Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Blackbaud’s annual Online Benchmark report was released earlier this month at #bbcon and the results speak largely to a positive outlook for nonprofit fundraising. . But the question those metrics beg is how the increase in volume is impacting email performance. The total number of email recipients was up 72%. But it didn’t.

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Benchmark Metrics Report Online 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. It’s curation of real-time learning.

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Measure Social Media Media Benchmark 102

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you’re achieving that key outcome for impact. By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success.

Measure 143

Measure Issue Impact Survey 143

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Boorstin is CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent and has been an on-air reporter for the network since 2006. Julia Boorstin Earlier this year, Boorstin shared these additional insights with us: Question: How did you decide which leaders to feature in your book? Question: This book isn’t just for women.

Leadership 92

Leadership Benchmark Story Structure 92

EveryAction

MAY 15, 2017

The annual report details how and why nonprofit fundraising emails end up in spam folders, calculates the damage spam can do on giving days like #GivingTuesday and during end-of-year (EOY) fundraising, and offers actionable advice for improving your deliverability rates. Spam is still a massive problem for fundraisers. Don't miss out!

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Spam Rate Studies email 134

.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. But no matter how perfectly you design the instrument, answering a series of questions will not provide the level of introspection that inspires real change. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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Evaluation Government Director Exercise 251

NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

And though we are making huge strides as a sector to understand the most effective techniques and approaches to using these tools, we still have a lot to learn about one of the most important areas of social media: measurement. Measuring your activities is as important as what you’re posting, or how many times a day you post.

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Social Media Measure Media Social 88

Candid

JUNE 24, 2024

Identify questions you’re interested in using the data to answer. Priority setting that aligns with available data will help you make the most of the data and ensure it aligns with your foundation’s approach to impact measurement. Streamline your foundation’s due diligence and reporting processes by using existing datasets.

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Demographics Data Case Study California 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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Measure Aggregator Platform Consultant 106

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Bjorn Billhardt Nathan Kracklauer Today, the authors answer these questions for us: Question : How will readers benefit from making the book part of a book club experience as you recommend readers do? Question : How does spending 12 weeks using the book compare to the length of time to earn an MBA degree?

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Skills Learning Knowledge Leadership 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Report Out. Europe and Latin America.

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Measure Impact Program San Francisco 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Measurement Challenges.

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Summary Social Media Measure Media 94

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2024

Bjorn Billhardt Nathan Kracklauer The authors answer these questions for us: Question : How will readers benefit from making the book part of a book club experience as you recommend readers do? Question : How does spending 12 weeks using the book compare to the length of time to earn an MBA degree? Model cooperative behavior.

Skills 57

Skills Business Learning Knowledge 57

NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

In a couple of weeks, the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study will be released (previously the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study ). To say this is a highly anticipated, monumental report would be an understatement. The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers.

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Rate San Diego Open Benchmark 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

Social Media 99

Social Media Measure Media Social 99

Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - The Necessity of Training Audit Any audit is essentially a report card that conveys to the auditee the degree of variance between the objectives and the achievement. An audit will help identify problem areas that need corrective measures and actionable plans. An audit serves as a risk-mitigating measure.

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Train Training Develop ROI 52

Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - The Necessity of Training Audit Any audit is essentially a report card that conveys to the auditee the degree of variance between the objectives and the achievement. An audit will help identify problem areas that need corrective measures and actionable plans. An audit serves as a risk-mitigating measure.

Train 52

Train Training Develop ROI 52

Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems The Necessity of Training Audit Any audit is essentially a report card that conveys to the auditee the degree of variance between the objectives and the achievement. An audit will help identify problem areas that need corrective measures and actionable plans.

Train 52

Train Training Develop ROI 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Boorstin is CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent and has been an on-air reporter for the network since 2006. Julia Boorstin Recently, Boorstin shared these additional insights with us: Question: How did you decide which leaders to feature in your book? Question: This book isn’t just for women.

