Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2013

Source: Gemma Correll – I Love Charts. Note from Beth: I just knew that I was going to start obsessing about charts and graphs after my Excel spreadsheet obsessions started. What better way than in Excel. Step 1: Which Chart is Best? If your data adds up to 100%, you might choose a pie chart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s also helpful to include pie charts, bar graphs, or other visuals that help readers see the big picture and understand financial trends. The financial section of a nonprofit annual report should clearly explain where revenues come from and how they are spent. How do we Handle the Donor Lists?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The 5th edition of the Salesforce Nonprofit Trends Report is finally here. The dozens of charts, tables, and nonprofit CEO quotes — which we struggled to squeeze into its more than 50 pages — provide a thought-provoking overview of the state of the nonprofit sector. Many of the findings are surprising. Others are provocative.

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2023

Check out our blog post, Reporting for Grantmakers: Charts vs. Lists. Request a Demo The post Trends in Grantmaking: Don’t Leave Your Foundation’s Impact Story to Chance first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Need help making sense of your GMS data?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We've covered bar charts, line charts, scatter plots, and maps in Beyond the Pie Chart. We finish the series by explaining the only time a pie chart actually is the right choice. When to Use a Pie Chart. As we state in our white paper, Which Chart or Graph is Right for You? Pro Tips for Pie Charts.

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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. Part 4 in our Beyond the Pie Chart series covers mapping. So demand the same informative view from your data.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Your point of contact understands the importance of monitoring patient traffic trends, developing economies of scale, and identifying grants that will shore up revenue streams. It will help you envision the ease of an optimized structure for your chart of accounts and the business rules that will be most beneficial.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn from my mistakes and create better charts for your audience – to show fundraising results, organization’s impact or benchmarking. Have you seen a chart and asked yourself, “What is this? Are we guilty of creating such charts ourselves? Here’s a chart from my thesis I created about 15 years ago.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged. Happy action planning!

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

The chart below compares the proportion of nonprofits by subject area overall (in blue) with that of the subset of nonprofits sharing demographic data (in orange). In the chart below, we compared sharing rates by different staffing levels and demographic categories, including race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2024

As Candid’s manager of digital communications, I’ve been digging through our social media analytics, researching broader trends, and determining our strategy and tactics for 2024. You also love a nice chart. What we’re planning for 2024 (and you can steal for your strategy) Our results follow broader trends in social media.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Watch what is trending online. Jane Pearson,orgSource Vice President of Marketing and Communications, offers this guidance, “In the post-pandemic world, people crave connection. Associations are ideally positioned to fill that need in a way that social media and other online activities cannot. I hope I’m preaching to the choir.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The chart above shows the number of 990 filings ii that Candid has for years 2017–2022. To illustrate how recent delays compare to traditional delays, we plotted the number of IRS filings we’ve received each month for a given fiscal year (FY) in the chart below. ii This chart includes 990s, 990-EZs, and 990-PFs.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Part 3 in our Beyond the Pie Chart series digs into the wonderful world of scatter plots. These tips from Tableau's Visual Analysis Best Practices and Which Chart or Graph is Right for You? As we can see from the chart (specifically when we add a trend line), there is a clear negative correlation between sales price and quantity.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Keep these trends and tactics in mind as you start to pencil in plans for the coming end of year (and no, it is never too early to start). For a more robust data set and many, many, many charts, stay tuned for the upcoming 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study! And illustrating it with an eye-catching graphic: perfection!

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blackbaud University’s Henry Wiencek and Chrissy Haskell will do a quick overview of the different chart types, including how you can use them, and they will even build a few from scratch. Trends in Impact and Outcomes Reporting in Grantmaking Measuring the impact of your grantmaking can be difficult and time-consuming.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

It’s also worth noting that according to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 10% of donors worldwide prefer to give directly through their bank account. ” This is a trend seen more often on the websites of large nonprofits: 3) Add a monthly giving pop-up to your primary donation page.

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fusionSpan

MARCH 30, 2022

The quality and accuracy of the datasets you’re working with increase when you present them in attractive graphs, charts, shapes, and plots. Trend Lines & Predictive Analysis. Creating trend lines and forecasts is straightforward with Tableau’s powerful backend and dynamic front end.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The primary reason we web-scrape data is to find early signals of giving trends before 990s are released to fill in the details. The chart below shows how the percentage of our data sources shift as more 990 data comes in. In fact, only a small number of grants are web-scraped from other public sources. based foundations.

