Nimble AMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

According to Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study, while data analytics is a higher priority for organizations, just one-third of association professionals report their data is excellent or very good. It could be as simple as an organization is yet to set any goals, visions, or KPIs for its data.

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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.” Why Are Impact Metrics Important? How Do You Choose Impact Metrics for Your Nonprofit?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Is your organization feeling the changes in our economy, society, and communities? In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to pivot to survive. Why data should drive your decisions Many key industries, including retailers, manufacturers, and healthcare organizations, use data to inform decisions.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At most organizations, board members play a direct role in fundraising —whether that’s sending donation appeals, participating in events, meeting face-to-face with major donors, or expressing gratitude after a donation is made. As a fundraising coordinator who prepares these reports, you work with this data every day. Great question!

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TechImpact

JUNE 19, 2014

Big data and robust analytic measuring tools have enabled this revolution to go from a pipe dream to reality in only a few short years. Everyone wants to compare the success of their organization to a measurable analytic. Here are the 3 steps your nonprofit needs to get started measuring and reporting on meaningful data today.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

I am a big fan of actionable metrics. Fenton’s guide divides up the kinds of metrics you can focus on under the headings See, Say, Feel and Do. Ss I suggest in my Community Mapping approach , the actions and metrics should be mapped against the segments of the community doing them. What do you think?

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Here are 4 ways to measure volunteer program ROI and ensure you are getting the highest amount of value. Chances are, volunteers play an important role in your organization. If this sounds like your organization, you are not alone. According to a 2018 Volunteering in America report , 77.34 Measure Volunteer Value.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Blackbaud recently announced the end of support of a few applications hosted in their Citrix environments, including Crystal Reports (CT). While there are standard reports built in Raiser’s Edge, if you need to create custom and specialized reports, you would have previously had to use Crystal Reports for Blackbaud.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 23, 2024

of MatrixMaxx , a leading Association Management System (AMS) that helps trade associations and professional societies manage their organizations better, have great member journeys, and be higher performing through data. Each dashboard can be tailored to help measure what is important to your association, and relevant to your memberships.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Every interaction your volunteer has with your organization matters. From the moment they land on your website to sign up for an opportunity to when they check out of their shift, your volunteer’s experience can directly impact your organization’s ability to meet its goals. WHAT do they need or want from your program?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

DIY Community Engagement Metrics. So often I find that we are too quick to say that because a website doesn’t have our domain, a tool is downloaded to our computer, or a platform doesn’t have our developers working on it that we can’t be responsible for measuring and analyzing the way we use it. Metrics Tracking. >>

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Association Analytics

APRIL 8, 2021

In today’s world, organizations simply cannot afford to invest their time and limited resources in initiatives that do not demonstrably deliver outcomes that support their goals. SMART is an acronym people use to remember the five aspects of a well-articulated goal: SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Fundraisers often have a love/hate relationship with fundraising CRM reports. Picture this: your donor data and fundraising trends reports are due, but instead of the usual stress, you’re calm, prepared, and even proud of what you’re about to submit. Let’s find out how to achieve that level of reporting Zen consistently.

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Roundtree

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Essentials of a nonprofit annual report. Your nonprofit annual report is a key component in your annual communications plan. Nonprofits often err by either underinvesting in their annual report or overloading it with too much content. Donors deserve to hear from the person who is leading the organization.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 5, 2024

By identifying potential partners, ensuring compliance, and measuring impact, nonprofits can maximize the effectiveness of their digital advertising efforts. Google Ads Transparency Report: [link] Provides ad spend data across different advertiser industries and political entities. May not allow visibility into US ads.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

This blog provides an overview of how to establish your scoring model, establish a team of data champions, and adopt a regular reporting routine so that your association is set up for success. Membership – This person works to get unengaged members more involved in the organization and target non-members for recruitment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

I think that is an important insight for small organizations who don’t have a team of people doing the social media and trying to do it with limited hours in the day. One of the posts that got a lot of engagement and contributed to the uphill trend in the metrics was about editorial calendars.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Because of this, it’s important to carefully measure major gifts key performance indicators (KPIs) to understand the success of your program as a whole and specific strategies individually.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Not surprisingly, a 2020 report from Wild Apricot showed that 68% of organizations have difficulty growing membership. Target new audiences – We focus on member experience, satisfaction, and retention, but what about the more tangential groups we touch as an organization? What’s slowing these association’s down?

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TechImpact

JUNE 16, 2014

Post level data reports on the analytic behind individual posts on a page, whereas page level data measures the impact as post has on the entire page. Running Facebook ads and organically increasing your reach through these actions are the only two ways for your nonprofit to increase its exposure on the social network.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2024

For years, when nonprofits would publish digital reports with their best stories, they had to point inspired readers to a separate page to make a donation, disrupting the storytelling to fundraising pipeline. We solved this problem with Storyraise , a solution for nonprofits to create digital annual, impact, and donor reports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community. However, managing grants efficiently and effectively can often be a daunting task, requiring meticulous attention to detail, rigorous compliance measures, and streamlined processes.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Member scoring is a crucial topic for organizations because providing superior member experience drives all associations. Any guidelines for determining member values will differ from organization to organization because membership needs are unique in each association. However, you don’t need to measure everything.

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sgEngage

MAY 16, 2024

Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the grantmaking lifecycle is vast and ever-growing. The Data Deluge in Grantmaking: Drowning in Information Remember the days when grantmaking relied on paper proposals and handwritten reports?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

But, how do you measure the results? The report addresses metrics for success for investing in broad field social movements or networked approaches to social change. The report is written for funders and those on the ground doing the work in the context of networks, although it doesn’t go deep into practice.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions. Use performance measurements sensitive enough to detect gradual changes so that small scale initiatives can be informative.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Finding the right board members is essential for any organization’s success. Tailoring your recruitment efforts to find individuals whose skills and expertise align with your organization’s mission is fundamental. Implement a board portal for communication and organization. What are your dreams? Your challenges?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

We can’t forget that to be data-informed as an organization and as decision-makers, we have to actually be informed by that data (see what I did there?). Why are you measuring or tracking something that you can’t (or don’t want to) impact? Is data helpful if you can’t change it?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Nonprofits use CRMs to manage their donor relationships, to segment supporters by interest areas, streamline donor communication, automate fundraising, and report on outcomes to the board, donors, and community. A flexible and scalable nonprofit CRM is at the center of an organization to enable the highest return on their cause initiatives.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The outcomes you can achieve tend to fall into four buckets that benefit your organization. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

My colleagues, all experts, practitioners, and instigators share a passion for inspiring others to build great organizations for greater societal impact and increasing the expectation and adoption of high performance in the field. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. Social change is hard.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This year, the need to check in is even more critical, as 2023 will usher in a whole new paradigm for a core part of digital strategy: web metrics. UA has been a reliable benchmarking tool for more than a decade, and many organizations have comfortably adopted strategies and reports that deliver data to inform their broader digital strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I’ve been reading Social Media Metrics Secrets by John Lovett who is a senior partner at Web Analytics Demystified where Eric T. One point that he keeps making over and over: Metrics must have meaning or else they’re just numbers. The information is also reported with a link to organizational results.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

And when it comes to creating a nonprofit business plan for your organization, that’s a task that generally falls to the board—a situation that can create a big disconnect between what you need and what you actually get. Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” ” Here’s a quick review of both books.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In June 2007, Apple launched the iPhone, and in subsequent years we saw the rise of apps as a competing method to websites for how people interact with organizations. For organizations using both apps and websites, there were challenges in seeing how the data interacts—are web visitors the same people using the app?

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