DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Using that knowledge, we’ve created this guide to help your team understand major gift KPIs, the metrics you should be tracking, and the top tips to do so successfully. You’ll explore major gift metrics through the following guide: Overview of Major Gift Fundraising Data. 3 Tips to Track Major Gift Metrics More Effectively.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Americans today question the value of a college degree and mistrust the so-called “ivory tower” experts. They also distrust the media, calling bias and questioning facts. One exec expressed interest in resources to share with our members to teach them how to have conversations about controversial topics.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. When it comes to focusing on the right data, I like to ask myself these two questions. And the highest level metric that they lead with is that they have 20 volunteers, and they have 20 every year.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

The conversational nature of podcasts makes them a digestible way for supporters to learn about your nonprofit. Establish the fundamental aspects of your podcast by answering the following questions: What is the primary goal of the podcast? After you’ve answered these questions, you can determine the funnel position for your podcast.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

Another noteworthy trend is only a quarter of professionals say they can easily join member data from various resources to create a unified member report. Get the conversation started by asking the following questions: . Focus groups offer great value because they encourage in-depth conversation about your organization.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Ask your colleagues questions. We suggest that you have a conversation and not send a survey. Use softer, more open-ended questions to get detailed information that you will capture in writing for your plan. What questions do you want answers to from data? Read our blog on Creating a Data Culture for Your Association.

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sgEngage

MARCH 13, 2024

So, we were curious: What would the data tell us about three key questions? We encourage you to read the full report where we dive into these questions and more. So, organizations did a more effective job of driving participation and fundraising rather than creating more events. This metric is one to watch for the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Joan Garry and I had the joy of collaborating on this article together based on a conversation we had recently. From our previous conversations, we’ve realized that empathy is not just a warm and fuzzy “soft skill,” but an essential leadership skill to ensure that your nonprofit’s work survives and thrives in the future.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Think about the last time you heard someone mention a safety deposit box and compare that to the last conversation you heard about creating, managing, or forgetting login credentials. Looking backwards at historical data helps you answer that question. Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit. Data helps us make decisions.

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EveryAction

APRIL 6, 2017

I shared a few tips, tricks, and brewed up a crockpot metaphor I'm pretty proud of - check out our conversation below! Think of it like a crockpot waiting for the right combination of ingredients to help you create a delicious meal with minimum effort. The Campaign Workshop: "Why should I care about nonprofit marketing automation?".

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

Among the most important questions to ask to avoid this strategic planning pitfall are: What resources—financial, human, and/or organizational—will we need to pursue our strategic priorities? Rather, leaders will likely find themselves revisiting those questions and asking related ones down the road.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. Last week during the Salsa Conference, I was asked this very question, why is social media data important - by Adrianne Burke, of Salsa Labs, during our panel Measuring Your Social Media. Why is Social Media Data Important?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Yet, there are those constant nagging questions. What social media analytics should we pay attention to? And the nuts and bolts questions like, “Given all the Facebook changes , what do I need to understand about the new Facebook metrics and the Insights analytics program?”

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Volunteer Hub

JUNE 9, 2023

Create a special event exclusively for volunteers. Let volunteers know impact metrics. Engage in meaningful conversations with your volunteers, delving into their personal lives to establish a genuine connection. When asking questions, consider their motivations for dedicating their time.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Keep an eye on your metrics. For example, adding a Salesforce SMS app to your nonprofit’s Salesforce database allows you to quickly create segments based on your existing donor data. Supporters can get more information quickly by asking any questions they have about a message. Keep an eye on your metrics.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Event metrics can be great guides as we plan. In earlier posts, npENGAGE has discussed how to focus on our event fundraising analytics and how to use these metrics for success. Below are some ways to use your event metrics to identify and engage specific participant types during your fundraising event. Warm Bodies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. One thing that stood out in our conversations is that the civic tech field is ready for a deeper dive on outcomes. Hone in on your true scope of influence. L earn and borrow from others.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

These insights can give you a clear picture of what parts of your website — pages, images, forms, buttons — are working to drive conversions and which ones need some help. Predictive Metrics: This feature can help you predict points like the number of donations you can expect in a certain period. You’ve Switched to GA4 — Now What?

