Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Additionally, you might face the prospect of rallying stakeholders and staff towards a common vision, goal, and outcome. Here’s the good news: with preparation and a pulse on the right data and information, it is possible to get a handle on the task and get a big picture of your organization’s needs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Picture this: it’s the day after Giving Tuesday and your nonprofit has met or even exceeded your campaign goals. The first step in planning a successful year-end fundraising strategy is to ensure your team is aligned on your goals, messaging, timeline, and the execution steps of your campaign.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Get your member data in shape to a void the lapse and crush your goals! . They also say the biggest challenge they have with data is joining member data from various sources together to paint a clear picture of members. . Tidying your data and keeping it in check can make a big impact on your membership goals.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Prolonged stress can blur the line between external challenges and your personal goals, making it harder to navigate your path forward. So how do you go about setting manageable goals when everything feels overwhelming? When anxiety and indecision cloud your mind, setting overarching goals can be intimidating.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Such self-involvement frays the organization, disabling it from working coherently.Leaders in silos may excel at optimizing their narrow domains but fail to see the bigger picture. Map out how each division, team, and role contributes to achieving these goals.

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Organization Create Leadership Structure 122

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Step 2: Define the goals that match each group. Step 2: Goals. Presentation. It’s just not true!

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Suddenly, digital transformation wasn’t just an aspirational goal; it was a mission-critical investment. Did you complete all your ambitious digitalization goals? Your strategy should align with your overall goals, cater to your audience, and focus on the outcomes you’re aiming for. And they needed to do it right away.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Make sure you remember your top three goals to include in key visual elements on your site using calls to action. Remember, your website is not just a pretty picture. Use qualitative measures (surveys, interviews and onsite usability testing) to understand how the new website resonates with key audience groups.

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Design Web Nonprofit Guide 247

Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

Situation : We’ve looked at the trend analysis and it indicates that we are not projecting to make our registration goal. Results : We measure performance of the test and roll out the most effective campaign based on registration numbers. When looking at trends, be sure to include contextual data to get the full picture.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 14, 2025

Step 1: Start by Looking at the Big Picture Before diving into spreadsheets, take a moment to assess where your fundraising program stands. Use the answers to those key questions to define goals by audience segment. A well-planned budget sets realistic revenue goals while ensuring that expenses are accurately projected.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

It’s like that old adage from carpentry, “Measure Twice, Cut Once.”. Performing stakeholder interviews, alignment workshops, reviews of current workflows and data, explorations of goals, gaps and opportunities brings everyone impacted into the process. Two contracts, one discovery and one build: less risk and cost. It’s about people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different? It’s a common misconception that nonprofits don’t focus on financial goals since they’re not generating a profit. In fact, most nonprofits require a minimum level of fundraising each year to reach their mission goals. Streamline processes.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2022

I hope that you smashed your goals and are currently basking in the glow of knowing that you’ll be making an even bigger impact in 2022. . In this post, I’ll walk you through why that’s important and what metrics you should measure. . So, ask yourself : What was your original fundraising goal? Goals and metrics .

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NetWits

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The campaign spread and went viral via this copied status update, “Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon character from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Awareness Can Be the Goal, and That’s OK. She goes on to say that we have to be creative in how we measure success.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

How to Measure the Effectiveness of your LMS for Government Business Goals GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In the world of rapidly changing information and training requirements , don’t you think it is important for your organization to be prepared for the challenges of the future? Here we go: 1.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

How to Measure the Effectiveness of your LMS for Government Business Goals GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In the world of rapidly changing information and training requirements , don’t you think it is important for your organization to be prepared for the challenges of the future? Here we go: 1.

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Goal Measure Government Effective 52

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

How to Measure the Effectiveness of your LMS for Government Business Goals Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems In the world of rapidly changing information and training requirements , don’t you think it is important for your organization to be prepared for the challenges of the future? Here we go: 1.

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Goal Measure Government Effective 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals. Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). Goals may be dollar-based—e.g., Step 3: Align those goals to proven strategies.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Criteria is really important to consider: the crowds voting = who do you want to win this; the hosts/judges/experts voting = quality, value, innovation or alignment with competition/organizational goals. I think you create balance by focusing the competition on the stages of: Open door policy for contributing/submitting.

