Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Advocacy Online and Fairsay are jointly producing a benchmark report to examine key e-campaigning performance measures. The benchmark data is derived from the activity of over 2 million supporters from 50 campaigning organisations in the UK, Canada, and several other countries.

Benchmark 108

Benchmark Report Campaign Case Study 108

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A 2017 survey from Board Source shows that 84% of members on nonprofit boards identify as Caucasian, which does not sway far from the 2015 survey. An assessment tool can help identify strengths, challenges and gaps and help the board hold themselves accountable to reaching benchmarks and goals. Invest in training.

Help 96

Help Strategy San Diego Iowa 96

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. Don’t forget to download the complete 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report.

Social Media 242

Social Media Media Social Social Network 242

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. Measuring Work.

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Measure Aggregator Platform Consultant 104

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 is your measurement pilot?

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Measure Social Media Media Social 96

NetWits

APRIL 6, 2012

While we were there, Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. Start thinking seriously about how you should be tracking and measuring your social media efforts so that next year when we ask you about the value of a Facebook Like you’ll be able to answer with confidence.

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Facebook San Francisco Benchmark NTEN 241

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you're achieving that key outcome for impact. In fact, a more sophisticated survey package could be considerably more difficult to use.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 81

Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The Council on Foundations ’ annual survey and report on staff salaries and benefits at U.S. Unlike sources such as the IRS form 990-PF , the survey goes beyond the top-paid employees by collecting salaries for any full-time staff, which match the descriptions in a predefined list of common 35 roles among grantmaking foundations.

Ratio 106

Ratio Survey Sample Report 106

Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

The annual M+R Benchmarks Report has arrived again, shining a light on trends that are shaping nonprofits’ digital programs. Having shared and discussed this year’s Benchmarks Report with many of our partners, here’s twelve key trends that have resonated strongly within the EveryAction community. Mobile list size grew by 35% in 2017.

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Benchmark Digital Trend Report 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2013

While techniques and equipment are important, it is also useful to have some benchmarks and best practices in the nonprofit sector to inform your strategy and measurement plan. Tactics will only go so far. Currently, there are no significant benchmarks around video for nonprofits. Why should you participate?

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Video Benchmark Headline Comparison 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Measuring this requires some surveys of fans as well as counting the number of insights gleaned from posts and discussions from Fans. The M&R social media benchmarks study is a good start, although the benchmarks are based on a small sample size. I have not done this yet.

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Metrics Benchmark Facebook Experiment 97

Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

Setting a baseline for advancing racial equity It’s nearly impossible to create change, at the scale required, without research-based benchmarks on where the social sector currently stands. It also allows them to measure their progress toward their 30% equitable funding goal. For racial equity, this is doubly true.

Effective 105

Effective Demographics Philanthropy United States 105

Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2015

Take the short survey. This year we’ll be producing the third edition of the annual report — Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends ! And we need your help— Will you take the short survey? If you could, take a few minutes of your time to fill out this survey. What we Need From You.

Benchmark 20

Benchmark Survey Content Marketing 20

Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Key Benchmarks: How Did Your Nonprofit Measure Up ? Are enewsletters still worth your organization’s time? Online Fundraising.

Benchmark 76

Benchmark Advocacy Studies Metrics 76

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.

Studies 89

Studies Data Report Management 89

sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

Can you talk about how Blackbaud measures the success of their goals? Last October we launched Blackbaud’s first Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging survey. That survey established a critical baseline that we can use to benchmark our progress in the future. These will be critical metrics for us to gauge our performance.

Government 96

Government Social Blackbaud Companies 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

A simple online survey. 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. If we are setting SMART objectives or trying to measure them, we may need to do a little audience research first.

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Social Media Analytics Tools Media 95

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

The purpose of this post is to share the results of an interesting survey from the beginning of the event, as well as the great attendee follow-up Q&A. We opened with a short audience survey about nonprofit data management. DEBBIE: From our experience, industry benchmarking can be tricky. Plan those activities.

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Data Management Rate Benchmark 133

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Use transformational leadership traits such as being a role model for the use of new technology, survey organization staff to identify training needs, familiarize themselves with the tools they are already using, and get comfortable with and create policies and procedures that include the use of technology.

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Impact Technology Arizona Channel 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Carie Lewis mentioned the Humane Society’s KPIs – which is why they do and how they measure this sustained engagement. I asked her how do you measure relationships? She advises using various parts of the Grunig instrument which you can be done for free using Survey Monkey or Zoomerang or a poll on a blog.

