep your SOA in line with the latest accounting standards but also ensure your organization’s financial health is accurately represented, fostering trust among stakeholders and supporting the sustainability of your mission. Use financial management software with analytical tools.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Make the mission or program the hero – Focus messaging on your nonprofit’s values, impact, and service. There are a few key ways a nonprofit’s mission or program can become the “hero” of their fundraising campaigns: Tell emotional stories about the mission’s impact on real people’s lives.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Next, use your knowledge of current expenses like wages, rent, utilities, program costs, etc. By identifying the additional revenue needed, you can begin to prioritize which programs you’re currently considering that will be in the best position to drive profitability and impact. to project what your costs will be for the coming year.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

7 steps to start a major gift program Major gift fundraising tools Let’s start by reviewing the basics of what these key donations are. They allow your nonprofit to remain in operation and tackle major projects such as renovations or establishing new programs. Create a gift range chart. What is a major gift? billion in 2022.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

These action steps are designed to correspond with the developmental stage of your fundraising program. Not all fundraising programs look alike. Invest in data analytics : Leverage data analytics to better understand donor patterns and preferences. The post starts off with general guidance.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Doing so can be as simple as sharing a chart with these metrics from the past year: Total dollars raised: overall dollars acquired through fundraising initiatives. This will help you measure improvement year-over-year and hold your team accountable for meeting various goals. Predictive analytics.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Earlier this summer I posted on top tips for measuring ROI and getting strategic with data , touching on the idea and importance of actionable data, or rather, data that helps draw meaningful conclusions and future actions to optimize programs. Analyze goals of you social media and decide what metrics to measure based on those goals.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

You also have a volunteer program for middle and high school students to work with the children in after-school time in lieu of child care, but find that the current partners you have in the community don’t work for attracting new volunteers to participate. So, how do we measure those items? The benefits?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Plus, tag expenses for fundraising, programming, and administration in order to make filing your Form 990 at tax time that much easier. Google Analytics — Top Fundraising App for Nonprofit Websites Where’s the first place your supporters go to learn more about your organization, its mission, and your upcoming opportunities for involvement?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Chart Your Course webinars available on demand To get started, it helps to have in mind a problem you think might be solved by AI. Predictive analytics, AI, and machine learning remained strictly academic from the 1940s until the 1980s, when computer power started to become available for commercial applications.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Google Analytics – [link]. Tip: You can also get Google Analytics for your Facebook Page!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Support: There’s no one readily available to help answer your questions or fix something if you have an issue with the program. Top feature: Users gain insight into online traffic, transaction times, website visits by device type, and conversion rates with real-time analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Billboard’s audience, presumably, is passionate about songs and lyrics given it is the source for music charts, news, and events. Here’s another example of how Billboard is using nostalgia in its tweets: This Week In Billboard Chart History: TLC Takes ‘No Scrubs’ To No. Measure, Test, Refine.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

For the next few months, we’re taking an in-depth look at key features and tools that make for a successful development program. Now you can obviously take your numbers and create charts and graphs on your own. All you have to do is click drag, and drop the metrics you’re measuring. Enter our new series, “New Year, New Heights.”

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. Worse, Berger says that the sector's inability to effectively measure (and learn from those measurements) means nonprofits really aren't as efficient as they could be.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Focus on Event Fundraising Analytics , we looked at how peer-to-peer event metrics let us know if our event planning and execution efforts are paying off in fundraising results. This year, focus on a few measurable metrics like “percent of participants who fundraise”. Peer to Peer Fundraising: How Do You Measure Up?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. ROI had it origins as an accounting term and was originally a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business. Use of metrics to measure your results.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

This will allow all team members to easily and clearly find information re: the status of a campaign or major gift program and determine whether your organization’s goals around these initiatives are on track or are at risk. This will provide insights necessary for future campaigns and program initiatives.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Get the report and read it.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Utilizing infographics, charts, and other visual tools can help break down your nonprofit’s achievements and impact into digestible bits. These stories can significantly enhance the impact of your data, making the success of your programs feel more real and immediate to your readers.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 18, 2021

There are a few different types of reporting options within Salesforce, ranging from pre-defined standard reports to tools that provide business intelligence analytics to reveal giving trends, identify donor opportunities, and campaign goal measurements. What department or programs are your donors most inclined to give to?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I've been trying to collect screen captures and stories about nonprofit web analytics for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN. Ah, my screencast script on google analytics completely ignores social media and only focuses on web sites. Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). But the stats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

A year ago, he said that measuring outcomes for social media is, "an evolving art (not quite a science yet) and you have to be up to the challenge of both thinking a bit differently and be ok with leveraging several different tools. Measuring the success of social media efforts can't be done with a single metric. Technorati ???Authority???

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. or “what does our program mean to you?” to ensure that what is shared is genuine.

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DipJar

JUNE 8, 2021

AI for fundraising works by identifying deep patterns in your historical engagement and fundraising data and then training predictive models to chart likely outcomes in the future. Identify donors likely to convert from single giving to regular giving or sustainer programs. Here are some key examples. Convert to regular giving.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

At AnnieCannons, an anti-human trafficking organization, they transform survivors of human trafficking into software professionals through a holistic program that trains and equips survivors to independently support themselves and their families. Learn more about how Salesforce helps The Code to work smarter, not harder. Destiny Rescue.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Be Generous with Data—Water for People Ned Breslin from Water for People preached to the choir of the importance of using data to drive successful programs. He attributes Water for People’s success to their relentless focus on (and measurement of) outcomes. Also, Strive Partnership measured the partners!

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Delivered through a richly curated program, the IFC is a hub for unparalleled learning, networking and opportunities. Participants will network and learn about other areas of practice, discuss a range of opportunities and challenges faced by different sectors, and work collaboratively to improve impact measurement. State/Local.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Erica Waasdorop makes a guest appearance on the Philanthropy for All blog to share a key insight she’s learned about the monthly giving: Every Monthly Giving Program is Tailor Made. Each program is as unique as the organization that’s driving it, so it’s about discovering the media that works for you. Infographics.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore.

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