Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This framework provides a holistic approach, encompassing various dimensions of a digital strategy, including audience engagement, content creation, and impact measurement. Uncover the step-by-step process of defining goals, selecting prompts, implementing initiatives, and measuring impact in this comprehensive guide.

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Digital Strategy Guide Create 292

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Charitable giving was up in 2020 , and projections for nonprofit giving trends in 2021 and 2022 are even rosier. Nonprofit Giving Trends on the Horizon.

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Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 137

Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

Sure, you can look at historical or yearly trends on a graph to identify patterns, but by drilling deeper into the analytics you can uncover insights to help put your data into action. Consider these data points as you assess your event registrations: What trends or patterns exist in your registration data? Does it fluctuate?

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Associations Data Registration Analytics 318

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the world of philanthropy, the coming year promises innovative corporate giving trends that can benefit both nonprofit fundraisers seeking support and corporations eager to make a meaningful societal impact. If you’re ready to explore the growing power of CSR, let’s dive into the latest trends in corporate giving.

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Trend Examples Giving Ratio 52

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Maybe your association is experiencing challenges, so you’re searching for strategies to empower your staff and enhance the member experience. Regardless of your large association’s situation, the Nimble AMS team is here to offer tips to measure your success and meet your future goals! We are very fortunate to have Nimble AMS.

Associations 148

Associations Missouri Measure Culture 148

Nucleus

OCTOBER 1, 2020

To grow your education business, you need to take advantage of the sophisticated metrics now available through modern data analytics – trends, behaviors, preferences, popularity, geography and much more. If your association is like most today, you use a variety of software systems and there is useful member data contained in each of them.

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Learning Management Associations Data Learning 130

sgEngage

MAY 16, 2024

Data Silos: Information may get trapped in departmental systems, hindering a holistic view of program effectiveness and impact. The future of grantmaking doesn’t lie in simply collecting data, but in harnessing its transformative power to drive a more impactful and measurable social good.

Data 70

Data Impact Government Proposal 70

sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2023

Be Intentional About What Data You Collect and Where With applications integrated directly into your grants management system and partnerships with organizations such as Candid, the days of pages-long grant applications are behind us. But you still need to collect some information in order to make an educated funding decision.

Story 70

Story Impact Trend Grant 70

Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

But according to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study , only 39% of association professionals have one! How can your organization reverse this concerning trend? However, according to a Gartner survey, 42% of data and analytics leaders do not measure or assess their data. Download now.

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Policy Government Adopt Associations 117

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Or you can track the time it takes you to fill out the form, either with sample data or by trying to collect similar data from your own systems. It may also not align with the latest trends and best practices in philanthropy. How are you using each piece of data you collect from your grantees? Does your application match your values?

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 92

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Cybersecurity is the proactive approach you take to identify any vulnerable points, implement simple protective measures, and effectively respond to potential attacks. This limitation can make it even more challenging to implement and maintain comprehensive cybersecurity measures. Why do nonprofits need to worry about cybersecurity?

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Nonprofit Software Practice Offline 111

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Retaining top performers is likely a measure of your effectiveness and success in your role. The pandemic, the Great Resignation, and an overall turbulent economy have all impacted labor trends in unforeseen and even unprecedented ways. If you have a goal system in place, make sure to regularly revisit it.

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Retention Management Tips Nonprofit 81

Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Not only do y ou risk the trust of your members by mismanaging their data, but you risk millions of dollars in recovery efforts. Shockingly, t he Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study reports that only 19% of all IT association professionals prioritize data privacy and information security. Optimize all password practices.

Associations 123

Associations Practice Data Tips 123

Nimble AMS

JUNE 28, 2023

In the latest Community Brands Association Trends Research Study , a group of association IT leaders were surveyed to determine technology’s role in delivering a superior staff and member experience. Consult your IT leaders to begin the conversation and lead your association’s digital transformation. Partner with your vendor.

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Associations Adopt Training Train 136

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

Web3 is a new version of the internet that uses blockchain (IE a secure but transparent record keeping system) to decentralize the management of the internet, thus reducing the control of prominent companies such as Google or Meta. Nonprofits should care about Web3 and get ahead of the trend to set themselves up for success.

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Attention Avatar Virtual Internet 325

Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It may not match between systems. Paired with your experience and judgment, your decisions can be data informed or data guided using less specific data measurements. Consider your average spending year over year or the trend in your retention over a period of time. Data should be directional Your data may be disorganized.

Data 169

Data Tips Associations Government 169

Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today’s world, success is measured by more than just clicks and open rates. There are many marketing technology tools that can help you measure success. Having this data will help you make business decisions based on trends or actual performance. These two tools will help you measure the success of your campaigns.

Analytics 169

Analytics Marketing Taxonomy Module 169

Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. Donorbox defines KPIs as “a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.” KPIs should be clear, quantifiable, and adaptable.

