sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Using the toolkit’s free Reflection worksheet, gather data on your current revenue streams, audience, donor retention rates, and more. Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals.

Gift 74

Gift Develop Measure Blackbaud 74

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

Through data, of course! FLOW is an on-site technology that broadcasts data instantaneously to the Water for People website/FLOW map providing important information about the operating status of WFP projects. I love to see projects that are focused on measuring and evaluating data about their work and progress.

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Data Map Broadcast Project 241

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’m in Boston with Katie Paine as part of our book tour for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” where we jointly delivered a keynote at the e-metrics conference yesterday. The audience consisted of data geeks, data scientists, and analytics professionals! p/QTToUNlZjr/.

Data 100

Data Change Boston Literacy 100

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. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team. By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 143

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Using the toolkit’s free Reflection worksheet, gather data on your current revenue streams, audience, donor retention rates, and more. Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals.

Gift 52

Gift Develop Measure Blackbaud 52

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.

Strategy 177

Strategy Giving Fundraising Gift 177

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. 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.”. I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

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. Access one set of data in the format you need as often as you need. Automate, simplify grant compliance. ?Access

Software 309

Software Guide Award Grant 309

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?

Application 89

Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 89

Media Cause

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Google won’t be porting any data from the legacy platform to GA4 so, if you wait until the last minute, you won’t have an easy way to compare historical data to the new GA4 data. . Getting setup with a GA4 property that pulls in data has been a smooth process for us and remains as simple as it was with Universal Analytics.

Analytics 52

Analytics Google Story University 52

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?

Fundraising 97

Fundraising Nonprofit Analysis Donor 97

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

That’s the question I asked this morning on Qriously, a new application that measures public sentiment, in real time. and provided the two possible responses of “friends&# or “data&# – I used the question style where respondents had to pick one answer or the other exclusively. Campaigning.

Data 154

Data Mobile Time Map 154

Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Mission-driven organizations can also leverage data-driven segmentation to tailor digital experiences with the goal of increasing engagement with their audiences. Measuring Impact: A Winning Recipe for Mission-driven Work. This is just a sampling of the events we hosted in 2021! Because impact is a tough nut to crack.

Drupal 65

Drupal Government Measure Digital 65

Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard. Here are some key tools your nonprofit should have to meet your reporting needs: Customizable reports that allow you to get roll up data and detailed data. Sounds horrible, right?

Report 56

Report Data Tools Stats 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

we identified three areas to focus on: Deepen Efficiency and Streamline Client Services Build Internal Capacity Focus on Data-Driven Decisions Were we lacking in any of these areas? And, as we advise our clients, we must use data to make decisions. Not entirely. But technology changes at such a rapid pace and we want to keep up.

Consultant 78

Consultant Sample Calendar System 78

NTEN

APRIL 11, 2013

In February we introduced you to NTEN''s Communities of Impact (CoI), a pilot program whose 19 participants are spending this year looking at ways nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data. One of the CoI cohorts recently launched a survey to better understand how nonprofits and NGOs around the world use data.

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Survey Data Impact Community 58

sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

How ChatGPT Works ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence model that generates content (generative AI) based on an amalgamation of secondary sources; early versions used written communication as a training dataset for the model and predicted the most likely next word based on the input data provided to the model.

Model 69

Model Italy Test Generation 69

Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In this section, do your best to succinctly peak the prospective funder’s interest in your specific project by incorporating data-driven insights and human stories that bring your need to life. Goals are typically broad, general statements of need, while objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timebound ( S.M.A.R.T. ).

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Proposal Grant Summary Project 105

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Because traditionally, impact measurement has been performed by siloed teams, the burden on them to collect good evidence is huge. Though it can seem like a big barrier to set up an impact measurement system — one for which you might not have the time, the staff, or the funding — impact management is something you can do at any level.

Integration 69

Integration Impact Practice Management 69

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

" For many of us, when it comes to incorporating data into our grantseeking strategies, "devilment" might have been right. How Data Can Improve Your Grantseeking. utilize data to build cutting-edge grant requests. find specific data to support your mission. This Is the Data You're Looking For.

Grant 36

Grant Data Develop Strategy 36

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 27, 2023

Success is easier to measure because you can compare your actual numbers to your budgeted numbers to see how you’re doing. Start early and give yourself plenty of time to gather data, think, plan, and put everything on paper. Here’s a sample budget from a horse rescue: Document your assumptions and calculations.

