Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

When you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. A midyear evaluation will show you how you are doing and highlight areas where you need to improve. And you’ll know exactly how much you need to raise during that season if you take the time to do a midyear evaluation now.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2023

There has never been a more critical time for mission-driven organizations to prioritize creating an inclusive customer experience. Every organization has different goals that they will need to track against, and different challenges that make tracking website success difficult.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 6, 2021

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. This is because once we have visualized something that doesn't yet exist, it causes our subconscious mind to make the decisions necessary to make that visualized goal a reality."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. This is because once we have visualized something that doesn't yet exist, it causes our subconscious mind to make the decisions necessary to make that visualized goal a reality."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2020

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. This is because once we have visualized something that doesn't yet exist, it causes our subconscious mind to make the decisions necessary to make that visualized goal a reality."

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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Evaluation Program Attitude Instruction 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2019

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. This is because once we have visualized something that doesn't yet exist, it causes our subconscious mind to make the decisions necessary to make that visualized goal a reality."

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If so, now is the time to target your marketing efforts in that direction. You don’t want to waste time and money in social media marketing (SMM) if your highest conversions are coming from organic sources. Now is the time… ask us how. To Determine Your Goals for the Coming Year. Need help with that? Contact us.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It’s hard to ramp up the good work you do if you don’t know how to concretely define, measure and communicate your impact to supporters. When we keep in mind the true meaning of the impact, in all its forms, it helps us discover what’s important when measuring it. Measuring impact. goals, measure them!

Measure 66

Measure Communication Impact Evaluation 66

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

During the discussion, use the following business principles to assist in your evaluation: Churn Rate: Churn rate in its broadest sense is a measure of the number of customers moving out of a collective group over a period of time. Which of our partners could support us in a deeper way?

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Help Retention Tips Template 269

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How will you measure volunteer impact in 2024? As we close out 2023, you probably have some view into the impact your volunteers made, including how much time they worked and other basic information to share with others in your organization. Have you set goals for 2024 using your volunteer data? How much? an hour , a 6.2%

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Volunteer Report Demonstration Activities 82

Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Step 1: Set objectives and goals Start by outlining your campaign’s strategic purpose and objectives. Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ).

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Communication Campaign Channel Measure 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2019

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. This is because once we have visualized something that doesn't yet exist, it causes our subconscious mind to make the decisions necessary to make that visualized goal a reality."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different? It’s a common misconception that nonprofits don’t focus on financial goals since they’re not generating a profit. In fact, most nonprofits require a minimum level of fundraising each year to reach their mission goals. High-Level Requirements.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

This begs the question: What should community college completion look like, and what measures of attainment equate to success in this higher education sector? They complete (or don’t) a new student orientation full of abstract ideas and inspiration and enroll full-time or part-time, online or in person.

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Student Measure Illinois Education 71

sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

They help you gather information, assess needs, measure outcomes, and build relationships with your grantees. It’s about making sure that your questions align with your organizational values and your goals for the grantmaking program. As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions?

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Application Review Evaluation Reflection 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

CauseVox

JULY 30, 2023

Without a solid strategy in place, it might end up costing you more time and money than what you actually raise. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive guide that’ll help you crush your next event, making it both fun and effective. We hope you did, but we get it if you didn’t. Let’s be real, events take a lot of work.

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Guide Fundraising Fun Nonprofit 84

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

In September 2022 (and thanks to support from our Innovation Fund, which you can learn more about in Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang’s open grant report to MacKenzie Scott ), we decided to dive into creating short-form videos for social media to evaluate the potential benefits. We also opened a TikTok account. This experiment was (mostly) a success.

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Video Social Media Evaluation Audience 140

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations. How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be?

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. And it’s still hard to carve out time for tracking.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. Factoring in the nonprofit organization’s size, capacity, and budget – making sure that the demand for data and evaluation is commensurate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Additionally, you might face the prospect of rallying stakeholders and staff towards a common vision, goal, and outcome. Confidence to initiate engagement with your staff and stakeholders and define roles and goals. Building a website can be costly and time-consuming. Well-defined technical and design scope and constraints.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But you also want to respect your grantees’ time and resources and avoid asking them for information that you don’t use or that they have already provided elsewhere. Or you can track the time it takes you to fill out the form, either with sample data or by trying to collect similar data from your own systems.

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 88

Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Define your project and the project goals. This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. Take some time to think through and write out all of the details. . Why is this goal important?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 29, 2016

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. This is because once we have visualized something that doesn't yet exist, it causes our subconscious mind to make the decisions necessary to make that visualized goal a reality."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. This is because once we have visualized something that doesn't yet exist, it causes our subconscious mind to make the decisions necessary to make that visualized goal a reality."

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Goal Measure Evaluation Authoring 40

sgEngage

JULY 3, 2023

During times of crisis, it is important to take an informed, measured approach that supports the long-term success of your organization’s mission. Assess your available levers with an emphasis on timing. Times of crisis often come with a lot of uncertainty. Evaluate your current business model.

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Model Fund Nonprofit Evaluation 78

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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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you think it may be time to update your nonprofit’s branding, it’s helpful to know what to expect from the process. The scope of your nonprofit’s rebrand will depend on your goals. You’ll need to dedicate time and resources to the rebrand process. You’ll need to dedicate time and resources to the rebrand process.

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Nonprofit Audience Library Research 119

NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

And though we are making huge strides as a sector to understand the most effective techniques and approaches to using these tools, we still have a lot to learn about one of the most important areas of social media: measurement. Measuring your activities is as important as what you’re posting, or how many times a day you post.

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Social Media Measure Media Social 88

Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

These will support your business case by aligning with your goals: Consistent, trusted data with standard interactive reports using a common language that employees throughout your organization easily understand – all in a secure data warehouse. This will save time and money. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs.

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Analytics Language Associations Case Study 169

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Whether it’s finding the right candidates, having to wrangle their department to “get on board” with the details, or just spending so much time running the entire process, everyone agreed: RFPs can be a pain. These eight steps are simple yet powerful ways to save time in the long run and hire a better partner for your nonprofit.

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Action Proposal Nonprofit Consultant 199

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.” Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of programs and services. Is it timely? Is it useful?

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