Association Analytics

JUNE 25, 2024

But what if we told you the keys to better retention results are in the data you already have? Compelling subject lines and preview texts can significantly impact open rates. It’s important to continually test different approaches throughout the year to find what resonates best with your members. Why Don’t Members Renew?

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

As a result, you might be missing out on a lot of revenue and better retention from supporters who are ready to give annually , just not monthly. We’ve always known that the upsell rate (new recurring gifts divided by new recurring plus one-time gifts) was higher for annual vs. monthly gifts, and that makes sense, right?

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 19, 2024

This can look like leaning into cultivation and lapsed recapture to drive retention and reactivation rates. Test Wealthier Carrier Routes If your hospital is mailing into smaller regions, try testing small panels of carrier routes in wealthy ZIP codes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Try testing out CTAs driving to content that includes an ask instead of just asking in the initial email. After several emails you can compare email open rates and stick with what works. Try this: Don’t just focus on the time and day that emails are sent, but test different times of the month.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Donor retention is the measurement of how many donors continue giving to your nonprofit year after year. Maintaining a high retention rate means your nonprofit has access to ongoing, sustainable financial support. Maintaining a high retention rate means your nonprofit has access to ongoing, sustainable financial support.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It’s about having good data, getting creative, starting small, testing options, and scaling what works—while keeping finance front and center. How to Measure: Use metrics like sponsorship revenue growth, cost of acquisition, and renewal rates to evaluate which partnerships are delivering the best financial returns. The good news?

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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. For example, retention rates tend to be higher for mid-level and major donors. Do more testing.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Launch and promote fundraisers Before you launch your fundraisers, test the donation buttons by donating a dollar to the campaign yourself. Recurring donations are important for your nonprofit’s donor retention strategy. Increasing your retention rate boosts your fundraising revenue over time.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 4, 2024

To truly understand the health of your organization, there are seven key metrics you should track in your database: Year-on-year revenue Donor file growth Donor retention Gifts per donor Average gift Revenue per donor Cost to acquire Data can be overwhelming. Look at metrics like response rate, average gift, and revenue per thousand.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 11, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants tips to improve first-time donor retention: Dear Charity Clairity, What tips would you give to a small to medium-size shop to improve first-time donor retention? On the other end of the spectrum, donors of $50 or more typically have the highest conversion rate.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 19, 2024

Personalized interactions strengthen donor relationships, leading to increased donor engagement and retention! Impact on Retention Rates Effective segmentation goes beyond grouping donors by shared traits; it provides actionable insights to boost donor retention. Email allows for personalized and detailed communication.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Target new audiences – We focus on member experience, satisfaction, and retention, but what about the more tangential groups we touch as an organization? The key is being deliberate about the types of prospects you’re trying to reach and processes you’re using to try to convert them into new members.

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Pamela Grow

APRIL 29, 2023

And the retention of those new donors was a leading cause of the decline. The sharp decline in new donor retention, which decreased by 21.8%, represents a significant challenge to the industry. The struggle to retain donors is widespread, with the lowest recorded donor retention rate at 42.6%.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

But the good news is that nonprofits benefit from higher open rates compared to regular marketing emails. Your real test lies in converting these opens into donations. Your Welcome Email According to Campaign Monitor, Welcome emails have a whopping 91.43% open rate. Think of it as a two to three line thank you update.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 12, 2022

Use data to check your “vitals” Just like humans have vitals (temperature, blood pressure, heart rate), your organization does as well. If you see something is a off, you can dig deeper and run more tests. Examples could include member retention rate, email opens, headcount expenses or meeting sponsorship sales.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). I’m not writing this post to tell you the ‘5 Sure Fire Ways to Increase Your Donor Retention’. So, what led to our above industry average donor retention rates? Want to improve your donor retention rates?

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The article outlines steps for establishing an evaluation process for bias and harm, building an ethical AI tool, and testing and providing ethical usage guidelines before launch. The authors call on nonprofits using ChatGPT to stay human-centered, increase staff’s AI literacy, consider “co-botting” with humans, and test, test, test.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Improving engagement and retention A positive onboarding process increases employee engagement and retention. These metrics could include completion rates, time spent on each module, and learner engagement. The streamlined process reduces HR’s administrative burden and improves onboarding efficiency.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Improving engagement and retention A positive onboarding process increases employee engagement and retention. These metrics could include completion rates, time spent on each module, and learner engagement. The streamlined process reduces HR’s administrative burden and improves onboarding efficiency.

