Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Monitor metrics such as engagement rates, content reach, and donor response. Explore how the strategic integration of SWOT analysis, audience mapping, SMART communication targets, channel identification, content strategy, execution and evaluation, and high-level communications planning can shape a successful digital transformation.

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Digital Strategy Guide Create 292

Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

The three powerhouses, Guidestar, Charity Navigator, and Better Business Bureau, that foundations, philanthropists, and donors use to seek out information and ratings about nonprofits released an open letter to the nonprofit and foundation world yesterday. Marketing Research Metrics Nonprofit Trends nptech'

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Evaluation Charity Ratio Rate 77

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Nonprofits, corporate foundations, social enterprises, and organizations working in the social sector can struggle with how to approach understanding their impact: How do they know that changes in their beneficiary group are due to their interventions? How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be?

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

This week, several TechSoup Global staffers are participating in Foundation Week in Brussels. European Foundation Week Session: Evaluating Foundation Activities: Lessons from Lavoro and Psiche - Organized by Fondazione Cariplo , 31st May 2010. This post comes from TechSoup Global Network director Madhu Anand.

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Evaluation Lesson Foundation Activities 43

Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. These metrics measure outcomes for programs which can be compared to previous ones.

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Data Metrics Nonprofit Analysis 69

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

To harness the full potential of performance measurement, funders and nonprofits must join together to co-create mutually beneficial methods and metrics. Kellogg Foundation , PM is no longer about proving something works, but about generating information to better understand how and why programs work. According to the W.K.

Measure 52

Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52

Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Modern CRM reporting is crucial for several reasons, namely because the right reports will help you: Evaluate performance: Get a bird’s-eye view of your organization’s fundraising efficacy by analyzing key metrics like donation amounts, donor engagement, and campaign success. My Dad’s axiom rings true, “ you get what you pay for.”

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Report Effective Fundraising Template 62

sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

Additionally, investing in research and evaluation can help identify what strategies are most effective in advancing equity. Hold Yourselves Accountable: Building accountability into your grant-making process by establishing clear goals, metrics, and mechanisms for measuring progress toward equity.

Philanthropy 86

Philanthropy Action Structure Law 86

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. Offer to write letters of intent or grant requests for the organization and possibly even submit them to foundations or companies. Help the organization by researching and compiling information on foundations in your area or state. Prospecting.

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

Also on the DEI in Practice webinar, Tonia Wellons, President and CEO at the Greater Washington Community Foundation , explained the process they went through to find an investment management firm for their endowment that aligned on prioritizing women- and minority-led organizations.

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Practice Trend Grant Gartner 74

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Systematically keep track of the following: Donor metrics: Who are your supporters, and what interests do they share? Demographics: Foundations and corporate funders will want to know who is benefiting from your nonprofit’s services. Organized recordkeeping is key. Do you serve K-12 students? The BIPOC or LGBTQ communities?

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Professional Leadership Develop Proposal 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think if I were to sum up social media metrics for nonprofits, I would say that best examples of social media practice and measurement are when social media is used for engagement with a purpose. This form of measurement and social media metrics are just as important as measuring outcomes.

Measure 103

Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

Personalized and valuable communication is what builds relationships, and long-lasting donor relationships are what set the foundation for nonprofit growth. The types of events someone registers for and their involvement in the event are also key metrics to note. How does donor data help with retention rates and relationship building?

Communication 98

Communication Donor Data Guide 98

NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Email marketing is the foundation for most nonprofits' education, advocacy, volunteering, and fundraising efforts online. Let's take a quick tour of the most important metrics, and take the first step to improving your email campaign performance through evaluation and optimization. Offensive Email Metrics.

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Metrics email Campaign Rate 53

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. As part of a.

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Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

On the Google Grants team, we receive a lot of questions from grantees on how best to evaluate their AdWords performance. We put this article together to give guidance around monitoring and evaluating your Google Grants account using a few strategies we find valuable. We hope you do, too! . Let's get started. Quality Score.

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Adwords Evaluation Google Statistics 47

Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2018

For healthcare foundations, gaining and maintaining a donor’s trust is equally important. To counter the fragile nature of trust, hospital marketing and the foundation must come together for a shared purpose: to promote, maintain, and communicate trust to their communities. Trust can take years to build, yet only moments to destroy.

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Foundation Communication Collaboration Story 21

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. How do you go beyond just doing a survey or collecting metrics? All of these work well with small groups and inside of organizations.