Learning 52

Learning Leadership Benchmark Story 52

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. But is this the right question? Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 93

NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. So many people asked interesting and thoughtful questions during the webinar that we wanted to make sure everyone gets a chance to see them and participate in the discussion! Q: I missed the webinar.

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Metrics Facebook Question Benchmark 64

Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And last year the AFL-CIO reported CEO-to-median-worker pay ratios ranged from 6:1 to over 6,000:1 for the largest, publicly traded companies (i.e., The Council on Foundations ’ annual survey and report on staff salaries and benefits at U.S. The median for all reported CEO salaries in 2022 was $200,000. How do U.S.

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Ratio Survey Sample Foundation 95

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. Why is it important?”

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Measure Report Process Impact 83

Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

In the eLearning space, in particular, assessments are exceptionally important to pinpoint learners’ strengths and measure the overall effectiveness of the program. Assessments can be leveraged to measure the effectiveness of training This information can be used to identify any areas where the training program needs to be improved.

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eLearning Roles Instructional Instruction 52

Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

In the eLearning space, in particular, assessments are exceptionally important to pinpoint learners’ strengths and measure the overall effectiveness of the program. Assessments can be leveraged to measure the effectiveness of training This information can be used to identify any areas where the training program needs to be improved.

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eLearning Roles Instructional Instruction 52

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. However, if your goal is SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—you’ll have a clear benchmark to work toward and measure progress. Set goals for your volunteer program. Define your volunteer roles.

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Volunteer Program Roles Train 94

NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research.

Ratio 85

Ratio Report Technology Roles 85

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you're achieving that key outcome for impact. Databases - Nonprofits can use these tools to track data in real time and report on results.

Measure 81

Measure Issue Impact Survey 81

Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

In the eLearning space, in particular, assessments are exceptionally important to pinpoint learners’ strengths and measure the overall effectiveness of the program. Assessments can be leveraged to measure the effectiveness of training This information can be used to identify any areas where the training program needs to be improved.

eLearning 52

eLearning Roles Instructional Instruction 52

sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2021

Though peer-to-peer fundraising faced declines last year, there are many bright spots and insights we can pull from our collective experiences and the data contained in this report. The above is just the beginning of this 40+ page report filled with data, insights, and actionable recommendations to improve your 2021 P2P campaigns.

Blackbaud 72

Blackbaud Studies Fundraising Registration 72

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

As always, if you have questions about your nonprofit data management plan, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Nonprofit data management plans: you’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. QUESTION: When you gave an example of a data management plan, you started from a fundraising plan. Not sure = 40%.

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Data Management Rate Benchmark 133

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The next action was an uncontrollable desire to compare my “People Talking About” with my peers, realizing that benchmarking of meaningless data is well, meaningless. ” You can see that smaller fan bases had higher percentages – but of course that is meaningless. There’s a lot of confusion.

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Metrics Facebook People Measure 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

This is the question we’re asking arts groups across the country this month, refreshing our national landmark survey of 2011. With the digital communications landscape evolving at light speed we wanted to track challenges, leadership attitudes, measurement strategies and 2014 investment plans. How Strong Is Your Social Net?

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Social Media Arts Social Media 108

Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2015

This year we’ll be producing the third edition of the annual report — Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends ! They’ve been producing a similar report for the business world for years. It’s roughly 25 questions related to content marketing usage (or non usage) at your nonprofit.

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Benchmark Survey Content Marketing 20

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2021

Though peer-to-peer fundraising faced declines last year, there are many bright spots and insights we can pull from our collective experiences and the data contained in this report. The above is just the beginning of this 40+ page report filled with data, insights, and actionable recommendations to improve your 2021 P2P campaigns.

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Blackbaud Studies Fundraising Registration 48

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Because of this, it’s important to carefully measure major gifts key performance indicators (KPIs) to understand the success of your program as a whole and specific strategies individually. What are the major gift metrics that matter when measuring success? Why is it important to track fundraising benchmarks?

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Metrics Gift Track Tech 52