Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

On March 13, 2022, Meme Styles, president and founder of MEASURE , joined Candid CEO Ann Mei on the stage at SXSW for their talk: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity ( available to watch now on YouTube ). Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 14, 2021

Tableau helps you visualize impact in an easy-to-digest manner, regardless of the size or maturity of your organization, allowing you to maximize your impact along the way. If we do implement one of these data starters for program management, can we still use Tableau for other areas of impact? Dana Genson: You certainly can!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Note from Beth: My long-time colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director, Social Sector Accelerator, shares some thoughts about nonprofit capacity building programs based on extensive research. Her answer to the question about capacity building programs leading to better impact will surprise you. Who is defining results anyway?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Need more help running your current programs? If so, you may be interested in starting a volunteer program. To help you build a sustainable volunteer program, in this guide, we’ll cover the essential steps for starting a volunteer program: Conduct a community needs assessment. Craft a mission statement.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2023

At least one of the criteria for measuring a successful year is related to your financials. Or maybe it might help to find out you don’t have such tools and resources. Donor intelligence offers significant advantages, especially if you have a major gift program. Year after year, you and your nonprofit strive to have a good year.

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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. One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. What Do You Want the Story To Do?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A nontraditional learner in Dallas College’s mechatronics apprenticeship program. Salesforce helps us to count and report on whatever we want, but does that data actually help us improve? The post Using Music and Data to Measure Impact and Wellbeing appeared first on Salesforce.org. Count the Right Numbers.

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Music Measure Impact Data 106

sgEngage

JUNE 7, 2023

In the same way that a good clean-out of your garage helps you put everything back where it should be, your annual nonprofit audit helps you organize your financials. While your nonprofit financial team owns and manages the audit process, there are ways to share the work with other parts of your organization, such as your Program team.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It can be difficult to measure the impact of your work, particularly when you are unclear about what impact means to your organization. To understand how outputs are different from impacts—and why you should measure impact in addition to outcomes—it is helpful to understand what goes into the process of achieving impact.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 19, 2020

While keeping attendance numbers down can help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, event organizers will still need to follow a series of COVID-19 safety measures to ensure attendees and participants are protected. . Every physical event needs to have basic security measures in place to ensure the safety of the participants.

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Care2

JULY 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are solutions to help your nonprofit organization find new donors and retain your existing ones. Care2 has collected the most effective tips you need to know to improve your fundraising and advocacy programs. Email + SMS: A measurable fundraising lift

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Most associations don’t have an easy way to measure member engagement across all their different systems and touch points. And even when measured, it can be tricky to know how to use engagement scores to improve member experience and operational results. This helped to nurture and engage these members until they were eligible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Set Program Goals & Metrics.

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Volunteer Hub

JUNE 28, 2022

The best way to future-proof your volunteer program is by adapting to the needs and expectations of volunteers that provide their time. Creating a strategy and setting goals is one of the best ways that your organization can future-proof your volunteer program. Invest in Volunteer Management Software. First impressions are crucial.

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Volunteer Program Ideas Virtual 82

Candid

JANUARY 29, 2024

government’s Supplemental Poverty Measure. For its part, philanthropy is investing in building evidence for innovative programs as well as exploring new ways to engage communities and young people themselves in identifying solutions. The expanded CTC lifted 2.9 million Hispanic children, and 820,000 white children. in 2020 to 5.2%

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Qgiv

MAY 4, 2021

Laura Kruisenga, COO with Kennari Consulting , works with clients to build their annual fundraising programs with a particular focus on events, communications, and staffing. Laura’s practical coaching style and results-oriented strategies help her clients set realistic goals and achieve measurable results. Download Your eBook!

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Bloomerang

JULY 1, 2021

The hardest part is measuring the effectiveness of a particular campaign and trying to predict gifts in wills’ income for the future. You have to measure more by sign up rather than funds coming in, which is quite different to most other donor drives. How have you seen nonprofits getting their gifts and wills program wrong?

