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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you've been following my widgets category , you know that I'm working on a screencast and have been researching and playing with widgets. For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. What is a Widget? Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

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10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations (and How To Track Them)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

“A survey of 200 charity and foundation professionals revealed that nonprofits are finding it difficult to determine how valuable social media tools are for their organizations. Seventy-nine percent said they hadn’t found ways to do so.” – Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 12, 2009. Volunteers.

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5 Steps to Prepare for a Successful Nonprofit Website Redesign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

These are information collected directly from website users through on-page surveys, feedback widgets, and other techniques. In addition to analytics, you will also need to get feedback from actual users of the site. This information will help you understand what people think and how they feel about your website.

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Screencast: Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs Featured on NTEN Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." If you have questions about widgets or want to share your organization???s Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake.

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The Widget Poll and Blog Reading Habits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm working on a piece about widgets and nonprofit blogs (some context here and here ). I get this information via a combination of my stats programs and feed stats, but it would also be nice to add data from a blog a audience survey.). Create Free Polls. I've also found another example from the Nonprofit Tech Blog launched yesterday.

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Sneak Peak of New Facebook Nonprofit Use Research from Idealware

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In February, Idealware distributed a survey (thorough an informal email outreach) to over 500 nonprofit professionals who were using Facebook at their organizations. We asked survey respondents whether or not they felt they had attracted new constituents (donors, members, volunteers, clients, or event attendees) through their Facebook page.

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To Find Value—Innovate!

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Survey your members to assess whether they are finding value in the benefits you provide. Waiting to unveil your widget to the world until it is flawless, is waiting too long. Analyze membership and sales numbers to identify where there are challenges or room for improvement. Member personas are another area for exploration.

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