.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT to design and conduct surveys and market research. A machine-learning bot will require more technical expertise including utilizing algorithms and natural language processing techniques. Consider appointing a team of volunteers to interview your new employee and ensure that the responses are appropriate.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2013

I do know a great research technique that you can do yourself to get some insight: User Interviews. Steve Portigal recently released an awesome book called Interviewing Users – How to Uncover Compelling Insights that will help guide this process for you. Allow time for debriefing after each interview.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

Research sources (if you trust them) show that the American public distrusts common information sources: According to Pew Research Center, Americans’ trust in the federal government is at near historic lows. Who can you trust for information these days?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2022

User research is at the forefront of our designs, not only to understand audience needs but also to inspire passion and care for the work we create. In the discovery phase, two research methods we use are “netnography” and user focus groups. Beyond the discovery phase, we push to include the user in our multifaceted design approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Nostalgia is much more than mere reminiscing; it’s a warm, fuzzy emotion that we feel when we think about fond memories from our past. In a 2012 study, researchers discovered that nostalgizing helps people relate their past experiences to their present lives in order to make greater meaning of it all. Or just keep your ears open.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

I’ve been a content curator for many years , using the techniques to help me develop curriculum materials for workshops and blog posts – as a form of professional development. Will is also does a lot of work with video – so when he proposed that we incorporate video interviews as part of the session, I was thrilled.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2016

” We’ve been researching, interviewing, and writing, plus testing out a lot of our ideas. In this one hour session, you will learn 10 powerful techniques for nonprofit leaders, association executives and membership organization’s to avoid burnout and get more energy for 2016! . Register for Free! .

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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. Thorough understanding leads to big ideas. Creativity matters only if it sells.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Research The first step is finding as much information as you can from your existing analytics. You have just gone through the three steps of researching, segmenting, and surveying your donors; now you are ready to craft one of your donor personas. How to Create a Donor Persona So how do you create a donor persona?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2016

The topic of habit change is something that Aliza Sherman and I researched and experimented with as we wrote “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout ” over the last year. Habit change research was one of our favorite rabbit holes to explore. This notion comes from the work of Justin Brewer, Ph.D

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By using the right SEO techniques your website will rise in search engine rankings and receive more traffic. Research volunteer SEO specialists. The important thing is that they are knowledgeable and avoid black-hat techniques. This technique involves unnecessarily repeating keywords over the course of one page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. The lab does research on the relationship between physical fitness and cognitive function. If you been to a training where the trainer incorporated movement, what techniques did they use?

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Training Train Brain Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

” I was lucky enough to meet and interview Patton in 2009. Brennan shared some of the core techniques of developmental evaluation which included: 1. Key Informant/Stakeholder Surveys and Interviews. These techniques are often applied to measuring social media and networks and making sense of the data.

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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. What techniques are you using? Does it work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal , Laura shared why she is releasing the curriculum and the basic frameworks. To provide any giver—donating any amount of time, money, experience, skills or networks—with free access to research, learning and experience I’ve developed over the last two decades as a strategic philanthropist.

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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

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Paul Schoemaker, founder and executive chairman of Decision Strategies international and research director of Wharton’s Mack Center for technological innovation, shares critical insights on the benefits of making well-chosen mistakes. I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it

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Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Here’s a recent interview with her in the Atlantic (by way of Rheingold). Glad that I have been researching, practicing, and doing training on this topic for nonprofits for a few years now because it is going to be a very important professional development skill set – and not just for social media managers. Mindfulness'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

For this screencast, I conducted several interviews lasting approximately 50 minutes. about his editing process for a screencast that uses this interview technique. He also notes that he doesn't log with markers, but edits as he is listening to the interview. I recently read a blog entry by Jon Udell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Dubbed “Brain Hacking,” this 60 Minutes piece aired last April,sheds light on the problem from researchers. He provides techniques to help you answer a simple question, “Does this deserve my attention?” Makes you wonder what they know that the average user does not? Although that is not enough.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

This article goes beyond basic strategies and delves into advanced techniques for effectively engaging board members in fundraising activities. Tips for conducting a skills and interest assessment include creating a survey or conducting one-on-one interviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Authored by Capulet’s Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, this report is based on in-depth interviews with leading practitioners and a literature review. Six key lessons surfaced from our interviews with more than 35 global nonprofits. Beyond the First Click is a project of Capulet, Change.org and the Mobilisation Lab at Greenpeace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Yesterday, I honored to fill in as MC and interviewer for Darian Rodriguez Heyman at the Nonprofit Fundraising Masters event. (Darian was welcoming his first child, a boy, into the world!). Lynne Twist said something that we heard before while researching for the book, “Burnout is b t!”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. How To Get More Likes and Shares on Facebook – Based on Research. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies.

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Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. Britt Bravo: You interviewed 30 women, and organized them by if they were farmers, activists, and different things. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

I interviewed Jim Murphy , Senior Online Editor, about how Human Rights Watch ’s integrated social media strategy leverages the personal brands HRW 197 employees to get results. When our staff researchers observed him diving in, it gave them more confidence to participate.” Kenneth Roth , Executive Director.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

Research Your Donors to Read Their Minds. You research your donor as an individual, but you also have a broad depth of general research on the kinds of people who donate to your nonprofit as a whole group. Great journalists love this technique—it gets them the best interviews and quotes.

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Donation Tips PowerPoint Advice 61

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When starting a nonprofit , research whether you’re overlapping too much with other organizations’ missions. Study good grant writing techniques and apply what you learn to as many as you can. Have several interviews before you offer the job. . Make sure you’re answering a unique need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

One of the best ways to learn is the study, observe, or interview the experts. I like the metaphor of a sommelier, They know the grapes, the winemaker and their techniques, and vintages. One is a collection of selected articles, slide decks, and interviews with Robin Good. Is your nonprofit doing content curation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

User Research. Analytics data as User Research : Timeframe for which to review analytics data and some specific research questions to drive data analysis. Surveys and Interviews : Which research technique to choose, how to recruit participants and what questions to ask. Information Architecture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention and application. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. You should have a mix of approaches in your webinar. Incorporate Different Delivery Options.

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Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In that chapter, I discuss several tools to help you legitimately enhance the emotional content of your story, and several techniques to make sure that emotion doesn’t become unfairly manipulative. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. If you have not read it, please do.

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. .”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. More about the book here. The book is available on Amazon.

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