Best Practices & Prompt Guide for Data Visualization
Que is your fundraising assistant, built directly into Network for Good. Ask Que a question about your fundraising data and get an inline visualization, a bar or line chart drawn from your live NFG data, without leaving the chat or building a report manually.
With a specific question and timeframe, you can see revenue and giving trends, track how your donor mix has shifted over time, monitor retention performance, and compare your results to sector benchmarks. Que pairs its findings with exportable charts you can share with leadership or your board, and keeps the conversation going so you can explore as deep as you need to go.
Whether you're a Development Director preparing for a board meeting or a fundraiser planning your next campaign, Que gives you a faster way to understand your performance and make confident decisions.
Getting Started with Data Visualization in Bonterra Que
For a step-by-step guide on how to use Data Visualization in Que, check out the article here.
Example Use Cases for Data Visualization
Not sure where to start? Here are common scenarios where Que can help:
| Scenario | How Que Helps | Example Prompts |
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| Board or Leadership Presentation | Generates inline charts showing revenue and donor count trends you can screenshot or download for decks and reports. |
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| Campaign Planning | Compares new, retained, and reactivated donor segments across years so you can decide whether to prioritize acquisition, retention, or win-back. |
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| Retention Diagnostics | Charts overall, first-year, and repeat retention rates as trend lines to help you identify whether you have a structural retention problem. |
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| Budget Forecasting | Visualizes average gift trends over multiple years so you can build realistic revenue projections for your next budget cycle. |
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| Donor Engagement Review | Tracks gifts per donor over time to give you a direct read on whether your engagement efforts are working. |
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| Sector Benchmarking | Compares your retention rate to sector benchmarks so you can see how your organization tracks relative to peers. |
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Prompt Guide: How to Get the Most from Data Visualization
Que delivers its clearest visualizations when you give it specific context, name the metric you want, the timeframe, and whether you want full-year or year-to-date data. For multiple metrics, line charts work best; for single-metric year-over-year comparisons, bar charts are clearest.
Try prompts like:
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Show me revenue trend over the last 5 years.
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How has our donor count changed over the past 3 years?
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Compare new vs. retained vs. reactivated donors for the past 3 years.
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Show average gift trend over 5 years.
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Chart gifts per donor over time.
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How has our retention rate changed over the last 5 years?
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Chart our retention rate and compare it to sector benchmarks.
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Show me full-year metrics for 2023, 2024, and 2025.
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Compare this year's YTD performance to last year's YTD.
You can expect:
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An inline bar or line chart rendered directly in the Que chat interface
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Full-year historical data and year-to-date comparisons
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Sector benchmark overlays where relevant
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Downloadable charts as image or CSV
What Que Evaluates:
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Revenue and giving data (total revenue, average gift, gifts per donor)
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Donor engagement data (donor count, donation count, new/retained/reactivated donors)
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Retention performance (overall, first-year, and repeat retention rates)
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Sector benchmarks (how your results compare to peer organizations)
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The specific metric, timeframe, and chart type you describe in your prompt
Que Access:
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NFG Intelligence customers have unlimited access to this skill. Standard NFG Que customers can use Data Visualization within their existing 35 monthly Que credits.
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