Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To efficiently provide this information, nonprofits need detailed financial records and real-time data to help gauge their progress towards their financial goals on both a monthly and annual basis and meet reporting guidelines. A written list of requirements is the starting point for evaluating accounting software options.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Mastering an analytic approach to strategy and planning. Master an analytic approach to strategy and planning. That’s why you need an analytic, numbers-based perspective to strategy and planning. Start with benchmark data. Track your own data. Development is a data game. Let your supporters know specifics.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. We’ll cover: What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By: Rakesh Bharania, Director, Humanitarian Impact Data, Salesforce.org and Alex Parker, Senior Platform Architect, Salesforce.org. In recent years, the international humanitarian community has responded with a number of data protection guidance documents, such as those from USAID , ICRC , OCHA , and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

There is a fundraising software that will help your staff manage fundraising campaigns and donor data efficiently and engage and grow your donor base. Goals can include: Gain insight into donor data through reporting and data analytics. Do your due diligence by reading third party software evaluations.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The reality for many organizations, whether a smaller nonprofit, a large international advocacy organization or a government agency, is that their data lives in separate silos. Tools and channels that house data often do not make it easy to navigate. Not sure how to compare or connect data sources. Does this sound familiar?

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

No matter the strategy, the best way to optimize your donor communication processes is to leverage donor data. Your donor data should play a key role in your communication strategy, helping you create targeted content and personal experiences for recipients. You’ll be exploring: What type of donor data should you collect?

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 22, 2023

But before you can move ahead in your search, evaluation, purchase, and implementation of new AMS technology, you still need one thing: board approval. Most of your board members will look at the big picture and need to know how the AMS investment will help the entire organization. You know it. Others at your association know it.

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Forum One

JULY 18, 2023

Most nonprofits and government agencies utilize the cloud in some capacity – from website hosting to software to data storage. What reports or analyses are you running on your data? What goals do you have for data and operations that you haven’t yet achieved? What cloud services are you already using?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 22, 2024

Deliver creative and impactful solutions by evaluating the emotional impact of strategies. That data turns what was once a narrow path into a two-way street. Digital transformation provides the systems and analytics to move beyond demographics and discover behavior. How do you put emotion into data?

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2021

But before you can move ahead in your search, evaluation, purchase, and implementation of new technology, you still need one thing: board approval. . Executive – Most of your board members will look at the big picture and need to know how this investment will help the entire organization. You know it.

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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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DNL OmniMedia

JUNE 28, 2023

Nonprofit technology offers a wealth of opportunities to support your donor engagement efforts, largely thanks to the data you’re able to collect and use to drive your decision-making. When used strategically, tools can be used to enable you to keep your digital strategy both donor-centric and data-driven. Prioritize data security.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Imagine empowering a teacher with generative AI to improve question-building workflows for online assessments and open-book evaluations. We hope to help paint a fuller picture, invite hard questions, and showcase the power of what these AIs are capable of with skillful prompting.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

While they are most commonly utilized within Google Analytics ( soon to be GA4 ), you can also apply these parameters in many other marketing platforms, such as Hubspot. At the most basic level, Google Analytics tracks sources automatically through referral tagging for specific websites. How does UTM Tracking Work?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Refresh your website with recent pictures, fundraising updates, and results of your work. It’s important to record data to evaluate donor engagement and create new strategies for stewardship. For each donor, create a profile in your CRM to track data such as: Which campaigns they engage with. Social media.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At the heart of every effective Salesforce implementation lies a good data strategy. Its AI can simply help make an organization’s data more accessible, more relevant, and more actionable than ever before – all with the safeguards that make for responsible AI use. All this is just the start, however.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Consider a content audit to evaluate how well your website meets search intent. Tracking data on unique visitors, pageviews, backlinks, and more from Google Analytics is essential to creating compelling online content. Instagram integrates well with Facebook campaigns.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

The first step in creating any marketing campaign is to conduct preliminary research that investigates and explores data about your organization’s current audience and past campaigns. Analyzing your nonprofit’s data and industry trends can uncover insights about: Existing donors. Data comes in handy again at this step.

