Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2020

Conducting a comprehensive feasibility study is a critical first step in every major fundraising effort. In my experience, the how and who aspects of the study are where many organizations tend to falter. Overall, the feasibility study’s objective is to determine the viability of your project before you invest significant time and money into your fundraising campaign. Here are some tips to help guide you through a successful study: The How — Asking The Right Questions.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If your nonprofit has ever launched a big fundraising campaign (like a capital campaign or an annual fundraising campaign), it’s pretty likely that you conducted a feasibility study to get prepared. When an organization conducts a nonprofit feasibility study , they interview important stakeholders in their organization to assess their support of an upcoming fundraising campaign. Looking for tips to take your nonprofit feasibility study game to the next level?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In this study , we specifically looked for giving behavior that might be affected by the factors listed above. It has long been believed that the health of the philanthropic sector is directly linked to the passion people have for organizations and their missions. To that end, there has been a great focus on communication and stewardship of donors to further increase giving.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2012

The sixth annual Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study is now officially released. Author: Vinay Bhagat. At a macro-level, we continue to see online engagement growing at a healthy rate. In fact, over the past five or six years, online fundraising has grown at a similar rate to retail e-commerce, good news for nonprofits. I’m particularly encouraged by a new metric we added this year: growth in monthly giving.

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EveryAction

MAY 15, 2017

Today, EveryAction releases the highly-anticipated 2017 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study , an exploration into how much spam is impacting online fundraising programs. Based on the latest benchmark figures from M+R, our study found that over 18 percent of nonprofit fundraising emails ended up in junk folders in 2016. The state of nonprofit fundraising is undeniably digital, but aside from opens and clicks, do you really understand what's happening to your emails?

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EveryAction

APRIL 20, 2015

Nonprofits have never had a more powerful fundraising tool than they now have in email , but there''s a growing concern that they might be ignoring one of the most important metrics for a successful online fundraising program. email fundraising deliverability

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EveryAction

JUNE 3, 2016

Today, EveryAction released the 2016 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study , an exploration into just how much spam is negatively impacting nonprofit online fundraising. Now, get your free copy of the 2016 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study for your next fundraising team meeting and discover what the numbers mean for your nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2015

Join us next week for a preview of the annual study. Nonprofit Fundraising 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report p2p p2p metrics P2P Study peer Peer to Peer FundraisingIf you’re into peer-to-peer fundraising numbers like me, then you’re probably anxious to know how your participants compare to the industry. This webinar will be filled with a few of our favorite things… we’re not talking rain drops on roses or whiskers on kittens.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2017

The debate surrounding nonprofit feasibility studies can sometimes pose interesting questions: Do nonprofits need to conduct them to host successful capital campaigns? Here’s where we stand: nonprofit feasibility studies are valuable tools that can help you strengthen donor relationships, build your internal operations and prepare for a fundraising campaign with the most direct information available to your organization. Carefully consider the feasibility study results.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

Case Study. Tags: case studies fundraising cancer health twitter I often talk about individuals when I’m discussing the way social media can be used to support organizations. Because social media may be about networks, communities, and collaboration; but it is only possible because of the dynamic and powerful tools individuals are using. Social networks are built from all the content individuals share.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Author: Emily Goodstein. Howdy, Connection Cafe readers! Have you ever wondered who else works at Convio? Behind the mysterious software curtain? I mean. the people who actually engineer our products. Or those helpful folks who you've only ever spoken to by phone and always wanted to meet? Well, today is your lucky day.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 12, 2016

Last month, a fascinating study was released called the Millennial Running Study. From decades of self-experimentation and study, I can say that these two actions are a winning combination for hacking happiness. The study, which analyzed Millennial runners who participate in competitive running events (including 5Ks, half-marathons, etc.), The study offered some real food for thought as to how we can continue to engage the millennial generation through exercise.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The year is almost over but nonprofits around the world are busy with year-end giving , all leading up to one of the largest giving days of the year: December 31st. With December in full swing and the pressure of living up to arguably the best fundraising month, we know things can get overwhelming. To help you make the most out of your year-end appeals, we’ve put together a list of seven nonprofits that are rocking this giving season.

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SocialFish

MARCH 21, 2012

Case Study Social LearningThis post is by Marci D. Thompson, Associate Director, Online Education, APIC. APIC is a professional association for infection preventionists (IPs) with more than 14,000 members. Their mission is to create a safer world through the prevention of infection. Most APIC members are nurses, physicians, public health professionals, epidemiologists, or medical technologists. Thanks, Marci, for sharing your experience!

