Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2024

Smaller and medium-sized nonprofits lack the staff larger organizations have, which means fewer resources for keeping track of and engaging with past donors. It’s not easy to keep track of manually. Predictive analytics are a powerful tool for uncovering your most generous donors. But it’s often easier said than done.

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Guide Fundraising Retention Nonprofit 84

Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Dynamic Gauge Charts in Dashboards (Beta). For those of you who have set up dynamic dashboards to track your organization’s KPIs, you have cause for celebration with this new feature! The dynamic gauge chart is now available to use report metrics and field values to respond dynamically to the displayed business metrics.

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Chart gMail Singapore Vermont 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field. Two or three years to adoption: Learning Analytics (K-12/Higher Ed), Open Content (K-12), Games and Gamification (Higher Ed). This report is not just your father’s PDF file!

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Analytics Teach Training Train 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

There are so social media analytic tools to measure social media and other emerging technologies, that we’ve created a new genre of Shiny Objective Syndrome — Data Puking disorder. Surveys can also provide useful data to track progress along the way. A simple online survey.

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Social Media Analytics Tools Media 95

DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 1, 2023

Data analytics and technology are revolutionizing the healthcare industry. AI technology adoption can improve decision-making across the following processes and more: Predictive analytics: As a major reason for AI adoption, predictive analytics can help clinicians leverage care insights and provide effective early patient intervention.

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Trend Technology Analytics Integration 52

Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

You ascertain averages, browse benchmarks , and create charts. Make data analytics work for your organization – download the Blackbaud Institute’s free Analytics Toolkit. Much of the data we have historically focused on in P2P is in the form of descriptive and diagnostic analytics.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. Now let’s look at Excel , which a lot of nonprofits initially use to track their data. Nonprofits can use this software to track fundraising campaign progress or assign roles within a larger project.

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Software Free Tools Adobe 85

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

How to Avoid: To avoid this mistake, organizations must develop robust systems for tracking and reporting on restricted versus unrestricted funds. How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA). Use financial management software with analytical tools.

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Activities Active Activism Comparison 79

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The task manager allows you to assign, manage, and track the progress of action items. The member directory helps you keep track of every board, committee, and staff member so that you can nurture relationships. Plus, their app makes it easy to track your funding, whether incoming or outgoing, from anywhere.

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Org Raise Tools Help 80

Kindful

APRIL 15, 2021

It is a software that integrates with many apps to track every transaction, customer communication, and workflow project, analyzing each process along the way and producing a slew of graphs and charts along the way. The goal of Salesforce is to automate as much of your business as possible with the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Nonprofit Software Plugin Integration 57

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. This nonprofit strategic planning model helps organizations get back on track if they have strayed from the path to success. Decide how to address each of those elements to get your organization back on track.

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

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. Methodology.

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Analytics Design Research Process 37

Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

If you’re a nonprofit professional you know what it’s like to drown in excel spreadsheets tracking your supporters, donations, major gifts prospects, and almost anything else. From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard.

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Report Data Tools Stats 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2013

Another participant, Compass,also working on measuring their blog , shared their spreadsheet for tracking similar indicators. This inspired the team over at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County – even though their organizations are vastly different. Slideshare how do i say it with charts from Beth Kanter.

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Social Media Metrics Media Measure 112

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Create a gift range chart. A gift range chart helps determine how many gifts you’ll need to acquire at each giving level to meet your campaign or annual giving goals. Use your CRM to: Track supporter interactions and giving history. Identify prospective major donors based on wealth and engagement metrics.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 98

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Google Analytics is a must-use tool to help understand your campaign performance. Track donation source data to optimize outreach channels.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

It's powerful workflows are meant to help nonprofit fundraisers ditch spreadsheets once and for all, and track major gifts like never before. #7. With customizable analytics dashboards , nonprofits can build beautiful charts and graphs of their digital, fundraising, advocacy, and organizing data to paint a better picture of their work. #9.

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Advocacy Offline Gartner Nonprofit 88

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Invest in data analytics : Leverage data analytics to better understand donor patterns and preferences. All modern donor databases feature donor analytics and report generation that you can use. It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly.

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 74

Nucleus

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Making the case for Data Analytics being budget-neutral in Year One At most associations, it is difficult to argue that better information is not a good thing – that better understanding your current members, potential members, and the broader constituency would not benefit the organization.

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Analytics Chapter Associations Registration 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2011

So, in honor our collective Twitter birthdays in October and Halloween, I thought I’d share a few Twitter tools for tracking and learning that are real treats and a few that make your work flow on Twitter efficient for documenting events. I track to learn and improve relationships on Twitter. It is a Twitter analytics tool.

