Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community. However, managing grants efficiently and effectively can often be a daunting task, requiring meticulous attention to detail, rigorous compliance measures, and streamlined processes.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 3, 2021

The events of 2020 changed how we view and do a lot of things — including workplace giving. While there were several catalysts for change throughout 2020, from wildfires to the U.S. Below, we explain how Philanthropy Cloud customers changed their approach to address the increasing need following these two crises.

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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. The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” ” Here’s a quick review of both books. That’s the OMTM.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This is why it’s so important to keep a sponsor’s attention, even after your silent auction , run/walk/ride, or other event concludes. In this article, we’ll cover the top strategies to retain your nonprofit’s corporate partner and earn much-needed support for your organization year-round. They’ll be sure to return the favor!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

What social media analytics should we pay attention to? And the nuts and bolts questions like, “Given all the Facebook changes , what do I need to understand about the new Facebook metrics and the Insights analytics program?” 3) Applause Rate: I think arts organizations might like this metric!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A big part of this is understanding and leveraging data to inform any changes they make to the donor experience. However, most board members aren’t familiar with various fundraising metrics and won’t be able to draw effective conclusions when they’re presented with data without an explanation of what the data shows. .

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

The email open rate for nonprofits is roughly 25%, according to many companies that track these metrics. A Regular Newsletter While nothing beats a print donor newsletter for retention and revenue, enewsletters play an important role in engagement. But how do you make yours engaging?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Forum One collaborated with the NYU Langone School of Public Health to create the Congressional District Health Dashboard, providing data on 36 metrics for all 435 U.S. This project received national media attention and was built using a headless architecture with a Contentful back-end, React front-end, and interactive maps with Carto.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

It makes sense to pay attention to the numbers that can help demonstrate the impact that we're having, but we also need to make sure that we're reporting the right kind of data. Amy Sample Ward. We have a lot of data coming at us from a lot of sources. Data Leadership'

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

“The philanthropic sector recognizes the need to strengthen American democracy and is beginning to see that progress on every other issue, from education and healthcare to criminal justice reform and climate change, is dependent on the public’s understanding of the facts.” It’s a call to action for philanthropy to step up.”

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

When it comes to acquisition, we all know that metrics matter. However, most nonprofits don’t know which metrics to look at —or what to do with that information once they have it. . This is especially true if you aren’t sure which numbers or metrics you should review. I recommend looking at three key metrics. .

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While video views are nice, we measure our success by engagement—using likes, comments, saves, or shares as our metrics. But they also bring attention to our entire social platform’s content. Tips for nonprofit short-form video creation The way we make videos has changed so much over the last year.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

Since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and began her momentous campaign of organization-changing donations, MacKenzie Scott has given away more than $17.3 In addition to the media attention surrounding MacKenzie Scott’s remarkable giving , there are other movements that also highlight the importance of unrestricted funds.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

that thing Apple is doing to email that’s going to change everything.” We saw some of the impacts of these changes in this year’s Benchmarks. Well, first of all, the definition changed. To add to the confusion, different email tools are handling this change in different ways. Read time: 8 minutes. Apple MPP, a.k.a.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. Making the most of metrics means helping your organization’s leadership understand and apply the data purposefully. Where should we focus our attention? Where should we focus our attention?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. You change more lives. You may feel compelled NOT to self-audit them out of fear you will find too many things you want to change or that aren’t working.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

That core consists of working through and with other people to create value while using financial concepts and metrics to maximize the value created for all company stakeholders. Call attention to and recognize cooperative behavior. Either the state-of-the-art changes too quickly for a book or an MBA program to keep up with.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Before you commit to a complete overhaul of your nonprofit’s branding , make sure you understand what a rebrand entails: Your audience’s perception of your nonprofit will change. Your audience’s perception of your nonprofit will change. Focus your efforts on changing aspects of your brand that your supporters find less appealing.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

QR codes can give you a leg up in this respect—instead of relying on providing links to your fundraising event landing pages, you can use QR codes to draw attention to your events. By examining specific performance indicators and essential data metrics, you can evaluate your marketing strategy and make adjustments to create a bigger impact.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 15, 2023

Marketing funnels help to give context and relative value to metrics that build on each other to work toward achieving a goal. Sending retention emails is a great tactic to help with improving metrics and cleaning out your list.

