Association Analytics

JUNE 2, 2021

Many organizations measure the success of their products by aggregate revenue, engagement numbers, and member feedback. Data can help you think more broadly to identify a valuable product based on your specific goals and success metrics. Aside from membership, do you know the most valuable products your association offers?

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 12, 2022

The start of a new year is a time many organizations revisit their strategic goals to make sure their teams’ initiatives for the year are aligned with those goals. Identify the key metrics you’ll use to measure your goals. Most likely, you’ll have more than one metric for each goal.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What are your nonprofit’s priorities and goals for 2025?” This year, our executive director worked personally with the county’s development director to craft the MOU for the coming fiscal year. Looking forward to implementing some important tasks in 2025!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Effective donor retention strategies require you to determine your baseline, define success, and measure your progress toward your goals through reporting. So at their most basic, how do your donor retention strategies work? Presented by: Kelly Ramage , Training Specialist at DonorPerfect. Cost: Free.

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Retention Donor Report Free 342

Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Ive conducted some myself, including work on how trust is essential for leaders in cross-cultural business environments. This not only boosts their engagement but also aligns their objectives with the broader goals of the organization. Those practices can create a psychologically safe and supportive work environment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Invest in creating visually appealing graphics and videos that showcase your work. Here’s how to make it work for you: Identify Relevant Influencers : Find influencers within your niche who are passionate about your cause. In influencer campaigns, measure reach and impressions.

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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. The good news? Diversifying funding doesn’t have to be a massive overhaul.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Its your roadmap to streamline and integrate your operations, stay organized and reach your goals. Step two: Set goals, deadlines, and assign owners If you want to meet your goals, you need to specify the individual, team, or department in charge of working toward that goal. The best goals are SMART goals.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

But in my experience working with senior executives as an executive coach and organization design consultant, bad leadership is often manufactured by an organization designed, albeit unintentionally, to produce bad leaders. When leaders work at cross-purposes with other leaders, it signals to those they lead to put their own agendas first.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Set Clear Goals and Metrics : Define what success looks like in terms of member engagement, satisfaction, and retention. Empower Cross-Functional Collaboration : Create opportunities for different teams to work together on shared goals. Track these metrics over time to adjust your strategy as needed.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2021

The corporate philanthropic community has been working hard to make an impact on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the past 6 years. Today, CSR professionals are still being called to support the Sustainable Development Goals. CSR Professionals Are Making a Difference . Monetize your volunteerism.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

Also, not today, full-blown panic over meeting our aggressive budget goals. This year, youre starting on the right footwith data-driven insights , realistic, air-tight goals, and the perfect plan to reach them. By focusing on the metrics that matter and setting clear goalsbecause you cant improve what you dont measure.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Close to 60% of women say current events are increasing stress levels and disrupting focus at work. But as work expectations continue to evolve and life seems increasingly fraught, those instincts can take a backseat to another feeling anxiety. So how do you go about setting manageable goals when everything feels overwhelming?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This framework provides a holistic approach, encompassing various dimensions of a digital strategy, including audience engagement, content creation, and impact measurement. Uncover the step-by-step process of defining goals, selecting prompts, implementing initiatives, and measuring impact in this comprehensive guide.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Without data, its difficult to measure success or identify areas for improvement. Encourage Data Literacy Across Teams : Provide training on data interpretation so that all teams feel comfortable using insights to guide their work. This can lead to missed opportunities or ineffective strategies.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Unless you measure your nonprofit’s performance, it’s impossible to know where you are succeeding and where you need to focus future efforts. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

To measure narcissism, we used a personality assessment that asks people to choose whether they identify more with more narcissistic statements like, I always know what I am doing, or less narcissistic statements like Sometimes I am not sure of what I am doing. The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

Strategic Alignment The easiest first step is to review the overarching goals and success factors from your strategic plan. Understand what key performance indicators (KPIs) are involved in determining if your organization is on track to meet your goals. Are the goals measurable or are they “feeling” focused?

