NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Test your current site: Use online or onsite usability testing to learn what information your users look for on your website and how easy it is for them to find it. Define user habits, outline behavior, document social activity, note technology savvy-ness (IE, % mobile, etc.?), Testing Your Visual Story.

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Design Web Guide Slides 247

Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Mobile-friendly formatting. Use A/B testing to determine which images are most effective for engaging visitors. A/B testing involves creating two different versions of a webpage and assessing which drives more engagement and conversions. Mobile-friendly formatting. Motivational imagery. Intuitive user experience.

Websites 97

Websites Donation Images Mobile 97

M+R

JULY 6, 2023

But we do need a place where we can reach supporters, share content, and look at pictures of other people’s dogs — preferably without being subjected to harassment, trolling, misinformation, and attacks on our democracy. Take it for a test drive. Reading time: 4 minutes Look, nobody really wants to join a new social media platform.

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Twitter Org Meme Alternative 102

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Test your website. Before launching your website, conduct user experience and accessibility tests. Ensure your website aligns with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and is fully optimized for mobile viewing. If your website passes these tests, it will then be ready for launch. Conduct test groups.

Digital 68

Digital Strategy Websites Test 68

Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

Thankfully, with the power of mobile apps, you can be a photographer, videographer, social media promoter, and a liveblogger for your events. Also, make sure to follow TechSoup's Online Community Coordinator, Alexandra Bezdikian, as she tests the digital storytelling tools of the trade. Liveblogging, Curation, and Social Media.

Mobile 60

Mobile Share Storytelling Photo 60

Achieve

MAY 24, 2024

With the right text messaging software, you can easily add in multimedia elements like pictures and videos to inspire audiences. Use gamification tools: Send polls or quizzes that test supporters’ knowledge of your mission to keep them tapped into your organization and eager to learn more.

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Retention Rate Donor Campaign 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2017

The Big Picture: Design Thinking in the Context of Innovation. The many methods of Design Thinking go through a similar path of gathering research, analyzing and identifying the right problem, developing creative ideas, and testing prototypes. Mobilization Lab Campaign Accelerator. This post summarizes a few resources.

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Facilitation Design Resource Taxonomy 123

Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

When we think about experimentation, consider something like what in marketing is known as ‘A/B testing’: Let’s say you’re sending out our newsletter and you split your group of 1,000 people in half; 500 get one version of the newsletter and 500 get another. Tip #1: Experiment. Then, track those different groups.

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Activities Active Activism email 105

Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester added a banner image with cute pictures of children. While load times typically aren’t an issue with desktop devices, the majority of your donors are on a mobile device with suboptimal connections to the internet. Remember to aim for 0-4 seconds on desktop and mobile devices! Leap for Literacy.

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Los Angeles Impact Donation Kansas City 116

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Things as seemingly trivial as a long load time, lack of mobile compatibility or dated design could be enough to stunt your site’s growth. Mobile compatibility. Last year, 63 percent of all web traffic was mobile. If you’re not as mobile friendly as you should be, don’t panic. Quick load time.

Websites 58

Websites Nonprofit Photo Picture 58

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In the next step, we tested and validated these potential business models through user-shaping labs, including volunteers, charity partners, and corporate pro bono managers. Kate is a big picture thinker and strategist on the Salesforce Ignite team, based in the West of Ireland. Learn more about how Salesforce volunteers can help. .

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Philanthropy Impact Support Uganda 98

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It seemed just another Tuesday—just Apple’s version of a mobile phone that not everyone had or even wanted. We hope to help paint a fuller picture, invite hard questions, and showcase the power of what these AIs are capable of with skillful prompting. We didn’t ask. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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Generation Education Blackbaud Model 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

.   In an email interview, Laura Zaks, Public Affairs Coordinator, shared with me this sad story of devastation and the urgent need for funds to help PROFAMIL resume services through a temporary static clinic and Mobile Health Units to deliver services in tent cities where displaced persons have gathered.

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Haiti Dominican Republic Mobile Team 91

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

I was so energized by the tool—both its current functionality and its potential for future application—that I downloaded the mobile (Android) version and started testing it on the spot. People can follow along via the mobile application or the website. Do you have a hyperlocal online network/space?

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Storytelling Digital Tools Classroom 201

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Impact Management Services recently worked with Mobile Pathways, an early-stage nonprofit focused on providing legal information to migrants via mobile technology. It was more effective and equally appropriate to right-size an assessment with a survey from a statistically significant number of respondents.

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Integration Impact Practice Management 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

The pandemic has inspire a new breed of online collaboration apps that facilitate drop in video chatting for serendipitous conversations that your team might want to test. The one I like the best is called “Two Pictures” where everyone shares 2 pictures about anything unrelated to work and spends some time sharing it with the team.

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Virtual Tips Nonprofit Interaction 180

Whole Whale

MAY 17, 2023

They’re looking at the big picture, the potential of AI to help us understand our constituents better, improve our operations, and ultimately serve our mission more effectively. Nonprofit organizations don’t have a stellar record for adopting tech for impact (note to self, make sure our donation page is mobile-friendly).

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Adopt Generation Picture Reflection 52

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This type of organization’s primary concern isn’t fundraising but advancing their cause through meaningful action, such as influencing policy change and mobilizing supporters to volunteer, advocate in court, etc. Smooth and easy” can be subjective—ask a few people to test the process.) Next: Test, test, and test some more.

