Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. The Network Impact team spent 18 months consulting with civic tech thought leaders and offering technical assistance to Knight Foundation grantees focused on assessing the impact of their technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Lessons are disseminated, multiplying impact beyond our foundation’s reach. Our foundation is viewed a valuable information source.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

ENA brings objectivity to the process by using the net promoter score as a tool to measure success. This metric is created by asking your constituents one simple question: “On a scale from 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this product/company to a friend or colleague?” Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ). Step 5: Launch, measure, and optimize It is time to launch your communications campaign. Outline the solution.

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Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2024

Data Analytics Making sense of data within a nonprofit can be challenging, but AI tools can provide valuable insights into donor behavior, campaign performance, and program impact. Expert Consultation: Set up meetings with AI experts or partner with organizations in the space to navigate the complexities of AI.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You may also include links to stories about your nonprofit’s impact to show visitors that you’re trustworthy and successfully working toward your goals, as well as clear CTAs for whatever conversions you are trying to get from your visitors. Keep an eye on the following metrics for your site: Web traffic. Events page. Traffic sources.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Blackbaud Solutions Consultants Katie Turner and Katherine Liles will show you how much of Financial Edge NXT’s functionality can be completed with the push of a button. Improving Business Process with Process Maps : Is it really an improvement if you can’t measure the impact? Let the Machines Work so the People Can Think!:

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. We offer a number of analytics-related services including web analysis, strategic planning, digital measurement and testing, and data reporting and visualizations, so we can certainly assist your team. However, not all metrics will be useful for your organization’s strategy.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

” For the Annual Donor: Subject: “Annual Heroes of Summer: Elevate Your Impact in Our Special Summer Drive!” Consider working with a professional AI fundraising consultant to develop a customized approach that resonates with your unique donor base while maintaining trust.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Return on investment is a metric that measures the profitability of an investment, giving you a way to compare the yields of investments and make more effective financial decisions. You calculate the campaign’s overall expenses (including consultants, events, communications, materials, staffing, etc.) Your ROI would be 900%.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure. Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. Reports generated around donor engagement can measure campaign involvement, giving history, and other trends that can help guide your strategic processes. Again, looking to the past will help gauge future successes.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Making fundraising decisions based on that data is a little trickier, especially if you are not sure what to measure, why, and what to do with the results. Measuring for success at each stage. Need the nuts and bolts to make the greatest impact for your organization? Finding the Metrics That Matter , at 12:30 p.m.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. 50 helps us feed one child for a week.”).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

My colleague, Anne Whately, who works for Network Impact watched the web cast and offered to share what she learned: Notes from the Lean Impact Webcast by Anne Whately. This strikes me as a metric that would be easier to compute and apply for some projects or programs and a real bear for others.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. You know, impact is always good for year end. If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. What is impact? ” I know I speak fast. Why is it important?”

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2014

But the question those metrics beg is how the increase in volume is impacting email performance. Every one of the 20 cohorts measured in the report experienced positive growth in usable email file size. With so many more emails hitting our inboxes are we diluting the value of email? Usable email file size is up 8%.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

While this type of feedback is always worth exploring, it’s especially important to ground your nonprofit’s rebranding decisions in audience research to ensure any changes you make to your current brand will produce the impacts you desire. Focus your efforts on changing aspects of your brand that your supporters find less appealing.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2016

My face reddened as the realization sunk in that he wanted to know the impact of our program , not a bunch of surface metrics. So off I went to build the real impact story of our grantmaking efforts. What did I learn about outcomes and measuring results in those early days?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

5 Ways Brands with a Purpose Make Positive Impact. Purpose can be a way to set organizational strategy and guide decision-making to maximize positive impact. Any area of the company that would be directly impacted had a seat at the table, connecting purpose and strategy to the people working in the stores. “We Take CVS Health.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Updates three years ago to Apple’s data privacy policies allowing users to limit tracking of email open rates have further complicated efforts to measure audience engagement. Fundraisers have other metrics available. Any number of variables can influence these metrics. Actual revenue generated is another datapoint.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

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.”. I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. Does not know where to start. Often overwhelmed.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Think carefully about the cost of your fundraising activities and the long-term impact your nonprofit potentially has on your community. Creating a sustainable, scalable fundraising campaign that will help you grow your future impact is just as important as reaching your fundraising goal. Measure all fundraising metrics.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Taking proactive measures. Good Survive is proactive Survive, and Steady state Survive is made up of the continual proactive measures leaders can take to ensure long-term stabilization. The book brings together more than 15 years of Homkes working directly with high-growth companies of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

This week I attended a session with David La Piana , author and long-time nonprofit consultant, hosted by the Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program. David gave a talk about his new book, The Nonprofit Business Plan , and mini-workshop about what makes a good business plan from a funder’s point of view.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As they develop community benefit programs to address health disparities and elevate community well-being, co-investment with like-minded partners helps drive greater impact. Start with the data to define your position in the market and create a high-impact community benefit program that promotes equity.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2023

Modern buyers expect sales professionals to possess insights and adopt a consultative sales approach when considering solutions. These steps will help you ensure that your sales training remains tailored to the team’s needs and results in measurable improvements in sales performance.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2023

Modern buyers expect sales professionals to possess insights and adopt a consultative sales approach when considering solutions. These steps will help you ensure that your sales training remains tailored to the team’s needs and results in measurable improvements in sales performance.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2023

Modern buyers expect sales professionals to possess insights and adopt a consultative sales approach when considering solutions. These steps will help you ensure that your sales training remains tailored to the team’s needs and results in measurable improvements in sales performance.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It involves examining the data and performance metrics of individual major gift officers, as well as the team as a whole, to understand what’s working and what leaves room for improvement. Close examination of major gift metrics allows you to discover: Any obstacles that are holding individuals or your entire team back.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

At that point, it might be helpful to bring in an HR consulting firm or an expert on the subject to make sure all concepts are addressed comprehensively and sensitively. When you determine new strategic plans like these, be sure to also identify a measurable metric to assess your success level regarding your DEI initiatives.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

Adding a shoutout to your fundraiser in their next email or newsletter is low effort and can have a massive impact on your fundraising capacity. To amplify this long-term impact of your merchandise, add subtle branded elements to every product you sell, such as your organization’s name, logo, colors, slogans, or fonts.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2019

Many of the companies we work with at Common Impact host a “day of service” as a way to give back to their local communities. Common Impact partner Charles Schwab has long recognized the benefits of skilled volunteerism and offers an annual opportunity through their Pro Bono Challenge. communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

We use Hootsuite and Sprout Social to manage our accounts and track metrics. Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. All the while, you’ve got to measure, track and re-adjust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Measure THIS! When I first started thinking about metrics for social media, I wanted to start out reminding our group about some fundamentals of the sphere. The tricky part is, of course, measuring it. Measure success through awareness, not dollars. So how do I measure this? More on this: [link] ). Good question!

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