CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Starting to fundraise without a plan is like building a house without a draft – you need a plan to know where you’re going, and to keep you on that track. There are thank you notes to write, data to input, and results to report. By using CauseVox, you keep track of donations that may help uncover trends or certain results.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Internet of Things gives objects a brain and connects them to each other. Understanding trends before they become essentials is key to staying on track. Track a new employee’s progress through training exercises and materials. Marketing tasks—Send email newsletters, track website traffic, and manage social media campaigns.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

It's a good thing if you have a knowledgeable accountant on the payroll who knows the ins and outs of nonprofit financial tracking. My brain is not designed for numbers. We have an accountant in our organization who deals with it.”. After all, not every organization has the luxury. So, don’t rely too heavily on your accountant.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The National Association for College Admission Counseling reported in 2015 that 36% of first-time freshmen apply to seven or more colleges. One that I like was created by Kristina Halvorson and her team at Brain Traffic , called the Content Strategy Quad: A simple way to look at this is by dividing the top and bottom quadrants.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. This invaluable bunch works with NTEN to design core curriculum tracks, conference structure, and thematic focus. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Annie Lynsen, Marketing Director, Small Act. NTEN Research Committee.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

Fundraisers can articulate their value propositions in the form of regular, personalized check-ins by phone or handwritten note, custom stewardship reports that reflect donors’ impact over time, or other high-touch, grateful expressions of how and why the donor might consider giving in the future. Keeping Records Like Somebody’s Watching.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2010

The idea isn't to start something totally new, but rather to continue doing what we do daily -- and keep track of it, so we can do it better as we go along. It's necessary to have a place to document and track the evaluation of our experiments. To be clear, I'm NOT advocating that you skip the social media plan at your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

We don’t have the time or brain cells for that. It’s about finding people who are connected to different social circles and following them. Run the impact report to help you identify influencers. It isn’t about following thousands and thousands of friends on Twitter.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to the latest research from Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report : The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. Joyaux , ACFRE, Joyaux Associates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. It’s 24/7 now and almost every occurrence and occasion can be spinned as real-time reporting for your organization. Sometimes just leave the smartphone at home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

So, the real question is - if you have both of these types of tasks to accomplish- they take different approaches, probably use different sides of your brain, etc. I'd set this up with the mission critical feeds to read, plus perhaps a google analytics report, google notes (for a to do list), etc.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2010

We have so many data-themed links this month, you should probably take a moment to consider what all this information may be doing to your brain. Are you tracking negative mentions? Try breaking some of these out at your next staff meeting when you report back on all the amazing work you've done. (Oh, Yes, they can !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

I try to schedule time blocks that require high level concentration tasks (like writing) in the morning when my brain is better able to concentrate. 3) Start Early: For many people, your ability to focus it better in the morning (assuming you got a good night’s sleep). This way I can be more accurate in planning my work flow.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Many of our clients find this out the hard way when the time comes for comprehensive reports that they can’t get from their simple spreadsheets. Detailed financial reports are a must for several reasons. Donor databases like Little Green Light , Bloomerang , and Kindful do so much more than just track donations. Eat properly.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2013

You know what to track, how to gather your information and to whom to report it. Both you and your leaders view planned gifts as supplemental income and report it “below the line”. You’ve mentored some people new to the industry along the way and enjoy your status as a community brain trust on all-things-planned giving.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Boards are the brain trusts of nonprofit organizations, responsible for providing leadership, oversight, expertise, guidance, accountability, vision, fundraising and an invaluable connection to community. Castro Institute at Phoenix College; and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. The two key words are “meaningful impact.”