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Association Analytics

MAY 4, 2023

Having this knowledge not only makes you better in your current role, but it will also help significantly when advancement opportunities arise. Having strong knowledge of analytics can help you better understand what drives membership engagement , retention , and growth. Membership?

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Classy

MAY 31, 2021

Your organization, then, needs to decide which type of recurring giving program or strategy is best tailored for your community and would incentivize these recurring donations. . There are five main approaches your nonprofit may want to consider if you’re looking to build or expand your recurring giving program.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Managing your nonprofit’s membership program can feel daunting, whether you’re managing an existing program or creating one from scratch. Nonprofit membership programs can help your organization raise money, build your network, and give members a louder voice in your organization or community.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Fortunately, data can help you make good decisions during uncertain times. Leveraging data during uncertain times will help you lead more confidently and succeed no matter what happens. Using data to help your organization thrive Here are four strategies to help data drive your decisions so your organization can thrive!

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Here are 4 reasons diversity and inclusion (D&I) are important for any volunteer program. Now more than at any other point in history, volunteer programs are becoming increasingly diverse. Ensuring a volunteer program has a balance of volunteers from different backgrounds has a measurable impact on an organization’s success.

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Volunteer Program Skills Retention 89

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

In order to tie outcomes to mission, leaders must embrace and invest in outcome measurement. One CEO of a local behavioral health and human service organization found value in program evaluation measures in his organization where there was no prior initiative to evaluate programs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A board of directors is a legal requirement to establish and maintain a nonprofit organization and helps to ensure the organization achieves its stated mission and meets the expectations of stakeholders, according to Nick Price. Yet, many nonprofit boards do not reflect the communities in which those same organizations are serving.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2017

It's that establishing realistic objectives for your grants program is always a bit of a guessing game. It can help you review your grantseeking objectives, become more strategic in your grantseeking, and utilize leading-edge information to strengthen your own approach. This report serves as a touchstone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2013

I’ve been curating resources on nonprofit measurement over on Scoop.It, with eye towards collecting useful material related to social media and social impact measurement. Despite this, when it is times to do measurement, many feel that it is a daunting task. How can we improve our measurement practice?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

Great evidence exists that nonprofit professionals face obstacles, mostly their own preconceived ideas, around proactively involving program beneficiaries in their program practices. These program practices include needs assessment, decision-making, program implementation, and evaluation. Obstacle 2: “We have no time.”.

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Charity Village

MAY 30, 2024

Good Works is thrilled to once again bring you this totally free report, packed with all-Canadian data to help you measure your direct mail program against yourself, and against the sector. The 2024 Canadian Direct Mail Benchmarks report is here!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This metric is important because it can help you figure out how well your ad copy is performing! Other Performance Metrics to Review Now that you understand the most important metrics to measure success, there are a few reports you can review with those metrics in mind to make any necessary changes.

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Case Management Tools Measure impact A unified solution to help you collect actionable program data, develop comprehensive reports, and share how you’re impacting your community. Advanced features enable you to compare program impact, conduct in-depth analysis, and automate report delivery to stakeholders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 19, 2020

While keeping attendance numbers down can help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, event organizers will still need to follow a series of COVID-19 safety measures to ensure attendees and participants are protected. . Every physical event needs to have basic security measures in place to ensure the safety of the participants.

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Measure Virtual Software Hosting 52

Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Never fear, this lesson will walk you through setting up (or retooling) your own monthly giving program. How to outline a framework for your monthly giving program. If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. Let’s do this!

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Program Giving Gift Goal 52

Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Never fear, this lesson will walk you through setting up (or retooling) your own monthly giving program. How to outline a framework for your monthly giving program. If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. Let’s do this!

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Program Giving Gift Goal 52

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Maybe your association is experiencing challenges, so you’re searching for strategies to empower your staff and enhance the member experience. Regardless of your large association’s situation, the Nimble AMS team is here to offer tips to measure your success and meet your future goals! We are very fortunate to have Nimble AMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. We are honored to have Laura Arrillaga-Andreeseen, Author of Giving 2.0 , write the foreword and it articulates from the donor perspective why nonprofits need to embrace measurement and learning.

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