The Fundraising Authority

MAY 8, 2021

This post will clarify any questions you might have and help you make the most of your grant! Then you’ll need to apply (you can do this by answering a few questions and uploading a few basic stats). These audiences can be highly specific. The process is straightforward and doesn’t take long to sign up.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 23, 2024

While you may be acquainted with GivingTuesday’s impressive global giving stats, don’t feel limited to run a giving day only once a year! Static Pages Static pages are the unsung heroes of your fundraising site – offering a straightforward way to share essential information and connect with your audience.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Make your blog the place where you produce original content that’s tailored to your audience. That means your audience – students and their families – spend time there. Build your audience on those platforms. You’ll even get real-time click stats! Your home base. Cornerstone. Master them first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

When we create video strategy we answer the questions like what has worked for you, what assets and resources do you have, and what stories are there to tell. Video Stats: How Video Impacts Constituent Behavior. These stats were culled from many different reports, most meant for corporate marketers. Kiosked and Brightcove ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. The four key questions are: What data to collect? The framework is called: “facts-stats-trends” : Facts : Counts, or sums, of numbers. How to collect data? Making meaning.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2010

Instead, I'd like to see us asking broader questions about process, like: How do different people arbitrate the value of a piece of art, a historical artifact, or a piece of scientific evidence? This isn't a direct "audience versus expert" comparison. There's a sexiness to the perception of divergence between expert and public opinion.

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Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

Stats like these suggest that it’s worth investing more time in your peer-to-peer fundraising program. Build targeted recruitment emails – Segment your audiences and tailor messages for each segment for greater impact. For example, create email audiences based on past participation and past team membership. Survey responses.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

But are these stats meaningful? Do these stats show your boss about how your organization is meeting its mission and making an actual impact? Last week during the Salsa Conference, I was asked this very question, why is social media data important - by Adrianne Burke, of Salsa Labs, during our panel Measuring Your Social Media.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Some of the first questions to ask in looking at hosting are: Who is your audience? This may seem a strange question, but it gets to the heart of how you set up your share functionality. Of course, the biggest player is YouTube -- for many good reasons -- but there are myriad other options for hosting. 30-year-old moms?

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Qgiv

MARCH 9, 2022

” Obviously, this is a tricky question, and there probably isn’t one best solution. To help engage the at-home audience, Solid Ground sent “Brillance Boxes,” themed boxes full of refreshments and other goodies. The official HHWeek website provides some basic stats for the U.S. They raised over $220,000. A Night Outside.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

There is no magic software that is right for everyone, but by knowing the right questions to ask will get you ahead of the game. If there is anything that your constituents hate, it is not feeling appreciated, and one of the best ways to build loyalty among your audience is by saying thank you.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

She asked the kinds of questions that made me forget I was dealing with a miniature human and listened when I spoke. Your audience supports your organization as a whole, so streamline processes to ensure your identity is represented by one unified voice. really listened. Bottom line? Keep the user experience in mind.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

So we decided to do it again: We teamed up with M+R and the organizations who participated in our 2012 eBenchmarks Study to get a closer look at how nonprofits are using Facebook Pages to engage their audiences. Have questions about the Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report? > Space is already filling up, so make sure to RSVP today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

To build an effective strategy, one needs to identify an objective that links to a communications goal or theory of change and, of course, identify the audience. Primary and Secondary Social Media Research: Once the audience is defined, it is important to fill in the gaps with primary or secondary research.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

I have filled them with all different kinds of stats, from pageviews to visits to most-printed pages. " I even used that expression at the NTC conference last April, but when it was time for Q&A, a gentleman in the back raised his hand, and asked the question "Why do you hate the dashboard report so much?"

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

” These are great questions that I had an opportunity to address at the National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO) [link] yesterday along with Colin Delany, Gloria Pan and Shireen Mitchell. How do you engage millenials who have “limited attention spans?” Communications should be Multi-Channel. Here’s why.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2014

So, we can all question why we need to dump ice on our heads for the sake of charity, but the problem isn’t the challenge. Here are the stats: From July 29 to August 12, the national office of The ALS Association received $2.3 I think the stats are validation enough of the effectiveness of this sort of fundraising.