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TechImpact

MAY 22, 2013

The world of nonprofits has no shortage of studies and reports claiming to contain answers for many of the problems facing organizations today. Many of the studies feature examinations of trends and benchmarks, but many offer ways to improve operations moving forward. A recent post from Miratel examined the recently released Nonprofit Fundraising Study … Continued The post Study Highlights Nonprofit Fundraising Challenges appeared first on Tech Impact.

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2011

Yesterday saw the announcement of a new study by ShareThis , in partnership with Starcom MediaVest Group and Rubinson Partners. However, while this specific number is impressive for a single networking service, I believe nonprofits can gain more from this study by discovery the gems of data that will be found by reading between the lines. The study found that shared links are clicked on about 4.9

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2018

The donor marketplace is changing in dramatic ways. Part one of the Blackbaud Institute’s Vital Signs report showed a sector that has both rebounded from and struggled with the immense technological, economic, and demographic disruption that has shaped the world since the Great Recession.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 8, 2013

Here are highlights of the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. reports

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NetWits

MAY 12, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? 42.3% of the entire American population use Facebook. Twitter has over 16 million users. YouTube is the second most used search engine in the world. With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your supporter are using at least one social network, right?

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

To get answers to these critical questions, Leader Networks conducted a survey of nearly 300 marketing and community leaders that resulted in The Business Impact of Online Communities Study. We spoke with Vanessa DiMauro, CEO of Leader Networks, who is the lead researcher on the study to learn more. How do organizations track the impact of their online communities? How do they measure expenditures, revenue, and cost savings?

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SocialFish

DECEMBER 16, 2013

just run with it) where I’d like to tell the story of what I am doing around social media for Artomatic, as a living case study. Case Study Featured From the Trenches Implementation Nimble Nonprofit Open Community Risk and Social Media Social CRM and ROI As some of you may know, a couple of weeks ago I was engaged to run social media for Artomatic , an amazing all volunteer-led nonprofit arts festival in the DC area (and newly licensed globally a la TEDx.).

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The Hispanic Institute manages several ongoing projects, including the study of Hispanic economic contributions, media monitoring, consumer fraud protection, citizenship education, and technology and telecommunication research. Hispanic Heritage Month, officially founded in 1968 , occurs each year from September 15 to October 15, a period which includes the anniversary of independence of eight Latin American countries. During National Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S.,

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SocialFish

MARCH 8, 2012

Case Study From the Trenches Humanize Open CommunityRemember Give to the Max Day, November 9, 2011? This huge one-day fundraising effort raised $2,034,389 from 17,838 individual donors. Holy cow! Well the Case Foundation, one of the event partners, has just released a full report on the giving day: “Giving contests are becoming an increasingly common tool for cities and regions to increase donations to nonprofits.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Element of Surprise Leads People to Give to Online Campaigns, Study Finds - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "Element of Surprise Leads People to Give to Online Campaigns, Study Finds The Internet is "not a magic bullet" for humanitarian fundraising appeals, with the source and style of an approach to donors mattering more than the medium, according to a University of East Anglia study cited by Science Daily, a compendium of research news." 'via

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SocialFish

MARCH 6, 2017

To get answers to these critical questions, Leader Networks conducted a survey of nearly 300 marketing and community leaders that resulted in The Business Impact of Online Communities Study. We spoke with Vanessa DiMauro, CEO of Leader Networks, who is the lead researcher on the study to learn more. For more insights into the Framework and the study please download your copy HERE. How do organizations track the impact of their online communities?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2009

What I like most is that the educational side of the scenario doesn’t stop: you’re given a case study about how, in this example, solar panels are actually impacting the lives of others. Tags: case studies campaign christmas education games gifts giving holidays oxfam

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SocialFish

JANUARY 22, 2014

The first of hopefully many case studies of the awesome work that ICF (the company we consult for) does every day. A Healthline study in 2011 found a significant difference between the top health searches on desktop and mobile. Studies like this convinced our team that our audience was more likely to find us on their own personal devices. Ask, Don’t Tell” , a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, cites the effectiveness of a simple question “Mambo – How Are You?”

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SocialFish

MAY 16, 2012

This short and sweet B2B case study discussed by Sandy Carter of IBM shows us some numbers on how Premier , an alliance of 2500 community hospitals, leverages their online community. Case Study From the TrenchesAwesome.

