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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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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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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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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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Are these the data you're looking for? Exploring what to measure is the first step on a journey to greater impact. They can achieve this understanding by implementing a realistic and meaningful evaluation system. Data evaluation Leadership' CRSmith Consulting.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Cybersecurity for nonprofits is the practices, technologies, and strategies you employ to protect your digital assets, sensitive data, and online operations from possible cyber threats. This limitation can make it even more challenging to implement and maintain comprehensive cybersecurity measures. Denial-of-service attacks.

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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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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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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

We know that you can’t resolve issues in your own community or another one with quick fix solutions; as social changemakers and nonprofits, we look for the sustainable opportunities for shifting systems for a better outcome and a better world. Through data, of course! FLOW: Field Level Operations Watch. ” Accountability.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. This Year Vs. Last Year. Advantages and Obstacles.

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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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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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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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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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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. ” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. Formative Evaluation.

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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. What do you think about our data?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

With the trust of a secure and scalable system being most important, we made the difficult decision to sunset foundationConnect on a high note. The ongoing success of this option relies heavily on Salesforce expertise to maintain your system — either internally or with the help of outsourced IT professionals.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

Grantmaking equity lies at the heart of philanthropy’s mission to create positive social change and address systemic injustices. These include disparities in funding allocation, lack of representation and diversity among leadership, and a tendency to prioritize short-term outcomes over long-term systemic change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

“In the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal—in a feedback loop. You use the measurement as feedback to make adjustments.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2023

Cybersecurity threats include disruption to its operations, data breaches, financial loss, and damage to its reputation. Eight cybersecurity strategies Following are eight cybersecurity measures nonprofit web managers can adopt to help protect their websites and stay ahead of new threats. Educate staff about risks and vulnerabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Meet Bib Filbon and Jeff Bladt who have the job title, “Data Scientist,” and are on staff at DoSomething.Org. They work in partnership with DoSomething’s program staff to collect, analyze, and make sense of data to improve impact of DoSomething’s programs. DoSomething.org does not consider this overhead.

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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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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Three Benefits of an Effective Grant Management System Three Challenges in Grant Management How Blackbaud Can Help Grant Lifecycle Before diving into an overview of how grant management works, it’s important to understand the general grantmaking process. Three Benefits of an Effective Grant Management System 1.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

We’re reacting to the following claim: “Data collected using unbounded crowdsourcing (non-representative sampling) largely in the form of SMS from the disaster affected population in Port-au-Prince can predict, with surprisingly high accuracy and statistical significance, the location and extent of structural damage post-earthquake.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

How Salesforce.org Measures and Reports on Its Impact. We collected both quantitative and qualitative data directly from customers and employees for this year’s Community Impact Report. Director of Measurement and Evaluation. He is currently on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Journal of Evaluation.

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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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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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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Here are a few examples of how AI can save you time while helping build better relationships: Streamline administrative tasks : When you’re juggling 100+ major donors in your portfolio, your whole day could be spent sorting through donor lists, sending emails, and updating multiple systems.

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Forj

DECEMBER 19, 2017

We also understand that a Learning Management System is not a small purchase. Our solution to assist association executives with justifying the expense of an LMS, EvaluPac, recently won the Gold Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Award for “Best Advance in Technology for Testing or Learning Evaluation”. How EvaluPac Helps.

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Forj

DECEMBER 19, 2017

We also understand that a Learning Management System is not a small purchase. Our solution to assist association executives with justifying the expense of an LMS, EvaluPac, recently won the Gold Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Award for “Best Advance in Technology for Testing or Learning Evaluation”. How EvaluPac Helps.

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Learning Management System Report Learning 28

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Having data and evidence enables us to better target resources that can deliver the greatest impact. In addition to the new format, this is the second year that we’ve used our Customer Outcomes Survey to gather data. Our customers are improving in their ability to measure their impact and create a culture of data and learning.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Picture this: your donor data and fundraising trends reports are due, but instead of the usual stress, you’re calm, prepared, and even proud of what you’re about to submit. Measure Impact: Link fundraising successes to specific projects or programs, showcasing the tangible outcomes made possible through donor support.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 22, 2021

Innovative colleges and universities, including USC , Stanford, Purdue, Rutgers, Michigan State, UPenn, and Notre Dame have recently implemented the Salesforce platform to help modernize their fundraising, personalize engagement, and conduct AI-powered research and reporting to inform strategy and measure ROI. Purdue Increases Productivity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The ROI Methodology was implemented globally in the 1990s and since then has become one of the most used evaluation systems in the world, as it is used routinely in more than 6,000 organizations in 70 countries.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

When evaluating CRM software for your nonprofit, you need to look for these five key differentiators: 1) Importance of Platform. It is important to look at the platform the CRM system is built on. Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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