Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. For some good how-to posts, check out my co-blogger Alissa Ruehl , perhaps starting with her Intro to Google Analytics. This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. Research Questions.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

Follow along, email us your questions , and let us know what you’d like to hear about! 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. If you have any questions or are interested in getting a demo, click here !

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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. These goals include specific numbers and time frames to help orient your strategic planning around quantifiable metrics. Ask yourself some of the following questions. What can we automate?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Eric Peterson calls out a discussion on “What the C-suite should know about analytics” from Kishore Swaminathan, Accenture’s chief scientist: “Data is a double-edged sword. I like the phrase “curiosity-driven.&# That an organization knows the questions to right ask, how to collect the right data to answer those questions.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Google Analytics – [link]. Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. Tip: You can also get Google Analytics for your Facebook Page! These analytics are part of having a Facebook Page.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2018

Data and analytics can play a big role in improving nonprofit strategy. What charts or slides did the group focus on? Among nonprofit advocacy groups, I often witness a huge gap between the people with access to data and analytics and the people actually empowered to make strategic decisions. This was their “Testing Whiteboard.”

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

While these questions aren’t always easy to answer, you can chunk it down: What is one of your organization’s goals? The best way to measure that growth is with Google Analytics. Within your analytics dashboard head over to Acquisition -> All Traffic -> Channels. Clicks are important because they show value.

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Digital Marketing Guide Chapter 111

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. While retention rates have been lower, there are opportunities and questions we still need to address. Get the report and read it. It points to some great momentum in online giving.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

There are a myriad of questions that should be discussed during these meetings, and your reports should easily provide answers to these questions so that your development team can take the necessary actions required for a successful outcome. This will provide insights necessary for future campaigns and program initiatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

We have realized that without a large budget and stringent privacy restrictions regarding Google analytics, it will take us more time to accomplish the final steps. What questions did you ask? During our brainstorming session we posed such questions as, “What is the point of using social media?” What prep did you do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Return on Investment.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 13, 2008

The slide presentation raised a number of questions in my mind, so I messaged Jonathon on Facebook and we chatted about (lil) Green things. Clicking on their name of the amount that they've donated yields a graphical chart containing the people that they've recruited and/or recent donations that they've made.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 18, 2021

Understanding the Different Type of Reporting Options Your data has a story to tell, and the types of reporting tools you use can help identify the questions your data answers. To segment these reports you can filter, group, and calculate metrics on a specific set of records. Which of my donors can give more?

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Here are some guiding questions that can help you define your major gift threshold and identify major donors: Is this gift 5–20 times greater than the donor’s previous annual donation? Innovations in analytics tools have come a long way. Four Questions to Ask Your Team. Set Your Major Gift Threshold. Register now.

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Gift Program Build Fundraising 79

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Their categories were based on whether or not the respondent was using a specific measurement tool like Facebook Insights or Google Analytics. As measurement guru KD Paine says, you need the right measurement tool for the job – identify SMART objectives , pick metrics , and then your tool. Idealware Study.

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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. Too many people are still wanting to "manage" the visitors experience, and I think these two metrics speak to the ways that the Web is. via Kevin Gamble (see larger here ). But the stats.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

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. Consider asking questions like, “What would you want the world to know?” or “what does our program mean to you?”

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Storytelling Impact Arts Nonprofit 82

NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

We had to use optical character recognition scans on five decades of Billboard Charts, get them into a database, and categorize all the entries. However there is immediate value to the partners in the form of a dashboard and metrics for applying for grants, etc. Everybody on staff is tracking and using metrics in their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Measuring the success of social media efforts can't be done with a single metric. I think there will be different metrics for different strategies, organizations, and tools. Kaushik suggested these metrics for benchmarking blogs: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). Audience Growth (content consumption ???

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Jeff Haguewood of Sidekick Solutions suggests the 5 Basic Fundraising Performance Metrics to Start Measuring Today. Why reason alone doesn’t work in fundraising suggests that appealing to your supporters’ analytical nature isn’t enough to inspire a gift. Connections. John Haydon simplifies the science of giving.

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