Media Cause

MAY 20, 2021

Paying attention to contrast ratios is one of the easiest ways we can adapt our websites to be more accessible for color blind people. For example, if I visit a site that has a combination of pink colored text sitting on top of a background that is either busy or “too close” in color like a pale green or yellow, it gets a lot harder to read.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This tool by WebAIM checks the contrast between your foreground and background by providing ratios based on hex codes. . Remember, the contrast ratio between text and a text’s background should be at least 4.5:1. Check out examples of our work here and contact us to learn more. Image of subtitle generator workspace on VEED).

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 5, 2023

What’s a fundraising efficiency ratio? And what’s a “good” ratio to try to maintain? Your efficiency ratio measures the amount of money you spend on fundraising against the amount of revenue generated by those activities. Read on for insight into why this metric is important and how to calculate it.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

And in this last survey we took a step even futher and broke out our staffing question to ask respondents about different technology roles (we asked folks to tell us how many staff they had with "Data" in their title or formal job role, for example, and had separate questions for "Web," "Online/Digital," "IT," and "Other Tech."

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Sales Ops Metrics & KPIs. Performance Metrics Analyses. Selection of Key Sales Metrics to Adopt. For example, sales ops may emerge to assist the sales leader in handling: Administrative tasks. Common Sales Operations Metrics & KPIs. Preferred metrics vary across teams and organizations. Performance.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, if a business notices that many of its employees donate to the same cause, it can reach out to that organization and offer to sponsor their next fundraising event. The concept of a matching gift is simple: An employee contributes to their nonprofit of choice, and their employer matches their donation at a predetermined ratio.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 14, 2022

For example, let’s say your fundraising team is looking to increase your matching gift efforts and collect more corporate donations for your cause ( hint: you should be !). Record and analyze key matching gift metrics. Match ratios. Record and analyze key matching gift metrics. Qualifying types of employees.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Simply determine a match ratio, such as 1:1 or 2:1, and donate as the requests come in! For example, you might learn about an animal shelter’s need for cat food and collect donations from employees over a set period of time. For example, did your community recently experience a natural disaster?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Benefits of corporate philanthropy Types of corporate philanthropy Corporate philanthropy trends 7 effective corporate philanthropy examples 7 tips to raise more through corporate philanthropy Once you understand corporate philanthropy inside and out, you can develop processes to grow this funding stream and better engage with corporate donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

It can be an informal study and fairly simple to do. You identify a list of similar organizations and collect specific metrics to compare. Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites. Sometimes benchmarking studies can be more rigorous and survey an entire field.

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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. pick the right metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. Celebrate the Accomplishments of Individuals in Your Alumni Network. Sharing memories from Seminar 2013 at the #icnola reunion!

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

For example, if you haven’t reviewed and refreshed your content strategy in ten years, then your website design may also look outdated. However, if these engagement metrics are chronically low, your nonprofit may need more than routine maintenance—you may need an overhaul. Your site isn’t accessible. Include alternative text on images.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 31, 2017

A lot of our inquiry is based more on trend analysis than ratio analysis. Having said that, there are two ratios that I believe are very important for nonprofit leaders to track – and both have to do with liquidity. The first is the months of cash ratio. Steps to Calculate Months of Cash Ratio. Example: ABC Theatre.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

For example, if they are a local soup kitchen, how many people are they feeding every day? Using the example of the local soup kitchen, how many people in their job training programs are graduating and are obtaining jobs? These are just a few examples of data I would research to analyze their results.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Overhead to program expense ratio. 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? Tweet this.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

For example, what strategies would you use if your goal is to build your brand and grow your audience online? Tangible measurements are easy to calculate and can fall into any number of ratios and equations. Once in the search analytics dashboard check the Clicks and CTR metrics and then filter by Pages.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. So maybe that gets you an “engagement” ratio. Metrics, metrics, metrics. For example: think about your online donation thank you page and autoresponder. How many should?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2014

