Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

At the same time, marketing teams were facing an uphill battle to prove ROI as new digital marketing opportunities, like the rise of video content marketing and the shift towards mobile, led to changing tactics, and budgets came under more scrutiny. Now, a decade later, human resources teams are facing similar circumstances.

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Forum One

JANUARY 28, 2025

We call these big, beautiful, but often distracting numbers vanity metrics high-level data points that dont point to actual performance and its important to know the appropriate time and place to use them. Stakeholders at nonprofit and government organizations are often on the hunt for the biggest numbers.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Sifry , the co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum, took a closer look at ROI for Facebook apps in his piece last week Facebook Haggadah: A Case Study in Viral ROI (Is This App Different From All Other Apps?) Tags: otherblogs roi facebook metrics. for TechPresident. and 22735 kilograms of CO2 per year.&#.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Return on investment is a metric that measures the profitability of an investment, giving you a way to compare the yields of investments and make more effective financial decisions. ROI is usually shown as a percentage calculated by dividing the net profit or loss by the initial cost. What’s the ROI, for example, of your annual gala?

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Align learning initiatives with broader business goals. Justify the return on investment (ROI) of L&D initiatives. Engagement Metrics Engagement data includes metrics like how often employees log in, interact with content, and participate in discussions or collaborative learning activities.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2022

These key event metrics quantify the success of your events, and can show you how to improve them. Tracking these key event metrics can deliver critical insight into what you’re doing well, and where your events need improvement. So what are those metrics, and what data do you need to track to analyze them?

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Here are 4 ways to measure volunteer program ROI and ensure you are getting the highest amount of value. As your nonprofit grows, so does the need to optimize your volunteer program and effectively measure ROI. One of the easiest ways to measure volunteer program ROI is by calculating the total volunteer value.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It involves taking a systematic approach to measuring your current content’s status and actively guiding content creation to achieve your stated goals, such as increasing sign-ups for a newsletter or increasing conversion rates. Choose metrics that matter. But how does that translate into a return on investment (ROI)?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change? I consider those basic metrics to be “rearview mirror” metrics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. Everything we do online (our website, email program, advertising, social) is tied to our goals of advocacy and fundraising, or some other kind of lead generation.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 16, 2021

At each hybrid event, event planners can take advantage of some critical features in order to boost ROI before, during, and after the event takes place. With some planners, event organizers can actually set up multiple levels of event management to truly maximize your hybrid event’s ROI. . Use Sophisticated Event Technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

That said, below is selection of metrics to track and a brief explanation as to why. Other Metrics. In the far left column, add the metrics you want to track. Under the green row, add your fundraising metrics. At the beginning of each month, plot your metrics. SUM your totals for monthly columns and annual rows.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Having measurable metrics is crucial to pinpoint what is and isn’t working in training development programs. Measurable training metrics may include completion rates, engagement rates, course evaluations, and assessment scores. It helps them know if they are using time and resources wisely.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 2, 2021

Those traditional metrics are a good starting point, but often do not tell the whole story. Data can help you think more broadly to identify a valuable product based on your specific goals and success metrics. When we refer to products here, we are talking about products, services and content.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Provide a Benefit Analysis ROI in Focus: While emotional appeals are powerful, it’s also crucial to underscore the tangible benefits. While proving ROI on analytics (and other systems, e.g. your AMS) can be difficult, a benefit analysis provides directional ROI on the key areas that you and your association care about.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Alfred Sloan used ROI in the 1920's at General Motors Source: Wikipedia I'm in the process of writing about and prepping several workshops for nonprofits about Social Media and ROI, known as "Return on Investment." ROI processes, particularly as part of the budgeting process , are familiar to many nonprofits.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2021

It’s evident that when you can show a donor the tangible return on investment (ROI) of their gift, you get a higher average gift and more frequent giving. It allows you to see which fundraising activities provide the highest ROI and contribute the most to your fundraising goals. Review Important Nonprofit Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? The social media maven and metrics expert is Laura Lee Dooley.

