Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). DIY Community Engagement Metrics. Metrics Tracking. >> Presentation. Do-It-Yourself.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This could include guest blog posts, social media takeovers, or joint fundraising initiatives. Step 3: Track and Measure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) To enhance your nonprofit’s social media presence, it’s essential to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

Measuring effectiveness equitably across grantee portfolios A number of promising practices have emerged for how funder collaboratives can equitably measure impact across their full grantee portfolio: Tracking grantee characteristics across the portfolio. Tracking feedback across the portfolio to improve grantee support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

For those of you who have read Social Media for Social Good and have taken my webinar on how to launch a social and mobile media strategy for your nonprofi t, you know that the core of the strategy that I advocate for is tracking and proving your success. That said, below is selection of metrics to track and a brief explanation as to why.

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DonorPerfect

APRIL 12, 2021

Using DonorPerfect’s fundraising metrics Dashboard, available in Reports > Dashboard, you can quickly determine how effectively your organization is achieving your goals at a Read More ». The post Release Announcement: How to Track Fundraising Trends Over Time appeared first on Nonprofit Technology & Fundraising Blogs.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, many organizations fail to properly track gift officer portfolios, gift officer actions and donor pipeline management within their donor database management. Standardization around portfolio tracking, donor interactions, documenting proposals, and next steps is critical to the health and sustainability of any fundraising program.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Going Beyond Basic Metrics Learning analytics goes beyond basic metrics to offer you a deeper understanding of course performance and learner engagement. Tracking Long-Term Impact True success for your learning programs can be found by evaluating their long-term impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

For those of you who have read Social Media for Social Good and have taken my webinar on how to launch a social and mobile media strategy for your nonprofi t, you know that the core of the strategy that I advocate for is tracking and proving your success. That said, below is selection of metrics to track and a brief explanation as to why.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2013

Here’s some great content metrics that strategist Jay Baer highlighted on his blog (thanks for the recommendation Beth Kanter ) which nonprofits can utilize. Do the same articles, blog posts, fact sheets, generate the most traffic every month? How are people consuming your content? What video’s get the most views?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. Establishing regular meetings or processes for metrics review helps position us to learn from the data we’re collecting and be better positioned to identify opportunities to improve.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

This blog provides an overview of how to establish your scoring model, establish a team of data champions, and adopt a regular reporting routine so that your association is set up for success. Start discussing what metrics will help you make overarching decisions. What metrics might be used to support creating new programs?

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Analytics Associations Model Metrics 169

Byte Technology

APRIL 16, 2021

When you are in the process of growing your online business, there are essential metrics you will need to track to ensure that your business is expanding. One of those crucial metrics is your website’s conversions. Some of these actions include sharing a blog post to social media platforms, or buying a product.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

From the start, you want the system tracking the grants that fund multiple programs and to enjoy the ease of having all grant documentation in one electronic source. Determine the non-financial metrics you want to track.

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Care2

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Are you measuring the right social media metrics or do you have your head in the sand? So what type of metrics are non-profits tracking to determine if they are achieving their objectives? One metric I track on our Blog is RSS or eMail subscribers. Think about that for a minute or so. The answer matters.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

When looking at online benchmarks and digital revenue, we saw that any growth or ground held was due to increases in sustainer metrics. Open rates have become overinflated due to machine opens and, for the first time in 16 years of producing this report, we have determined that open rates are no longer a metric we can include.

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Benchmark Blackbaud Report Online 79

Neon CRM

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogging can be a unique and powerful way for nonprofit organizations to connect with their audience. However, with so many blogs out there (let alone all the other media your audiences see every day), it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd. But those basics only set the foundation of your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report addresses metrics for success for investing in broad field social movements or networked approaches to social change. The report lays out some new metrics for movement building – that are paths to the more easily counted tangible results and where the unit of analysis is the movement or network, not an organization.

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DonorPerfect

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Imagine what your organization could accomplish in 2022 if you began each initiative with clean, streamlined donor records that record donations from your online forms and update automatically, an arsenal of canned reports to track key metrics, and a solid plan to prioritize each donor segment individually.

