TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mobile apps have to be bug-tested across countless devices to ensure they work as intended. Users don’t look kindly on poor experiences — 88% say they’ll abandon apps based on minor glitches, according to software testing vendor Qualitest (which admittedly has a horse in the race). ” Image Credits: Mobot.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

We asked several interesting poll questions to open the event, and the wrapped with a Q&A session. The purpose of this post is to share the results of both the polling and the Q&A. The polling results. A few comments about the poll results. The poll is non-scientific. how often do you test data recovery?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

. “It was already on the way, but this is probably going to accelerate it, because SVB was also a preeminent provider of loans for GPs to make their capital commitment polls.” Although generative AI is exceeding my expectations, the Turing test is mostly intact in my personal experience. But for how much longer?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 10, 2019

Different ways to make your posts more interactive (creating polls, asking questions, etc). It’s better to test these as early as possible to detect any potential risks in the success of your campaign. 10) Track success and keep testing new ideas. Special posts to thank your donors who talk about your cause online.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 21, 2013

This is the same test as BlockedInChina and GreatFirewallOfChina , and either way the result isn’t good: Hacker News user gbraad from Beijing gives a bit more context: Did a traceroute and this reveals an expected result. .” Just last week, there were reports of “No censorship detected.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

We polled over 24,000 marketers on Twitter asking whether people suffer from “newsletter fatigue,” causing them to unsubscribe. Once they’ve received the welcome email and the first superissue, add them to the regular email cadence. Image Credits: Demand Curve. Consider sending fewer emails.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Once the team aggregated the data and they were able to form a hypothesis, test it and confirm a need. The team likes to take advantage of every opportunity to ask members questions, from polls, to website forms, and longer annual surveys conducted through Survey Monkey.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

A/B testing and selecting appropriate optimization tools are crucial for nonprofits. A/B testing helps identify the most impactful strategies for website optimization, ensuring efficient use of time and money. A/B testing helps identify the most impactful strategies for website optimization, ensuring efficient use of time and money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

I have been wanting to test a poll app to see if having close-ended questions or running a poll might encourage engagement. So I installed this app and set up a poll “Do you think polls increase engagement? Yes or No?&# Of the 43 people who took the poll, 89% said yes.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

The startup will help conduct voting and polling, provide consensus tools and oversee the charter draft and review process, otherwise known as the governance of a union, on behalf of workers. After (and if) a union is approved, Unit takes on the role of a labor advisory service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. Confusion: I don’t know what or how to measure social media. I tested each one. Bonus: Spreadsheet Appreciation.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Interactive content , such as polls, live Q&A sessions, or countdown posts, can further engage your audience. Build out the campaign or event and test it With CauseVox , you can create a fully optimized donation page for your campaign. Once you have your campaign page set up, make sure you test it.

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The Verge

APRIL 5, 2022

Twitter plans to begin testing the feature with Twitter Blue subscribers in “the coming months,” the company said Tuesday. percent stake in the company , the Tesla CEO’s first significant tweet was to poll his followers on whether Twitter should add an edit button. Days later, after it emerged that Elon Musk had bought a 9.2

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

We tested a few different platforms such as wordpress, webs, social go etc. is that there is a wiki and polls feature that isn’t available on ning. How did your team decide on a new platform? We also consulted with people in the Chain Reaction network. seemed to be the best in terms of functionality suited to our needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

Flash polls. I tested a few different options and here’s what I learned so far. I wanted the ability to do report outs visually and quickly, flash polls, and an online Q/A function. Colleague Jeremiah Owyang mentioned a tool called “ Slido ” he was using in Paris at the Leade.rs I did not have a remote audience.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Now it’s trying to change that , announcing a “small test” of live chat support for English-speaking creators in the US who don’t have an assigned relationship manager. Facebook says it’s now testing “live chat help for some English-speaking users globally, including creators, who’ve been locked out of their accounts.” Image: Meta.

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The MatrixFiles

JUNE 15, 2021

Worked with their speakers to add interactive elements, from polls to contests. User testing to make sure all of this wayfinding guidance is actually effective. Polls and contests to add sparkle to a session or break. BeSpeake clients have: Paid closer attention to the content and slides. Better Wayfinding.