Guide 98

Guide Money Sample Grant 98

Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Measuring the return on investment for any organizational effort is a standard of doing business. In a rapidly changing media landscape it can be overwhelming for organizations to know how to properly measure the various types of impact being made, especially when it comes to social media efforts. Measure actionable items.

ROI 51

ROI Social Media Measure Metrics 51

Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Blackbaud’s 2013 Peer to Peer Fundraising Benchmark report provides information that you can use to not only measure your success but to learn about trends and best practices in event fundraising. During the webinar will I will be presenting the key findings in the report and explore trends that will define the P2P industry this coming year.

Measure 40

Measure Fundraising Benchmark Stats 40

sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2021

Though peer-to-peer fundraising faced declines last year, there are many bright spots and insights we can pull from our collective experiences and the data contained in this report. Data represents both overall metrics, as well as metrics in one of five fundraising categories: Walks/5Ks with a registration fee. More than 9.4

Blackbaud 65

Blackbaud Studies Fundraising Registration 65

Forum One

MAY 18, 2023

Leveraging the strength of the migration ecosystem, Forum One worked with EPA to create custom migration plugins that read data from the Drupal 7 database and transformed it for Drupal 8, allowing EPA to maintain custom Panelizer layouts in Layout Builder and content governance with Groups. see results for Montgomery County Schools, VA).

Drupal 69

Drupal Government Websites Module 69

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

. —– I love data as much as the next person. But, there’s more to being data-informed and more to what we should demand of our data, right? When it comes to focusing on the right data, I like to ask myself these two questions. Is data helpful if you aren’t using it? data nten'

Metrics 158

Metrics Impact Change NTEN 158

Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

They will help you ensure that you have collected and analyzed the right data, accurately diagnosed the challenge or opportunity, aligned the proposal strongly with your nonprofit’s mission and strategic plan , and set it up to attract the right consultants for the job. Measurable – How much? You’ll find some sample matrices here.

Consultant 122

Consultant Process Proposal Nonprofit 122

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Segmenting data, what does that mean and what are some of the ways we might do that. ” I know I speak fast.

Report 77

Report Measure Impact Process 77

Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

From sprawling corporate farms to small mom-and-pop vineyards, drones are being used to effectively measure the most important elements of crops, such as growth rates, pest infestations and more. They can measure levels of air pollution, plot land erosion, create heat maps and even collect water samples.

Technology 100

Technology South America Asia Nepal 100

Forum One

JUNE 10, 2021

What data can you review to assess the current state of online giving to your organization? Let’s say you find that if you maintain your average number of mobile donors and increase their average gift by $10, you can grow your online revenue by 1% over six months— this is an actionable, data-driven insight. Did your test succeed?

Personal 49

Personal Online Giving Oregon 49

NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Include a sample email and talk about the impact of gifts ( Did you know just raising $25 can provide sick kids with a toy this holiday?). Measuring Success. To close out I’d like to leave you with a simple way to measure success. I haven’t received any gifts and frankly don’t have the time. Tailoring your communication is key.

Raise 209

Raise Money Fundraising Social Media 209

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. You will have data points that become irrelevant, it’s okay.

Metrics 219

Metrics Community Map Template 219

sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

We recommend following the SMART framework, which means setting goals that are… Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time-bound Here’s an example of a smart goal that adheres to the above criteria: To collect $5,000 through a combination of corporate matching gifts and volunteer grants by December 31st.

Build 74

Build Giving Strategy Tips 74

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

I also love that they include both a space for identifying and tracking the data, as well as a place to include the insights and actions associated with it. I am a big fan of actionable metrics. Ss I suggest in my Community Mapping approach , the actions and metrics should be mapped against the segments of the community doing them.

Metrics 227

Metrics Social Media Media Social 227

Achieve

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We collected data about the physical surroundings; we documented interactions among employees and supervisors; we reviewed cause work-related messaging; and then, we interviewed a sample of employees, asking them to describe the company culture, cause work activities and their participation (or not) in company-sponsored cause work initiatives.

Research 52

Research Create Sample Method 52

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2021

Though peer-to-peer fundraising faced declines last year, there are many bright spots and insights we can pull from our collective experiences and the data contained in this report. Data represents both overall metrics, as well as metrics in one of five fundraising categories: Walks/5Ks with a registration fee. More than 9.4

Blackbaud 48

Blackbaud Studies Fundraising Registration 48