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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. Part 2 will dive into why and how we plan for product updates and how we incorporate feedback and marketing trends. They need information that helps them make data-driven decisions.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 11, 2022

Looking to chart a path forward to successfully and predictably grow your nonprofit in 2022? 2022 nonprofit marketing trends to help guide your strategic marketing approach. You need a strong marketing plan to lead the way. This way, you can ensure your nonprofit successfully scales impact, no matter the circumstances.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Much like a developing human, our data collections have gotten bigger over time (see chart below), undergone developmental changes, and experienced the associated growing pains. Today, we refer to it as the “Foundation 1000”, and it is often used to look at historical grantmaking trends. And this year, it enters full-fledged adulthood!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Infographics are a communication trend that illustrate data in an attractive, easily digestible format. Infographics make it possible to tell a complex story in a few words, that people can grab right away. They’re great for nonprofits to tell a story that will resonate with your audience.

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Media Cause

MARCH 8, 2024

While a brief campaign pause to adjust strategy or tone may be appropriate, many nonprofits pull back entirely on any fundraising asks when major events or crises hit the trending charts. Just because your issue isn’t the top headline doesn’t mean your cause doesn’t matter.

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NCE Social Media

JUNE 16, 2009

Below is a chart showing how Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace compare in number of unique visitors in the past 13 months. Facebook and Twitter have grown while MySpace has been stagnant. Does your own website meet this level of visitors? Why not harness it for your own benefit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

Google Internet Stats : A collection of economic and media trends and stats. budget, taxes, and spending: Income Tax Chart , Cost Of War.com and budget charts. BrainyQuote : A directory of quotes by famous people. Inspirational quotes are also ReTweeted often. They get lots of Thumbs Up on Facebook too.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

These ideas from a recent association trends study can help you prepare your organization for whatever comes next. While I don’t have a crystal ball, I do have some association trends data that can help. Here are five ideas from the association trends study to help you prepare your association for 2022 and beyond: 1.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA). Neglecting Month-to-Month Financial Comparisons Month-to-month comparisons are crucial for detecting trends, anomalies, and areas of concern in your financial activities.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 8, 2022

You’ll find graphics and charts illustrating each of the major discoveries from our survey. An overview of trends discusses these findings in greater detail, with a deep dive into the data collected, and some of our own conclusions about what these discoveries mean for fundraising in 2022.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

You can identify trends with easily accessible historical data and always know where you are with real-time information. If you have a goal to bring in an additional $20,000 in unrestricted funding this year, create a chart on your dashboard that shows your progress, so you see it every time you open your fund accounting system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Charts: Compare funding for different activities and display it on a trends chart, bar chart or wind rose (circular bar chart). Map: Visualize funding by recipient location (orange bubbles) or foundation location (blue bubbles). List: View and sort foundation, recipients and grants data in table form.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Considering top executives often receive more compensation than most staff through bonuses, deferred compensation, profit sharing, and other supplemental benefits, we can safely expect the total compensation ratios to trend higher. In 2022, 1,003 grantmakers participated in the survey.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Understand individual patient health within the context of population health trends. Additionally, this digital shift to increased data interoperability means less chart chasing and improved quality care. Manage and streamline patient outreach efforts. This leads to measurable growth and improved patient results.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A major part of connecting with these individuals and optimizing the giving experience is utilizing the data you collect about their giving trends to inform your future fundraising decisions. . Exclude advanced data like donor lifetime value, donor acquisition cost, and trends in recaptured donors.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 26, 2019

5 Foundation Trends for 2019: Conquering the Unknown with the Help of Data by Annie Rhodes, formerly with Blackbaud Foundation Solutions. From partnerships and data to cybersecurity to hyperfocus on specific problems, read through five trends predicted for 2019 and decide which will continue into 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It also important to think about to development skills internally regardless and the Playbook offers a good list: Being “data-minded”: Someone who currently has or can build skills for creating charts, graphs, pivot tables and Excel formulas; someone who is interested in building surveys, exploring data and helping to make meaning out of numbers.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 29, 2022

T he Community Brands Association Trends Study found 5 7 % of association members are more likely to attend i n-person events if their friend or co-worker plans on attending. Use videos, charts, games, slide decks, checklists, and interviews within your training courses to engage members and keep them coming back for more. .

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