Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Start with benchmark data. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. These are some places to begin: M+R Benchmarks ; Fundraising Effectiveness Project Reports ; Fundraising Report Card Benchmarks. . Track your own data. Above that average?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Working on our 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we noticed something interesting when looking at year-over-year data by sector: The share of online revenue from monthly giving for International groups seemed to decline from 2009 to 2010. For this Benchmarks Extra , we separated the data for one-time giving and monthly giving.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

If you’re like most peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) staff, you’re drowning in data. You ascertain averages, browse benchmarks , and create charts. We’re very serious about our data in P2P! First, let’s take a look at how we’ve been using data in P2P and the direction we’re heading. We can’t do what they do!”

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

The data says we should move on. Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause. The celebrity involvement was part of the branding, not part of the winning solution.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Why does data matter to nonprofit organizations and what data matters? These questions and more were answered in a recent Twitter conversation on data and analytics. Collecting and analyzing data can seem like a time consuming and daunting task that takes away from an organization’s day-to-day work fulfilling its mission.

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Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Next, simply choose what the chart should look like, how it should be labeled, and save. Let’s say you wanted to do more with your reporting – not necessarily in terms of greater capability, but perhaps more data sources.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Now let’s look at Excel , which a lot of nonprofits initially use to track their data. Although it may seem like this is an easier way to manage data, it comes at the cost of the following drawbacks: Security: What happens if your computer is stolen and someone gains access to all of that donor data?

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. Includes data from Blackbaud , American Red Cross , MobileMarketer.com , and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

" 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report – "Five years into the research, it is clear that direct mail giving is still the overwhelming majority of fundraising revenue, and organizations must find ways to optimize multichannel giving versus hyper-focusing on internet giving alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

There are so social media analytic tools to measure social media and other emerging technologies, that we’ve created a new genre of Shiny Objective Syndrome — Data Puking disorder. Surveys can help get data to form a baseline, benchmark, or inform strategy.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. Once we get access to a client’s Google Analytics data, we first establish a timeframe for reporting. To understand how visitors interact with the site. Methodology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

In other organizations, those that are lucky enough to have M&E staff, there is a disconnect between measurement practices for programs and communications. It is important to think of measurement integrated into everything the organization does – I’ve called it being data-informed. Click to See Larger Version.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Delight: Check out these charts and graphs! Elearning space defines it as: “Use of intelligent data, learner-produced data, and analysis models to discover information and social connections, and to predict and advise on learning.” Denial: You can’t measure social media! Learning Analytics. I tested each one.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Well, that's an awful lot of pages of data and words, and you want some quick-fix guidelines and benchmarks. Let's look at how to get the most valuable and applicable data from the State of Grantseeking reports in the least amount of time. What Data Should I Use? So Now What? Next Steps for Grantseekers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Step 4: Define your benchmarks. Step 6: Select your data collection tool(s). Step 7: Analyze your data, turn it into action, measure again. ” KPIs are simply data points for charting progress towards results. ” KPIs are simply data points for charting progress towards results.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Invest in data analytics : Leverage data analytics to better understand donor patterns and preferences. Use this information to optimize your fundraising efforts and make data-driven decisions. It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly.

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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) I hope the data is useful to everyone.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Benchmarks let us know how we perform compared to our event fundraising peers. Metrics and benchmarks can be our guides to whether your efforts at creating a great experience for participants are paying off. Just getting started using metrics and benchmarks to improve performance? Cultivate teams and team captains.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

Blackbaud’s just-released Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits found nonprofit website traffic was down 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. It should be noted, like other benchmark reports, nonprofits within the study vary from year-to-year.). Benchmarks are helpful, but your data is what matters most.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. Gift range chart : Utilizing a gift range chart is a great way to created focused, goal-oriented campaigns. Toolkit utilizing the findings in Giving USA.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

I’m not comparing myself to the great philosophers of the 17 th & 18 th centuries, but I do think it’s time to reform our industry, challenge our fundraising best practices which are- ideas grounded in tradition and advance knowledge with data. As always, I’m obsessed with data. Seriously… we’re not. Do you see what I see?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. If you have a large team/organization, you could ask this on a survey and share back the data.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Earlier this summer I posted on top tips for measuring ROI and getting strategic with data , touching on the idea and importance of actionable data, or rather, data that helps draw meaningful conclusions and future actions to optimize programs. Allot the right tools to help collect the data and make the process simple.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Data and Knowledge Centers. Within his role, he crafts raw data into insights, practices, and a shared narrative for the field . Chief Data Officer. Ami McReynolds. Chief Equity and Programs Officer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

The chart above is a small example of how GRIST tracked its results on a campaign against staff investment. They want to gather benchmarks for social media use of all partners and do interviews to learn about best practices for integrated campaigns.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2018

During this stage, your team will: Assess data integrity. Can you raise your fundraising benchmark? With this goal in mind, you can set your gift range chart. Over the course of your capital campaign, you’ll follow your gift range chart as you make fundraising progress and update it as you receive gifts.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

Access to data and information will validate our strategies , show us when and where we’re wrong, and help us benchmark our performance. It’s about understanding the full picture of where we are and where we want to be, and charting our progress along the way.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

To whet your appetite for the full report, here's a great peek at the charts regarding Facebook page churn: You need to think about quality of your Facebook posts to make sure you're not driving folks away – just like you already think about tone, topic, and frequency with your email messaging to avoid unsubscribes!

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. And there really hasn't been a lot of data. Well, this report has some pretty telling data. Secondly, four years is not a lot of data. The report has a small subset of organizational data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking. Investment. Test and tweak.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2013

That’s why I turn to data. As a former fundraiser, I’m intrigued by the responses (see chart to the right). Wow, data… you constantly amaze me. Here’s the first question, because I perceive the situation to be one way is that the truth? Is that how people feel? Is my perception the reality? I don’t know.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

As we continue to ramp up for the spring event season, I want to bring a strategic data point to your attention for thought and consideration. These key points were recently shared in the Peer-to-Peer Benchmark Study released earlier this year. Some data points are showing us that this is not always the case.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Include benchmarks and initiatives that remind your members why they joined your association and why they stay. Use infographics and charts to engage readers and highlight your most important information. Consider including goals that address the following: Your mission or brand. A call to action.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Your food bank needs accounting software that can help you manage a variety of funding sources while also helping you make strategic, data-driven decisions based on inventory and forecasted community demand. Having this up-to-date balance can help your organization make better data-driven decisions. It’s several.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2014

Alexandra gave an overview of the methodology offered by her company, Vision Critical , and some insights they have learned from combining a survey data from large sample with appending actual social media usage. If they incorporate survey data it is often based on self-reported use of social media.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

While there is no industry standard for what qualifies as a major gift—a global organization might target $1 million, whereas a startup nonprofit might shoot for $500—the 2020 Major Gift Benchmark Study reported the median level for a major gift at $5,000-$9,999. But more than a quarter of nonprofits define a major gift as starting at $1,000.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

So, most nonprofit fundraising plans aren’t supported by data, but rather stem from inertia and intuition. Although the topic of fundraising metrics isn’t very sexy, the payoff from a data-based fundraising plan will be. 10 Key Data Points. To start, you will need to compile the following data points. Map Metrics.

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