Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 25, 2016

Attendees will gain insight by learning benchmarks for success based on NGOs active online across six continents. Which social networks are used most often by NGOs as well as performance and engagement benchmarks based on the NGO’s size and location. For specific technical questions, please visit GoToWebinar Customer Support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Having access to Google Analytics for your website is key to getting to the roots of the problem. Consider using Google Analytics dashboards for nonprofits to help simplify the process of gathering data and drawing meaningful conclusions. Answering common questions that your staff gets asked all the time.

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M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

Paid search advertising — paying to place a direct link at the top of Google or Bing search results — was a success story this year, with many groups reporting this as the top performing channel, driving exceptional performance YoY. Have more questions of your own? Related Links: Come join Benchmarks 2022! Hello, SEARCH!

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Fundraising Gift Sample Benchmark 109

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 126

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2017

It’s a new year and that means a new, comprehensive benchmark report on the performance of nonprofits using Luminate Online. The new Luminate Online Benchmark Report is a powerful asset that studies over 500 organizations and their online marketing and fundraising efforts. Google for Nonprofits . Using Google Analytics Goals.

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Benchmark Online Analytics Beginner 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

18, and a Google Hangout with the Chronicle of Philanthropy at 1 p.m. 18, and a Google Hangout with the Chronicle of Philanthropy at 1 p.m. Below is a summary of answers to some questions during the webinar and related resources on the Giving Day Playbook. ET Thursday Sept.

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Hosting Foundation Question Giving 94

Forum One

MARCH 20, 2023

Thursday, April 13th, 10:00 – 10:30 am Over the last few years across the board, communications and marketing teams have had to increase their investment in digital advertising—from Google Ads to social media spend. We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Support: There’s no one readily available to help answer your questions or fix something if you have an issue with the program. Google Workspace Platform overview: Google Workspace for Nonprofits is a flexible productivity and communication platform with multiple apps to streamline team collaboration.

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Software Free Tools Adobe 89

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2013

If you've used the FluidSurveys templates , you may have noticed that the questions and surveys are created by experts, designed to elicit a response. New Picture Questions and Templates. One of the most innovative is picture questions. Creating the Proper List of Questions in an Online Survey. Now with 5.0,

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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. One question that bubbled up was about specific techniques to measure or benchmark your nonprofits social media strategy and execution. The Importance of Benchmarking.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Read time: 8 minutes Just this month, Google and Yahoo coordinated announcements of new requirements for email senders. Google and Yahoo are the two biggest providers of free email inboxes in the US. Email Authentication The requirements Google and Yahoo laid out fall into three major categories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2011

If Zoos and Aquariums had a benchmarking process or what I starting to call “ bench learning &# where there is a dashboard of peer metrics to review and discuss with peers, they might discover a wealth of insights. He is using a Google Spreadsheet to collect the data, although it is possible to leverage APIs. How do you do it?

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Social Media Connecticut San Francisco Learning 94

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

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. In the nonprofit sector, there is no universal review mechanism to benchmark against, but Great Nonprofits is beginning to fill those shoes. Schenekenberg.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Set your own benchmarks: Guidelines, benchmark reports, and best practices are helpful to know, but ultimately its important to know your audience. Download this free recording from Blackbauds webinar about setting your goals for #GivingTuesday.

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Communication email Marketing Reflection 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

But the real question is, how can your nonprofit leverage this device for social change? One of the first question nonprofits inevitably ask when diving into the mobile waters is, “should I build a mobile website or a mobile app?”. Top 6 Tips for Taking Your Cause Mobile Guest Blog by Darian Rodriguez Heyman.

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Mobile Causes Tips Phone 117

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

" Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings | Official Google Blog – "Search is a lot about discovery—the basic human need to learn and broaden your horizons. But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user. ." What does social media success look like, anyway?"

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Web San Francisco Bookmarking Search 117

Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Over the last few years across the board, communications and marketing teams are having to increase their investment in digital advertising—from Google Ads to social media spend. We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication.

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Colorado Digital Audience Denver 46

Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. For some good how-to posts, check out my co-blogger Alissa Ruehl , perhaps starting with her Intro to Google Analytics. This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. Research Questions.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

As you refine your fundraising strategy and explore new ways of connecting with donors, check out Blackbaud ''s 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits to compare your organization to others and gather new ideas. New to Salesforce? to "Salesforce security settings."