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Time tracking doesn’t have to be fancy. That way, when a coworker sends you an email asking for a report, you get a request for a speaking gig, or a donor calls with a concern, you have ONE place to store your action items so you can prioritize them and get them done on time. You’re giving yourself a dopamine snack.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Are your programs on track? It also helps to keep connected information close together, so your brain isn’t trying to context switch as you try to locate different charts. This includes dashboards that give you data to easily track trends and understand how your community is changing. Do any applications need attention?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. But at the heart of it all is an ask-thank-report-back strategy as power plant. This year they are on-track to break the 70% retention barrier and have already bested their stretch fundraising goal for the year. There are no silos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

In January, 2009, the Pew and American Life project released a report on Adults and Social Networking Use mentioning that more older adults have set up profiles on social networking sites, but that younger people more likely to be using social networking sites regularly. The percentage of boomers participating in social media is on the rise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

These leaders are then given the meeting agenda (game instructions), keep the group on track, and volunteer to report out. It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes. Composite simulations work best, but there is value to the full report out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes ). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the refurbished computer’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. A 2008 update on these initial reports, User Survey Analysis: Secondary PC Market Offers Growing Opportunity , continues to support both the supply and demand growth projections. Nor are those rumors anything new.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the refurbished computer’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. A 2008 update on these initial reports, User Survey Analysis: Secondary PC Market Offers Growing Opportunity , continues to support both the supply and demand growth projections. Nor are those rumors anything new.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Today I facilitated a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. The first group wants to wrap their brains around it and gets overwhelmed quickly. This saved a lot of time during the report out on reflections and learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. Success means using metrics to learn how to improve practice effectively, both to identify obstacles and track progress. The action learning project will be designed to help grantees build a habit of measurement, reflection, and organizational learning.

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

From applications to reviews to reporting, there are a lot of moving parts to a funding program. Whether your grantmaking organization is managing one funding program or a dozen, the right grants management software can save you time and improve compliance through streamlined processes, intuitive reporting, and built-in due diligence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Right away, I introduce them to Twitter as a resource - the collaborative brain. Then, I asked people to report out the burning questions and add them to the wiki page set up for this. During the report out, I showed some additional resources or techniques and asked for advice in the room. The topics covered included: ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. While both are important to track and identify, your executive director is probably most interested in the tangible benefits. Track Your Time. Two years ago, I started to use my kids timeout timer to keep on track with my social media work.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

I always like to get the weather report. In June 2021 Giving USA Foundation and partnership with the Lilly Indiana Family School of Philanthropy released their annual Giving USA report. And it represents the highest year of giving on record since the Giving Institute began tracking this data more than 60 years ago.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

How to create an online fundraising strategy Tips for a successful online fundraiser 10 effective online fundraising ideas 8 online fundraising metrics to track Use the tips and ideas in this guide to create your own online fundraising plan and to determine the fundraising tools you’ll need to accomplish your ultimate goals.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

This is because our brains process them almost instantly. Simply adding a high-quality image or video can enhance your nonprofit’s content, whether it be a website page , flyer, or annual report. To effectively evaluate and adjust your marketing strategies, track specific metrics on each platform you use.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Track key metrics To determine how successful your strategy is and see if you’re reaching your goals, you need to know which metrics to track. For example, if your primary goal of a crowdfunding campaign is to raise $10,000, then you’ll know that total revenue is one of the important metrics to keep track of throughout the campaign.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2007

What if our "smart" thermometer, which lets us set different temperatures for morning, noon, and night, also recorded and reported how our gas use fluctuated throughout the day? You can sign up to track your web travels on Firefox in real time and get rated on different kinds of usage. alpha brain waves game I always see at ASTC.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

Talking to Mark, I was amazed by he and his partner Ben Rubin's dogmatic insistence on capturing the energy and life inside the millions of words cranked out by reporters in the building, echoing the energy and life of the outside world about which they write. Sure, a lot of artists can express those kinds of intentions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. So it allows you to create reports around campaigns, appeals, events. So I’m going to give you some suggested reports that you can run on a weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, annual basis to do data checks.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list. Report The Nonprofit Email Report Learn More What Counts as Content? Those six elements come together to create a content strategy.

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