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. Read on to learn how to best track and report on your key performance indicators (KPIs). The goal is clarity and ease of understanding.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Past Is Not Always Prologue On its face, it can make a lot of sense to look at what has worked, and continue doing that. What worked last year will likely be relevant to the interests of your members next year. Data can tell you what works much more than just the whims and musings of a longtime executive or board member.

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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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

It begs the question: Should empathy ever be put aside at work, or should we be doubling down on it? With this definition, it is safe to say that unless you are being physically or psychologically hurt, there are almost no circumstances where we should be putting empathy aside at work. Experts now cite loneliness as a health epidemic.

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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. Track these metrics over time to adjust your strategy as needed. Empower Cross-Functional Collaboration : Create opportunities for different teams to work together on shared goals.

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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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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes 5 Fundraising Metrics Every Nonprofit Should Track This Year In todays data-driven world, you cant afford to guess whats working and whats not in your fundraising efforts. Tracking the right metrics helps you understand your impact, refine your strategies, and maximize your resources.

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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. Tools like Canva and Adobe Spark offer free templates and editing options to make this process easier.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Continue reading to learn how AOSSM is leveraging Nimble AMS, AI, and predictive analytics tools to boost membership retention and exceed its goals. Using Nimble AMS, predictive analytics, and AI tools, AOSSM staff worked to improve its membership retention and engagement rates. What did you miss at 2024 Solutions Day?

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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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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Here at Bloomerang Volunteer , we’ve had the privilege of working with dozens of nonprofits during their event planning processes. From securing your vendor to recruiting enough volunteers , keeping track of all these elements is essential. 1) Set Your Goals. What cause are we promoting with this event?

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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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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

JUNE 18, 2020

Not only do small donations can help you reach your fundraising goals but they also present a great opportunity for long term growth. GoFundMe Charity’s robust analytics tools make it easy to track donor information and segment your outreach, making it easier than ever to engage more donors than ever.

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sgEngage

JUNE 6, 2024

We work hard to transform basic input into high-quality data. Just as a successful capital campaign follows defined steps and milestones, so does the work of a database manager—nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes tasks to keep the campaign moving toward its goal. Review reporting. Fine-tune your fund setup. Add data health tools.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. With so much to keep track of, it can be hard to know where to start aligning your communications so your fundraising initiatives are successful and support your brand. 2) Review Your Goals.

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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.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Amtraks state-sponsored routes, in contrast, dont have profit goals because the states simply want to provide residents with ridership options.) If private companies took over Amtrak, they also wouldnt have the right to operate on freight tracks, which own 97% of Amtraks route network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

By Annisa Wanat , an independent consultant who works to strengthen the capacity of mission-driven organizations to achieve their goals more strategically by providing customized solutions in leadership, management, and communications. The chair and staff need to draft and track a significant amount of materials.

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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. In addition to your CRM, document any third-party tools you use: email marketing, event management, volunteer tracking, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Volunteers can have an enormous impact on reaching your goals. The team at Giveffect , comprised of former nonprofit professionals and technologists with experience working closely with nonprofits to build the best all-in-one nonprofit software solution, compiled the top three tips to increase volunteer engagement.

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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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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Since you probably raise a good percentage of your fundraising goal during the month of December, you have to make the time count! In fact, a community needs organizations working together to ensure a healthy support system for all. You may find that it’s in your best interest to work together on a year-end fundraising campaign.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Of course, it hasnt been all sunshine and daisies, but our team is organized, and our systems and processes are delivering the first-rate work our constituents deserve. times more likely to hit their mission goals compared to peers with low digital maturity. Could your work be more in line with best practices?

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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. Run a report of first-time donors and track how many made a second donation within the same year. How will you do it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

There’s a lot going on in the world (we’re looking at you, recession worries and existential dread), and fundraising efforts that have worked in the past may not be delivering the same results. If it works, do more of it. It’s a strategy that works well in business, and it can do the same for nonprofits. Franklin D.

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The AI Alignment Forum

MARCH 3, 2025

What goals would such AI systems have? Summary We first review the training architecture and capabilities of a hypothetical future "Agent-3," to give us a concrete setup to talk about for which goals will arise. Then, we walk through the following hypotheses about what goals/values/principles/etc. via a system prompt ).

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Real-Time Tracking and Analytics Online platforms often provide real-time insights into donation progress, engagement, and donor demographics. Email marketing tools: Automation tools that help nonprofits send and track personalized messages, keeping donors informed and engaged.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

Creating your next fundraising campaign requires a lot of work: you must identify your goals, your audience, segment your lists, create compelling content, and set up and test everything in your CRM. How will you hit your fundraising goals if you are not able to engage? 1) Email Deliverability 101. million emails per second.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

By Gary Wohlfeill , Director of Marketing at CrowdRise , who works with partners to develop highly engaging fundraising campaigns and leads the marketing team in developing the CrowdRise brand. Treat peer-to-peer like any other initiative; set clear goals even if you have to modify them later on. Set a clear goal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

The big takeaway is that: if your nonprofit has a website, and it would be valuable for you to reach people who are Googling topics related to your work, the Google Grant is one of the most cost-effective and powerful tools available to reach your audience. Effective conversion tracking is in place. Google Grant Conversion Tracking.

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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. 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. You’ll also want to keep track of these stats. Source: Dreamgrow.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

You may think that monthly giving or pledges must be time-consuming or require a lot of administrative work. The payment is automatically processed each month and requires no additional administrative work. Once these programs are set up, they only take minimal administrative work to keep them running. The opposite is true.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rushed pre-work : High-quality planning sessions start with pre-work that takes time to create and time to complete. Better venue selection Planning early allows you to secure a venue that aligns with your nonprofits goals for the day. Work with the facilitator to ensure their processes sync with your expected outcomes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2019

1) Clearly define your goals for the event on the front end. Start with broader objectives, then narrow in on SMART (Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, Timely) goals that fall under each. Refer back to your goals when considering who and how you recruit supporters for the event. Is fundraising your key priority?

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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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