Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? There are two different methods to evaluate your training. If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time. “ Zoom fatigue is real, so it’s important when creating a virtual fundraising event to be mindful of duration and timing, as well as ensuring that all content offered within your event provides value and actionable takeaways. They use this to improve future content and the event as a whole.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

To brand your organization and ensure that branding is maintained across your marketing platforms, you’ll need to design a comprehensive brand narrative that will last the test of time and communicate that clearly across all who are in charge of conveying it. When you think of powerful nonprofit brands, what comes to mind? Positioning.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

With this in mind, how should your nonprofit go about effectively marketing your next fundraiser? Targeted information about the event should continue to be released up until several days before the event to remain top of mind with potential guests as well as those already confirmed.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

While all the projects are fast, messy, and incomplete, each is like a small test tube of ideas and possibilities for opening up the way we do social impact research. Don''t (always) call it a survey. They had several participants who said "I wouldn''t do a survey, but I like doing this." The teams delivered. Taking photos.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

As you plan your campaign, keep each of the three pillars in mind: The market. You or your marketing agency may conduct interviews with target audience members, share surveys, create audience personas, perform A/B tests, and more. Collect the information you need about your audience to create effective content.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Before I start, it is best to issue a few disclaimers: I am not a neuroscientist; this blog post is not written with appropriate scientific method. Whereas other ideas were best suited for the minds of my friends. Do not be afraid to survey your department: People know how they like to learn. Know they exist.

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Gyrus

JUNE 23, 2016

Be sure to methodically ask yourself this set of questions before choosing an LMS: What are your development objectives? Most importantly keep the need of the audience in mind throughout the selection process. Almost all LMS vendors will provide a demo or trial period for testing their product before your purchase.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

To compensate for these changes in individual behavior, digital campaigners have had to up their testing and innovating game to new levels, and bite the bullet and send more email than ever before. Having a tool that allows for easy segmentation and testing is key to improving email deliverability. This is where EveryAction comes in!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Using your email tool, here are a couple of best practices for volunteer recruitment to keep in mind: With email segmentation, group your volunteers based on their preferences or skills. As you start brainstorming, consider looking to your database for popular past experience or directly asking your volunteer base with a survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Example of A/B Testing Results. There are no systems in place, no dashboards or simple collection method. Testing and Coordinating: At this stage, the organization is regularly collecting data but in a bunch of different spreadsheets and collected by different people or departments. What is the difference?

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Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

Be sure to methodically ask yourself this set of questions before choosing an LMS: What are your development objectives? Most importantly keep the need of the audience in mind throughout the selection process. Almost all LMS vendors will provide a demo or trial period for testing their product before your purchase. Recent Post.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

For many of us, the devil in the details has actually poisoned our minds to think that those details are something other people must have. As designers, we claim that through testing, surveys, and extensive secondary research we’re able to understand the user better. The problem with designing for the average user.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Miscellaneous: The nonprofit must respond to Google’s annual program survey. The annual survey is emailed once a year and can also be submitted by going directly to the online form. Many of the things you learn about your audience and what they are looking for will be applicable to these and other advertising methods.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

ways to bring in fundraising dollars and engage supporters is the time-tested fundraising event. Keep in mind that the type of event you choose to host will also influence the kind of venue you select. Keep the following questions in mind as you consult your calendar: Are we planning far enough in advance?

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. In defining your target audience, too, keep the intended outcome in mind: Which people are actually in a position to act on your information? both electronic and print.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method. David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. How do you apply these two methods?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And the capital campaign is a sequence of events that’s methodically planned. . Because you’ll have permitting fees, you may have, you know, some design fees, you may have to do some testing with surveys or geotechnical studies. And obviously, the majority of the funds are raised in the capital campaign.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

M+R Strategic Services recently tested an online welcome series (welcome, survey, fundraising appeal) against sending a straight fundraising appeal as the first email solicitation. So test, test and retest! The other thing we are going to begin testing this year is an ask for our monthly sustainer program--Partners.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

M+R Strategic Services recently tested an online welcome series (welcome, survey, fundraising appeal) against sending a straight fundraising appeal as the first email solicitation. So test, test and retest! The other thing we are going to begin testing this year is an ask for our monthly sustainer program--Partners.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Test all Software Beforehand. Keep in mind that Giving Tuesday is the beginning of your year-end fundraising, so the best course of action is to embrace the holiday. Do survey results from Giving Tuesday donors yield the same level of allegiance to your organization? Test All Software Beforehand. Start Planning Early.

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Neon CRM

JULY 7, 2023

Year-End Giving Campaign Idea #1: Tell a Story Creating a story-driven campaign is a tried-and-true fundraising method. People love being part of something bigger than themselves, and joining a group of like-minded individuals to make a difference can be very appealing. There are two different approaches you may want to take.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

It’s helpful to test whether your word will be autocorrected by typing it in various phones. It’s imperative that this page, and your other pages, are designed with mobile users in mind. To test out if your donation page is mobile friendly, use this free Google tool. Make sure the keyword is simple and easy to spell.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As you review these best practices, remember to keep your donors’ needs top of mind. Try grouping your new donors by one of the following: Gender or age Contact method preference Average donation size Event attendance or volunteering history. Send out a survey to get to know your donors. Optimize your donation form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

I've also been looking at examples from the corporate sector like the POST method from Forrester and thinking about adaptions for nonprofit. Special thanks to Qui Diaz and Danielle Brigidia for giving this a real world test from the vantage point of a social media strategist in a nonprofit organization. Identify Objectives.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Survey, study, research, questionnaire — whatever you choose to call it, it’s a great way to gain some in-depth information on your target audience. Data-gathering methods such as interviews and surveys are easy to implement and interpret at little to no cost with software such as Qualtrics or Google Forms. Introduce Yourself.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 26, 2017

Because I’m using a broken link building technique I’ll have to test each page with a broken link checker: Check My Links and LinkMiner are my tools of choice because they’re built right into Chrome. There is one thing to keep in mind. People either: Don’t have the time. They’re not interested.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

Individually and through our organizations, we have surveyed, tested, and evaluated these new platforms. While their core functionalities are well developed, new features are constantly being added and tested. Thousands of government institutions are already using digital participation platforms. Expect to Iterate.

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