Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2022

After you’re done celebrating your wins, it’s time to evaluate the success of your end-of-year fundraising campaign. . In this post, I’ll walk you through why that’s important and what metrics you should measure. . Why you should evaluate your end-of-year fundraising campaign . Who should be involved in the evaluation process?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

When you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. A midyear evaluation will show you how you are doing and highlight areas where you need to improve. And you’ll know exactly how much you need to raise during that season if you take the time to do a midyear evaluation now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. This Year Vs. Last Year. this year for major donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

posted by Kurtis Espino Spring 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Nonprofit human service organizations consist of a wide range of organizations focusing on delivering solutions to communities through health care, housing assistance, family-oriented services, youth development, and more.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. According to the W.K.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process. Formative Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

“In the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal—in a feedback loop. You use the measurement as feedback to make adjustments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I’m very excited for this learning experience because over the two years my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has focused on going deep on facilitating peer learning for grantees on measuring outcomes for their networks with social media while balancing and upholding the principles of being networked.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Nonprofits are doing important work every day that impacts lives and makes our world even better. But due to many common challenges to constantly reach new donors, retain existing donors, and increase operational efficiency the amount of effort to impact lives doesn’t always result in the high return it should.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Tools like Screaming Frog can be used to crawl your current site and download the results onto a spreadsheet where each piece of content can be assessed. It can also be used to measure progress and keep the planning team focused. A comprehensive web content inventory lists pages, images, documents, and applications on a spreadsheet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Beth Kanter tweeted about an article by Gale Berkowitz relating to evaluation, which I found really fascinating – it is a must read. to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”). But it should be. But it should be. I’ve talked about this before.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Beth Kanter tweeted about an article by Gale Berkowitz relating to evaluation, which I found really fascinating – it is a must read. to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”). Ask clients at the end of the project a set of questions about the process and the result.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Nonprofit teams have a lot on their plates: not only do they have to run their programs as best they can to help their beneficiaries, but they have to run their internal organization also. Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

According to the Urban Institute’s latest report on the nonprofit sector, fully one third of U.S. Of course nonprofits’ ability to accurately evaluate their impact is married to their funding. Just over a third are trying to measure how many program participants go on to reach a specific milestone like finding a job.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

Traditionally, nonprofit governance has been perceived through a hierarchical lens, with board members primarily overseeing and guiding the organization’s direction while staff execute the operational tasks. The nonprofit governance orthodoxy Nonprofit governance operates within a framework of three legal duties.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

But what if you decide to rebrand your nonprofit? Rebranding can be used to improve public perception of a nonprofit’s organization, but it’s a major decision and significant project to undertake. If you think it may be time to update your nonprofit’s branding, it’s helpful to know what to expect from the process.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s a reliable touchstone to identify giving trends as well as shifts in sustainer and email engagement in the nonprofit digital space. It’s also a valuable tool to help nonprofits evaluate their results by giving them a comparison point for their performance against organizations of similar sizes and issue areas.

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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.” Despite the difficulty of working measurement in a generic way, the output from sessions was quite valuable. Elizabeth R.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Does a nonprofit’s mission statement influence its fundraising efforts? New research conducted using data from Candid suggests that understanding this relationship can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising success. An effective nonprofit mission statement draws supporters and donors to an organization.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

Smart money moves are vital for nonprofits. But staying financially solid while also being nimble enough to handle surprises like recessions and weather events is hard even for the most seasoned nonprofit. Modern technology and clear rules are key to strong nonprofit financial management. What is Nonprofit Financial Management?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

Other areas include: communications, executive transition, evaluation/learning, networking/convening, and professional development. But, like anything else, to improve results, you need to measure it. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director. Presentation slides.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Whether your nonprofit is working to improve volunteer management or the success of your community outreach programs, you’re likely considering the impact of your planned or existing actions. . In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: . Why Are Impact Metrics Important?

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

AUGUST 11, 2016

I’ve spent a lot of my professional life (thus far) thinking about the missions of nonprofit organizations, and about information/communication technologies for nonprofits. In the past few years, it’s become fashionable to talk about the importance of a “ theory of change ” for nonprofits.

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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. The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 21, 2011

Today, nonprofit organizations need to be able to show the results of their efforts. Board members, consumers, community members, and staff alike want to know if the services provided are making a difference and if the results really outweigh the costs. an effective results-oriented program evaluation system?

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Why You Should Run Your Nonprofit Like a Business. Nonprofits are critically different from corporations because they are driven by a mission and aim to provide for society’s needs. Nonprofits are organizations that have a social impact. Invest in your team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. 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.”.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

When I talk with nonprofit and foundation leaders, many ask me how to ensure they get the right consultant for their projects. Here’s my advice for finding the right consultant for your nonprofit. . Your nonprofit feels ready or has a clear need to bring in a skilled consultant, but how do you find the right one? .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

The Salesforce nonprofit grantmaking solution, foundationConnect, was created over 15 years ago on the belief that we could support better collaboration among stakeholders in the grants management process. Define, measure, and evaluate your organization’s outcome strategies all in one place. Learn more 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

But they have also made data literacy an essential competency for everyone in the organization. The result is a shift from ad hoc data analysis and simple (though detailed) record-keeping to a systematic approach to improving their programs and campaigns by using data. What is funder’s role to support good measurement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The ROI Methodology was implemented globally in the 1990s and since then has become one of the most used evaluation systems in the world, as it is used routinely in more than 6,000 organizations in 70 countries. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

posted by Karyn Cooks Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Nonprofit interest in cross-sector collaboration is ramping up due to evaporating resources and increased demand for services. So where should nonprofit leaders begin? Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Recommendations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. How do you measure that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. GEO’s 2012 National Conference will offer a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers.

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