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. Engagement data over time can help you identify tipping points – points where there are noticeable changes in engagement behavior. Volunteers.

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Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Exceeding volunteer expectations is the best way to retain them. What are your volunteers hoping to gain? Here are 5 ways to manage volunteer expectations. Establishing your expectations for volunteers and understanding their expectations for your program early is key. What does a good experience look like to them?

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Neon CRM

MARCH 26, 2025

Nonprofit email benchmarks are more than interesting data points. Comparing your own performance to industry benchmarks can help you identify areas to improve your email strategies. These benchmarks are based on the performance of 37,472 individual email campaigns sent by Neon One clients in 2022. Thats okay!

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Touch base with your team and volunteers to gather their perspectives. Maybe a volunteer noticed that donors seemed most engaged with a particular theme, or your social media manager saw more traction from one platform over another. With updated benchmarks, you’ll have a roadmap to guide your campaign and keep your team focused.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Read our blog for tips to get creative with your association’s annual report. You can use your annual report to create meaningful connections with your readers. Here are f ive tips to get started: 1. Include benchmarks and initiatives that remind your members why they joined your association and why they stay.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Consider these tips for motivating gift officers with goals and incentives: Use your data to find realistic targets. You’ll need to not only collect it to measure progress and discuss performance but also to establish benchmarks for future reference and growth. It’s also objectively measurable through concrete KPIs.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

No matter your role, the following 10 simple fundraising tips are guaranteed to improve your effectiveness. According to the 2022 Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmark Report , the annual value of a sustainer is four times greater than a one-time donor. Hit them up. Emails work, too.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

Holly and the rest of the NTEN team (including all the volunteers) did an incredible job inspiring of over 1800 people for three days. To get a full write up on the session head over to the TechSoup blog and read Mobile Tips from 12NTC. Storytelling Tips from the Pros at @12NTC by Debra Askanase. The conference was amazing!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

Organisations across the world are responding to the devastating pandemic by using everything at their disposal to make lasting change in their communities, and Giving Tuesday offers a significant fundraising opportunity for the sector to recruit new supporters and volunteers. Set Achievable Goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The 2019 M+R Benchmarks Report observed that for certain nonprofit sectors the impact has been “dramatic,” and for health nonprofits, in particular, it appeared “nothing short of transformative.”. Bonus Tip: Identify Major Gift Prospects . His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

By Aidan Hijleh, Nonprofit Partnership Liaison, Benchmark Email. Whether your grassroots organization relies on social networks or thrives on face to face (F2F) contact, these five basic tips will help you achieve your fundraising goals more successfully. Determine your "pricing" strategy.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

According to the M+R Benchmarks report , fundraising mobile messages generate an average of $92 in revenue for every 1,000 messages sent. 19 Incredibly Easy Online Fundraising Ideas and Expert Tips. The 9 Best Volunteer Apps for Better Engagement in 2025.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The rise in virtual fundraising during the pandemic also fueled an increase in Facebook challenges, increasing from 13% of fundraisers in 2019 to 33% in 2020 according to a Facebook Fundraising Benchmark Report from givepanel. The post Tips for Using a Peer-to-Peer Platform and Facebook Together first appeared on npENGAGE.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Using past campaigns as a benchmark, we set our goal at $50,000. We had already asked for volunteers to act as team captains, so after individuals signed up they were assigned to specific teams. Pro tip: tag your top donors in the post as a shoutout. Big shoutout to our top fundraiser on the team, ENTER NAME , keep it up!!

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2019

By letting each volunteer create an individual donation page, they can easily post it on social media and ask their friends and families for support. Tips & Tricks. Below are some strategy tips to guarantee you hit that fundraising goal: Start with a small goal. Raise it once it has been reached.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Nonprofit volunteer management teams depend on volunteers as the lifeblood of a nonprofit organization. A volunteer’s time is a great gift, and smart nonprofit volunteer management teams will do whatever they can to keep their dedicated volunteers around. Volunteers perform best when they can do what they know.

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Neon CRM

JULY 19, 2023

1/4th of Annual Nonprofit Revenue is Raised in December Source: M+R Benchmarks According to the 2023 M+R Benchmarks Report , December giving accounts for roughly one fourth (26%) of annual nonprofit revenue. For more tools and tips to help you craft your GivingTuesday campaign, download our GivingTuesday toolkit!

