Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm? Now you’re all set to go live.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

However, there are plenty of worthy causes for them to choose from! Create an open line of communication Whether you’re managing your volunteers or stewarding donors , one core strategy stands out that makes any partnership a success: good communication. Consider incorporating your cause into your gifts, too.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2024

Performance metrics should be both quantitative and qualitative. You might have made solicitations for other causes but, like Rhanda, you could be entering a different sector and need to pick up new nomenclature, appeals, and the return on the philanthropic investment. After productive discussion, put the results in writing.

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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. When a user downloads that image, it registers as an “email open.”). So what happened to open rates? Combined opens — #1 plus #2.

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Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Measure Impact: Define the metrics that will help measure the impact of your digital campaign. Beyond website traffic, consider metrics that reflect the impact on equity, such as engagement from marginalized communities or positive social media sentiment. Project management is a key element of our work at Media Cause.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

So when it comes to inspiring your donors to support your cause, you might consider creating a nonprofit explainer video for your organization. How familiar or comfortable are they with the causes or issues you address? Wondering what might work best to showcase your cause? What are nonprofit explainer videos?

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sgEngage

APRIL 4, 2024

Let’s face it—budget planning can cause a lot of stress and anxiety for nonprofits. Talking about appropriate metrics with your team could help your organization shed the fear-based mentality and create a culture of transparency. Do we have the funds this year to maintain our programs? And what do we do if the answer is “no”?

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

Imagine having the power to communicate your cause, connect with donors, and mobilize your community, all while saving time and resources. By analyzing data such as open rates and click-through rates, you can refine your email strategy to better resonate with your audience. Content in this newsletter could include: Welcome Message.

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Neon CRM

MAY 22, 2023

In fact, matching gift emails sent in the first 24 hours after a donation result in 2-3 times higher than the average nonprofit email open rate ! It’s what often makes or breaks your outreach, playing a significant role in the recipient’s decision to open or ignore your email.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data silos are a common problem across all industries and can cause serious pain points, especially as data volume increases. Incomplete patient profiles: Partial or limited patient data can cause substantial issues with patient diagnoses, treatment, and ongoing care. Data silos cause problems throughout the nonprofit sector.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Updates three years ago to Apple’s data privacy policies allowing users to limit tracking of email open rates have further complicated efforts to measure audience engagement. Fundraisers have other metrics available. Any number of variables can influence these metrics. Actual revenue generated is another datapoint.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

how you collect and calculate your data in the first place — since the most important metrics for your organization are, of course, YOUR metrics. Here are three tips for better collecting and calculating your organization's metrics: 1. Let's say you want to track your email fundraising open rate. Source Everything !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. LinkedIn Analytics offer an important key metric that Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram do not – the ability to view clickthroughs on organic posts. Curated content relevant to your mission.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success. Assessing demographic-related giving patterns can help you understand who is supporting your cause and how you can better connect with them.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For those of you who have set up dynamic dashboards to track your organization’s KPIs, you have cause for celebration with this new feature! The dynamic gauge chart is now available to use report metrics and field values to respond dynamically to the displayed business metrics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. Like breaking news, cause awareness and giving day tweets have a short news cycle in the here and now that Twitter users respond to.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

This is all about understanding why your volunteer chose to donate their time to your organization, why they are passionate about giving their time to your cause, and how you can ensure that you provide them with a meaningful experience. Metrics matter! WHY are they involved in your organization? WHERE are they coming from and going?

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

Whether it’s information taken from your online donation forms or metrics on past campaigns, your fundraising data can clue you into which supporters are likely to give and do wonders for your donor communication strategy. The types of events someone registers for and their involvement in the event are also key metrics to note.

