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Is a crisis management plan enough?

ASU Lodestar Center

In April of 2020, Charity Navigator surveyed over 4,000 nonprofit representatives and learned that of those surveyed, 83% reported suffering financial hardship due to the pandemic and the economic shut down. Many nonprofits are still unsure if they will ever be the same or even operate again.

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How to Make Analytics a Priority – Finally!

Association Analytics

We can help you move analytics to the top of the list by giving you tips to build a business case and how to articulate it to others. We suggest that you have a conversation and not send a survey. Begin with a phased approach. This may seem like a daunting task, but it’s easier than you think. Ask your colleagues questions.

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Nonprofit Web Design Process: Summary

Connection Cafe

Surveys and Interviews : Which research technique to choose, how to recruit participants and what questions to ask. Content Strategy : How the content inventory and audit serve as the foundation for the content strategy and a description of other deliverables that we might produce during this phase. User Research.

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Nonprofit Web Design Process Part 5: Visual Design

Connection Cafe

Purposes for the Visual Design phase include: Agreeing on a creative vision and personality for the web presence. Some organizations come to us with a very clearly articulated brand that has accompanying logos, fonts, colors, photography, copywriting and more. Surveys and Interviews. Methodology. Other Posts in this Series.

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What’s a Persona?

Connection Cafe

Each phase will vary a lot depending on the type of project, timeline, budget, etc. They help us synthesize and articulate what we’ve learned about your constituents through user research. Information Architecture. Visual Design. Build and QA. You get the picture. Scenario describing how they might use the site/tool/etc.

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Nonprofit Web Design Process Part 3: Content Strategy

Connection Cafe

Articulating content priorities for your homepage and other key pages/sections of your web presence. The data we gathered via Analytics during the User Research phase and during Stakeholder Discovery is key to assessing content performance. This phase is where the new web presence starts to take shape with a Sitemap and Wireframes.

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Nonprofit Web Design Process Part 2e: Personas

Connection Cafe

Purposes for personas include: Help synthesize and articulate what we learn about constituents through user research. Surveys and Interviews. When they’re based on solid user research, personas can be great tools for helping your design team and internal stakeholders truly understand your audiences. Deliverables. Get excited!

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