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Why Data SHOULD Drive Your Strategy

Association Analytics

Which way are enrollments that certification you offer trending? Seeing which way people’s actions are trending, seeing what younger members want versus older members and how they engage, this is where analytics can be the dowsing rod for your organization. …But Don’t Forget To Listen!

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How Do I Say It With Charts?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Juice Lab Chart Chooser. Last month, Stephanie Evergreen wrote an awesome guest post called “ Six Steps to Great Charts ” with lots of practical tips for using the Excel chart feature to visualize your social media measurement data. The six steps: Step 1: Which Chart is Best? Step 6: Annotate.

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Essential Steps for Tracking and Reporting Association KPIs

Association Analytics

It involves: Defining What to Measure: Identify the specific metrics that align with your strategic goals. It’s important to tailor your metrics and dashboards to meet their needs. Effective dashboards use simple, meaningful visuals like line charts and bar charts to highlight trends and performance.

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Reporting for Grantmakers: Charts vs. Lists to Make Sense of Your Data

sgEngage

Newsletters with industry trends hit your inbox almost every day. Charts and lists are two of the most common formats for grant reporting, but they have different benefits when you are trying to make sense of your grantmaking data. Using Charts in Your Grant Reporting. That’s where a list format would be more valuable.

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Rethinking Annual Giving Metrics: A New Storyline for Higher Ed

sgEngage

I hear myself repeating something similar when I host an annual webinar on emerging data trends for higher ed annual giving programs. Here’s what we suggest: We need to start rethinking annual giving metrics to create a new storyline about fundraising for higher education. Maybe we need to focus our attention on narrower metrics.

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How Nonprofits Can Tell Powerful Stories Through Data Visualization 

Allegiance Group

AARP conducted focus groups that included users already knowledgeable about LTSS issues and affiliated data and trends, as well as users who had no connection to LTSS or related concepts. AARPs data set presented an interesting information design challenge: the numbers and percentages for the various metrics didnt use a consistent scale.

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Using Metrics to Boost Your Fundraising

NonProfit Hub

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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