Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

Do you use analytics, surveys, testing, interviews? Having talented people in-house allows us to pivot and move quickly based on our metrics,” Melissa says. Speaking of metrics, how do you measure your nonprofit site’s performance? I’d love to hear your approaches for an upcoming article on this topic.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Your nonprofit can survey volunteers and donors, collect information, and analyze the data for patterns. Google Analytics is free and can provide your nonprofit with a lot of information about how volunteers and donors are interacting with your site. Your nonprofit can also use Google Analytics to set up conversion goals.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Test different calls-to-action and reduce friction in online giving.

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VisionLink

JUNE 19, 2012

Tech4Good Denver hosted an excellent and extremely informative group panel who shared true and tested content strategies when designing or managing your nonprofit’s website. Survey your friends and family to see how they describe all the wonderful things your nonprofit does. Here are the key takeaways from the session: 1.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Test your current site: Use online or onsite usability testing to learn what information your users look for on your website and how easy it is for them to find it. Testing Your Visual Story. Then, you can use Google Analytics to start understanding trends – how long are users spending on your website?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2018

A well-crafted donor survey delivered in a savvy way can provide the facts you need to make smarter fundraising and marketing decisions going forward. And while this article is specifically about donor surveys, many of the lessons here apply to all surveys. . Do you have concrete goals for what the survey will achieve?

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

To uncover insights on your audience, consider conducting surveys with your current supporters; analyzing your nonprofit’s email, website, and social media data ; or using free tools, like Google Trends. To test or preview your campaign, consider doing a soft launch first.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

Those who follow me on Twitter , or for whom I’ve helped implement NetCommunity websites, won’t be surprised to find me write about Google Analytics. No wonder than, I am commonly asked; “What are the top web analytics reports and tools every nonprofit should know?&#. Google Analytics Dashboard. What is it?

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Once you’ve thoroughly analyzed your past campaign analytics, you can create a GivingTuesday strategy that inspires confidence in your team. You can start testing your outreach plans. . Test run Facebook fundraising for other campaigns and create a dossier of fundraising best practices for your volunteer fundraisers.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

As such, part of the research process should include conducting a survey to understand how connected your audience feels to your nonprofit’s brand right now. This is usually completed after A/B testing confirms that a new component will improve the desired audience perception of the brand.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Where would you like to test your hypotheses against actual research? You’d then draft research questions and strategies to test whether these assumptions are true. Step 3: Design your market research survey. Once you’ve defined your research philosophy, you can begin actually designing your research survey.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

social media, surveys, conversations) to let donors know they are being heard and appreciated. Test targeted messaging prior to launching full campaigns. A 2014 digital marketing study by Adobe concluded that 54 percent of unsuccessful marketers say that “testing is not a priority.” Use small data (i.e. Data and story-telling.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

This will help you build strong, genuine supporter relationships that stand the test of time. . Send surveys to donors to measure their satisfaction, loyalty to your nonprofit, and trust in your organization. Keep an eye on your retention rate using the analytics dashboard in your donor management system.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Update your welcome series and existing emails to entice readers to click by linking to longer content, using video, quizzes, surveys, and pledges. Expand your use of email testing to better understand your engaged constituents and determine what interests your audience enough to take an action.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

A new survey from McKinsey finds responses to the Covid-19 pandemic sped business adoption of digital technologies by several years—and many of these changes will likely be here for the long haul. Survey results suggest a seven-year increase, on average, in the rate at which companies are developing digital products and services.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

" 5 Web Reports Every Nonprofit Should Know – Google Analytics | NetWitsThinkTank.com – "Those who follow me on Twitter, or for whom I’ve helped implement NetCommunity websites, won’t be surprised to find me write about Google Analytics.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

From volunteer management to advanced analytics and marketing automation, integrations make Salesforce a dynamic platform that can evolve alongside an organization’s growth and changing requirements. Building and testing: Translate the solution into programmed code, which will then be tested in a mirror or copy system.

