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Information: The Better Half of IT

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We sometimes forget that IT stands for Information Technology. But information is the fuel that drives any technology machine: it is what our devices collect, store, synthesize, and distribute. And every advocate for social good has much to gain by paying attention to the Information half of IT. Why pay attention to data?

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New year, new social media plan: Using data to inform our strategy 

Candid

I’ll share what I’ve learned from the big-picture analytics, insights from my deep dive into content, and how they inform my approach to our social media plan (which you’re welcome to borrow for your nonprofit). The top-level analytics The first thing I do is look at the big picture. But our data doesn’t lie—you love them!

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6 Tips to Transform Your Dirty Data in 2024

Association Analytics

We likely don’t need to convince you that in today’s digital age, data is the lifeblood of any successful association. And you’re likely to agree that ensuring the cleanliness and accuracy of that data is key. But what happens if your data isn’t clean? Data should be directional Your data may be disorganized.

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Demystifying Candid data 

Candid

Among Candid’s top evergreen priorities is to ensure we both have the best data possible for the sector and that we get it into the hands of all who can benefit. This is key to living up to our nonprofit mission to provide data as a sustainable public good that supports the entire sector’s success. Add real-time data.

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Elevating your major gifts and planned giving with data-driven decision-making

EveryAction

However, relying on legacy data and outdated tools can hamper your fundraising efforts and keep you from meeting your fundraising needs. Here’s how—and why—nonprofits should move from legacy systems to data-driven decision-making. Legacy-modeled data often fails to take details like these into account.

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Are you getting the most out of your retention data?

Association Analytics

But are you truly leveraging that information? Analyzing this data is challenging as it typically resides in multiple systems (e.g. Analyzing this data is challenging as it typically resides in multiple systems (e.g. However, that’s not the entire picture as renewals need to be factored in.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge.

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