Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. does not get you a free pass from criticism of your methodology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. This blog post shares some insights about those two somewhat disconnected ideas. Learning Analytics.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2014

Andrew Garberson is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the Manager of Search at LunaMetrics , a Google Analytics certified partner and search marketing consultancy. In addition to leading the SEO and PPC departments, Andrew is a GAIQ certified analytics junkie with a special interest in nonprofit marketing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

You can set up the posting times by looking at your analytics to see which are the best times to reach your audience. You can try our tool for free, but there are also many other options beyond the nonprofit sector that you can try out. Your success metrics can focus on likes, comments, shares, clicks, and even conversion.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Basically, they want people to return to their page again and again, whether it’s to buy their merchandise or engage their services, read the latest blog or just comment on topic-specific trends. Incrwd’s designers have shown that the program increases page views as well as time spent on a site, social shares, comments etc.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Every dollar counts in the fundraising world, so the free marketing that social media provides can be crucial to raising awareness for your cause without breaking your budget. Other outreach methods for engaging your community can start to be costly, but outside of paid advertising, social media is free! Engagement. Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2019

This week I interviewed long-time blog reader, Alison Lowndes who I first met via my blog as a regular commenter. We reconnected, of course, through a recent blog comment. AI and ML is all about freeing up staff hours because they are spending less time on tedious, laborious tasks. . There are two sides of the design process.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

If you’re not yet familiar with Google Analytics, it’s a free tool from. Read the first post for an overview of the Dashboard or go to my profile to see all of my posts on Google Analytics. Did you know that you can make notes right on the graphs in Google Analytics? Author: Alissa Ruehl.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Liisa: Optimizing for mobile, and optimizing our analytics is super important. When France and Austria find that Google Analytics isn’t GDPR compliant–how do we respond? Complete the following form to get access to this free Forum One webinar directly in your inbox. Watch the on-demand webinar. First Name. Email Address.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2011

If you’re not yet familiar with Google Analytics, it’s a free tool from. In its default state, Google Analytics tracks all activity on your website. Well, tracking employee engagement is great too, but Google Analytics is not the tool for that!). That is difficult to block in Google Analytics.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Analytics tracking takes the guesswork out of important decisions around fund allocation, investment and marketing. Essential companion reads for this article are our Beginner’s Guide to Analytics and our Guide to Custom Analytics Dashboards for Nonprofits. See Twenti's Analytics Services. This is the big one.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

Consider all of these channels as you finalize your marketing strategy and track the analytics related to each. Maintain a regular posting schedule ahead of the event and respond to comments and questions promptly to keep your audience engaged. This way, you’ll have reliable data you can look back on for future campaigns.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

A social networking feed – so members can view and comment on relevant content. Dashboards and analytics – so you can keep an eye on member activities to better understand trending topics and what types of information members want. Download the free kit to access webinars, whitepapers, articles, and more. Get it now.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2015

As a fundraising analytics consultant, I see a variety of development program structures and fundraising strategies. Here are a few tips and recommendations on how to approach analytics projects to enhance your major giving program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Laura Quinn at Idealware has been offering Webinars and I will be joining her " Introduction to Website Analytics " on Thursday, September 27th 1:00 - 2:30 EST. You can register here. Through demos of free tools such as AWStats and Google Analytics, we'll look at what these tools can tell you about your site.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Her nerdy, entertaining videos about math evoke the power of free choice learning while poking gentle fun at the drudgery of how math is often taught in school. She was a free agent for a long time, until the beginning of 2012, when she joined the teaching staff of Khan Academy. She would be the best science center educator ever.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 10, 2021

Data and analytics. The streaming platforms described above are solely for streaming and do not integrate other features like analytics (unless it is provided through a broader service as Youtube does), event branding, and email integrations, to name a few. Marketing and event promotion. Event branding. Social media integration.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. Social platforms are included in Google Analytics traffic sources. Be aware that adding keywords in comments does not help with search.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

Data analytics for nonprofits is just as valuable … and even more crucial. To get started, let’s go over some of the types of metrics your nonprofits can track: Types of Data Analytics for Nonprofits. The sooner you set up your analytics account, the sooner you can start tracking! The Nonprofit Analytics Glossary.

