Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The reality for many organizations, whether a smaller nonprofit, a large international advocacy organization or a government agency, is that their data lives in separate silos. Tools and channels that house data often do not make it easy to navigate. Not sure how to compare or connect data sources. Does this sound familiar?

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

Problem/Opportunity Statement Your problem or opportunity statement is an objective description of the challenges associated with the gap between the current-state and desired future-state. When and where do problems occur? How big is the problem? What is the impact of the problem?

Project 97

Project Fund Software Help 97

Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2024

For years, when nonprofits would publish digital reports with their best stories, they had to point inspired readers to a separate page to make a donation, disrupting the storytelling to fundraising pipeline. We solved this problem with Storyraise , a solution for nonprofits to create digital annual, impact, and donor reports.

Storytelling 81

Storytelling Digital Integration Blended 81

sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. They don’t come with any direction or reporting requirements.

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Fund Chart Grant Report 95

EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Last week, I sat down with Amy Peyrot, Senior Consultant, Social Media Specialist, and resident mathlete at M+R , to discuss all things social media metrics. Here are some of Amy's thoughts on these common social media metrics and how to achieve them. Goal: Engagement Metric: Overall Engagement Rate.

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Metrics Social Media Measure Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report addresses metrics for success for investing in broad field social movements or networked approaches to social change. The report addresses metrics for success for investing in broad field social movements or networked approaches to social change. What is needed to achieve it?

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Metrics Fund Build Social 114

sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises. So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful.

Foundation 87

Foundation Build Grant Fund 87

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

What problem spots do you already know about? Regularly collecting employee feedback can: Help you identify weak spots or perceived problems with different aspects of your talent strategy. Consider these tips for motivating gift officers with goals and incentives: Use your data to find realistic targets.

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Retention Management Tips Nonprofit 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As COVID accelerates innovative uses of AI in many areas, we are also seeing more development of AI-powered data mapping tools for philanthropic advising and to support donor investment decisions. Machine learning is most likely being used to help with the data coding and categorization in the underlying databases.

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Map Examples Data Donor 61

Qgiv

MARCH 14, 2023

Donor Retention Donor retention as a metric has gained traction since 2001 when Adrian Sargeant published the first academic research on the financial impact of increased donor retention. This problem is not going away. Despite organizations utilizing fundraising best practices , many challenges for nonprofits remain.

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Challenge Retention Nonprofit Tennessee 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” He also talks about the strategic use of performance management – data that helps an organization understand impact.

Metrics 101

Metrics Measure Analytics Method 101

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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Data Management Rate Benchmark 133

Pamela Grow

MAY 2, 2024

Of the data your nonprofit collects , financial information is one of the most useful types—and one of the most complex to track. However, the wide range of revenue sources and expenses your nonprofit may have can quickly complicate your data collection and analysis. future growth.

Method 59

Method Pledge Nonprofit Track 59

Everyaction

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Click for strategies on revamping your direct mail program , practical tips on improving your email program , and an in-depth look at reporting tools every nonprofit should have to improve their fundraising strategy.). Working in major gifts means tracking relationships, points of contact, and data with multiple high-level donors.

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Data Donor Grant Gift 44

M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Sure, you’d get the occasional bot open or someone with images blocked, so it wasn’t a perfect data point, but it was a fairly stable, useful number. It probably started showing up in your reporting in late September, right after iOS 15 rolled out, and has been increasing ever since. Apple opens went UP. Messages that end up in spam?

Mail 107

Mail Spam Rate email 107

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. Start with benchmark data. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. Track your own data. In this post, I’ll explore the fifth strategy. .

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 126

sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises. Tip 2: Review your scheduled reports.

Foundation 85

Foundation Build Fund Review 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. That is they make decisions based on meaningful data, rather than solely by gut. Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

3 Data from our 2021 Industry Review shows that over $2.8 Our objective is to create a company that includes the kind of robust diversity that facilitates the best productivity, problem solving, and innovation coming from people bringing a variety of perspectives to bear on our challenges and opportunities.

Government 98

Government Social Blackbaud Companies 98

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come.

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Drupal Comment Report Metrics 100

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.” Not Data Driven.”