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

This comprehensive exploration of your digital systems could include evaluating security, network functions, system management, user experience, and overall performance. An evaluation of current security practices and systems can pay big dividends. But failure to use data effectively can also be dangerous.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Your nonprofit’s constituent relationship management (CRM) software contains one of your organization’s greatest assets — your data. Investing in a new CRM is a costly decision, from the migration of all of your nonprofit’s data to the training needed to familiarize your team with the new solution.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Nonprofit database software solutions serve as your nonprofit’s hub of information and documentation, allowing your nonprofit to make data-driven decisions to improve operations while staying organized. . It can help make data-driven decisions. It can help make data-driven decisions. It can help segment your audience.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In the age of post “Moneyball,” everyone is looking to leverage their data and do something uniquely beneficial for their organization, regardless of industry. When establishing a veritable competitive dynasty for your organization calculate the grand scope of what you hope to obtain from your data. Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2007

As part of some research for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN, I gave a shout out to folks asking for examples. BTW, if you are looking to learn more about how to use Google Analytics, I highly recommend the Webinar that NTEN is offering next Wednesday with Avinash Kaushik.). Thank you Laura for sharing your knowledge!

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

If a program falls in the woods, and no one’s there to hear it… You get the picture – impact is irrelevant if no one knows about it, so be sure to share updates with both stats and stories internally (i.e. If you want to go for extra credit, you can also do sector benchmarking with resources like B Analytics and CSR HUB.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

This is especially true if your year-end campaigns were strategically planned to generate and collect plenty of useful performance data ( learn more about that here ). As you look ahead to your organization’s new year of growth and engagement, tech strategy updates should definitely be a part of the picture.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

When evaluating how much effort you can realistically put into social media, you may discover that you need to scale back on how many channels you utilize. Once you’ve taken stock of all of your organizations social channels, evaluating your messaging strategy is a great next step. Mistake #8: Not Taking Advantage Of Your Data .

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2015

As the daughter of archaeologists, I find a great deal of similarity in delving into the secrets that can be revealed by studying the details of our events as reflected in our performance data. Statistical data help us understand how our programs are performing and highlight opportunities for improvement.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 18, 2024

Mistake 3: No Data Integration Across Platforms Okay, so you’re using multiple channels to reach donors and tracking data on each one. To evaluate your campaigns’ success and know where to spend your money next, it’s important that all these metrics sync in one place. In short, web analytics lets you see the whole picture.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Get your member data in shape to a void the lapse and crush your goals! . When you think about member retention, you might not think about the state of your member data. They also say the biggest challenge they have with data is joining member data from various sources together to paint a clear picture of members. .

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This evaluation isn’t just about numbers; it’s a vital step in determining your ROI , and helping you make informed decisions about repeating or refining strategies. Picture a passionate advocate valuing social impact or a digital-savvy donor who prefers online engagement.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. I advise using Google Analytics to determine the browsers and devices visitors are using to view their site, make donations, or read newsletters. Allison : Mine the data.

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The platform allows non-profit organizations to gather data and automate tasks across functions such as fundraising , program management , operations , marketing and member engagement , and more. Given its wide range of capabilities, any nonprofit team can benefit from using Salesforce for automations and data management.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 27, 2017

Leverage competitor insight to make data-backed marketing decisions. It’s called the Data Highlighter tool and it can be found in your Google Search Console. Likewise, I will use the same category in the data highlighter tool for all chapters of this guide. Evaluate Current Keyword Ranking Opportunities.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Jessica Holliday, NTEN’s Operations Director, learned a lot at the Do Good Data Conference in Chicago last week and chose to share some highlights with us. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’ve been curating infographics summarizing social media and social network studie s of American and global audiences, but one of the best resources global social media and mobile data is We Are Social. I’ve also collected infographics that summarize global data on various platforms on a pinterest board.

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