Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When considering reward and recognition strategies it is key to have an end-goal and metric for measurement. The five strategies below have the potential to be effective with the right goal and method of tracking volunteer program success. Remember to consider both long and short-term goals. Create a Support Network for Volunteers.

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Volunteer Tips Retention Demonstration 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

.” Mari Smith suggested that we should ask ourselves how we would feel if anything we posted on Facebook would show up on the front page of the New York Times, in Google Search, or if her mother would approve. News Ticker. The News Ticker is on the right-hand side when you log into your account. Who Are Sharing With?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The project includes face-to-face training , webinar , as well as one-on-one coaching provided by the expert team at SpitFire. Next Bruce Lesley gave a virtuoso case study of how he uses Twitter to curate news articles and resources related to children’s issues. Learning and Metrics. Friending the Finish Line.

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Social Media Training Train Network 97

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 23, 2024

Blackbaud allows you to create custom reports and dashboards and track key performance metrics so that your organization can track progress toward its goals, identify patterns and trends in donor behavior, and allocate resources wisely. Software training. Customized and detailed reporting. Integration support.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

The top 50 organizations outperformed the also-rans on a variety of metrics, as they have in the 13 years this study has been conducted (not a surprise). The good news is that some of the softer aspects of employee satisfaction have experienced the smallest drop-offs since 2021’s report.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Registrants: Classy aims to increase the total number of registrants for the Collaborative year over year, so Alexa’s team reviews this metric first. The Classy team focuses on engagement metrics during the virtual event to encourage continued participation and see how invested the virtual audience is.

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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? ” What are the metrics for measuring your content?

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Content Measure Organization Strategy 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2012

For much of June, I was not posting regularly because I was delivering training in India for Packard Grantees – and I didn’t always have reliable Internet access and I didn’t pre-schedule posts. Facebook reach metrics will now include a combined number that accounts for both desktop and mobile reach.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 3, 2021

Below are the organization’s 2020 impact metrics. The certification, which took the organization a year and a half to complete, provides best practices for engaging, recognizing, supporting, and training volunteers. The organization wanted a better solution for tracking, communication, rewards, and reporting.

St. Louis 86

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I got up really early this morning PST time to fly to the East Coast for some trainings I'm doing. and referring to a post last Friday by Sean at Tactical Philanthropy breaking the news that Twitter had added charities to its list of suggested users. Sean listed the new users: The new “suggested users” are: Social Edge.

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Twitter Metrics Kiva Charity 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

It was a rich learning experience to have everyone doing this type of tracking and then debriefing together, even sharing a couple of screen shots of insights data. Here are some patterns of success: To expand reach, new, recycled, and interesting content is key, but posting too frequently can cause people to hide or unlike you.

Facebook 112

Facebook Change Profile Impact 112

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). However, for social media managers in particular, disconnecting while traveling provides an absolutely necessary break from technology and the 24/7 news cycle. 10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

As a trainer, I always like to check back with participants 6 months to year after a training to see how they are doing. And it’s still hard to carve out time for tracking. A pile of news clips makes a gratifying sound when dropped on a conference table, but did those stories reach the right people, did they say the right thing?

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Measure Track Model Seattle 99

Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

Various Learning Types: LXPs can deliver a variety of learning experiences, including instructor-led training, blended learning, learning games, microlearning courses, multi-module courses, social learning, and more. On one hand, LMSs are: Focused on administering training and assessments. Driven by the organization itself.

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Platform Experiment eLearning Learning 36

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This is a facebook page where many organizations across the environment, climate and animal welfare sectors came together to share news, updates, action alerts, and much more after the BP Oil Spill. Look first at your organizational metrics. But, we have to train them! We have to train our communities to drive with us.

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

Look at your data Evaluate your Twitter metrics to see how much the recent changes at Twitter have impacted the number of followers you have, how often people see your content, and how engaged users are. They also trained their staff on how to better utilize LinkedIn to continue building their thought leadership on social media.

Government 50

Government Twitter Social Media New York 50

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. The task manager allows you to assign, manage, and track the progress of action items. Visitor recordings allow your organization to track real behavior on your site.

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Org Raise Tools Help 82

Connection Cafe

JUNE 10, 2015

Think about other communication channels that reach beyond your donor list: social media, your website, signs at your organization’s events, public service announcements (PSAs), local morning TV news shows — all of these channels can be used to announce your campaign. Tracking Your Progress. Kicking Off Your Campaign.

