Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Are your conversion rates different for different audiences? Measure the success of your upgrade asks – do donors who come from your species extinction petition go on to be regular donors at a higher rate? UTM s stands for Urchin Tracking Module (nothing to do with sea creatures ). I bet you’ll want to track it.

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Donor Track Campaign Facebook 297

Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, many organizations fail to properly track gift officer portfolios, gift officer actions and donor pipeline management within their donor database management. Standardization around portfolio tracking, donor interactions, documenting proposals, and next steps is critical to the health and sustainability of any fundraising program.

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Database Track Donor Management 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

One question you can ask is: “ What impact do you want your organization to make ?” Consider additional questions such as “What programs and services are most effective?” Answering such questions will help leverage your staff, time, and resources. You may be tracking the number of likes on a Facebook post.

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Data Metrics Measure Goal 99

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

It’s worth noting that in the survey the questions about email marketing and fundraising are only presented to those that have working knowledge in nonprofit email marketing and fundraising. If they can not, then those subscribers should be deleted to improve your open rate, thus email deliverability.

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email Marketing Data Digital 334

M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Apple Mail Privacy Protection works by pre-loading email content — including open tracking pixels. Reminder, email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in email content. So what happened to open rates? Pre-MPP, we all agreed that open rate generally reflected the rate at which people were interacting with an email.

Mail 107

Mail Spam Rate email 107

sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. But they often come with many strings attached—such as detailed reporting requirements. So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful.

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Foundation Build Grant Fund 80

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long does it take for your grantees to fill out your application? 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. Do you analyze it, report it, or share it with your stakeholders?

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 88

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. Same as above.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Maybe the first question here should be: do you know what list "churn" is? Basically, "churn" is the term used to describe the rate at which subscribers – be they in your email lists, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, etc. The average churn rate in 2010 for nonprofits in our research sample was 14%.

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Rate Facebook Chart Metrics 95

Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

When it comes to donor data, there’s a lot to keep track of. A nonprofit CRM (also referred to as a donor management system ) is a software platform that allows nonprofits to store, update, and report on supporter data. Accounting software like QuickBooks to record and track all financial transactions. What is a nonprofit CRM?

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Profile Software Nonprofit Donor 91

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Along with texts’ speed and unparalleled open rates , one of the biggest benefits of text marketing is how easy it is for your recipients to respond quickly and directly. Supporters can get more information quickly by asking any questions they have about a message. Encourage supporters to respond directly. Keep an eye on your metrics.

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Practice Puerto Rico Fundraising Metrics 59

The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Americans today question the value of a college degree and mistrust the so-called “ivory tower” experts. They also distrust the media, calling bias and questioning facts. Unfortunately, it continues to rise, spreading from national news down to the local level at an alarming rate. Track trends in your industry.

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Associations Industry Government Education 130

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

There is undeniable momentum in online fundraising as highlighted by data in the Blackbaud Luminate Online® Benchmark Report 2020. So, the real question is: what will online fundraising look like moving forward? So, the real question is: what will online fundraising look like moving forward? increase in email conversion rate.

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Online Fundraising Benchmark Adwords 92

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Here are 3 rules for reporting impact Be warm, heartfelt, and sentimental. First names only! Here are 6 channel options: A simple phone call from you, or even better—a board member A postcard A video email A letter An email A text 3 time-saving ways to report impact with scale and efficiency (no matter how big or small you are!)

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Gift Script Phone Voice 99

Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s why your response rate to surveys dwindles over time. Some questions to consider before conducting a survey include: Why are we conducting a survey? What question are we trying to answer? Once you know your survey’s raison d’etre , you can move forward in designing a survey instrument (also known as “the questions”).

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Survey Data Analytics Associations 130

Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

Follow along, email us your questions , and let us know what you’d like to hear about! If you’re a nonprofit professional you know what it’s like to drown in excel spreadsheets tracking your supporters, donations, major gifts prospects, and almost anything else. Ideally, your perfect reporting tool combines the two.

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Report Data Tools Stats 56

Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

You may have heard this software referred to by a few different names, including donor management software, nonprofit CRM , donor database, donor software, and donor tracking software. This feature appears in each donor’s profile and rates their engagement from “cold” to “on fire!” Generosity score. Fundraising metrics.

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Software Management Donor Guide 98

Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Ask your colleagues questions. Use softer, more open-ended questions to get detailed information that you will capture in writing for your plan. What questions do you want answers to from data? Process – If you have a question, what is the process to get your answers? Be sure to ask stakeholders in different departments.

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Analytics Language Associations Case Study 169

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s critical to actively track and measure your website traffic against your goals. Making the switch is vital — if you’re still using the old version, your data is no longer being tracked. Event-Based Tracking: Where the previous version was session-based, GA4 is event-based. leads) it’s bringing in.

