Daxko’s Constance Miller and Delphine Carter recently re-presented their popular NAYDO 2017 session, Utilizing Data Insights to Drive Member Engagement & Donations. Miller is a Senior Data Strategist with Daxko and leads the Daxko Data Analytics team. Carter is a Senior Product Manager with 6 years of experience working directly with health & wellness organizations to drive member engagement and other initiatives. There is so much great content in this session but I wanted to touch a few points that resonated:According to Giving USA, 2015 was the most giving year ever for Human Services organizations (like the YMCA or JCC). In addition, the amount per donor went up and contributions received per organization went up. However, donor retention and repeat gift size all went down. Per Daxko YMCA-specific data, the average gift dropped in 2016. Later in the webcast, Miller shared that less than 7% of Y members will ever donate. Of those 7%, 42% repeat their donation.
Second, Carter really drives home the importance of helping staff and members understand the greater mission of the organization. She asks webinar participants to think through the promise to members and how your organization can deliver on those promises. She also talked about the importance of sharing mission and success stories throughout an association, including facility, website and even through things like classes and programs.
To improve member and donor engagement, Carter shares that using “single identifiable beneficiaries” of donations is more effective than sharing just statistics. “Giving is ultimately an action of the heart, not the head,” Carter explains. Work to get those stories from beneficiaries and also to make sure staff and volunteers are equipped with those stories when approaching potential donors. Carter shared an effective ad campaign from a YMCA that used members voices to share their personal stories, including why they joined and how the Y impacted their lives.
View the webcast in full to get more details about the points above as well as the data that will help you understand why member engagement is so important for giving: https://vimeo.com/218982290