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Data Metrics Measure Goal 102

Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

It’s important to note that engagement scoring should not act as a grading system for either your members or your internal departments. For larger associations, you may want to consider divvying up roles accordingly: Analytics – This person reports on any trends and delivers insights based on their review of the data.

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Analytics Associations Model Metrics 169

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. 3) Past Trends. This Year Vs. Last Year.

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Goal Fundraising Pledge ROI 299

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement.

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Measure Roles Support Literacy 99

sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Four Donor Management Benefits Beyond fostering a positive environment for donors, adopting an effective donor management system offers several additional benefits for organizations of every size. Enhanced Data Utilizations Effective donor management systems leverage donor data to maximize workflow to produce more positive results.

Management 52

Management Donor Blackbaud Retention 52

Candid

MAY 16, 2024

They’re also more likely to lead the smallest organizations—as measured by annual expenses—than large ones. Organizations led by BIPOC women also have fewer resources as measured by revenue. Yet 70% of CEOs/executive directors (EDs) as well as 66% of board members identify as white.

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Demographics Nonprofit Leadership Data 119

sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2023

Measure your outcomes and tell your story. In healthcare organizations, it is vital to be able to show quantitative measurement of your impact, whether you are showing the community benefit impact, tracking dollars spent delivering direct services or reporting back to donors. Strengthen your collaboration with grant partners.

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Effective Tips Grant API 71

Candid

JULY 27, 2023

as measured by total giving. Today, we refer to it as the “Foundation 1000”, and it is often used to look at historical grantmaking trends. Around this time, we also introduced the Philanthropy Classification System —a detailed coding system that provided more nuanced ways to explore this larger data set.

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Grant Data Pledge Analysis 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

With the trust of a secure and scalable system being most important, we made the difficult decision to sunset foundationConnect on a high note. The ongoing success of this option relies heavily on Salesforce expertise to maintain your system — either internally or with the help of outsourced IT professionals.

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Nonprofit Application Integration Grant 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

It is important to look at the platform the CRM system is built on. Can the development office customize workflows and notifications when a donor is lapsing to help you determine the root cause and how to turn the trend around? Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause? How many projects were launched?

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Metrics Nonprofit Profile Platform 261

Media Cause

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In today’s increasingly digital world, marketers rely on online platforms to plan, implement, build, execute, and measure their campaigns. Content Management Systems (CMS): If you have a website, your CMS is how you create, modify, or delete content from your website pages. Simply put, MarTech is marketing!

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Marketing Platform Social Media Aggregator 59

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These systems follow predefined instructions without the ability to learn from new data. One of AI’s key abilities is recognizing patterns and trends within your database by sifting through the data to identify similarities, anomalies, and patterns that would take your team too long to find manually.

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Fundraising Nonprofit Analysis Donor 97

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 25, 2011

This includes databases, operating systems and other software that is involved in that process. MySQL and PostgreSQL are the open source database systems most in use for web servers, with PostgreSQL being a pretty distant second to MySQL. You can measure how many units are sold. On the proprietary side, there are two options.

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Open Source Open Software Web 181

Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

" It means investing with purpose to achieve specific, measurable outcomes and impact. In the impact investing model, when we give to a cause, we should see specific and measurable returns in the form of social change. 3 Reasons You're About to Be As Excited About Outcomes Measurement As I Am. How did I get here?

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Measure Taxonomy Blackbaud Language 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Readers suggested humorous names for these bands like – “Radicchiohead” and “Lady Bah Bah.”

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Measure Policy Social Media Green 97

Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Impact measurement: Have open discussions about the effectiveness of AI and decide how you will monitor its success. For example, if you’re using a chatbot to answer queries on your site, you could measure response time, user satisfaction, and query resolution. Now is the time to get started with AI fundraising!

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Team Tips Fundraising Training 98

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector. And a lot comes down to the systems. Watch the video clip “How do we work better with nonprofits? How do we tie that data together?

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Demographics Build Social Green 98

Candid

MAY 20, 2024

For philanthropists looking to invest in locally led authentic solutions that deliver results and measurable change, general operating support grants are that pathway forward. BIPOC-led organizations have historically encountered systemic barriers to funding, perpetuating cycles of underinvestment and resource scarcity.

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Roles Support Build Grant 52

Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

This week, the call for data measurement in the social sector heightens with the proposition of a Social Progress Index and ways that NGOs can use data maps to increase effectiveness. Five trending Big Data technologies are also identified. Five trending Big Data technologies are also identified. Data Measurement.

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Map Trend Data Open Source 57

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Healthcare Data Silos Healthcare data silos, or divisions within the healthcare data system, are due to hundreds of applications running at once. Understand individual patient health within the context of population health trends. This leads to measurable growth and improved patient results. Impactful multi-channel marketing.

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Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 79