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

M+R

JULY 27, 2023

Read time: 5 minutes Most nonprofits, even the smallest ones, include supporter cultivation in their messaging mix — the occasional thank-you email, an annual impact report, maybe a robocall at year end. That assumption was also backed by years of UCS’s email fundraising metrics consistently beating M+R benchmarks.

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Fundraising Test Advocacy Metrics 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The day ended with a curated conversation on “ Data, Transparency, and Impact ” facilitated by the amazing Erica Mills and with Jane Meseck (Microsoft), Paul Shoemaker (Social Venture Partners) and Eric Stowe (Splash). “Is measuring data about proving it or improving it?” 2 What is the metric to track.

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Seattle Measure Data Hosting 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

I’m really curious about how networked nonprofits can use measurement and make decisions using data to get more impact from networked approaches. I want to hear about your successes and challenges in making your networked nonprofit more effective using measurement and data to make decisions about effective use of emerging media.

Social Media 102

Social Media Results Data Learning 102

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

For example, this @FeedingAmerica tweet communicates the billion-pound problem that is food waste, but closes the tweet with a positive spin about how they are working to solve the problem of food waste and in terms of engagement, the tweet performed above average: 2. Breaking news relevant to your mission and programs.

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Twitter Practice Social Media Nonprofit 343

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

GPT and The Grey Jacket Problem At a Fundraising event in NYC, George was on a panel to talk about AI applications for fundraising and was wearing a grey sports jacket with blue pants. When you combine generic prompts with untrained AI’s and then publish it you are walking straight into a Grey Jacket Problem.

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Ideas Model API Language 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions. Social problems still endure, despite PM’s prominence as a way to ensure accountability and inform strategic decisions since the 1960’s. Partnerships can take many forms.

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Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises. Tip 2: Review your scheduled reports.

Foundation 52

Foundation Build Fund Review 52

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

This means identifying effective and capable tools to help you make strategic moves based on accurate, updated data. . Data-driven fundraising strategies are always the smartest move, so make sure you have the necessary constituent relationship management software (CRM) integrations and reporting tools.

Campaign 98

Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. Here are 6 ways to tell your stories with data that you can apply to your own web and communications work: 1.

Data 100

Data New York City Storytelling New York 100

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Assessment occurs through the use of success metrics, otherwise known as key performance indicators (KPIs). Nonprofits don’t have trouble finding success metrics to use. ● Both of those suggestions have their place in the nonprofit community as KPIs, but they’re not starter metrics. Let’s narrow down that list of metrics.

Metrics 28

Metrics Track Organization Evaluation 28

Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Your donor management system should provide data about who your most engaged supporters are. Bloomerang also has a Generosity Score feature that identifies potential donors with the help of publicly available wealth data. Customized donor reports. Customized donor reports. Donation page design.

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Software Guide Fundraising Platform 92

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

It’s probably one of the most critical metrics you should be studying in 2021. . Software integrations allow your various platforms to freely share data as needed. This is an essential foundation for strategic retention, as smarter data makes it easier to identify problem areas where donors might be slipping away.

Retention 74

Retention Donor Online Rate 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I’m always on the look out for useful and thought provoking resources on how nonprofits can use data to make better decisions that lead to greater impact. This section of the report covers new ways of thinking about organizational culture based in continuous improvement based on feedback. Cultural Indicators.

Culture 50

Culture Data Create Reflection 50

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Now, I don't want to offend you, but I've seen how you treat your data. You ignore it until you need something from it, then throw it a cheap spreadsheet, change the font, add a border, and make it sit in a report for people to stare at. Your data deserves better. We, as nonprofit leaders, have problems to solve.

Data 82

Data San Francisco Problem Gift 82

EveryAction

AUGUST 11, 2016

In fact, according to the annual Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R , email fundraising revenue alone increased by a whopping 25% last year, outpacing the overall growth of other online revenue sources. What email deliverability isn’t is a metric that enough nonprofit fundraisers look at to determine the efficacy of their email programs.

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email Spam Money Fundraising 100

Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

But by using modern computer processors to perform these calculations at high volumes, data scientists can create models capable of solving complex problems. What kinds of problems can machine learning solve? Many AI models take a series of input data points and use them to predict aspects of new data points.

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Learning Model Nigeria Spam 69