sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

As a Database Administrator, my world revolves around helping users make sense of the information they receive, from voice-of-the-customer anecdotes and impressions to polished Key Performance Indicator (KPI) graphs, charts, and dashboards. Data gives us context. How do I care for my data? That’s okay!

Chart 76

Chart Map Data Attention 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2013

Source: Juice Lab Chart Chooser. Last month, Stephanie Evergreen wrote an awesome guest post called “ Six Steps to Great Charts ” with lots of practical tips for using the Excel chart feature to visualize your social media measurement data. The six steps: Step 1: Which Chart is Best? Step 6: Annotate.

Chart 105

Chart Comparison Data Measure 105

Everyaction

OCTOBER 11, 2017

, or relying on (pretty ugly) charts with data estimates made in Excel or Powerpoint. Built on top of EveryAction's unparalleled reporting functionality, users can easily create pie charts, donut charts, bar graphs, line graphs, and area charts based on any criteria for data in their database.

Chart 40

Chart Data Build Stats 40

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

From Chart Organizers to Dashboards, you’ll leave with practical ways you can automate and simplify your fund accounting. Consultant and nonprofit CFO Stephanie Skryzowski will guide you through effective strategies to help your leadership and board actually grasp your financial metrics.

Blackbaud 80

Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 80

sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. But they often come with many strings attached—such as detailed reporting requirements. Tip 2: Review your scheduled reports.

Foundation 81

Foundation Build Grant Fund 81

Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

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. Depending on your CRM, you might have fully customizable reports where you build them from scratch or canned reports with all the columns and form fields ready for you to run.

Report 56

Report Data Tools Stats 56

VisionLink

JUNE 4, 2009

Dashboard reports: pre-built, real-time, graphical, and permission controlled. We''ve been hearing the need: deploy reports from pre-built data sets so users don''t have to work with the data from scratch. Then offer charts and other graphics to make the point. It''s a MAJOR upgrade. Okay, more than mild excitement here.

Report 100

Report Chart Summary Metrics 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2013

But, the Luis Chabolla and Kim East were ready now to customized an Excel Spreadsheet to serve as their reporting dashboard. (See Slideshare how do i say it with charts from Beth Kanter. See above). What I always love about peer learning approaches is that we slow down, take it in small steps, and begin to build good practices.

Social Media 112

Social Media Metrics Media Measure 112

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

That’s why we put together a list of the five essential metrics you need to know, as a fundraiser, to achieve higher retention rates. Tracking these metrics will help you keep a pulse on the current engagement of your donors so you know which efforts are working and which ones need to be increased or modified. Donor Level Moves.

Metrics 42

Metrics Donor Fundraising Retention 42

Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And last year the AFL-CIO reported CEO-to-median-worker pay ratios ranged from 6:1 to over 6,000:1 for the largest, publicly traded companies (i.e., The Council on Foundations ’ annual survey and report on staff salaries and benefits at U.S. The median for all reported CEO salaries in 2022 was $200,000. How do U.S.

Ratio 105

Ratio Survey Sample Report 105

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2024

I selected those metrics because our goals for social media are to increase brand awareness and drive traffic to our articles and resources. You also love a nice chart. Hootsuite’s 2024 Trends for Nonprofits on Social Media report found that 34% of audiences dislike it when a nonprofit promotes the organization too much.

Social Media 52

Social Media Data Strategy Media 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Create Personalized Reports and Dashboards Having a way to quickly and clearly see your financial numbers helps you make better data-driven decisions.

Foundation 79

Foundation Build Fund Review 79

sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2023

They will use the view-only access you provide to your fund accounting system, and it’s even better if they are already familiar with your system and know where to find specific reports. Your auditors will want to see your organizational chart, which is sometimes difficult to keep current. Get buy-in from your leadership if needed.

Review 68

Review Fund Software Nonprofit 68

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. These are some places to begin: M+R Benchmarks ; Fundraising Effectiveness Project Reports ; Fundraising Report Card Benchmarks. . You identify key metrics by which you’ll determine if your programs are successful.

Analytics 122

Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

Media Cause

MAY 20, 2021

In the marketing world, the challenges are usually most pronounced for me with things like color-coded spreadsheets, charts or graphs using vague pastel shades. Depending on the chart or graph you show me, I may or may not know what it’s trying to communicate. The vague shades are usually indistinguishable to me.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Web Green Chart 98

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. Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. However, by studying your donor engagement metrics regularly, you can determine what makes online donors tick.

Donation 52

Donation Donor Giving Demographics 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Create Personalized Reports and Dashboards Having a way to quickly and clearly see your financial numbers helps you make better data-driven decisions.

Foundation 52

Foundation Build Fund Review 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Create a gift range chart. A gift range chart helps determine how many gifts you’ll need to acquire at each giving level to meet your campaign or annual giving goals. Use your CRM to develop a report template to measure your program’s impact. Identify prospective major donors based on wealth and engagement metrics.

Gift 99

Gift Raise Guide Relationship 99

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, when surveyed, 97% of nonprofit professionals expressed an interest in learning how to use their data more effectively, and only 5% reported using data in every decision they make. Additionally, this digital shift to increased data interoperability means less chart chasing and improved quality care.

