The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Whether you tell stories in your fundraising or communications program, chances are you want to understand the impact and return on investment (or ROI) of the stories you tell. In this article and video tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to set up a story measurement system, and how to track and analyze your data.

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EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts. What issue is the board keenly aware of that this new tool can help solve? This helps demonstrate the holistic impact of the desired shift on the entire organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Social Media Roi Slidesbk. I’m doing a panel titled “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6 and moderated by Roz Lemieux from Fission Strategy. The Return on Investment financial process was created by DuPont and used by Alfred Sloan to help make General Motors manageable in the 1920s.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

Many organizations struggle with the idea of ROI and metrics when it comes to social media because so much of it feels, well, untouchable. So now, finally, we get to the metrics. By charting out the problems, strategies, benefits, and values first, we give ourselves a better picture to pull out metrics.

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sgEngage

APRIL 4, 2024

Instead of assigning a random percentage to your programs, ask your employees to start tracking how they spend their time so that the organization can make more accurate allocations. Analyzing your budget this way also allows you to understand the ROI of each program. Calculating indirect costs can be challenging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. For the last 4.5 HTML Tip Sheet.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We can help you move analytics to the top of the list by giving you tips to build a business case and how to articulate it to others. In addition to keeping it safe and secure, think of how you can leverage it to gain insights to help run your association more effectively. This will help increase membership and revenue.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

That’s why we put together a list of the five essential metrics you need to know, as a fundraiser, to achieve higher retention rates. Tracking these metrics will help you keep a pulse on the current engagement of your donors so you know which efforts are working and which ones need to be increased or modified.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

IN two weeks, I will have the honor of presenting at the E-Metrics Conference with Jonathon Coleman, Nature Conservancy and Laura Lee Dooley. World Resources Institute - two of the savvy and smart nonprofit social media practitioners who are also metrics geeks.     What a combination! tags: blogging nptech ).

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

Nonprofit budgets are often tight, and each of your campaigns should aim to hit as high a return on investment (ROI) as possible. To better analyze your campaigns, you’ll need to understand a few fundamental metrics, including ROI, cost per dollar raised (CPDR), and cost per acquisition (CPA). ROI = (Output / Input) X 100.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Whether you own a pet-care business , bookstore, or flower shop, these five tips will help put your small business on the digital map. This database will reveal your customers’ traits, preferences, buying patterns, and more, helping you develop donor-driven engagement strategies. Perform market research. Create customer personas.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Roy is the Vice President of Marketing at DonorPro , an innovative software company that helps nonprofits grow their fundraising revenue by an average of 37 percent each year. Roy has extensive experience consulting in higher education and leading fundraising efforts for military veteran causes. This metric is a biggie.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

Understanding Program Management Statistics Whether you’re assessing future needs or composing an annual report to share with donors, funders, and community members, conducting impact assessment is crucial for tracking progress and driving continued on-the-ground impact. Diversity Metrics. Services Delivered. Stakeholder Satisfaction.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2011

Being new to this, we also had to determine how to measure the return on investment (ROI) of our ad buys, to help guide our efforts in the future. Here's a step-by-step guide on how we calculated that with the help of Google Analytics. But if a visitor converts somewhere on the web and we can't track it, does she convert?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

It will help you stay organized by planning your content in advance, without being overwhelmed by last-minute deadlines. A great social media content calendar can help you: Save time : we’re all busy, which means that sometimes we can forget to update our social channels – especially if you don’t have a dedicated social media manager.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. Identifying and leveraging these times will help your nonprofit make the most of ideal giving opportunities. Track data for your marketing campaigns during these special events to determine which messages are most effective for driving donations.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

To help you decide, here are four things to look for in an analytics dashboard: . Flexibility : The best dashboards are flexible enough to track the metrics that are most important to your nonprofit. Make sure the dashboard you choose can be customized to track the specific data points you want to track.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Operations & Leadership 7 Donor Survey Questions You Should Be Asking 11 min read Read Now Set Realistic Strategic Goals Through Reporting Reports help guide board members on strategic goals and objectives. They can also help make strategic goals more attainable and objective. What will convince them is data.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

The goals you set will help you plan the rest of your campaign: The channels you use for appeals, decisions about your event, and even the types of stories you’ll tell your donors will hinge on the goals you’ve set for your campaign. Measurable: Ensure your goal is measurable to track progress and success. You can help!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Knowing that information will help you identify the amount you need to keep in reserve. So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

40 amazing fundraisers signed on to help raise money, with one super-volunteer raising over $13,000 by herself. CauseVox helped Andrea run their Duradash fundraiser with ease, and accessed our library of free webinars and resources to help plan her campaign and generate fundraising ideas. and share via email and social media.

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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

Data collection- Any online event allows event marketers and event producers to go above and beyond simple attendance metrics. With the right hybrid event platform , you can track how the virtual participants engaged with the conten t, where they went while on the platform, and their behaviors on the virtual space.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A great listener An experienced fundraiser Excells at setting and tracking metrics/ goals So, while your personal preferences may vary, the top qualities of a major gifts officer are pretty consistent. What metrics do you use to measure success in major gift fundraising? How would you move forward?

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Commit to eliminating departmental silos so that everyone is on the same page and all team members contribute their unique skills to help you succeed. Your fundraising strategy will build on your past successes and opportunities to help your organization grow year after year. With that, let’s get started. Offers accountability.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Cursed Thing Last year at this time, I was in Austin, TX doing a keynote workshop for Legal Services Corporation on the ROI of Nonprofit Technology. The basics include: benefits, value, metrics, and financial calculations. Numbers need context - and that context - insight - can help with improvements.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Look for virtual auction software with the following features: Item procurement tracking. As you begin the item procurement process, it’s vital that your team maintains an organized list that tracks each item’s status. Being able to accept, process, and track bids in real time is essential for success with any auction.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

We have helped over 11,000 people become Certified Nonprofit Professionals and more than 15,000 other leaders in the sector to advance specific skills with virtual training resources. Investing in your own training not only helps your personal career, but it can also help advance the mission you’re so passionate about as well.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

But before you can capitalize on the information stored in your CRM or other nonprofit software, you need to know exactly what analytics to track in the first place. Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. There are virtually unlimited metrics you can track— if you can collect the data, you can analyze it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

.    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value. 

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A major gift fundraising strategy helps ensure that more of these massive donations are coming your nonprofit’s way. 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. billion in 2022. Create a gift range chart. Development director.

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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. It will help them participate in volunteer programs, sustainability initiatives, and other CSR activities.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Knowing that information will help you identify the amount you need to keep in reserve. Identify the top line for each channel.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. We track amount raised, number of donors, and number of action takers from social media, as well as some other social media-esque metrics like fan base growth over time, sentiment, and user engagement (number of comments, number of likes, etc).

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Donor data analytics can help to identify fundraising prospects, as well as provide insight into the most effective fundraising methods and most favorable target markets. Using data, organizations can ensure their campaigns target those most likely to donate, generating efficiencies and helping determine where to best allocate resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

That helps contribute to the fact that on average women only make 77 cents for every dollar that a man earns. That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it. It helps you live in the moment free from distractions. 10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities. Good luck.

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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." It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

While the area of social metrics continues to evolve and grow, there are five main tips all organizations should follow when measuring social media activity for ROI: 1. Define success metrics before starting campaigns. Keep an ongoing dashboard of metrics updated regularly. Specific and easy to assess.

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