Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Have you downloaded the 2014 Luminate Online Benchmark Report yet? It’s full of online engagement nuggets worth chewing on as you evaluate this year’s performance and plan for the future. Throwing back to the 2013 Benchmark Study , we witnessed an explosion of growth of sustainer giving – a 27% increase over the previous year.

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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. . . — Kevin Shulman for the Agitator-DonorVoice.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Because of this, ongoing evaluation is crucial. Your job description should provide adequate information, communicate requirements, set expectations, benchmark success, and answer common questions. Provide details on on-going evaluation of performance. It is also important to note that volunteer expectations change.

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Volunteer Management Kansas Canada 76

Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. These types of reports may include benchmarking data, but that data will be much more specific than reports that explore broad trends.

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Hype Research Marketing Benchmark 52

Forum One

JANUARY 20, 2022

We dove into a number of industry benchmark reports to compile the following indicators that nonprofits should consider when planning for the year ahead. Not all points may apply to you, so we recommend that you to focus your evaluation on categories and elements that are most critical to your overall mission.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2023

We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. Join us to hear about: The current state of SEO and organic social media and the reality that what you post is likely not being seen by as many of your followers as you may think.

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Denver Colorado Social Media Info 58

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Historical support shows that charitable response is swift in response to natural disasters, financial crises such as the Great Recession of 2008 – 2009 and the pandemic, as seen below: Revenue Trend: Human Services Benchmark. Source: One & All human services clients; excludes gifts of $10,000+. Follow the Leaders.

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Strategy Marketing Giving Ukraine 52

sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2021

When evaluating and improving on belonging experiences, look beyond this period of uncertainty and seeing how it can be enhanced across any situation. Revamping belonging and employee wellness programs should begin with evaluating the current temperature in the workplace. You cannot manage what you cannot measure.

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Tips Companies Evaluation Benchmark 63

Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Through an internal compensation review, as well an external one to benchmark against market rates, we are actively evaluating our current salary structures to ensure that they are equitable across the organization. We’ll evaluate practices and processes to see what’s working and what needs to be improved or done differently.

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Survey Evaluation Accessibility Practice 58

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

We've been sharing the results of our annual research on nonprofit investments in technology staffing and budgets in multiple ways this year: with the full report , an infographic with the key benchmarks , a webinar – and we also introduced a dynamic benchmarking tool this month. Well, if you thought we'd stop there, think again!

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Benchmark ROI NTEN Evaluation 94

AFP Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

CharityVillage Research: Benchmark Study Shows Online’s Strength : "Web-based fundraising is coming of age. That’s the conclusion of the 2011 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study, which evaluated the results of nearly 600 nonprofit organizations that use Convio's software.

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Benchmark Studies Research Convio 24

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Evaluate your volunteer program. However, if your goal is SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—you’ll have a clear benchmark to work toward and measure progress. These goals are specific and have a clear timeline for completion, giving the nonprofit team a clear and attainable benchmark to strive for.

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Volunteer Program Roles Training 91

Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2010

We publish these reports annually and they are powerful tools to help you evaluate how your nonprofit stacks up against other, similar organizations. Then, use the benchmarking report to identify some areas where you may be able to improve. Author: Lacey Kruger. Watch an interview with Vinay about the report here.

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Benchmark Fundraising Data Stats 30

Care2

MARCH 25, 2009

Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies. In that spirit, Convio released their comprehensive online marketing study today that looked at close to 600 nonprofit organizations’ online marketing results and compiled benchmarks for evaluating fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online.

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Benchmark Convio Studies Marketing 31

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Meaningful tools to evaluate effectiveness are largely absent (Liket and Maas, 2015). This means an increased demand for more and better evaluation (Renz and Murray, 2010) is needed. Nonprofit organizations should identify evaluation methods to assess their programs and organization effectiveness on an ongoing basis.

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Practice Effective Impact Evaluation 40

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It can sit on top of any CRM solution, Blackbaud or otherwise, and is focused on helping your team identify, set, and monitor goals and benchmark performance against internal and industry peers. Peer Benchmarking. 79% of major gift data is never entered into the CRM. 71% of officers say that too much time is spent on data entry.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

We were once asked to evaluate new technology options for a client. But we explained that we can’t evaluate tech options like a new CRM without first knowing what they needed to accomplish with the technology. DEBBIE: From our experience, industry benchmarking can be tricky.

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Data Management Rate Benchmark 133

Forum One

MAY 11, 2021

To help you navigate the decision-making process when choosing the right Martech Stack, let’s take a look at five tips and considerations to take into account along the way, as well as five foundational tools to evaluate. 5 tips when considering the right MarTech stack. Integration is just as important (if not more) as functionality.

