ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

The problem with ratios. They often use financial ratios to measure a nonprofit's impact, but these do not most accurately showcase a program's efficiency. Combining anecdotes with metrics that illustrate the problem can invite donors to be a part of the solution.

Communication 52

Communication Impact Effective Ratio 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Benchmarking is the process of comparing your organization’s practices and results with a group of peer organizations. It can be an informal study and fairly simple to do. You identify a list of similar organizations and collect specific metrics to compare. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

Benchmark 96

Benchmark Social Media Measure Results 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. Guy notes that the ideal ratio of peoples’ comments to your responses is one-to-one. or “Love it!”

Practice 109

Practice Tips Social Meme 109

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Overhead to program expense ratio. There’s also no question that ratios can be valuable tools for evaluating charitable groups. If we continue trying to measure social change by financial criteria alone, we’ll never have full view of the inputs and processes necessary to create lasting impact. How is ROI calculated?

Measure 31

Measure ROI Organization Ratio 31

Classy

JUNE 4, 2021

Below, we cover three best practices to successfully make the most of matching gift programs and the funds they could provide to your organization: Market your matching gift program to boost donor awareness. Follow these best practices and include the following information to market your matching gift program: . Capital Group.

Gift 57

Gift Ratio Strategy Fundraising 57

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

This often overlooked and sometimes under-appreciated department uses data to drive strategy, best practices to guide training, and technology to hack success. Sales Ops Metrics & KPIs. Sales Ops Best Practices. Performance Metrics Analyses. Selection of Key Sales Metrics to Adopt. Sales Ops: Table of Contents.

Synchronous 140

Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 140

NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. I''d like to take a closer look at one aspect of our research and organizational practice: technology staffing levels. This gives us (and you) a more comparable metric. FTE tech staff for your team is keeping up.

Ratio 85

Ratio Report Technology Roles 85

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. However, increasingly nonprofits are moving to the practice of outcome evaluation. As part of a.

Research 82

Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

The part that's still very tricky for most is measuring the impact of these activities. So we start with the industry-wide best practices: How many people like you on Facebook? Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. Metrics, metrics, metrics.

Facebook 51

Facebook Ratio Influence Social Media 51

Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Read on to learn more about nonprofit transparency best practices! Not only is public financial disclosure considered a nonprofit transparency best practice (and may be legally required), but it directly impacts your organization’s ability to communicate its mission, values, and financial health to relevant stakeholders.

Public 90

Public Practice Build Donor 90

Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

When your nonprofit uses online fundraising platforms and follows best practices, you can meet your supporters where they are—online—and enable them to give quickly and easily. Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure.

Ideas 100

Ideas Online Guide Fundraising 100

CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

5) Fundraising Metrics. Data derived from key fundraising metrics is great for driving decisions at an organizational level but for the sake of simplicity here are two metrics you should include on any public-facing fundraising page: Funds Raised. The most straightforward performance metric is the dollar amount raised.

Websites 52

Websites Fundraising Site Create 52

Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

When your nonprofit uses online fundraising platforms and follows best practices, you can meet your supporters where they are—online—and enable them to give quickly and easily. Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure.

Ideas 81

Ideas Online Fundraising Tips 81

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Google actively measures your quality scores, maximum cost-per-click, and click-through rates to monitor your account activity. Ticket sales, donations, petition signatures, and email list registrations are all metrics you can use to measure your nonprofit’s marketing progress. Increased Conversions.

Grant 97

Grant Nonprofit Digital Metrics 97

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

News and World Report , and Money routinely publish stories that emphasize program spending and fundraising cost ratios. Federated campaigns often "help" their donors make giving decisions by prominently publishing such ratios next to the organizations names. The watchdog gets to show off its new look and practice its new tricks.

Teach 90

Teach Ratio Student Classes 90

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 also don't want to get too deep into geeky measurement crap. So when I heard that one of the leading subject matter experts on social media metrics - Jeremiah Owyang - was the guest of honor at a local social media networking event , I decided to go.

Metrics 56

Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

I took a look at a couple of the measurement tools available for Pinterest and got on the waiting list for Pinerly after reading this analysis from the Poynter Blog based on stats provided by Pinerly. Rick Kats kindly sent me a spreadsheet of metrics for 6 nonprofits that were early adopters, using it consistently and best practices.

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Benchmark Photography Ratio Stats 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

A year ago, he said that measuring outcomes for social media is, "an evolving art (not quite a science yet) and you have to be up to the challenge of both thinking a bit differently and be ok with leveraging several different tools." Measuring the success of social media efforts can't be done with a single metric.

Reflection 50

Reflection Measure Technorati ROI 50

NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

He attributes Water for People’s success to their relentless focus on (and measurement of) outcomes. There were a lot of data points they could measure, but by selecting and focusing on six key levers and limiting the sources of data (for now), they have a usable program to which they can continue to add functionality and improvements.

Data 36

Data Conference Report Proposal 36

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We all use data and analytics in some measure every day to guide our strategic planning and tactical decision making. Data and the understanding and interpreting of metrics is something I have to work hard at, because it simply does not come naturally to me. Lifetime value measurements. by Jann Schultz.

Analytics 33

Analytics Data Analysis Metrics 33

Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2010

We share an abiding interest in exploring the community-enhancing roles of libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs), especially in terms of the practice of hospitality and service within the institution. When there are no rules, policies, best practices or missions, you can SAY that your space is for everyone, but you can't enforce it.

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Place Discussion Library Museum 30