Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

But right now, at this moment, twitter’s demographic is both tiny and highly nonrepresentative of the population of the world. If your organization’s mission will be greatly benefited by making connections with the twitter demographic then, yeah, twitter makes tons of sense. And so what on earth does that really mean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

One topic that I regularly track are research reports, including demographic, technographics, and overall numbers for social media sites. I like to track the data, but also think about what it means for nonprofits. I like the way NTEN does it. I happen to catch the question above from the Idealist.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

We're tracking open rates, web site hits, blog comments, people served, high-dollar donations, staff productivity, and thousands of other things across our organizations. " Why are you tracking all those things? If you feel overwhelmed by data, the solution is simple: track only what you NEED to know, and let go of the rest.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2011

Simple segmentation focuses on descriptive segments, such as demographics and donor history, and tailors your communication based on what you already know about that person. Utilize the tools available to you through your online communications systems or event management tools to track this important data. Simple strategies.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Gather demographic info if you don’t already have it.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

It's also a good idea to track your retention rate year-over-year as one of your performance indicators. Finally, demographics such as gender, household income, profession, education, family, and interests will help you better understand your audience and the potential for growing their involvement and contributions. The Extras.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2011

In each organization, we completed a project that changed the way the nonprofits did their work through the implementation of client tracking capability, using Salesforce.com for the database and Sharepoint for forms management. The third nonprofit had a system: an old DOS based system, supported and used by one person on the staff.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2011

You’ve tried to keep track of which posts supporters ‘Like’ most. By Megan Yarbrough, Social Media Specialist, M+R. By now you’ve probably played around a bit with Facebook’s ‘Like’ button. You’ve suggested that Facebook friends ‘Like’ your Facebook page. You catch yourself smiling when you see that little blue thumbs-up.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

While devotedly pouring over websites dedicated to votive candles and stationary, googling " decoupage ", and researching charities for our registry, I was stopped in my tracks by a striking banner ad. MyDisplay Ads ( [link] ) : This self-service network is the simpler of the two covered. s large network of display ad partner sites.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Consider the groups you will want to track or by which you will want to arrange members: donors, activists, organizers, stakeholders, partners, volunteers, supporters, and so on. The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older. Think carefully about your constituents when setting up your database or management tool.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

[Editor's Note: We're talking about fundraising this month on the NTEN blog, and when you're fundraising, you've got to collect and track information about donors and donations, right? Can you track the part of a gift that isn’t tax deductible because the donor received a “premium,” or a thank you gift like a T-shirt, that has value?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Here's a nice collection of links from the NTEN blog with good footnotes that includes a pointer to the ChicagoTechnology Cooperative , a group comprised of consultants, technicians, developers, and designers, with extensive experience serving the unique needs of nonprofit and community-based organizations. There's a nonprofit track.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are just a couple of ways that BI can strengthen stewardship and organizational performance: 1) Tracking Key Performance Indicators: Just as blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature can help determine a person's overall health, key performance indicators, or KPIs, can check an organization's overall health.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Whether your email marketing program is just getting started or already mature, you need to keep track of key metrics to make sure your email program is performing to its full potential. " Local Community Organizers Affinity Group. 3:30 p.m.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

Surprising demographics to target for outreach in 2016. A Study of Nonprofit Use of Cloud Software by NTEN, supported by Microsoft Philanthropies. And if you find yourself struggling to envision the future of fundraising, just remember: as a nonprofit professional, you’re already on the right track.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. Another purpose is for membership lists, or group lists, or perhaps live tracking of donations from a specific campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes ). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

According to the blog search engine, Technorati 's, "State of the Blogosphere" in October 2006 : Technorati is tracking more than 57 Million blogs. In 2006, BlogAds broke down the reader demographics even more: The median political blog reader is a 43 year old man with an annual family income of $80,000. Why not ask them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

I've been doing this for ten years as part of the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC. NTEN has two fantastic events this month! NTEN has two fantastic events this month! The conference will showcase NTEN's new book about mission-driven technology. Registration here. Take it all with grain of salt.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2016

In its 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report , NTEN identified the four common types of data used by nonprofits: Financial and operations: income and expense tracking, number of volunteer hours, or amount of cash in hand. External: demographic data, community-wide health outcomes, water quality data. So how should you use data?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2016

In its 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report , NTEN identified the four common types of data used by nonprofits: Financial and operations: income and expense tracking, number of volunteer hours, or amount of cash in hand. External: demographic data, community-wide health outcomes, water quality data. So how should you use data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Source: Dollar Bin, Flickr In February, I'll be co-teaching the " WeAreMedia Live " intensive two-day workshop in San Francisco from NTEN. It pays to spend a few hours reviewing the demographic or “technographic” details (what people are doing online). What hard data points or metrics will you use to track your objectives?

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Byte Technology

JUNE 22, 2015

But the reasons behind stressing visuals in marketing strategies are obvious when one considers that most of the platforms used for communications today have a strong analytical function: essentially, it’s easy to track what’s working and what isn’t in terms of a marketing strategy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2015

Bringing finance to a whole new level, these technologies offer swift transactions that are easily tracked and have some safety enhancements. " This type of fundraising option is enabling a whole new demographic to get involved. This might enable them to spend more time on their mission and less time worrying about funding.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

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