3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Nonprofits everywhere are struggling to get their hands on reliable, useful workplace giving data from corporate giving programs. Who remembers the days of charities arguing with local United Ways over the donor data? Too many sources of donor data to keep track of. The data generated by the workplace has changed.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

In order to make that possible, your systems – especially your Salesforce org – have to “be ready” for the big push. Cloud for Good has identified a list of 7 ways that you can help make your org ready: . Cleanse Your Data + Get Insights. Data is always the backbone of any system – especially Salesforce.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 9, 2023

You may want to track fields and information specific to your organization. For example, if you run an educational membership association, you may want to track the alma maters of your members. Integrating Financial Data and Payments Your membership association needs to track many different financial transactions than just dues.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Better Data Handling. Two of the biggest education announcements made during Dreamforce 2022 were related to Data Mover and Salesforce Genie. The latter announcement has made quite a splash throughout the Salesforce ecosystem, and rightfully so, but I want to talk about Data Mover first.

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John Kenyon

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Problem: Dirty Data = Lost Dollars & Relationships. Lean staffed nonprofits often have dirty data and even large well staffed nonprofits often have hidden dirty data. This is because the cost of Dirty Data is often hidden. This is because the cost of Dirty Data is often hidden. Bye Bye large end of year gift.

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M+R

JUNE 22, 2023

That’s how I felt the first time I got a demo for Scout Quest, the dashboard my M+R colleagues developed to leverage data to enhance mail programs and help with things like deliverability , reactivation, and mid-level donor upgrades. Here are six ways we recommend using your Scout Quest data for ads. Super useful email applications.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

By Laura Quinn, Idealware Since most organizations don’t track just one type of constituent, the idea of a single database for all of them—donors, volunteers, clients, email subscribers, advocates and everyone else—is something of a holy grail. These are the people you need to track. Include them all. Might they move between them?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

org have made incredible progress on critical sustainability initiatives. org to educational institutions like University of Massachusetts Amherst , new climate tech startups like BlocPower , and established global brands like Bentley Motors , learn how organizations across these sectors have taken meaningful climate action.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The data isn’t apples-to-apples We knew this going in, but organizations are still having to adjust to learning and setting up new metrics, while data like unique pageviews and bounce rate are gone. While some of us exported our data from UA, those pre-made reports served the data needs of most people well.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Measure and track your success. Tracking over a full 12 months is a good timeframe since certain periods of the year have increased or decreased fundraising (org-specific annual events, the summer slowdown, Giving Season, etc.). Don’t try to be something you are not. Be flexible.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

This two-day global event will help you craft better relationships with the people who care about your cause, leverage data to maximize your impact, and build a stronger foundation to thrive no matter what comes next. And with 28 sessions across all five international content tracks, there’s something for everyone.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Whether you call it "data-driven", "data-informed", "evidence-based", or something else, making smarter decisions and strategies for your organization is something every nonprofit leader strives for—and what the latest issue of NTEN:Change is all about.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Funders don’t always track their GOS grants Survey respondents expressed difficulty in estimating the dollar amount for their general operating grants. Others were unable to provide even an estimate since they don’t track GOS grants. In our data analysis, we included all reported GOS figures, regardless of the additional comments.

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NTEN

AUGUST 9, 2011

The only way you can track systemic change is through your results with data.". -- Katie Rozycki Development Specialist, Florence Crittenton Service. To that end, we want to hear how your organization uses data to drive its mission. "There are a lot of places out there looking for systemic change. Only one per person, though.).

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

Small orgs work quickly, but often times that acceleration lacks direction. Is our current database meeting our data, tracking and process needs? Leverage the SMALL ORG ADVANTAGE by looking for donated or discounted licenses. First, you need to identify your barriers, so that you can find opportunities to overcome them.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As you quickly grow and engage your audience , it can be easy to lose track of your campaign plan. Throughout the planning and action stages of your advocacy campaign, you’ll collect a ton of data. Which goals helped you stay on track in past campaigns? That’s why planning is the most important stage in your advocacy campaign.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 21, 2022

Org, and David Ragones, SVP & GM, Nonprofit Cloud at Salesforce.org. . The Nonprofit Summit truly offers something for everyone with 28 sessions across five different tracks, including program management, marketing, data protection, fundraising, and organizational management. .

