Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2020

All this technology and data have made it possible for nonprofits to use a range of metrics to measure growth and performance. A KPI, which stands for Key Performance Indicator, “is a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The organizations that measure and demonstrate action and performance against their commitments can improve trust with their stakeholders and increase market share, while reducing the cost of customer acquisition, the cost of recruiting, and employee turnover. However, few actually live up to their commitments.

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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.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2024

Exit 1: Disqualification Road, Where Prospect Churn Lives The goal of qualification is to turn your big pool of suspects into a curated list of major gift prospects. When you make disqualification a frequent exit on your fundraising journey, the resulting churn will help you make space for future potentially qualified prospects.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

You will be able to set goals and measure outcomes more effectively, propelling your nonprofit towards impactful innovation. Once your innovation culture is flourishing and you have got started with exciting innovation projects, you need to measure they are bringing in results.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to SureImpact’s Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement , impact is “the quantifiable difference an organization makes … the collective effects (intended and unintended) of a nonprofit’s work on the communities it serves.” Set goals and track progress over time. . To choose impact metrics, you first need to define your goals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To make it easier, we’ve organized the components of a nonprofit business plan into three categories based on your responsibilities: Board Support and Guidance Vision and Values Alignment Financial and Resource Planning Executive Summary: A brief overview of the nonprofit’s mission, goals, and strategies.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? The results of your self audit will show you what to refine and how to position your organization to get results. Marketing goals: You must have marketing goals that are tied to your fundraising plan. You cannot get where you need to go if you cannot measure your progress.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

Impact numbers are a great way to demonstrate the positive changes your organization has provided. By sharing compelling stories that highlight the real-life transformations resulting from their work, your grantees can demonstrate the impact they have on their communities. It’s about the journey.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Capital campaigns are intended to raise money for a specific project, issue, or program, or to meet an overall, designated fundraising goal. Whatever campaign initiative you choose, it should showcase your mission and demonstrate why you are the best organization to pursue it. What is a capital campaign?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Grantors increasingly view themselves as investors and, as a result, place greater emphasis on outcomes reporting. Your requests—and proof points—should evoke emotion and appeal to the funder’s goals and values. Communicate outcomes. Adopt a robust fund accounting system. Lead the change. Keep the momentum going.

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2024

A nonprofit can earn a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum Seal for its nonprofit profile on Candid’s GuideStar by sharing information about its mission, programs, financials, leadership, and/or goals and metrics. At the Platinum level, you can also highlight metrics that demonstrate the impact of your programs and initiatives.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Good preparation up front helps to ensure good results. Define your project and the project goals. These will likely include: Goals – The S.M.A.R.T. Why is this goal important? Measurable – How much? How will we objectively know we have accomplished the goal? How will we reach this goal?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Though originally focused on advertising, Ogilvy’s wisdom contains enduring truths around driving action and results that can aid any cause, even with today’s new tools and platforms. Focus on selling – Judge ads by sales results, not awards. Remember your goal is persuading consumers.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Show impact and results. Use data, visuals, and concrete examples to demonstrate the positive changes your organization has made. Collaborate with social media influencers To further amplify your message, NXUnite recommends partnering with social media influencers who have demonstrated a passion for your cause.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Our evidence shows that our customers are, in fact, continuing to achieve and demonstrably increase their impact due to these investments! In addition, customers are continuing to be innovative in how they do their work, with a whopping 89% reporting that their work has changed or improved as a result of using Salesforce. Eric Barela.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The study aimed to get the nonprofit perspective on these two important questions: How important do nonprofits believe performance assessment is to demonstrating impact? Only 32 percent of respondents to our survey say their funders have been helpful to their ability to assess their progress in achieving their goals.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 8, 2023

Successful Follow-Up is the First Step to Planning Next Year’s Event As a fundraising event planner, your ultimate goal is to create a successful and memorable event that not only raises funds but also leaves a lasting impact on your attendees and donors. Share the results with the board, volunteers, and planning committee.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