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Analytics Google Fundraising Track 52

TechImpact

JULY 30, 2014

This is a question I ask myself, and web masters around the world ask themselves, on a daily basis. But these are all the intuitive questions, the obvious stats. Try using your audience personas you developed as guidelines for what different demographics you want to track and report on. Piece of cake.

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Analytics Statistics Google Demographics 223

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not it’s worth it to invest in digital analytics tools. . How can these tools help you track meaningful data? The road to digital analytics maturity.

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Analytics Digital Tools Measure 107

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The data isn’t apples-to-apples We knew this going in, but organizations are still having to adjust to learning and setting up new metrics, while data like unique pageviews and bounce rate are gone. There’s very little “out-of-the-box” Universal Analytics was designed to be useful immediately, providing over 30 pre-made reports.

Analytics 76

Analytics Museum University Google 76

Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study, over half of association professionals say investing in business intelligence and data analytics is a top priority, yet only one-third would rate their organization’s data as excellent or very good. Still have questions about the importance of data hygiene?

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Associations Data Benefit Practice 136

Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., NOTE: I’ve wondered about doing an experiment where you hire a dedicated staff member specifically to make these daily calls; then track results to see if the investment paid off in higher percentages of renewals and larger repeat gifts.

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Donor Charity Gift Test 92

Whole Whale

MAY 11, 2022

Shakespearean answer : If the topic of Google Analytics and all things web tracking feels like a foreign language and you’re more of a theatre person here is a quick Shakespearean summary of what is going on. This article is meant to help people that were familiar with UA and are now trying to make the transition to GA4 for reporting.

Analytics 59

Analytics University Difference Metrics 59

Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

Even without a complete data set (which is practically unattainable), you can still do things like send renewals, get event registrations, create membership reports and raise funds for your foundation. Set a baseline and keep track of the progress you are making. Probably not. You can even start with data analytics. Just get started.

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Data Analytics Associations Registration 169

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Your nonprofit’s donor retention rate is the percentage of donors who give from year to year, or over any other specific time period. Start tracking your retention rates. To improve your retention rate over time, you first have to track it! Which types of campaigns or events saw the highest retention rates?

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Retention Donor Online Rate 75

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000.

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Software Free Tools Adobe 84

Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Nonprofits with a high donor retention rate have long-term supporters who come back year after year. Nonprofits with a low donor retention rate need to continually acquire new donors or larger gifts to keep up. One aspect of this survey is about average donor retention rates over the years. How to Calculate Donor Retention .

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Retention Donor Guide Rate 85

Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Admins and Developers will be particularly interested in the many updates to Einstein Search, inline editing from reports now being generally released, and even more functionality added to Flow Builder. For those of you who have set up dynamic dashboards to track your organization’s KPIs, you have cause for celebration with this new feature!

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Chart gMail Singapore Vermont 101

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

That's one of the questions we set out to answer as part of the 2017 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. In contrast, only 24 percent of the least effective organizations — those rating themselves with just 1 or 2 stars on overall communications effectiveness — ranked themselves as proficient or better.

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Trend Communication Report Nonprofit 36

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Make sure team members know what their responsibilities are and when they will be asked to share data or reports relevant to their roles. After creating your volunteer role descriptions, you can now build your registration form with skill and certification-based questions to streamline your volunteer onboarding and scheduling process.

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Volunteer Program Roles Training 87

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

In Part I , I covered rating choice “Level 1,” and how this signifies that an organization does not have a formalized prospect management system in place. Your reports should allow your organization to clearly see the trouble areas that are causing your goals to be at risk.

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Rate System Management Analysis 35

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

I have been in trainings where if I even hint that perhaps Facebook is a little over-rated, then eyes glare, people shift in their seats, and I have recollections of a few people even walking out. To question Facebook and it’s integrity, longevity and ROI [Return on Investment]. 3) Facebook ROI is limited and often over-rated.

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ROI Integration Question Facebook 250

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Ask a question. (“How For example, link to a report that gives donors more information about a mission they’ve invested in, or profile a particular person or animal your organization helped last month. By tracking what pages your constituents pay attention to on your website, you can send emails targeted to their interests.

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email Communication Effective Fundraising 74

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In Part I , I covered rating choice “Level 1,” and how this signifies that an organization does not have a formalized prospect management system in place. I also hear clients report that their program stagnates and never grows. Is adequate follow-up being tracked and completed following a solicitation?

Rate 38

Rate System Management Module 38

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Now, let’s say that, during a proposed budget review, you notice that the board has cut funding for a top-rated yearly educational program with your constituents. However, by pulling reports that combine your donor acquisition versus retention numbers, you show that the donor base has never increased by more than 10% in a year.

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Guide Business Support Metrics 52