Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

City Health Dashboard , a project of the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health, supported by Forum One, is a model for making their rich data accessible to all of their audiences and at data-driven storytelling. Develop a strategy for data storytelling. Understand your capacity.

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Story Data Storytelling Lesson 66

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This small portion of your nonprofit’s supporter base is known as your major donors. To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. They require careful planning, cultivation, and stewardship to acquire a major gift and turn major donors into recurring supporters.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 102

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

When we do that, we can compromise the relationship we have with our supporters and donors, and limit our capacity for building momentum towards action and a movement for our cause. Start with Metrics. What do you measure every day, week, month, year? But, it doesn’t have to be that way! Campaigns in Action.

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Campaign Design Impact Metrics 114

Givinga

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Corporate responsibility can be incredibly impactful for business performance and profits, but unfortunately, many CR efforts, especially when it comes to workplace giving, are still broad and poorly measured with little or no direct connection to business performance. But not every platform will make an impact. Employee Incentive Programs.

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Profit Software Benchmark Student 45

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Not only did these efforts result in higher productivity and lower absenteeism rates, but it supported the vitality of the community as a whole. Purpose-Driven Companies use a Purpose Mindset to Advance Measurable Goals. Stand-out companies set measurable goals to put their business strategy and purpose statement into action.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Funders are increasingly conditioning grants upon the delivery of specific measures. Individual donors are increasingly demanding outcomes from the nonprofits they support: Over 80 percent of charitable donations come from individuals.

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Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Back in 2007, when Facebook opened it doors to people older than college students and nonprofits started the early experiments on Facebook Causes, Froggy Loop did an extensive analysis " The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes " using the dollars per donor analysis. It's still too early to measure success in aggregate dollars per donor.

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Washington Metrics Facebook Donor 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The NetTalks series , which includes five sessions, is intended to spark a meaningful conversation around alumni engagement and supporting a broader community practice of effective alumni networks. But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. Register here.

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Social Media Network Media Free 108

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. Nostalgia increases feelings of social connectedness to others and makes people feel loved and valued and increases perceptions of social support when people are lonely. Experiment, Measure, Learn, and Revise.

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Practice Tips Social Meme 107

Care2

MAY 18, 2011

When we do that, we can compromise the relationship we have with our supporters and donors, and limit our capacity for building momentum towards action and a movement for our cause. Start with Metrics. What do you measure every day, week, month, year? But, it doesn't have to be that way!

Campaign 73

Campaign Design Impact Metrics 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States Department of State with support and in-kind donations from Microsoft, Cisco and craigslist Charitable Fund. N2VLabs provides support for the best of the best Arabia geeks who have a promising technology idea or social platform.

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Jordan Saudi Arabia Morocco Lebanon 126

Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Tim Hill works for Blackbaud, the world’s leading cloud software company supporting social good, including through technology and services for advancement and alumni development across the higher education campus. There also are challenges among front-line fundraisers in relation to their metrics and goals.

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University Raise Money Student 27

Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

After all, this is a group of people who already support your work. Once you’ve identified people who have a history of supporting your organization, seem to have the capacity to make major gifts, and have a pattern of making major gifts to other organizations, you’ll be able to start intentionally cultivating relationships with them.

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Gift Strategy Raise Database 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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Report Measure Process Impact 83

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

What I don’t love is the lack of data they face, lack of support in nailing down specific problems, and that they have to go back to school on Monday. ” — Chris Worman , Restart Romania. There is much excitement and interest in measuring/tracking/using data in real time to shift course on emergent, collaborative, and innovative efforts.

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Generation Romania Technology Measure 100

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 1, 2013

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. New yardsticks require new measures, new measures require new institutions.

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Research Social Giving Italy 73

CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

At CauseVox, we’re all about helping everyone to meet their goals – donors and the causes they support. Is it best to create a monetary goal or one based on impact metrics? Will you have partner or major donor support through a matching gift? We want to help nonprofits that implement year-end fundraising campaigns be successful.

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Guide Giving Campaign Social Media 73

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Supporting transformation with data . D ata delivery and the ability to shape that data are critical components of supporting success. Here are a few of the best practices shared to support effective technology transformation: . and help for your?20 20 20 planning.? . Missed out on?bbcon?

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South Carolina Georgia Blackbaud Education 38

Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2018

As reflected in the recently released Charitable Giving Report Spotlight: How Fundraising Performed in the Higher Education Sector in 2017 , donors have responded to the calls for support in a resounding way. James Wiley: What is critical about #GivingTuesday are the additional metrics outside of how much money institutions raise.