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Measure Social Media Survey Relationship 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

For now, one thing is abundantly clear: Spend your time on a good strategy for an integrated campaigns with real and measurable results and have high quality content, engage your network, and cultivate of influencers and for now, don’t waste time on this meaningless metric. There’s a lot of confusion.

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Metrics Facebook People Measure 112

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. However, if your goal is SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—you’ll have a clear benchmark to work toward and measure progress. Set goals for your volunteer program.

Volunteer 87

Volunteer Program Roles Training 87

NetWits

JUNE 19, 2012

A 2011 Gleanster survey found the most important value drivers for top corporate email programs were: Testing and measuring everything. Marketing Sherpa’s 2011 Email Benchmark Report found sending emails based on behavior was one of the most effective ways to improve the relevancy of your emails. Learn from the for profit world.

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email Test Conference Benchmark 150

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

The topic – “Donor Retention by the Numbers: Demystifying the Leaky Bucket” – focused on how to properly measure donor retention and then use that data to drive improved fundraising results. QUESTION: Where can I get benchmarks for retention by sector? Can you share that survey? QUESTION: Last question.

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Retention Donor Data Advice 148

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. Mary Trudel.

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Social Media Arts Social Attitude 106

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

As I announced recently , Advocacy Online and Fairsay have jointly produced a benchmark report to examine key e-campaigning performance measures. The benchmark data is derived from the activity of over 2 million supporters from 50 campaigning organisations in the UK, Canada, and several other countries. Download Reports.

Review 120

Review Benchmark Advocacy Database 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

1,071 fundraising professionals were surveyed at small and medium-sized nonprofits supporting a variety of causes. Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. These action steps are designed to correspond with the developmental stage of your fundraising program.

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 73

NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

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. In our latest survey, we decided to ask about technology staffing levels differently. This gives us (and you) a more comparable metric.

Ratio 85

Ratio Report Technology Roles 85

AFP Blog

AUGUST 15, 2007

Fundraising Survey Seeks to Help Charities Establish Fundraising Benchmarks :: PNNOnline ::: "Fundraising Survey Seeks to Help Charities Establish Fundraising Benchmarks Posted by: ljkujawski on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Topic Special Features U.S.

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Benchmark Survey Charity Fundraising 20

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Data is such a buzzword these days that it has become almost meaningless, although according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary , data is "factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation." How Data Can Improve Your Grantseeking. We want you to be able to. spanhidden.

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Grant Data Develop Strategy 36

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. Set Goals for Year-End Fundraising Setting specific, measurable goals is vital to the success of your year-end fundraiser. Your primary goal will almost certainly be revenue-based: It is a fundraiser, after all!

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Campaign Fundraising Retention Template 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Many organizations enter the world of social media with goals that are too nebulous to measure, like “building awareness” or “spreading the word.” Measurable : You should be able to quantify goals with a numeric benchmark. Measurable : You should be able to quantify goals with a numeric benchmark. Try asking them.

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Social Media Guide Media Social 99

Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Benchmarks let us know how we perform compared to our event fundraising peers. Metrics and benchmarks can be our guides to whether your efforts at creating a great experience for participants are paying off. Post event surveys revealed the number one reason participants didn’t fundraise in 2012 was “No one asked me to”.

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Metrics Benchmark Fundraising Stats 42

Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Similarly, the results or value of efforts we make in our fundraising can accurately be measured in numbers. Over time, we’ve isolated certain benchmarks that provide clues to the health of an event. Common peer-to-peer benchmarks include the following: Repeat attendance. Start by using benchmark reports as a guide.

Analytics 40

Analytics Benchmark Fundraising Metrics 40

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

The traditional measure of open rates – total messages opened ÷ total messages delivered – should be used to gauge the overall health of your e-mail program. Just bear in mind that almost every industry survey will report slightly different numbers. We like to go beyond the average to look at other statistical measures, as well.

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Rate Open Benchmark Mail 61

Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2018

Case in point: 82% of consumers say if a company makes social or environmental commitments, they will hold it responsible for sharing results ( 2017 Cone CSR Survey ). Investors are taking notice of the power of a CSR program as well, with a majority acknowledging that a lack of a CSR program could equate to measurable future risk.

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Roles Social Influence Survey 23