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ROI Examples Results Social Media 91

Care2

MAY 27, 2009

While we’ve seen explosive growth in use of social networks ( NYT reported last week that time spent on social networks has exceeded that of emai l ) many organizations are asking how do you effectively deploy a social media strategy and what is the return on investment (ROI)? Here are a few examples.

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Classy

AUGUST 11, 2021

We make it easy to compare your current metrics against benchmarks set forth by 4,800 of your nonprofit peers. To take it a step further, be proactive about your organization’s goals each year and update your critical messaging accordingly. Get familiar with the campaign metrics available to you in your fundraising software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Cursed Thing Last year at this time, I was in Austin, TX doing a keynote workshop for Legal Services Corporation on the ROI of Nonprofit Technology. The basics include: benefits, value, metrics, and financial calculations. I think that is dangerous. However, if you want to get to the other two outcomes.

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ROI Results Community Online 66

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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ROI Strategy Marketing Social Media 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

Inspiration for How To Think Like A Social Media Marketing Genius Presentation by Beth Kanter For the past two years, I've been doing an annual Blog benchmarking process that attempts to do a ROI analysis. Figuring out the Return on Investment for your blog can't be done with a single metric. Twittered - for velocity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

.    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value.    Do you need it?

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Metrics Bookmarking Nonprofit Feeds 71

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Goals & Objectives. Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. You will not be able to identify tools and engagement methods for your organization online without knowing the bigger picture and without knowing it in concrete goals that will let you build and work towards them. WeAreMedia’s ROI Toolbox.

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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. I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. Session Learning Goals.

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Social Media Metrics Media Social 56

The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 22, 2020

What I have noticed, however, is that there are seven key traits that are shared by the most effective development professionals… those who are most likely to meet or exceed the goals laid out by their organizations. They Focus on Metrics. How many of these habits do you share with them? They Pick Up the Phone.

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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. It’s an easy way to set measurable goals and to align your objectives with your daily posting. There’s no need to be active on all social channels if you don’t get ROI from them. 10 Steps to Create a Content Calendar.

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Social Media Calendar Content Media 275

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

And when video is paired with a continuous strategy and clear metrics for success, there is overwhelming evidence showing that it is a crucial, important investment for nonprofits. Finding the ROI. It’s no surprise that a tactic with a cost is high and unclear ROI gets minimal resources. But we have reached an inflection point.

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Communication Video Strategy Nonprofit 139

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Topic : Strong Connections: Linking Strategy, Goals and Metrics. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, or something else, you don’t have to be satisfied with a feeling: use your organization’s strategic plan to identify real goals and then track the data to show your impact. Topic : Social Media ROI.

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Kentucky Leadership Nonprofit Social Media 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

Some of the posts shared some great case studies, insights, and tips about each step of the process: Set Goals. Set Goals by Katie Eickhoff, Social Media Manager/Senior Media Analyst for CARMA International talks that critical first step of the process – goal setting. Pick Metrics. Want Useful Analytics?

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Measure Learning Case Study Social Media 118

The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Whether you tell stories in your fundraising or communications program, chances are you want to understand the impact and return on investment (or ROI) of the stories you tell. Storytelling is a tool that supports various fundraising and communications strategies and goals. Start by narrowing down what you’re using storytelling for.

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ROI Storytelling Measure Story 67

Care2

MAY 27, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The metrics for measuring ROI can be extremely varied. Here are a few examples.

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Social Media ROI Media Social 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. A few blog redesign resources I need to sink my teeth into after I share my goals, audience, etc. I'm just one person.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2010

It was ahead of its time and may still need some tweaking, but the basic assumptions hold true - if you're paying staff to spend time on social networks and the end goal is list-growth or dollars, then this tool is for you. ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition. The irony).

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

The goal is then to turn those data insights into actionable tasks. If you are not sure which metrics are essential or how to convert your data into something stakeholders can grasp and absorb, start simply by setting clear goals. Your team can decide which data points and KPIs matter most to your strategy and your mission.

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