Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2009

Photo by Jeff Pulver David Armano has an article on BusinessWeek called " The New Focus Group: The Collective " where he urges companies using social media to make the last word in ROI insight, not investment. Are you evaluating current processes and updating them as needed? The process is: Listen, Learn, Adapt.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

3) Facebook ROI is often overrated. Personally, my ROI (Return on Investment) from Facebook isn’t that great. There is ROI, but it is often overrated. We encourage users to report such content and we have a large team of professional reviewers who evaluate these reports and take action per our policies.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

Good questions to ask your team: What kinds of partners have we retained/lost over the last 3+ years? During the discussion, use the following business principles to assist in your evaluation: Churn Rate: Churn rate in its broadest sense is a measure of the number of customers moving out of a collective group over a period of time.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

You can build more collaborative teams. Involve the marketing team in strategic decision-making. Everyone on your team should have a deep understanding of the strategic goals and how they relate to departmental operations. Of the four bullets listed above, the last two seem to be the most challenging.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 2, 2021

This is a very important data point in your overall valuation assessment to determine if you are getting a profitable ROI. For example, if a team is already at capacity, creating one extra product may mean you need to hire an additional staff member to deliver it. What are the COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) per unit?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Whether the initiative is purchasing smart phones for staff or replacing your accounting system, measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) should be a key aspect of your decision. While "measuring ROI" may seem like a daunting task, it can be broken down into a few simple steps which are feasible for projects of all sizes.

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Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

Fundamental Strategies to Maximize your Event Marketing ROI. This guide will look at four transformational fundraising strategies for increasing your nonprofit’s ROI from its event marketing outreach. When you spend time and money marketing to people who are unlikely to attend your event, your ROI will inevitably take a hit.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Use data to make objective decisions based on site traffic, evaluations, sales, professional development activity, focus groups and/or other types of outreach. Evaluate Expertise Who exactly are the members of your new brain trust and where will you find them? I hope I’m preaching to the choir. First, let’s make this distinction.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In fact, because of our automation, a development team member at the nonprofit was prompted to make a thank-you call to a donor for a small gift. The workaround the team came up with took a lot of staff time and was inefficient and inconsistent. Estimating the ROI of Extensibility Projects. The solution? Automation.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2011

Flickr: bitzi One of findings from our latest annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey stood out to us: Those organizations that evaluated their Return on Investment (ROI) for IT expenditures were much more likely to be leaders— 44 percent, compared to just 17 percent of stragglers. Or does it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Today, I am moderating a panel at SXSW about Social Media Nonprofit ROI in the format of a poetry slam. A creative report on non-profits, social media, and effective ROIs delivered as poetry slam and expertly judged including interactive crowd participation. I shall investigate - I muttered - to know what ROI could account for.

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Measuring the ROI of eLearning: A Guide for Businesses GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Businesses care about ROI. ROI, or Return on Investment, measures performance and gauges the efficiency of an investment. What Is eLearning ROI? 10 Steps to Understand eLearning ROI 1.Understanding When Should You Do It?

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Measuring the ROI of eLearning: A Guide for Businesses GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Businesses care about ROI. ROI, or Return on Investment, measures performance and gauges the efficiency of an investment. What Is eLearning ROI? 10 Steps to Understand eLearning ROI 1.Understanding When Should You Do It?

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Measuring the ROI of eLearning: A Guide for Businesses Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Businesses care about ROI. ROI, or Return on Investment, measures performance and gauges the efficiency of an investment. What Is eLearning ROI? 10 Steps to Understand eLearning ROI 1.Understanding

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

If, like my client, youre asking if its time to change your fundraising CRM , the starting point is understanding your current situation (your team, your data, and your needs) as well as your goals for the future. Training: What is the current skillset of your team and what is their capacity for adding new skills?

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In this resource, we’ll guide you through how to holistically evaluate ROI, including direct and indirect costs and savings, how long it will take to get a return, and tying it all back to the goals of your team to make a powerful case for change. STEP 2: Making your case WITH ROI. Step 1: Removing Resistance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

Michael Quinn Patton , an evaluation guru, visited the Packard Foundation yesterday. I participated in a lively exploratory conversation about "How do you evaluate network effectiveness?" along with others on the Packard Foundation organizational effectiveness team. As Patton shared with us, the field of evaluation is dynamic.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

With the help of the design team at Lemon.ly , we created another infographic to tell the story of smarter nonprofit technology investments. Well, if you thought we'd stop there, think again! More dollars and more staff isn't always the answer; it's how you invest those resources and capacity that really make the difference.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. Phillips , authors of the book, Show The Value Of What You Do , developed the ROI Methodology in the 1970s and refined it in the 1980s when their first book describing the process was published.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

Once you’ve analyzed your data, you most likely will need to prepare some sort of report for your boss, your team, your board, or donors. Donna Mehr, Smart Annual Giving, wrote “ How To Evaluate the ROI of Your Annual Appeal.” Lori Jacobwith’s S haring Boring Data? What’s the Point?

