Futurism

APRIL 19, 2025

In a blind taste test, thousands of self-professed "omnivores and flexitarians" were given meat substitutes alongside the real thing and asked to rate which was better and their responses were pretty telling. When social norms with a product get set in place, it's pretty hard to change that default," Rosenfeld said.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. This Year Vs. Last Year. 3) Past Trends.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Essentially, this is a folder of Word documents each containing answers to common grant application questions, like organization mission and activities, the greatest challenges our nonprofit faces, how we measure and evaluate program impact, how we recognize funders, etc. That’s what I do to increase our grant approval rate.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 18, 2024

When you offer early-bird discounts or group rates, you can fill event openings quickly, giving you a better idea of the demand for your events. Increased volume When you leverage pricing discounts, you can drive higher sales volume, resulting in more total revenue for your organization, even if the individual price point is lower.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Attribution is what allows you to measure the success of your acquisition strategies (and get great insights for optimisation). Are your conversion rates different for different audiences? Measure the success of your upgrade asks – do donors who come from your species extinction petition go on to be regular donors at a higher rate?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

As a result, you’ll need to get comfortable with using hashtags to promote your content. It can often help to do some research, to find which hashtags will deliver the best results. 7) Measure your social media engagement. You can also use the data to measure your progress against your goals. Source: Dreamgrow.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 27, 2023

5 Ways a Recurring Giving Program Boosts Fundraising Results A recurring giving program can be a valuable part of a nonprofit’s overall fundraising strategy. According to fundraising expert Dr. Adrian Sargeant , a 10% improvement in your donor retention rate can result in a 200% increase in donor lifetime value.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

And that is whether the upfront cost (spending) is justified by the back-end result (generated income). And that question is whether the inclusion of the impact report with the appeal will depress or boost fundraising results. And, it’s possible, the results may vary for donors of different amounts.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Findings from M+RBenchmarks reveal that simplifying donation pagesstreamlining fields and focusing on clarityleads to better conversion rates. For example, do you want to increase online donations by 15% in the next year, or reduce your sites bounce rate by 10%? A user-friendly donation form helps too.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

Youre probably generally familiar with the concept of donor retention , but you may not know your own rate or the many nuances of donor retention strategies. Most nonprofits and charities measure donor retention year over year. Now that youve got some data, what can you do to improve your donor retention rates?

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

As a bonus, many associations find that repeat event attendees also renew at higher rates. ( Do your repeat event attendees also renew at higher rates? ). This data shows that attendees at the three year point have the highest drop-off rate. (Do Let’s take a look at how event data can be put into action.

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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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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Cardiologists are looking forward to the future of blood pressure tech — but the field still needs to catch up It’s been over two years since Samsung first announced that its Galaxy Watch would be able to measure people’s blood pressure. Blood pressure measurement is something we need to do a lot more a lot of,” she says.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 28, 2025

Case in Point According to the 2023 M+RBenchmarks report, nonprofits that maintained consistent branding and simplified their donation pages saw marked improvements in conversion rates. Measure Your Progress and Refine Track Key Brand Metrics Brand clarity is about more than warm, fuzzy feelingsit also impacts measurable results.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Event impact and positive outcomes: Share specific achievements, like funds raised or milestones reached, to show attendees the tangible results of their participation and inspire continued engagement. By tracking key metrics, you can measure the duration and quality of your donor relationships and identify areas for improvement.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

To start, lets dive into the key building blocks of success: The Basics of Matching Gifts What to Know About Donor Retention The Correlation Between Matching Gifts and Retention Rates Matching Gifts and Donor Retention Statistics Matching gift programs are a win-win-win for the nonprofits, companies, and donors involved. Want to dig deeper?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Music and exercise: Amplifies performance Music isnt just about setting the vibe for your workoutit has measurable physiological and psychological benefits that can push you to perform at your best. It improves physiological responses like heart rate and muscle activation, leading to better results.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

As knowledge workers including software engineers shifted to remote work during the pandemic, executives expressed a concern that productivity would suffer as a result. “Measuring engineering efficiency is a known, large and growing problem that’s now become solvable.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Why LMS Data Analytics Matters Learning Management Systems collect a wealth of information on learners—everything from course completion rates to assessment scores and engagement levels. Course Completion Rates One of the most basic data points is whether or not employees are completing assigned courses.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Let’s dive into how learning analytics can drive engagement, improve course completion rates, identify gaps in learning programs, and optimize the learning experience. Assessing Learner Sentiment Another important part of measuring the effectiveness of education programs is assessing learning sentiment.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 12, 2022

