NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Audience Analysis. Assign them key tasks and document results. Use qualitative measures (surveys, interviews and onsite usability testing) to understand how the new website resonates with key audience groups. One that every nonprofits should think about from time to time. View the Session Recording | Download the Slides.

Design 247

Design Web Guide Slides 247

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

The topic – “Donor Retention by the Numbers: Demystifying the Leaky Bucket” – focused on how to properly measure donor retention and then use that data to drive improved fundraising results. The purpose of this post is to share the results of the Q&A, including answers to questions not addressed during the event.

Retention 148

Retention Donor Advice Data 148

Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

If you’re asking members to fill out a survey, provide an incentive for them. For example, include any details on how that KPI may impact other projects or results. When two people pull the same report but see different results, trust starts to deteriorate – not only with the data but also on the team. Unsure where to start?

Associations 319

Associations Challenge Data Taxonomy 319

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup. Too often, our participant surveys only focus on the first level.

Evaluation 131

Evaluation Train Training Tips 131

.orgSource

MARCH 4, 2024

The SWOT analysis, which typically begins a planning process, makes you a prisoner of that crowded environment. This initiative resulted in ABMS CertLink®. And there’s a dashboard that highlights individual areas for improvement and compares results to other participants. Physicians no longer must travel to take an exam.”

Strategy 221

Strategy Marketing Detroit Associations 221

Nimble AMS

MAY 10, 2022

A study conducted by Edelman and Linkedin reported 65% of those surveyed said thought leadership content improved their perception of an organization. When you develop quality content, you become a spokesperson for your association members, engaging them through relevant research, opinion articles, case studies, and industry analysis.

Associations 175

Associations Leadership Content Benefit 175

Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2009

In April, I blogged about the NPower and Accenture survey of nonprofits and technology and encouraged people to respond. More than 1000 nonprofits responded and the results and analysis are in! Well, thanks to everyone who participated.

Survey 43

Survey Results Technology Community 43

Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Example: Through a learner sentiment analysis, one association discovered that one of their courses consistently received low ratings due to challenging content delivery. As a result, they invited the expert to develop more courses and saw an increase in learner enrollment and program revenue.

Analytics 169

Analytics Education Program Impact 169

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Data analysis is a process, not a one-time thing. You can follow this syllabus to boost your skills at all stages of the data analysis process. Maybe the program participants skipped a survey question because they didn’t understand the wording, or maybe the program staff forgot to enter the information into your nonprofit’s database.

Data 139

Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Results: Money, time, or other tangible tesult that can be converted. Some struggle to find an attainable number. Benchmarking comparing your organization’s past performance to itself or doing a formal or informal analysis of peer organizations can help. Capacity: People, content, work flow, learning.

Social Media 131

Social Media Media Social Chart 131

Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 26, 2017

The truth is if you don’t show up on the first page of search results, then are you’re missing out on a lot of views to your website. If you want first page results, especially for competitive keywords, you need people linking to your site. But don’t lose hope. And Earned A 94 Domain Authority Backlink).

Results 82

Results Digital Strategy Chapter 82

.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A 2019 survey by the American Hospital Association found that 90% of healthcare boards conduct board self-assessments, but only 60% do so annually. I took the analysis that.orgSource did and a year later, I was able to show the board their progress in every focus area. An annual survey is a good start.

Evaluation 193

Evaluation Government Director Facilitation 193

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The analysis gives insight into your operations, helping you determine if your organization is on the right track or moving in the wrong direction. Member behavior data remains an important part of business analytics in determining whether past decisions led to expected or desired results. Descriptive analytics . Diagnostic analytics

Analytics 128

Analytics Associations Business Software 128

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

social media, surveys, conversations) to let donors know they are being heard and appreciated. If donors understand impact and results, they are more likely to donate again. Then measure the results, and with data in hand, adjust your fundraising appeal communications, even tinker with your segments. Use small data (i.e.

Digital 138

Digital Data Marketing Org 138

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

advertising, surveys, reporting, and business analysis. One of the most exciting projects I’ve been involved with is GrantStation’s State of Grantseeking Survey. Here’s how: Recency: We survey grantseekers, grant writers, and those involved in the grantseeking universe twice a year (spring and fall).

Survey 56

Survey Grant Comparison Analysis 56

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 5, 2011

In addition, studies that do examine Hispanic volunteering often yield inconsistent results as survey methodology, including survey instruments, sampling method, data collection procedures, inducement to participate in the survey, unit of analysis, memory prompts, proxy responses, and so on. Hodgkinson, V.A.,

United States 71

United States Survey Dominican Republic Volunteer 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. To date the survey has received 131 responses; 45% projects and 55% organizations.

Benchmark 105

Benchmark Social Media Global Project 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

In the comments on my post, &# Likes on Facebook Are Not A Victory: Results Are ,&# Carie Lewis shared her killer deck on PREZI offers some advice for engaging your network after they click the “like&# button. Why I Don’t “Like&# You on Prezi. It was too good not to share. Let me know in the comments.

Measure 101

Measure Social Media Survey Relationship 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

This session presents a new form of social media analysis that combines social and survey data. We’ll share the results of three demonstration projects based on social media and survey data from 6,000 respondents. What questions can you answer by combining social media and survey data?

