Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

This post shares some of the highlights from the project and from Anna''s research. THE RESEARCH The challenge, of course, was to figure out how to evaluate the experience in a way that would help us identify the power of the project. I think most of us are familiar with interview and survey-based evaluation methods.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

According to the survey of funders about capacity building completed by GrantCraft , the top five areas of capacity building that funders most likely support include: leadership, strategic planning, financial management, governance, and fundraising. They also facilitated discussion with others funders that invest in capacity building.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

conduct research Gather data on your current supporters Review your nonprofit’s existing data, such as donor records , volunteer information, and past survey results. Gather new data directly from your target audience This can be collected through methods such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

Make use of interviews, assessments, and questionnaires to collect data for this metric. Assemble and track collected data from surveys, assessments, and interviews all in one place to efficiently manage your foundational impact statistics and more. Then multiply that number by 100 to get the percentage.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation. If you’re just looking to get your feet wet with a quick survey, one of the many free or low cost online tools will do the trick.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

As the report points out, “personal health data” falls into a bermuda triangle as it is currently mostly outside of the mainstream of traditional health care, public health or health research. Researchers pay SmallStepsLab for this access as well as other enhancements that they might want.

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

A little audience research can go a long way. Use surveys or conduct interviews with your donors, or ideal prospects, on a continuous basis to gain insight on what your donors want and where your organization can improve. Discover what you do best, and then do it better. . Ask your donors what you can do better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2016

In ten years we have grown the IssueLab collection to 20,000 publicly available, searchable resources, organized across 38 issue areas, authored by 15,000 researchers, and published and/or funded by more than 7,000 institutions from across the globe. Nobody thinks they are investing enough in evaluation and research.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

It’s typically the first step in our User Research phase, providing a good overview of the visitors to a nonprofit website and how they behave on the site. Our purposes for using Analytics as User Research are: To learn about current visitors to the website. Research Questions. User Research. Surveys and Interviews.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The McKinsey report noted that a survey of 278 executives found that most planned to reduce office space by about 30 percent as they looked to fully remote or hybrid arrangements post-pandemic. If you’re interviewing for a remote position, be sure to ask if you’ll have the right technology and supplies you’ll need to be successful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Why get good at Excel?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. Billboard (@billboard) April 4, 2014. Or just keep your ears open.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge. A conversational case study is a write up our interviews identifying a few questions we still have.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 9, 2019

The 2017 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey results show that organizations’ top three greatest talent challenges are hiring qualified staff within limited budget constraints, maintaining salary budgets against market pressures, and finding qualified staff. Compensation.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

People are researching you: Who are these people? Let’s take a glance at some of the actionable, efficient ways you can thoroughly understand your audience: Do your research in advance: The best way to understand your target audience is by conducting market research. People who know you! People who want to know you!

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Somatic marker theory , developed by Antonio Damasio and other researchers, hypothesizes strong emotions guide behaviors and subsequent decision making. Whatever you did, evaluation is in order to assess what worked, what didn’t and why. Do this via survey, focus group, or one-to-one interviews.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation. If you’re just looking to get your feet wet with a quick survey, one of the many free or low cost online tools will do the trick.

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.orgSource

APRIL 10, 2023

They should be visionaries who chart the direction, evaluate options, and are prepared to challenge ideas they feel are not in the association’s best interests. From the National Bureau of Economic Research—companies with more diverse workforces are more likely to innovate and bring new products to market.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Reading, research, collaborating with others, getting my hands dirty with servers and code, playing with new applications and new APIs – all of those things keep my technology expertise fresh. Those first three elements make up the communication arm of my practice. The other arm is learning. at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this!

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event. Feedback: Many virtual conference platforms offer features that allow for sending participants surveys both after specific sessions, as well as about the event as a whole. How to Measure Success.

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Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

If you are the one doing the evaluation of those needs, we recommend creating a team and discussing individual needs on a per department basis to ensure the best possible fit. To accomplish this all you need to do is perform a little internal research. Choosing a Learning Management System is no easy task.

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Gyrus

JUNE 23, 2016

If you are the one doing the evaluation of those needs, we recommend creating a team and discussing individual needs on a per department basis to ensure the best possible fit. To accomplish this all you need to do is perform a little internal research. Choosing a Learning Management System is no easy task.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Once we have a complete content inventory, we then proceed with a content audit where we evaluate each page/section of content for how useful it is for the end user. The data we gathered via Analytics during the User Research phase and during Stakeholder Discovery is key to assessing content performance. User Research.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Step 2: Conduct Research. Market research is an important step in the planning process. If you’re just starting, then market research could be: Research the competition. This will involve researching your own current situation, including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. . Get social.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So, Steven, this is where I’d like for you to actually turn this slide into a survey. So here’s the next survey, Steven, right off the bat, just to make sure everybody’s kind of present and getting us grounded. I know people are transitioning from meetings and … so please activate the survey. Here we go.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Step #2) R – Research the needs Having appropriate R esearch in the needs section is critical to scoring high on a grant proposal. The reason is that research anchors and validates the entire reason for your project. This will give more validity for your program and show that you’ve done the research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips. What's Up With Feedburner by Beth Kanter Google Analytics Primer sponsored by NTEN with screencast and wiki created by Beth Kanter Using Postrank To Evaluate the Top Content on my blog by Beth Kanter. Market Research.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2019

This guest post is written by Martin Brandt Djupdræt , Head of research and presentation and a member of the management at the Danish open-air museum Den Gamle By (The Old Town). In this post, Martin shares a simple yet effective way to involve staff at all levels in conducting visitor research to drive new perspectives and decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

And, in looking over the evaluations and reviews , I think the participants did too. In the presentation, I showed folks how to easily survey the audience using google forms. What I wasn't able to find was any research that spoke to the pros and cons, in a scientific way, of integrating social media into instruction.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

I assume most people start there because it is arguably the easiest part to grapple with; at least you can quantitatively evaluate and compare various solutions. Finally, help users feel a sense of ownership over the site by asking for their feedback through satisfaction surveys, interviews, feedback forms, and usability testing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2007

You need to take a reiterative approach - look at the results and evaluate and improve. It's a good idea to do some brainstorming with people on staff and outside research. Remember, if you're just starting out, don't go too hogwild - start with a few options, evaluate, and tweak. Which Keyword Research Tool To Use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

"We can't talk about transparency, accountability and honest evaluation without addressing the contentious topic of failure. Heather at Aspiration is doing some research on blogging and professional development. Why not take a few minutes to answer her survey. Ambassadors in Africa - An Interview with Kim Lowery, Kabissa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls. Don't Praise.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2023

Creating an excellent user experience requires a good chunk of up-front planning and research. Resources My Best Advice for Conducting User Interviews 4. Evaluate them based on: Content (quality, voice and tone, messaging, topics covered) Ease of use Design aesthetic Be sure to note areas where they excel and trends across sites.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Business leaders who wonder whether they should conduct an employee survey should think about these five good reasons for conducting surveys, as recommended by John Kador and Katherine J. Armstrong in their book, Perfect Phrases for Writing Employee Surveys : 1.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

That is why Polaris recommends that business leaders conduct employee research that allows leaders to better understand what motivates employees, drives loyalty, and makes and keeps employees happy. You can learn more tips for writing employee surveys in John Kador’s and Katherine J. Don't Praise.

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