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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
Jun 20, 202313 min read
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, 20239 min read
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, 202311 min read
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, 20239 min read
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, 202310 min read
Simple Statistics for Nonprofits
3 Easy-to-Use Statistics Every Nonprofit Should Know In a hurry? Check out 3 Simple Statistics for Nonprofits (2 Minute Guide) for a...
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Ryan Brooks
Apr 5, 20238 min read
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, 20239 min read
Duplicated and Unduplicated Counts in Nonprofits
Need the short version? Check out the 2 minute guide to duplicated and unduplicated counts . What are the Differences Between Duplicated...
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Ryan Brooks
Mar 6, 20236 min read
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, 20237 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20234 min read
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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Ryan Brooks
Jan 25, 20235 min read
Why is Measuring Nonprofit Success So Hard?
Overcome the Challenges and Demonstrate Nonprofit Impact I’ve often wished that nonprofits could point to a single “bottom-line” value,...
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Ryan Brooks
Jan 10, 20235 min read
Nonprofit Data Collection: Make Space for Human Connection
Balancing Data Collection and Human Connection in Human Services Tracking data at your nonprofit can be time consuming and frustrating....
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Ryan Brooks
Dec 6, 202211 min read
Different Ways Nonprofits Can Think About Data
Identify Your Nonprofit's Data Point of View Most nonprofits collect data of some kind, either because you have to or because you want...
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Ryan Brooks
Nov 18, 20225 min read
Nonprofit Data Strengths, Challenges, and Obstacles
Why Some Nonprofits Excel with Data and Others Don't Over the past couple of months, I've spoken with staff at numerous nonprofits across...
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Ryan Brooks
Nov 9, 20228 min read
Measuring Nonprofit Success is Hard Part 2: How To Compare Pre- and Post-Program Data
How to Measure Nonprofit Success: Comparing Pre- and Post-Program Data It can be difficult for human service nonprofits to show that your...
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Anne McDaniel
Oct 24, 20229 min read
Ten Tips for Creating Great Surveys
Surveys are an important data collection tool used that nonprofits and other organizations can use get a pulse on the satisfaction,...
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Ryan Brooks
Oct 18, 20229 min read
3 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Demographics to Improve Outcomes
Analyzing Demographics for Better Nonprofit Outcomes If you run a social services nonprofit, then you probably already collect...
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Anne McDaniel
Oct 4, 20225 min read
What Makes a Good Scorecard and 4 Reasons Why your Nonprofit Needs One
Understanding the Importance of Scorecards for Nonprofits: 4 Reasons to Implement One Have you ever gone through a lengthy strategic...
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Ryan Brooks
Sep 26, 20224 min read
Nonprofits Metrics are Important, but Remember to Tell Stories
Balancing Data and Narrative: The Importance of Storytelling for Nonprofit Impact Maybe you’ve been here before...You’re at the annual...
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