Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

According to Marketing General Incorporated’s 2021 Marketing Benchmarking Report, 50% of associations surveyed believe lack of engagement is the top reason members didn’t renew. Use your data to find out how your customers interact with the organization and how it changes over time, which can help you understand member journeys.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The odds are low that you’re the first person to come up with an idea, and an NDA could create legal hassles for VCs who interact with hundreds of entrepreneurs each year, many of whom are trying to solve the same set of problems. Six climate tech trends to watch for in 2023. Six climate tech trends to watch for in 2023.

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M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

So here it is: a first pass at the trends and top-line findings from about 30 of the nonprofits we work with. However, one trend that did come through loud and clear was that the majority of groups received fewer gifts, but a higher average gift compared to last year. Related Links: Come join Benchmarks 2022!

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Lots of great trends and information about how the top nonprofits are leveraging social media. Blackbaud took the widely discussed 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report and turned it into an infographic. Learn more about online giving and multichannel fundraising trends with this graphic.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Through our conversations with more than 500 business leaders and work on nearly 300 board searches over the last year, as well as findings from our recent board benchmarking study, we’ve identified five trends in the boardrooms of the United States’ high-growth private companies. Board diversity is imperative.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Does Your Nonprofit Exist in 10 Years? Their online grant database gives people an interactive and innovative way to see the programs they fund. Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 17th, 2010 Does your nonprofit exist in ten years?

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Keep in mind that shoppers are interacting with your site via a much smaller screen, so having complex carousels or dramatic slideshows on your homepage can be highly distracting. To get started, take a look at your email statistics over the past year to see trends in open rates from mobile devices.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Types of Data Available in LMS Systems According to our 2024 Customer Education Benchmarks & Trends report —in which we commissioned Forrester to survey 300 education leaders at the director level or above—80% of high-success organizations consider “access to multiple types of data” important to running a successful customer education program.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2014

By Rachel Simon, Manager, Interactive Product Marketing. . Have you downloaded the 2014 Luminate Online Benchmark Report yet? Throwing back to the 2013 Benchmark Study , we witnessed an explosion of growth of sustainer giving – a 27% increase over the previous year. overall year-over-year. Register here!

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Follow-up questions might ask about specific aspects of the service or clients’ interactions with the nonprofit. Compare your data and look for trends One of the challenges of opinion data is that it’s hard to know what’s a good average overall rating or result. or “What could we be doing better?”

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Download Your Fundraising Planning Guide and Calendar Template: Fundraising calendars are designed to outline donor correspondence, campaign timelines, special events , benchmark dates, and other noteworthy occurrences that your fundraising team will be engaged in over the course of the year. Remember that this will be a living document.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

My big takeaway from Mayur Patel’s interview was the question about future trends. Using the devices to gather feedback, collect data, and interact with communities we serve. The issue contains lots of practical advice, an infographic of the NTEN benchmarks study, and and more. His answer: 1.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2014

I’m just back from the SXSW Interactive Festival where I was on a panel called “ What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You ” moderated by Alexandra Samuel of Vision Critical , Jeremiah Owyang , Crowd Companies, and Colby Flint, Discovery Channel. sxsw pic.twitter.com/VTGXGnD1Ww. The room was packed.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

He calls the blending of AI algorithms and model architectures homogenization , a trend that helped form foundation models. Toward Models That Understand the Physical World The next frontier of artificial intelligence is physical AI , which enables autonomous machines like robots and self-driving cars to interact with the real world.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A continuous improvement approach allows you to combine insights from external data trends with your nonprofits unique user data to build a website experience that exceeds visitor expectations. Informative infographic s with your nonprofits unique branding and color palette. Photo slideshows recapping recent events.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Should the trend be scratched and reinvented? Sure, there are more rounds than we could ever cover, but in theory we’re filtering as best we can for the most interesting, the furthest outlying and the trend-elucidating rounds that we can use as a light to better illuminate how the broader startup and technology worlds are changing.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Previously, we investigated various UI modeling tasks, including widget captioning , screen summarization , and command grounding , that address diverse interaction scenarios such as automation and accessibility. In this experiment, we compare Spotlight with several benchmark models.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

