sgEngage

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Password security measures. If you receive an email, phone call, or voicemail that feels odd, it probably is.”. Topics Discussed in This Episode: What cybersecurity is and what it’s for. The cybersecurity threat landscape. Understanding what you’re up against. Types of cyber threats. Remote work threats. Multifactor identification.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Whether the initiative is purchasing smart phones for staff or replacing your accounting system, measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) should be a key aspect of your decision. While "measuring ROI" may seem like a daunting task, it can be broken down into a few simple steps which are feasible for projects of all sizes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Issue awareness is often a foundational step in advocacy work, and it’s important to make sure that your organization’s issue awareness work uses specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals to measure progress.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Paired with your experience and judgment, your decisions can be data informed or data guided using less specific data measurements. The e-mail addresses, phone numbers and credit card numbers of those members? Consider your average spending year over year or the trend in your retention over a period of time.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Raw data—such as customer lists with phone numbers and email addresses—is a valuable resource as-is. Analyzed data—usually in the form of charts and dashboards—provides a way for you to measure your organization’s activity against past output or industry standards: it allows you to determine growth and success, or lack thereof.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

Most organizations maintain valid home addresses, while email addresses and phone numbers may be less trustworthy. You should have KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to measure your fundraising programs, including your direct mail plan: What is the return on investment? Invest in phone or email append services and use them!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Here's an idea from our friend Laura at Idealware: what if you measured any communications method by whether it would have more or less impact than spending the same amount of time calling donors on the phone? If your goal is to have a conversation, then why not pick up the phone and have one?

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2022

If you have a phone these days, it’s likely you’re using multi-factor authentication to access it. Phones now use biometrics – your thumb or your face – to validate you are who you say you are in addition to your passcode. Be Vigilant: If you receive an email, phone call or text message that feels odd, it probably is.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

The measurements of success for our experiment included:* Engagement (e.g., In addition to posting a total of 52 unique videos, featuring six staff members as ‘talent,’ our three measures for success had these outcomes: Engagement : On Instagram, we saw a 92% increase; TikTok had a 72% increase when compared to static Instagram posts.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Are you taking advantage of this time your customers spend on their phones and computers? Follow-up: Using the phone number that they provided during their last visit, you send an SMS message to remind them that their registration is incomplete. These measurements should align with your campaign’s goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your donor engagement strategy outlines exactly how you’ll reach out to donors and the KPIs you’ll track to measure how engaged a donor is with your organization. You can use similar questions to start conversations with donors over the phone or during face-to-face meetings, too. Connect with your donors over the phone!

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Ignoring updates on your computer, phone, or work software welcomes security risks. Discover more ways your association can implement cybersecurity measures when you download our whitepaper: The smart association’s guide to data security. Don’t avoid software updates. Be knowledgeable about your vendor’s security practices.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

To gain the trust of prospective donors, you need to show how your values align with theirs and how you’ll make a measurable impact. If face-to-face is not an option, a phone call is your next best bet. Small, local organizations are more trusted than larger institutions , but you need to win that trust.

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DipJar

JANUARY 21, 2021

Pick up the phone to say ‘thank you’, send a personalized email, or mail a handwritten note. Regularly communicate with your current donors through email campaigns, social media, events, and phone calls. Now that you’ve defined your impact, it’s time to measure it. So, how do you measure impact?

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Digital Wallets.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

How can we assess the success of our social bridging efforts, and what can we learn from those measurements to improve our practice? I think the general sense in our field is that it is too hard to measure these kinds of things, beyond counting the number of participants from different backgrounds. Implicit Associations test.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This is a person who comes to one meeting a year, and doesn’t return the CEO’s phone calls, or leaves a 6 am voicemail in response saying, “Tag, you’re it.” What will our work ultimately accomplish, how will we measure that impact, and how do we prepare for getting there?” If you’d like to talk about these issues, join us on Nov.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 24, 2021