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2013

I don’t know for sure, but I can show you how to answer that question for yourself using the good ol’ scientific method and Google Analytics. Gather information and resources – Benchmarks and tips are a great start. Here are Google’s instructions on how to set up content experiments.

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Technique Analytics Google Test 44

Care2

JULY 11, 2011

Did you know that people are spending less time on websites then they did a year ago, according to a Google Analytics benchmark report released in early July. When doing user surveys try to keep them to 10 questions. Getting your target audiences to stay on your website is no easy feat. No problem. Objectives.

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Design Web Tips Survey 76

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. Start with the question, “what does success look like?” Europe and Latin America. Report Out.

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Measure Impact Program San Francisco 50

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

." Facebook Privacy for Nonprofit Organizations | Idealware – "Facebook seems to generate a lot of discussion about the way it handles privacy and security, and not without reason—personal data protection is worth some scrutiny, and Facebook has a questionable track record in this area. And it's fun!

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Web Iraq Case Study Bookmarking 108

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

We live in the information age – people have all the info they need at their fingertips and Google has trained us to find anything we need by doing a quick search. Here are a few of our second year benchmarks. Show us some examples in the comments or ask any questions you might have. Why is Content Marketing Important?

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Content Storytelling Marketing Chart 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

During the Q/A after the presentation, one of the most frequent questions asked has been, “Will Facebook be making grants to nonprofits?” Over the years, I’ve attended events where a representatives from Facebook shared with nonprofits how to use the platform more effectively.

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Facebook Donation Grant Nonprofit 122

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 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) It’s $330 a day, every day, period.

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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. What questions did you ask? What prep did you do? What was easy about defining success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Look at your score and ask yourself the following reflection questions. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Then pick one idea to reduce information overload in your life from this list. Make Time for Reflection.

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Awareness Tips Social Media RSS 100

Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2018

Or are there simply “best guesses” floating around that may or may not accurately answer that question? . They are the perfect audience to answer your questions. Try not to include more than 10 questions—and quite a lot fewer, if possible. . Most, if not all, of your questions should be closed questions. .

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Survey Donor Effective Audience 29

Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

For each major marketing initiative answer the following questions. Set benchmarks and specific goals for traffic, engagement, and online giving for the year. Do Online Advertising: Test 10-15 new Google AdWords: Test ad and landing page copy, targeting, keywords, and other ad settings using your nonprofit’s Google Grant.

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Online Tips Calendar Test 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Input” usually means getting others to provide information of some kind such as feedback on an initiative or ideas for new campaigns or even to get answers to questions. Knowing what work you need done and the quality of work you’d like to receive and set benchmarks to measure outcomes. Measuring Work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

When looking at our google analytic stats, I usually note the number of visitors, sites that people come from and keywords. Twitter - to announce new blog posts, breaking news related to our work, and to ask supporters (followers) questions to get to know them better. You need to set up a benchmarking process.

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Social Media Advice Measure Strategy 50

Care2

AUGUST 27, 2011

Industry news on your topic – Don’t just regurgitate the news for them, they can set up a Google e-alert for that, but rather, aggregate the news in a way that is engaging by asking them what they think. Don’t just post a link to a news article, read it and ask a question about their opinion.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Since the release of the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we know many of you have been hard at work looking at how your programs measure up against industry benchmarks. But the Benchmarks Study is really meant to help you think (or rethink!) Steve Peretz, M+R Strategic Services. Let's take an easy example.

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Metrics Benchmark Rate Newsletter 55

Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

Virtual instructor-led courses – sign-up for a scheduled course with the ability to ask questions. If you have the bandwidth, establish benchmarks and guidelines for ongoing portfolio and pipeline management. Research can be very technical and leverage lots of data and analytics—or it can be more informal and rely on Google searches.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2015

So you work at Nonprofit XYZ and increasingly you hear about other organizations' success in utilizing Google Analytics to increase impact. You soldier on and set up Google Analytics, hoping that the data can start a conversation with everyone, despite the initial reluctance. Why Is Google Analytics Important for Nonprofits?

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