Each year you should be evaluating your Annual Operating Plan , reviewing metrics and benchmarks, and determining the ratios and drivers you will use to determine the most effective areas to which to allocate your resources and capital to achieve the optimal return on investment. What are the steps to creating a budget?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Examples of Community/Fun fundraising events include: Fun runs/walks. The downside of Community/Fun Events is that they may attract lots of people who are there for the experience and don’t necessarily care about your cause. But if the event meets your goals for revenue and awareness, it might be ok.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But in our second example, the donor understands how their donation will be helping someone in need. Let’s walk through an example of how to properly incorporate matching gifts into your script. Match ratios. Every dollar you donate will go to scholarships for students in financial need!” ” See the difference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. Success Metrics for Your Social Fundraising Plan. Using Metrics for Continuous Learning.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

For example, if you know I’m interested in lung cancer issues, send me a lung cancer project or research to fund. Note: The 10 percent/10 percent/80 percent example works best for 10,000+ email lists. If your list is under 5,000, increase the ratios to 20 percent/20 percent/60 percent. 3 is important for appeal campaigns.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

How to create an online fundraising strategy Tips for a successful online fundraiser 10 effective online fundraising ideas 8 online fundraising metrics to track Use the tips and ideas in this guide to create your own online fundraising plan and to determine the fundraising tools you’ll need to accomplish your ultimate goals.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Here’s a couple examples pulled from recent CauseVox campaigns. 5) Fundraising Metrics. Data derived from key fundraising metrics is great for driving decisions at an organizational level but for the sake of simplicity here are two metrics you should include on any public-facing fundraising page: Funds Raised.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

For example, let’s say you want to raise $100,000 in annual revenue through your online fundraising strategy. Track key metrics To determine how successful your strategy is and see if you’re reaching your goals, you need to know which metrics to track. We’ll cover more about the metrics you should analyze later.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

If I were to put a ratio on it, I wouldnt want to exceed 30% self-promotional content to about 70% links to other things. Also, are there any specific examples of a "Twitter success" that you can share? Twitter is a component of our overall communications strategy, but not because we have specific metrics and goals in mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm doing a session at Boston podcamp called the Social Media Metrics/ROI Game. So when I heard that one of the leading subject matter experts on social media metrics - Jeremiah Owyang - was the guest of honor at a local social media networking event , I decided to go. So, here's the session description: Social Media Metrics/ROI Game.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Examples of useful goals include: Increase website traffic by 50% from one year to the next. Assign relevant metrics to each goal. For example, you might track donation page conversions, homepage bounce rate, or overall website traffic. Check in on these metrics regularly as you carry out your strategy. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

Rick Kats kindly sent me a spreadsheet of metrics for 6 nonprofits that were early adopters, using it consistently and best practices. Here’s the stats I asked for and why: Average Repin Ratio : Gives a measure of engagement. For engagement, I looked at the Repin Ratio by board and select those with the highest ratio.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

For example, if your organization is a food bank, your expertise naturally centers around addressing hunger and food insecurity within the community. Continuing with the food bank example above, you may wonder how this aligns with your potential donors’ interests.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Check out campaign examples like this one if you need inspiration. Check out this example from our donor retention guide showing the impact of a nonprofit increasing their retention rates by just 10%: To retain your own supporters this Giving Tuesday we recommend the following tips: . You may look at metrics such as: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points, or metrics, that will help you harvest insights and improve your blog. Next, you need to know the right metrics to use, and employ the proper tools to collect the data. Most important, you need a strategy—either for yourself or for a team—to gather insights from your metrics.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Charity rating organizations use varying metrics for evaluating efficacy and impact, but most organizations use Accountability, Transparency, Program Percentage, and Fundraising efficiency as the basis for their ratings. Here are some our favorite examples from our clients: Donate Life America. Charity Ratings.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 20, 2021

Zero to Three engaged with Cloud for Good to build a custom platform that could host the organization’s many different programs, create a single source of truth, track performance across programs, and track key fidelity metrics all the while. “Our They now have access to create cross-programmatic lists for special events or campaigns.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

However there is immediate value to the partners in the form of a dashboard and metrics for applying for grants, etc. They put metrics against speed and accuracy of the data their partners were sending in. The Robin Hood Foundation concentrates on a single, driving metric in order to be able to compare different grants presented to it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

Kevin Gamble left me a comment on a google analytics post that the " Depth of Visit Report " was one of the best metrics (coupled with referring source) for understanding visitor behavior on his university's web site. Kaushik offers up some metrics for blogging: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post).

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