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

But today, many people think of a great workplace as not even one specific place at all, with many employers opting for a permanent remote work setup after a trial proved prosperous during the pandemic. Are folks busy enjoying their work, or working to look busy? Work-life balance.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In 2009, when I worked at Gaps newly formed digital division, the finance team set benchmarks for success in e-commerce. There were a lot of conversations around the right metrics to track, which gave us a say in how to measure our results. Along with the pressure, that limelight also brought opportunity. This was crucial at the time.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. We seek investments, not for a financial return but for a clear and measurable social outcome.”

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Preparing to Work with a Nonprofit Design Agency Before you hand off your project to a design agency, it helps to put your own ducks in a row. By doing some homework upfront, you ensure that the agency can hit the ground running and deliver a final product that truly reflects your organizations values, goals, and community needs.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

An organizational plan, the equivalent of a private-sector business plan, lays out a nonprofits mission, goals, programs, and strategies for raising and managing funds. Clearly define the social problem the organization is working to solve. Pick a big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) that is clear, measurable, and accountable.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The key is to align your associations goals with your pricing discount strategy. Ultimately, your goals should guide the types of pricing discounts you offer. Set clear objectives Before launching your organizations discount campaign, youll want to determine your primary goal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, to achieve your goal, what else do you need? a revenue goal and a budget. How are you measuring your success? The good news is there is an invisible string connecting all the positive experiences above, so measuring your event’s success , reach , and therefore, growth can be a domino effect. Focus on Experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

No doubt, change is always in the works in the nonprofit world, but the pandemic forced many organizations to change more than usual; to pivot and regroup. Work with them to get input from a good cross-section of stakeholders to understand goals, strategies, and perceptions so that you can turn them into communications that make sense.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

You’ll need to understand both elements and how they work together, for a successful end product. Additionally, you might face the prospect of rallying stakeholders and staff towards a common vision, goal, and outcome. Confidence to initiate engagement with your staff and stakeholders and define roles and goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This will give you a good idea of what works and what doesn’t. 7) Measure your social media engagement. This will give you a good idea of what’s working and what you might need to change. You can also use the data to measure your progress against your goals. Source: Dreamgrow. on Twitter and $5.26 on LinkedIn.

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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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Association Analytics

AUGUST 7, 2024

As valuable as data is, though, without a clear and actionable way to track and report across your entire association, it can be difficult to tell what’s actually working. This blog post will break down the essential steps for aligning KPIs with strategic goals and designing dashboards to monitor and share performance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

A new year brings new goals and now is the perfect time to plan your social media content calendar for 2019. Having a content calendar that everyone can access, will not only show the rest of your team what you’re working on but also give them the opportunity to contribute. 10) Measure success. 1) Organise your existing content.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

When you have a clear picture of what worked last year it makes it easier to take a little risk this coming year by introducing a new marketing or advertising avenue. To Determine Your Goals for the Coming Year. Those written goals will serve as an overview map for you and your leadership team. Haven’t tried email marketing yet?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

It lets donors determine for themselves that their donation, involvement, and passion moved the needle and made a measurable contribution to the world. Receiving that small gift—along with annual updates on how “their” animal is doing—is measurable, touchable, huggable proof that an annual subscription is a big deal. 4) Give outcomes.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Likewise, education nonprofits should think about partnerships with organizations in other sectors to align our work with larger funding trends. In contrast, health and education align with the broader strategic objectives of institutional grantmakers and their goal of creating long-term, systemic impact.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Even if you don’t have the budget for new software, you may be able to leverage your current technology by evaluating if you are using it properly and if there are any features that can bring you closer to your goal. When planning for change, balance short- and long-term goals and have realistic expectations.

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “How does your nonprofit measure success?” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Strong Staff Supports a Strong Mission We measure success through employee feedback and the experiences of those we support.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Now your grant management system (GMS) is the hub of your grantmaking organization, and simple API integrations allow you to plug in the systems that work best for you. Understanding your needs helps you identify the integrations that will make your work more impactful. Look for other organizations like yours that use the integration.

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