sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Neglecting Month-to-Month Financial Comparisons Month-to-month comparisons are crucial for detecting trends, anomalies, and areas of concern in your financial activities. It automates and facilitates these comparisons, allowing for more efficient monitoring and decision-making.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s also a valuable tool to help nonprofits evaluate their results by giving them a comparison point for their performance against organizations of similar sizes and issue areas. The post Blackbaud Luminate Online® Benchmark Report Highlights first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

You can find out more about them in this blog post on virtual meetings and check-ins during a pandemi c. Virtual Conference/Meeting Software Comparison spreadsheet comparison of different platforms from Giving Tuesday. Use ice breakers and energizers. Just say no when you have too many meetings without a break.

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The issue, however, is that data comparisons are tedious, repetitive, and time-consuming. The good news is that there are code packages specifically designed to handle data comparison. At fusionSpan, our analysts regularly use one of these packages to speed up data comparison, ensuring that the process is kept simple.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Candid’s team also added 21 new metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) to the report this year to allow for greater geographic comparisons. The post Bursting at the seams: Candid’s largest nonprofit compensation report yet appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

JUNE 29, 2023

i (See previous blogs from the 2022 and 2021 surveys.) ii This year, because we received so much rich information about foundations’ giving practices and priorities, we will share the findings in a three-part blog series. In this first blog, we outline what we learned about annual giving and payout in 2022.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 7, 2024

When you consider how much the for-profit world has evolved over the years, nonprofits seem to be moving at a snail’s pace by comparison. By comparison, only about 18–20% of annual donors give again. This blog post is based on a podcast interview with Lisa Greer. Learn more about Lisa Greer at lisagreer.com.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In this blog, we share tips on how to take your marketing to the next level with the help of analytics. You can learn more about content tagging and taxonomy in this blog. You can us directional attributions for: Trend comparison – compare this year’s campaign vs. previous years’ to determine which is most effective.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Marketo blog has a great deep dive on why this is and what you can do about it. Storytelling Tips: Create Benchmarks for Comparison One final piece of advice I’ll share about measuring the ROI on stories is to have a benchmark for comparison. This will give you a starting point for comparison and assessment of your strategy.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In this blog, we share a bit about what this data set is, why we use it, and how you can, too. In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

Comparisons and analogies are powerful. Gladieux , author of the new book, Communicate With Courage : Succinct stories that illicit emotional response are great hooks. Vary your voice to capture attention: modulate volume, rate, pitch, pace, and tone. Ask questions, such as, “What does what I’m sharing remind you of?”

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

In a three-year comparison, the 2022 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Benchmark Report found that organizations hosted 15% fewer events in 2022 than they did in 2020. The post Give Your P2P Events New Energy with Activity Tracking first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Google+’s active user base pales in comparison to Twitter and Facebook. appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. Almost every nonprofit I’ve spoken with says their Twitter and Facebook account are their points of emphasis on the social media marketing front. Why is that?

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

In this blog, we also share some insider tips on how to analyze this complex data set to gain accurate insights. 2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. appeared first on Candid Blog. And this year, it enters full-fledged adulthood! private and community foundations.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

Indicate comparison (competitive, superior, ultimate, etc.) The post How To: Write Fundraising Auction Item Descriptions appeared first on Greater Giving Blog. Use Attention-Grabbing Language To make your headlines and auction item descriptions more tempting, use words that: Convey appeal (excellent, popular, quality, etc.)

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 19, 2024

This allows for a comprehensive comparison. The post Why Event Vendor Partnerships Matter appeared first on Greater Giving Blog. Request Proposals from Multiple Event Vendors Invite multiple vendors to submit detailed proposals outlining their offerings, costs, and any additional benefits they can bring to your event.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In comparison, project grants are more complicated to report on. The post Increasing efficiency in grant reporting appeared first on Candid Blog. These tend to be the easiest to report on, because they can usually be completed by the development team with a pre-prepared overview of what the organization is working on.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2023

Read this blog to learn more about how these nonprofits are addressing the issues facing workers today by filling gaps left by traditional labor unions , and find out what Candid’s data says about philanthropic support for this growing movement. appeared first on Candid Blog. Source: Foundation 1000.

