Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. Diversity Metrics.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

After assessing how these donors already interact with your nonprofit, you can build target donor profiles based on demographics, psychographics, giving habits, and preferred communication channels. Track trends. Take stock of social media followers, event attendees, volunteers, and your most dedicated advocates and ambassadors.

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Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

How will you measure the success of your paid advertising campaign? For example, if you want to reach Gen Z exclusively, you would run on platforms with a large and engaged user base for that demographic. Strong conversion and data tracking also gives you a better view under the hood.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example, teach your donors something that will stun them about your nonprofit’s work, or show them an actual picture of your work that makes everyone smile. The acronym SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Or do both! Make your short pithy email or post memorable. Remember SMART goals?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Refresh your website with recent pictures, fundraising updates, and results of your work. With digital strategies, you can easily track who engages with your campaign and then record that information in donor profiles. For each donor, create a profile in your CRM to track data such as: Which campaigns they engage with.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

To fully analyze your audience’s behavior, demographics, and preferences, you could use your data warehouse to look at data from events, online interactions, giving histories, and more. For a holistic view of your programs’ performance, you might pull together information about program outcomes and participant demographics.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. You know that few of them use TikTok and that even fewer of them fit into the demographic that enjoys the platform.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Member management software not only keeps track of your members, but also member demographics, preferences, and their history with your organization. With integrations, you’ll be able to analyze big-picture trends or access individuals’ history with your organization in the same place ! What tools will I need to run the program?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2011

In the midst of all this change, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture and why you are using Facebook for your organization in the first place—instead, we focus on the particulars of how to use new tabs, plugins, or applications. (Note: You can find resources about Facebook on Facebook using its resource center.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

If you took a high school or college course in statistics, you’re on the right track. You can use pivot tables to summarize anything from demographic information to satisfaction survey responses. Pictures are worth a thousand words. Why get good at Excel? Don’t underestimate the power of high school statistics.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As the first step to developing a strategy, set clear, measurable goals. Demographics . A KPI measures how effective your marketing efforts have been. Some common metrics to track are website page views, email click-through rates, and social media engagement. . Acquire new donors. Common segments include: Location .

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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.” We’ve got some tools, questions to ask, and things like that when you’re looking at data-tracking systems.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

You can take measures against unhygienic data by forcing data entry forms to require more specific standards before being accepted, but routinely going through your database for the clean up can often be the most straightforward solution. . Stay focused on the larger picture as you analyze your data.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your donor engagement strategy outlines exactly how you’ll reach out to donors and the KPIs you’ll track to measure how engaged a donor is with your organization. Share feel-good stories, cute pictures, uplifting impact updates, or funny anecdotes. Asking about donor motivations. Positivity is a rare commodity these days!

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

An effective nonprofit video can be as simple as a Flickr photo stream set to an audio track or a really great interview. Other methods of measuring viewership data include Google Analytics for videos posted on your organization's website and Facebook Insights for movies posted on your organization's Facebook fan page.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 30, 2023

Dig Below the Surface to Find Gaps in Member Retention It’s likely that your organization measures retention rates, but are you looking at the surface or digging in below the aggregate level ? Let’s break down several scenarios to show how data analytics can help improve the member experience.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

But it all starts with a commitment to excellence and a theory of change that identifies explicit, clear, measurable objectives. It's time to develop your organization's theory of change, to make sure you track the "right" information. Will you track results of adult literacy tests or teens transitioned into work programs?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

1. You can get measurable results. Everybody wants to see the return of investment (ROI) and draw a clearer picture to see if the efforts put in something have results or not. Well if in the first place your action was based on reliable data, for sure you can measure the outcome.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

To kickstart the planning process, define specific and measurable goals aligned with your organization’s mission. Move beyond basic demographics to understand motivations, interests, and communication preferences. Picture a passionate advocate valuing social impact or a digital-savvy donor who prefers online engagement.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

Surprising demographics to target for outreach in 2016. Bringing together statistics from reputable sources across the sector, it gives you the metrics you need to see the full picture of the philanthropic sector and move your organization forward, all in one easy-to-find location. How they were changed by the 2012 election cycle.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Measurable: Decide on what metrics you’ll use to assess how you’re progressing toward your goal. Don’t let the big picture get away from you! This gives you someone specific to picture as you plan your marketing. Use the SMART acronym to set a goal your organization can actually achieve: Specific: Create a definite goal.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you don’t have a metric for success going in, you won’t be able to measure how well you did or improve your strategies going forward. Look to your donor database to get a picture of the kind of event your donors might be interested in. Does your cause have a specific demographic? Have a strong volunteer base?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

Start tracking your organization’s data. It’s a way to measure your online impact and you can easily find these influencers. And I’m going to read a few important trends that are going to help paint this picture why nonprofits need to really start looking at folks in the database who can share their message online.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

This sub-committee will be able to ensure that your events strategy aligns with greater organizational goals while working directly with your fundraising staff to keep individual events on track. Take a look at the demographics of your audiences. Keep track of them! That information can guide your thinking!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I also don't want to get too deep into geeky measurement crap. Standardized metrics for measuring the ROI of social media strategies are a moving target. The current conversation is about the need for new metrics and methods for objective measurement. So, here's the session description: Social Media Metrics/ROI Game. Owyang ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. It also appears that social media is now an engrained part of the lives of people across different demographic groups.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 7, 2016

Track, track, track. Key takeaway: Switch up your communications to donors of different giving levels to effectively reach each demographic. This means that you should post status updates, pictures and videos of the work that your nonprofit is doing. Have different strategies for various giving levels.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 10, 2016

Track, track, track. Key takeaway: Switch up your communications to donors of different giving levels to effectively reach each demographic. This means that you should post status updates, pictures, and videos of the work that your nonprofit is doing. Have different strategies for various giving levels.

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