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. Phillips , authors of the book, Show The Value Of What You Do , developed the ROI Methodology in the 1970s and refined it in the 1980s when their first book describing the process was published.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

While there are plenty of free tools to get your organization started, your nonprofit needs to grow, and these can only take your organization so far. By investing in the right technology for your organization, even at a cost, you are allowing your organization to utilize the tools it needs to succeed. Tell us in the comments!

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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. For more tools and resources about purpose-driven partnerships, please visit the Accelerist Insights page.

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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. Phillips , authors of the book, Show The Value Of What You Do , developed the ROI Methodology in the 1970s and refined it in the 1980s when their first book describing the process was published.

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Everyaction

MAY 2, 2018

Your board’s job is to look after the financial wellbeing of the organization and they will evaluate your proposals through this lens, so make sure to present your plans in a frame that will interest them. Focus on the return on investment. Your focus should be on showing them why the change that you are proposing is well worth the cost.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2011

Flickr: bitzi One of findings from our latest annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey stood out to us: Those organizations that evaluated their Return on Investment (ROI) for IT expenditures were much more likely to be leaders— 44 percent, compared to just 17 percent of stragglers. Or does it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Alfred Sloan used ROI in the 1920's at General Motors Source: Wikipedia I'm in the process of writing about and prepping several workshops for nonprofits about Social Media and ROI, known as "Return on Investment." ROI processes, particularly as part of the budgeting process , are familiar to many nonprofits.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tools – What tools do you have? What tools do you require? Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs. As you decide which priority is the best and what deserves your resources right now, there are many things to consider – strategic alignment, ROI, organizational impact, level of complexity, time to implement, among others.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

Here are the top three grantmaking tools to use in place of foundationConnect: Track, manage, and deliver funding programs — all in one place Nonprofit Cloud for Grantmaking is designed to maximize your impact. Define, measure, and evaluate your organization’s outcome strategies all in one place.

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AccelEvents

JULY 7, 2021

And in response, event marketing and sales teams use virtual events, hybrid events, and in-person events as optimized sales tools for increasing B2B sales. Whether your goals are to nurture business relationships or generate brand awareness, events can be a powerful tool. Track event ROI. Top of Funnel Events .

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Gartner defines digital strategy setting as “tying investments in staff, digital, and new tools to achieving stated outcomes and growing the organization’s capacity.” For nonprofit CFOs, this is a clarion call to review business processes and evaluate their existing tech stack. Strategize for Dynamic Dital Acceleration.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

We need a bit of time to take a step back, evaluate what worked and didn’t work, and realize we’re not in a “new normal” but an “interim normal.” First, do a self-audit to evaluate which nonprofit digital strategy is working for you and which are holding you back. How was the ROI? . How are you measuring commitment and ROI? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2009

Photo by Jeff Pulver David Armano has an article on BusinessWeek called " The New Focus Group: The Collective " where he urges companies using social media to make the last word in ROI insight, not investment. Are you evaluating current processes and updating them as needed? The process is: Listen, Learn, Adapt.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

General Considerations in CMS Selection Given the mature CMS market, most tools are equipped to address client needs. Doing this ensures your selected CMS offers tools that align with your online objectives. These ensure alignment with your nonprofit’s financial and operational aspects, maximizing ROI.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s designed to consolidate and integrate data from various sources, including CRM systems, fundraising software, financial databases, program management tools, and more. Change management issues: Anytime a new technology tool is introduced to your organization, you’ll face some growing pains and adoption challenges.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 16, 2021

Use these tips to help you prepare for budgeting unknowns, capitalize on your event ROI, and set your event on the right track. . You can try to account for the differences with emergency funds or expect this when calculating the estimated ROI. . Lead capture tools. In that case, you’ll likely need to evaluate.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Nonprofit credit card processing solutions are tools nonprofit organizations use to complete credit and debit card transactions securely and quickly. Bloomerang Payments Best for: Nonprofits that want to leverage a secure payment processor integrated with their Bloomerang CRM and online fundraising tools. per transaction 7.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 26, 2021