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Education Trend Conversation Giving 23

sgEngage

MAY 18, 2023

Enrollment management is a strategic process used by schools to attract and retain students while ensuring the institution’s financial stability and success. It involves using data to optimize recruitment, financial aid, academics, student life, and relationships with stakeholders. Roles and Responsibilities It takes a village!

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Management Student Demographics Retention 52

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

Need some metrics guidelines? If you dont measure results strictly by fundraising -- maybe your results are based on advocacy or branding only -- you can just look at the "cost per friend" or "cost per email name" to compare with the costs of recruiting people elsewhere. Job well done!

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

Need some metrics guidelines? If you dont measure results strictly by fundraising -- maybe your results are based on advocacy or branding only -- you can just look at the "cost per friend" or "cost per email name" to compare with the costs of recruiting people elsewhere. Job well done!

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 7, 2022

Through this exploration, we determined that incorporating a data warehouse into a nonprofit’s overall technical landscape and data strategy could help support a lean, performant CRM to help propel staff forward without stashing legacy data in an inaccessible local archive. Data Warehousing for Events and Advancement.

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Education Roles Data Strategy 84

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Need some metrics guidelines? If you dont measure results strictly by fundraising -- maybe your results are based on advocacy or branding only -- you can just look at the "cost per friend" or "cost per email name" to compare with the costs of recruiting people elsewhere. Job well done!

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ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

Givinga

JANUARY 22, 2019

The surge in consumer and employee influence is also taking effect, making it easier to measure business impact. We can now clearly measure the market demand for corporate responsibility initiatives, but many companies still struggle to define how CR programs impact their business. Student Loan Repayment Management.

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Platform Business Giving Charity 45

Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 18, 2021

While NPSP was historically associated with the nonprofit sector, the versatility and customizability of the solution can also support large-scale fundraising for higher education institutions. To segment these reports you can filter, group, and calculate metrics on a specific set of records. Read More ».

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Action Data Create Student 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

You need metrics or measure against goals, but you also need harvest those insights. I asked the students what else does that? This post harvests what I learned and what I still don't know about the birthday campaign strategy and measurement as well as guest teaching a graduate school class. My 53rd birthday wish.

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Classes Learning Fundraising Reflection 95

Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

The customer used the event to galvanize support for artificial reefs as a way to protect sea life. Sometimes, its worth contacting a local university or technical college to see if your video would fit as a student project. Q: How can nonprofits define and measure success with an online video? Why or why not?

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Video Interview Social Media Online 28

Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2021

So you won’t be able to measure success. College students? Because we don’t have enough volunteers, and they would keep busy, do something good, and maybe the students would get community service credits?” In fact, sometimes it’s not even clear the organization is supported by philanthropy. Target metrics?

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Work Strategy Volunteer Mail 134

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all. While many nonprofits look at metrics that would actually measure the long term outcomes of their work as the “holy grail” of data-based decision-making, it’s unclear that this level of measurement is practical or even possible for many nonprofits.

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Report Data NTEN Measure 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

o is Transparency - and the best example of that is what the Indianapolis Art Museum has done with its pubic metrics on its web site. Here's some artists personal blogs that support their gallery sites where they sell their work -- A Planet Named Janet , Self VS Self , PaMdora's Box and Jen Lemen. Another theme of web2.o Artist Blogs.

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Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development This post is about a bad dog and the role that a class of ASU students is playing in its quest for redemption. Over the course of this past semester, teams of students have been working through the rating process for a pool of organizations. Its an exciting time.

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Teach Ratio Student Classes 90

Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

It can be hard to determine what’s essential with so many different rating systems out there—so what charity rating platforms are most important for building credibility and how do they measure efficacy? How many students did you help? What pieces of legislation did you support? Charity Ratings. Shout to the rooftops!

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Public Practice Build Donor 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good. It also helps students learn the process of a rapid prototype experiment that has viral effects, can be measured, and improved with reflection.

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Classes Celebrate Cambodia Exercise 95

Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Compass is an app designed to support parents in their journey from pregnancy through postpartum by providing answers, resources, and compassion at every step.

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Celebrate Award Colorado Museum 67

Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Compass is an app designed to support parents in their journey from pregnancy through postpartum by providing answers, resources, and compassion at every step.

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Celebrate Award Colorado Museum 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact.

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Policy Social Media International News 103