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Analysis of Convio’s Online Fundraising Study

Robert Weiner

Care2’s Allyson Kapin just published an analysis of Convio’s online fundraising study (which I mentioned earlier this week ). She interviewed me, so of course I think the article is good.

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Lame spam of the day: The variant of the contract you’ve offered has been delcined.

Robert Weiner

Text: After our legal department studied this contract carefully, they've noticed the following mismatches with our previous arrangements. We've composed a preliminary variant of the new contract, please study it and make sure that all the issues are matching your interests. Contract.doc 84kb (link leads to [link].

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Roundup of 2009 Online Giving Stats

Robert Weiner

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. This has been the finding of several studies over the past few years, and isn't surprising. I t's the season for a slew of reports analyzing last year's online giving results. Donors were still giving, but in smaller amounts.

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No One Likes Your Web Site

Robert Weiner

A few weeks ago I wrote about Jakob Nielsen’s study of nonprofit Web site usability. He found that 47% of the sites studied had problems relating to page and site design; users couldn’t find where to make a donation on 17% of the sites; and 53% of the sites suffered from unclear or missing information and confusing terms.

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Social Media and College Admissions

Robert Weiner

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has just published Social Media and College Admissions: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. The study compares adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008 by the admissions offices of all four-year accredited institutions in the United States.

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Free Digital Storytelling Online Event

Robert Weiner

From September 30 to October 21, TechSoup will host a free Digital Storytelling online event including expert roundtable discussions, nonprofit case studies, online discussions, live chat, and a community challenge with a final screening awards ceremony in the virtual world of Second Life.

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Jakob Nielsen Thinks Your Web Site Sucks

Robert Weiner

In a recent study of nonprofit Web sites , usability guru Jakob Nielsen asked participants "what information they want to see on nonprofit Web sites before they decide whether to donate?" Well, maybe it doesn’t exactly suck, but potential donors can’t figure it out.

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