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

By comparison, Twitter has 400 million users…amassed over 15 years.) With Instagram’s 2 billion active users, it sets up Threads to succeed in a way those other platforms couldn’t. (As As of this writing, Threads has surpassed 30 million sign-ups in less than 24 hours.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 27, 2021

If you’re a Qgiv user, you can use the Form Comparison tool to get a side-by-side comparison of both forms’ performance. We can show you single-step and multistep forms, our cloning tools, our form comparison tools, and more! appeared first on Qgiv Blog. Conclusion. We can’t wait to talk to you! . Request a Demo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Robin Good's Web-Based Delivery of Audio and Video Materials provides a great feature-by-feature comparison. I've been looking around for an article just on this topic! of the most popular video sharing tools. He also tells us what users need to know before taking advantages of these services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I figured that with the release of Drupal 7, this would be a great time to do a comparison of the two. WordPress was born as a blogging tool, primarily, and has expanded outside of that realm, to encompass different kinds of content management use cases. WordPress still has only two content types: Blog Posts and Pages.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We have conducted grantee profile analyses as well as cross-sectional comparisons by geography and issue area. The post Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity appeared first on Candid Blog. We created our own intake form and gathered data from more than 3,000 U.S.-based

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Bring out the studies, facts, and stats on CRM usage, along with a comparison of vendors and plans that reflect the nonprofit pricing. The post 6 Tips For CRM Budget Planning appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. Don’t neglect the smaller items. Keep your attention on other projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

We're going to kick out this week's NTEN We Are Media Toolbox fun with blogging tools. One of the best resources on blogging for nonprofits comes from Idealware, the blogging tools report. It presents a side-by-side comparison of features for 7 lower-end blogging tools commonly used by nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 7, 2009

This week was a bad week for online blogging services. First the blogging service JournalSpace , with hundreds of users, just, well, died, because they didn’t have a proper backup. They hosted a small percentage of the blogs out there (in comparison to, say, TypePad or Blogger.) Always have a disaster recovery plan.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

We’ll help guide you along the process in this blog post. This provides a good ground for comparison on what speaks to your brand and what does not. It’s great to bucket it out before you analyze it, breaking down categories like whitepapers , blogs , and case studies. Develop your brand voice. Assess your existing content.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

Generate Images for Blog Posts. Do you want to add visual interest to your blog posts? By creating custom images for your blog posts, you can make them more visually engaging and easier to understand. Just for comparison, Shutterstock annual plans for a base level cost $49 for 5 downloads , AI generators like DALL-E-2 are $.13

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Here’s a quick break down and comparison of the two options based on an assumed organization sporting 1 terabyte of data storage, 81 mailboxes, and 4 virtual machines consisting of 22GB of ram and 5 CPUs developed by Jason Firch , of Exos Cloud: On-premise computing. What could your nonprofit do with an extra $54,574 each year?

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

It could be as easy as hover magnification over your product images to offering comparison shopping on similar products. The post Stay Sharp: Keeping Your Small Business Fresh in a Digital Landscape appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog. What are some ways to accomplish this?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I was perusing Social Source Commons (something I don’t do nearly often enough,) and catching up on the SSC blog , and I thought it might be worth sharing with this audience what tools I use for basic consulting workflow. If you want to look at my Social Source Commons toolbox, it’s here. (I’m Evernote rocks my world.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

iv In comparison, the sharing rate for all other staffing levels is below 60%. appeared first on Candid Blog. In the chart below, we compared sharing rates by different staffing levels and demographic categories, including race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 6, 2023

Chatbot AIs are helpful for producing topic ideas for blog articles, presentations, videos, and other long-form content. For instance, an environmental nonprofit could utilize a Chatbot to generate 30 blog ideas for the upcoming month. They would then flesh out the outline and think of two more reasons based on their own experiences.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Seth Godin has a great blog post on how to catch up if your company (or agency) has not embraced technology as a means for communication. And a comparison chart of ten of the top email marketing tool features can be found here. It’s not too late! Here’s a video on how to integrate MailChimp into your social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2008

It's about why a blog behind the firewall makes sense -- part ROI business case, part introductory training. The idea was to orient folks to why do it and what practically it will be for and then some brief training in how to blog. I customized the blog to make it easier for people to start posts w/out going to the backend first.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 9, 2020

Plus, pricing between any two AMS systems is not always an apples-to-apples comparison. Blog] 4 tech facts Executive Directors need to know about AMS platforms. But, determining cost can be a tricky thing. Multiple factors go into the cost of a new AMS system. Tool kit] Configure vs. Customize. Explore Nimble AMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Stephen Downes summarized my post on Social Media Metrics and Measuring Blog Outcomes and added some commentary. My post wasa riff on evaluating the effectiveness of blogs, and in particular, a set of metrics from Avinash Kaushik: "Raw Author Contribution (posts and words in post). Some pr professionals agree.

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