ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. But what if the nonprofit organization was to assume the risk?

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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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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

We've been sharing the results of our annual research on nonprofit investments in technology staffing and budgets in multiple ways this year: with the full report , an infographic with the key benchmarks , a webinar – and we also introduced a dynamic benchmarking tool this month.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

NTEN's annual research on nonprofit technology spending and practices sheds light on these questions, and many more. > Since 2006, NTEN has produced the annual Nonprofit Technology (formerly "IT") Staffing and Investments survey and report for the nonprofit sector. > Download the Report for Free.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is NTEN’s signature technology event. It brings together over 2,000 of the best and brightest nonprofit professionals from around the world. Create Impact with Inclusive Audience Research. You may even be planning some audience research in the near future.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2015

Over the past few years, we’ve witnessed a surge in content marketing in the nonprofit world. This year we’ll be producing the third edition of the annual report — Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends ! Why do we Need Nonprofit Content Marketing Research?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." In an earlier post and presentation, I riffed on Armano's article and translated for a nonprofit context.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

That might be why a giving officer’s average span to stay at a nonprofit organization is less than three years. These stats were compiled by the team at Blackbaud, long-time stand-out providers of nonprofit technology. They’ve been applying science to major gifts fundraising to help nonprofits raise funds more effectively.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

These solutions power workplace giving programs by helping to match contributions to nonprofits, track volunteer hours, and manage other company-wide philanthropic efforts. Challenge 1) Measuring ROI Comparing the amount spent on CSR campaigns with cost savings can be a tricky undertaking.

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Software Business Guide Companies 52

Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Check out the full study here.

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Benchmark Convio Social Media Online 28

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Check out the full study here.

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Benchmark Convio Social Media Advocacy 28

Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Overall, the nonprofit online landscape looks good.

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Convio Benchmark Studies Social Media 31

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You might check out some of the online advocacy and fundraising benchmark studies.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" More benchmark articles can be found here.

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Benchmark Studies Social Media NTEN 28

Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

After working on over 400 nonprofit email recruitment campaigns, and helping clients plan successful recruitment strategies, I’ve realized that most nonprofits don''t send nearly enough standalone fundraising appeals. I use a basic Breakeven/ Return On Investment (ROI) calculator that I built. Use it - or lose it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

This is the seventh post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Practice Nonprofit Avatar Social Media 363

Care2

MAY 14, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" What does all of this data mean for nonprofits? Segment, test and repeat.

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Benchmark Social Media Studies Advocacy 28

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

And much less than that (22%) reported that their organization had ever evaluated Return on Investment (ROI) of technology projects or programs." To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. One of the things we wished for as we navigated the campaign: benchmarks. Besides average gift amount, what might we expect?"

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2014

Last week, we hosted a webinar around this very topic of technology and innovation within nonprofit organizations called Selling Your Vision: How to Build Leadership Support for New Technology Investments. Do the Research. What is the ROI? Before you can get to point B, you need to know where you are coming from.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ” If you work with advocacy or Congress, youll find the research interesting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

This is the second post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. BCC is an absolute worst practice, please don’t do it.

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email Practice Marketing Newsletter 363

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Do research first and implement one presence at a time with specific goals and metrics. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. Take Breaks.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

How much are nonprofits spending on IT, and what are they choosing to spend it on? You can download the complete report , which includes more information about budgets, staffing, and planning and ROI practices for free. > > Download the 2010 IT Staffing and Spending Survey Report.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

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Social Media Studies Facebook Raise 41

Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Here’s how it works.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Dana will be the first member of our team to be based in New York City.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. That's why I maintain a large and varied RSS reading list of folks from within and outside of the nonprofit area. It is an area that I need to learn more myself.

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Here are a few of the highlights that I took away for nonprofits.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Benchmark average value of an email address All areas $7.86 And we should.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Conference to discuss the importance of incorporating Web 2.0 The truth is, Web 2.0

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Tens of millions of people are doing business online.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" This is the most important part of your web analytics.

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Analytics Google Social Media Websites 54

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions and respond.

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