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Tips Fundraising Metrics Nonprofit 98

Candid

MARCH 25, 2024

Do you have a track record? Foundations want to see that you’ve been operating for a while and have an established track record of effective programs. Not only do you need to explain what you’ve accomplished, you also need to provide metrics and/or anecdotal evidence that your programs are making a difference.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

However, a clearly defined scope is critical to keeping a project on track throughout its life cycle. Goals and Metrics What does success look like? Document the specific goals you plan to accomplish, including any key performance metrics (KPIs) you’ll use to measure success. out of scope).

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Candid

MAY 14, 2024

A social media audit involves reviewing your organization’s complete social media presence, not just analyzing the metrics (to learn about assessing metrics, read my article on creating a social media plan ). The post Spring cleaning: How to do a social media audit appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

.    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value. 

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

You can use it to monitor growth in your site, spot the more popular pages or blog posts, and assess the effectiveness of your marketing strategies. In this post, you'll find step-by-step instructions to connect your site to GA and some suggestions for a few metrics to track that will provide insights into your site activity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 8, 2014

dollars raised) are the most commonly used metric for evaluating fundraising staff, but they are not the only metrics that we as managers should track. These must be tracked and evaluated. Learn more about fundraising and metrics through NMI! Frankly, we all fall victim to this from time to time.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

Even though unrestricted funds don’t have mandates on how they should be spent, tracking and reporting on them is still important for both your donors and for your organization’s financial decision-making. Creating a culture of transparency starts with clear tracking by individual program, fund, or project.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Drive strategy by using data to inform your association’s strategy and departmental strategies as well as drive business metrics and KPIs. This will align the organization by having clear success metrics and KPIs. Check out our blog on overcoming your fear of dirty data. This will help increase membership and revenue.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

In order to track trends year-over-year, IAEE will repeat many of the same questions, adding in three or four additional questions about programs or services the team is testing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I’ve been reading Social Media Metrics Secrets by John Lovett who is a senior partner at Web Analytics Demystified where Eric T. One point that he keeps making over and over: Metrics must have meaning or else they’re just numbers. Value Metrics: These are a handful of metrics that support over-arching goals.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. Track these conversations each week and put them in a spreadsheet; this will allow you to track your growth over time. It will also provide a break down of what content spiked on Twitter, blogs, and Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” When you know what the right question is, you’ll know what metric to track in order to answer that question. That’s the OMTM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. A big topic of discussion as the field is maturing is how to track on-the-ground outcomes for people and communities, in addition to counting clicks, views, downloads and tweets. Hone in on your true scope of influence.

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M+R

JUNE 10, 2021

A quick reminder: email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in the content. The long answer: open rate has always been just one of many metrics we track, and the reliance on image downloads has made this number a little squishy. The new feature helps users prevent senders from knowing when they open an email.”

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

Read our blog to learn more about online communities and discover how your association can use one to boost member connections and loyalty. Community Brands research found members who have used an online community report higher loyalty metrics. An online community improves member loyalty and drives engagement.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Inbound marketing often help you draw people in through content such as: blogs, videos, social media, SEO, and other organic marketing channels. Digital marketing is often a cost-effective option for organizations because there are many free online tools to help you create content and track your campaigns.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This week, as part of Member Appreciation Month, we're talking about technology that supports communications and information, so I thought I'd share some of the metrics we use to track our effectiveness that don't really warrant a complete blog post in-and-of themselves. We'd also love to hear about your favorite metrics.

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Metrics Communication Widget Aggregator 78

Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

In this blog, we will outline four common strategic planning pitfalls and what you can do to avoid each to ensure your nonprofit’s plan results in success. There are a range of tools organizations can develop during the strategic planning process to help them stay on track. Lindsey Waldron is a principal at Bridgespan, based in Boston.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Apple Mail Privacy Protection works by pre-loading email content — including open tracking pixels. Reminder, email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in email content. You’ll see them go by different names, but for the sake of this blog I’m going to call them: Human opens — what “opens” were before this change rolled out.

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