Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

A couple years ago, I made a screencast about Google Analytics for Nonprofits. Over the years, I've been able to rub elbows with metrics geeks, even to pretend to be one at the 2008 E-Metrics Summit in DC. What major contribution will you bring to Web Analytics Association and its membership? Here's his platform from the site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2021

Launched in 2008, MobileCause pioneered the use of text-to-donate in the nonprofit sector. In the years since they have expanded to offer online, mobile, and event fundraising solutions, peer-to-peer campaigns, mobile messaging, robust reporting & analytics, and CRM integration.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

KLA and NVIDIA have worked together since 2008 to advance KLAs physics-based AI with optimized high-performance computing solutions. Content creation, semiconductor manufacturing and genomics analysis companies are already set to harness its capabilities to accelerate compute-intensive, AI-enabled workflows. .”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits May 19, 2008 There are some really interesting tidbits of stuff out there. Everyone (including them) gets better data. Allan Benamer points out that Kintera is about to be delisted by NASDAQ.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

And now, the top ten posts of the year, according to my Google Analytics stats: Getting Naked : Being Human and Transparent. I’ve got a number of ideas up my sleeve for next year for this blog, one of which is to take up the challenge that Beth mentioned , and do 100 posts on something. Hmmm, think it was that keyword?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. Online Giving Tops $15 Billion in 2008. billion was given in 2008 to US charities, exceeding $300 billion for the second year in a row. Giving USA estimates that $307.65

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Tableau

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In this blog post, I'll describe my analysis of Tableau's history to drive analytics innovation—in particular, I've identified six key innovation vectors through reflecting on the top innovations across Tableau releases. And with this work, I invite discussions about this history, my analysis, and the implications for the future of analytics.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

at 12:33 pm I think digital sharecropping works better as an analogy than as an actual analytical insight. When all of those happen, I’ll be the first to sign up. { 2 trackbacks } claudiapena.com » Blog Archive » I’ve Got Beef (theorectically)… 10.04.07 at 9:46 am Web 2.0

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 17, 2009

Target Analytics' Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009 had nothing but bad news. All key metrics declined for the index as a whole for the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of 2008.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2011

80% of participants used in-person asks and 73% used email to raise funds The second study is “Understanding the Value of Team Captains&# based on research from the donorCentrics Events Benchmarking Group by Target Analytics , a Blackbaud company.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

60) Search « Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team | Main | Year-End Fundraising » Tuesday Jan 06 2009 Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:43PM | by James OMalley In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to correctly install your Google Analytics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

. “We’re announcing that we’re acquiring DocSend to help us deliver an even broader set of tools for remote work, and DocSend helps customers securely manage and share their business critical documents, backed by powerful engagement analytics,” Houston told me. PandaDoc is another competitor in this space.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Box launched in 2005 as a consumer storage product before deciding to take on content management in the enterprise in 2008. The founders, who were MIT students at the time, decided they wanted to build an analytics tool instead, but it turned out that competition from Google Analytics and Mixpanel at the time proved too steep.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 17, 2009

Tags: analytics online community Best practices research Non-profit technology Web 2.0

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Main | Care2 Launches Americas Favorite Animal Shelter Contest » Monday Oct 13 2008 Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) Monday, October 13, 2008 at 01:21PM | by James OMalley Nonprofits take note: Google Analytics software application has shattered previous barriers to analyzing and optimizing websites.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Making apples-to-apples comparisons of these systems was one of the most difficult analytical tasks I’ve taken on in a while (and, actually much of the heavy lifting of designing the analysis was done by Laura Quinn), and until you attempt such a thing, please be somewhat tempered in your complaints about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I first came across @paullyoung in September, 2008 when he implemented a birthday campaign as part of charity:water’s September campaign. In 2008, even more people joined and raised over $1 million for clean water projects in Ethiopia. charity:water continues to be an innovator in the area of online fundraising.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

I was laid off during the economic crisis in 2008 and had to rebuild what little career traction Id had prior to the crash. We manage the databases, gift processing, donor acknowledgment, and serve the analytics back to our fundraisers. I have now worked for nonprofit organizations for nearly fifteen years.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In this blog post, I'll describe my analysis of Tableau's history to drive analytics innovation—in particular, I've identified six key innovation vectors through reflecting on the top innovations across Tableau releases. And with this work, I invite discussions about this history, my analysis, and the implications for the future of analytics.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 30, 2009