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SocialFish

MAY 2, 2018

Guest post from Work For Good. Clearly a topic near and dear to my heart. Anyone working in the nonprofit world knows the magnetic draw of doing good for others and their communities. But how strong is that attraction once you are in the day-to-day grind of meaningful, yet hard work?

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Mobile Commons

MAY 2, 2016

A new study out of Denmark shows that GOTV text messages increase voter turnout. The report analyzed four SMS studies with over 300,000 participants, and discovered that text messages increased turnout by an average of 0.74 Additionally, the study found that “messages delivered before Election Day … have a higher effect than those delivered on Election Day.” In a packed primary season, the study notes, voters are used to filtering out information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

Prepare to be inspired, impressed and motivated by personal, real-life stories and case studies from 70 women leaders in the book, Wisdom Warriors , authored by Carol Seymour. Carol Seymour Highly readable and relatable, this collection of enlightening profiles will help readers, male and female, to find the strength they need to define and achieve success in all aspect of their lives.

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SocialFish

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Case Study HumanizeJamie posted about this last week , and I think we’re both just at the beginning of a whole series of possible posts about the human attributes we see in this Netflix slide deck about their corporate culture. In his post, Jamie talked specifically about part 1 of the deck, how they handle company values – as the values we want in our fellow employees, but even more than that, as tangible values that can be measured in performance and peer reviews.

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AFP Blog

JULY 1, 2014

Study uncovers record-high satisfaction with text donations | Charity Digital News : he mGive Foundation (TMF) has released its annual Text Donation Study, which showed record-high levels of satisfaction among respondents with text giving

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2019

Since 2008, SEFCU’s Community Support Program has helped more than seven million people within its branch footprint – which includes upstate New York’s Capital Region, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo areas – through funding vital nonprofit organizations. As the philanthropy has evolved for the 84-year-old credit union headquartered in Albany, NY, which is among the 50 largest credit unions in the U.S. with more than $3.7

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2011

Here’s a Qriously case study, from Katy Gilbert – enjoy! case studies mobile data feedback information qriously questions research surveyQriously is a new application that puts questions you ask out to the world (or country, region, etc.) through replacing mobile ad space. I’ve played around with it and absolutely loved it ! So much so, that I gave away access to five organizations to try it themselves. One of the winners was Katy Gilbert from Stories of Our City.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Network for GoodQuarterly Online Giving Index | The Online Giving Study

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Case Study From the Trenches ImplementationThis post originally appeared on the Realtime Report. Author Tonia Ries kindly agreed to let me repost it here, ’cause it’s just that good. PediaStaff is not an association, however its target audience – pediatric therapists – are a classic example of the kind of target audience an association might have. PediaStaff is a staffing firm that specializes in recruiting and placing pediatric therapists.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 24, 2018

M+R's 2018 Benchmarks Study reported that, "nonprofit homepages took 3.181 seconds on average to load content visible to the user, while the main donation page on each site loaded in 2.816 seconds," and that even a one-second delay in loading time could lead to an 11% decrease in traffic to the page. This October 31 st , it’s not ghosts and ghouls that most nonprofit fundraisers are worried about.

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SocialFish

MARCH 5, 2014

Related Posts How to Lead Your Way to a Social Organization [Case Study] Have you crossed the mobile threshold? Case Study Content Strategy Featured From the Trenches Implementation Useful Data Guest post by Amanda Sides. —————– In its simplest description, Facebook advertising is essentially placing ads within the Facebook interface with a goal of increasing visibility for your target audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

Lastly, there are lots of 1-time or regular events that surface ideas and case studies and generate content that could be really useful to pull in or capture. Tags: case studies resources casestudy community communitybuilding ctt howto strategy tsg

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SocialFish

MAY 21, 2013

Check it out!! From the NTEN blog : When it comes to tracking and using “engagement” data – the actions, interactions, and even conversations that relate to an organization’s work but don’t necessarily represent the transactional or financial data that have been traditionally used for measuring an organization’s health – today’s nonprofits are either tracking a lot, or hardly anything at all.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The unfortunate reality is that the average fundraising page completion rate is only 17%, according to the M+R 2017 Benchmarks Study. Improving your website donation pages is the single best way to raise more money during the year-end giving season. You’ve already invested so much effort in attracting supporters to your donation page - it’s important to take a few final steps to make sure that they complete the process.

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