Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

I was curious about what I could learn if I did an informal benchmark study of a few nonprofit Pinterest users. It’s clearly self promotional but may be popular because the photographs they tell a story and since they already have this content on their web site, it is smart to leverage it by creating a pin board with inks back to the site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2021

In April 2020, Instagram rolled out “Donate” stickers for stories and shortly thereafter, Instagram Live Donations and “Donate” buttons for profiles. This will be available in countries that support nonprofit fundraisers. . Now, individuals on Instagram will also be empowered to create Fundraisers for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Communicating the stories of your nonprofit is the most powerful means of inspiring your donors and supporters. In fact, 56 percent of individuals who follow nonprofits on mobile and social networks take further action, the number one action being making a donation, after they have read a compelling story published by a nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 29, 2022

In this free webinar , you’ll learn: Giving Day trends and benchmarks – why they’ve grown in popularity. How to raise awareness for your Giving Day – tried and true customer success stories. How to incorporate Giving Days into your year-round fundraising strategy – not just Giving Tuesday!

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NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2012

Such messages are able to reach large audiences, present powerful story-telling as only multi-media can, and provide the means for instant giving. Download the full Multichannel Fundraising Report. to learn more about the turn to online fundraising, the need for a multichannel approach and how direct mail is still alive and well.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2025

It is up to all of us involved in philanthropy to tell their story and explain the indispensable role of unrestricted giving in advancing the missions, objectives, and dreams of our causes. Donors have every right to expect benchmarks and reports on the impact of their gifts. Why are unrestricted gifts beneficial?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

3) A university found their newsletter open rates increased by 7-12% when they personalized the first story within a newsletter to different audiences. MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, MarketingSherpa “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide” 2008. Including last year’s gift amount.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Benchmarks following the game's launch have uncovered why. If you are using a graphics card older than Nvidia's RTX 20 or AMD Radeon RX 6000 series, you will need to upgrade if you want to play the PC version of Alan Wake 2 – even if it's an enthusiast-tier model. Read Entire Article

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Feature one to four news stories in your e-newsletter and focus on one story in your fundraising appeals. Through links (underlined text or buttons), e-newsletters send subscribers to your website where they can read the full story and become inspired to take action (donate, sign an online petition, follow on social media, etc.).

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2013

These are the types of questions we hope to see answered in the upcoming video benchmark study for nonprofits being conducted by Edelman, See3 Communications, and YouTube. Unfortunately, your organization does not have any real benchmarks to compare it to and that is why it’s important that nonprofits take this video benchmarks survey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Communicating the stories of your nonprofit is the most powerful means of inspiring your donors and supporters. In fact, 56 percent of individuals who follow nonprofits on mobile and social networks take further action, the number one action being making a donation, after they have read a compelling story published by a nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2020

The average nonprofit website has a 1% conversion rate ( according to the M+R Benchmarks report ) and this means that 99% of the people you get to visit your website leave without donating or subscribing to your email list. At the end of the day though, making small changes to your forms or calls-to-action can drive big gains.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Think back on what made the day successful—was it the heartfelt story shared on social media, the surge of donations from a matching gift, or the high open rate on a well-crafted email appeal ? But data only tells part of the story. With updated benchmarks, you’ll have a roadmap to guide your campaign and keep your team focused.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

The Internet is filled with press stories about the chip, but they all seem to resolve to a series of benchmarks run by Chinese bloggers and a teardown from reputable firm TechInsights. At this stage, we still know very little about the chip. They confirmed that the Kirin 9000 is. Read Entire Article

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Whether you tell stories in your fundraising or communications program, chances are you want to understand the impact and return on investment (or ROI) of the stories you tell. It can be near impossible to measure the success of a story if you haven’t first thought about what your desired outcomes are and drivers of success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

There is a need for that on Twitter, but framing your Twitter story a little more on the positive side can definitely increase your engagement. It’s a good practice to tweet content relevant to breaking news stories. Breaking news relevant to your mission and programs. 10) Explore Twitter Spaces, Newsletters, and Communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Coordinating these channels cohesively – for example, telling one community member’s personal story over email, social media, and direct mail – promotes consistent messaging that reinforces the nonprofit’s brand in the supporter’s mind. What do you want to get out of your year-end campaign?

