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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Benchmark Report Online Hype 39

Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift? At the 2022 Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) conference, a few fellow evaluators and I discussed the findings of the AAPIP report Seeking to Soar.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

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

Companies large and small are investing in purpose and social responsibility programs: Our report includes an analysis of employee engagement trends across companies with 0 – 100,000+ employees. Approximately 51% of companies evaluated have a global giving and/or volunteering element to their program. When: August 11 @ 10 AM EST.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

to dig deeper into what’s trending with foundations and social media. My firm Rad Campaign had an opportunity to dig into the survey data and team up with the Foundation Center to produce an infographic that reveals some interesting trends. Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Social Networking Technology Trends Web 2.0'

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Social Media Foundation Media Social 77

NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Someone interested in the latest trends? 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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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

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. Sharing peer trends and results quarterly with the whole team can also drive performance throughout the year. Measure the most important goals that lead to results.

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Develop Management Gift Proposal 79

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

According to a report by the Charity Science Foundation, statistical trends have suggested that for many organizations, the ratio may be closer to 90/10. If you have had issues fundraising in the past, consider evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of your previous efforts.By Do you have enough resources to fund a program?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

And much less than that (22%) reported that their organization had ever evaluated Return on Investment (ROI) of technology projects or programs." But here's the thing: the trends aren't actually that good." " Hey, Let’s Fix The Internet – What do you think – can we change? Change the internet?

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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. Evaluate your current fundraising strategy. If you don’t have a formal strategy, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your individual fundraising efforts and campaigns. Offers accountability. Make giving easy.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. But how do you translate commercial trends to the impact space, and how do you actually get it done in a complex organization with entrenched ways of doing business?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

identify current trends that can assist you in your 2016 and 2017 planning. 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. We want you to be able to. utilize data to build cutting-edge grant requests.

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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

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 72

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

. "The Identity Spectrum gives a understanding of the different kinds of identity that are possible in digital systems. They are not exclusive – you can mix and match. I will define the terms below and discuss mixing and matching below." What does social media success look like, anyway?"

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Web San Francisco Bookmarking Search 117

Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

From improvements in user experience, to new trends in visual design and technical performance, there are a lot of factors that are fundamental or high on your priority list. There are many things that we need to account for when planning a redesign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends. Often overwhelmed.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

From improvements in user experience to new trends in visual design and technical performance, there are a lot of factors that are fundamental or high on your priority list. There are many things to consider when planning a website redesign.

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Websites Strategy Change Management Digital 58

sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

As I compiled this year’s list of workplace trends, it became clear to me that 2024 will likely be a tumultuous year for employers and employees alike. Here are six top workplace culture and compliance trends for 2024, with some suggested actions you can take to address each of them: 1. As noted in trend #1 above, international, U.S.

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Trend Law Minnesota Captivate 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Take Breaks.

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Awareness Tips Social Media RSS 100

Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. Ideally, we’d evaluate the previous year of data to observe patterns in different giving cycles. If a client hasn’t had Analytics for a year, 3 months would be the shortest timeframe we’d want to evaluate to ensure we get a clear enough picture of trends over time.

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Analytics Design Research Process 37

Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2014

Below are the four key areas to focus on while preparing your pitch for technology investment: Know the trends. Paint the picture for your board or leadership team by analyzing your current campaign results, conducting a SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, threat analysis) and compare your organization to industry benchmarks.

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Technology Leadership Offline Demographics 44

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Emphasize benchmarking within each job description. Through behavioral and motivational evaluations like the TriMetrix report, human data reveals core aspects of personality and behavior that can indicate whether candidates may be a good fit in a specific role or organization.

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Team Data Retention Nonprofit 27

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Take Breaks.

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Social Media Media Tips Social 98

Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2023

According to the 2022 Global Trends in Giving Report , 26% of respondents indicated that email is the tool that most inspires them to give, outpacing social media (25%), website (17%), and print materials (13%). While these benchmarks are a useful place to begin evaluating your email fundraising performance, they aren’t the be-all-end-all.

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email Fundraising Benchmark Raise 52

NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 15, 2015

According to a 2013 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey by Nonprofit HR Solutions, the more senior the position, the longer it takes to find a replacement—with the majority taking more than 91 days. Benchmark the Salary of the New Position. How long will it take to find a replacement? If all of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

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Interview Roles Nonprofit Exercise 28

M+R

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now that we have had a chance to crunch the numbers, here is the entree course: the most important trends we saw in December, 2021. As with our annual Benchmarks Study , our goal here is to report on the largest dataset we can in order to provide useful averages and overall trends. Sarah DiJulio is a Partner at M+R.

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Fundraising Gift Analysis Channel 105

Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

This interactive session will explore how to evaluate when your organization has a people problem, not a technology problem, and what to do about it. Shiny Objects and Magic Wands: Avoiding the Seduction of Quick Fixes and Easy Answers : The greatest technology in the world can’t save an organization from bad decisions.

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

Here are a few strategies that can help: Reflect on past performance: Use data from previous fundraising campaigns, such as Giving Tuesday, to establish benchmarks and inform your goals for the giving day. Identify trends and patterns to understand what worked well and areas for improvement.

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Giving Tips Nonprofit Hosting 52

M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

We surveyed our nonprofit clients to dig into the trending hits and surprise breakout stars when it came to 2022’s year-end fundraising playlist, with detailed results from 21 organizations. Average gift size followed the same trend, with 60% seeing declines. First off, the change in the number of gifts, year over year.

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Fundraising Gift Digital Trend 105

Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Join more than 40 nonprofit organizations and over 70 MLG professionals in sessions featuring overall trends, insights, and analysis. The event will also include breakout sessions where you can share data and strategies to evaluate your mid-level program. Learn the latest in engagement, technology, and trends from industry innovators.

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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. What major tech trends will impact nonprofit websites and how can they prepare? As an educational consultant, I offer nonprofits instruction on best practices around their technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. This translates into digging deeper into these ideas: Return on Investment: This is looking at frameworks that let nonprofits evaluate the effectiveness of their social media strategies given the investment. score out of 5.0).

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Goal ROI Wiki Metrics 50

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2021

I was recently asked what I saw as a change or trend on the fundraising horizon. Take a look at the M+R 2021 Benchmarks report and s hare some data and examples with your “powers that be.” Invest in evaluation tools. This year, in particular, this is an important question. . Tip: Don’t get freaked out by technology.

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Digital Marketing Fundraising Strategy 97

Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

How do new trends, tools, and norms affect how nonprofits should approach their SEO strategy in 2024 as they try to rank well for important keywords on Google and other search engines? This framework is used by Google’s human evaluators to assess the quality of web pages and provide feedback on the search algorithm.

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International Strategy Search Structure 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Above all you must pick the right metrics to measure what your doing and look for trends that can tell you what works and what doesn't. I've been doing the ROI analysis openly on my blog for the past two years and the presentation uses a slightly more refined version of this benchmarking process. Benchmark studies. Observation.

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