Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

At Association Analytics, we sometimes hear concerns about data quality in the context of associations starting their journey into analytics. Spoiler alert – we’ve never encountered an association database that wasn’t in good enough shape to start performing analytics. You can even start with data analytics.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

While data analytics might be communicated as a high priority, the surveyed association professionals report their confidence in the state of their member data remains weak. Having well-governed analytics also helps elevate companywide strategy and maximize ROI. How can your organization reverse this concerning trend?

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Without that, the SOA can misrepresent the financial health of the organization and lead to future funding issues. As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In October 2022, Google announced they would replace their Universal Analytics (UA) with their next-generation measurement solution Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , on July 1st, 2023. One of the more significant issues that went untalked about was the transfer of data—or lack thereof—from UA to the new GA4.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Note from Beth: “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” is getting a lot of good feedback as people read and apply the ideas in the book. Analytics tools like the ones described below are good for measuring actions and engagement. Then check out Simply Measured. Want to know what makes your online audience tick?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, when surveyed, 97% of nonprofit professionals expressed an interest in learning how to use their data more effectively, and only 5% reported using data in every decision they make. Incomplete patient profiles: Partial or limited patient data can cause substantial issues with patient diagnoses, treatment, and ongoing care.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

“As workplaces around the world face the challenges of an increasingly remote workforce perhaps forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic, it has never been more important to measure and expand wellbeing in organizations,” explain the book authors Jim Clifton and Jim Harter. This translates into big differences in productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. It means we have to be nimble and responsive.”. Source: grist.org.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Measure and track your success. How to measure the success of your nonprofit branding strategy There are several ways to measure the success of your nonprofit branding strategy. Also, if your website traffic has significantly increased, but your donations have not, there may be some issues with your digital donation funnel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

USA for UNHCR created the Blue Key campaign as a way to drive awareness of this global issue in the US. Finally, via campaign URLs in Google Analytics, we saw that Twitter was the main driver of traffic (for May 9 – June 20). Describe the Google Analytics Charts – specifically the diagram where you have annotations. Orange line?

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Nimble AMS

MAY 27, 2022

Research from the Community Brands Association Trends Study , also discovered less than 5% of professionals use AI, predictive analytics, or machine learning in their organization. . Look at customer support issues to dig deeper into current technology pain points. Also, consider who will oversee the change management process.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Now the security issue. The report isn’t about security, it’s a very, very broad comparison of the systems, with security as a very small component. If it had been, we would have done a lot more work on how to measure security.

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Drupal Comment Report Open Source 150

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector. As Cheryl emphasized: It is up to us, as leaders in the social sector, to take action and use this tool to drive meaningful change.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2016

Leaders work with those specialists to measure how well the mission is being accomplished. In the recent Nonprofit Sector Leadership Report , leaders admitted that most of this isn’t happening at their nonprofits. Even one in five of the largest nonprofits—those with over $5 million in revenue—reported not having a strategic plan.

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Media Cause

MARCH 29, 2023

It is the first step to creating an implementation plan that will have measurable results for months and years to come. The purpose of the audit is to identify issues and roadblocks affecting organic search performance and to create a holistic strategy moving forward. You might be feeling overwhelmed but also eager to get to work.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Over the last few years, many companies have made bold claims on plans to address global issues like climate change; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); and community impact. ESG is compliance driven, with reporting that focuses on how companies are doing less harm. However, few actually live up to their commitments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. What are the right tools to help measure success? Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” I often hear nonprofits say, “We don’t have those skills within our organization so we don’t do measurement.”

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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. Now the security issue. That’s just the context.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. Strengthen your financial reporting efforts. Effective impact measurement and reporting: Nonprofits rely on data warehouses to track and measure their impact over time.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Just like many of the nonprofits and other loyal readers of Beth’s Blog , we at Social Media for Nonprofits are excited about the recent release of Beth Kanter’s new book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data for Social Change. Then check out Simply Measured. Want to know what makes your online audience tick?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

I have been knee deep researching and thinking about Web Analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular for a third screencast in a series I'm doing for NTEN. The research has been going slowly -- partly because web analytics is a very complex and geeky topic. Analytics This! Zen and the Art of Web Analytics.

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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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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Compliant reporting. Automate your reporting to save your organization time and energy. 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? Bank synchronization.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

The third main responsibility of a social media manager is community management–answering questions, DMs, comments, maybe creating policies if you work in a controversial or polarizing issue and need to make sure your community is safe. I didn’t know that until I had to research it, manage it, measure it. Summarize it!

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Forum One

JUNE 10, 2021

Most nonprofits have access to at least one web analytics platform, like Google Analytics or Adobe Analytics. Additionally, you may have reports from social media channels, like Facebook and Twitter, and maybe a third-party fundraising system, like Blackbaud or Classy. Measure each cohort’s giving behavior.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic Web Analytics Consulting: The X Change Non-Profit Analytics Challenge – "The Non-Profit Analytics Challenge is a rare opportunity for the brightest analysts in the digital measurement field to collaborate & assist non-profit organizations to optimize their websites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. While I was working “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with KD Paine several people said I had to read Mario Morino’s Leap of Reason which is about how nonprofits can manage to outcomes.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000. Support: There’s no one readily available to help answer your questions or fix something if you have an issue with the program.

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AccelEvents

JULY 13, 2020

But the event type aside, the event platform should offer the following key benefits: Attendee Management & Analytics. It also involves the measurement of attendee engagement. This page is responsive, provides analytics, and is SEO managed. . Reporting/analytics. Pricing: Not provided by the vendor. Live chat.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

You’ll discuss measurable objectives for the team to reach and draft the priorities for each of these objectives. Issues-Based Strategic Planning Model An issues-based strategic planning model can be used when your organization’s internal operations are in more turbulent conditions.

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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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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

60) Search « Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team | Main | Year-End Fundraising » Tuesday Jan 06 2009 Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:43PM | by James OMalley In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to correctly install your Google Analytics.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

The system should have anti-fraud measures in place and be PCI-compliant. Customized donor reports. Generate customized reports based on your nonprofit’s current donor engagement priorities. Save your most-used reports as templates to reuse in future data analysis. Can the software scale up as our organization grows?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The platform features tools like click-to-call advocacy, email message delivery, and social advocacy , empowering nonprofit supporters to take action on issues they care about. #5. Pull detailed, customizable reports. Custom reports offer a real-time picture of your supporters across all channels. Get support when you need it.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 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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