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Customize their personal page with own story and picture. Here’s what it would look like if you were on par with our benchmarks … If one of your participants sends 30 emails on the day of your contest they’d receive 7.5 They: Register early. Send emails to as many people as possible, multiple times. Belong to a team.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Ask for, and share, stories of involvement and success. Below are a few suggestions for ways to recognize constituent’s efforts: Create recognition opportunities for reaching key benchmarks, such as size of team, number of event recruits, and amount of money raised. Utilize naming opportunities to recognize above described benchmarks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to the 2020 Benchmarks Data from M+R , overall online giving revenue increased by 10% in 2019, and revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22%. The opportunity to join a community of other nonprofit professionals using the platform to share ideas, success stories, and lessons learned.

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Engadget

MARCH 13, 2025

While gaming laptops used to be thought of as massive bricks that could never touch the power of desktops, the story is very different today. We benchmark every gaming notebook with PCMark 10, a variety of 3DMark tests, Cinebench and Geekbench.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

From Environmental Challenge to Potential Solution Here’s where the story gets truly exciting. Sustainability Audits : Our sustainability audit toolkit can assess the environmental impact of your existing AI solutions and digital products, using rigorous metrics and benchmarks to identify opportunities for improvement.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2012

Topic : Using Social Media to Tell Your Story and Raise Funds. eNonprofit Benchmarks Report. Date : April 16-17, 2012. Location : Harrisburg, PA. Description : Is social media helping you reach your organizational goals and meet your mission? Is it even helping you raise money to support your work? Related Links : PANO Conference.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Set performance benchmarks (e.g., Tell a compelling story that pulls at the heartstrings. Not only does this create a new revenue stream, but it also adds a layer of financial independence to your organization and has the potential to scale by selling one to many.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Essentially, you have less time to tell your story and inspire readers to give. The 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study found that as click-through rates increased, so did conversion rates. Nielsen Norman Groups’ research found the number of new or unread messages increased 300% from 2006-10. People often skim email. So, what can you do?

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Towards Data Science

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Static workload benchmark is insufficient. The standard way to evaluate ANN indexes is to use a static workload benchmark , which consists of a fixed dataset and a fixed query set. A static workload benchmark. This evaluation approach was popularized by the ann-benchmarks project which started 5 years ago. MIT Licence.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2009

If you feel like you need a new jolt of energy to be inspiring others from the heart of your mission, then reconnect with those you are serving, listen to their stories, share their stories, and in the process you’ll be inspired, too. Stay focused : We all create goals and benchmarks and metrics.

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.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

To make a point about technology and its impact on the future of work, Hugh Lee, Co-Founder of Fusion Productions, told me this story: “Several years ago, we invited some young presenters who were developing cutting edge farming technology to digitalNow. The power of many can create the buy-in needed for changes.”

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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. Well, if you thought we'd stop there, think again!

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Mobile-friendly content According to the M+R Benchmarks report , The majority of nonprofit website traffic came from users on mobile devices 52%, with 48% of traffic from users on desktop devices. With that in mind, its no surprise that 92% of people want brands to create story-like ads.

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The Next Web

MAY 26, 2013

That said, it’s crucial to have a core KPI (key performance indicator) to benchmark your progress, and it’s typically ideal that such a metric be a revenue lever. ” Craft a story around the core of your costs and how you will lower them. Craft a story. Derek Shanahan , Playerize.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study found that December giving accounts for 26% of all online revenue for nonprofits, with the final week alone contributing 13% of total online donations. Highlight key milestones with success stories to bring accomplishments to life. After all, donors are most generous at the end of the year. Achievements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. One question that bubbled up was about specific techniques to measure or benchmark your nonprofits social media strategy and execution.

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Classy

JUNE 30, 2021

It’s one thing to track metrics, and another to understand the story they tell about where your organization is today and what the most valuable actions to take for the future will be. . We created a free Benchmark Assessment to surface actionable fundraising takeaways based on your organization’s current metrics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Rather than sending an email that simply says, “Here’s your receipt,” we could start sending hyper-personalized thank you emails, telling stories of impact, or sharing evidentials that reinforce just how valuable the donor’s gift is. What if we could turn gift acknowledgement into something that provided value to the donor.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 13, 2025

I write stories like this in Google Docs on my laptop. Its a small story that encapsulates a truism in the AI world: the physical is lagging the cognitive. At the very least, an AI remote worker will have to use a computer fluently, and perhaps surprisingly, the best benchmarks we have, like OSWorld , do not show AI models doing that.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The annual report includes things like your organization’s major accomplishments, benchmarks, and constituent success stories. After sharing the mission statement, vision statement, and core values, your annual report should then show how your organization executed those through data and story. Share key indicators. .

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