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Through integrated multichannel campaigns and intense optimization based on audience and key performance metrics, MESG Marketing helps nonprofits raise more money, grow and cultivate constituent bases, drive advocacy actions, and develop their online brands. The goal is to move your position forward while engaging your supporter audience.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Donor stewardship (also known as stewarding your donors ) is the process of developing strong relationships with supporters after they donate to your cause. When you create a tailored plan to build relationships with prospective major donors, you can earn more of these influential donations for your cause. Donor stewardship.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

Individuals raising money for a cause they care about deeply want to surpass their donation goals and build enthusiasm for the mission. Once you hit your target, why not raise it another 25% for the cause you support? Here are simple ways to use storytelling that will stick with your constituents and prompt them to support your cause.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

This helps put a face to your appeal and generate empathy for your cause. Show donors how their gift will impact your cause (i.e. Also, your supporters, especially those who support multiple causes, will likely receive many year-end appeals from a variety of organizations. Round up metrics such as your: Fundraising total.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Don’t just open your Google Analytics dashboard and expect that your best insights will just pop out. Regularly monitoring performance metrics or KPIs throughout the year allows you to know what you need. Often, this is a high-level report, focused on strategic, organization-wide metrics of success.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. Making the most of metrics means helping your organization’s leadership understand and apply the data purposefully. These metrics measure outcomes for programs which can be compared to previous ones.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A tailored message acknowledges the individual behind the donor mask, making them feel seen, valued, and more likely to open their wallets. Narrate efforts, struggles, victories; share human stories that tug heartstrings and open purse strings. Setting Up Tracking and Metrics What’s measured gets managed.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. If your organization is ready to begin analyzing your data or simply is looking to refresh your current practices, consider the following tips: Choose the right metrics to measure and analyze. However, not all metrics will be useful for your organization’s strategy.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Let's take a quick tour of the most important metrics, and take the first step to improving your email campaign performance through evaluation and optimization. You can divide the key metrics into offensive and defensive variables. Offensive Email Metrics. Open Rate : The percentage of recipients who opened your email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. . If you do the math, that's $41 per donor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

Direct Relief , a humanitarian aid organization, and its Direct Relief and its bot builder, Mind Heros , have open-sourced their model. Ultimately, the bot helped the organization decrease the response time which is a critical metric for emergency and humanitarian work.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Events are a great way to bring like-minded people together and have a good time in the name of your cause. They don’t do anything to promote your brand, your cause, or your mission. Community/Fun Events Community/Fun Events are widely promoted events that encourage people to do something active or fun while supporting your cause.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Be open to making changes to your branding as needed. Here are a couple key metrics: Donations : Have your donations increased? At a minimum, they want to support your cause by helping to expose it to their network. Your branding should be able to evolve as your organization grows and changes. Measure and track your success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

While traditional either/or thinking has its benefits, many of the choices we face – the ones causing the most tension – can only truly be overcome using both/and thinking ,” say Smith and Lewis. Polman had distinct metrics, targets, and roles to separate financial and social targets and track each. Boundaries - separate and connect.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your passion and drive demonstrate why donors should give to your cause, but finding new donors and keeping existing ones takes something more: a solid fundraising strategy. Peer-to-peer fundraising : Many of your donors are already devoted to your cause, and with peer-to-peer fundraising, they can work to raise money on your behalf!

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Though originally focused on advertising, Ogilvy’s wisdom contains enduring truths around driving action and results that can aid any cause, even with today’s new tools and platforms. Put a human face on the cause through case studies, testimonials, and videos. The metrics showed the ads were not effectively driving growth.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This can open your program to a larger pool of donor prospects. Donor management software consolidates several time-consuming tasks to simplify the process of managing contributions while also providing access to valuable donor metrics.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

And, more importantly, how do you convince them to invest in your cause? Tip #3: Be Open to Having Conversations Opportunities are everywhere. Focus on fostering relationships and check in regularly to see if any new opportunities have opened up. If you’re in a mega-hurry, here’s the full list.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

On the other hand, recent global events that impact your cause might generate greater passion for your mission, leading to increased donations. Identify prospective major donors based on wealth and engagement metrics. Track marketing metrics such as email open and click-through rates and social media engagement analytics.

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