Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. For member-based nonprofits and associations, retaining members is the key to sustaining long-term success. Impressions are nice for measuring awareness but they’re too broad to measure engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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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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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. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Today, GoFundMe has expanded their platform to nonprofits in the United States and Canada with the launch of GoFundMe Charity. For nonprofits looking to expand their crowdfunding campaigns in 2020, here are four key features of the new GoFundMe Charity : 1) Customizable campaigns to reflect your nonprofit’s brand.

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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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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

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

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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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you don’t use analytic tools, it’s impossible to know how many people are engaging with your content and what, if any, action they’re taking after that engagement. Start with benchmark data. That which gets measured gets done!

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

In response to the simultaneous global pandemic and racial equity movement, philanthropy committed to act with urgency to better support nonprofit partners, as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of these dual events. Pledges were made to reduce barriers, shift power, and engage in more equitable funding practices.

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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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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Read the complete article in NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] By Andrea Berry, Idealware Social media has provided nonprofits with a whole new toolbox for marketing themselves and engaging constituents. Measuring is how you decide which is which.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Fundraising IQ is a collection of AI, machine learning, and data science tools designed to empower nonprofits and fundraisers to maximize their impact by simplifying day-to-day tasks. 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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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

How does your org measure up to others? Research Benchmark Tool : NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Benchmarking Tool is based on our annual research on technology staffing and spending, and it provides you with dynamic reports, customized to your organizational staffing and budget levels.

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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. First, we’ll cover how to determine your goals for your monthly giving program.

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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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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

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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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

posted by Alexandra Oropeza Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. According to 2019 research by Meredith Kavanagh , nonprofit leaders believe that some of the top investment priorities for their organizations that year were more advanced technology (e.g. CRM system, online fundraising platform, etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

There are so social media analytic tools to measure social media and other emerging technologies, that we’ve created a new genre of Shiny Objective Syndrome — Data Puking disorder. It isn’t hard to see why we forget about one of the best ever social media measurement tools: surveys! Exhibitions team.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

from our friends at Double the Donation Major giving strategies play a major role in many nonprofit organizations’ fundraising success. In this guide, we’ll explore six smart strategies to drive major giving success for large nonprofits: Enlist prospect research to identify major donor prospects. Consider hosting a capital campaign.

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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. Benchmarking. Provide demos and tips to users to encourage new tools and exploration of the new technology service.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 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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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

You likely understand the general benefits of planning, but why is creating a fundraising plan so important for your nonprofit? A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. No nonprofit fundraising plan is complete without specific attention paid to online fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

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. The Facebook Insights tool lets you see trends Fan acquisition and subscription. I have not done this yet.

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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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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

UA has been a reliable benchmarking tool for more than a decade, and many organizations have comfortably adopted strategies and reports that deliver data to inform their broader digital strategy. Buttons move around, some functionality changes, and it can take a little time to realize the potential of new tools or capabilities.

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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. The largest environmental nonprofits are slower to diversify their leadership demographics compared to large nonprofits in general.

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M+R

JUNE 10, 2021

Apple recently made an announcement about upcoming privacy changes to their products that could have a major effect on how nonprofits do email work. . In SparkPost’s 2021 Benchmark report, almost 40% of all opens and clicks came from an Apple Mail app client (25.7% Read time: 3 minutes. What’s happening? on iPhone, 9.6%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. This blog post shares some insights about those two somewhat disconnected ideas.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2014

But what if taking the time to focus on other things, like measurement and new staff orientation, would provide better retention rates and a happier staff? The second interview in our nonprofit culture series focuses on the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands. But we’re also a place where we support each other.

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Classy

AUGUST 19, 2021

Classy’s purpose to mobilize and empower the world for good flows from the expertise of our technologists right through to the tools we provide our nonprofit customers. He will lead our new product development, keeping the nonprofit top-of-mind. Nonprofit Started, Nonprofit Focused, Always. Meet Eric Pannese.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Peer to peer fundraising events like runs, walks and rides have become a staple for nonprofit fundraisers, and often bring in more revenue than any other fundraising campaign throughout the year. What are you doing to ensure your fundraisers have the tools they need to be multi-channel in their outreach efforts?

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

” – focused on why you need, and how to create, a nonprofit data management plan. As always, if you have questions about your nonprofit data management plan, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Nonprofit data management plans: you’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. What tools do you recommend?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I have always found one of the most exciting things about the nonprofit sector to be its diversity. Nonprofits encompass organizations of all sizes, varied organizational structures, unique missions, and a limitless range of fundraising priorities. Understanding Benchmark Data. Making Identification Proactive, Not Reactive.

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