Engaging your board for communications projects
Big Duck
JUNE 20, 2024
Learn key questions to plan nonprofit board engagement strategies in your branding or communications project. Use these questions to design a more productive process
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Big Duck
JUNE 20, 2024
Learn key questions to plan nonprofit board engagement strategies in your branding or communications project. Use these questions to design a more productive process
Forum One
JUNE 18, 2024
This is the fourth and final post in a four-part blog series, Building Trust and Credibility Through Design, based on a webinar led by Forum One’s Vice President of Design. There are great strategies you can employ to ensure that the designs you put out in the world are inclusive. Watch the webinar.
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Byte Technology
JANUARY 23, 2021
Welcoming challenges is one of the many things we’re good at, and we desire to make every new project better than the last. We’re a one-stop Shopify web design agency in Minneapolis MN. How we help you as a Website Design Agency. Why do you need a Shopify Web Designer? Your website is your most important salesperson.
.orgSource
APRIL 29, 2024
Thirty years later Stephen Wozniak designed Apple 1. As I write, most of my readers are currently using this technology either for personal projects or in the office. The LLM’s task is to understand the complex association between each of these linguistic guideposts and deliver the most likely response to a piece of text.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Crystal Dionysopoulou is the founder and Creative Director of Lucid Fox , a dynamic web design and development agency that puts people first. She draws on years of experience as a UX designer and front-end developer to guide the creation of the perfect website for your organization from start to finish. 2) SOS Violence Conjugale.
sgEngage
APRIL 11, 2024
Every piece of software has a software development lifecycle (SDLC) that typically involves discovery, requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. To protect them and your organization, you must get cybersecurity right for your low-code and no-code projects. Want to learn more?
Media Cause
JULY 14, 2023
However, to maximize the potential of campaigns, it is crucial to manage them effectively through digital marketing project management. Digital Marketing Project Management Strategies Various project management strategies and tools can be used to ensure the success of digital marketing campaigns.
Byte Technology
DECEMBER 14, 2019
There are several web design platforms out there such as Squarespace or Wix that tout how they can be used by people with no website development experience to build professional looking website. There are numerous reasons why using a web design agency to build your website is a much better choice than doing it yourself. Experience.
Bloomerang
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Jones Instagram: alex_n_jones Website: Alex’s website Nonprofit: To Write Love on Her Arms ( Instagram , website , store ) Title: Senior Graphic Designer How long have you worked at To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA)? What role does design play in TWLOHA’s history and present-day work? I came on board with TWLOHA in early 2016.
Forum One
APRIL 13, 2023
As we finish our three-blog series, we hope you have a better understanding of what service design is and why it’s important for the social sector. There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype. Phase 1: Align You’ve decided to embark on a service design project!
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Filled with relatable case studies from top-performing individuals and companies—including Tim Cook, Starbucks, and Microsoft—Briceño lays out crisp, clear tactics for constant learning that will take your team to the next level and create a culture of high performance. Common habits that suppress individuals and teams from improving.
Forum One
APRIL 21, 2022
Good design is engaging, attractive, and usable. Mission-driven organizations rely on Forum One to bring their ideas to life through designs that inform and inspire action. As head of the team, I’m happy to introduce the Forum One design team and the inspiring design work we accomplish with our partners.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Google Impact AI Summit that shared the learning and case studies from Google AI Challenge winners. The Summit included presentations, panel discussions, and a “science fair” where we could see demos from and talk with the winners. I learned about the People + AI Guidebook.
Media Cause
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Receiving a new illustration project request is exciting! We ask for visual examples of artwork/photos or other illustrations to help align on the vision for the project. Sending a few quick sketches in black and white with a color palette is a great way to ensure we are aligned on the direction of the project.
Forum One
MAY 10, 2021
When designing and developing a website or application, a challenge is that roles and tasks can often operate in silos. To tackle this challenge, we recently piloted a new component-based design approach that prioritizes real-time collaboration. Component-based design.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Funding an organization’s mission rather than a specific project or purpose, this unrestricted financial support provides vital flexibility for nonprofits to approach their work as they best see fit. private and community foundations to learn more about giving trends. Every year, Candid surveys large U.S.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 28, 2017
This week Nonprofit Tech for Good donated $25 to 25 nonprofits in order to study how nonprofits are progressing in the design of their donation pages and in the efficacy of their online donation process. The Wilderness Society , UNICEF , and Conservation International have well-designed donation pages that were easy-to-use and effective.
