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How do grantmaker CEO salaries compare with other staff? 

Candid

One of the more helpful ways to explore top executive pay is to examine the ratio of their compensation compared to that of the “median worker” (i.e., For example, in The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism , John Bogle estimated a nationwide ratio to be approximately 280:1 in 2004 (up from 42:1 in 1980). The median ratio was 2.7:1

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The Importance of Data Analytics for Fundraising Events

Achieve

Median Donation Amount If the median donation amount is lower than expected, updating your donation page to include a higher default donation amount or adjusting your total donation goal can positively influence donor behavior. These can include surveys, one-on-one conversations, or anonymous comment cards.

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How To Build Resilient And Thriving Teams

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Peers have a major influence because they can measure and compare their struggles and successes. Make wellbeing part of career development conversations. Suffering and struggling employees have substantially higher disease burden due to diagnoses of depression and anxiety, among others. Remove abusive managers.

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Social Networking Strategies: The Limits of Cutting and Pasting

Amy Sample Ward

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up on the opinion blog – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or read the full post below. But if they congregate online, on a community news site or blog network, join them in conversation there. Who is using the platform?

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Why don’t my friends like me on Facebook?

Connection Cafe

Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. So maybe that gets you an “engagement” ratio. Conversions? Does social media influence their “offline” behavior/engagement toward your organization? Hashtag mentions?

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Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Benchmarking can lead to helpful conversations and learning—even when nonprofits use the same metric in different ways. The field is hungry to move beyond simplistic measures such as the overhead ratio. We have gathered 700 suggested metrics for our Common Results Catalog —but nonprofits can always add their own metrics, too.

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The Nonprofit Administration Dilemma: How Much Should You Spend on Fundraising?

Get Fully Funded

Charity Navigator wields a lot of influence in the nonprofit sector with its star ratings that take into account how much an organization spends on overhead. Then, steer the conversation back to your programs. What About Ratings on Sites Like Charity Navigator? Donors will respect this answer. This will give you instant credibility.