The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Storytelling Tips: Create Benchmarks for Comparison One final piece of advice I’ll share about measuring the ROI on stories is to have a benchmark for comparison. With measuring the success of story content against non-story content, we have to have performance benchmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Knowing what work you need done and the quality of work you’d like to receive and set benchmarks to measure outcomes. Many crowdsourcing work sites provide some kind of rating system meaning the better, more accurate workers can rise to the top. Measuring Work. Work completion is clearly a goal as is accuracy.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

Blackbaud’s just-released Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits found nonprofit website traffic was down 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. It should be noted, like other benchmark reports, nonprofits within the study vary from year-to-year.). (It Benchmarks are helpful, but your data is what matters most.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Participate when the analysis and reporting contain benchmarks that allow you to compare your own organization’s performance with that of your colleagues. Mostly, though, it’s all about the benchmarks. What is your success rate in comparison with others in your mission focus/sector?

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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. Open rates and click-throughs are holding steady. Because we know that email is still a HUGE way people like to be communicated with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). I agree with you that it is meaningless to use the numbers to get into "mine is bigger than yours" comparisons to measure quality or popularity. Unique Blog Readers (content consumption - Unique Visitors and Feed Subscribers). Cost (what!). Some pr professionals agree.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 2, 2023

While understanding your donor’s lifetime value or your email open rate is great, these numbers alone won’t give you the insight you need to engage your constituents. Email open rates, social media followers, and website visits are great starting points, but there are deeper metrics that will help you understand your constituents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

About a year ago, I decided to benchmark my blog using some tips suggested by Avinash Kaushik. Kaushik suggested these metrics for benchmarking blogs: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium).

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

According to the 2024 Digital Fundraising Benchmark Report , new donors acquired online gave 19.4% FundraiseUp Overview: Fundraise Up’s digital fundraising solution is optimized to increase donation revenue through improved conversion rates. Check product comparison resources. Learn more about them on the Classy website.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2013

Yes, the same technique that ultimately brought us things like space shuttles and smartphones can help you increase your online donation rates (no beakers or Bunsen burners required). Gather information and resources – Benchmarks and tips are a great start. Analyze the data – Once again, Google makes it easy.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Common examples of nonprofit KPIs include average donation size, number of recurring or repeat donors, new donor acquisition rate, and donor attrition rate. You’ll then see higher digital retention and conversion rates. Neon CRM’s donation form is a 3-step process that uses visually shorter forms to increase conversion rates.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It improves conversion rates. Bounce rate: Percentage of single page sessions. High bounce rate indicates content or navigation issues. Look at week-over-week and month-over-month comparisons. Identify any high-traffic pages with high bounce rates and improve page experience. Shows content popularity.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. Once we’ve set the timeframe, we then start digging into the data to answer some key questions: What are some benchmark stats for improvement? People who leave the site (bounce rate). To understand how visitors interact with the site. Methodology.

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sgEngage

APRIL 29, 2021

This year’s summit included data from a variety of sectors, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons. The median retention rate for multi-year sustainers was 85% in FY2020. The analysis is based on a July – June fiscal year, covering the period of FY2016 through FY2020.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2017

These organizations participate in a donorCentrics Internet Benchmarking Group. By comparison, only 29% of online only donors were 65 or older while 58% of offline only donors are represented in these age brackets. This tends to skew income comparisons with older donors across giving channels. million donors.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

This year’s summit included 35 large nonprofit organizations that participate in our sustainer program benchmarking to review aggregate program performance, trends and challenges affecting sustainer giving. Data, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons, included 17.7 billion in FY2018.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve created this guide to nonprofit CRM options, through which you’ll review the basics of CRM software and a side-by-side comparison of the top solutions through the following points: Overview of CRM for Nonprofits. Nonprofit CRM Comparison: Top 7 Solutions. Nonprofit CRM Comparison: Top 7 Solutions.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2018

donor retention rate in 2017. This unimpressive donor retention rate—one that hasn’t snuck north of 50% in more than a decade—hounds most nonprofits. A weak donor retention rate is an alarm bell, suggesting that your mission isn’t finding enough passionate supporters. Do You Know Your Donor Retention Rate?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

Craver : Year after year for the past decade, donor retention rates have been sinking. Craver : There are some fundamental metrics that serve as a sort of fundraiser’s GPS—retention rates and lifetime value. Multiple Year Retention Rate : Same as above, but by tracking these year-by-year you can spot trends, problems and opportunities.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2020

Benchmarking d ata, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons, included 16 million donors who gave 56 million gifts for a total of $2.3 Retention rates in month 13 for canvass-acquired sustainers reached 48% in FY2019.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Effective donor management aims to build strong, long-lasting relationships with donors, increase retention rates, and ultimately, secure ongoing financial support for an organization’s mission and programs. Fundraising Donor Management Software Comparison: What’s Right for Your Nonprofit? 7 min read Read Now 2.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

And so I had to come up with ways that made it easier for me to meet my benchmarks, to be successful, and get the results I needed for the nonprofit I was working for at the time. Contrast and comparisons. And, let’s see, “Click-through rates, improved during COVID or the same?” So doing this for so long.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Was there anything helpful about that comparison between service engagement and impact? “Because we raised this $20,000 and have this gallery and classroom space, 200 children from our local special-needs programs are able to do art therapy on site for free or reduced rates.” Does that make sense? Ask “So what?”

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

These regional research reports delve into the evolving dynamics of nonprofit fundraising in each region and give a comprehensive view of the social impact community in 2024, helping nonprofits understand and benchmark their performance. When focused on income streams, grants are ranked as the main income stream across all three regions.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey North American Survey Results Global Comparison Survey Results United Kingdom Survey Results Asia-Pacific Results Here are five key insights from the survey: 1. cited direct mail as the top driver. and community fundraising is cited by Italian respondents.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Donor retention rates across lifecycles. Through participation in multiple benchmarking opportunities with Blackbaud, I had the necessary context from which I could evaluate my fundraising program across a range of very specific metrics. Percent of donors giving 5+ years consecutively. Lifetime value measurements.

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