Tips for Writing About Nonprofit Data
How to Effectively Communicate Nonprofit Data Most nonprofits need to turn their data into written information for supporters and...
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Counting Bubbles
A sometimes insightful, sometimes sassy blog about nonprofits, data management, and building a better future. Opinions expressed are our own...and they are based on indisputable facts.
Ryan Brooks
- Oct 5, 2023
- 10 min
What Data Should Nonprofits Collect
If you are new to a data-oriented role at a nonprofit or your nonprofit is “getting serious” about data for the first time, then the...
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Ryan Brooks
- Aug 30, 2023
- 9 min
Demographics Basics for Nonprofits
If you run a social services nonprofit that provides case management, mentoring, basic needs assistance, adult education, housing, or...
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Ryan Brooks
- Jul 14, 2023
- 9 min
Making Good Tables and Charts
Tips for Creating Effective and Engaging Tables and Charts You will probably use tables and charts to analyze your data to find important...
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Ryan Brooks
- Jun 20, 2023
- 13 min
How Nonprofits Measure Their Impact
Your nonprofit’s mission statement demands that you do something, rather than nothing, to change the world for the better. It gives you a...
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Ryan Brooks
- May 31, 2023
- 9 min
Year-Over-Year Comparisons for Nonprofits
How to Use Year-Over-Year Comparisons to Track Nonprofit Performance Our nonprofit can use year-over-year comparisons to gain insight...
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Ryan Brooks
- May 17, 2023
- 11 min
Likert Scales: For Fun and Nonprofits
Most of us have been to a conference and were asked to give feedback at the end. We filled out that little green sheet of paper that...
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Ryan Brooks
- May 4, 2023
- 9 min
Levels of Measurement for Nonprofits
Levels of Measurement: A Key Consideration when Deciding the Data your Nonprofit will Track In a recent post, we talked about the...
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Ryan Brooks
- Apr 19, 2023
- 10 min
Simple Statistics for Nonprofits
3 Easy-to-Use Statistics Every Nonprofit Should Know When we examine our organization’s data, it’s great to have one number, one value,...
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Ryan Brooks
- Apr 5, 2023
- 8 min
Counts and Percentages in Nonprofit Data
Use Counts and Percentages to Show Your Impact In another post we talked about how nonprofits can use duplicated and unduplicated counts...
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Ryan Brooks
- Mar 21, 2023
- 8 min
Duplicated and Unduplicated Counts in Nonprofits
Duplicated and Unduplicated Counts You will often see the terms duplicated and unduplicated counts when discussing nonprofit data. They...
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Ryan Brooks
- Mar 6, 2023
- 6 min
Inherently important outputs in nonprofits
In prior posts, we defined outputs as the things you do, and we defined outcomes as the things you achieve through your outputs. We have...
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Ryan Brooks
- Feb 23, 2023
- 7 min
What are outcomes? How can nonprofits pick the right ones?
5 Rules for Picking Outcomes at Your Nonprofit In another post, we defined outputs as the things you do and outcomes as the things you...
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Ryan Brooks
- Feb 6, 2023
- 5 min
What are outputs? How can nonprofits pick the right ones?
Nonprofit Data: Choose the best outputs for your nonprofit to track Outputs and outcomes are building blocks of nonprofit data...
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Ryan Brooks
- Feb 6, 2023
- 4 min
Nonprofit Data Bootcamp - Intro and Topics
Learn to Track and Analyze Nonprofit Impact You don’t need an advanced degree (or any degree really) to learn how to effectively manage...
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