Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

At a recent webinar hosted by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Jennifer Chheang of The California Endowment (TCE) and Allie VanHeast of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KCF) shared how they are using Demographics via Candid in practice to better understand alignment with institutional goals and measure their progress.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Is anyone being measured on their goals? “I’ve heard we should first ask people to give, if not give, advocate for org, and lastly to volunteer for org. A lot of donors that don’t know our org think it’s not really a need.” These may be the most optimistic fundraisers I’ve ever met.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 22, 2022

PollEverywhere and Typeform ) to measure consumers’ opinions, usually through one question. Surveys : Ask questions like why they gave to your org, what other causes they support, or what part of the org mission is most important to them. Top Ways to Use Polls + Surveys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

How Nonprofits Measure Success of Video. The big takeaway: Nonprofits overwhelmingly agree that video is crucial to their communications, but many feel they do not know how to use it effectively or measure its impact – yet. 2. Orgs want to make more video, but aren’t allocating the funds to do so.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 15, 2021

It represents people who are making measurable differences in communities and those whose lives are being changed. . Easily, quickly, and securely connect their Salesforce org and AWS with Private Connect (AMER only). In the global shift to digital over the past year, there’s now more data to protect and manage.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This Giving Tuesday, ensure your org receives all treats and no tricks with these cybersecurity best practices. Review Donation Platforms Only use reputable donation platforms known for their security measures. Educate and Train Your Staff The first line of defense against cyber threats is always awareness.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The staff received training in the basics of using NYCEAC's social media channels, as well as Google alerts, social media measurement, and blogging within either the bi-weekly calls or in-person. The social media team maintains an internal document within its shared Google Drive folder called the “NYCEAC Internal Resource List.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

KD Paine , the Queen of Social Media Measurement, said it. Measure Social Media." (She recently announced a new fee-based service called the Social Media Nonprofit Measurement and BenchmarkingReport ). Look for the unique value your org provides and share that value, help others. How do you address resistence?

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2011

Featured in this issue: " Measuring Your Social Media Success ," from Idealware's Andrea Berry, which provides guidance for measuring what matters when it comes to social media for your nonprofit. Three Case-Studies that document how three different nonprofits are measuring their social media efforts.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

Here are examples of Tweets from orgs that didn’t include outcome data. I also included two Tweets from orgs that did use outcome data. Then measure the results, and with data in hand, adjust your fundraising appeal communications, even tinker with your segments. So.how many people donated blood? What was the goal?

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

They were followed by the American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs (AFL-CIO), which granted $23 million. Police unions have also opposed criminal justice reform and police accountability measures. . . $ 115 million of that came from the National Education Association (NEA), by far the biggest union grantmaker.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

rootwork : In terms of #s, the easiest things to measure (FB fans, Twitter followers, web hits) seem least useful in online organizing. rootwork : Key element for success, to me, is allowing ppl to speak in own voice, e.g. [link] was abt ppl, not an org. making it about the cause, not the org(s) that’s coordinating it.

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CauseVox

JULY 11, 2022

The hard part is the initial ask but once sponsors have developed a relationship with your org, it’s a lot easier to ask if they’d be interested in sponsoring your event again. It can help you get ahead of the game and have measurable progress so that when your supporters do start registering, it won’t feel like starting from zero.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

You’ll get access to your own temporary workshop org and follow along with step-by-step instructions, guided LIVE by our adoption experts! Then you’ll engage in a live “lab” with other customers and Salesforce experts where you’ll develop a valuable resource to guide your next steps. Reason #4: The Cloud.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Almost three out of four young adults are willing to raise money on behalf of an org that matters to them. Pay attention to readability – The Flesch reading ease score measures how easy to read your text is. Leverage Peer-to-Peer. Gen Zers are impact-oriented and they care about solving social problems.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I led the panel, “Measuring What Matters: How Funders and Nonprofits are Leveraging Data” and was joined by Adrian Bordone, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at GuideStar, and Peter York CEO and Chief Innovator at Algorythm. Are we willing to share more information about our orgs? Are we willing to share failures?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2011

Some reflections from colleagues who have snagged an invite: Wendy Harman, Red Cross: “I have a pretty organic approach to this stuff and just try to make the stakeholders and potential stakeholders happy by providing the same value and utility the org offers in the real world marketplace. What goals to set? Dan Michel. Michele Murrain.