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Tools Tips Integration Evaluation 53

sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

That survey established a critical baseline that we can use to benchmark our progress in the future. These metrics, that include D&I data, help investors evaluate companies based upon criteria broader than just mere numbers. In years to come, we will be able to compare our progress from the last survey, back to this first one.

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Government Social Blackbaud Companies 97

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The 2019 M+R Benchmarks Report observed that for certain nonprofit sectors the impact has been “dramatic,” and for health nonprofits, in particular, it appeared “nothing short of transformative.”. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I’ve also used this as benchmark for my training and peer learning projects so one could quantify transformation. EDT, with RWJF staff Debra Joy Perez (@djoyperez), assistant vice president, Research and Evaluation, and Tina Kauh (@tinakauh), program officer, Research and Evaluation and moderated by Kami Huyse from Zoetica.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2015

This year we’ll be producing the third edition of the annual report — Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends ! We’re Partnering with The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) Again! And we need your help— Will you take the short survey?

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Benchmark Survey Content Marketing 20

sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

Approximately 51% of companies evaluated have a global giving and/or volunteering element to their program. This year’s report shows the percentage of disaster relief funds that supported COVID-19, Social Justice and Other campaigns (earthquake, wildfire, etc.). When: August 11 @ 10 AM EST.

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Disaster Social North America Companies 95

NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

That means we want to ensure that community members have opportunities to provide feedback, suggestions, and advice in planning, execution, and evaluation of our programs and services. real world examples, and establish benchmarks for evaluation.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 18, 2020

In order to see a meaningful shift, we need to evaluate our current processes and be open to changing the way our teams are currently filling roles. . By focusing on creating an inclusive culture rather than achieving diversity benchmarks, you are able to set your organization up for a steady flow of more diverse, interested candidates. .

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Culture Roles Nonprofit Job 85

Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

But how can foundations properly evaluate nonprofit’s social media usage, if the majority of foundations aren’t using social media themselves or don’t have a formal social media strategy? Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Social Networking Technology Trends Web 2.0'

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Social Media Foundation Media Social 77

Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2021

When evaluating and improving on belonging experiences, look beyond this period of uncertainty and seeing how it can be enhanced across any situation. Revamping belonging and employee wellness programs should begin with evaluating the current temperature in the workplace. You cannot manage what you cannot measure.

Tips 36

Tips Companies Evaluation Benchmark 36

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The Vera Institute (2015) offers this definition of social impact bonds: “In a social impact bond, private investors fund an intervention through an intermediary organization—and the government repays the funder only if the program achieves certain goals, which are specified at the outset of the initiative and assessed by an independent evaluator.”.

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Program Management South Africa Evaluation 58

Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

While some objectives may require multiple years to achieve, it is important to set benchmarks and plan to achieve as many of your objectives as possible. It’s also important to evaluate your past missteps to see what you can do to improve your fundraising. How you achieve those objectives is through effective fundraising.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. Fundraiser Performance Management includes predictive models, peer benchmarks, and year-round consulting to improve fundraising results. Measure the most important goals that lead to results.

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Develop Management Gift Proposal 77

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 70

CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

This can make or break your event so while you’re evaluating your options, definitely consider the ease of use for your staff and participants. For the Jane-A-Thon, Invest in Kids had benchmark prizes for fundraisers who hit their minimum fundraising goal. Best Practice #1: Have A Peer-To-Peer Platform.

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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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Convio Benchmark Studies Social Media 31

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you have had issues fundraising in the past, consider evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of your previous efforts.By Step #2: Set Your Fundraising Goal(s) Benchmark your success by setting goals for your major gifts program. Do you have enough resources to fund a program? Starting a capital campaign or annual fund program?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

They point out that if you calculate your ROI for an annual fundraising program the same way every year, you will have an effective comparative way to evaluate its effectiveness. Dataro has written a clear and effective post on calculating ROI for fundraising campaigns. Capital Campaigns and ROI.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

If you aren't using real-world benchmarks in your grant applications, your organization will have a more difficult time positioning itself among other similar organizations. I'd like to suggest Innovation Network's State of Evaluation Project and the Urban Institute's Nonprofit Sector in Brief as excellent sources.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

Nearly 1,000 nonprofit professionals filled out the latest annual survey conducted by NTEN and The NonProfit Times at the end of 2011, providing us with another year of benchmarks and data concerning: salaries, outsourcing, organizational structure, and other aspects of Nonprofit Technology practices.

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