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Twitter Tools Learning Measure 110

Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2011

This post is the third in an ongoing series about Google Analytics. If you’re not yet familiar with Google Analytics, it’s a free tool from Google that you can add to your site to give you information about how people are coming to your website and how they behave when they get there. These are probably internal users.

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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. Double the Donation’s nonprofit CRM guide explains that a robust database will make it incredibly easy to track progress within your database. Predictive analytics.

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Report Data Donor Metrics 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2011

Charts, graphics, analytics, metrics, and data are like crack to me … A guest post by Kyle Andrei, Idealware. With free web analytics tools like Google Analytics, tracking who followed your link from your Facebook page is one of the most measurable goals included in this survey.

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Facebook Research Advocacy Analytics 123

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Finance Director Major Gift Contributions KEEP COSTS LOW Optimize major gift engagement efficiently with Neon CRM’s donor tracking and relationship management​​. Finance Director Government Grants INCREASE IMPACT Use Neon CRM’s reporting and analytics for effective management of government grants​​.

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Analysis Project Donor Retention 52

Care2

JANUARY 4, 2010

28% of sites have Google Analytics. *5% Danny Sullivan, a search engine expert analyzed another chart by Factual that showed additional stats but without exact percentages. After reviewing the charts he estimated about: *20% of sites use Flash. *19% 1% of sites have Quantcast tracking code. Check out the stats below. *28%

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Twitter Facebook Websites Stats 56

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

By charting out the problems, strategies, benefits, and values first, we give ourselves a better picture to pull out metrics. Whether it’s a Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad, or whatever, you have access to built-in web analytics or the option to use Google Analytics. So now, finally, we get to the metrics.

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ROI Case Study Metrics Student 135

Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

The best way to measure that growth is with Google Analytics. Within your analytics dashboard head over to Acquisition -> All Traffic -> Channels. Once you select the Channels tab it will bring up a chart showing your organic traffic: Selecting the Landing Page dimension will filter data to show individual page performance.

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Digital Marketing Guide Chapter 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2012

One technique I use to get insights from my social media data is to do an analytics Rorschach Test. What does the visual look like? This past week, my Facebook insights chart of reach and engagement looked like a pregnant woman lying on her back or maybe a wide and steep mountain. What’s going on here?

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Audience Social Media Content Media 107

Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

Assuming you’re using Google Analytics*, here are 4 steps you can take: Year-Over-Year Comparison. Setup Google Analytics to do a year-over-year comparison. In Google Analytics, go to Audience > Overview to see whether your Visits have increased or decreased. In Google Analytics, head to Traffic Sources > Overview.

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Websites Comparison Analytics Search 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

One of the more chilling innovations in marketing over the past few years is called “predictive analytics” It’s this blend of statistical analysis, data mining and psychology which enabled Target to conclude that a teenage girl was pregnant before her father did. But not all kinds of audience analysis are evil.

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Analysis Audience Test China 105

3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Too many sources of donor data to keep track of. With data, you can chart a clear course to success – and the future can be very bright. Usher in a dozen or so service companies targeting the workplace giving needs of companies. The result? Charities are more frustrated than ever. People know people. But orgs know data.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 25, 2007

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Track Analytics Google Chart 61

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

Outlining these details now will help keep your whole team on track as you get to work. Developing a detailed TCO (total cost of ownership) chart will help ensure your team understands both the short- and long-term costs of any new tools or tech changes. Why are you updating your tech strategy? Get as specific as possible.

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Tech Develop Strategy Guide 42

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

In Part 2 covered rating choice “Level 2” and included tips on what data to start tracking in your CRM system (or spreadsheets) to create a central repository of your activity with your major and planned gift prospect pool. I also provided instruction on setting up prospect review meetings to discuss status.

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Rate System Management Analysis 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  Where else you could you pick up conference schwag like a google analytics toothbrush with the words "brush, rinse, and repeat" printed alongside the google logo?   Chart of an emotional visit to Starbucks.     Google Analytics is free - strategic importance and feature set. 

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Marketing Measure Metrics Hunger 50

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

No one wants to admit that they struggle to track their results, for fear of criticism and decreased support from funders and donors. Slides from Berger's talk at NYU (video archive coming soon), in which he also recommends exploring the Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox and Independent Sector's Charting Impact. Image 1 : Ken Berger.

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Social Measure Charity Library 67

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

No one wants to admit that they struggle to track their results, for fear of criticism and decreased support from funders and donors. Slides from Berger's talk at NYU (video archive coming soon), in which he also recommends exploring the Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox and Independent Sector's Charting Impact. Image 1 : Ken Berger.

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Social Measure Charity Problem 55