Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Event metrics can be great guides as we plan. In earlier posts, npENGAGE has discussed how to focus on our event fundraising analytics and how to use these metrics for success. Below are some ways to use your event metrics to identify and engage specific participant types during your fundraising event. Warm Bodies.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2024

That core consists of working through and with other people to create value while using financial concepts and metrics to maximize the value created for all company stakeholders. Call attention to and recognize cooperative behavior. Model cooperative behavior. When we're in a book club, we get that social validation.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

We saw some of the impacts of these changes in this year’s Benchmarks. Some (including our friends at EveryAction and ActionKit) are using the data about when, where, and how the tracking pixel has been downloaded to separate out different types of opens, so you can see two metrics for “human open rate” and “combined open rate.”

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Relevant content may be what catches their attention, establishes a connection and keeps them reading. Send too many “one size fits all” emails and you risk decreased interest, lower attention levels and, ultimately, less engaged constituents. Personalize or die.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They are looking for a trustworthy, reliable, and attentive leader. Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. Help create solidarity in your team with agreed-upon metrics. Foster trust through consistency. Spend time with your officers.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) is the industry standard for donor retention stats and other related donor engagement metrics.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

This was the only group that had an increase for all metrics from the 2019 report. Companies are addressing social justice issues: The 2021 Porter Novelli Business and Social Justice Study brings attention to the transformation of the consumer-company and employee-company relationship from the last year. When: August 11 @ 10 AM EST.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

Stories help us pay attention. According to the 2022 Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmark Report , the annual value of a sustainer is four times greater than a one-time donor. Tell a Powerful (and Personal) Story Humans are hardwired for narrative. They generate a-ha moments. And stories inspire action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Using a graphic design tool such as Canva or Venngage , converting powerful stats, quotes, and CTAs into graphics is a time-tested, proven method to grab the attention of your followers, thus increasing your engagement on Twitter (and all social media). Create custom graphics for powerful quotes, statistics, and call-to-actions.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Benchmark Data Now. After the changes go live this fall, you can reaudit your account once you’ve sent enough emails to get an idea of new trends—if you see a noticeable change, you can adjust your benchmarks. Likely, your average open rate will increase and you’ll need to set news goals around email opens. A/B Test Email Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2007

This slide came from a presentation by Rashimi Sinha that I stumbled upon and is focused on a different topic, but I pulled out this slide for "Popularity Metrics." Metrics help us -- if we let them -- to keep a balance on what else we might look at to be curious about. It's like measuring 'friendship'.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. No nonprofit fundraising plan is complete without specific attention paid to online fundraising. Also, review your fundraising metrics and data from previous campaigns. Offers accountability. Online fundraising.

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Care2

MAY 19, 2014

Respondents from large organizations are paying more attention to mobile, as 29% reported mobile as a high priority investment area. Marketing Research Metrics Mobile Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Trends nptech' Donation/E-Commerce ranked as the highest priority at 51%.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. Get the report and read it. It points to some great momentum in online giving.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the last couple decades, news of golden parachutes and the minting of new billionaires has drawn attention to executive compensation practices. i While the survey focuses on salary rather than total compensation (which is a more holistic way to look at the full take-home differences), it provides a helpful metric to use as a baseline.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

It’s time to shift gears and give email the attention it truly deserves. According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. Your open rate is, of course, one of the most important metrics you’ll want to track.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

It’s what get’s their attention. Pay attention to this trend and start reviewing your email content with an eye for length. Second , use the tool correctly so you can both capture the metrics you need and use the data to make educated decisions about what to do next. Third , get into the habit of reviewing the metrics.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We recommend you start with these 7 Key Database Metrics. 7 Key Database Metrics – Allegiance Group | (teamallegiance.com) At the most basic level, the goal is to understand if your donor base is growing or shrinking and how many new donors you will need to acquire each year to offset any projected attrition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Strategy Tune Ups : Geoff Livingston shares his strategy tips on how nonprofits can break through the social media clutter and get stakeholders pay attention (Julie Pippert talks about the importance of passion) and a framework to think about your social media strategy. A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Average gift was nearly flat year over year for the median organization, but this metric is especially volatile and easily pulled by outliers. For the 17 groups who were able to provide us comprehensive year-over-year data, the median increase in revenue was 35%, with a 38% jump in the number of gifts. Just look at these :heart-eyes: .