Integration 77

Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 77

Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Focus on Event Fundraising Analytics , we looked at how peer-to-peer event metrics let us know if our event planning and execution efforts are paying off in fundraising results. Metrics and benchmarks can be our guides to whether your efforts at creating a great experience for participants are paying off. Profit/loss.

Metrics 42

Metrics Benchmark Fundraising Stats 42

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You assign several team members to assess the extent of the attack and summarize their findings into a clear report. How often should you develop a standard nonprofit strategic plan?

Examples 117

Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2011

These are also good for designing reports. (1) This requires some discipline to think long and hard about what data is most useful to gain an understanding. A nonprofit recently shared their social media metrics spreadsheet with me and it was 150 rows of data that require constant scrolling. Do you need to a monthly trend?

Design 116

Design Chart Measure Metrics 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Many times dashboard design is focused on “getting it done efficiently” and graphs and does not address the human side – buy-in, learning from data, and consensus on metrics. Metrics for Movements.

Design 99

Design Marketing Metrics Measure 99

Nimble AMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

Personalization – The study shows that Pros with poor member retention in the past year tend to report worse member data. Moving to a modern AMS system will allow you to easily keep member data updated and secure as well as give you a complete view of your member data through reports and dashboards. Review your governance model.

Associations 78

Associations Studies Trend Data 78

NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Thanks to the eBenchmarks research series NTEN has partnered with M+R Strategic Services to create, you can now impress your boss and colleagues with your knowledge of not only how to calculate your organization's fan page churn but also what kinds of goals you might want to set for your Facebook strategy around this metric.

Rate 95

Rate Facebook Chart Metrics 95

sgEngage

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Charts and lists are two of the most common formats for grant reporting, but they have different benefits when you are trying to make sense of your grantmaking data. Using Lists in Your Grant Reporting. Using Charts in Your Grant Reporting. Charts make it easy to make sense of a lot of data by creating context.

Chart 74

Chart Report Data Grant 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2013

Infographics can be used in different and creative ways and some obvious ones such as marketing messaging , educating about a social issue , to celebrate a successful campaign , to report to stakeholders on key performance metrics , an annual report, and even a marriage proposal ! Need some more ideas?

Design 131

Design Colorado Chart Storytelling 131

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Data-driven fundraising strategies are always the smartest move, so make sure you have the necessary constituent relationship management software (CRM) integrations and reporting tools. By using a CRM’s fundraising reporting tools, you can compile effective reports that help you understand and document your research into your donor base.

Campaign 98

Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

In the nonprofit sector, the annual report is often viewed as a necessary document to fulfill financial reporting obligations. In case you missed our webinar, feel free to watch it here and learn how to create annual reports that rock! These elements can also increase engagement with your report when shared online.

Report 94

Report Tools Storytelling Fundraising 94

Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

Charitable Giving Report Quiz : The Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic released the 5 th annual Charitable Giving Report at the beginning of the year. You may have already read the report, but a few months later, do you remember everything that was in the report? Toolkit utilizing the findings in Giving USA.

Resource 48

Resource Blackbaud Chart Retention 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The report offers a couple of key findings: Nonprofits very much want to be able to understand their performance and are taking steps to do so. The report ends with some reasons why there might be a disconnect. I like the worksheet that allows you rate the usefulness and ease of collection for proposed metrics to collect.

Data 111

Data Measure Sample Seattle 111

Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The report either gave a big "F" or a mediocre rating to most of the nonprofits in the report. The report is troubling because the nonprofit community has been doing online fundraising for years and there are established best practices for optimizing conversions. Out of 151 nonprofits, only 24 of them scored 76% or above.

Studies 78

Studies Online Fundraising Nonprofit 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2011

Note from Beth: For those of you who have been following my blog for a long time, you know of my obsession with research reports, particularly social media research snippets. Charts, graphics, analytics, metrics, and data are like crack to me … A guest post by Kyle Andrei, Idealware.

Facebook 123

Facebook Research Advocacy Analytics 123

Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. Implement procedures to asess metrics. Make this an everyday habit so that you become the master storyteller of the insights within your reports and help a broad audience understand complex data.

Social Media 52

Social Media Trend Storyboard Montana 52

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

Get the report and read it. Well, this report has some pretty telling data. Take a look at this chart from the report: The lower retention rate drags down the lifetime value of online-acquired donors, as per this chart: So, while we're busy chasing down those high-value online donors, they may be costing us more in the long-run.

Attention 36

Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

At the 4 th level of 100% adoption for your prospect management system, your organization is now able to provide a deep analysis with reportings based on a sound system and full buy-in from all staff. Your reports should allow your organization to clearly see the trouble areas that are causing your goals to be at risk.

Rate 35

Rate System Management Analysis 35

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While they aren’t the most comprehensive of reports, there is no point in ignoring free metrics! If you do, check out Nutshell Mail for reports on your various social media presences. Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you. Facebook Insights.

Tools 162

Tools Tech Map RSS 162