Media Cause

DECEMBER 20, 2021

If you aren’t a designer yourself, the design process can seem like a mystery. I think it’s valuable for everyone who works with creative teams to understand the work that leads up to different types of projects. Knowing the full scope of how projects come to life can help make you a better client, teammate, and partner.

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Global Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A new supplement to “ Transforming Technology Pro Bono ,” a publication from the VMware and Taproot Foundations, is designed to help. It expands on initial research, which introduced the Solution Development Framework, a phased-approach to discover, design, implement, and maintain sustainable solutions that meet nonprofit needs.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

However, it’s not worth it to rush the project, especially if you fail to set a strong foundation and have to rebuild your site from scratch a few years down the line. Why Work With A Development Agency to Complete Your Web Design Project. How to Build a Website: 5 Steps Your Team Can Take.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

Unlike your standard fundraiser, a capital campaign focuses on JUST the project at hand, and the impact that project will have on those you serve. Money raised during a capital campaign can only be used for that project. During the quiet phase, you receive fewer donations, but they’re really big amounts.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

Before we write product requirements, design interfaces, or build software, we go to our users to understand how they do their work, what their goals are, and what obstacles are standing in their way. It is critical to have a clear understanding of all phases of their work to create an effective solution.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

The introduction of Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG, now allows AI applications to enhance the capabilities of machine learning models by integrating them with a retrieval component. Choose the Right Approach There are many options for designing and developing a RAG-enhanced conversational AI solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Designing the meeting so it is effective and encourages team-building can be tricky. How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. The planners of this event offered some valuable lessons for any organization on how to design effective and engaging retreats.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

This is is often something tangible or material, like a new building, renovation project, or equipment purchase⁠, and it’s often primarily funded through major gifts. If it’s a go, you’ll enter the private phase of your capital campaign, which is generally where your major donor engagement comes in.

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sgEngage

MAY 15, 2024

We incorporated learnings and feedback from grantee partners. This was a year-long project that required CDP to closely examine our processes and have bold conversations about how we wanted our grantmaking to look. For process changes like this, there isn’t a set timeframe for each phase of this process.

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Greater Giving

MAY 12, 2021

the lead up to an event or the conclusion of a major project, for example—but choosing to only be in contact with your donor community during those special moments may be undercutting your efforts to deepen relationships with contributors who might be willing to offer more. The Cultivation Phase. The Solicitation Phase.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

By: Kate O’Connor, Senior Analyst (Strategy), Innovation Consulting, Salesforce Ignite UK&I; Kevin Smeeing, Senior Analyst (Design), Innovation Consulting, Salesforce Ignite UK&I; Anna-Sophie Oertzen , Innovation Consulting Manager, Salesforce Ignite EMEA. Volunteer Alliance Projects. Adopt A Project.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

However, for organizations conducting urgent or complex projects, a consultant that provides ongoing support can be a cost-effective alternative to hiring an internal team member to oversee their technology. Ongoing support can be especially helpful for organizations interested in completing their project in phases.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Every creative project we work on at Media Cause is different. The most successful projects involve establishing this visual direction early on, making sure that our team, and our client’s team, are aligned from the very beginning. The Four Approaches. Moodboards. Style tiles. Style guides. Stylescapes. Moodboards. What are moodboards?

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Language Design Guide Phase 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training.

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NTEN

AUGUST 18, 2011

For organizations looking to replace or overhaul their website, the project ahead may seem enormous, unwieldy, daunting. The path from initial planning to the successful launch of a well designed, functional website is long and full of twists. Those phases are: Internal Planning. Development. Content Population.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It can be uncomfortable to admit, but many web designers, myself included, first learned about digital accessibility as a regulation. It’s not a way to design—it’s simply design. This takes our approach out of a project-by-project mindset, and also challenges us to look internally. We can’t contribute.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Rebranding can be used to improve public perception of a nonprofit’s organization, but it’s a major decision and significant project to undertake. Next, consider what audience learnings you can surface using your nonprofit’s marketing analytics, such as email engagement metrics, website traffic measures, and social media performance.

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Nonprofit Audience Library Research 109

Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Here we also share the key components of each phase and best practices for streamlining your efforts. Seek to round out your campaign’s messaging by giving your audience a clear call to action to get involved or learn more. But managing a campaign’s moving pieces can be challenging. Explain the next steps.