If you take a look at their page you’ll notice that there are hundreds if not thousands of people interacting there (I’ve added an image to the right – notice the red box towards the bottom). They are fully interacting. Total Interactions - The total interactions metric captures all of the feedback Pages receive from Facebook users.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 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)

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Tableau

JUNE 3, 2021

Communicate the benchmarks. Outline how success will be measured and who is responsible for driving and meeting each benchmark. Interactive and visual reporting tools that answer deeper business questions can help a bigger audience ask questions of data. . There may be multiple owners who contribute materially to each goal. .

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 7, 2024

Whether you’re analyzing patient outcomes, tracking academic trends, or gathering insights from donor demographics, data visualization can be a valuable tool for any organization. Map the data journey: Determine how each audience segment interacts with your data by mapping their workflows and identifying key touchpoints.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

orgCommunity event featured interactive conversations led by engaging speakers , with decades of leadership experience in the association sphere. We spent our time in round table discussion with association leadership professionals , learning and sharing our own experiences.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

If Facebook is not taking 3 rd party apps seriously in their algorithm this probably accounts for one of the key reasons why so many organizations experience such low page views and interactions.

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Care2

APRIL 28, 2009

Furthermore, according to the latest benchmarks study by Convio , enewsletters are one of the most “cost-effective ways to build relationships with new constituents, increase engagement, and educate supporters about your organization’s mission.&# Consider it like an interactive 24-hour news cycle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

As a Master Trainer, one of my favorite models of training adults is the Peer Learning Exchange where a group of participants who are working on a similar project or domain of practices interact regularly to learn how to do it better. Remember also that goals for Giving Days go beyond dollars.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

How do new trends, tools, and norms affect how nonprofits should approach their SEO strategy in 2024 as they try to rank well for important keywords on Google and other search engines? Regularly update your content to reflect the latest industry trends and changes.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Development officers should use every interaction to meaningfully engage every donor in a movement towards their next gift. Sharing peer trends and results quarterly with the whole team can also drive performance throughout the year. Be sure to provide opportunities for interaction between leadership, senior officers, and newer talent.

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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. Trends Reports First, let’s look at reports that focus on large scale trends impacting the entire sector. This is where the increasing amount of nonprofit sector research reports can help.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A virtual gala, also known as a “No-Gala Gala” is trending in the fundraising space because right now is typically the time for galas! The silent auction might run in one of the sessions, but then allow remote attendees to interact with others in other session spaces as well as interact in an augmented reality space.

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Givinga

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

While the three Ps are still critically important, the three Cs are influencing how companies operate internally, interact with external audiences, and differentiate their products and services. All businesses, regardless of size, should start benchmarking immediately. Where is your business at now? Resources: 1 [link].

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Natural conversations are clearly an important and emergent way for people to interact with computers. Rather than contorting ourselves to interact in ways that best accommodate the limitations of computers, we can instead have natural conversations to accomplish a wide variety of tasks. MATH MMLU-STEM OCWCourses GSM8k Minerva 50.3%

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Language Model Generation Research 132

Everyaction

JUNE 11, 2018

M+R Benchmarks Report , 40% of nonprofit website visitors in the year 2017 were using a mobile phone - a 9% increase from the year prior. And it's not just websites that are affected by the trend toward mobile - more and more communication now happens through cell phones. According to the recently released.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

Inspiration for How To Think Like A Social Media Marketing Genius Presentation by Beth Kanter For the past two years, I've been doing an annual Blog benchmarking process that attempts to do a ROI analysis. The most valuable part of the blog benchmarking process is the reflection process and linking insights to making improvements.

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The AI Alignment Forum

APRIL 10, 2025

We first show Method 1: time-horizon-extension , a relatively simple model which forecasts when SC will arrive by extending the trend established by METRs report of AIs accomplishing tasks that take humans increasing amounts of time. We heavily draw from METRs recent report which catalogues a trend of increasing time horizon (pictured below).

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