Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

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. By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 143

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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Spam Rate Studies email 134

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

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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Benchmark Facebook Report NTEN 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? What questions did you ask?

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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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Measure Social Media Media Social 98

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. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

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. But is this the right question? Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 82

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Board assessment tools comes in all shapes and sizes, and may include questions about the organizations mission, strategic direction, board meetings, supporting the CEO/ED and more. An assessment tool can help identify strengths, challenges and gaps and help the board hold themselves accountable to reaching benchmarks and goals.

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Help Strategy San Diego Iowa 96

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 ). The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. However, the benchmark study is a tool, and like any tool, it depends on how it’s used.

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Rate San Diego Open Benchmark 139

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

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. By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success.

Measure 81

Measure Issue Impact Method 81

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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Social Media Measure Analytics Learning 96

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. The total number of email recipients was up 72%.

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Benchmark Metrics Report Online 55

Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While not a representative sample of institutional funders, it’s one of best avenues for detailed exploration and benchmarking of salaries. iii As the size of the grantmaker rises–as measured by grant dollars awarded or the total number of full- and part-time staff)–so does the ratio.

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Ratio Survey Sample Report 106

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

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. QUESTION: When you gave an example of a data management plan, you started from a fundraising plan. Not sure = 40%.

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Data Management Rate Benchmark 133

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Even if you don’t reach it this year, you’ll have set an important benchmark you can use to inform next year’s goals. Once you have a solid grasp of your current financial situation, take stock of your organization’s day-to-day operations and programs. Are you planning to serve more clients in your winter programming?

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Campaign Fundraising Retention Template 98

Kindful

OCTOBER 28, 2021

To show you how you can make acquisition goal setting a breeze, I’ll focus on three things: timing, defining, and measuring. . In this case, that means making sure there’s consensus about what your goals are so there’s no question about what you and your team should be working on when it comes to acquiring new donors. .

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Goal Metrics Measure Donor 62

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Because of this, it’s important to carefully measure major gifts key performance indicators (KPIs) to understand the success of your program as a whole and specific strategies individually. What are the major gift metrics that matter when measuring success? Are you ready to evaluate the success of your major gifts program?

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Metrics Gift Track Tech 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The next action was an uncontrollable desire to compare my “People Talking About” with my peers, realizing that benchmarking of meaningless data is well, meaningless. Mari Smith pointed to this blog post from All Facebook explaining the metric and how it has been implemented in apps. There’s a lot of confusion.

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Metrics Facebook People Measure 112

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

These action steps are designed to correspond with the developmental stage of your fundraising program. Not all fundraising programs look alike. Monitor progress: Continuously track the performance of your fundraising efforts and measure them against insights detailed in the report. The post starts off with general guidance.

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 73

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Before even getting started, be clear on what you want to achieve, starting with specific goals and KPIs in mind will help you measure whether or not your campaign has been a success and will give you a benchmark for the next year. Here are 3 super quick tips just in time for the big day on November 29th: 1. What’s Your Goal?

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Giving Tips Press Netherlands 59

Connection Cafe

JULY 25, 2019

And what trends should you consider incorporating into your programs? On this episode, the authors of the just-released 2019 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study – Katie Walters, Tanya Turschic, Shana Masterson, Robyn Mendez, and Jennifer Cobb – join the podcast to answer these questions and more. Types of P2P fundraising programs.

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Podcast Fundraising Benchmark Blackbaud 25

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. If you use the questions box, it might be a little bit easier to call out your question, but we’d love to hear from you.

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Report Measure Impact Process 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I introduced several methods for using measurement for transformative results, including the Maturity of Practice Model (CWRF) and how to use it as an assessment tool, principles of being data-informed , and how to apply KD Paine’s 7 Simple Steps of Measurement. What are your measurable objectives?

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 97

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 ! Those who would benefit from your programs and services are searching. It’s roughly 25 questions related to content marketing usage (or non usage) at your nonprofit.

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Benchmark Survey Content Marketing 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Wall Street views it as the only legitimate means of measuring business performance. Notes and Resources.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

This is the question we’re asking arts groups across the country this month, refreshing our national landmark survey of 2011. With the digital communications landscape evolving at light speed we wanted to track challenges, leadership attitudes, measurement strategies and 2014 investment plans. How Strong Is Your Social Net?

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Social Media Arts Social Attitude 106

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This global ecosystem includes the digital brand and voice of your organization, the main source of knowledge and data about the programs and issues you work on, as well as detailed information about the audience you are reaching. Here are some questions to answer when looking at forming a personalization plan: Why are you personalizing?

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Websites Strategy Change Management Digital 58

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Are you a nonprofit or library with questions about data? Pacific time at the Twitter hashtag #NPdata to get all of your data questions answered. Contributing experts in this event will include Devin McNulty, sme sales executive at SAP Business Objects, Darrin Louie, senior program. Join TechSoup and SAP on October 19 at 10 a.m.

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Analytics Data Library Wiki 68

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Does the development program have an adequate budget? McKinsey Quarterly focuses on transparency, empathy, and meaning—timeless and increasingly timely— and that all are defining a new leadership benchmark. Are board members lead givers? Does the CEO speak frequently about the mission and vision of the institution?

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Team Gift Philanthropy Benchmark 37

Care2

JULY 16, 2010

2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Collaborative Benchmarking Analysis); * The average online gift was $144.72, according to BlackBaud though M&R’s benchmark study noted that the average one time online gift was $81. How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up? Seven Online Fundraising Strategies You Can Do Right Now.

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Online Practice Fundraising Benchmark 64

BoardAssist

MAY 16, 2017

” In this week’s guest post Natalie McKeon of the Environmental Defense Fund offers a great answer to that question – help your nonprofit become more energy efficient and save them money at the same time. It’s important to have benchmark energy metrics so your organization can set attainable efficiency goals.

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Museum Metrics Nonprofit New York 45

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Benchmarking Major Gifts. According to a new benchmarking study sponsored by the Association of Philanthropic Counsel and funded by MarketSmart “ major gifts ” haven’t yet found their equitable place among donors or the non-profits that receive them. Asking questions like “How large is a major gift at your organization?”

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Gift Strategy Benchmark Arts 35

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." and James L. Sound challenging?

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Research Tools Tips Drupal 70

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Those who would benefit from your programs and services are searching. Let’s take a look at a few of the key findings from the second nonprofit content marketing benchmark report – produced by Content Marketing Institute and Blackbaud – Nonprofit Content Marketing 2015: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America.

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Content Storytelling Marketing Chart 45

Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

Setting goals that a re specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely will make a big difference , and help set your nonprofit up for success! . As you discuss your nonprofit’s development plan, ask these team members to provide a list of key questions to determine their perspective.

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Develop Calendar Chart Nonprofit 98

Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Here are some questions to ask when building your assessment: Which programs best exhibit our expertise, authority, and dedication to the issue area in which we work? Tip: If you notice your campaign objectives are a little too general, remember that they should be SMART, or specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely.

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Guide Fundraising Nonprofit Template 108