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CauseVox

MAY 20, 2022

While we briefly touched on this topic above, recurring gifts can benefit your org in a number of ways: It provides a predictable income stream and eliminates some of the guesswork when it comes to budgeting and forecasting. Recurring Donations and Pledge Now, Pay Later. A recurring gift is literally the gift that keeps on giving.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

In the current issue you'll find: " How Your Organization Can Embrace Data--And Use What it Can Teach You ," by KD Paine, measurement expert and author. An Interview with The Knight Foundation's Mayur Patel on measuring and demonstrating impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

.” While the specific topics will emerge from the people in the room, impact leadership is focusing within, people, processes and plans to help the org reach it’s mission. Our first session will set the stage and context for the practices of “Impact Leadership.”

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We envision taking ProvingIt to an open-source platform, and ultimately offering it across the sector to those who share our desires: to track progress, to be honest about failure, to transform conversations with donors, and to measure impact not just once, but over long periods of time. We don’t have to pretend to be perfect.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Through their Marketing Maturity Assessment, The Mighty GPS , Mighty Citizen has named a series of categories that measure your stage in the journey. The trends that appeared reflect that orgs struggle the most with Research and Analytics. These include: Research and analytics. Branding and strategy. UX design and content. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Note from Beth: Last month during one of our book talks for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , ” at TechSoup Global, Rachel Weidinger from Upwell came up to say hello. Even better, we discovered that we can use this practice to both inform and measure campaigns.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

They’re also great if your org wants to reach new audiences and build deeper connections with existing supporters. This year, they had about $120K in sponsorships alone which got them ahead of the game with measurable progress. Basically, when people did start registering, it didn’t feel like they were starting from zero.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

As the membership organization for nonprofit technology professionals, it''s an important, and often sticky, issue to understand, communicate, and especially measure. Another way we measure technology staffing levels is determing the Tech Staff - to - Organizational Staff Ratio. This gives us (and you) a more comparable metric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2010

Here are a few main points of the second half of the presentation that resonated on the backchannel: anilkanji : Social influence: should orgs measure reach or affinity? anilkanji : In writing your social media policy & guidelines, build in answers for your org to “what’s the worst that could happen&# @kanter #ncwk.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Featured in this issue: " From Outcomes to Impact ," by Julie Macalik with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success, which provides guidance for measuring the real impact of your nonprofit. " As well as articles from NTEN experts in our "Tech Across Your Org" and "DIY Nonprofit Technology" sections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. They measured and learned from the first pilot which was rapid implementation. A/B Testing.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2012

In a wonderful slide presentation, " What Does The Data Say ", George Weiner, CTO, at DoSomething.Org reminds us that "all orgs need to look at the data you have available and make it actionable." Here's what you need to do.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

What do you measure every day, week, month, year? org and their Days of Action: Metrics – The campaigns 350 runs are centered on numbers: both the number 350 (ppm) as well as the sheer scale of participants that can be involved in a collective action. Start with Metrics. How do you evaluate your programs and services?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2012

Creation of a New Org *. The main benefit here is that it allows the merged organization to pursue strategic advantages inherent to each of the collaborating orgs without losing the respective brands’ places within the hearts and minds of donors and the community at large. Craig implements strategy, measures impact, and develops teams.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The last thing we do is measure our market share in the social media space. They’ve been very supportive of our strategy and engaging staff across the org. We’re actually going through a new web analytics implementation right now – so starting in the spring our data is going to be a lot easier to interpret and report out.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

By the end of the five weeks, they'll have developed a finished and polished email fundraising strategy – and the first message in your org's next campaign. How to define and measure success. During the course, attendees will complete worksheets for review by peers and experts. If you're living in the dessert, this may not be true.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

One thing I think C3 (my org) does well is that we take a lot of short, successful hops. Enough funds to win the small, measured victory and build towards the larger ones. It has always bothered me that nonprofits are measured in dollars and cents, and that we’re all lumped into the same pot. A resolution, if you will.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

org before? What do you measure every day, week, month, year? org and 1Sky to lead by merging. We also need other organizations to lead by teaching us how to communicate, others to lead by creating models of analysis and measurement, and so on. Have people heard of 350.org Have you heard the number 350 parts per million?

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 19, 2022

One major insight your balance sheet provides, though, is a measurement of your nonprofit’s current liquidity. It’s also particularly useful in comparing data related to your nonprofit’s financial health across multiple years when you track these reports annually.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

For purposes of “reasonable” cybersecurity measures, the FTC provides this language: “Employing reasonable safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of data given the type, amount and sensitivity of that data in relation to the size, sophistication and capability of the organization.”

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