Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2011

There are some very interesting comparisons to make in this realm, and, I’d say first off, that the proprietary tools are in the lead, for sure. IIn summary, proprietary software has the popularity edge, mostly. I’ll start with basic graphics – graphic manipulation tools. It’s Windows only for now, though.

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Tableau

JUNE 8, 2022

Generate automated natural language dashboard summaries with Data Stories to add context for business users. Edit and transform existing Metrics into dynamic KPIs with historical comparisons, constant comparison with status, and custom date ranges. And just like that, you’ll never write a dashboard summary again.

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Metrics Story Data Product 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The report includes a summary of design principles, some common visual formats, as well as a review and comparison of free/low cost tools. I didn't have to look any further than the Idealware site and a recent report, " A Consumer's Guide To Low-Cost Data Visualization Tools " to get the answers.

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Tools Guide Data Map 85

NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

It includes a summary comparison matrix for a quick reference, detailed product reviews, plus a directory of consultants that can help nonprofits select and/or implement solutions. Looking at the comparison matrix at the front of the report (p.

Review 72

Review Guide Comparison Open Source 72

Tableau

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

When communicating with data, viewing a chart instead of a table of numbers can help us very quickly understand our data, make comparisons, see patterns or trends, and use that information to make better decisions. When viewing summary numbers, evaluate if the summary number is appropriate. The median value of $3.8

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Ensuring compliance and accuracy in your financial reporting involves several key actions: Regularly review the latest guidelines and summaries provided by authoritative bodies on revenue recognition of grants and contracts. It automates and facilitates these comparisons, allowing for more efficient monitoring and decision-making.

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Active Activism Activities Comparison 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Robin Good has a nice roundup of affordable Web Conferencing Tools and a useful comparison chart in a google spreadsheet. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. GoogleEarth launches Nonprofit Outreach Program via the NTEN blog and NetSquared community blog.

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Nptech Tag Summary YouTube 50

Qgiv

MAY 24, 2023

The post Qgiv’s Generational Giving Study and Giving USA’s “Giving by Generation”: A Comparison appeared first on Fundraising Blog for Nonprofit, Educational, and Faith-Based Organizations.

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Generation Comparison Giving Studies 52

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The report is intended primarily for arts and performance organizations, but it has a lot of material that's useful to anyone who works with online media, including great summaries of what is and isn't covered under public domain and fair use.

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Copyright Report Broadcast Free 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The lab does research on the relationship between physical fitness and cognitive function. I often incorporate sticky notes and often have to rearrange the furniture.

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Learning Learning Theory Brain Nonprofit 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2007

The demographics summary: The numbers : 44 million active users. Comparison of old/new metrics. This slideshow came from the recent Forrester Consumer Conference (see here and here ). Demographic drill down (34% work as professionals). Facebook users are aging. How to apply it. Nature of conversation on Facebook.

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Demographics Facebook Summary Comparison 50

TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

There’s plenty of product comparison tools out there, like PayPal-owned Honey and Paribus (now Capital One Shopping). “This enables us to transform the mess of thousands of threads into a well-organized summary of, for example, Reddit’s opinion on a given product or brand.” Image Credits: Vetted.

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Product Help Raleigh Reddit 97

TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

This meeting could have been a summary : Ivan reports that Read’s AI-powered summary feature squeezes a meeting into a two-minute clip. expansion and how she “welcomes” comparisons to Stripe. Not worthless, but worth less : U.S. investors slash Byju’s and Swiggy valuation , reports Manish. Big Tech Inc.

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Italy Czech Republic Data Summary 91

Tableau

JULY 6, 2022

If you've ever written an executive summary of a dashboard, you know it’s time consuming to distill the “so what” of the data. With Data Stories , you can automate customizable dashboard summaries instead. . From there, edit the date range, comparison type, and comparison period. The Tableau 2022.2

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Business Metrics Analysis Search 98

Tableau

JULY 6, 2022

If you've ever written an executive summary of a dashboard, you know it’s time consuming to distill the “so what” of the data. With Data Stories , you can automate customizable dashboard summaries instead. . From there, edit the date range, comparison type, and comparison period. The Tableau 2022.2

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Business Metrics Analysis Search 98

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 30, 2012

An organization’s budget, financial statements and summary reports to Boards of Directors should all do the following: Set expectations (budget and/or prior year experience, plus acceptable variations to. Training for members without financial expertise is essential for any effective Board of Directors.

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Report Nonprofit Ratio Director 86

Whole Whale

MAY 10, 2021

An interesting comparison is how public companies have quarterly earnings calls with investors. A short summary from the CEO and/or any key officers. Program summary of what is going well and where the nonprofit is focusing to improve. Email summaries with attached graphics to make it easy to digest. Dashboard format.

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Donor Impact Report Summary 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2006

So, here's a quick summary of good stuff that was shared on the N-TEN discuss list today about conference calls. I'll leave it to Idealware or TechSoup to write the definite comparison and maybe they'll link to this post! My computer crash has made me resolve to turn over a new leaf. No more email hoarding!

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Conference Listserv Summary Comparison 50

Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2009

The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year. Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems.