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Whole Whale

JULY 20, 2023

The great search for free and low-cost A/B Testing Tools is upon us. In the world of digital marketing, A/B testing is a crucial tool for optimizing website performance and improving user experience. However, there is a glimmer of hope for organizations seeking an affordable A/B testing solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

Twitter Doubles Character Count: Twitter officially doubled the character count for all users last November, 2017 after testing it. Twitter Polls: Twitter Polls , the ability to do a flash survey, have been integrated with Tweets for some time. Here’s an example of how AskACurator used polls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

I also pay attention to and test these variables: Time of Day, Day of Week, Content Type. This is a general rule of thumb that you should test and adapt for your audience. Watch for signs in your metrics that you’re posting too frequently. I only look at these: Reach. Content Analysis of Comments on post and shares.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The battle over Prop 22 has been heating up in recent weeks, as polling shows the electorate sharply divided over whether Uber and Lyft should treat drivers like employees. A recent poll funded by Uber found that the majority of drivers — as well as voters — support the plan.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

A feasibility study tests whether or not your organization has the resources available to proceed with a fundraiser or campaign. Change that thinking and conduct a mini feasibility study to test the idea. Survey, poll or focus group. Social media and email have made surveying and polling easy and inexpensive.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 5, 2015

VisionLink is partnering with local churches and community groups to poll between 2,000-3,000 people throughout North Carolina. It is reassuring to know that VisionLink software has been tested like no other.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Poll, Q&As, and comment sections could turn podcasting interactive Vince Major and Michael Tucker, hosts of the podcast Beyond the Screenplay , thought they knew what their audience wanted for their next episode: a deep-dive into Back to the Future — a “no brainer,” says Major. To be sure, though, they decided to poll their listeners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Just distill the message you want to test down to a Facebook ad, and then run that ad against various groups: married women over 40, students living in Washington and Oregon, Canadian kayakers and so forth. You can then track which of these groups clicks on your ad most often, and of those clickers, who passes the test or converts most often.

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Greater Giving

JULY 5, 2024

You’ll need to plan activities such as polls and breakout sessions to build a sense of community. Technical requirements and capabilities: To engage your audience, especially a virtual one, your nonprofit needs to use digital tools like polling and live chats effectively. Plan your event early and test your technology ahead of time.

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Tableau

MAY 24, 2021

The Pfizer vaccine has been approved for use in children ages 12-15, and clinical trials are underway to test its efficacy and safety for younger kids. But a key component of rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to children is the opinion of their parents.

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Candid

JUNE 4, 2024

But in 2022, GoVoteNYC partnered with Columbia University professor Donald Green to conduct randomized testing of grantees’ voter mobilization tactics. The testing showed that there was no meaningful increase in turnout from mass texts and phone bank calls.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Included in this article you’ll find: The results of our flash polls we conducted on year-end fundraising. Let’s dive into the poll data. If you want to test if a QR code has any lift do an A/B test. Audience questions from our fundraising friends who attended the webinar. 78% had not started writing as of late August.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2011

In contrast, mobile polling offers is a more structured form of interaction. Nelson Layag , my colleague at Compasspoint, shared how they were experimenting with text polls. There is also Twitter integration. It is fairly simple to use and while not free, it is relatively inexpensive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

As a group, I have participants take an online poll, answering the questions, “What are your workplace stress triggers?” ” As the word cloud appears on the screen, we discuss the triggers and reactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2017

I had participants use an online polling app to type in their answers and it generates a word cloud. Why not have an experiment that puts satisficing to the test. Part of the workshop includes an assessment and reflection about the causes of stress in the nonprofit workplace.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Preference and Opinion – this is something that you can survey or poll your donors on, and collecting this information via an online portal is a great idea. E-mail will allow you to try similar segments as you might use for a direct mail program, and allows you to test new segments at a low cost. E-mail Schedules & Strategies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Facebook has a well-known pattern of testing new fundraising tools with a small, select group of nonprofits and then expanding them to all nonprofits. Perhaps improved storytelling (text, images, videos, polls, stickers, etc.) 7) Utilize Facebook Messenger. Facebook Messenger has 1.3

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Candid

AUGUST 9, 2023

We also conducted a (highly unscientific) candy-poll at ARNOVA ’s conference last November. In this poll, we asked researchers to take a candy from a candy-jar labeled with the data field most important to them (the options were: mission statement, IRS schedule J, Candid Seal of Transparency status).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Before I even set up this quick flash poll , I received an email from a colleague who had already compared and benchmarked their page with peer organizations using ”PATP” – dividing the total People Talking About number by the total of Facebook likes. .” There’s a lot of confusion.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

“While I had access to a variety of tools ranging from product analytics and A/B testing to feature flagging and roadmaps, I lacked a tool that would make it fast and effortless to understand [Weebly’s] customers in real-time,” he told TechCrunch. Image Credits: Sprig.

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