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Sep 12, 2021

It’s not just the information that’s important; it’s how you present it

There is so much information out there.

And that’s a problem.

It’s a problem because many of us spend more time looking for relevant information than we do acting on information. And that is a losing proposition.

I’m a firm believer that the best information is the type that is easily absorbed. Since Analytical Ones’ inception in 2002, that has been our guiding principle because easily absorbed information can be easily leveraged in action. And that’s the whole point, right?

You may not realize it, but your nonprofit organization is sitting on a gold mine of data. But a gold mine is only valuable if you get in and start digging. Data collection and storage is a good start, but means nothing without someone or something who can present the data to decision makers in an easily digestible format. Analytical Ones has the right format for your audience, our Strategic Growth Analysis Executive Summary.

Take a look at the Executive Summary and let us know how we can partner to create results reporting that is digestible and actionable for you and your decision makers.

Strategic Growth Analysis

Echoes of the Dot-Com Bust

I asked the AI Microsoft’s AI tool Copilot to tell me about the dot.com bust of 25 years ago. If you are old enough to remember, the dot.com bust came right off the heels of the Y2K computer fears, the September 11 terrorist attacks and anthrax in snail-mail...

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Micro-Sustainers to Lapsed Donors

Each fall, we here at Analytical Ones survey the trends in fundraising and come up with testing ideas for your fall campaigns. Last year, we recommended testing first class postage, to avoid the USPS’s SOP of delivering all nonprofit postage appeals on the same day....

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Part VII: How Analytical Ones Will be Using AI

Over the past couple of weeks, I have written about some potential effects that AI will have on the nonprofit sector. Today, I’m going to end this series on how we as a company intend to use AI. There’s no doubt there is a certain “wow-factor” using AI. It’s like Star...

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