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Invest in your team. You should invest in your staff, bringing the best talent possible onto your team. The best performing organizations and their partners smartly evaluate short- and long-term opportunities to integrate, reapply, and scale.”. – Mohan Sivaloganathan , Chief Development Officer of ESS of NYC.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Theres also no question that ratios can be valuable tools for evaluating charitable groups. To better understand the shortcomings of for-profit metrics as a true measure of nonprofit success, lets look at how return on investment (ROI) is calculated. So, what are the differences between ROI and ROM?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

I’ve been mulling over the “Social Media ROI&# concept and how it doesn’t necessarily work for nonprofits, especially when it applied as a litmus test to see if there are financial outcomes — cost reductions or increased revenue. ROI is as an acronym for a business term, Return on Investment.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By actively bringing together different departments and leading discussions around revenue diversification, you can set measurable goals, evaluate the ROI of each funding source, and make informed decisions about where to invest time and resources. Finance plays a crucial role in building a sustainable and scalable funding strategy.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

ROI -- or Return on Investment -- is a pre- and/or post-evaluation process and analysis of three factors: benefits, costs, and value of a specific technology purchase over time. ROI can help your organization avoid a technology purchase that is a huge mistake or avoid not investing in a technology that could return many dividends.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

We need a bit of time to take a step back, evaluate what worked and didn’t work, and realize we’re not in a “new normal” but an “interim normal.” Moving from a transaction-based strategy to a transformational one is a process, one requiring dedicated and systematic focus and a team approach. How was the ROI? . Personalization?

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This data is a goldmine for organizations looking to: Evaluate the effectiveness of their training programs. Justify the return on investment (ROI) of L&D initiatives. This data can help L&D teams identify which courses are engaging employees and which might need adjustments.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs. As you decide which priority is the best and what deserves your resources right now, there are many things to consider – strategic alignment, ROI, organizational impact, level of complexity, time to implement, among others.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 16, 2021

Use these tips to help you prepare for budgeting unknowns, capitalize on your event ROI, and set your event on the right track. . You can try to account for the differences with emergency funds or expect this when calculating the estimated ROI. . On-site staff and event team. In that case, you’ll likely need to evaluate.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Between all the events , phone calls and mailings your plan can bring you and your team back to the most important activities. It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. See this article for more tips on calculating your ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Build a team (Twitter takes a lot of time investment), decide what your goals are, and set up a plan to get there. Decide how you measure results ( ROI ). . Decide how you measure results ( ROI ). Make sure you have scheduled time on your calendar so you can re-evaluate, make changes and incorporate what you hear.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As nonprofit finance leaders, we are charged with empowering our teams with the technology, skills, and support they need to adapt and grow. Software solutions can help finance teams upgrade their 30,000-foot view of the organization’s overall financial health and enhance nonprofit stewardship. Identify Ways to Reduce Waste.

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AccelEvents

JULY 7, 2021

And in response, event marketing and sales teams use virtual events, hybrid events, and in-person events as optimized sales tools for increasing B2B sales. Track event ROI. It can be challenging to know how successful your event indeed was if you don’t measure or track ROI. Bottom of Funnel Event.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 21, 2020

They will have an onsite team, but they can have a crew working remotely to capture and qualify leads, ultimately saving costs. . Greater ROI. Virtual events offer an incredible return on investment (ROI) because there is no need to book a physical venue or hire catering services. Collection of Valuable Data.

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sgEngage

JULY 5, 2024

This phase can be the most complex and time-consuming part—and one of the most effective ways to get a strong ROI. Involve your staff by developing a steering committee comprised of different members of the team who interact with your system, including your accounting, technology, and program teams. Don’t do this in a vacuum.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

STEP 4: MARKETING You’ve got your goal, your plan, and you’ve recruited your team. Gather your team, thank them for all the work they’ve done, and give them lots of love before you launch into your fundraiser!! What was the Return on Investment (or ROI)? Remember, time is valuable and needs to be examined in your ROI.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Measurable training metrics may include completion rates, engagement rates, course evaluations, and assessment scores. These include advanced reporting, evaluations, and gap analysis. Having measurable metrics is crucial to pinpoint what is and isn’t working in training development programs.

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