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

Podcasting is a unique channel in a world where it is becoming harder and harder to keep someone’s attention. None of these tools gives us 100% accuracy on our listeners, rather a benchmark to try to build on. However, it has helped us understand that even when we go crazy trying to measure things we are still a bit in the dark.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Measuring Training Effectiveness: Metrics and Analytics for Educational Institutes, Corporates, and NGOs GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Training programs play a pivotal role in the success of any organization. That’s where training metrics come in. Why Are Training Metrics Important? What Is Training Effectiveness?

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Measuring Training Effectiveness: Metrics and Analytics for Educational Institutes, Corporates, and NGOs GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Training programs play a pivotal role in the success of any organization. That’s where training metrics come in. Why Are Training Metrics Important? What Is Training Effectiveness?

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Measuring Training Effectiveness: Metrics and Analytics for Educational Institutes, Corporates, and NGOs Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Training programs play a pivotal role in the success of any organization. That’s where training metrics come in. Why Are Training Metrics Important?

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

QUESTION: Caity talked about calculating the ‘growth score’, then used an example of the benefit of moving that metric just 2%. QUESTION: Where can I get benchmarks for retention by sector? Bloomerang pays particular attention to donor retention, to help nonprofits better manage retention, and we love that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

Personalized content may be what catches their attention, establishes a connection and keeps them reading. Send too many “one size fits all” emails and you risk lower attention levels and, ultimately, less engaged constituents. It’s a great way to grab attention, before making another ask. It usually gets my attention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The model was also used for advanced practitioners as a benchmarking framework at Social Media Week in DC last week. Turns out, change happens when you’re paying close attention to results. Maybe you haven’t quite narrowed down which metrics will be most important in the long run. Start where you are.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 2, 2023

Nonprofit engagement metrics can help you understand your organization, but you’ve probably seen the same terms over and over again in your research. By embracing a few overlooked metrics, you will be able to go deeper into that information. By embracing a few overlooked metrics, you will be able to go deeper into that information.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

While we specialize in search engine optimization, our friends at Getting Attention know what it takes to make the most of Google Ad Grants. These individuals know what goes into successful account management and can devote their attention fully to the program. We recommend you reach out to their team for all your Google Grants needs!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn from my mistakes and create better charts for your audience – to show fundraising results, organization’s impact or benchmarking. There’s a greater risk of misleading the readers when you start the axis at a random point — the whole point of the bar is that its height or length encodes the metric.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2011

This filter may affect your key metrics, and you’ll want to make sure to be able to quantify the effect it has made on your data. Take a look at any other metrics you track regularly and see if there has been a significant change. After you have recorded the deltas in your benchmark metrics, you have 2 options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

According to the “ eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ” done by NTEN (shout out to Holly Ross ) email is still the “killer app” that reaches the most people. Total Interactions - The total interactions metric captures all of the feedback Pages receive from Facebook users. Why is this important? See a sample of what the stats look like here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

One of the metrics that bloggers track is "Authority" or the number of blogs linking to a blog within the last six months. Most bloggers use the Technorati index to benchmark authority ranking. As the social Web and new services continue the migration and permeation into everything we do online, attention is not scalable.

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2023

When you send a fundraising email can be the difference between improved engagement metrics (open rate, click-through rate, donation amount, etc.) You want to make sure that every element of your fundraising email is aligned in a way that will catch a supporter’s attention and get opened. and disappointing ones. Donations completed?

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index is one of the few metrics I think is worth obsessing over. At the very least this will give you a benchmark to reference your progress. Find people who like what you have to say and double down your efforts and attention on them. Check Out Your LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI).

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index is one of the few metrics I think is worth obsessing over. At the very least this will give you a benchmark to reference your progress. Find people who like what you have to say and double down your efforts and attention on them. Check Out Your LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI).

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