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2011

As we talked through all the stats – how many nonprofits are on Facebook, what they're doing there, and so on – a great questions came from the crowd. Sure, the audience is associations, but it's full of lessons any nonprofit can use. What do I do with all these interactions? How can I make sense of them?"

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2011

One of the big questions I often get asked by nonprofit campaigners is “how do I know if our blog and social media are succeeding and resonating with people?&# Great question. You should be reviewing these stats at least once a month. Daniel Brigida who heads up their social media likes to use Greasemonkey script.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. For each major marketing initiative answer the following questions. Who are the target audiences? How do think your target audiences will prefer to get info for this initiative?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I like the way that Allison Fine reflected on this question last week. But be careful, I was asked a lot of questions about my blog's audience size and reach and only after looking over my stats (subscribers, page views, Twitter followers) was my app accepted. How does she feel about text to give? Trepidatious.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

No matter what type of report you may end up utilizing for your own work, it is important to ask a few assessment questions. Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) is the industry standard for donor retention stats and other related donor engagement metrics.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

By now, you're probably all too familiar with the compelling stats of why you need to start going mobile: 91 percent of American adults own some kind of cell phone and 61 percent own a smartphone ( Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project ). Does your audience use apps? Have they requested an app from you?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

There are stats built into the tool for the number of clicks and so on, but if you are measuring site traffic already it shouldn’t be new that regard. After three presentations in such a short amount of time there was going to certainly be questions. —– Have any other questions or tips you want to add?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

He reminded us that April 3rd was the 40th anniversary of the first mobile phone and today the mobile audience in the US is 89% of adults and 51% smartphones and 31% tablets. He went through the definitions of strong vs weak ties and that there is a new audience layer – people who follow you but may not have met you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

For years, I have been monitoring my mobile traffic numbers, asking myself that dreaded question – is it time to include mobile in my next site upgrade. By 2012, about 20% of my audience was reading my blog through a mobile interface, either tablet or smartphone. My colleague Amy Gahran, a mobile expert, has an analysis here.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2014

The stats and analysis give us some interesting insights into different types of fundraising events. Focusing on those most likely to fundraise, and creating a separate communication stream for them, lets us talk more about fundraising to a receptive audience … without alienating those who just want to race. Register today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

One of the questions that threaded into each conversation or presentation was, “What is important for creating a wisdom-based culture?” Soren asked a terrific question about how technology and being connected helps or gets in the way of giving. I use pen and a note book to take notes! I call it slow social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

Start with the question, “what does success look like?” 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. Report Out. board/staff meetings) and externally (i.e.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The big questions are, how can people make changes to improve the working conditions, and how can leaders help organizations run better? Last month, we talked about audience engagement. Plus like many organizations, family programs were a necessary evil for that organization, not what the museum perceived as their worthy audience.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Bloomerang was built by fundraising professionals in the industry, ensuring the software is equipped with the tools necessary to capture data and engage your audience both now and in the future. These features include donor portals where fundraisers can view their stats, such as how much they’ve raised so far and who is giving to their pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Can you tell me the objectives and target audience? These facts are alarming and hence the data visualization of these stats is alarming. Seth Godin poses the figurative question “are you willing to get arrested for your art?”)Though This infographic is part of a multi-channel campaign.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

A little while ago, we got a question from a client about Twitter. It’s a good question, and it got me thinking about the kind of content nonprofits might want to share on Twitter on a day-to-day basis, and how an organization can get the most out of microblogging. I have two words for you: balance and value. Retweet others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

Here’s a summary of the highlights of the conversation: Before I dive into the content, I had the pleasure of experimenting with a text polling app to find out the composition of the audience and their experience with the panel topic. Allyson Kapin shared some stats about the use of email on mobile devices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2007

I know this question has been asked before, but if you don't have a lot of resources to purchase subscriptions to services that give detailed audience size and monthly growth statistics and demographics, where can you find some summaries for free? I'd also like to see an age spread that is more recent than the Businessweek chart.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

As I mentioned in my previous two blog posts about the GMN 2016 annual conference , we asked conference attendees to respond to the following question: Where are you on your journey to measuring outcomes and impact? The audience gasped. He concluded by asking the audience for suggestions for additions to his list. Albert Ruesga.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people? Hashtag Stats. Some analysis questions: What points were the participants in the room tweeting? Clarifying exactly what we want to accomplish with social media and the audience.

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