NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In this three-part toolkit, we include a guide and a master list of metrics you should really care about to determine the success of your organization, as well as a dashboard to track your data and measure your trends. Download the FREE Guide.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today’s world, success is measured by more than just clicks and open rates. How are you tracking success? 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. Online Tracking.

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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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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

Whether you are measuring the number of organizations you reach by impact area or tracking the percentage of minority-led nonprofits you support, use your grants management system to keep your organization accountable to your goals.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s a reliable touchstone to identify giving trends as well as shifts in sustainer and email engagement in the nonprofit digital space. Barriers to Email Measurement Keep Rising Measuring email performance has changed, and it continues to become more difficult. The 16th annual Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmark Report is here!

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 12, 2021

Just like last year, common solutions to this year’s problems emerge in the form of fundraising trends. We’ve been paying attention to these developing trends, and have compiled them here for you. Corporate social responsibility is a valuable area to explore in your spring fundraising measures. Appealing to younger donors.

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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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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

I’m often invited to speak with organizations about the latest fundraising and nonprofit trends. While I am happy to share my perspective, trends are, by nature, always changing and have varying impacts depending on your nonprofit’s function. The first is to share my view on some of the latest fundraising and nonprofit trends.

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Givinga

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Here are five corporate giving trends to watch in 2019 and how they’ll affect your business, employees, and consumers. Employees will demand more of this type of involvement and corporate responsibility from their companies, making it crucial to employee satisfaction that businesses support this corporate giving trend.

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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. It measures activity for courses such as popularity, revenue trends, and geography of participants. This is real knowledge!

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 4, 2022

According to the Community Brands Association Trends Study , industry training opportunities are the second most valuable membership benefit, with 50% of association members favoring professional development options. How do you measure goals and success through member engagement? . Track member engagement through your AMS.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Secure Your Supporters’ Trust: Mastering Privacy-Compliant Fundraising In an age where every click, like, and share is meticulously tracked, the landscape of digital fundraising is evolving rapidly. Individuals are more aware and concerned about how their personal information is used, shared, and protected.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

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. Let’s check out what to consider when measuring your results. As BoardSource points out, even measuring your ROI is more than just money in vs. money out. 3) Past Trends.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ). Finally, conduct weekly, monthly, or quarterly touchpoints with your team members to ensure things stay on track.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

Keyword research—Find relevant keywords and track their performance over time. Industry reports can provide you with insights into your industry, such as the latest trends, the competitive landscape, and the regulatory environment. Measure Results “Marketers are always looking to measure their skills. Industry reports.

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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.” You may be tracking the number of likes on a Facebook post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

Nonprofits should care about Web3 and get ahead of the trend to set themselves up for success. Accepting cryptocurrencies or using sophisticated security measures for your donor database means the organization is on its way to using Web3. Carolyn is also a venture capitalist with over 15 years of experience managing investments.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Monitor progress: Continuously track the performance of your fundraising efforts and measure them against insights detailed in the report. Happy action planning!

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

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. Look at what activities are trending higher and which are missing the mark. Start discussing what metrics will help you make overarching decisions.

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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. Consider your average spending year over year or the trend in your retention over a period of time. Are you doing better at engaging your members over time? Be specific about what data you keep and why.

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Data Tips Associations Government 169

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Trends in Impact and Outcomes Reporting in Grantmaking Measuring the impact of your grantmaking can be difficult and time-consuming. In this session, Blackbaud Senior Product Manager Brenda Noiseux will walk through some best practices to measure impact in meaningful ways without requiring mounds of paperwork from your grantees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Colleagues Zan McColloch-Lussier and Peter Drury managing the back channel, the Twitter was rich with almost 1,000 tweets and the hashtag #kantersea trended locally. I pulled together a curated collection of the best tweets on storify , but here are a few tweets that resonated. “Is measuring data about proving it or improving it?”

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Tracking campaign performance with data analytics tools allows you to understand and refine your strategies, optimize your efforts, and maximize ad spend. Despite this obstacle in measurement, this tool and others like it are still incredibly useful. Why are analytics + data so important for marketers?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2023

And it aligns with the growing trend of younger individuals preferring mobile and online payment solutions for their transactions—including charitable giving. Checkout conversion measured from the point at which customer starts to pay for donation. 5 Edison Trends, commissioned by PayPal, April 2020 to March 2021.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Nonprofits have assets but instead of owners having equity in the balance sheet, net assets are tracked for a nonprofit. At a nonprofit, a donation must be tracked throughout the accounting process, and if the funds are restricted, supporting documentation is required to prove that the funds were only used for the stated purpose.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 12, 2012

We also ask what cost containment and other measures organizations have taken to cope with rising insurance costs: are they hiring fewer benefits-eligible staff? Shopping and switching providers? Paying a lower percentage of the premiums, or adding higher co-pays and deductibles?

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Care2

APRIL 30, 2014

Perhaps you have a hunch, but the only surefire way to know this info is to develop a tracking and measurement plan. To help get you started, here is a list of some of my favorite measurement tools. Twitter Ads Dashboard : Twitter has made its Ads Dashboard available for regular use beyond advertising tracking.

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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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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How will you measure volunteer impact in 2024? Can you track what you need to reach your goals? Here are some questions that can help you measure volunteer impact: Did you have enough qualified and engaged volunteers? But do you really know the true impact of your volunteers? Are you trying to get more volunteer funding?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

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? 3) Tracking the Donor Journey or Donor Funnel. Clearly, understand prior to the implementation their track record – are they on time, on budget, stayed within the project scope?

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Understanding the ebbs and flows of donor relations by tracking your organization’s interactions with donors and prospects is necessary to support long-term growth. Measurable Growth Donor management helps cultivate prolonged success and growth by steering organizational leaders toward a donor-centric action plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

One of the posts that got a lot of engagement and contributed to the uphill trend in the metrics was about editorial calendars. The work is tracked in a shared spreadsheet and accompanying meeting notes. ” What are the metrics for measuring your content? These all go on a google calendar – the theme and title.

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Content Measure Organization Strategy 101

Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A great listener An experienced fundraiser Excells at setting and tracking metrics/ goals So, while your personal preferences may vary, the top qualities of a major gifts officer are pretty consistent. How do you stay up-to-date with best practices and trends in major donor fundraising, and how do you integrate new ideas into your work?

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

Here are the top three grantmaking tools to use in place of foundationConnect: Track, manage, and deliver funding programs — all in one place Nonprofit Cloud for Grantmaking is designed to maximize your impact. Define, measure, and evaluate your organization’s outcome strategies all in one place.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

The annual M+R Benchmarks Report has arrived again, shining a light on trends that are shaping nonprofits’ digital programs. Having shared and discussed this year’s Benchmarks Report with many of our partners, here’s twelve key trends that have resonated strongly within the EveryAction community. boost in their conversion rates.

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