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Media Cause

MAY 20, 2021

And if I need to understand it I will probably speak up and ask if the colors can be changed to something easier for me to distinguish (bold colors that contrast against each other well). Paying attention to contrast ratios is one of the easiest ways we can adapt our websites to be more accessible for color blind people.

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Qgiv

MARCH 14, 2023

Donor Retention Donor retention as a metric has gained traction since 2001 when Adrian Sargeant published the first academic research on the financial impact of increased donor retention. If your online giving platform or wealth screening tool doesn’t bring data into your CRM, and I don’t mean imports, it’s time to change that.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

To better analyze your campaigns, you’ll need to understand a few fundamental metrics, including ROI, cost per dollar raised (CPDR), and cost per acquisition (CPA). Metrics like these measure your digital marketing campaigns in different ways, but they all seek to answer the same question: “Are your campaigns raising or losing money?”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

His work still inspires us and helps bring the Paradox System to life: Assumptions – change the question. Changing the question invites us to think more creatively about possible answers. Changing the question invites us to think more creatively about possible answers. Boundaries - separate and connect. Dynamics – stay flexible.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Also, make sure to follow writing best practices by keeping your paragraphs short and using bolded text strategically to draw attention. As you conduct these tests, make sure to only change one element of your appeal at a time to understand which changes had the biggest impact. Round up metrics such as your: Fundraising total.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Understanding how the metrics below relate to your nonprofit will help you discern which demographics to target during your next donation campaign. Pay attention to these statistics when evaluating who your loyal donors are. Previous giving to your nonprofits. This can be broken down into 3 sections.

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TechImpact

MARCH 13, 2014

Understanding how the metrics below relate to your nonprofit will help you discern which demographics to target during your next donation campaign. Pay attention to these statistics when evaluating who your loyal donors are. Previous giving to your nonprofits. This can be broken down into 3 sections.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

AI can completely change how nonprofits engage donors and prepare for fundraising appeals. The most user-friendly AI tools will provide these insights in the form of predictive scores and rank metrics. But this doesn’t mean nonprofits need to waste time, money, and attention on outdated backend processes. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

His work still inspires us and helps bring the Paradox System to life: Assumptions – change the question. Changing the question invites us to think more creatively about possible answers. Changing the question invites us to think more creatively about possible answers. Boundaries - separate and connect. Dynamics – stay flexible.

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

This helps ensure that the organization can run more efficiently and devote attention to areas that need it the most. Highlight personal stories, achievements, and the concrete changes that supporters help bring about. Email Marketing Strategy for Nonprofits: Understanding Automated Email Marketing Why Automated Email Marketing?

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. There are four primary types of data analytics: Descriptive Analytics: This describes what has happened over a specific time period, helping nonprofits see which changes have occurred and compare performance across time periods. Definition of Data Analytics for Nonprofits.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Some of these factors are environmental and out of your control: the economy, politics, changes in leadership, and pandemics. They are looking for a trustworthy, reliable, and attentive leader. Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Several of groups serves as testers of the various ideas in my forthcoming book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , with co-author KD Paine. While it was a little like changing a flat tire on a moving car to test frameworks while writing the book, it was a rich learning experience.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By translating these lessons into the nonprofit context, we can gain valuable insights into crafting campaigns that inspire participation rather than simply grab attention. Don’t change just for novelty’s sake. Illustrate the concrete change created by donor support. Don’t rely too much on gimmicks or guilt.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One way to better connect businesses with your cause is to focus on one aspect of your work to call attention to. There are many metrics you can use to qualify how successful your campaign is. But don’t rely on a singular metric! Use multiple metrics to measure how successful your campaign was in meeting your different goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2014

I did take along a few books, including Ariana Huffington’s Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder. The book is about how to reframe success away from money and power to a third metric. Above all, it is a great escape from your never ending to do list.

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