Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

I remember thinking to myself at the time, well if one networked nonprofit can do this, couldn’t a network of networked nonprofits use real-time collaborative benchmarking data sharing for learning? Number of followers has become a benchmark stat like the number of hits on our web pages used to be.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2013

Whenever I read studies or articles about "Millennial engagement" or "working with Millennials," I am slightly skeptical. How can one study determine the habits, desires, and aspirations of an entire generation (my generation!)? So when I saw that The Millennial Impact released benchmarks.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80/20 rule , states that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. When the context is nonprofit fundraising, the “cause” is the donor, and the “effect” is the funds they provide. Explore legacy and planned giving opportunities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Our partnership model is simple and innovative: in exchange for promoting the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Survey to donors and supporters of nonprofit organizations in your country from March 1 through May 31, 2020 , our partners receive the anonymized survey data for their country or cause. Benefits of Partnership.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 13, 2019

But before we get into that study, some basic understanding of Muslim beliefs are paramount. While it is difficult to know what causes Muslims around the world support, we do now know what American Muslims support. Jews, and research organizations studying their community. The Five Pillars of Islam. Click to Tweet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. 8) Embrace Cause Awareness and Giving Days.

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NetWits

APRIL 5, 2013

The much-anticipated 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark study was released last week. Nonprofits often use this study to benchmark their own online activities and fundraising ideas. One of the eye-catching findings from the study was the steep decline in the performance of fundraising emails in 2012. percent to 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

M+R Benchmarks Report. Follow, Like, Comment and Study Nonprofits on TikTok. On your smartphone, follow, like, comment, and study other nonprofit TikTok accounts ( @nptechforgood ). Crypto holders can donate to individual nonprofits or to Crypto Cause Funds ( Classy.org’s Cause Funds ). A Primer for Nonprofits.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2009

Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies. The study also showed that while year-over-year growth remains positive, the rate of growth is slowing down, which is inevitable. “On the other hand, I've been seeing that many donors are giving larger gifts but to fewer causes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Tweets can be 280 characters, but studies have shown that tweets between 71 and 100 characters perform better than longer tweets. Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

If you’ve been through a check out lane in the US in the past couple of years, you have probably been asked if you’d like to donate to some cause or other. Here, they share the findings of the study with us. America’s Checkout Charity Champions is a benchmark study conducted by Cause Marketing Forum. Amy DeVita.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. percent response rate for subscribers donating to your cause, which on an email list of over 100,000 really adds up. donating money).

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. Your data can reveal hints about donors’ giving preferences, giving capacity, willingness to give, and the reasons why they support your cause. Understand donors’ giving behaviors. Engagement level.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Donors hate feeling like cash machines.”

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2013

The 2012 eNonprofit Behnchmarks Study was just released and it''s packed with all sorts of juicy email, advocacy, and fundraising data from 55 nonprofits ranging from environmental organizations to human rights organizations. Check out the data I pulled from the report that I think it worth comparing to your own organizations benchmarks.

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Achieve

MARCH 11, 2015

We’re great for sharing information about a cause on Twitter or helping YouTube videos go viral, but, other than that, we are useless to fundraising efforts. We want to use the resources we have – our friends, our family and our social networks – to help support a cause. A generation of slacktivists? slacker + activist]. YOU DID IT!”.

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Socialbrite

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Donors are still eager to support the organizations and causes they care about, yet they expect to be engaged differently — often through digital channels. As noted in the 2021 M+R Benchmarks Study , nonprofits enjoyed a 32% bump in revenue from online sources from 2019 to 2020.

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Fundraising Statistics Paypal Retention 69

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

. —– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause. Both of them involved celebrities.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Benchmark Studies Social Media NTEN 28

Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Your job description should provide adequate information, communicate requirements, set expectations, benchmark success, and answer common questions. In fact, according to a study commissioned by H&R Block, the average person has just 4 hours and 26 minutes of free time per week. Time is of the essence. Motivation.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Segment, test and repeat.

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Benchmark Social Media Studies Advocacy 28

Everyaction

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s affected by a lot of factors, with spam filters generally being the primary cause. To illustrate the financial impact of this, we calculated the fundraising difference for a nonprofit with a list size of 100,000 using industry benchmarks for open rate, click rate, page completion rate, and average donation size.

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Metrics Spam Fundraising Rate 49

sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

Companies are addressing social justice issues: The 2021 Porter Novelli Business and Social Justice Study brings attention to the transformation of the consumer-company and employee-company relationship from the last year. This was the only group that had an increase for all metrics from the 2019 report. Join us for an upcoming webinar.

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Disaster Social North America Companies 92

Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

Generosity Xchange Nonprofit Marketing Summit Cause Camp TNPA Leadership Summit The Nonprofit Social Media Summit Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) AFP ICON Engage for Good Good Tech Fest Bridge Conference If you’re thinking to yourself “I can’t make all those conferences,” you’re probably right. How to Register: Click here to register.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Social fundraising enables nonprofits and private individuals alike to generate support for their cause utilizing tools within a social media platform to target their users. According to the 2020 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study , fundraisers who email their networks raise nearly twice as much as Facebook fundraisers.

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Platform Facebook Tips Social Media 91

sgEngage

JUNE 25, 2021

Globally, charities raised 3x more in 2020 than 2019 using Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising , powered by JustGiving® 2021’s P2P Benchmark Study. Sadly, only one in four peer-to-peer participants are typically retained year over year ( 2019 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study). Stewardship.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. As it turns out, a high unsubscribe rate correlates directly with high fundraising results.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Last week Blackbaud along with partners HJC, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research released findings from the 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving study. The study looked at the following: What are the preferred giving channels for Generation Y (18-32); Generation X (33-48); Baby Boomers (49-67); and Civics (68+) ? Embrace it!

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Generation Philanthropy Canada Benchmark 66

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

alone, over £20m was donated to good causes for Giving Tuesday, a 43% increase in giving from 2019 — that’s more than £14k every minute! This will help you measure whether or not your campaign has been a success and will give you a benchmark for the year following if it’s your first time getting involved. Last year , in the U.K.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The national spotlight on charitable giving and important causes. The cause of such a large increase in revenue without a similar increase in the number of appeals is decidedly mixed. On to the goods! . Giving Tuesday: December Edition. There are so many reasons to love Giving Tuesday. The revenue, of course.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

While difficult to link cause/effect, it will be interesting to see what the long term impact is. How important are outside social reviews of your cause and its efforts to measure and improve? In the nonprofit sector, there is no universal review mechanism to benchmark against, but Great Nonprofits is beginning to fill those shoes.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Check out the full study here.

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Benchmark Convio Social Media Online 28

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Benchmarking Major Gifts. According to a new benchmarking study sponsored by the Association of Philanthropic Counsel and funded by MarketSmart “ major gifts ” haven’t yet found their equitable place among donors or the non-profits that receive them. Target Analytics studies donors and fundraising data.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. The study also answers the biggest question on everyone's mind. Are nonprofits raising any money on social networks? Big Picture Data.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Check out the full study here.

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Benchmark Convio Social Media Advocacy 28

Givinga

APRIL 6, 2021

You should take a broad look at your company to understand its mission and values – including what causes and charities it currently supports. Which cause areas and specific charities are important to you? When you offer employees the ability to give to causes they care about, you will see higher participation.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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