M+R

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is a wide-ranging exploration of digital fundraising, advocacy, and marketing data. Across channels and platforms, we end up with answers about what is working and what’s not, trends in nonprofit strategies, and insight into supporter behavior. . Related Links: Benchmarks UK is here!

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

posted by Jen Nation Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. With the recent pandemic, civil unrest and racism conversations front and center, nonprofit organizations are working overtime to serve communities deeply affected by these issues. The Council on Nonprofits has samples to review.

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Classy

JUNE 23, 2021

When your work changes the world daily, your nonprofit board should see just how impactful it is. Fundraising benchmarks help you elevate where your current strategy shines compared to peers in the sector. Step 1: Understand the Common Priorities of a Nonprofit Board. NONPROFIT BOARD PRIORITY: Advance the mission.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy encompasses more than just earning donations from supporters. Whether you’re looking to take an improved approach to your existing strategy or design a new plan from scratch, this guide will steer you through the process of building a fundraising strategy. Offers accountability.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

The end of the year is a critical time for nonprofit fundraising. A well-crafted year-end fundraising plan helps nonprofits define clear and specific fundraising goals, identify potential donors, and tailor their messaging better to resonate with their supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2017

One important part of effective digital measurement is being able to benchmark your performance relative to your organization’s past performance or compared to peer organizations. One excellent resource to use for benchmarking nonprofit digital results (in the US) is the annual M&R Benchmarks study of nonprofit digital advocacy.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Upgrading your nonprofits technology is always a must-do, however not proving the proper post-implementation measures can lead to a lack of adoption or low use of new features, rendering the investment worthless. Here are 6 strategies for increasing adoption and user awareness from NTEN. Benchmarking. Usability Testing.

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CauseVox

APRIL 6, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising can be a powerful tool for small nonprofits to raise funds and increase awareness about their cause. With limited resources and staff, it can be challenging for small nonprofits to execute successful fundraising campaigns. How to quickly set up a campaign on CauseVox.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success. How Do You Measure Up?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

Note from Beth: I am honored to be a member of Leap Ambassadors Community , a private community of nonprofit thought leaders and practitioners. When I heard about Guidestar’s plans to measure high performance at scale, I invited Jacob Harold, CEO and fellow ambassador to share a guest post about it on my blog.

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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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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report was released at 12NTC yesterday and it’s already stirring up discussions about how nonprofits are leveraging social networks as part of their fundraising and communications strategy. Top 12 Social Media Insights for Nonprofits in 2012. Twitter Accounts.

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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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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One of the most valuable assets that any nonprofit can have is consistent marketing and paid advertising data—this is especially true in the midst of a major crisis or shift that deeply impacts society, like tough financial times or global events. Strategy is vital. Below, a few of our agency’s top experts share their take.

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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. Here are our top advertising tips to help your nonprofit supercharge your paid media strategy: 1.

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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. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Europe and Latin America. Report Out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. You can shape your engagement strategies using these pieces of information: Giving triggers.

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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. The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits.

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Media Cause

MARCH 29, 2023

Search engine optimization is a great tactic for all organizations, especially nonprofits. So why might your nonprofit need an SEO audit? If your nonprofit has been losing traffic over time, you’re getting out-ranked by competitors, or if you’re looking to increase donor awareness, an SEO strategy might be for you!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

In the Networked Nonprofit “ Learning Loops , we illustrated how networked nonprofits do a real-time, lighter assessment process as they engage their community and make improvements and adjustments along the way. Number of followers has become a benchmark stat like the number of hits on our web pages used to be.

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M+R

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is a tasty fusion of digital fundraising, advocacy, and marketing data. Across channels and platforms, we end up with answers about what is working and what’s not, trends in nonprofit strategies, and insight into supporter behavior. And reach out to benchmarks@mrss.com if you have any questions!

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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. This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Measurement Challenges.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

Together, we are reducing the reporting burden on nonprofits and supporting the sector to better track funding disparities discernible in relation to race/ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, and ability status. EGA is also wasting no time to realize the potential of carefully collected data to advance racial equity in the field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

As you conduct daily operations at your nonprofit, you’ll find that getting your nonprofit’s development strategy right is one of the most important pieces of the nonprofit management process. After all, nonprofits need gifts and donations to sustain them, no matter what their mission or goals might be.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Qgiv is excited to unveil its strategy for embracing AI and machine learning across the platform with its latest set of features, Fundraising Intelligence by Qgiv (Fundraising IQ). This automated security measure has resulted in a 97% drop in card testing on Qgiv forms. Qgiv has also joined the Fundraising.AI

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

While the look and feel of a new website is often top of mind and absolutely essential in making a resounding impression, there are also a number of non-design-related strategies that you need to take into account. There are many things to consider when planning a website redesign. Think beyond the website. In summary.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

The annual M+R Benchmarks Report has arrived again, shining a light on trends that are shaping nonprofits’ digital programs. It’s clear to us from this year’s report, that digital engagement has taken some important leaps forward for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes. This is where EveryAction comes in!

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2013

The 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study. Don't miss our most popular webinar series of the year, where we'll reveal the results of the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study. We'll highlight key online trends to help you measure success and identify what you can be doing better to help you reach your mission.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

Last summer, we pulled together data from some of the country’s leading nonprofits to bring you the 2011 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report, laying out basic benchmarks for nonprofit pages on Facebook. To download the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook, simply “like” M+R's page on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2013

24th. Will nonprofits follow that trend? Michael has been front and center of video for nonprofits for years. Regardless of mission or size, your participation will help to define the value of video in the nonprofit community”. Currently, there are no significant benchmarks around video for nonprofits.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

And very few organizations are applying that data to make decisions about their programs or measure their strategic outcomes. In the spring of 2013, NTEN and Avectra surveyed nonprofit communications, fundraising, and leadership staff about their engagement data management practices, findings, and future plans.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2020

member states to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and protect our planet, provide a common roadmap for organizations to measure impact. Tiffany also shares the process that DTE Energy took to align to the SDGs and how they brought their nonprofit partners along on their journey. Listen Now: Resources: Alexis Fish.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The secret sauce: Very focused objectives for your Fan Page and a selective strategy. To create a listening post to understand the questions and concerns from nonprofits about implementing an effective Facebook presence. To engage and discuss techniques and tips for using Facebook effectively for nonprofits.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

The world needs nonprofits now more than ever. Giving Tuesday — now a primarily digital-first giving movement — is a great opportunity for nonprofits to engage with current and new supporters using a multi-channel digital marketing mix. Last year , in the U.K. Giving Tuesday offers opportunities for every organisation, large or small.

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