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Community Social Media Case Study Haiti 207

The Next Web

OCTOBER 9, 2013

So, how would your company fare if the leader – be it you or someone else – temporarily stepped out of the picture? Let go of the idea that your employees are simply taking care of menial tasks, and let them collectively achieve goals within teams, without hierarchy. If you don’t have a vision, you can’t have a team.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But without a clear idea of where you’re going, all that activity may not actually move you forward toward your goals. Here’s how to do nonprofit strategic planning in a way that will give you a clear picture of where your nonprofit is headed and how to get there. It’s no wonder nonprofit strategic planning leads to frustration.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 8, 2017

Within a minute or two, a FB Messenger chat started up about the UN and the Sustainable Development Goals. Someone had borrowed her picture and name and was starting to ply the scam trade. So, I of course kept the conversation going. I quickly checked, and found that (of course) I already was Facebook friends with my old friend.

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Facebook Nigeria Advice Data 186

CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

But heres the good news: 2025 can be the perfect year to strengthen your donor retention with clear goals , a well-thought-out fundraising calendar , a killer fundraising campaign and a refined donor retention strategy to help you keep your supporters year-round. Most nonprofits and charities measure donor retention year over year.

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Retention Donor Strategy Social Media 115

The Next Web

AUGUST 17, 2013

Among those resources, the top three she found were social capital, resilience, and big picture thinking. What effect can this have on your business life, professional goals, and entrepreneurial success? Then, every morning, read these goals aloud to yourself. All three are part of a larger web that creates an upward spiral.”.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. The point is this: You are where you are; the goal is to improve. Once you have those numbers, clearly articulate your goals and identify what you need to meet your goals. That which gets measured gets done!

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Social Media 126

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? Don’t let the what or the how determine your success, but instead whether you are meeting your goals (sharing information, getting feedback, building community, growing trust, etc.). Here’s a how-to guide for Community Planning & Measurement.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 24, 2024

With a people-first mindset guiding your impact measurement efforts, you can more effectively strengthen the relationships between your organization and its community. In this quick guide, we’ll explore four quick tips for measuring your nonprofit’s social impact so you can experience these benefits. Carefully collect data.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2011

In the midst of all this change, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture and why you are using Facebook for your organization in the first place—instead, we focus on the particulars of how to use new tabs, plugins, or applications. (Note: You can find resources about Facebook on Facebook using its resource center.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Note from Beth: I made a personal goal for myself to get past my dislike of spreadsheets and become more fluent. Pictures are worth a thousand words. First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. Why get good at Excel?

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Data Nonprofit Statistics Chart 139

Forum One

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Yet if yours is like many mission-driven organizations, you still measure digital performance using basic metrics (like page views and visitor counts) that fail to demonstrate real mission impact. That means creating a measurement plan that aligns digital KPIs with mission-related objectives. What is a Measurement Plan?

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

These will support your business case by aligning with your goals: Consistent, trusted data with standard interactive reports using a common language that employees throughout your organization easily understand – all in a secure data warehouse. Describe what you plan to improve and outline how you plan to measure it.

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Analytics Associations Data Case Study 169

Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

What happens if you’re heading into 2024 with big goals and ambitions and a database filled with duplicates? Here are 6 tips on how to transform your data into a tool you can use to meet and exceed your association’s goals, into next year and beyond! What’s the strategic goal? What will you do with this information?

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Data Tips Associations Government 169

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. All those people and groups have just as many different goals, small and large.

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Community Build Technology Action 220

Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

If you are going to pour the amount of work necessary into creating a podcast, you will want to measure its success — but how? We can track total downloads and we can tell if those downloads were from unique devices, but that’s where the measurement trail meets the edge of the cliff. Ways to measure a podcast's success!

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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. The tactics are created based on those limited moving parts – overall strategy and goal, the audience and the content. Analog Strategies.

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Nptech Slides Community Strategy 213

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How will you measure volunteer impact in 2024? Have you set goals for 2024 using your volunteer data? Have you set goals for 2024 using your volunteer data? Can you track what you need to reach your goals? Did your volunteers have an impact on your program goals? Are you trying to get more volunteer funding?

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 18, 2024

Yet, just like a master builder scrutinizes every angle and dimension, you also need to ensure you have the right tools to measure your creations’ success. The only way to know what fundraising and marketing programs are working is to measure your performance on each. The goal is to get as granular as possible.

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