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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. Methodology. What’s Next.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

They offer services in five main categories: planning and strategy; campaign and development management; data analytics, systems, and research; training and leadership development; and crisis management, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Graham-Pelton. Website: [link]. focuses on building collectives and community for social change.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Necessary internal tools may include a CRM, analytics tools, CMS, survey tools, finance and accounting programs, internal collaboration tools, and others. Also known as The Nation’s Report Card, NAEP has provided meaningful data to help improve education policy and practice across the country since 1969.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Create a quiz that tests the knowledge of users who are aligned with your organization’s cause. Send a survey. Ask your website audience to take a survey as an ‘expert’ on a topic and make one of the fields an email address so they can be sent the findings of the survey. Online quizzes. Online Course.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and even Instagram now report on engagement rates right within their native analytics so be sure to figure out how these numbers are represented. , Amy recommends setting metrics around the responses a post receives.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 24, 2020

Donor surveys. Instead, we’ll focus on three tried and tested ways you can get the most lift right now. . Donor Surveys . Another cost-effective way to identify qualified major and legacy donor prospects is through donor surveys. Traditionally, donor surveys have been used by nonprofits as a research device.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

You can also test the use of a pop-up box to encourage giving wherever a visitor happens to be on your website. By embracing new tools and techniques—from social media and email campaigns to analytics and optimized giving processes—you can uncover sources of new donors that may be right under your nose.

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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. Survey Your Tribe. No Donuts Required.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

blogs, videos, photos, etc… Social media platform insights can offer a lot of this information but doing an informal survey or poll can also work to learn more about your audiences. Blackbaud Altru has powerful analytic tools that can help you better understand your organization’s audiences and you can your own create patron personas.

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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. Another way to track organic page performance is to look at pages by clicks by navigating to Search Analytics in Google Search Console. Survey Visitors On Your Website.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 23, 2021

Whether or not lead retrieval is your main event marketing goal or part of a bigger marketing strategy, one which includes thought leadership or brand awareness, a hybrid event or a virtual event can create opportunities for your brand to develop more distinct brand personas, categorize your target audience, and test out email marketing campaigns.

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

They offer services in five main categories: planning and strategy; campaign and development management; data analytics, systems, and research; training and leadership development; and crisis management, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Graham-Pelton. Website: [link]. focuses on building collectives and community for social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

I first put a fitbit, a digital pedometer that tracks steps, calories burned, food intake, and other personal analytics data, on my wrist back in October. As a data nerd, I couldn’t resist the fitbit and its ability to track my every move during this glorious science experiment.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Don’t just open your Google Analytics dashboard and expect that your best insights will just pop out. It’s also important to contextualize the data from your platforms with qualitative data, A/B testing results, survey results, and audience interviews. First, set your data reporting goals. For that, we need to dig deeper.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

This versatile software helps you consolidate donor data, centralize assets, enable the creation of integrated campaigns across various channels, and provides analytics on donor engagement. What we love about OnceHub OnceHub’s comprehensive analytics provide insights into your scheduling metrics. Test and launch your event page.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 8, 2009

Much Older. - "Analytics company iStrategyLabs has examined the demographics stats from Facebook (Facebook)’s Social Ads platform, and they’ve reached some very interesting conclusions. I love posts like this because I always find at least one new tool to play with and test! " Facebook Users Are Getting Older.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Measure, Test, Refine. “I kissed a squirrel & I liked it” #ReplaceGirlWithSquirrelInASong. Or just keep your ears open.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

Analytics data as User Research : Timeframe for which to review analytics data and some specific research questions to drive data analysis. Surveys and Interviews : Which research technique to choose, how to recruit participants and what questions to ask. User Research.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 23, 2021

Whether or not lead retrieval is your main event marketing goal or part of a bigger marketing strategy, one which includes thought leadership or brand awareness, a hybrid event or a virtual event can create opportunities for your brand to develop more distinct brand personas, categorize your target audience, and test out email marketing campaigns.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Then quiz, test, and survey about any type of learning a user may encounter within the system. Analytics and Reporting. By aligning all of this functionality into one place an LMS is truly a powerful offering for any organization. All that is required is a device, a browser, sign-on credentials and a domain.

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