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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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

Sure, Facebook offers a robust set of built in analytic tools that visualize a bevy of stats, but with all these stats available to you, it can be difficult to identify what’s important and what isn’t. But did you know Facebook offers you post level data, and page level data? Post level data. Page level data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

Five Steps You Can Take Now to Apply the New Measurement Standards In Your Organization. Everything You Need to Know about the Dublin Summit and the New Measurement Standards. SMMStandards Progress and Roadmap: Marklein and Paine Present the First Social Media Measurement Standards at the Dublin Summit. But where to start?

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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. And the results?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Share stats and information that people can easily understand. Measure and track your success. How to measure the success of your nonprofit branding strategy There are several ways to measure the success of your nonprofit branding strategy. Tell your impact story. Research your competition. What are they doing well?

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

In the 2018 Charitable Giving Stats from NP Source , 77% believe everyone can make a difference by supporting causes. Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics? Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause?

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Is your nonprofit managing their donor data for optimal results? Donor Data And Your Nonprofit. There are more tools available to nonprofits today that can be used for measuring their donor data than ever before. But, they don’t call it “Big Data” for nothing. Data degrades. Here’s some data.

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TechImpact

JULY 30, 2014

The website measurement and analytics tool serves as a dipstick into the effectiveness of your current marketing strategies, and into the effectiveness of your website as a whole. But these are all the intuitive questions, the obvious stats. Image courtesy of Google User Content. Google Analytics, where would I be without you?”.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. Data carry enormous potential. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." And rightly so.

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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. Do you provide online resources for your constituents to create their own fundraising events?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2013

In March, Blackbaud released the latest version of the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Benchmark Report that gives event organizers the data needed to compare their events against other comparable events in the industry. Benchmarks & Stats Event Fundraising' Check out our awesome infographic that depicts some highlights from the report.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

But are these stats meaningful? Do these stats show your boss about how your organization is meeting its mission and making an actual impact? That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. Why is Social Media Data Important? Are people signing up to volunteer?

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Care2

APRIL 30, 2014

Perhaps you have a hunch, but the only surefire way to know this info is to develop a tracking and measurement plan. To help get you started, here is a list of some of my favorite measurement tools. Do you know what types of content or campaigns resonate with your audiences on your website, email list, and social media channels?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. Once we get access to a client’s Google Analytics data, we first establish a timeframe for reporting. To understand how visitors interact with the site. Methodology.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 29, 2021

over the next year, and the measurable impact Salesforce?has The momentous shift from physical to digital commerce is reflected in these eye-opening stats. Think about how Netflix or Amazon uses consumer data to provide personalized recommendations directly in the application. and best practices we can expect to see?over

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

These stats were compiled by the team at Blackbaud, long-time stand-out providers of nonprofit technology. It involves examining the data and performance metrics of individual major gift officers, as well as the team as a whole, to understand what’s working and what leaves room for improvement. How do we know this?

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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.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2022

The previous stats show that the number of transactions completed through mobile devices increased by 50% this year. . In turn, all of your fundraising data will be channeled and organized into one interconnected system. . . Tokenization: The purpose of tokenization is to protect sensitive data. nonprofits collect and use data.

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Achieve

APRIL 28, 2022

In your outreach, describe the impact matching gifts will make on your programs plus relevant stats to illustrate the effects of applying for a match. donor data. Store and organize the responses you receive with the rest of your donor data in your CRM system. Keep track of your online donors. . Interactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Stats, stats, stats …. Facebook Pages give you stats!! You may be thinking “why do stats matter?”. As I discussed in a recent post (see 4 Keys to Building a Successful Nonprofit Web Site ) stats are key to helping you improve your web site or in this case your Facebook page. What is measured you ask? .

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I'm going to blow your mind by sharing some stats and our May events. How Individuals Are Using Technology and Data to Support Vulnerable Populations. Denver, CO: May 21 The Why and How of Fundraising Data. Toronto, ON: Measuring & Engaging Your Email List. What Is NetSquared Local? Number of events held: 38.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission 3. " She not only gives an overview of the different choices of analytics software tools available, but also provides basic definitions for the data one might collect. How can Google Analytics reports data help improve your Web site's performance. Possible Working Titles: 1.

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Care2

JANUARY 4, 2010

Factual, an “open data repository&# analyzed 4 million websites via data from Common Crawl, a non-profit group designed to crawl the web and provide data for anyone to use. Check out the stats below. *28% 28% of sites have Google Analytics. *5% 5% of sites link to their Twitter or Facebook profile. *2%

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2011

Nonprofit campaigners have a gazillion tools to choose from that they can use for online outreach, social media, measuring metrics, updating their website, and much more. Do they pull the data you need to run a better campaign and engage your activists and donors? Since launching the survey , the data coming in has been fascinating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

I remember thinking to myself at the time, well if one networked nonprofit can do this, couldn’t a network of networked nonprofits use real-time collaborative benchmarking data sharing for learning? The original data set was collected in a google spreadsheet , using a manual and time consuming data collection process.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

Last summer, we pulled together data from some of the country’s leading nonprofits to bring you the 2011 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report, laying out basic benchmarks for nonprofit pages on Facebook. Judging by attendance at our webinar and the responses we got last year, it seemed like folks appreciated the data!

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Key Benchmarks: How Did Your Nonprofit Measure Up ? Nonprofits need to pay special attention to this stat. Online Fundraising. Why is that?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

The data show that the number of emails sent and social media posts by a participant correlates positively to the number of donations they raise. Percent of participants who are on teams and similar stats, team size, team retention rate, etc. This year, focus on a few measurable metrics like “percent of participants who fundraise”.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. View more presentations from womenwhotech. Google Analytics – [link]. URL Shorteners – [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Measuring this requires some surveys of fans as well as counting the number of insights gleaned from posts and discussions from Fans. To refine a content strategy, I used the Fan Page insights metrics tool, particularly the stats on interactions and Fan Page growth. Is this a meaningless set of data or useful?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Flickr photo from Wesley Fryer Stephen Downes points to this post by Wesley Fryer, " Feedburner Stats Drop After Google Account Merge" I haven't yet merged my account and all of sudden my counts dropped 1,400 subscribers. There are other ways to measure your RSS reach. I can't imagine that 1,400 people unsubscribed in a day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Think about how mobile can solve a community need, find an existing data set, and deliver that information in an app. If you share links via social media, make sure the links are mobile friendly given the stats on how people are consuming social networks info on their mobiles. Being Data Informed. An effective digital team.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

I’m not comparing myself to the great philosophers of the 17 th & 18 th centuries, but I do think it’s time to reform our industry, challenge our fundraising best practices which are- ideas grounded in tradition and advance knowledge with data. As always, I’m obsessed with data. Seriously… we’re not. Do you see what I see?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points (fancy way of saying metrics) that will help you harvest insights to improve your social media strategy. Next, you need to know the right metric(s), the tool or combination of tools to collect the data, and how the tools measure the metric. Photo by Dwinton.

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