Model 52

Model Florida Nonprofit Benefit 52

Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Davey Awards honor the finest creative work from the best small shops, firms, and companies worldwide, and we are honored to be recognized amongst them for our work in branding, video, mobile, and web design. Here are this year’s winners. AARP Livability Index. GOLD – Community Website.

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Award Washington National Drupal 77

Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

When we think about experimentation, consider something like what in marketing is known as ‘A/B testing’: Let’s say you’re sending out our newsletter and you split your group of 1,000 people in half; 500 get one version of the newsletter and 500 get another. Tip #1: Experiment. Then, track those different groups.

Activities 52

Activities Active Activism email 52

Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

To compensate for these changes in individual behavior, digital campaigners have had to up their testing and innovating game to new levels, and bite the bullet and send more email than ever before. Having a tool that allows for easy segmentation and testing is key to improving email deliverability. Mobile list size grew by 35% in 2017.

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Benchmark Digital Trend Report 62

Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Qgiv also offers web-based bidding for people who are participating from their laptops and mobile bidding for those who prefer to place bids from an app on their smartphones. High-quality pictures and videos of your items can help your supporters better decide what they want to bid on. Make your website mobile-friendly.

Virtual 52

Virtual Websites Practice Online 52

Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

This will help the user get a better picture of what is being shown. Starting with mobile, your site’s font size should not be less than 16px. So, if your site has paragraph text on mobile that is 16px, it should be in the 18-22px range on desktop! As screen sizes go up, so should the font size.

Accessibility 52

Accessibility Websites Images Tag 52

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

keyword optimization, mobile optimization, or anchor text links). Responsive Mobile Design. Have responsive and mobile optimized pages. If there’s one thing I see the community adopting quickly, it’s optimized pages for mobile devices. 25% of donors complete their donations on mobile devices.

Beginner 91

Beginner Digital Marketing Guide 91

Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2013

Lin discussed how Greenpeace uses a method called A/B testing to maximize their newsletters. A/B Testing is a simple marketing method to test changes to a webpage or newsletter against its current design and content. The results provide insight into how pictures, colors, captions, and so on can affect user clicks.

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Taiwan email Marketing Newsletter 40

Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

Utilize A/B testing for more impactful emails. Your digital tools should allow you to run A/B tests on email subject lines, to experiment with different options and prove what your supporters care most about. EveryAction’s multivariate testing suite enables A-J testing of up to 10 options.

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Effective Test Social Media Offline 40

Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We are both excited and proud to see that Forum One has been awarded in nine categories for our work in website, video and mobile application development and design. AARP Livability Index. Gold – Association Website. In 2022, Forum One launched a new, redesigned Livability Index website and data explorer.

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Award Colorado Washington Children 46

Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We are both excited and proud to see that Forum One has been awarded in nine categories for our work in website, video and mobile application development and design. AARP Livability Index. Gold – Association Website. In 2022, Forum One launched a new, redesigned Livability Index website and data explorer.

Award 46

Award Colorado Washington Children 46

Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Ensure it’s mobile-responsive. Mobile giving accounts for 25% of all donations. Test your giving page. These tools can be made mobile-accessible so donors can give digitally during your event. A mobile event app. To design a donation page that drives donations to completion, try out these three key tips: .

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Virtual Tech Tips Fundraising 52

Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s also extremely important that online donation forms are optimized for mobile viewing as well, so that whether your alumni are accessing it from their desktop computers or mobile phones, the forms are persuasive and easy to use. The key to running a cost-effective direct mail program is effective testing.

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University Practice Tech Mail 40

Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s also extremely important that online donation forms are optimized for mobile viewing as well, so that whether your alumni are accessing it from their desktop computers or mobile phones, the forms are persuasive and easy to use. The key to running a cost-effective direct mail program is effective testing.

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University Practice Tech Mail 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Note from Beth: I facilitated a panel about Mobile Integrated strategy at the Innogive Conference earlier this month and have shared the notes here. The panelists offered advice to nonprofits about integrating mobile into the nonprofit toolbox. They aren’t built for mobile devices. The Nonprofit Report. The PDF is.

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Report Slovenia Blackberry PDF 112

NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2017

In order to pick and choose strategies that are right for your nonprofit, it’s easiest to start by looking at the big picture. With some practice (and maybe a little bit of testing), your emails will be hitting home runs in no time. Mobile Marketing. Mobile marketing is gaining traction—quickly, too. How to Win at Email.

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Library Marketing Nonprofit Podcast 51

DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

To brand your organization and ensure that branding is maintained across your marketing platforms, you’ll need to design a comprehensive brand narrative that will last the test of time and communicate that clearly across all who are in charge of conveying it. Consider how your brand will last the test of time.

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Guide Guidelines Nonprofit Mind 52

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Roadblock #1 – Muffing the Mobile Experience. In our study, an average of 20% of participants entering the process were attempting to register on a smartphone or tablet, with some nonprofits having as much as 30% mobile visitation. The first step to improving registration rates is understanding the roadblocks. Next Steps.

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Registration Benchmark Photography Stats 35

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Remember, every organization finds success in different approaches, so test your options before settling on a marketing strategy. A picture says a thousand words. You’ll want a page that has the following: A speedy interface ( especially for mobile users). Mobile Giving. Email Marketing. Use compelling images/videos.

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Practice Donation Online Fundraising 33

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

Nonprofit B’s digital reach is unmatched in their space: they host livestreaming events, rely on social fundraisers and talk directly to potential donors through mobile communications like text messaging. The team is tech-savvy and adventurous, always ready to test out new features and strategies.

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Nonprofit Attitude Results Impact 56