Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Starting during the weekend of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and #GivingTuesday in 2016, Gmail introduced a new method for measuring the quality of engagement when it comes to email deliverability from the email sender to determine if an email should be delivered to an inbox, known as the inbox placement rate.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Doing so can be as simple as sharing a chart with these metrics from the past year: Total dollars raised: overall dollars acquired through fundraising initiatives. Donor retention rate : the percentage of donors who gave to your organization last year and this year (Returning Donors in Year #2 ÷ All Donors in Year #1).

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Make the mission or program the hero – Focus messaging on your nonprofit’s values, impact, and service. There are a few key ways a nonprofit’s mission or program can become the “hero” of their fundraising campaigns: Tell emotional stories about the mission’s impact on real people’s lives.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

These action steps are designed to correspond with the developmental stage of your fundraising program. Not all fundraising programs look alike. Monitor progress: Continuously track the performance of your fundraising efforts and measure them against insights detailed in the report. The post starts off with general guidance.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 7, 2015

According to Finch, measuring impact is a crucial component of any non-profit’s business plan, and a dedicated volunteer management application can “simplify coordination and serve as a central database for volunteer performance data.” These improvements [in data management] are favorable for all non-profits,” Finch writes.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

In Part I , I covered rating choice “Level 1,” and how this signifies that an organization does not have a formalized prospect management system in place. This will provide insights necessary for future campaigns and program initiatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I introduced several methods for using measurement for transformative results, including the Maturity of Practice Model (CWRF) and how to use it as an assessment tool, principles of being data-informed , and how to apply KD Paine’s 7 Simple Steps of Measurement. What are your measurable objectives?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That means you likely won’t see the results—increased fundraising revenue, increased donor retention rate, increased average gift size—that you would likely see when using a paid solution. Support: There’s no one readily available to help answer your questions or fix something if you have an issue with the program.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. Worse, Berger says that the sector's inability to effectively measure (and learn from those measurements) means nonprofits really aren't as efficient as they could be.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. World Food Program USA.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The report either gave a big "F" or a mediocre rating to most of the nonprofits in the report. One tactic that has been successful for the nonprofit CARE is to provide their donors with two simple pie charts that illustrate how funds raised are allocated below the credit card donation form. Tell people what you want them to do quickly.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

For the next few months, we’re taking an in-depth look at key features and tools that make for a successful development program. From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard. Enter our new series, “New Year, New Heights.”

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

At the same time, it’s clear that the nonprofit sector has a long way to go with only thirty-five percent (up from twenty-six percent last year) rating themselves effective at content marketing. Those who would benefit from your programs and services are searching. What is Content Marketing? Funders are searching. It’s Your Turn.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Segmenting your lists will lead to more targeted messaging and is proven to boost response rates and help to reduce unsubscribes. Using segmentation can drastically improve your response rates, increase the value of your communications for the recipient, help reduce unsubscribes, and prevent list fatigue. Basic Rules of Segmentation.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. Plus, tag expenses for fundraising, programming, and administration in order to make filing your Form 990 at tax time that much easier. Individual tasks. Compliant reporting.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

bbcon Takeaway #3: Impact measurement must be baked into the culture of your foundation . Because the world of philanthropy is transforming; impact measurement is your organization’s ability to track, report, and – most importantly –. Measuring impact is equally important to both the grantor and the grantee. Align expectations.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Retention rate (of participants, team captains, team members). Number of emails / social media posts per fundraiser, email / social media conversion rate. Percent of participants who are on teams and similar stats, team size, team retention rate, etc. Team involvement is linked to higher retention rates.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

Chart 1 below shows that the next generation of donors, Gen X and Boomers are truly multi-channel. As you can see in chart one, the channels for giving are broad for the next generations of donor (note that even Matures report giving through many channels, but at 77%, "check by mail" is dominate for Matures).

