Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Charts and graphs are useful, but when you have any kind of location data — whether it's postal codes, state abbreviations, country names, or your own custom geocoding — you've got to see your data on a map. So demand the same informative view from your data. Use maps to show geocoded data.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Council on Foundations’ 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report Key Findings (for which Candid provided data analysis) offer a broad picture: Median full-time staff salaries for select roles rose 5.49% between 2022 and 2023, i as reported by a non-representative panel of 514 grantmaking organizations.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Pulling information out of your system to manipulate it in a spreadsheet can lead to mis-keyed data or sorting errors. You need a system that can manage funding by program or project so you can easily pull relevant data specific to that funding source. You also risk not having the most up-to-date information for your reports.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

These are strategies that allow associations to see a real-time picture of their members’ needs.” Understand Your Customers Using data to develop a deep and empathetic perspective on members/customers is at the heart of digital transformation. Incremental innovation is smart. View customers as individuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. Top 10 Secrets of Excel Data Nerds. My Nonprofit Needs a Data Nerd and How to Find Them! That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

From Chart Organizers to Dashboards, you’ll leave with practical ways you can automate and simplify your fund accounting. They need information that helps them make data-driven decisions. You’ll get a look at the roadmap for where we’re going, our strategic vision, and the long-term big picture for Financial Edge NXT.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard. Here are some key tools your nonprofit should have to meet your reporting needs: Customizable reports that allow you to get roll up data and detailed data. Sounds horrible, right?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Like an emergency fund for your organization, an operating reserve allows you time to make data-driven decisions instead of having to react immediately. Create Personalized Reports and Dashboards Having a way to quickly and clearly see your financial numbers helps you make better data-driven decisions.

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2023

So, when it comes to communicating your impact story, many foundations need to rely on the data in their form 990 to tell their story. Understanding your grantee data through clear data governance is an essential part of managing and communicating your foundation’s impact story. The key is to be intentional.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

One central database to keep your data organized and secure. Once you start tracking data in Greater Giving, you can pull on that data in every following year. Are you writing up your own guest lists, table seating charts, or auction item sales sheets? The best part of tracking all your data in one place?

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. And for good reason.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Like an emergency fund for your organization, an operating reserve allows you time to make data-driven decisions instead of having to react immediately. Create Personalized Reports and Dashboards Having a way to quickly and clearly see your financial numbers helps you make better data-driven decisions.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. Generally, putting this model into practice looks something like this: You and your team members go out on a retreat to unify your understanding of the organization’s big-picture goals.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

At its most basic, a good budgeting workflow is a balance of the people who can make informed decisions, technology to manage the data, and documented processes for redundancy. Data and Technology : Understand the information you have available and where to find it. What Does a Nonprofit Budgeting Process Include?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

If you’re meeting in person, try to draw simple pictures. Even using charts and graphs can help a lot. A picture often really is worth 1,000 words. Even a verbal picture. Shift the focus away from yourself by presenting someone else’s idea, data, or anecdotes. Use a lot of imagery. They don’t have to be fine art.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. In order for your nonprofit to scale and succeed, you must understand your data, and often the best outcomes come from challenges within the data. Collecting and maintaining good data is key to this.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Like an emergency fund for your organization, an operating reserve allows you time to make data-driven decisions instead of having to react immediately. Create Personalized Reports and Dashboards Having a way to quickly and clearly see your financial numbers helps you make better data-driven decisions.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 8, 2010

A while back, we looked how your non-profit can use visualization tools to help tell the human story behind your data and statistics, along with some free tools and inspiring examples to make your own infographic.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you want to go the extra mile, you can create charts and graphs that show how you allocate funds. You should also remind donors to keep the bigger picture in mind. So far, these tips have been very data-focused. Make it visual. Don’t forget about emotion.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

With a dedicated email deliverability expert on staff, EveryAction releases the nonprofit industry's primary data on Nonprofit Email Deliverability each year. #4. Custom reports offer a real-time picture of your supporters across all channels. Dig deeper by segmenting data by universe, timeframe, or source.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In our data culture , we suggest your nonprofit takes the time to put one together as a means of showing your organization’s transparency — and bragging about your success in the past year. In a traditional PDF, this would take 5 separate charts and even then we wouldn’t get the same effect of watching this program grow on a national level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2013

” More and more nonprofits are adding data visualization to compelling story telling to create amazing infographics as part their marketing tool kits. Infographics not only include pretty pictures or illustrations, but those visuals are summarizing some data to convey your key marketing message.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Start with benchmark data. Track your own data. Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. What kind of Gift Chart represents your current distribution of donors, and how many donors do you need at each level to meet your goals? . Above that average?

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Everyaction

JANUARY 31, 2018

FALL Build Beautiful Charts & Graphs with Data Visualization on EveryAction Whether it's for a board meeting or a conference, nonprofit professionals often spend hours of time trying to figure out ways to present their data. You can picture your data like never before within EveryAction.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Picture this: you’ve read our post on running a capital campaign , you’re wildly psyched, and you’re ready to get started! Check out this great donation tier chart example from the Capital Campaign Toolkit. The purpose of this chart is to help you see how many gifts at each level you will need to hit your goal. Don’t despair.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 5, 2021

In the charts below, we’ve combined Qgiv’s processing fee and merchant processing fee, so you have a clear picture of the total fee you’re charged per transaction. Qgiv’s Data package includes everything in the Start package plus advanced statistics and integrations with CRMs, email and accounting tools, and Zapier.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Instead of repeating those numbers, we’ll focus on the practical “in the weeds” analysis that can support you in making data-driven decisions that go well beyond this time of year. The chart above shows that 2023 saw higher overall volumes throughout the day, with a small spike at 9:00 a.m.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2015

Task pane: A new pane simplifies common tasks like formatting chart images and building formulas. Recommended charts: Get help choosing the best chart for your data. PivotTable Slicers: Use this tool to discover patterns in large volumes of data. Capture notes: Take notes, format them, and insert pictures.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. Once we get access to a client’s Google Analytics data, we first establish a timeframe for reporting. Ideally, we’d evaluate the previous year of data to observe patterns in different giving cycles. Research Questions. Research Questions.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A data entry clerk may have just changed the location from which the data was entered and the workflow to receive it. What you could be finding is that the organizational chart stayed largely the same, but now, not everyone fits where they were before. Step 2: Person by person, redefine their role. Some changed just a little.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

Donors ARE Data: Creating A Donor-Centered Fundraising Operation. Clay Buck always delivers a fresh perspective on fundraising and in this session, he opened up the door for fundraisers to consider how they might reach their overall fundraising goal using a gift chart. .

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

This is especially true if your year-end campaigns were strategically planned to generate and collect plenty of useful performance data ( learn more about that here ). As you look ahead to your organization’s new year of growth and engagement, tech strategy updates should definitely be a part of the picture.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Along with its original crisis mapping work, now called Ushahidi Tracker , Ushahidi has developed new mapping and data management tools. TechSoup has made some of Ushahidi's new data management tools available to nonprofits, including Ushahidi Surveyor and Ushahidi Responder. It puts one type of data on a map.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Aggregate data into digestible graphs to communicate mission impact. Unit of service should include demographic data – first tier, second tier and third tier service recipients, as well as, the cost and benefit of services. Regardless of your strategy know your trends and chart your path accordingly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

Pictured is: Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director). But once we began to look at the bigger picture, defining success in regards to online engagement became an exciting wish list that after reviewing it seems very possible! Social Media Presence: ACLUNJ. twitter.com/aclunj.

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