All of which combine to make impact difficult to measure and explain. Our expectations around results are powerful. Defining and assessing impact is rarely simple but taking a collaborative grantmaking approach can help you identify the real learnings and center the stakeholder to create a solution that actually drives results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2009

What are your goals? We all know that having goals. Without goals you have no idea if your efforts are producing the desired result, no way to know if changes are needed, no way to make the right adjustments and no way to know when to throw a party! Demonstrate progress and success of active projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2009

Photo by Smitty42 Lucy Bernholz has a great post called " Metrics Are Good, Unless They Are Bad " which talks about the problems we encounter when we're trying to measure hard to measure stuff - like social media, social return, and social enterprise. She gives a seven step framework for measuring the ROI of relationships.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s important to note that every nonprofit’s data warehousing needs and use cases will vary depending on everything from their cause to supporter base size to strategic goals and more. A strategic plan helps you bring the vision for your organization’s future to fruition by setting goals and objectives.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Many grant applications will ask similar questions, such as what programs or materials you need funding for and why, how your nonprofit makes an impact in the community, and how you’ll measure success if selected for the award. Demonstrate Impact With Data and Examples. Your first few sentences should reply to the question.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. They track employee participation and measure the impact of these programs. Who Uses CSR Software?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A gift range chart helps determine how many gifts you’ll need to acquire at each giving level to meet your campaign or annual giving goals. For example, to reach your annual giving goals, you might determine that you need to receive at least five donations of $10,000 each, 10 donations of $5,000 each, 15 donations of $2,500 each, and so on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. I still think these are components are essential and should be applied to looking at the ROI (Results on Insight) for nonprofits and social media. Improvement in marketing efficiency. This matters most.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2021

As a fundraiser, you regularly set big, hairy, audacious goals, whether running a billion-dollar campaign or building a new hospital campus. Stewardship and outcomes reporting : Measuring the impact of community health programs can be more nebulous than writing a report about the new breast center. Amplifying community voices.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Goal Setting as a Foundational Fundraising Basic Any fundraising campaign should start with realistic goal setting. To set effective goals, use the S.M.A.R.T Measurable: Ensure your goal is measurable to track progress and success. Measurable: Ensure your goal is measurable to track progress and success.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Define your mission and goals Begin by clearly outlining your organization’s mission and the specific goals you aim to achieve. Once you have a clear mission, set both short-term and long-term goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2022

To start off our guided tour, the Arctic Basecamp team talked attendees through their mission and demonstrated a thermal measurement sensor they had brought to Davos. Our next stop was by a stream, where attendees heard how in 2018, we empowered the Davos students to test local waterways for plastic.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

When the music video was focused on Mexican culture, the researchers found that the white and Asian participants demonstrated a decrease in prejudice against Latinos, both immediately after the activity and six months later. Reducing intergroup bias isn''t a primary goal in all of our work, but in some projects, it''s of particular interest.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Assign them key tasks and document results. Make sure you remember your top three goals to include in key visual elements on your site using calls to action. Good visual design includes engaging imagery, stewardship, real stories of impact, and clearly demonstrates your mission and focus through simple, concise visual cues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. While I was working “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” with KD Paine several people said I had to read Mario Morino’s Leap of Reason which is about how nonprofits can manage to outcomes. ” Here’s a quick review of both books.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 10, 2023

If you see that many participants aren’t reaching your lowest tier, consider adjusting your communication methods or adding additional incentives to encourage participants to reach their goals. There are a lot of valuable analytics you can measure using the information stored in your CRM—you just need to know what you’re looking for!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

It can impact their capacities to achieve goals, their social impact and their missions. A strong brand is important because it facilitates opportunities, resources and results. It is possible to measure the brand using the Brand Equity that includes consistency, operation, trust, and partnerships. Branding positive cycle.

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