Donor 43

Donor System Guide Management 43

sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2022

This year’s summit included data from a variety of sectors, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons. A more reliable year to year comparison might be for donors acquired as sustainers via digital channels. For these donors, 13th month retention rates were high and stable at 68%.

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Blackbaud Analytics Retention Donor 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Rather than download a spreadsheet of the most important data points for a month from Facebook Insights (the Facebook page analytics tool which was recently upgraded ) and comparing it against content, engagement, and outreach strategies, administrators glance at the summary insights on their page and draw subjective conclusions.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2007

I'm still looking for the best places to find numbers on Social Networking sites (like number of users and growth -- I'd love a chart or graph of comparisons to MySpace, Facebook, and Linked In. I'll try to do a voice over at some point. I'd also like to see an age spread that is more recent than the Businessweek chart.

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Develop Burma Myspace Chart 50

Tableau

JUNE 8, 2022

Generate automated natural language dashboard summaries with Data Stories to add context for business users. Edit and transform existing Metrics into dynamic KPIs with historical comparisons, constant comparison with status, and custom date ranges. And just like that, you’ll never write a dashboard summary again.

Metrics 52

Metrics Story Data Product 52

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You can read the summary of how the free agent community came together to self-organize and create a public action as well as a full report of the lessons learned and reflections on the #TakeBackThePink campaign in this public google doc. An interesting model to use for comparison is Occupy Wall Street. Five hundred people?

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Reflection Doc Lesson Campaign 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

But the benefits remain substantial by comparison to working with one organization at a time. You’ll want to read both the executive summary and the full report – not only do they contain a wealth of insights about network effectiveness, but also use data visualization techniques.

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Social Network Network Social Online 96

Tableau

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

When communicating with data, viewing a chart instead of a table of numbers can help us very quickly understand our data, make comparisons, see patterns or trends, and use that information to make better decisions. When Making Summaries and Comparisons Another question to ask is “What summarizations were made to the data?”

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Chart Sample Badge Survey 52

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

So, let’s lay the groundwork with some comparisons. The comparisons do not just end there. In summary, coaching is a unique value added concept to a learning and development program. It must be exceedingly important. College athletes have a lot in common with the younger members of your personnel.

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Program Learning Develop Comparison 63

DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve created this guide to nonprofit CRM options, through which you’ll review the basics of CRM software and a side-by-side comparison of the top solutions through the following points: Overview of CRM for Nonprofits. Nonprofit CRM Comparison: Top 7 Solutions. Nonprofit CRM Comparison: Top 7 Solutions.

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Nonprofit Blackbaud Summary Consultant 52

DataRobot

MAY 23, 2022

Department of Transportation (USDOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) provide publicly-available monthly summary statistics for both the U.S.-Canada Using these new features, DataRobot automatically built 63 models for comparison. Department of Transportation Data. Example of border transport data from USDOT. Canada and U.S.-Mexico

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Application Mexico Summary Model 59

sgEngage

MARCH 28, 2023

Provide the same reports each meeting, but with timely highlights, callouts, and summary statements to focus on what board members need to know right now. Here are five ways you can make sure you are communicating your organization’s financial information in a single, efficient story to help your board make effective data-driven decisions.

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Story Communication Benefit Nonprofit 95

Forj

AUGUST 30, 2017

Psychometric measures of evaluation reliability and pre-post comparison drawn from our reliability report. Course Comparison Infographic. The info-graphic shows year to year comparisons and where there is room for improvement. The info-graphic shows year to year comparisons and where there is room for improvement.

Conference 31

Conference Comparison Chicago Info 31

TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Trellis says it has built an API platform that lets consumers shop for car insurance policies by offering side-by-side comparisons, a way to buy a new plan and cancel their old plan — all at once. In summary, Demetri describes Trellis as the “Plaid for insurance.”. “A

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Policy New Hampshire San Francisco Platform 80

Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

There are several factors that go into determining the TCO, and it’s best to make sure, when comparing systems, you get to as close to a direct comparison as possible. Consider creating a brief executive summary that gives a succinct overview and addresses anticipated questions. Step 3: Play the numbers game.

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Software Business Build ROI 78

The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Jay Peters has the summary of what exactly we’re expecting from Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ event. But hopefully we’ll also see something more real-world — head-to-head comparisons work best when they’re done with applications people actually use in ways that tangibly show the speed difference. How fast is fast? How about battery life?

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Review Camera Video Benchmark 114

Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

Small nonprofits face even more challenges when it comes to securing funding in comparison to larger organizations—from low donor retention rates to limited resources to an overall lack of unrestricted funding. Thank attendees, provide summaries of the event’s success, and don’t forget to share stories about the impact of the funds you raise.

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Arts Culture Fundraising Nonprofit 102

Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems This is an excerpt from the 60-page independent Idealware report that provides a summary of what open source content management systems are, what features are often useful to nonprofits, and a detailed comparison of WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

In comparison, 10 years ago, these managers spent “only” 60 to 65 per cent of their time engaged in those activities. . Sending a short summary of progress made and any issues or challenges ahead of a meeting. While there are many positive aspects to increased collaboration, there is also downside.

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Collaboration Tips Nonprofit Tech 122