Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

September Issue NTEN Journal. The new issue of the NTEN Change Journal is all about data! KD has a fantastic article in this quarter’s NTEN journal where she shares six steps on using data, including one of my favorite mantras – spend more time analyzing data than collecting it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”. Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

NTEN has been conducting an annual survey about technology (formerly known as "IT") staffing levels and salaries, as well as budget and planning practices of nonprofits, since 2006. We're going to provide you with benchmarks about things like: Amount of technology budget per organizational staff.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

The new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R was just released today! The new report might look slim and slick, but this scrappy guide is thick with valuable insights and key industry benchmarks for online messaging, fundraising and advocacy, based on a full year's worth of results from 31 of your nonprofit peers. >

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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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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

Last summer, we pulled together data from some of the country’s leading nonprofits to bring you the 2011 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report, laying out basic benchmarks for nonprofit pages on Facebook. To download the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook, simply “like” M+R's page on Facebook.

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Care2

APRIL 29, 2010

I’ll try to keep it short and just sweet enough to fill you in on everything you need to know about the new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN. When we started analyzing the results of this year’s study, the nonprofit world was still licking its wounds from 2009.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

[This is part three of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. What Do the Results Tell Us About Tech Adoption at Nonprofits? “We You can download the complete report for free here.]

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report found that 30% of Master Fundraisers – those that brought in more than $100,000 – were small organizations and a further 8% were medium-sized. Gain exclusive access to data from the Benchmark Report. > Learn more and register today. Discover three year trends and changes from 2010.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The generosity of time given by nonprofit professionals has allowed NTEN to create reports on the state of IT staffing in the sector that have been read thousands of times. We've just opened the 5th Annual Nonprofit IT Staffing Survey , brought to you by NTEN and The Nonprofit Times. Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

We've been sharing the results of our annual research on nonprofit investments in technology staffing and budgets in multiple ways this year: with the full report , an infographic with the key benchmarks , a webinar – and we also introduced a dynamic benchmarking tool this month.

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2012

[This is part two of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. Another benchmark we think is importmant for nonprofits to consider is the ratio of organizational staff to their tech-responsible staff.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Slightly more than a third (34%) gave as a result of a workplace fundraising 52% drive. In the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R Strategies, it’s easy to see what a compelling cause may be to Millennial donors: disaster. That high-profile celebrity 35% or influential leader endorsement?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

M+R Strategic Services and NTEN are about to host an in-person event in Washington, DC from 1:30-3:00 p.m. The event will reveal the results of the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , which: Provides updated industry-wide metrics to analyze your online program.

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NTEN

JANUARY 23, 2012

You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012. One of the things we wished for as we navigated the campaign: benchmarks. We value both transparency and sharing here at NTEN, so we decided we would share all our campaign results with you.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

In the spring of 2013, NTEN and Avectra surveyed nonprofit communications, fundraising, and leadership staff about their engagement data management practices, findings, and future plans. The results of the study are available in this graphic report.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

My point is that it CAN happen (In fact, I saw some examples today of non-profits achieving results like this), but a lot of non-profits shoot them selves in the foot by forgetting to do the basics of email marketing correctly. The results consisted of over 3000 paid event registrants and $10,000.00 What am I missing?

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

World Giving Index Charities Aid Foundation looked at three different types of charitable behavior – giving money, giving time and helping a stranger and used the results to produce the “World Giving Index.&# 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study A visual version of the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study by M+R Strategic Services and NTEN.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results. Advocacy actions and items of personal interest tend to result in more click-throughs from newsletters. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. As it turns out, a high unsubscribe rate correlates directly with high fundraising results.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

We just released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study with our fantastic friends at M+R Strategic Services. Get the recording to see how Children's Defense Fund and HRC use benchmarks to increase the performance of their online campaigns. We have a case study of a mobile/email campaign integration that yielded great results.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Spitfire’s useful SMART chart planning tool has been used by many nonprofits and was adapted for social media for nonprofits by NTEN’s WeAreMedia project several years ago. Results: Money, time, or other tangible tesult that can be converted. It also helps to break down your goal into monthly or quarterly benchmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Benchmarking: When assessing social media performance, many nonprofits want to benchmark their social media results against other similar nonprofits. Here are a couple of nonprofit and social media benchmarking resources. A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Working on our 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we noticed something interesting when looking at year-over-year data by sector: The share of online revenue from monthly giving for International groups seemed to decline from 2009 to 2010. For this Benchmarks Extra , we separated the data for one-time giving and monthly giving.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Session: Online Fundraising Benchmarks and Metrics. Measuring your results instead of just counting clicks, opens, and tweets. Industry benchmarks are meaningless unless you know how your organization compares to them. Then you can start comparing your results to other nonprofits in more meaningful ways. Blog: [link].

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 3 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 19th, 2011 This is the last day of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ). It’s hard to believe that it has gone by so quickly.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2010

If your organization isn't measuring the results of its social media initiatives, you may be wasting time and effort. Tags: NPTech NTEN. You just don't know it yet!) Your input in the discussion would be most welcome. You should register for this (free!) webinar here.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NTEN partnered with Charity Dynamics to conduct the 2012 Nonrprofit Donor Engagement Study. A significant number of respondents devoted time trying to get friends and family to donate, volunteer or get involved in other ways with their favorite charity > Download the full Nonprofit Donor Engagement Benchmark Study online here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

The report presents a framework for measuring social media effectiveness against those business results and presents standardized metrics. It also warns against collecting lists and lists of meaningless data that is not benchmarked against business objectives. . Over the NTEN blog, they've summarized some of the interesting findings.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

These positive results are no longer being overlooked by nonprofit executives. Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. Your own results may vary. The average online gift for the month of December increased to $248.82

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2011

NTEN, Common Knowledge and Blackbaud invite you to take part in a nonprofit survey about how nonprofits are using online social networks, and enter your name for a chance to win an Apple iPad. The survey results will be compiled and presented at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference in March 2011.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

We at NTEN are finally working on a website overhaul and re-launch in earnest. We recognize that NTEN''s current home page could use some improvement.and we have heard as much from the NTEN Community. Learn about becoming an NTEN Member? Find NTEN events that you can attend near you?

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

The purpose of this post is to share the results of an interesting survey from the beginning of the event, as well as the great attendee follow-up Q&A. DEBBIE: From our experience, industry benchmarking can be tricky. ” – focused on why you need, and how to create, a nonprofit data management plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

It’s also having a clean, complete, and accurate data and the discipline to make sense of the data and use what you learn to improve results. The only way to do that is to benchmark against your organization’s performance or peer organizations. The science part of the equation starts with a solid methodology and tools.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In July 2019, The Opportunity of Collaborative Benchmarking whitepaper was released in partnership between Blackbaud, NetHope, and NTEN. The goal was twofold: To educate on the current value of benchmarking in the social good sector and. Insights into the Collaborative Benchmarking Survey Results. Programs.

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