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. I found this concept difficult -- does the problem lie with me?" or "This is news to me -- has everyone else known this all along?"

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

Read time: 5 minutes Most nonprofits, even the smallest ones, include supporter cultivation in their messaging mix — the occasional thank-you email, an annual impact report, maybe a robocall at year end. That assumption was also backed by years of UCS’s email fundraising metrics consistently beating M+R benchmarks.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

What problem spots do you already know about? Regularly collecting employee feedback can: Help you identify weak spots or perceived problems with different aspects of your talent strategy. You’ll need to not only collect it to measure progress and discuss performance but also to establish benchmarks for future reference and growth.

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Retention Management Tips Nonprofit 94

EveryAction

AUGUST 11, 2016

In fact, according to the annual Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R , email fundraising revenue alone increased by a whopping 25% last year, outpacing the overall growth of other online revenue sources. Normally, fundraising teams use open rates, clicks, and conversion metrics to measure the success of email campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

For example, this @FeedingAmerica tweet communicates the billion-pound problem that is food waste, but closes the tweet with a positive spin about how they are working to solve the problem of food waste and in terms of engagement, the tweet performed above average: 2. Breaking news relevant to your mission and programs.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

QUESTION: NTEN just held an online fundraising benchmark webinar, where they talked about email open rates being low, and organizations raising something like $17 for every 1000 emails sent. Would a data management plan like you suggest really improve those kinds of metrics? Gary makes a good point about email open rates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. Set Program Goals & Metrics. Report Out.

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BoardAssist

MAY 16, 2017

It’s important to have benchmark energy metrics so your organization can set attainable efficiency goals. The college district is also in the process of developing a report card tool that can measure energy performance and policy compliance over time.

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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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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change? I consider those basic metrics to be “rearview mirror” metrics.

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Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

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. dang, this is a great topic, this is so timely as people are, you know, perhaps getting annual reports together. well, five areas of conversation revolve around, “What is impact reporting?

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 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) Which metrics will help you achieve it?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2016

10:30 AM – Metrics Madness: Best of the LO Benchmark Report & P2P Study Every year for forever (ok, it’s been 10), Blackbaud has been publishing the biggest benchmark report on online fundraising and marketing. To give you an idea of just HOW big this report is, organizations raised over $1.76

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

One problem is that it doesn’t analyze your network in real time. Twitalyzer is a terrific analytics tool that gives you some good benchmarking metrics for Twitter. Run the impact report to help you identify influencers. I wrote about an experiment I did last year using this tool.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2011

Did you know that people are spending less time on websites then they did a year ago, according to a Google Analytics benchmark report released in early July. No problem. Getting your target audiences to stay on your website is no easy feat. Why do you come to our website? What don’t you like about our website?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

Organizational reporting. One problem is that it doesn’t analyze your network in real time. Twitalyzer is a terrific analytics tool that gives you some good benchmarking metrics for Twitter. Run the impact report to help you identify influencers. Someone on your mailing list or rolodex. Family members.

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Social Network Analysis Social Media Network 105

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

bbcon 2020 is just around the corner, and I’m excited to be presenting on the critical role of benchmarking and analytics in shaping your fundraising strategy. At times we might not know where to start and what reports are needed. Benchmarking helps to identify shifts in the nonprofit industry.

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Forum One

AUGUST 20, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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Forum One

AUGUST 14, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 50

NTEN

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Which is why we’re excited to invite organizations to participate in M+R and NTEN’s 2015 Benchmarks Study to help determine this year’s industry standards for online fundraising, advocacy, and list building. Now in its ninth year, the report collects data from over 50 (and counting!) Not a problem.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 50

Influence Social Media Internet Web 50

Forum One

MARCH 27, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

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. How can Google Analytics reports data help improve your Web site's performance.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

How to create an online fundraising strategy Tips for a successful online fundraiser 10 effective online fundraising ideas 8 online fundraising metrics to track Use the tips and ideas in this guide to create your own online fundraising plan and to determine the fundraising tools you’ll need to accomplish your ultimate goals.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Communication can take various forms, including email newsletters, annual reports, and social media updates. Impact reports: You can provide donors with regular impact reports that highlight the difference their contributions are making. Communicating with your donors isn’t a math problem. There’s no one right answer.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Track key metrics To determine how successful your strategy is and see if you’re reaching your goals, you need to know which metrics to track. For example, if your primary goal of a crowdfunding campaign is to raise $10,000, then you’ll know that total revenue is one of the important metrics to keep track of throughout the campaign.

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Ideas Online Fundraising Tips 81

Forum One

MAY 11, 2005

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 50

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. . Altimeter Report: Social Media Analytics. Perhaps more relevant for nonprofits is this report specifically for nonprofits. cut and paste).

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the employment context alone, from increased use of chatbots in hiring applications and AI-enabled assessments of applicant interviews to keystroke monitoring that gauges productivity and employee uses of generative AI to write reports or perform numerous other tasks, AI-related tools are poised to transform how work is done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2011

The post provides some great recommendations on dashboard design, but also illustrates how to link your objectives, metrics, and KPIs to dashboard design. These become the metrics & KPIs behind our work. Guest Post: The Smithsonian Institution Archives Dashboard by C. Daniel Chase. Click to see larger image.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

For example, if you are focused on crisis calls and only crisis calls, then the architecture of your new solution only needs to support a single interface with a common workflow for your users and a singularly focused set of reports. Note that we use a monthly metric here at VisionLink. The devil is in the detail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

The survey looked at nonprofit’s self-reported results, goals, time investment, and measurement approaches for Facebook, although I wonder if you can really answer the big picture question without looking at how nonprofits use Facebook in the context of an integrated strategy and good measurement practice benchmarking study.

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Measure Organization Metrics Analytics 96

Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

So it allows you to create reports around campaigns, appeals, events. And in order to do an audit and assessment, you have to know what your baseline data is so that you can create some goals around that and then benchmark against those goals. So create queries and reports. Like your fundraising brain. Type in yes or no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

A creative report on non-profits, social media, and effective ROIs delivered as poetry slam and expertly judged including interactive crowd participation. That Twitter was the answer to all their programs' problems evermore. . `At DEFINE the METRICS. Say, let’s define our metrics. 8, 9, 10, Our benchmarks are 11.

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