Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In the Salesforce State of Marketing report, 84% of marketers surveyed said customer expectations were changing their digital strategies. . According to the Salesforce State of Service report, 77% of organizations surveyed reported that automating service-related procedures allowed them to focus on more complex work, up from 69%.

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Nucleus

MARCH 2, 2021

A newly released executive survey revealed that 99% of major American companies invested last year in data and analytics, and 91.9% In this latest survey, 29% reported achieving “transformational business outcomes” during the past year – so what is holding the others back? In the 2021 survey, 92.2%

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Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

But some general knowledge about financial literacy will bode well. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Simply getting new members to understand how to read a finance statement is another first step to financial literacy for board members. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Start at the recruitment stage.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In Tableau’s Building Data Literacy Guide , 80% of employees report they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology. Prioritizing data literacy will empower your staff as innovators, helping staff to enact lasting change at your association. . Routine training is key to better skilled and more productive employees.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

According to a survey by the University of California at Santa Cruz , the number of working African American business owners fell more than 40% during the pandemic—a much steeper drop than other racial groups. Black-owned businesses often face unique challenges and they’ve also been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Michele Martin and Tony Karer have been blogging at the Work Literacy blog for several months now. Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. Based upon the survey results of 6,057 donors worldwide, the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report summarizes donor data across six continents about how online and mobile technology effects giving. 10: World Lion Day — #WorldLionDay. 26: International Dog Day — #DogDay.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." 2 Again, the study surveyed nonprofit financial managers such as CEOs and CFOs. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. Based upon the survey results of 4,084 donors worldwide, the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report explores the impact of gender, generation, and ideology upon giving and volunteerism. 8: International Cat Day — #CatDay. 10: World Lion Day — #WorldLionDay. September.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Back in September, we posted a summary of App It Up's nonprofit and library apps survey. We had some requests for more detailed survey results, so here they are! A Few Caveats Keep in mind, this was not a very scientific survey. small (less than 250), and we didn't try to survey a representative. September, 2011.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For example, an output metric for a literacy program might be the number of books read by program participants. For example, a quality metric for a literacy program might be the number and length of activities. . Output metrics assess the intermediate results of an intervention, action, or project. Assessments. Observations.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We suggest that you have a conversation and not send a survey. Data literacy – as analytics takes hold, everyone in your organization – from the front lines to the Board – will start to talk in common language and have a better understanding of how data impacts the entire organization. Ask your colleagues questions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

A new survey from McKinsey finds responses to the Covid-19 pandemic sped business adoption of digital technologies by several years—and many of these changes will likely be here for the long haul. Survey results suggest a seven-year increase, on average, in the rate at which companies are developing digital products and services.

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NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2021

According to a survey of nonprofit leaders , 50% reported only three months of operating revenue, and nearly 20% only have a month of financial leeway. ” Similarly, a survey on donor behavior found that nearly 70% of funders want insights into a nonprofit’s overhead costs. Overhead projections. Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Building infrastructure, in-house expertise, and data literacy of all staff is critical to their success so they have invested. If you’ve not seen The Center for Effective Philanthropy survey of September, 2012, it sets up the challenge pretty clearly. In Elizabeth Boris’s words “…they are missing in action.”.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Thirty percent of Americans do not have high-speed Internet access at home, according to a recently released Pew Research Center survey. digital inclusion tslibraryorg digital literacy' However, 59% of lower-income adults don't have home Internet service. Who Gets Left Behind.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 10, 2012

word cloud of how you have fun (: A big thanks to everyone who completed the 10-question Have Fun • Do Good Reader Survey while I was on my blogging sabbatical. Education and Literacy 23.3% Below are 10 things I learned about you: 1. Where you live: U.S. Northeas t 23.3% West 23.3% Southwest 13.3% Southeast 10% U.S. New Zealand 6.6%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Maybe the program participants skipped a survey question because they didn’t understand the wording, or maybe the program staff forgot to enter the information into your nonprofit’s database. You can use pivot tables to summarize anything from demographic information to satisfaction survey responses.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

An initial survey to determine what the group, as well as the what the individuals hope to attain from the experience will help the volunteer manager ascertain where the best fit will be. She previously served a term for AmeriCorps with an adult literacy program in Flagstaff. Sources: Brudney, J. and Meijs, L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation draws from a 2012 survey of the “ Always On Generation ” that provides insights from experts on the benefits and drawbacks of a hyperconnected life and how it is rewiring the young people’s brains. More than half of those in that age cohort have smartphones and 23% own tablet computers like iPads.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

The Open Aid Partnership , held Open Nepal Week’s Data Literacy Bootcamp, which gathered over 80 Nepali journalists, developers, coders, and civil society representatives to find, extract, and analyze and visualize public data.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

TechSoup for Libraries surveyed and interviewed organizations that received Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) funding. Gadget instruction is an incredibly important component of digital literacy as more people are accessing the Internet from their mobile devices. More Resources. Microsoft YouthSpark Hub.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

What level of technology literacy exists across your team? Starting with analysis, your consultant will deploy internal team surveys to understand your current nonprofit software use. What does your “dream state” look like, as far as your technology suite after the evaluation is completed?

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 11, 2016

According to the recent Nonprofit Finance Fund State of the Sector survey, “Forty-two percent of organizations reported that they do not currently have the right mix of financial resources to thrive over the next three years.”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

2] To better understand the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit professionals, we conducted a needs-assessment study based on surveys of NMI instructors, advisory board members, alumni, and participants in NMI courses since 2007. We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy. April 18, 2011 3:34 PM Mary McGillicuddysaid.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

The survey did include "National foundations and nonprofit organizations" and "Local community groups" as possible answers. Note that survey respondents were asked where the "primary responsibility" for bridging the digital divide lies, not whether nonprofits had any role to play.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

They will create and promote digital literacy programs. According to the 2013–2014 Digital Inclusion Survey : 98.9 This spring, NTEN launched its Digital Inclusion Fellowship Program in which 16 young community leaders in eight Google Fiber communities will have paid internships for a year with local charities.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

If you’re pressed for time, you could send out a 10-15 minute survey, compile the answers, and then hold a 30-minute meeting to review the results with the group. Try to avoid adding more than 5 people per group or department. Additionally, try to spread the sessions out by a few weeks. Don’t strive for perfection.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

" Almost every nonprofit does some kind of data collection, whether it's through accepting donations, gathering survey data, or simply registering people for a newsletter. " If you do any sort of digital literacy work or job training, privacy and online security is likely already a big part of your curriculum.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

" Almost every nonprofit does some kind of data collection, whether it's through accepting donations, gathering survey data, or simply registering people for a newsletter. " If you do any sort of digital literacy work or job training, privacy and online security is likely already a big part of your curriculum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Technology literacy is important and in order gain literacy you need get people to put fingers to keyboard. Jeff Forster mentioned that his survey of nonprofit technology benchmarks - comparable data from the last six years - the next segment comes out next week! What comes first, technology or change? Chicken and egg.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. and Canada about their technology use.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

" Digital Democracy's approach to achieving this mission is based on the following three stages: Digital literacy: Getting individuals to understand the tools and how to use them. Dd is also testing low cost drones that locals can use and repair to perform aerial photography and surveying.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

research, a survey of the giving habits of the social media savvy, over at Mashable. This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Another is surveys. The nonprofit Feedback Labs maintains that mobile phone surveys are 100 times cheaper and much, much times faster than conventional online surveys. The NPR story on mobile recruiting is a good place to find out about this new trend. This is an international trend. Here's a disappointing one for me.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Citizen-Powered Response. Costs & Benefits.

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