M+R

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is a wide-ranging exploration of digital fundraising, advocacy, and marketing data. Participation primarily involves collecting and coding a big stack of data, which our analytics team will combine (anonymously!) Your data security and anonymity are VERY IMPORTANT to us. Read time: 2 minutes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

Marketing automation tools integrate with CRM systems, ensuring that donor data is up to date and synchronized across platforms. Other types of engagement, (clicks, email opens, social follows) can be factored into the scoring system, even if the data comes from a third party source. Which email copy is best? Test both!

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Marketing Fundraising Test Nonprofit 195

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

I've had some posts in pipeline following up on social media metrics and the Chase Community Giving Contest second phase, but wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view. Tags: maps. Earthquake Aftermath in Jacmel Photos by Andrew Bigosinski, Director of Ciné Lekol. Crisis Camps.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Are you looking at a map or the rearview mirror? So, most nonprofit fundraising plans aren’t supported by data, but rather stem from inertia and intuition. You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. I consider those basic metrics to be “rearview mirror” metrics.

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Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. The right metrics. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them. Can’t wait!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

The Social Media Strategy Map and Worksheet 1. The Social Media Strategy Map offers some overview questions, but in the workshop most of the second day will take a deep dive into these tactics and tools so that participants will have a detailed action plan for the specific strategy. What else might you add or change? Experiment.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 107

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Monitor metrics such as engagement rates, content reach, and donor response. Explore how the strategic integration of SWOT analysis, audience mapping, SMART communication targets, channel identification, content strategy, execution and evaluation, and high-level communications planning can shape a successful digital transformation.

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Digital Strategy Guide Create 298

Forum One

JANUARY 20, 2022

Now is the time to celebrate what all your organization achieved, reflect upon what you didn’t, and learn from that data to make 2022 your best year yet. To answer that question, you want to be sure you’re pulling up the right data. Website metrics. Email metrics. Social Media metrics. Fundraising metrics.

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Metrics Digital Strategy Rate 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2012

After the session, I sat down with VolunteerMatch’s President Greg Baldwin to learn more about how they use data, measurement, and learning to measure and improve impact. It is a live data trail of interactions and connections on the site.

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Impact Data Learning Time 108

.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

It’s also a chance to adjust processes, staff skill sets, and align with the future road maps of your technology partners.” But failure to use data effectively can also be dangerous. If you don’t have a data governance strategy , a technology assessment can be a good way to launch this process.

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Technology Attitude Evaluation Digital 221

Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

The answer: craft your own strategy that uses your data, is customized to your audience, and won’t overwhelm your team (or yourself). Here is how you can craft a road map to social media success. Instead of turning to expert advice, look at your own social media data from the past year. This is your road map.

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Social Media Data Strategy Media 98

NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. And for good reason.

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Data New York City Storytelling New York 100

Nimble AMS

JUNE 17, 2024

Nimble Intelligence According to Community Brands research, 55% of associations say investing in business intelligence and data analytics is a top priority. Nimble Intelligence is a new offering from Nimble AMS designed to help associations gain better insights into their data.

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Map Product Search Analytics 144

Association Analytics

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As associations prepare for 2025, leveraging data effectively becomes increasingly crucial for success. There’s a consistent desire across the industry to tap more deeply into the data that’s been gathered in the myriad systems at hand, but it’s taking the leap that’s long been teh hardest part.

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Analytics Tips Associations Influence 169

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We had simple goals, and defined our metrics only as they related to grant deliverables or obvious data, like: we will launch programs in 3 schools, or we will feed 500 families. Our strategies are focused on clear goals and metrics. Analog Strategies. In the analog paradigm, our strategies did not include technology.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As COVID accelerates innovative uses of AI in many areas, we are also seeing more development of AI-powered data mapping tools for philanthropic advising and to support donor investment decisions. Machine learning is most likely being used to help with the data coding and categorization in the underlying databases.

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Map Examples Data Donor 61

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Three specific examples that are very different include: Connectipedia : a wiki-based platform that allows anyone interested in philanthropy or social impact in the Pacific Northwest (or beyond) to share research, resources, information, or data about people, places and topics. The crowd decides and creates everything that it is.

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

Websites are loaded with eye candy these days — from slick user interfaces to interactive maps to cool photo slideshows — all achieved without Flash, just HTML, CSS and Javascript. In this 2-part series, I'm going to focus on the rapidly changing world of interactive tools for data visualization, or dataviz.