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Roles Module Retention Analytics 52

Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The following article describes different factors that could be kept in mind while performing such evaluation: Performance on Tests Just as it works in an academic environment, employees after being put through a training module need to be required to take various tests to assess how well they have grasped the topic.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The following article describes different factors that could be kept in mind while performing such evaluation: Performance on Tests Just as it works in an academic environment, employees after being put through a training module need to be required to take various tests to assess how well they have grasped the topic.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

What was our retention rate year over year? Design and test your year-end donation page and web overlay for the homepage to spotlight the campaign, incorporating year-end fundraising for nonprofits. Test all buttons, links, post-gift email auto-responders, and landing pages on desktop and mobile devices. Filter by date.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

There is a higher website conversion rate and donors stay on the website longer because of more opportunities to engage with the software. Kindful places a heavy focus on data, giving the user access to donors’ giving history, wealth details, and rating for likelihood to give.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Key fundraising metrics like donor retention rate, donation frequency, and fundraising return on investment (ROI). For example, if you discover your donor retention rate is falling, you can focus more time and resources on donor stewardship in the months leading up to GivingTuesday to boost retention.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The following article describes different factors that could be kept in mind while performing such evaluation: Performance on Tests Just as it works in an academic environment, employees after being put through a training module need to be required to take various tests to assess how well they have grasped the topic.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

They can also help them boost employee engagement and retention. After all, it encompasses the measurement of knowledge retention, skill application, and behavior change among learners. Quantitative data is objective and measurable, such as test scores and performance metrics.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

They can also help them boost employee engagement and retention. After all, it encompasses the measurement of knowledge retention, skill application, and behavior change among learners. Quantitative data is objective and measurable, such as test scores and performance metrics.

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Metrics Measure Analytics Training 52

Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

They can also help them boost employee engagement and retention. After all, it encompasses the measurement of knowledge retention, skill application, and behavior change among learners. Quantitative data is objective and measurable, such as test scores and performance metrics.

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Metrics Measure Analytics Training 52

Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Launch and promote fundraisers Before you launch your fundraisers, test your donation buttons by donating to the campaign yourself. Recurring donations are important for your nonprofit’s donor retention strategy. The average donor retention rate in the nonprofit sector has rested around 45% for the last five years.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

The importance of UX in technology and software cannot be understated, particularly considering the following benefits: User Retention: A Forrester study highlights that 88% of users are unlikely to return to a site after a bad experience. Good UX design not only retains users but can also improve course completion rates.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

The importance of UX in technology and software cannot be understated, particularly considering the following benefits: User Retention: A Forrester study highlights that 88% of users are unlikely to return to a site after a bad experience. Good UX design not only retains users but can also improve course completion rates.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

The importance of UX in technology and software cannot be understated, particularly considering the following benefits: User Retention: A Forrester study highlights that 88% of users are unlikely to return to a site after a bad experience. Good UX design not only retains users but can also improve course completion rates.

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Candid

JUNE 5, 2024

Incorporating microlearning as a supplement to longer training content can also reinforce critical points, which reduces the impact of the “forgetting curve ” and promotes better retention. Ask staff and external stakeholders to test drive your content. Evaluate and iterate on learning experiences. What’s resonating?

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

With shorter learning material, microlearning in learning management systems can improve knowledge retention among learners. It’s only available on the desktop, and most of its reports are restricted to tracking course completion and test scores. Each module is informative and interesting to grasp, even for slow learners.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

With shorter learning material, microlearning in learning management systems can improve knowledge retention among learners. It’s only available on the desktop, and most of its reports are restricted to tracking course completion and test scores. Each module is informative and interesting to grasp, even for slow learners.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

With shorter learning material, microlearning in learning management systems can improve knowledge retention among learners. It’s only available on the desktop, and most of its reports are restricted to tracking course completion and test scores. Each module is informative and interesting to grasp, even for slow learners.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

Because, despite all the research showing such calls increase donor retention and the size of future gifts , most nonprofits still aren’t doing it. That way, you can track whether donors who received calls renewed at higher rates (or dollar amounts) than donors who were not called. Think about what you could test.

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