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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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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Investing in strategic email marketing can amplify your fundraising return on investment (ROI), engage supporters personally, and rally even more people to champion your mission. High ROI: Email marketing is a cost-effective way to stay in touch with supporters. Evaluate if these metrics change when you adjust your email frequency.

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Towards Data Science

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Learn how to calculate your data team’s return with the Data ROI Pyramid. Today, maximizing and measuring data team ROI is near the top of every data leader’s agenda. Most data team ROI formulas focus on some version of the following calculation: Lift / investment = ROI. Calculating data ROI Image by author.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2013

All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins. 10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2009

Photo by Jeff Pulver David Armano has an article on BusinessWeek called " The New Focus Group: The Collective " where he urges companies using social media to make the last word in ROI insight, not investment. The process is: Listen, Learn, Adapt. Are you evaluating current processes and updating them as needed?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Beth and Lauren discussed both strategy and tools, tips and metrics, leaving little ground uncovered. The focus was around the ROI: how to think of the value of social media, the things you need before starting any campaign, and how to measure, analyze and sell campaigns. The Philosophy and Definition of ROI.

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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. As far as selecting the right “Donate Now” service, if the donation process occurs inside of your website and doesn’t send your donors to a third-party website, then you’re likely on the right path. Other Metrics.

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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 Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment). Define Your Metrics and Create a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. Experience their online donation process. Learn from them.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

However, the trick is to shift the conversation from the process to the outcomes. With analytics, the benefits sell themselves: Reducing manual work Optimizing processes Growing revenue Having consistent, trusted data Increasing engagement Driving your association’s mission For example, consider an association dedicated to promoting literacy.

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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. Donation ROI.

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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? This requires engaging in a conversation.

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Classy

AUGUST 11, 2021

Consider the time-saving benefits of a few straightforward campaigns you can run all year long : A main donation website gives any visitor the option to take action, wherever and whenever they’d like, with compelling content and a simple payment process. Get familiar with the campaign metrics available to you in your fundraising software.

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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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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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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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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. Now you’ve identified how you’re using the story, we’re going to get into the weeds to identify your metrics and markers of success.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 22, 2020

They Focus on Metrics. The only way to know what works, and what doesn’t is to track metrics and return on investment (ROI) for all fundraising tactics. This 10 page special report will guide you through the entire process of running a profitable fundraising event for your organization.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

In other highly regulated industries such as financial services, automation has redefined high-friction processes. Friction created by prolonged implementation cycles, lack of adequate clinician involvement and difficult to measure ROI has left us with a healthcare system skeptical of technology.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

ROI -- or Return on Investment -- is a pre- and/or post-evaluation process and analysis of three factors: benefits, costs, and value of a specific technology purchase over time. ROI can help your organization avoid a technology purchase that is a huge mistake or avoid not investing in a technology that could return many dividends.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Scientific management was the first theory to apply scientific thinking to the process of management. Ries discovered successful startups take a four-pronged approach: process, culture, people, and accountability. The system asks for high ROI and enthusiastic projections,” Ries said. The accountability problem.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

Best Practices to Improve Your Training ROI GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In today’s fast-paced business environment, investing in employee training is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge. However, simply providing training is not enough; you must ensure that your training programs yield a high return on investment (ROI).

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

Best Practices to Improve Your Training ROI GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In today’s fast-paced business environment, investing in employee training is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge. However, simply providing training is not enough; you must ensure that your training programs yield a high return on investment (ROI).

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

Best Practices to Improve Your Training ROI Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems ROI Matters All businesses want a positive return on their investments, and training is no exception. The standard quantifiable metrics include business KPIs like Sales, Revenue, Profits, Operational Efficiency, etc.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In this resource, we’ll guide you through how to holistically evaluate ROI, including direct and indirect costs and savings, how long it will take to get a return, and tying it all back to the goals of your team to make a powerful case for change. Do you know how much your technology processes are costing you? Increase in new donors.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This is not a long process. Process – If you have a question, what is the process to get your answers? Or do you have to go through a long process to get the answers? Improved efficiency that will reduce manual work, optimize processes and eliminate redundancy. It should be a quick assessment of your current state.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." I feel that David Armano's " Return on Insight: Listen, Learn, Adapt " process is something that you don't stop doing.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Wherever your association is in the process, you can always improve your member engagement strategy. Next, you’ll want to focus on the metrics side of your formula, ensuring your values are measurable. Finally, you’ll need a minimum of five metric groups to create a member engagement formula. . Member scoring is a journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2008

I've been thinking a lot about ROI because at the end of the month, I'll be doing a session at the Legal Services Corporation's TIG Conference on ROI in the Nonprofit World. On Monday, my article, The ROI of Social Media , was published in the NTEN Newsletter and in March I'll lead a panel at the NTC on that topic.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2025

Thats why increasing your return on investment (ROI) in all areas of your operations is critical, especially for your nonprofits website. With that in mind, lets explore key tips to understand and increase your nonprofit websites ROI. Lets explore ways to enhance these features to create a better online experience that drives ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Wordle of Words Participants Use To Define ROI Yesterday I taught the fifth and final webinar as part of NTEN/TechSoup Global Webinar Series: Social Media and Storytelling. I'll need to tweak the "Y" access because gathering insight is a continuous process and there are elements of listen, learn, and adapt in a traditional ROI process.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

One great way to help guide you in the process of identifying and selecting the most appropriate technologies is to ask your community! Just as part of the social media strategy process in step 3 above calls for evaluation, so does the overall process. WeAreMedia’s ROI Toolbox. What are they using now?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. Phillips , authors of the book, Show The Value Of What You Do , developed the ROI Methodology in the 1970s and refined it in the 1980s when their first book describing the process was published.

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