Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. The report isn’t about security, it’s a very, very broad comparison of the systems, with security as a very small component. More on that in a bit.

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Drupal Comment Report Open Source 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Actionable Measurement. The gym metaphor resonated because lately I’ve been obsessed with the idea of “ SpreadSheet Aerobics , an actionable social media measurement strategy that is fit and trim and light on its feet! I don’t try to measure everything. Avoid Measurement As Therapy and Drive By Analysis.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 99

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 30, 2012

Question: This question was recently posed to the ASU Lodestar Center’s “Ask a Nonprofit Specialist”: Every time the financial report is made at my organization’s Board meeting, the members seem to either fixate on a number that is not especially meaningful or the opposite: their eyes glaze over in boredom.

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Report Ratio Tucson Director 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2013

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 vertical is used to label and measure different items. Time Series Comparisons. Step 4: Directly Label.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

As the membership organization for nonprofit technology professionals, it''s an important, and often sticky, issue to understand, communicate, and especially measure. So, how did these various question formats impact responses/results? This gives us (and you) a more comparable metric.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

Comparison? Beyond these being practical questions, they’re also heart-centered questions. 90% of them can’t be answered by data or metrics. Beyond these being practical questions, they’re also heart-centered questions. 90% of them can’t be answered by data or metrics. How did the process feel?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. The report isn’t about security, it’s a very, very broad comparison of the systems, with security as a very small component. More on that in a bit.

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Drupal Comment Report Metrics 100

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. If you use the questions box, it might be a little bit easier to call out your question, but we’d love to hear from you.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

But as any fundraiser worth their salt will tell you – planning is something you need to do, without question. If you start working on something in the year that doesn’t feed into this goal, then you need to question whether it’s worth doing. Creating a fundraising plan may seem daunting. Fundraising Goals. Create A Path Forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Are you seeing this with donations or perhaps a better ‘Little Bets’ question is what have you learned? We’d like to try to benchmark it against other disruptive pinterest campaigns but we’re not sure there is a good comparison case study. Please tell us if you know of one!

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

We also had him share insights on the metrics you should measure. CausePlanet : Would you talk about how the metrics you have developed (lifetime value, etc.) Craver : There are some fundamental metrics that serve as a sort of fundraiser’s GPS—retention rates and lifetime value.

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Track Donor Retention Metrics 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

She also said that the pressure of measurement is not lessening and the drumbeat is getting louder. But that nonprofit sector has struggled for decades about whether or not they could demonstrate impact and there are lots of comparisons between sub-sectors. She touched on some of the implications for staffing and governance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

a question asked by the Give and Take blog. The holy grail metrics is missing? The closest thing I've seen is a little utility called Twitinfluence - it measures an individual users Twitter network based on the following: First and Second Order Networks. Can Twitter help your cause raise money?, Does it exist? Social Capital.

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Donation Tanzania Organization Stats 50

Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. Research Questions. Once we’ve set the timeframe, we then start digging into the data to answer some key questions: What are some benchmark stats for improvement? If we set up Goals, reviewing them post-launch is another great success metric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

It is nice to arrive on scene where 800 people in modest surroundings are energetically pursuing questions that have to be answered to build a movement. I sought out sessions that focused on setting industry standards for social measurement. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. Lagging indicators -.

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Taxonomy Metrics San Francisco Ghana 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. It answers the "Was it worth doing?"

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

There are different ways to go about that, though, which begs this question: Should you stick it out alone or weather-the-storm alongside another organization? Understanding your own goals and your nonprofit’s impact will keep you from getting too caught up in the comparison game. Cooperation isn’t smooth sailing from there, either.

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Cancer Nonprofit Profit Metrics 41

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

The question I want to ask is, what do web stats really mean, anyway? As some sort of measure of accountability, raw web statistics (this site got x visits and y pageviews in t timeframe) mean zilch. to care a whole lot about how many hits they got in comparison to similar (or different) organizations.

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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

A place to quickly get a range of responses to questions, rapid research for blog posts, and social presence. I did a comparison of time on-site with top referrals and Twitter referrals stay longer than Google. Generally, she uses Twitter to take the community's temperature and get rapid feedback on questions.

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Twitter Ratio Google Artist 74

NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By comparison, when Epic Change launched the original TweetsGiving in 2008 - when Stacey herself had far fewer followers & the Twitter ecosystem itself was exponentially smaller – the campaign generated over 3,000 tweets in just 48 hours. Share your questions and your experiences! from over 635,000 total followers. "No

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm doing a session at Boston podcamp called the Social Media Metrics/ROI Game. I also don't want to get too deep into geeky measurement crap. So when I heard that one of the leading subject matter experts on social media metrics - Jeremiah Owyang - was the guest of honor at a local social media networking event , I decided to go.

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Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

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.

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Reflection Measure Technorati Metrics 50

EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Using reports to answer some of the typical questions you might get from a board member. Don't let your board members leave another meeting with more questions than answers. Most CRM software will allow you to run standard reports that measure typical email metrics: opens, clicks, etc. Fundraising reports.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Fundraising Donor Management Software Comparison: What’s Right for Your Nonprofit? Take this 6-question quiz to get a customized list of CRM vendors that will best fit your nonprofit based on your budget, size, and functionality needs. But you can use metrics and A/B testing to measure how your emails are performing.

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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2011

Dashboards provide measures to help you make better decisions. Google Analytics , with its robust dashboard system displaying key web site metrics, is another example. A status dashboard is the answer to the question: what is the critical information everyone in the organization should be able to view all the time?

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Indianapolis Museum Nonprofit Denver 102

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 16, 2012

This is absolutely a valuable metric, but I was curious how this data might vary if the list was based on organizations with the strongest social media presence.the ones we stand to learn the most from. Data is collected for each nonprofit from all six measured criteria (i.e., When I first came across it, I was really excited.

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Social Media Web Media United States 96

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2014

Carla: We also integrated Google Analytics more deeply to allow us to better understand the needs of our users, set better goals for our traffic , and have more control in tracking those metrics. Carla: We measured our website, especially before and after the launch, comparing the metrics with different traffic tools.

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Conservancy Design New York City Metrics 52

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Analyzing Your Website’s Organic Traffic To understand how people are finding and engaging with your nonprofit website, you need to set up analytics and regularly monitor performance metrics. You’ll find key metrics under the Acquisition > All Traffic > Channels menu in your GA dashboard. Shows content popularity.

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Websites Guide Impact Metrics 59

Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

Twitter: At 330 million users per month, Twitter feels like a fading platform in comparison to the others. You also need to respond to questions asked via direct messages. Analyzing Results on Your Social Media Platforms A huge benefit of social media is the ability to see your metrics in black and white.

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Social Media Media Strategy Social 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. The percentages show the volume of tweets that were generated in that country about the highlighted topic, in comparison to tweets about all the other topics.

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Policy Social Media International News 103

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We all use data and analytics in some measure every day to guide our strategic planning and tactical decision making. And we all have likely asked these same questions: How much do I really know about my donor’s relationship with my charity? Lifetime value measurements. Am I using the data I have to its fullest advantage?

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