DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. We’ll cover: What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status. Demographic data sharing varies by nonprofit subject category.

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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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Association Analytics

APRIL 4, 2022

This begs the question, “ should you continue to host hybrid or virtual events in the post-pandemic world? ” The data that you gathered from these events is a valuable asset to help inform your decision. Here are four easy ways to leverage your virtual event data. Four Ways to Leverage Virtual Event Data.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As a nonprofit leader, you know the importance of donor data. But your data collection contains sensitive information about your supporters, and they trust you to handle that data carefully. Thankfully, your nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) system can help keep donor data safe.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. Understanding the real cost in dollars to grantees who provide the data reporting and evaluation that you request.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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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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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. They help you gather information, assess needs, measure outcomes, and build relationships with your grantees. But are you asking the right questions? Why Change Up Your Questions? Changing up your questions is not just about making cosmetic tweaks or updates.

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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. The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. What do we mean by “data?”. What can data help your nonprofit achieve?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

These stories about the needs in our communities are data points of real, positive change. But do they measure the real impact we’re making in the lives of our beneficiaries? Can attribution hold up when it comes to measuring the human experience of hope, self-worth, or reconciliation? Data is now a core resource.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To efficiently provide this information, nonprofits need detailed financial records and real-time data to help gauge their progress towards their financial goals on both a monthly and annual basis and meet reporting guidelines. A written list of requirements is the starting point for evaluating accounting software options.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Before we dive in, we want you to start thinking of data as one of your most important assets. Of course, they are valuable assets, but data is, too. Let’s build your business case to make data analytics a top priority: 1. Start by assessing and documenting the current state of your data. Ask your colleagues questions.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 10, 2020

To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask. But before you start randomly lobbing questions at participants, we have a few tips that will help you improve the process.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How will you measure volunteer impact in 2024? Have you set goals for 2024 using your volunteer data? Here are some questions that can help you measure volunteer impact: Did you have enough qualified and engaged volunteers? Evaluate which opportunities you notice the most volunteer activity in, and consider why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. Top 10 Secrets of Excel Data Nerds. My Nonprofit Needs a Data Nerd and How to Find Them! That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You want to collect the data you need to make informed decisions, support your grantees’ success, and demonstrate your impact. Gather Data on Your Current Application Before you present your suggestions to your leadership, have the data on your current application ready. Does your application align with your vision?

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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!

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

Third Sector Labs recently co-hosted a data management webinar with Debbie Snyder , VP of Sales & Marketing for Adcieo. The topic – “Why don’t you have a data management plan?” ” – focused on why you need, and how to create, a nonprofit data management plan. Within the past 3 months = 30%.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Begin by defining AI for non-technical team members, explaining that it can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as learning from data, making predictions, or recognizing patterns. By analyzing historical data, AI models can anticipate future donor behavior and identify potentially valuable fundraising opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Her question stayed with me for a long time. Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

In September 2022 (and thanks to support from our Innovation Fund, which you can learn more about in Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang’s open grant report to MacKenzie Scott ), we decided to dive into creating short-form videos for social media to evaluate the potential benefits. Have questions or obstacles you’re facing?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

Some of the questions we received made us realize we need to be clearer about why this is important. Misunderstanding relationships in data is a problem because it can lead to choosing less effective, more expensive data instead of choosing obvious, more accurate starting points. Why did we bother analyzing this claim?

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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. In mid-November, Idealware held one of its free webinars to address this question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning. The only valid data is quantitative data. Make data-driven decisions only, don’t trust your gut ever.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

And though we are making huge strides as a sector to understand the most effective techniques and approaches to using these tools, we still have a lot to learn about one of the most important areas of social media: measurement. Measuring your activities is as important as what you’re posting, or how many times a day you post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

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. It can also be used to measure progress and keep the planning team focused. In short, a web redesign is a big, daunting project with many moving parts.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 10, 2020

To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask. But before you start randomly lobbing questions at participants, we have a few tips that will help you improve the process.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2014

What if nonprofits and social enterprises had an affordable way to report real-time, large-scale data on their social impact? This question inspired Kopernik to create the ‘impact tracker technologies’ catalog in online and print forms. Data ICT program evaluation Program'

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to SureImpact’s Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement , impact is “the quantifiable difference an organization makes … the collective effects (intended and unintended) of a nonprofit’s work on the communities it serves.” In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: .

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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?

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