Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

As 2024 kicks off and the world of data and AI continues to rapidly evolve, associations need to adapt to meet the ever-changing needs of members and stakeholders. While these changes may feel overwhelming, there are easy things you can do with your current staff and set of resources that will help position your association to thrive in 2024.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It helps if they’re easy to understand, shareable, and engaging across a broad audience. To save money, time, and effort while putting together your annual report, we’ve compiled nonprofit annual report examples to help give your organization inspiration and a comprehensive guide to get you started. The American Kidney Fund.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

Using data to drive your digital marketing campaigns is essential. Without the discipline of data, your digital marketing success is based more on hope than strategy and execution. Our corporate marketers understand the criticality of data all too well, especially retailers. Use small data (i.e. Use small data (i.e.

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Forj

MAY 18, 2021

This is where he found a unique opportunity to help associations determine how to price their products/services. Mike uses a process called conjoined analysis, in which you experiment with slight variations in the price and see what people gravitate towards, as well as having conversations about why they picked what they picked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can watch the video here as well as the human curated resources shared and a Copilot created summary transcript here. I have personally found this use case extremely helpful to have a one-click summary of really long threads transformed into actionable steps w/ links to source email.)

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Strong Staff Supports a Strong Mission We measure success through employee feedback and the experiences of those we support. Help other nonprofits grow by sharing your knowledge and insights with a chance to be featured in the next Ask the Blue Avocado Community results.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While donors who cannot make large donations often have to limit or withdraw their support during these times, major donors can help fill these new gaps in nonprofit funding. You can upgrade your nonprofit’s current strategy to reach and identify more qualified prospective major donors by using data. Perform a data append.

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M+R

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We’ll do our best to make this as clear as possible, but some technical background is going to be helpful here. This is from the perspective of a web developer, and this overview leans towards the implementation of GA and Google Tag Manager (GTM) and not on building reports within the GA4 interface once data is flowing. Event Types.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Below is a sample Statement of Activities for a nonprofit organization using Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT software (FENXT) : How do SOAs Help Organizations? An SOA helps nonprofits analyze their financial health by showing how revenues are generated and how funds are allocated. Internal Revenue Code.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Including a budget in your marketing plan should help answer this question. Reflecting on these nonprofit marketing pillars, your mission, and your goals for the campaign will help you craft a plan that is detailed, realistic, and, above all, relevant to your organization and its supporters. Conducting user research. Performing audits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

Here’s a link to a summary and the recording over at the Care 2 Frogloop blog. One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. Social network analysis gives you a 10,000 view of your ecosystem.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) introduces guidelines on how nonprofits should handle grants and contracts, and these updates help nonprofits report their finances accurately and in a standard manner. Regular training for staff on the nuances of fund accounting can also help prevent misunderstandings and ensure compliance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Data Analysis. What useful nugget did you learn from analyzing your social media metrics data or your measurement process that lead to a success or improvement in your social media practice?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

While our upcoming session at bbcon 2023 will focus on where the tools are, we also hope to help shape conversations about where generative AIs are headed. Imagine a coach using an AI to generate a detailed analysis of your best athletes’ movements to help other students learn, model, and improve their own techniques.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

I recently published the last post in my series about the nonprofit web design process and thought it would be helpful to have a final summary for the entire series. Analytics data as User Research : Timeframe for which to review analytics data and some specific research questions to drive data analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I'm Steve, a data scientist working with the team at TechSoup and I'm starting a biweekly conversation about how we can all use data and information to drive smarter decisions. The world of “big data technology” can be confusing because it's changing and evolving so quickly. What would you like to know?

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 6, 2023

If using these new technologies effectively, nonprofit professionals can speed up their ability to build relationships with supporters, analyze donor data , and create sustainable fundraising plans. More recent advances in nonprofit technology can help nonprofits organize that data into a useful format and make sense of it.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Floodlight, an interesting data storytelling tool for communities is also featured. Data Won the U.S. Open Government Data.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 7, 2023

While donors who cannot make large donations often have to limit or withdraw their support during these times, major donors can help fill these new gaps in nonprofit funding. You can upgrade your nonprofit’s current strategy to reach and identify more qualified prospective major donors by using data. Perform a data append.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

AI interfaces can be tuned to help with specific tasks your stakeholders do ranging from writing draft letters to officials, to getting feedback on poetry, creating drafts of RFPs for work and the list goes on. #2 This can inform your nonprofit’s decision-making and help you optimize your programs and services. Descript Audio Murf.ai

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sgEngage

JUNE 24, 2024

Without good data management examples and expectations, your team may not be aware they are making these mistakes. A strong data governance framework helps you build confidence in your data so you can make more informed decisions and be prepared for unexpected changes. Why is Data Governance Important for Grantmakers?

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ask yourself if these tools have a unified visual voice and brand and if they are speaking to one another to share data and inform your decision-making. Look at your data and use it to segment your audiences. The purpose is not only to affect and control change but also to help staff and stakeholders adapt to these changes.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

For brevity let’s decide that it is about technology, techniques and processes for understanding what’s in your data and driving your business practices. Analytics can help to determine trends, prescribe actions and responses, and provide a solid foundation for data-driven decision making. Do we have good data to analyze?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Based on IRS data and done using a complex model – one that is freely available for others to review and evaluate – the report tells us how much has been donated across the country in the previous tax year. A simple analysis will help you see if the contributions you receive are overly weighted in one specific area, or lacking in another.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

To help you prepare, we will ensure you can answer the following: What are the different types of events you can host? Reports and data analysis tool. Having a tool that collects event data is a great way to look back at engagements and learn how to make future ones better. What tools do you need to plan an event?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This global ecosystem includes the digital brand and voice of your organization, the main source of knowledge and data about the programs and issues you work on, as well as detailed information about the audience you are reaching. Are the various tools speaking to one another to share data and inform your decision-making?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

" Marnie Webb also points out another way that a folksonomy can help improve a taxonomy - with maintenance. "The tools aren't there yet but it's possible to imagine tagging systems as data sources that help to create indices, merging different phrases, etc."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

And how might we help bring these two groups together to create healthier nonprofits, healthier networks, and ultimately, healthier communities? Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

When I coach nonprofits on tactics and talk about measurement, their facial expressions change happy to annoyed. Collecting data is often viewed as an onerous task. You should also be thinking about what to measure and set up an efficient method for collecting that data. Spreadsheet aerobics is actionable data.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Including social media icons on your website helps you recruit volunteers, enhance brand visibility, and disseminate content that aligns with your organization’s mission. This approach not only maintains a clean and user-friendly design for your blog and social media, but it also helps increase traffic to your website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge !

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BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

There comes a moment in most nonprofits’ lives where they realize it might be helpful to partner with another nonprofit on anything from programming to sharing back-office expenses. Conduct a financial analysis of each nonprofit (and of your organization). Evaluate each nonprofit on the list and determine the best candidates.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If you were unable to attend the conference, we hope you can use the summary below to inspire thoughtful conversations at your institution and help in your planning for the new year. . . Recent data shows that total commitments and donor retention are both down in 2020. Conduct an impact analysis and use it!

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Truth is – you can absolutely make a useful and insightful donor profile with data from a few donors and a couple hours of your time. When finding individuals to solicit, many nonprofits do not have a data-driven strategy. The first step is to decide on what you want to do with a donor profile and the data you collect.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. Safer Internet Day. Here’s the fun part.

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