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Interaction Tools Data Flash 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

Mapping Metrics to Strategy View more presentations from kanter. Yesterday, I facilitated a session called Mapping Social Media to Strategy. We'll examine what can and can't be quantified as well as various metrics and analytics tools. All this will be shared through a lively mix of discussion and case studies.

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Metrics Map Social Media Strategy 50

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Many human services agencies struggle to share program outcomes with funders and use data to understand how their programs are performing. They share how they are scaling service delivery using data to gain a holistic view of their clients and programs. Breaking Down Data Silos & Using Automation.

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Service Data Organization Chicago 83

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Quantitative and qualitative data are often positioned as opposing or complementary means of documenting impact. Data reports and personal snapshots are often generated separately, then placed side-by-side with the hope that the juxtaposition of hard metrics with an emotional picture and blurb will resonate with a wide range of people.

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Case Study Story Data Studies 68

The MatrixFiles

MAY 23, 2024

of MatrixMaxx , a leading Association Management System (AMS) that helps trade associations and professional societies manage their organizations better, have great member journeys, and be higher performing through data. These highly visual dashboard elements will give staff a new perspective on membership data and trends.

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Widget Chart Module Map 130

Whole Whale

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Then single people started making their decisions based on this data and gave up the apps and social gatherings in order to spend more time at the courthouse. Value Every Stage Assign appropriate credit to awareness activities Measure engagement metrics Track time-to-conversion Consider assisted conversions 3. Ridiculous, right?

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Metrics Marketing Analytics Awareness 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm doing a session at Boston podcamp called the Social Media Metrics/ROI Game. So when I heard that one of the leading subject matter experts on social media metrics - Jeremiah Owyang - was the guest of honor at a local social media networking event , I decided to go. So, here's the session description: Social Media Metrics/ROI Game.

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Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. While they aren’t the most comprehensive of reports, there is no point in ignoring free metrics! Community Mapping. Google Analytics – [link].

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Not Data Driven.”

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Social Media Channel Data Media 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2009

One of the slides that struck me was a map that look at the full range of their activities offline and online (including social media) using two data points (numbers of people and ladder of engagement ). The levels of engagement included: stranger, friend, supporter, member, activist and leader. Chad did a video clip explaining the slide. (He

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Offline Map Active Activities 67

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

It’s also having a clean, complete, and accurate data and the discipline to make sense of the data and use what you learn to improve results. Niki Kidd of Social Change, gives us a step-by-step methodology in this post, titled Using Data to Assess Your Peers. Pick Metrics. Make Sense of Your Data.

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Measure Learning Case Study Metrics 118

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. But shouldn’t dashboards be designed by data scientists and graphic designers? Many times dashboard design is focused on “getting it done efficiently” and graphs and does not address the human side – buy-in, learning from data, and consensus on metrics.

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Design Marketing Metrics Measure 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 16, 2010

The new Miradi 3 release offers a powerful work planning interface that lets users forecast expenses, develop budgets, and export project data to donor reports. Miradi is the first software program designed especially by and for conservation planners based on a common set of environmental metrics.

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Norway Conservancy Sweden Case Study 133

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. . After all, data is only as good as it is actionable! After all, data is only as good as it is actionable!

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Analysis Social Network Social Media Network 96

Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For health data to impact health outcomes and related policies, the data must be made accessible to policymakers, health advocates, and other interested parties. Too often, health data is locked in massive datasets that are opaque to all but epidemiologists and statisticians.

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Policy Los Angeles Data California 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

If anything, that's the most important thing about social media metrics or for any metrics. Metrics in context connected to action - whether to improve a program already underway or evaluate impact. I'm more interested right now in applying the metrics to program improvement. " (I think he even trademarked the term).

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Metrics Action RSS Feeds 50

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Read on to discover the value of data-driven storytelling and how this key feature increases trust and enables your nonprofit to drive more revenue. By applying simple information-sharing strategies, you can appeal to donors who, in today’s dynamic world, are more sophisticated and demand data when deciding how to allocate funds for donation.

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Storytelling Fund Data Cancer 90

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

And that information can almost always be broken down into its underlying data: the literal and figurative bits and bytes that catalog our lives, the work we do, and the world around us. Why pay attention to data? Data is valuable! Our environment is telling us how important our data is by how hard we work to protect it.

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Chart Map Data Attention 88

Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

Data 68

Data New York City Storytelling New York 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. In the book, we talk about the using low tech tools like crayons or post-it notes to map out your network. When you map your network, it tells you a story.

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Social Network Analysis Social Media Network 105