With so many volunteer management tools on the market, it can be challenging to identify which solution is right for your volunteer center and will provide the features your program needs to be successful. In VolunteerHub, reports can be generated quickly and used to evaluate volunteer trends, activity, preferences, and ROI.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When chosen properly, impact metrics can accurately evaluate everything from individual program effectiveness to an organization’s overall performance. Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of programs and services. Fundraising ROI. Impact metrics can be powerful tools for nonprofits. How Do You Use Impact Metrics?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I love them as a major donor cultivation tool, but I hate them for everything else! Because the anticipated ROI at this point is modest, smart awareness-building strategies are broad brush and relatively inexpensive. They’ve still got some consideration and evaluation to do. At its best, a nonprofit fundraising event is fun.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Social Media Today | ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media – A great post from Brian Solis on Social Media Today discussing the ROI of social media. "Over the years, Social Media experts attempted to redefine ROI for a new era of influence. … But that was then and this is now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Please summarize your ROI.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The more accurate and insightful that executive directors and finance teams can be when predicting revenue, cost, and ROI, the better equipped their organization will be to sustain and grow its mission. This is especially true when it comes to budget projections that will help inform the strategy of your organization in the coming year.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Tools and channels that house data often do not make it easy to navigate. Many of the tools organizations work closely with were built by different teams with different business models. Too many tools to manage. Does this sound familiar? Not sure how to compare or connect data sources. Not having the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2007

One barrier to adoption of social media tools (and other technologies) is a concern from management or your boss about the value or benefits. What's the roi? at the moment it's a tool for individuals to express their somewhat random musings. If anything this tool has detracted from productivity, not increased it.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. Use these tools to streamline your planning process. You want to evaluate this information to help you determine what the return on investment is for running these activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2009

The framework begins with the four c-s: Content: refers to the idea that social media tools allow everyone to become a creator, by making the publishing and distribution of multimedia content both free and easy, even for amateurs. Tags: ROI. It's making me think of Gary Haye's Transmedia Storytelling and Co-Creation framework.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. You will not be able to identify tools and engagement methods for your organization online without knowing the bigger picture and without knowing it in concrete goals that will let you build and work towards them. Goals & Objectives.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

We've been sharing the results of our annual research on nonprofit investments in technology staffing and budgets in multiple ways this year: with the full report , an infographic with the key benchmarks , a webinar – and we also introduced a dynamic benchmarking tool this month. Well, if you thought we'd stop there, think again!

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

What to Look For in a Matching Gift Software Vendor Considering a matching gift tool for the first time (or upgrading from an existing solution)? Integrations ⁠— Matching gift software is most effective (and easiest to manage) when connected directly to your existing fundraising tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." Helps us move away from tool driven decisions to results. View more presentations from kanter.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Direct mail can benefit your nonprofit in many ways, from connecting with donors in a personal way and yielding a high ROI. Evaluate peer organizations to identify your peers’ strengths and weaknesses, compare them to yours, and find opportunities to differentiate your organization. What are the benefits of direct mail fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2008

Last week, I did my annual Blog ROI benchmarking and I started to noodle around with the question - How can I use AideRSS as a tool to help me evaluate engagement and improve my blog? Aide RSS wrote about measuring social engagement on a blog which that looks at a number of different metrics. How are you using AideRss?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. Surveys can be a great tool for this. Evaluation and Impact Measurement It’s hard to put an objective number on the good your nonprofit does—but you have to if you’re going to serve your mission.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

7 steps to start a major gift program Major gift fundraising tools Let’s start by reviewing the basics of what these key donations are. Evaluate external threats and opportunities. Prospect research software like DonorSearch provides tools that will automate analyzing wealth information for each prospect. What is a major gift?

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Fundraising: Create and manage fundraising campaigns, process donations securely, and evaluate the success of these efforts. Nonprofits can get started with the Salesforce NPSP for free—but remember that it’s a CRM (with all the functionality of a CRM) and not an online fundraising and digital marketing tool.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

There’s also no question that ratios can be valuable tools for evaluating charitable groups. To better understand the shortcomings of for-profit metrics as a true measure of nonprofit success , let’s take a look at how return on investment (ROI) is calculated. How is ROI calculated? a grant, major gift, etc.) Tweet this.

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