sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

A philanthropic study found that the average bequest was nearly $78,000. Create actionable and attainable revenue goals, keeping in mind that a planned giving program is a long-haul investment. Giving USA found that 78% of an organization’s donors who made a planned gift had a history of making donations within the past 20 years.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The study called this "neural coupling" and claimed that the process is key to effective communication. The researchers claim that one of the most important take aways from this study is that "listeners are active players and not only passive receivers.". Maybe that's the part that enthralled me so much about this study too?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Be mindful of job hoppers. Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. Study after study tells us that the primary reason development officers leave for other organizations is in search of more responsibility and higher salaries.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

According to a recent study by Campaign Monitor , email marketing has an astonishing ROI of 4400%! Well, here’s another mind-blowing stat: Radicati Group reports that there are over 4 billion email users worldwide, and that number is projected to reach 4.6 The numbers don’t lie! But what about reach? billion by 2025.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And you’re far from the only one; studies report that 85% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged at work. Studies show that high engagement rates can lead to a 23% increase in productivity and quality of work, boosting your revenue. Unclear expectations, performance metrics, and goals. Improved profitability.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The 5 key points from “Ogilvy on Advertising” Do your homework – Study the product, its competitors, and research consumers’ views before developing advertising. Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. Thorough understanding leads to big ideas.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Just make sure to keep your donor base in mind and come up with a challenge that they would be excited to participate in. Lastly, keep track of your engagement metrics and use them to inform your next steps. To track individual metrics, determine a way to record high social media engagement for individual donors in your CRM.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

Furthermore, Smith and Lewis teach that in bringing to light the existence of paradox in each dilemma, our minds become open to the possibility for more as we begin to deconstruct the dichotomy between one choice or another and we begin to apply ourselves towards making more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

And when video is paired with a continuous strategy and clear metrics for success, there is overwhelming evidence showing that it is a crucial, important investment for nonprofits. To know that your email works you have to be sending email regularly – and developing clear metrics for what success looks like.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In fact, a study by Salesforce found the number one most valuable metric of success for service organizations is customer satisfaction. For example, don’t worry too much about the number of Twitter followers you have if this metric doesn’t lead to an increase in fundraising revenue. . Number two is revenue.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Furthermore, Smith and Lewis teach that in bringing to light the existence of paradox in each dilemma, our minds become open to the possibility for more as we begin to deconstruct the dichotomy between one choice or another and we begin to apply ourselves towards making more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Email is a depersonalized channel of communications because you don’t see the effect you’re having on the person receiving the email. The research study found that the expectation of assumed availability is what exhausts people and the anticipation of work creates stress that can lead to burnout. It can also improve your memory.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

They did not have a preference in mind for the redesign when it came to the programming language, just a clear understanding of what they wanted supporters to be able to do. This allowed Stacey and the team to have real-time access to detailed metrics, making it possible to revise the messages & tactics on the fly.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Keep in mind that successfully carrying out a powerful fundraising strategy requires a strong partnership between your organization’s marketing and fundraising staff. Studies show that 88% of total dollars raised come from only 12% of donors —these are your major donors. A few effective metrics to track include: Donor retention rate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

When Georgetown University’s Center for Social Impact Communication released a significant study earlier this year demonstrating that social sharing does impact charitable actions and giving, many online communicators issued a sigh of relief. It’s how we knew the event had captured the hearts and minds of donors.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

It’s probably one of the most critical metrics you should be studying in 2021. . Here are the essentials to keep in mind when building or updating your nonprofit’s donor retention strategy. Your nonprofit’s donor retention rate is the percentage of donors who give from year to year, or over any other specific time period.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Local personalities are more likely to respond to inquiries, so keep that in mind when creating your target list. You might test different social media messaging tactics to find what works best for your organization and monitor engagement metrics such as shares, reposts, and likes, plus click throughs to your event website.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Studies show that people spend an average of eight hours and five minutes interacting with digital media per day. Once you have a target audience in mind, start putting your ideas into action and building a strong digital presence for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

I'm beginning to post the slides and detailed notes from the session at NTC08 here on my blog and on my Social Media Metrics Wikispace. What do we mean by metrics, measurement, and ROI? No standardized metrics for social media (yet). No standardized metrics for social media (yet). What's important to keep in mind?

