Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

If you are going to pour the amount of work necessary into creating a podcast, you will want to measure its success — but how? We can track total downloads and we can tell if those downloads were from unique devices, but that’s where the measurement trail meets the edge of the cliff.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Step 1: Build the top of your funnel SImply put, building the top of the funnel means participating in activities designed to create awareness about your association. Top of funnel outreach includes channels like social media, newsletters, and blogs that are designed to establish credibility. Or offer them a discount on membership?

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Meaningful data is a tremendous asset to advocates, policymakers, and mission-driven organizations. Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2022

Digital strategy runs on data. Without robust data and analytics, any organization’s strategy is just a series of guesses. While it’s easier than ever to access data—every digital action, from website clicks to member signups produces a trackable trail—knowing how to use the data is a different story. How reliable is it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2023

Universal Analytics (UA) has stopped processing data. Accurately measuring the performance of marketing efforts is crucial for nonprofits to evaluate and optimise their strategies to make the most of precious resources. Finding UTM data in reports UTM data will appear in the acquisition reports. It’s official.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 19, 2020

While keeping attendance numbers down can help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, event organizers will still need to follow a series of COVID-19 safety measures to ensure attendees and participants are protected. . Every physical event needs to have basic security measures in place to ensure the safety of the participants.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The first iteration tracks disclosure of 22 data points across six specific dimensions of racial equity: (1) Pay Equity, (2) Racial/Ethnic Diversity Data, (3) Education and Training Programs, (4) Response to Mass Incarceration, (5) Community Investments, and (6) Anti-Discrimination Policies.

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Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

On July 1, 2024, Google will permanently remove access to all Universal Analytics data. Organizations need to act before that deadline if they want to preserve their historical data. With the GA4 rollout, standard UA properties ceased collecting new data on July 1, 2023. Can I migrate data or reports from UA to GA4?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. KD Paine reminded us again that we become what we measure so choose wisely.

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Volunteer Hub

APRIL 21, 2022

Without cybersecurity policies and protocols in place, your nonprofit is more vulnerable to data breaches. It is crucial to protect your data and the constituents that provide it. Many nonprofits store crucial data including information about clients, donors, volunteers, staff, and corporate partners that needs to be protected.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of nonprofit organizations, the ability to harness data for informed decision-making is more critical than ever. Whether you’re implementing a new CRM or looking to refamiliarize your staff with an existing system, these insights will help you pursue your data-driven endeavors.

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Forum One

JANUARY 31, 2023

Not that long ago, powerful data management and analysis tools were often only accessible to the commercial sector. Today, there is a wealth of modern tools that make deep and meaningful data analysis more accessible to the nonprofit and social good sector. When people think about data, the concept of data visualization (aka.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard. Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Dashboard design should also inspire buy-in and continuous improvement by using “ human centered design ” methods. Tracking for Impact and Learning.

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Case Management Tools Measure impact A unified solution to help you collect actionable program data, develop comprehensive reports, and share how you’re impacting your community. Learn more Safeguard program and participant data Secure data management Having a secure data environment is imperative.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

By Stephanie Wallace , Marketing Specialist, Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. By automating tasks and centralizing data, these tools have saved organizations time and resources.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In our eighth annual research report, Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2021: Data to Drive Decisions , developed in partnership with Candid , we dive into how philanthropy and other donors supported natural hazards, severe weather events and complex humanitarian emergencies in 2019. .

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2023

Paper petitions are fine but a tablet-based petition—eliminating the need for hours of post-event data entry—is even better. The hard work laid out above can seem especially time-consuming (and expensive when measured in dedicated staff hours) compared to just allocating some budget for Care2 or Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2011

Dashboards are a nonprofit’s best friend because they can be powerful tools in communicating your organization’s important measurement data at a glance. But what if we used design thinking to make our dashboards more effective. That’s what attracted me to this book Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a webinar on measurement and nonprofit for Kivi at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. One of the questions I was asked, ”Why Data Informed? Why Not Data-Driven?” ” Being data-informed is something very different from a data-driven culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd! The people with skills are out there.

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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Learn more Measure program outcomes in real time Built-in reporting Bonterra’s native reporting tool empowers grants administrators to measure program outcomes, not just outputs. Measure impact according to your company’s specific needs with drill down and self-service dashboard builder capabilities.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 19, 2020

While keeping attendance numbers down can help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, event organizers will still need to follow a series of COVID-19 safety measures to ensure attendees and participants are protected. . Every physical event needs to have basic security measures in place to ensure the safety of the participants.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A website build or redesign has technical but also design and execution aspects. Here’s the good news: with preparation and a pulse on the right data and information, it is possible to get a handle on the task and get a big picture of your organization’s needs. Well-defined technical and design scope and constraints.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Join me at Markets for Good on December 6 at 1 pm EST for a FREE roundtable discussion about the new Data Playbook. . It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

When I heard about Guidestar’s plans to measure high performance at scale, I invited Jacob Harold, CEO and fellow ambassador to share a guest post about it on my blog. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. And sometimes it can feel that measuring social change is even harder.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

Barriers to Email Measurement Keep Rising Measuring email performance has changed, and it continues to become more difficult. The only completely reliable metric to measure email performance is conversion rate, which presents its own challenges, since conversion rates always lag behind open and click rates.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. But in the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

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Classy

AUGUST 19, 2021

Today, we continue on that path by welcoming Eric Pannese as our new Senior Vice President of Product Management & Design. . From experience on the front end of our platform to our powerful integrations, Eric will lead our product management and design teams to expand our offerings to the nonprofit sector thoughtfully.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

Often, organizations set their giving levels by identifying what they already consider a major donor; setting specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) goals for how they would like to grow their major donors; and setting parameters from there. Explore legacy and planned giving opportunities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. It’s like that old adage from carpentry, “Measure Twice, Cut Once.”. Will reconfiguration, data cleanup or training on our current tech be just as impactful?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2020

As nonprofit leaders, we often struggle to measure and report on what matters most: outcomes – how the project impacted our work and constituents and exactly how much of a difference it made. How does the impact measurement framework work? How does volunteer measurement benefit nonprofits? Impact measurement can be daunting.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. Impact management helps nonprofit teams collect and use impact data to make informed decisions about their programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Europe and Latin America. Report Out.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2014

At TechSoup, I've noticed we're talking more and more about the importance of data for nonprofits. At the same time, there is a trend among funders to be more data-driven in their quest for more evidence-based giving. It was called Five Data Don'ts for Nonprofits. Measuring impact is the last thing to tackle.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ). Step 5: Launch, measure, and optimize It is time to launch your communications campaign.

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Forum One

JANUARY 30, 2024

This innovative project offers comprehensive data on 36 metrics for all 435 U.S. Additionally, the team crafted a meticulous Measurement Plan to assess the dashboard’s effectiveness in achieving key objectives, while also providing recommendations for future growth opportunities. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. These systems follow predefined instructions without the ability to learn from new data. How can charities use AI? Other chatbot AI.

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