Currently, every app impacted by Apple’s update is going to have to come up with their own solution to these new data privacy measures. Because Facebook is adopting a new protocol for collecting event data ( Aggregated Event Measurement , or AEM), gender, age, and geographic breakdowns will no longer be supported in Ads Manager reporting.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

You wouldn't measure all the shoes in a classroom to evaluate the kids' reading ability. We're particularly concerned because we think that using a SMS stream to measure a pattern is probably at its best in a disaster situation. The problems will be much worse if SMS streams are used to try to measure public violence.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

How do you measure success using social media? How do you measure success using social media? Just like some people prefer email to phone calls, others preer Facebook to Twitter or Tumblr to Facebook or something you may not have heard of before like BlueLine (a social network for cops). What platform is the right one to use?

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Communication Preferences: Which groups of donors like to be communicated with via email, social media, direct mail, or phone calls? Maybe pick up the phone and call a few of your donors! She values transparency and will only support organizations with a clear mission and measurable outcomes.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Do a survey, do a poll, do a Facebook Live, call people on the phone, do a focus group. And the fourth task is measurement and analysis so you can constantly go back and see if the activities you’re focused on are helping move the needle toward your goals. I didn’t know that until I had to research it, manage it, measure it.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Soft skills are typically shown through previous experience and hard skills can be measured through technical assessments. Offer a skills testing assessment to measure a candidate’s capabilities.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Soft skills are typically shown through previous experience and hard skills can be measured through technical assessments. Offer a skills testing assessment to measure a candidate’s capabilities.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Text-to-give is a text fundraising method, similar to text-to-donate, that allows your supporters to donate to your organization using their cell phones via text messaging. Text-to-give allows your donors to give through their phone bill, while text-to-donate takes your donors to a mobile donation form to complete their transactions.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Think about what he and his team achieved in just two key product categories; going from the portable CD player to the iPod and from the flip phone to the iPhone were giant breakthroughs. Purchasing that first iPhone may have been scary at the time, but I doubt any of you would go back to your flip phone. ?.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

These include direct mail, phone calls and messages, and in-person solicitations. These tasks include donor segmentation, campaign optimization, and impact measurement. Using AI isn’t just a passing trend; it’s essential for nonprofits looking to make a bigger impact. Traditionally, fundraising has relied on old methods.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Think of these as mini, measurable targets that help you inch closer to achieving your more ambitious goals. Apply the SMART method framework by making each objective specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. You’ll also need to lay out campaign objectives that correspond with each goal.

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Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

Measure Progress: Stay on top of your data. It’s an easy way to collect phone numbers for your database. These owners should budget time to manage your data and set completeness thresholds. Time spent on data management may vary based on your association’s activities. Set a baseline and keep track of the progress you are making.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

“Combining Android cell phone technology and Google Earth software, FLOW lets field workers, volunteers, our partners and others record data from tens of thousands of water points around the world. I love to see projects that are focused on measuring and evaluating data about their work and progress. ” Accountability.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

The resulting digital community not only moved mentoring online in a vibrant, flexible way, but also showed BBBSA that it could use technology to learn more about its constituents, make better matches, and more effectively measure the progress of the connections between Littles and Bigs.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Data Security: Explain the measures in place to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations, such as GDPR or CCPA. Remove duplicates, correct inaccuracies, and validate contact information like email addresses and phone numbers.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

We only ask for the information we need to understand the proposal and then dive deeper via phone calls. By collaborating on what we measure, we make sure that the information helps all stakeholders and tells the story of both expected and emergent impacts.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2015

But more than likely you’re a smart phone user. And, according to a Pew Internet study, 7 percent of Americans own a smartphone but have neither traditional broadband service at home, nor easily available alternatives for going online other than their cell phone. These days, who isn’t?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Nearly half (48%) of donors cited email as their preferred giving channel ahead of social media, text messaging, direct mail, and phone calls in a study published last year by fundraising platform Neon One in Chicago. Research backs this up. So, too, do the tools available for gauging its effectiveness.

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