.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. In fast-moving digital markets, regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path and adjust to unexpected challenges. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Start with benchmark data. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Blackbaud’s annual Online Benchmark report was released earlier this month at #bbcon and the results speak largely to a positive outlook for nonprofit fundraising. . Total online fundraising is up 8% YOY, with double digit growth in both repeat and sustained giving. Usable email file size is up 8%. But it didn’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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EveryAction

MAY 15, 2017

The state of nonprofit fundraising is undeniably digital, but aside from opens and clicks, do you really understand what's happening to your emails? EveryAction's own Email Deliverability Specialist examined email data from over 50 national nonprofits and measured them against the latest benchmarks - what he found will surprise you.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

What parts of your digital strategy are working well? This year, the need to check in is even more critical, as 2023 will usher in a whole new paradigm for a core part of digital strategy: web metrics. Those looking to have reliable, recurring reports will need to invest time in setting up custom reports in Looker Studio.

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Forum One

MAY 13, 2021

In this post, we focus on the processes and technology of migrating your government services to digital. This should include your goals, what the system needs to accomplish, other systems it will integrate with, and reporting requirements. You can’t improve what’s not being measured! Streamlining and improving your processes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Measurement Challenges.

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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.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

This year, Forum One took home three gold, two silver, two bronze, and one merit award in the website, apps, and interactive, and annual report categories. 2022 State of Babies Yearbook (Zero to Three) Bronze – Annual Report Zero to Three works to ensure all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.

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Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

Advertising can be an effective way to help grow your nonprofit’ s digital footprint, complement your current organic marketing efforts, and be an essential, part of your integrated marketing strategy. How will you measure the success of your paid advertising campaign?

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

With the digital communications landscape evolving at light speed we wanted to track challenges, leadership attitudes, measurement strategies and 2014 investment plans. More than 25% remain “daunted by the technical aspects” of managing digital communications across various platforms. Future Investment Plans.

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Media Cause

MARCH 29, 2023

It is the first step to creating an implementation plan that will have measurable results for months and years to come. An SEO audit can share benchmarks and insight into what top keywords and pages are helping drive traffic. What is an SEO Audit, and Why Is It Important for Nonprofits?

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

As digital marketing experts ourselves, we’ve seen the potential search engine marketing holds. By developing a smart Google Grants management strategy, you can reach new heights with your digital marketing. For one, digital giving is on the rise. First and foremost, find agencies that offer the exact services you need.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

The price is lower than the recently reported $800 million figure, but still a formidable investment from the enterprise software giant, which is on a seemingly never-ending acquisition spree. "The Identity Spectrum gives a understanding of the different kinds of identity that are possible in digital systems.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Because of this, it’s important to carefully measure major gifts key performance indicators (KPIs) to understand the success of your program as a whole and specific strategies individually. What are the major gift metrics that matter when measuring success? Why is it important to track fundraising benchmarks?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

At first this convenient numeral system that included simple combinations of digits and a zero (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) interested mainly mathematicians. Similarly, the results or value of efforts we make in our fundraising can accurately be measured in numbers. Start by using benchmark reports as a guide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

The book suggests that the most effective method is to have a dedicated digital team that is a spread across different departments. This model can also be translated for smaller organizations when digital responsibilities are integrated into different jobs and there is regular coordination.

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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. Reporting begins with benchmarking.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000. Top Free Fundraising Software Solutions Fundraising software solutions are tools nonprofits can use to accept online donations and report on giving trends.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Chief Digital Officer.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As with other digital fundraising strategies , technology plays a large role in determining your success. These could be supporters that have a measured history with your organization, or it could be entirely new candidates that you want to steward for the first time. Benchmarks that determine what the next steps would be.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

As with anything you’re trying to get better at if you don’t measure it you’ll never know if you’re improving. Here’s a great report by NTEN and M+R on non-profit emarketing benchmarks as well as a quick look at what the open, click through, response and unsubscribe rates look like. Lacking Analytics. What am I missing?

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Running periodic fundraising reports. This is great news for nonprofits, especially since monthly giving attributed for an extraordinary 32% growth in revenue, according to this year’s Benchmarks report from M+R. The Best Nonprofit Digital Campaigns Collection (EveryAction). Generating and maintaining prospect lists.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Just 27% of online donations now result from email (according to the latest M+R Benchmark report ). Multi-channel fundraising has evolved to include more donations driven from a nonprofit’s home page, digital advertising and social ambassadors. Digital Advertising. In 2015, nonprofits spent $0.04 per dollar raised.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. Your online fundraising platform will help keep all digital fundraising activities centralized. Mobile communication is becoming a central part of nonprofit fundraising and advocacy.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While there are many consulting firms, nonprofits seeking a partner to assist with their digital strategy, data management, software implementation, marketing, and ongoing technology maintenance should consider DNL OmniMedia. Developing a clear map for the future now can help you create tangible benchmarks to achieve long-term goals.

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Socialbrite

OCTOBER 31, 2021

I t’s no secret that we live in a digital world. So, how do you measure your video marketing efforts? According to a report from Wyzowl , 78% of marketers agree that video marketing has produced a good ROI for their organizations. Measuring your video marketing. Measuring the engagement of your videos.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2021

This digital-first fundraising post is the first in a six-part series. . For example, simply saying “we prioritize major gifts” or “we focus on donor retention” isn’t helpful without understanding specifically how you’re doing so and then tracking and measuring your results so you can improve. . Mastering relevant content marketing.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. Your fundraising strategy should address how you will connect with supporters online, including your digital marketing strategy, virtual event plans, and personalized online communications. Offers accountability. Wrapping up.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 24, 2024

Those are some of the statistics on the new report from agency M+R, with operations in Washington, D.C., The agency collected responses from fundraisers at 216 nonprofits for its Benchmarks report. About half of 225 M+R Benchmarks participants reported working with social media influencers during 2023.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Digital Wallets. Strange News. Accessibility.

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Forum One

AUGUST 20, 2008

Read More » Letter from Participation Camp: The Digital Divide Aimee McLaughlin in Influence 5 May 2010 As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasnt sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." " A key message was.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Read More » Letter from Participation Camp: The Digital Divide Aimee McLaughlin in Influence 5 May 2010 As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasnt sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." " A key message was.

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