Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. The findings mirror many of benchmarks in the Convio report. Still, these reports are some of the best measuring sticks we have.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Video engagement on social media is the measurable action that viewers take after watching. We studied 778 nonprofit organizations’ video posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019 to establish benchmarks, identify trends, and uncover insights. What Is Video Engagement and Why Is It Important?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

This will help you measure whether or not your campaign has been a success and will give you a benchmark for the year following if it’s your first time getting involved. They set out to raise £750 for a new machine to measure oxygen levels in babies’ blood, but significantly exceed their original target. About the Author.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Q and A with Jesse Sostrin author of Beyond the Job Description Question : What does the title of your book mean and what’s the truth about what employers really expect that is never written in job descriptions? setting benchmarks, annual performance appraisals, compensation schedules, etc.).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Question And Answer with Jesse Sostrin author of Beyond the Job Description Question : What does the title of your book mean and what’s the truth about what employers really expect that is never written in job descriptions? setting benchmarks, annual performance appraisals, compensation schedules, etc.).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Q&A with Jesse Sostrin author of Beyond the Job Description Question : What does the title of your book mean and what’s the truth about what employers really expect that is never written in job descriptions? setting benchmarks, annual performance appraisals, compensation schedules, etc.).

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Author: Noel Beebe. In case you missed it, we also unveiled our brand new 2011 Peer-to-Peer Event Benchmarking paper, and talked through how to use data to inform your event strategy. Howdy folks! It feels good to be back in Texas after an action-packed Convio Summit in Baltimore last week!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Earlier this summer I posted on top tips for measuring ROI and getting strategic with data , touching on the idea and importance of actionable data, or rather, data that helps draw meaningful conclusions and future actions to optimize programs. Benchmarks - Taking raw data and reporting in a comparable way.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

As I announced recently , Advocacy Online and Fairsay have jointly produced a benchmark report to examine key e-campaigning performance measures. The benchmark data is derived from the activity of over 2 million supporters from 50 campaigning organisations in the UK, Canada, and several other countries. Download Reports.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 25, 2019

On this episode, the authors of the just-released 2019 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study – Katie Walters, Tanya Turschic, Shana Masterson, Robyn Mendez, and Jennifer Cobb – join the podcast to answer these questions and more. Important benchmarks from 281 organizations across the U.S. and Canada. Robyn Mendez.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

Since personal pages can come pre-populated with text, Invest in Kids provided templated language so that fundraisers didn’t have to author their appeal from scratch. For the Jane-A-Thon, Invest in Kids had benchmark prizes for fundraisers who hit their minimum fundraising goal. Best Practice #3: Introduce Incentives And Prizes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

One of the study’s authors, Mary Trudel, wrote a guest post back in 2011 summarizing the results. They are in the process of updating the study and have some preliminary results to share. How Strong Is Your Social Net?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Last month, I had the honor of keynoting the Social Good Brasil Conference and one of the other keynote speakers was Peter Sims, author of “ Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries.” ” I will have a full book review coming. Please tell us if you know of one! What does it look like?

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Forum One

MAY 13, 2021

Co-authored by Brian Stewart , Senior Government Executive, Siteimprove. You can’t improve what’s not being measured! Siteimprove’s team of experts will conduct a customized audit of your website’s health and benchmark and compare it to other government agencies.

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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. The higher the number, the greater the level of Authority a blog earns. Most bloggers use the Technorati index to benchmark authority ranking. This leaves an issue of how do you measure authority.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Here are some questions to ask when building your assessment: Which programs best exhibit our expertise, authority, and dedication to the issue area in which we work? This is great news for nonprofits, especially since monthly giving attributed for an extraordinary 32% growth in revenue, according to this year’s Benchmarks report from M+R.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

– Joe Pulizzi , founder, Content Marketing Institute and author of Epic Content Marketing. Let’s take a look at a few of the key findings from the second nonprofit content marketing benchmark report – produced by Content Marketing Institute and Blackbaud – Nonprofit Content Marketing 2015: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Professor of Management.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2012