Social Media 97

Social Media Analytics Media Virginia 97

Candid

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In Candid’s 2023 Giving Forecast Survey, 21% of respondents said inflation affected their grantmaking decisions in 2022, and 29% expected it to affect their grantmaking in 2023. While it may be reasonable to assume they’d be at the top of the organizational chart, the survey results suggest that isn’t the case.

Rate 99

Rate Survey Roles Director 99

Whole Whale

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Do you think I should use a poll or a survey?”. By sending surveys and polls via emails, of course. Backed up by research from Helpfull , read further to see the breakdown of polls vs. surveys. Top Ways to Use Polls + Surveys. Surveying is similar to polling, but allows for more detail. How is this done?

Poll 59

Poll Survey Org email 59

Candid

MAY 4, 2023

i We anticipate a steady increase in organizations sharing demographic information as a result of our recently launched Demographics via Candid campaign. Here we share four key insights from our recent analysis of Candid’s nonprofit demographic data and what they mean for the nonprofit sector today. Source: Candid, 2023.

Demographics 93

Demographics Share Data Taxonomy 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes ). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all.

Report 120

Report NTEN Data Measure 120

Candid

AUGUST 14, 2024

As part of Candid’s annual survey of foundation giving trends , i we posed two questions about generative AI: Have you received grant applications created by generative AI? For the purposes of this analysis, we’re using “AI-generated,” “created by generative AI,” and “with content created by generative AI” interchangeably.

Proposal 111

Proposal Generation Grant Foundation 111

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 12, 2021

Perhaps more importantly, Cloud for Good was placed on this list as a direct result of survey responses from current employees. The Best Small & Medium Workplaces award is based on an analysis of survey responses from more than 280,000 current employees. It doesn’t get much better than that.”

Place 116

Place Culture Work Survey 116

Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2014

Because we survey organizations involved in the grantseeking universe twice a year, the information contained in the survey analysis reports (which are free) is current, and catches the tide changes and zeitgeist of grantseeking as they happen. Can you help us make the Spring 2014 State of Grantseeking survey a success?

Survey 50

Survey Benchmark Comparison Poll 50

sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Some examples: Employee retention rate Absenteeism rate Employee satisfaction, quantified on a questionnaire or survey Free Guide Development Plan Toolkit Download Now Utilizing Effective Data Tools Many nonprofits started out as a grassroots group with a dream and some bootstraps. That’s where technology can make a real impact.

Measure 91

Measure Help Analysis Metrics 91

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? This framing captured the impact not only of the technology tools of their partners, required by certain funders, but also of the access to information for migrants, which would be measurable on an ongoing basis through surveys. How closely should they track those changes?

Impact 119

Impact Management Organization Evaluation 119

Achieve

JANUARY 17, 2016

“Survey says!” The premise of the game, as you may recall, was a competition between the members of two families to see which family could more quickly and accurately guess the results of survey questions. by both the contestants and the survey respondents. by both the contestants and the survey respondents.

Survey 52

Survey Research Method Studies 52

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Do you suffer from survey fatigue? It seems that a new survey pops up every day, sent to you by organizations, businesses, advertisers, pollsters, and opinion analysts. Surveys are often an advertising gimmick, a marketing ploy, or a general nuisance. So when, and why, should you invest your time in survey participation?

Survey 52

Survey Voice Benchmark Comparison 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

Idealware looked into this question about nonprofits and Facebook as well as other questions in its recent research study, Using Facebook to Meet Your Mission: Results of a Survey , available for free download with registration and discussed at free webinar on June 16 at 1 PM PST. Idealware Study.

Measure 96

Measure Organization Metrics Analytics 96

NTEN

JUNE 3, 2013

NTEN''s Communities of Impact recently conducted a small survey (n=69) of nonprofit professionals asking how their organizations are engaging with data. We are now in the process of conducting follow-up surveys, and a few interesting insights have begun to emerge. COI communities of impact data Data survey IT Staff'

Impact 87

Impact Data NTEN Community 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

There are lots of ways to collect data on the current practices of your organization- common best practices are surveying and interviewing. Administer a Survey Pilot. Analyze your Results - Complete a qualitative analysis across and within levels of your stakeholders. Communicate the Results throughout the Organization.

Knowledge 101

Knowledge Process Share Organization 101

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

A recent Third Sector Labs survey of fundraising advice showed us that 80% of expert advice focused on content, messaging and materials. Before the start of every event, we poll the attendees about their technology and data, and we’ve been accumulating and tracking the results. Next problem, the fundraising advice.

Attention 157

Attention Data Donor Retention 157

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Example of A/B Testing Results. Social media data is not linked to higher level organizational results or mission-driven goals across programs. Discussions on how to improve results are rarely part of staff meetings. What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture.

Culture 117

Culture Data Measure Social Media 117

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The online survey tool uses a 45 question assessment to measure your leadership skills across 15 dimensions of leadership. The self-evaluation survey is free and it''s the first step in the program. Also free is a summary analysis of your results. A full reporting on your results costs $79.

Summary 73

Summary Leadership Survey Evaluation 73

Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This resulted in a review of TCE’s grantmaking policies that may have inadvertently disadvantaged and disqualified smaller budget organizations, many of which were BIPOC-led. Read this blog to learn more about TCE’s analysis and how these changes benefit the majority of their grantees.

Demographics 113

Demographics Lesson Action Data 113