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For those of you who have set up dynamic dashboards to track your organization’s KPIs, you have cause for celebration with this new feature! From within your Salesforce org, the Your Account App allows you to do any of the following: Increase product and license count. Dynamic Gauge Charts in Dashboards (Beta).

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Put simply, major donors are individuals who make the biggest donations to your org. She has a background in education and youth-serving orgs, especially grassroots org and small shops. She’s data-obsessed and strives toward community-centric fundraising. Who Is A Major Donor? Personalization.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. Now let’s look at Excel , which a lot of nonprofits initially use to track their data. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data. Their team found its solution in Bloomerang.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Login in allows you to track your progress, create your own trailhead orgs, and begin learning the Salesforce basics! How do I keep track of my progress? To keep track of your progress and show how your skills have grown, Trailhead utilizes Trailblazer Ranks. First, you need to create a profile and login to Trailhead.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 17, 2022

LSU Online needed a way to track students from the application process to admittance and everything in between to scale the program. Prior to implementing Salesforce, LSU Online didn’t have robust technology, instead using a combination of documents, spreadsheets, and ad hoc databases to manage and track its students. “We

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 11, 2021

Easily Track Active Licenses. Auditing your Salesforce License usage has never been easier, as System Administrators can now track active licenses with the new Active Licenses tab. As with all changes, we recommend that you first install and test this update in a sandbox environment prior to installing into a production org.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. We had this idea that we would put all of the field data online somehow—it could be updated easily from any of our sites, and we would have immediate access.

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CauseVox

MAY 20, 2022

While we briefly touched on this topic above, recurring gifts can benefit your org in a number of ways: It provides a predictable income stream and eliminates some of the guesswork when it comes to budgeting and forecasting. Tracking What Matters. Recurring Donations and Pledge Now, Pay Later.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The trends that appeared reflect that orgs struggle the most with Research and Analytics. Whether your budget permits automated marketing systems or more ad-hoc surveys, it’s critical to be in communication with your audience and to gather that data whenever possible.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

More submitted match requests means more revenue for the fundraising org, all without complicated IT work or manual follow up efforts. . Something we love about the SimplyFundraisingCRM platform is how easy and stress-free it is for nonprofit users to manage,” said Adam Weinger, President at Double the Donation.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

State boundaries more like digital country borders protecting State residents data differently. Right now it is very much the Wild Wild West with data privacy in the US. Know your data The practices are in alignment with nonprofit values AND good practices anyway. What is weird is that these acts begin to treat U.S.

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Whole Whale

JULY 18, 2022

If you keep track of your supporters’ key information in a central database (you should), you can use the donor data to make the ask personal whether it’s their name, length of time they’ve supported you, or where they’re located. Some ways to convey crodibility: How many people have trusted your org over the past?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I led the panel, “Measuring What Matters: How Funders and Nonprofits are Leveraging Data” and was joined by Adrian Bordone, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at GuideStar, and Peter York CEO and Chief Innovator at Algorythm. Access to Data. They look to other key players in the space to find data information. Partnerships.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This week, as part of Member Appreciation Month, we're talking about technology that supports communications and information, so I thought I'd share some of the metrics we use to track our effectiveness that don't really warrant a complete blog post in-and-of themselves. We'd also love to hear about your favorite metrics. E-mail Metrics.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Nonprofits track the amount of funding allocated to different programs, projects, and organizational operations to show stakeholders that they’re using all revenue to further the mission. So, the first insight that the statement of activities can show is whether your organization is on track to stick to your prepared budget for the year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? We track ROI by looking at a couple of different factors – first we see how much revenue is generated from sites like Facebook Causes, Crowdrise , Social Vibe , etc. They’ve been very supportive of our strategy and engaging staff across the org. Please summarize your ROI.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

Small orgs devoted the largest portion of their overall budget, at 7.1 Another important finding for us this year was that the percent of the overall budget devoted to IT dropped for organizations of all sizes compared to the previous year's data: for Large and Very Large organizations, it dropped only slightly. percent). >

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. org before? Not just monitoring twitter or tracking who the influential reporters and bloggers are that discuss our programs or issues.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

How To Track Everyone Who's Anyone To You ," from Idealware's Laura Quinn, which provides the foundation for why and how to lead your nonprofit to a "greener" bottom line. Three Case-Studies that document how three different nonprofits are tracking their constituents.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you share your data? ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. Observe and sift through qualitative data like a primatologist or anthropologist. How do you involve the org? Feed digest.

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