Author: Alissa Ruehl. These are simply measurable data points that give insight into your online success. Finally, create a process to track your KPIs, starting with your initial benchmark and then focusing on any movements up and down over time. The next step is to keep track of changes to audience and audience behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Stephen Downes summarized my post on Social Media Metrics and Measuring Blog Outcomes and added some commentary. My post wasa riff on evaluating the effectiveness of blogs, and in particular, a set of metrics from Avinash Kaushik: "Raw Author Contribution (posts and words in post). It's like measuring 'friendship'.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission 3. Scope: This screencast will demystify web analytics and use Author and Analytics Evangelist Avinash Kaushik's mantra of simplicity to illustrate some of the useful features and reports in Google Analytics , a free but powerful web analytics software tool. What is your benchmark?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

Anyway, here's my takeaways: Need to know how to convince "C-Suite" (corporate level executives) that social media is required to compete in today's economy and that it is measurable. As KD Paine said on our SXSW ROI Poetry Slam , "You have engagement fully measured, now calculate the resulting treasure!". We know that.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Or a board can complete (as BoardSource recommends) a full self-assessment every two to three years and benchmark against its own performance over time. In Forces for Good , the authors state that “most of the (CEOs) we interviewed maintained that their relationship with the board was critical.” Close the feedback loop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. ROI had it origins as an accounting term and was originally a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business. Use of metrics to measure your results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

Source: A New Model for Social Media (and Traditional) Measurement. "   I've been trying think through a benchmarking process that would identify metrics to track, how to track, and how to reflect on the data to make improvements in your blog. .   Reader Sharing (bookmarked items).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I'm giving away a copy of " Inbound Marketing " by Brian Halligan (Author), Dharmesh Shah (Author), David Meerman Scott (Foreword). retweet this message and our company will donate $x to charity), there is a better a benchmark. But if we look at for-profit companies using the sponsored tweet model (e.g.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Over 100 nonprofit professionals packed in (literally) to learn, discuss and brainstorm on how nonprofits can set up a full-fledged social media strategies - from setting objectives and measuring success to deciding on what tactics to use and of course, selling the use of social media to management.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

It’s understandable why Retention Fundraising author Roger Craver chose Burnett to write the forward for this book. We also had him share insights on the metrics you should measure. This is the key metric on which you can benchmark, guide and then track the success–or failure–of your intermediate and long-term strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

One problem is that many do not formulate a measurement strategy and are at a loss to justify their investment of time and resources or reap insights to improve what they're doing. . The report presents a framework for measuring social media effectiveness against those business results and presents standardized metrics.

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2023

While these benchmarks are a useful place to begin evaluating your email fundraising performance, they aren’t the be-all-end-all. Just use them to measure your success and find areas to improve. That’s a high-level benchmark; results for nonprofits will vary based on their size. per email campaign. Here’s how to do it.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Author: Katie Beth DeSchepper. These key points were recently shared in the Peer-to-Peer Benchmark Study released earlier this year. As we continue to ramp up for the spring event season, I want to bring a strategic data point to your attention for thought and consideration. let’s also consider the value after the event.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. Mobile strategy : From defining goals, to designing for mobile, to developing and executing campaigns, to measuring results, a growing number of digital strategy consultants can be your partner in effectively using the mobile channel. Unfortunately, extensive benchmarks simply don’t exist yet.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Author: Jill Ward. Event fundraisers are talking about not just measuring more and better, but also predicting donor and participant behaviors. com to learn more about Event 360, a Convio authorized solutions partner. Contributed by Jeff Shuck & Jono Smith, Event 360. Understand the difference between metrics and analytics.

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Forum One

APRIL 5, 2007

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) During the Fem 2.0

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Note: Cassie is the co-author of the chapter on "Finding and Keeping the Right People" in our forthcoming book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission.]. What positions should exist and when, what are the specific roles and responsibilities of each position, and how will success be measured?

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