DipJar
AUGUST 12, 2021
A strong design with a user-friendly interface can lead not only to more donors, but larger donations and recurring gifts. . Fortunately, all nonprofits can optimize their website to increase their fundraising potential, even those without a web design expert on staff. Make your donation button highly visible.
VisionLink
AUGUST 31, 2023
Working on small pilot projects to the nation’s largest natural disasters, you can join a great group of colleagues who wake up every day to improve solutions for amazing customers and partners. The PM documents project specifications and manages custom projects as well as new customer launches. Learn more and apply on Indeed.
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.
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
This team I worked with helped social entrepreneur Alejandra Arias Stella , the co-founder of the Llama Pack Project to build a reservation system for the Llama treks. The next day, the whole group had an opportunity experience The Llama Pack Project first hand, by going on a half-day trek in the Sacred Valley. We stopped for lunch.
Forum One
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
In our Service Design: Where Social Impact Meets Innovation webinar, we defined service design, described how service design fits into the social sector, and broke down how mission-driven organizations can apply it to their work. . There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype.
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 17, 2011
If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars.
Forum One
MAY 21, 2024
By staying informed on the latest in design and technology, we bring fresh ideas to every project.” This commitment to continuous learning and improvement allows Forum One to evolve its capabilities, expanding from web design to interactive and motion design, and enriching our branding and illustration expertise.
Association Analytics
APRIL 1, 2024
Step 2: Explore – In addition to reviewing the data in their dashboard, IAEE asked members in its annual member survey and in post webinar surveys about topics they’d like to learn more about. Once you’ve identified what’s working, you can reinvest, and promote those projects.
Candid
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Today marks the launch of Candid Learning for Funders , your new destination for field guides, blogs, training, and tools designed to improve the practice of grantmaking. . The new site is designed to become an easy-to-find destination for all of our learning experiences for funders. increase calls for racial equity .
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 21, 2020
Step Two: Post volunteer projects. In order to find volunteers for your nonprofit positions, you need to post volunteer projects. You’ll need to provide a title of your project, select a category, and enter the skills sought, a project description, and enter the required time commitment. . 1) Free vacancy postings.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 23, 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.
EveryAction
MARCH 8, 2023
Designate a point person for your new software implementation. Because the time needed for each software implementation project will vary, be sure to build a timeline with input from all stakeholders (including your software vendor and implementation partner.) Locate your data.
Tech Soup
JANUARY 24, 2017
Do you want to design, or redesign, your organization's website, but have no idea how to begin? Our new TechSoup Course, Web Design Best Practices 101 , will equip you with a solid foundation on how to design a user-friendly website. Join web design course. Build your design confidence one TechSoup course at a time.
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 19, 2011
This second post shares some insights from the planning sessions for E-Mediat project, a networked approach to capacity building for NGOs in Social Media in the Middle East. (For Meedan , an implementation partner, is responsible for designing and implementing the online learning community. For context, read my earlier post ).
Bloomerang
MARCH 21, 2023
Part of the reason why Swift’s strategy is so effective is that she shares content that’s designed to get her fans talking. One way you can make the most of this time is to use the attention and momentum you have to promote your next initiative or project. What do your supporters care about?
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 24, 2014
Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.
Nimble AMS
MAY 28, 2024
Rather than focusing on skills your team hasn’t yet learned, invest in what your staff knows and perfect those skills. Apple, for example, focused on minimalist designs that allowed for intuitive use. Do so by establishing clear expectations and milestones for each team project or initiative. Subscribe to our blog today!
Global Giving
APRIL 25, 2020
While machine learning is increasingly used by companies across the private sector, few nonprofits have integrated this kind of technology into their operations to date. To do this, we use a process called machine learning that allows us to “teach” computers how to tackle these tasks. What kinds of problems can machine learning solve?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 18, 2014
” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard. Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Dashboard design should also inspire buy-in and continuous improvement by using “ human centered design ” methods. Tracking for Impact and Learning.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 3, 2024
Things like smart computers that learn, better ways for different programs to work together, and ways to customize how things are done. These tools often come with dashboards that show you important numbers, like where the money’s going, what projects are achieving, and how the budget’s being used.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field. Two or three years to adoption: Learning Analytics (K-12/Higher Ed), Open Content (K-12), Games and Gamification (Higher Ed). It is particularly relevant to those who are using online learning environments.
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. With the information we’ve gathered from users, we can begin to design and build new Candid tools. What problems are we trying to solve?
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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