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fusionSpan

AUGUST 17, 2023

When your members open up an email or log into your portal, you want them to feel that the content they see has been designed and served with them in mind. There are cheaper and less complex tools available, such as WordPress plugins, and these give you an easy way to set up some success metrics and see how it goes.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Studies show that in 2019 alone, corporations gave over $21 billion to nonprofits. To capitalize on this massive source of charitable funding, be mindful to maintain an orderly record of volunteer data and hours. While this careful tracking may take a bit of extra diligence, the investment is well worth the reward.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As they develop community benefit programs to address health disparities and elevate community well-being, co-investment with like-minded partners helps drive greater impact. In this post, we will explore some of the major steps to creating effective community health initiatives, and share one case study.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Consider how much you should raise to effectively help your mission while keeping your budget in mind. . Measure all fundraising metrics. No matter how extensive your software features are, the most important thing is that all of these metrics are stored in your centralized CRM system. Realistic fundraising goal. Be personal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Don’t take my word for, see Pew Internet’s recent Networked and Hyperconnected study ). Being able to have your stakeholders engage with you – through social channels or otherwise, is what can help you win their hearts and minds, and eventually their donations. … Read More

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter. Tweets can be 280 characters, but studies have shown that tweets between 71 and 100 characters perform better than longer tweets. If your nonprofit doesn’t, then either decide not to use Twitter or tweet minimally with low expectations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

A benchmarking process can be as simple as finding a handful of similar nonprofit organizations and comparing your key performance metrics. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest. Or you may use a sector wide benchmarking study such as the NTEN Social Networking Benchmarking Study.

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Achieve

AUGUST 27, 2017

But when fundraising isn’t top of mind, nonprofit leaders often turn their attention to another type of activity: the awareness campaign. When our clients complain about an awareness campaign that “failed,” a lot of times it’s because they didn’t think they needed to track any metrics (after all, how. Start with the end in mind (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

There are numerous reports, indices, and studies, such as Gensler’s Workplace Index , that explore the relationship between physical space design and business performance metrics. When nonprofits invest in creating physical spaces that inspire employees to show up for work, staff is more engaged, productive, happy, and healthy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2014

Many have focused on uncovering new ways of gathering this data and new metrics for analyzing it. These studies have great potential for identifying areas for growth within our work, but inviting such feedback does not come easily. Social impact studies should not exist solely for marketing and fundraising purposes.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2019

Start with the end in mind and determine your desired impact organizationally and specifically for each focus area. Make sure to ask for consistent metrics for each area as well – the key to being able to compare programs/grants, roll-up data and determine your overall impact is asking for apple to apple indicators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

There was a study a while back that noted 1 out of 5 pinterest users purchase products of items they have pinned. The number of donations so far is smaller than the study you mention (1 in 5 of the pin volume). Plan your content and any calls to action with this in mind. - The images link to your fundraising landing page.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Filled with relatable case studies from top-performing individuals and companies—including Tim Cook, Starbucks, and Microsoft—Briceño lays out crisp, clear tactics for constant learning that will take your team to the next level and create a culture of high performance. All too often, it just leaves us exhausted.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

What strategies are important to keep in mind when using social media in local organizing? What are your favorite examples or case studies where this is really working? What metrics are valuable in measuring success of social media tools for organizing? What tools have been most unsuccessful?

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Implement procedures to asess metrics. For more information on their study, visit the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy. Conclusion The Qgiv Team had a blast attending AFP Icon this year and connecting with other mission-minded individuals. ” Data-driven philanthropy is based on fact and not on a gut feeling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. In 2013, keep these two words at the forefront of your mind. So, for 2013, if you are not doing so already, you must first define your metrics and then plot and track their progress in a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. yourname@amnesty.org.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Several different studies provide insight into why how you present giving price options can influence donors to give more (or less) generously. Try to allude to a particular community of like-minded folks to whom your donor relates, as in “most ACLU supporters give” or “most church members give” or “most families give.”.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In any case, keep your company’s priorities in mind, so you’re not paying for anything you won’t use. These days, individuals are mindful of where they work. By making these mindful actions more transparent, you can build positive brand awareness with customers, investors, and potential employees.

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