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NTEN

MARCH 3, 2011

Here are 5 (FREE!) For Facebook, check out their built-in analytics for your fan page. Negative comments can often be turned into positive experiences! Listening will tell you what people are saying, and where they are saying it, so you know where to get started. tools I recommend to get started. What do you do?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2018

Sprout Social’s smart system offers marketing analytics for you to see the best times for your nonprofit’s social media interactions. Not only is it free, but it’s also a timesaver for nonprofits that do their own social media marketing. You can make comments, change due dates and upload documents for other team members to download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Take free or paid classes, courses, or webinars to learn how to fundraise. Staff the organization’s social media accounts by monitoring follower activity (shares, likes, and comments) and ping those individuals with a way to volunteer or donate (or some other call to action). Offer to help write short updates to keep donors informed.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. It's a free download at ebenchmarkstudy.com.

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Classy

JUNE 8, 2021

To make the most of live streaming, incorporate interactive elements, like responding to audience comments, to make the event feel more engaging and less like audiences are just staring at their screen. To learn more about hosting successful events on LinkedIn, explore our free resource, Events and Groups on LinkedIn: A guide for nonprofits.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 28, 2020

Best of all, accessing the program is free, so you’ve got nothing to lose! This is a great opportunity to improve your channel with free resources for exactly what you need. When creators go live on Youtube, there is a message system for viewers to send comments that can be viewed by the creator, and the rest of the audience.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 10, 2021

Data and analytics. The streaming platforms described above are solely for streaming and do not integrate other features like analytics (unless it is provided through a broader service as Youtube does), event branding, and email integrations, to name a few. Marketing and event promotion. Event branding. Social media integration.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

Enable comments. Enable channel and video comments so that supporters can engage with your nonprofit and with each other. If you’re worried about negative comments or are dealing with a politically charged issue, you can still enable videos and just use the option to delete comments, and block users who regularly cause trouble.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 31, 2019

If you find something that you think your audience would appreciate, or if it’s similar to the type of content you usually post, feel free to share it. If people have questions or comments, respond and make them feel personally recognized. Use analytics tools to monitor your engagement. Post frequency. Make them feel special!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

There is a trade off is that your friends my not want to comment if they notice people they don’t know. If you aren’t comfortable with who can see the post, don’t comment on it or like it. For example, you might comment on a photo one of your family members posts just to family. News Ticker.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2012

With some of the new features in Google Analytics , you can see more than ever what visitors to your site are doing. Feel free to share, in comments, below. a coupon to attend this webinar for free. The bigger question, sometimes, is why ? To that, Susan Finkelpearl says: "Why not just ask them?" Deadline: January 17th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

You can also invite Alums to share what they’re up to as part of your engagement strategy on social channels, either as a dedicated post or part of the conversation in the comments. Notice the engagement in the comments, with people tagging each other. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement.

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2011

Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Are you using Google Analytics for your organization's website, blog, or other online space? Our friends at NPower Northwest shared some exciting news about more free tools for nonprofits: Microsoft hopes to help your organization tell stories with free Windows Live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others. Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics. What is the quality of the conversation in the comments? Hard Data Points: You can get the most commented posts from PostRank.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Here are a few ideas for you: Keywords you use on your website or in your analytics. Backtype allows you to watch what’s being said in blog comments around the web. It’s free, web-based and simple to use. Please start asking in the comments below. 5 Free Tools for Personal Reputation Management by Dan Schawbel.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2011

Here's a step-by-step guide on how we calculated that with the help of Google Analytics. We've already written a step-by-step guide on how to use Google's URL builder , but it's pretty easy: The key is to remain consistent so you can find the data in Google Analytics. So, while I'm tempted to wail, "C'mon folks: it's free!",

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 29, 2011

It’s a free tool that allows you to post your social media account links and url and rss feeds all on one page. page, please share a link to it in the comments section for others to see and connect with you. What happens if you want to see stats on your social media accounts all in one place? Then About.me is a tool for you.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

Unlike other platforms covered here, Restream has social media features like broadcasting chats from social media into the stream, cross-platform chat, on-screen captions, and real-time comments. They also provide cross-platform analytics so organizers can get an overall view of their audience across all streams.

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