sgEngage

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

And yet, I don’t know a single nonprofit leader who’s not juggling 15 balls: trying to keep fundraising up, their team happy, and programs running smoothly to create the impact they intended. You can make strategic decisions to help propel your organization’s impact and income forward. Do your bookkeeping. Update your forecast.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes The Nonprofit Guide to Optimizing Website Traffic for Maximum Impact A website serves as the digital face and gateway for any nonprofit organization. Measures interest in specific pages. Produce long-form, in-depth content like guides and reports. Review reports regularly to spot trends.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Through her work with clients like the Wildlife Conservation Society and her love of (math) problem solving, Amy has picked up a lot of wisdom + I wanted to better understand her process for approaching a social media campaign and measuring its efficacy. Measuring beyond "likes". Goal: Engagement Metric: Overall Engagement Rate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. The art part is how you articulate your organization’s measure of success and formulate strategies to realize that success. The science part of the equation starts with a solid methodology and tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

How Nonprofits Measure Success of Video. See3, YouTube and Edelman have released a new report and guide for nonprofits about using video. The report, “I nto Focus: Benchmarks for Video and A Guide for Creators ,” is based on a survey of 500 nonprofits and interviews with experts (including me).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

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. You know what they say about measurement, right?

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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. . But the question those metrics beg is how the increase in volume is impacting email performance. Here again, the numbers surprised me somewhat. But it didn’t.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Read the complete article, "From Outcomes to Impact," by subscribing to the journal for free! ]. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. Databases - Nonprofits can use these tools to track data in real time and report on results.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

My colleagues, all experts, practitioners, and instigators share a passion for inspiring others to build great organizations for greater societal impact and increasing the expectation and adoption of high performance in the field. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. Social change is hard.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. dang, this is a great topic, this is so timely as people are, you know, perhaps getting annual reports together. You know, impact is always good for year end. What is impact?

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EveryAction

MAY 15, 2017

Today, EveryAction releases the highly-anticipated 2017 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study , an exploration into how much spam is impacting online fundraising programs. Based on the latest benchmark figures from M+R, our study found that over 18 percent of nonprofit fundraising emails ended up in junk folders in 2016.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. We decided to develop a shared definition is for benchmarking only.

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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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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

As equity emerges as the lynchpin of decades of investment for generations of impact, Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) is clear on its role to facilitate the shift from discussion to tangible action and offers deep data to affect the course of racial equity as a relevant lens for environmental philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Malaise is a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness, of being “out of sorts.&# Lately, I’ve been hearing about “measurement malaise&# infecting nonprofits and not just social media measurement. Idealware Study. Respondents that names tools were labled as “substantial.’

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

A networked capacity building project is where a cluster of grantees learn and practice new skills and knowledge together, skills and knowledge that are needed to achieve longer-term program impact. Use promoted posts to accelerate the engagement of good quality content that you know from previous measurement insights performs well.

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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. Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. Who decides what is measured?

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2023

Neon One’s report, Donors: Understanding the Future of Individual Giving , notes, “Email is a heavy favorite for donors, with 48% citing it as their preferred method of hearing updates and appeals from the organization.” Just use them to measure your success and find areas to improve. per email campaign. per email campaign.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

Often, organizations set their giving levels by identifying what they already consider a major donor; setting specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) goals for how they would like to grow their major donors; and setting parameters from there.

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NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

In a couple of weeks, the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study will be released (previously the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study ). To say this is a highly anticipated, monumental report would be an understatement. The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of my favorite takeaways from the book is where the authors explain that anyone can act like a leader, but the more visible you are, the more impact you will have as you: Communicate the organizational vision. Model cooperative behavior. Call attention to and recognize cooperative behavior.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Have you ever wondered how to turn your corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs from well-intentioned efforts into strategic drivers of social impact? CSR software is a technology solution designed to help businesses manage, measure, and report on their CSR and sustainability initiatives.

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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. 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.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

You can attend the upcoming ACCP webcast “ Shifting Strategies for Global Community Engagement as a Result of the Pandemic ” to learn from CSR leaders at Blackbaud, Dell and PIMCO on how they support communities facing the impacts of COVID-19. ). Can you talk about how Blackbaud measures the success of their goals?

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Neon CRM

JUNE 29, 2023

Your subject line is the first thing your readers will see when you send them a message, and it will have a huge impact on their willingness to open and engage with your message. To learn more about our insights into fundraising, check out The Nonprofit Email Report: Data-Backed Insights for Better Eng agement. impact 11 + 2.4%

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Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

How will you measure the success of your paid advertising campaign? One of the best ways to plan your overall budget and budget by channel is by looking at specific KPI benchmarks for each channel, your industry, etc., These benchmarks can help you plan your budgets for each channel you’re going to run ads on.

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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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Classy

AUGUST 19, 2021

This will ensure that Classy continuously delivers cutting-edge technology that meets our customers’ needs to drive more funding and, ultimately, more impact. Download Classy’s 2021 State of Modern Philanthropy Report based on benchmarks from 4,800 nonprofit organizations. Meet Eric Pannese.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sharing behind-the-scenes views of your organization, reporting on the individuals, communities, or organizations you’ve helped, or holding contests, polls, and surveys are all good ways to build engagement. It’s another good benchmark for determining ad spending. However, it takes regular and consistent work.

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Social Media Guide Media Fundraising 52

Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

That’s why a fully-fledged giving season campaign should start warming donors up as early as September and conclude with thank-you messages and impact statements in January. Thank Your Donors and Demonstrate Impact Measuring and Analyzing Results Cultivating Donor Relationships 1. Consider that your first giving season tip.

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Givinga

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Corporate responsibility can be incredibly impactful for business performance and profits, but unfortunately, many CR efforts, especially when it comes to workplace giving, are still broad and poorly measured with little or no direct connection to business performance. But not every platform will make an impact.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Donor management encompasses a whole host of practices from donor engagement, stewardship, and appreciation to demonstrating your nonprofit’s impact. By retaining donors, you can develop a loyal and engaged donor base that can help to amplify your organization’s impact and message. 7 min read Read Now 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2013

2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. This year’s study – the seventh Benchmarks report – analyzes 1.6 The report provides benchmarks for FB and Twitter, including engagement rates and fan growth rate. RESEARCH STUDIES. billion email messages sent to 45 million list subscribers, 7.3

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You can discover that early in the process and redirect your team toward more impactful actions. How changes to your program overall will impact your efforts. Peer Benchmarking. You can also measure your team’s actions as a whole against those of other major gift teams to see if you’re aligned with the competition.

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