In 2008, non-profits and charities collected about 10% of their donations online, according to a survey by Target Analytics, but usability expert Jakob Nielsen says the amount of money collected online could be much higher — with improved website design and content that answers the donors’ real questions. read more ).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The trio previously worked together at location analytics startup Placed, where Shim was also CEO. We want to make collaboration easier, so it gives you analytics on how the meeting is going.”. McIlwain also worked with Shim when they were both at Farecast, which was bought by Microsoft in 2008. Read Dashboard.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

While the 2008 Women Who Tech TeleSummit was a smashing success with over 650 women including Arianna Huffington and Joan Blades defying the stereotype that the tech world belongs to pocket-protector toting guys hooked on sci-fi and video games, 2009 will be even better. We want to hear about it. Submit your panel ideas at here.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We shook up our e-news format again in November 2008. That November, we saw an 80% increase in blog traffic over November 2008. The blog/newsletter strategy drives most of that, as you can see from the increase in blog traffic as a percentage of total site traffic for the last few years: 2008: 17% 2009: 19% 2010: 22% 2011: 25%.

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Kaggle Blog

APRIL 20, 2020

I’m also a part-time software developer for 11ants analytics. After the first 10 testing submissions, I realised that there was a concept drift happening between 2007 and 2008. To me, this probably means, the decision rules for grant applications were somehow changed during 2007 and 2008. In total 352 features.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2011

So, how can we use analytics to reduce postage costs in acquisition without harming results? If so, look at your acquisition lists from 2008/2009 then calculate your average18- or 24-month long-term donor value by list. (Be This is a double-edged sword for donor acquisition. 24-month) of the newly acquired donors by list source.

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2010

So you're tracking your web analytics, and your metrics are going up in all categories. This report shows that web traffic grew on average of 6 percent for organization's sites over 2009, with 60 precent of organizations bringing in more traffic in 2009 than in 2008. But have you ever wondered how you compare to other organizations?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Mobile developers earned more than $260 billion on Apple’s App Store between its launch in 2008 and the end of 2021. ” This tracking is done on behalf of Adapty’s clients and fed back to them in the form of analytics and dashboards, which can be used by developers and user acquisition managers alike.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others. Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics. Analyze the types of posts (content and format) that get linked and the impact of that linking in referrals using Google Analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

According to Developer Analytics it has 5,217,180 installations with 521,718 or 10% active users. The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre. Like a real garden, it requires maintenance and the game includes lots of ways to interact with the larger Green Patch community and your friends.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008. Google Analytics. June 2008 (9). May 2008 (9). April 2008 (14). March 2008 (15). February 2008 (15). January 2008 (17). Copyright © 2008.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

Although they had just joined a much bigger company (it was 2008, and BlackBerry was still far from being completely killed off by Google and Apple) Glidden said he was surprised to see how hard it was to tap its vast troves of information to find prospective sales leads. “Are they bringing in right lead data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

He writes the Web Strategy blog that I follow closely because of his analytical writing about Web2.0. 2008: How do I do it right? One of the other panelists was going to be Jeremiah Owyang who could not participate due to a conflict with his new position at Forrester. 2006: Why does it matter? 2007: What does it mean to my business?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2009

Target Analytics' Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009 had nothing but bad news. All key metrics declined for the index as a whole for the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. We rarely train our analytical capacity to what is working. The Friday plenary session at the NTC featured Dan Heath, Co-Author of Flip the Switch, and was all about organizational change. Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

I also agree with you that social media were the buzz word of 2008, whilst now they are increasingly proving their worth in the real world. These tools helps in social media tracking and analytics. January 27, 2010 | Denver SEO Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To some extend anyway. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Referrals - percentage of visitors by top ten sources for past 30 days (April, 2008). In Google Analytics I'm closing looking at referrals. I wanted to see if Avinash Kaushik had written in depth about analyzing Twitter in Google Analytics - I found his reference in his blogging tips that Twitter was golden in terms of referral.

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