sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Retaining top performers is likely a measure of your effectiveness and success in your role. So, rather than honing in on just a few individual practices as part of a limited-scope retention strategy, it’s ultimately more helpful to look at your organization’s broader talent strategy and how it is or isn’t helping to drive retention.

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Retention Management Tips Nonprofit 89

.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. Point a Compass to the Future Regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path. I’ll get on my Association 4.0 An annual survey is a good start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Europe and Latin America. Report Out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

Measure 104

Measure Aggregator Platform Consultant 104

Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help busy fundraisers reduce time spent on administrative tasks, brainstorm new fundraising ideas, help with appeal writing, and more! This automated security measure has resulted in a 97% drop in card testing on Qgiv forms. Qgiv has also joined the Fundraising.AI

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Fundraising Press Test Industry 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. Picking A Social Media Measurement Pilot.

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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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Benchmark Network Learning API 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. This blog post shares some insights about those two somewhat disconnected ideas.

Social Media 96

Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

Media Cause

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Benchmarking, forecasting, and determining how your organization fares with its supporters is difficult when there is a data gap. Discover how marketing continuity in these areas can help your nonprofit stay afloat during a societal shift, crisis, or financial downturn and stand out among the crowd. They are behind the curve.

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Benefit Marketing Change Time 64

Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

A national panel of judges was engaged in reviewing all entries based on creativity, quality, message effectiveness, consumer appeal, graphic design, and overall impact. Compass is an app designed to support parents in their journey from pregnancy through postpartum by providing answers, resources, and compassion at every step.

Award 72

Award Colorado Washington Wisconsin 72

CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2022

Learn more about how CauseVox can help you run a winning peer to peer fundraiser. Ability to set default content, design pages, and clone campaigns. One best practice when designing your giving page is to showcase the impact of each donation amount. Flexible metric counting for donations, activity, and impact. Recruit and Coach.

Fundraising 74

Fundraising Benchmark Campaign Raise 74

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned.

Participatory 88

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 88

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. And while I’m usually able to offer some general guidance, nonprofit website design best practices have never been my area of expertise. What are the most important website metrics to measure?

Design 35

Design Websites Practice Philadelphia 35

sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

So, in that spirit, we’re providing a round-up of short readings, resources and tools that may help you as you consider different facets of the “social” element of ESG. Our D&I efforts empower us to better serve our increasingly diverse customers and help us create teams that leverage their differences in strategic ways for our business.

Government 97

Government Social Blackbaud Companies 97

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. Often, they had to pay a consultant to help them set up their database and teach them how to use it.

Software 89

Software Free Tools Adobe 89

CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

No matter the type of event you’re planning, we’re here to help you and your donors spring into giving. For the Jane-A-Thon, Invest in Kids had benchmark prizes for fundraisers who hit their minimum fundraising goal. Each level came with designated promotions, acknowledgements, and a certain number of free registrations.

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Practice Fundraising Registration Sponsor 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I introduced several methods for using measurement for transformative results, including the Maturity of Practice Model (CWRF) and how to use it as an assessment tool, principles of being data-informed , and how to apply KD Paine’s 7 Simple Steps of Measurement. What are your measurable objectives?

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 97

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. It will help them participate in volunteer programs, sustainability initiatives, and other CSR activities.

Software 52

Software Business Guide Companies 52

Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Whether you’re looking to take an improved approach to your existing strategy or design a new plan from scratch, this guide will steer you through the process of building a fundraising strategy. Your fundraising strategy will build on your past successes and opportunities to help your organization grow year after year. Major gifts.

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Strategy Develop Fundraising Nonprofit 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

These individuals were selected to apply their unique perspectives into the judging process and help determine this year’s Social Innovation Winners. His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Helped co-found Oncology and Kids, Inc.

Award 57

Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Wall Street views it as the only legitimate means of measuring business performance. Notes and Resources.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If you’ve just migrated from Blackbaud onto Salesforce, you’ve made the right choice, and we’re here to help ease your transition. Built to integrate, natively mobile, and endlessly adaptable, Salesforce is a platform designed to transform the way you work.

Blackbaud 88

Blackbaud Report Analytics Database 88

Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

That’s why you have to develop a fundraising strategy for your nonprofit that consists of a variety of different approaches, reflects elements like campaign strategies and budget planning , and helps your organization meet its goals. Use these tips to outline a fundraising calendar that will allow your team to be efficient and helpful.

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Develop Calendar Chart Nonprofit 98

NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Poor Design. Four of the five email designs I looked at today we’re plain text – i.e. they didn’t even have basic design. The one tip I’ve got for you when it comes to email design is to make sure your outbound emails are designed to match your non-profits brand. Lacking Analytics. What am I missing?

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email Profit Registration Review 212

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

While the look and feel of a new website is often top of mind and absolutely essential in making a resounding impression, there are also a number of non-design-related strategies that you need to take into account. The purpose is not only to affect and control change but also to help staff and stakeholders adapt to these changes.

Websites 58

Websites Strategy Change Management Digital 58

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In today’s world, nonprofits rely on their technology to help bring them closer to their goals. From bringing in revenue to connecting with constituents, the right technology can save your team time and help you facilitate a better donor experience. What will this consultant help accomplish?

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Consultant Technology Phase Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Flickr Photo by Johnny Hall.

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Social Media Media Social DC 96

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” ” I know I speak fast. ” And, you know, we had to prove to people that we were the best at what we did.

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Report Measure Process Impact 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Networked nonprofits are experts at using new media (social media, mobile, and other emerging technologies) to spread their missions, design and scale programs, communicate with stakeholders, or inspire behavior change. Their impact is to make the world a better place. Often, a “Return on Investment” argument surfaces.

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Social Media Practice Media Social 101

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. That’s because donors can send in gifts as quickly as possible when they feel inspired to help. Review the following pros and cons to help decide. Plus, text messaging subscriber list size grew by 11%.

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Mobile Guide Giving Fundraising 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

How can we set an accurate, measurable goal for a Giving Day if it is our first one? Here is a Sample Six-Month Planning Timeline to help you get started. Prize and match incentives build excitement and can be used to encourage particular actions by donors and nonprofits to help you reach your goals.

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Hosting Foundation Question Giving 94

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

These action steps are designed to correspond with the developmental stage of your fundraising program. Monitor progress: Continuously track the performance of your fundraising efforts and measure them against insights detailed in the report. Both ask supporters to text a designated keyword to contribute to a certain cause.

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 74

Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Keep reading for an overview or use the links below to skip to the topic where you need the most help. KPIs give your organization a way to measure the success of campaign-specific goals and your nonprofit’s long term goals. Neon CRM has helped many nonprofits transition from simple spreadsheets to a robust donor management system.

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Raise Strategy Help Fundraising 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

" She talked about the importance of measuring your social media efforts.   This was a great positive spin -- rather than measure to show me or prove the impact, it's measure so you can quantify it.     The reason to measure is to determine whether to continue or not.  

Social Media 50

Social Media Relationship Media Management 50

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Just 27% of online donations now result from email (according to the latest M+R Benchmark report ). Since these areas may be new to some nonprofits, here’s a round up of helpful blog posts for your end-of-year campaign. ASC has a good example of an updated pop-up design that’s not intrusive. Home Page Pop Ups.

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Channel Fundraising Benchmark Facebook 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Internet Director. Web Producer. Online Campaigner.

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