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Global Giving

JULY 25, 2017

That typically doesn’t yield a solution that’s sustainable, rather the project easily goes into disuse or is “developed and dumped.” In this case, the customer is a nonprofit, and it’s important to begin pro bono projects by taking a human-centered design approach to understand the context and need before diving into implementation.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2022

When you can identify who you’re speaking to, what their perspective is, and the knowledge level they bring to the table, you can design your presentations to be more appealing and relevant. to deliver all the information team members require to take on a new project or plan effectively. Design appealing visual elements.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Note: This is the eighth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. To create a sitemap, we begin with the documents produced during the Content Strategy phase. In later phases of the project, I tend to transition from the graphic sitemap back to the old spreadsheet we used during the Content Strategy phase.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Does the project end at the go live? During Alan’s session, he really focused on the importance of organization culture in technology projects. Ultimately, technology projects are not just about tech, they’re also about the people and creating a catalyst for change within organizations. How do we measure that success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2013

This is a continuation of my work with TBA over the past 3-4 years. The first year I experimented with a peer design that included face-to-face workshops, action learning projects, and monthly calls back in 2010 called ArtsLab. The first phase was an intensive “ Digi-Strat ” boot camp last month. Training Design'

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Why This Fundraising App Made Our List The Bloomerang app is designed to support donor management from wherever you are. Qgiv — Top Fundraising App for In-Person Giving Qgiv’s Virtual Terminal is a fundraising app specifically designed to help fundraisers record and accept donations on the go. The first is designed for event attendees.

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

Keep reading to be inspired and learn a little more about the women shaping Qgiv! It was my first big project. I was just out of school and there was so much I had to learn. Meet Cristina Ordaz, Senior UI/UX Designer . Qgiv: When did you first develop a love for user experience and design?

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Celebrate Tech Interview Leadership 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

Here are the top three grantmaking tools to use in place of foundationConnect: Track, manage, and deliver funding programs — all in one place Nonprofit Cloud for Grantmaking is designed to maximize your impact. Learn more 1. Without capable resources, this could be a high-maintenance project, and a costly long-term option.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 16, 2021

Whether it’s sending out an ask, an update on a project, or a thank you letter, a nonprofit’s message isn’t effective unless it reaches the right donor at the right time. Start by thinking about what you want to learn about your donors and place that information into three categories.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

So, you’ve decided to invest in growing your association’s learning business to provide more value to members and bring in non-dues revenue. At Web Courseworks, we provide professional services to help associations like yours build their ideal learning business. What does a learning consultant do? That’s great!

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eLearning Consultant Guide Associations 69

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

Much like any new project or renovation, a transition to Salesforce could have you thinking about the various pros and cons of making this change. Much like any new project or renovation, a transition to Salesforce could have you thinking about the various pros and cons of making this change. Get a 360-Degree View of Constituents.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 3, 2015

Well, I could tell you about how I’m on the Foundation’s Tech & Products team (specifically on the product engineering side) and how it’s all about working with the broader community and the Foundation to evangelize and grow investment in open source projects. I truly enjoyed working there and I learned so much.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. At our first in-person design sprint*, the group challenged each other to bust orthodoxies that hold us back from reducing hunger.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. It’s typically the first step in our User Research phase, providing a good overview of the visitors to a nonprofit website and how they behave on the site.

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Analytics Design Research Process 37

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

If a capital campaign is on the horizon for your organization, Aaron Bishop and Brian O’Neil will share strategies and resources available to confidently predict your project costs and resources needed. And if you’re shopping before the end of the year or want to make a switch, you can visit our website, learn all about us.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

At the very least, allow the learning phase to finish before you consider turning off your campaign.). 4) Design your creative. Conclusion: Try, learn, repeat. Brent’s professional experience consists of work in corporate communications, direct marketing, higher ed marketing, and consulting on advocacy and media projects.

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Achieve

MARCH 31, 2021

For these organizations, now could be the perfect opportunity to tackle much-needed expansions or investments, like new kitchen equipment or a building project. . Give yourself plenty of time to plan and host them during your campaign’s public phase. for spreading the word about your campaign during its public phase.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

When starting a government modernization project or website redesign, broadly, you want to think about three major questions: What are your needs? a security team, a 508 compliance testing team, content creation, content approvals, legal compliance or review for content, government approvals for designs, branding and/or imagery, etc.).

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