Campaign 20

Campaign Fundraising Badge Metrics 20

Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

Bringing together statistics from reputable sources across the sector, it gives you the metrics you need to see the full picture of the philanthropic sector and move your organization forward, all in one easy-to-find location. 2016 NGO Online Technology Report. The Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study.

Professional 20

Professional Causes NGO News 20

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Both the database implementer and the nonprofit organization will need to establish in the project plan the metrics and deliverables that comprise success.&# Kivi at Nonprofit Communications , talks about how to keep track of the kind of data that writers need to keep track of – editorial calendars.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Both the database implementer and the nonprofit organization will need to establish in the project plan the metrics and deliverables that comprise success.&# Kivi at Nonprofit Communications , talks about how to keep track of the kind of data that writers need to keep track of – editorial calendars.

Consultant 100

Consultant Data Management Open Source 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Over the past six months, I've been doing some writing on metrics/analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular. We're using the Idealware stats to explore Google Analytics and to look at some of the basic reports and explain metrics. Which is real life is always much harder and complex than in a training context.

Analytics 50

Analytics Web Metrics ROI 50

Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

She is regularly featured as a presenter at multiple chambers of commerce and local workshops and seminars on networking, event marketing, and sales training. Types of advertising can include a combination of any of the following: Social media marketing and news feed ads Search engine marketing ads (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.)

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Digital Marketing Online Fundraising 52

BoardAssist

AUGUST 26, 2014

The good news is that surveys can usually be prepared beforehand and be scheduled to go out the day after a campaign ends. Here are a few good questions to ask volunteers: • Did your training prepare you to perform the tasks expected of you? They may have noticed something you didn’t.

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Campaign Effective Survey Nonprofit 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2009

The big buzz at the conference was the release of " The NEW News: Journalism We Want and Need " which is a report on the state of local online news in Chicago commissioned by the The Chicago Community Trust. I added a new section about Twitter as Focus Group based on Nina Simon's work with the Smithsonian.

Organization 51

Organization Chicago Social Media Technique 51

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" At Wellstone Action, its a running gag in our trainings that we say "Lawn signs dont vote!",

Social Media 68

Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It wasn’t meant as a statement about what I think about whether or not web stats are a useful metric of much. Webstats are, of course, important, both as an internal metric to watch, analyze, and improve, and for that matter, to put out there, in conjunction with lots of other data. David 4 Kivi Miller 09.18.07 6 Katrin 09.19.07

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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Unlike business, the bottom line of a nonprofit is not necessarily money; it’s all about outcomes, which often manifest themselves as intangible results not easily measured by metrics. After all, nonprofits are about people, not profits (hence, the term “nonprofits”). People are hard to chart, while numbers are perfect for spreadsheets.

Arizona 40

Arizona Tucson United States Nonprofit 40

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Need some metrics guidelines? It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Job well done!

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Need some metrics guidelines? It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Job well done!

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

In order to maker sure your content matches your stakeholders interests, you must track activity and make changes based on that data. Keeping in touch with your metrics, for both your website and emails, is essential to providing the content your visitors actually want -- not what you guess they want. I know I would.

Communication 57

Communication Online DC Wiki 57

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Need some metrics guidelines? It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Job well done!

ROI 53

ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve got some tools, questions to ask, and things like that when you’re looking at data-tracking systems. We’re so busy doing the work that we forget to stop, track what we’re doing, and share it with others so that they can engage in the organization. So how do we know what to track?

Report 82

Report Measure Process Impact 82

Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2022

A fundraising plan defines clear goals, keeps your team on track, provides accountability, and ultimately helps you raise more for your cause. We will train them and have them in place by April 15. Local news/radio. Email marketing software to help create campaigns and analyze email engagement metrics. Direct mail.

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Guide Fundraising Social Media Channel 128

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

Ok, so where do you find major donors, especially if you’re new and you don’t have a big donor base yet? The bad news is that there’s not a list of rich people somewhere that you can access and just get the names. You can also track all your interactions with each donor in your software, just to keep everything in one place.

Donor 72

Donor Gift Nonprofit Relationship 72

Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

So they don’t put the procedures in place, they don’t get the necessary training, and they don’t gain the experience to effectively implement a major donor program. Lastly, most are metrics-driven. So these are things that you guys can be thinking about in your own individual organizations, the metrics.

Relationship 86

Relationship Donor Build Video 86

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While migrating donor data is one of the most important steps in implementing a new CRM, it’s also the part that’s most time-consuming, mind-numbing, and prone to error. Here’s the bad news: This is not a step that can be avoided! Now for the goods news: We’re to help!

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Data Donor Map Test 52