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Are you sending it to program participants or others? But be careful about including program participants because the information they need may make donors feel like outsiders or make the newsletter seem irrelevant to them (and that’s no good). You’ll see your engagement rate drop and unsubscribe rate climb. Volunteers?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Despite the fact that online-acquired donors give higher gifts both initially and over time, they renew at lower rates overall. Get the report and read it.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We all know we need a strategic plan, yet so many people don’t have one, probably because they’re afraid of this: Your Board and staff sequestered in a room, led by a consultant, doing exercises on flip charts with sticky notes and dots, exercises that never lead to a clear, finished product you can understand or use. Yuck, right?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2018

There are two key measures of the success of the Donor Welcome Kit: . Conversion rate to second gift (after a follow-up solicitation is left). We developed the following chart to help our organization track and evaluate the donor kits’ impact on giving: . Special interest in a particular program or project .

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How can I measure and track our overall fundraising program? . Fifteen years ago, I worked for a healthcare consulting firm with the motto: “you can’t move it if you don’t measure it.” But this article will focus primarily on how they can be used to assess your overall fundraising program. Donor Retention Rate.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 8, 2021

Expect to update your sponsor packet regularly with new initiatives, programs, and results from previous initiatives. Potential donors are more likely to get involved in your work if they know exactly where the donation would go, and see that you have produced measurable results in the past to prove you can achieve what you set out to do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

Measuring outcomes for social media tools and strategy is as Avinash Kaushik notes in his recent post on the topic , "an evolving art (not quite a science yet) and you have to be up to the challenge of both thinking a bit differently and be ok with leveraging several different tools. measuring your impact on the world!).

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

They may even have discounted rates for nonprofits, lower fees during different times of year, or connections with vendors that may be helpful for you as you plan. If you choose to have assigned seats, make sure you come up with a seating chart well in advance of your gala. Will you have a chart they can reference?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

79% said they want updates on programs and services. Smaller requests with appropriate frequency – Millennials said they want to hear from organizations, but not get asks all of the time (want info on programs and services monthly). You can get the full report, review charts and data, and more at: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

A year ago, he said that measuring outcomes for social media is, "an evolving art (not quite a science yet) and you have to be up to the challenge of both thinking a bit differently and be ok with leveraging several different tools. Measuring the success of social media efforts can't be done with a single metric. Technorati ???Authority???

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

But don’t do that right now, wait at least an hour because we have a great friend of the program once again joining us, my good friend Claire Axelrad. And if your intention is to be around for the long term, it’s time to assure you don’t sacrifice your future by failing to develop a robust legacy-giving program.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. or “what does our program mean to you?” to ensure that what is shared is genuine.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

So I’m really pleased to welcome back a friend of the program, someone who’s done Bloomerang webinars for us in the past, and is always a great presenter and highly rated. If you’re not sure where to focus, like, what’s the important program, which strategic relationships should you be building?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Do you want to grow your sustainer program? And then Ds and Fs, you really want to have some deep conversation inside your organization to think about, “What are we going to do if we have a bunch of things that our team has rated poorly?” People love to see like the run charts or, you know, the circle getting filled in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

It helps me to understand the questions, concerns, and everyday context of many nonprofits that want to embrace emerging media like social or mobile and to design and build peer exchange programs or Train-the-Trainers programs. SMART Objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely objectives.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A more profound change would be to rate work across the museum on its impact with visitors—being sure to value how internal workflows and the unsexy infrastructure projects influence visitor outcomes. This creates a measure which organization leaders can share widely and which would help staff see how their work connects with the public.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

79% said they want updates on programs and services. Smaller requests with appropriate frequency - Millennials said they want to hear from organizations, but not get asks all of the time (want info on programs and services monthly). People want transparency. 70% want to know about volunteer opportunities.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Delivered through a richly curated program, the IFC is a hub for unparalleled learning, networking and opportunities. Participants will network and learn about other areas of practice, discuss a range of opportunities and challenges faced by different sectors, and work collaboratively to improve impact measurement. State/Local.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

“This research and the decline in donor acquisition rates through direct mail indicate that the marketing model needs to shift to attract the next generation of donor while supporting continued direct mail success. The chart above illustrates the channels in which donors have given by in the last two years.

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