Reflection 119

Reflection Practice Results Storytelling 119

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Typically, that money comes from donations, grants, or foundations tied to limited projects or programs, which limits the longevity the funding actually has and limits how long the organization can sustain a solution. To measure profits, using traditional bookkeeping and financial metrics will be acceptable.

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Issue Community Create Help 52

Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2020

In fact, companies with digitally literate board members significantly outperformed their peers on key metrics. All this technology and data have made it possible for nonprofits to use a range of metrics to measure growth and performance. Not all metrics are KPIs. Not every metric can be “key.”. What is a KPI?

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Goal Data Metrics Hype 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Is the evaluation of your program something management needs to assess the performance of your organization as a whole? Is your measurement approach a way to manage your grants and portfolio?

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Evaluation Measure Seattle Lesson 95

Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

Assess your goals for the platform, re-evaluate why you’re there, and decide if it still makes sense to actively use your Twitter account. Look at your data Evaluate your Twitter metrics to see how much the recent changes at Twitter have impacted the number of followers you have, how often people see your content, and how engaged users are.

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Government Twitter Social Media New York 50

DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique that involves evaluating your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Fundraising You can also use a SWOT evaluation to analyze your organization’s fundraising streams. You don’t have a clear system for tracking metrics such as donor retention rates.

Analysis 52

Analysis Guide Nonprofit Retention 52

Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Evaluate past fundraising and acquisition campaigns. Evaluate your progress and course correct if some of your strategies aren’t resonating with your audience. Audit your content to evaluate how well your website meets user search intent. Donor data is the foundation of any successful acquisition strategy.

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Fund Donor Strategy Search 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

When it comes to helping our users, therefore, what matters to us first and foremost is empowering these individuals to prosper and advance their own goals, not so much optimizing for one metric or another that might not even truly measure our mission goals. Being more adaptive and less rigid also creates the opportunity for serendipity.

Data 168

Data Classroom Measure Accessibility 168

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. Hildy Gottlieb’s Pollyanna Principles are a great place to start if you want to learn more about how you can evaluate and identify your organizational goals (and larger view) in a way to successfully design projects, programs and even partnerships for real impact.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

Reporting ⁠— Look for software that provides detailed insights into matching gift progress, trends, and other relevant metrics. Carefully evaluate these elements in your matching gift software buying. And with each, you’ll find a key takeaway that our team identified as a main point from the evaluation.

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Gift NPO Software Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I now spend more of my time evaluating communications and digital projects so, I read with interest Lean Analytics , the book in the Lean Start up series on measuring what matters. This strikes me as a metric that would be easier to compute and apply for some projects or programs and a real bear for others.

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San Francisco Organization Kiva Metrics 104

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

in 2022, making its growth faster than individual, foundation, and bequest giving. With the rise of social impact as a business metric, companies are more eager than ever to contribute to meaningful causes, yet many nonprofits don’t make the most of this fundraising avenue. billion in just one year.

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Benefit Donation Sponsor Gift 57

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. The right metrics. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them. Can’t wait!

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

We'll help you build a foundation for your social media strategy and provide practical ideas and tactics for immediate use in your library. If you don't know where to start when planning your social media metrics, join us to learn the best methods to measure your library's social media outcomes. Register for October 24.

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Library Social Media Media Social 80

Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

SMART goals are the foundation of your social media strategy and should be tied to building brand awareness, increasing engagement with your community, or raising more funds. Key metrics to measure on social media Like with any campaign, it’s important to decide on how you’re going to measure the success of your social media strategy.

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Guide Social 52

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Although this approach may not lead to results quickly, it can create a foundation for long-term growth and success. You’ll also want to focus on a broader range of metrics to evaluate the success of your awareness campaigns. Successfully increasing awareness requires that you have high-quality content users want to engage with.

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Grant Google Problem Analytics 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation. Nonprofits and some foundations are using ambient social media data for brand reputation monitoring.

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Creating the perfect fundraising strategy takes a lot of time and effort, so your best bet to grow and raise more each year is to first lay out a solid fundraising foundation. Measure all fundraising metrics. Use the data in your CRM to measure all metrics, including donation amounts, donation frequency, donor details, and more! .

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The survey reported that more than 80% of nonprofit leaders say “nonprofits should demonstrate the effectiveness of their work by using performance measures,” and yet 71% say they receive no foundation support – monetary or otherwise — for their organization’s assessment efforts. That says volumes.

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Measure Roles Support Literacy 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m facilitating peer exchange groups on measuring the networked nonprofit with 60 grantees. In addition to weekly check-ins, the dashboard includes key performance metrics related to goals as well as more detailed metrics.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95