Identify the key metrics you’ll use to measure your goals. Start by reviewing each of your strategic goals and identifying the key metrics you can use to measure progress against those goals. List out everything you measure in one place. Step 3: Pair down each metric into a broad performance measure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

These simple actions can be potentially life-changing, and they are all made possible by ads posted at the top of Google Search results. Keywords must maintain a quality score (which is measured on a 10-point scale) of at least 3. Your account must maintain an overall click-through rate of at least 5%. Performance: .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

But due to many common challenges to constantly reach new donors, retain existing donors, and increase operational efficiency the amount of effort to impact lives doesn’t always result in the high return it should. Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause? How many meals were served or puppies saved?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

Open rates , click-through rates , conversion rates , and other metrics measure the effectiveness of your fundraising efforts. For example, say you’re hoping to boost open rates of your newsletter, so you want to tweak the subject line. 2) A/B Testing Not sure what subject line to go with?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Your ads can appear in Google search results when people search for particular terms, and you can set up unlimited ad campaigns in your Google Ad Grant account. ’ Your ad for holiday cards appears in the person’s search results, perfectly matching their expressed interest. . 2) It’s one of the easiest grants to get.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Remember: Averages are a useful starting point, but there are all sorts of reasons why your results may deviate from the norm.

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Blue Avocado

JULY 16, 2024

What should be measured? military’s “merit rating” system created during World War II to identify poor performers for discharge or transfer. Don’t get me wrong: Aspirational language is great for identifying what the value is , but it can be difficult to measure employees against this standard. How often should they be done?

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 14, 2025

Step 2: Examine Individual Campaign Results What Worked and What Didnt Now that you know where you want to go, Step 2 will help you determine how youre going to get there. One where overall results were dragged down by just one audience segment. Which channels consistently deliver strong results? That will come next.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2022

In this post, I’ll walk you through why that’s important and what metrics you should measure. . Taking stock of how your results compare to your campaign’s goals is the best way to set yourself up for future success. . Response rates for each channel used . Email open and click-through rates by campaign (and/or subject line).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

And Gensler rolled out its Product Sustainability Standards, providing for many in the industry a clear way to measure the carbon impact of the interior products they select. The result: buildings that effectively function as their own solar panel. Its innovations can have seismic impacts.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s also a valuable tool to help nonprofits evaluate their results by giving them a comparison point for their performance against organizations of similar sizes and issue areas. Barriers to Email Measurement Keep Rising Measuring email performance has changed, and it continues to become more difficult.

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sgEngage

JULY 3, 2024

It’s easy to go over budget on marketi ng without seeing significant results. Additionally, watch out for impression rates that are too good to be true. While some platforms have millions of users, if your impressions are in the millions, it could be a sign something is wrong, especially if your click-through rate is low.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Currently, the error rates of the qubits on our 3rd generation Sycamore processor are typically between 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 100. Through our work and that of others, we understand that developing large-scale quantum computers will require far lower error rates. Until now, the high physical error rates have always won out.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

That repositioning resulted in strategies that revolved around the physician, and it drove products and services in the same direction. Maybe your retention rate isn’t as high as you’d like, or your topline revenue isn’t where you want it to be. Those are value-based outcomes that may result in growth.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The rate of innovation and advancement in technologies has been extraordinary over the past year, and organizations of all shapes and sizes need to keep pace. The right technology is instrumental in making this happen by unifying your platform, implementing impact management strategies, and defining what the organization is measuring.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

If you aren’t measuring donor engagement, you might have to. Donor engagement is a measure of all of the things that make up a complete donor profile, beyond just gift size and superficial demographic information. How Measuring Donor Engagement Can Empower You. See How Bloomerang Can Help You Measure Donor Engagement.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They want us to invest in digital analytics tools to measure our efforts, but I’m not really sure what this will tell us. 79% of businesses say the effects of the pandemic resulted in them having to increase their budget for digital transformation. How are you measuring if you’re meeting or exceeding them?

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