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Recently, in The Tipping Point from the Blackbaud Institute , we found that more than one-third of donors say they increased their giving during the pandemic. Additionally, the 2021 M+R Benchmark Report cites “The increase in overall giving was largely driven by more people giving rather than people giving more.”

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For example, you can include homepage calls to action (CTAs) that include signing up to volunteer, donating to your cause, registering for a healthcare appointment, or hosting a peer-to-peer fundraising event. Create a streamlined user journey with links in your main menu and buttons on your homepage that speak to different user needs.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

How to start fundraising online 20 effective and simple online fundraising ideas 8 top online fundraising platforms for nonprofits Tips for a successful online fundraising campaign 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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Achieve

MAY 19, 2022

In this quick guide, we’re going to cover four tips to help your team stay organized when. With these tips, you can make the auction planning process a breeze. Here’s another productivity tip you may have heard before: “Divide and conquer.” planning your next charity auction. Invest in the right auction technology. productive.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2024

Check out these 10 tips to help you thrive in your new fundraising job 1. They need a supportive culture of philanthropy flowing throughout the organization that actively engages other staff, board, volunteers, and current donors to strengthen discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.

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Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

Here are our top advertising tips to help your nonprofit supercharge your paid media strategy: 1. For example, when we worked with PG Volunteers on their recruitment campaign, their goal was to hit 300 form submissions, with the following KPIs. Looking for more top advertising tips? Clicks CTR Form Submissions The result?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Here are some tips to do just that! Recurring Giving Benchmarking Analysis , retention rates for recurring gifts can be upwards of 90%, compared to 40% for one-time gifts and a single-digit rate for one-time peer-to-peer gifts. . Offer volunteer opportunities. Add these donors to your donor database. Need a reminder?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The annual report includes things like your organization’s major accomplishments, benchmarks, and constituent success stories. Tip: Wondering what others are doing with their nonprofit annual reports ? These individuals can be beneficiaries, volunteers, donors, staff, or board members.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

They’ll come to your signature event and maybe even volunteer to clean up afterward. There’s your benchmark for figuring out how YOUR monthly giving program is doing. They find that a lot of their monthly donors give $24 to pay for 2 days of care (and that’s right in line with Erica’s benchmarks). Current volunteers.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Tip: Before looking at the different components you’ll share with the rest of the staff for this case statement, assemble your fundraising team to discuss internal project expectations. The same is true for volunteers, whose social networks could potentially provide some serious peer-to-peer fundraising boosts to your campaign.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Volunteer Retention Programs need to focus on why Volunteers offer up their time to identify what may be driving them away. Volunteers offer an incredible amount of skilled work, dedicated time, and value to the nonprofits they care about. But we see a lot of nonprofits ask: Why do volunteers quit their positions?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this article, you’ll find four tips to keep in mind when building your newsletter and 14 ideas for your newsletter’s content. Share upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, organization updates, etc., Recap Events From volunteer days to fundraising galas, organizations have a lot of events that not all members can attend.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

You see, it’s about them and their desire to know what’s going on, not necessarily for you to ask for money, ask them to buy a ticket to your event, and ask them to volunteer (which is too many asks at once!). Volunteers? Depending on your organization, it might make sense to include volunteers, too. Does it go to donors?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Here are 3 super quick tips just in time for the big day on November 29th: 1. Before even getting started, be clear on what you want to achieve, starting with specific goals and KPIs in mind will help you measure whether or not your campaign has been a success and will give you a benchmark for the next year. What’s Your Goal?

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 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) “10 Fast Tips…”] 6.

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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. Combine all this knowledge with your free copy of the Benchmarks Extra: Facebook study , and you’ll be rocking your organization’s Facebook page in no time! Take some tips from Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

You can also easily invite all your connections on LinkedIn to join — a tip that should be shared with other staff members and volunteers. As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2023

We’ll have lots of goodies, helpful tips, and advice, and would love the opportunity to meet you and learn about your nonprofit communications activities. [Breakout Session] Increasing Your Nonprofit’s Impact with Service Design Wednesday, April 12th, 12:45 – 1:15 pm Now more than ever, people rely on technology. Stop by and say hello!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

In their gigantic 2011 email benchmark report, Marketing Sherpa indicated the most effective way to improve email message relevancy was to automatically send email based on triggers.What's a triggered email campaign? For nonprofits, that may mean more event registrants who then volunteer. Ideas for Nonprofit Triggered Emails.

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