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Chat-first search, where people use conversation interfaces like chatbots to find information, is poised to overtake traditional search engine usage sooner than you might expect. Jump to something more interesting: A Visual Example of Chat-First Search How to create an AI Chat-first search traffic risk audit?

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Chat-first search, where people use conversation interfaces like chatbots to find information, is poised to overtake traditional search engine usage sooner than you might expect. Jump to something more interesting: A Visual Example of Chat-First Search How to create an AI Chat-first search traffic risk audit?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Wellbeing At Work is an essential read for leaders who want to create a thriving and resilient workplace culture. To strengthen wellbeing in the workplace the book provides leaders various solutions, including a new metric to track suffering, struggling, and thriving — Gallup Net Thriving. Remove abusive managers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

An added benefit of email marketing strategies is that you can analyze performance and optimize those conversations in real-time. This post offers five ways you can optimize your fundraising campaign and create winning emails as we all prepare for the biggest season for nonprofit fundraising — end-of-year giving. Share their why.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s been proven time after time that data-driven strategy creates the most successful fundraising results. These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. To be strategic with your data means to identify which questions you want to try to answer.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I decided to conduct two studies with my colleagues to get to answer this question. After finding our 200 nonprofits, we created a spreadsheet where we recorded their names, websites, and each organization’s mission statement. from 2016–2018 and added a number of financial metrics to the spreadsheet.

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

is an opportunity to have meaningful and deliberate conversations that lead to greater involvement. Your website analytics can inform the kinds of content you create, including blog posts and webpages, based on traffic and engagement data. Create a comprehensive user journey based on customer data. What are your goals?

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

The most user-friendly AI tools will provide these insights in the form of predictive scores and rank metrics. But when looking at the bigger picture, even more valuable benefits become clear: Higher conversion rates through better-targeted donor lists. Reduced overhead costs of broad fundraising outreach.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT.

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Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

Just as you’ve finally settled into the shift from Universal Analytics (UA) to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and started to get a handle on its new metrics, Google has yet another deadline for organizations to meet. Metrics: Select quantitative measurements like Pageviews, New Users, or Conversions. 30daysAgo or 7daysAgo).

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

But what sometimes isn’t captured in a breaking moment is that most of these are the result of weeks, months, or years of steady work to create that singular moment. Their mission is to create a seismic shift in the way politics are done, through innovations that empower social, economic, and environmental justice movements.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

To better analyze your campaigns, you’ll need to understand a few fundamental metrics, including ROI, cost per dollar raised (CPDR), and cost per acquisition (CPA). Metrics like these measure your digital marketing campaigns in different ways, but they all seek to answer the same question: “Are your campaigns raising or losing money?” .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the need-to-know information and steps of creating a major gift fundraising strategy, including: What is a major gift? Creating a major gift program or fundraising strategy is essential because these gifts will not just appear out of thin air. Create a gift range chart. Make one last phone call.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

A lack of standardized demographic data not only hinders our collective work to create a more equitable sector; it also requires nonprofits to take time away from their mission-driven work to respond to disparate requests by funders for this information. The question then becomes, what actions are we prepared to take?

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Documenting a strategy within the database ensures that donors are not overlooked, and if staff turnover happens, new team members can know exactly where conversations with the donor stand, and the next steps they need to take to move the relationship forward. Donor Database Management Essentials. Getting Started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Peer learning is based in real work: sharing what one is doing with others, asking for support, questions and answers and feedback. I’m delighted to be working with the Knight Foundation and its Community Foundation partners to design and facilitate a Peer Learning Exchange to share best practices. On Sept. ET Thursday Sept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points (fancy way of saying metrics) that will help you harvest insights to improve your social media strategy. For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need. I think engagement metrics are far more useful for evaluating reader interest.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that processes vast amounts of information to generate responses to questions and statements entered by the user. ChatGPT can create natural-sounding responses to virtually any prompt due to its reliance on deep-learning. Not all prompts are created equal though.

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

Your donor data should play a key role in your communication strategy, helping you create targeted content and personal experiences for recipients. Besides the basics of their name and gift size, your donation form can also ask key questions like “How did you find out about our mission?” How do you create the perfect donor email ?

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