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Are we building the Candid tools you need? 

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In addition, our user experience team conducts extensive research—surveys, interviews, usability tests, and data analysis on specific areas where we know there is a need. For more complex problems, we create two or more designs and ask users to select the solution that works best or suggest a better alternative.

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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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Increased flexibility with reporting : We now have a process so grantee partners can submit applications and reports in alternative formats, such as through email or over Zoom. It provides space for training, testing, and ensuring that employees are equipped to adapt to the new process. Getting the right people in the room is key.

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Case Study: M+R Walks Us Through Testing an Email Fundraising Campaign from Oxfam America

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Then we planned a series of tests to evaluate everything from our messaging to nuts-and- bolts fundraising tactics. Here is a closer look at how we tested: Should we frame our issue in a positive or negative light? In 2010, we started preparing months in advance for end-of-year fundraising. Will a video boost the response rate?

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Are Multistep or Single-Step Donation Forms Better for Nonprofits?

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Surveys Client questionnaires Any other long-format forms. You could also try running an A/B test. A/B testing is a process you can use to definitively determine whether your donors prefer single- or multistep forms! How to set up an A/B test. You’re ready to A/B test your forms. . How to run an A/B test.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup. Alternately, you may feel so good about it and say my job is done.

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DIY Nonprofit Technology: 4 Steps for Measuring ROI on Your Next Tech Project

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What are costs of alternatives? Next, consider the costs of alternative solutions including competing providers or different approaches. Before you make the full investment, test the initiative out on a smaller scale. Collect data to test the accuracy of your projected benefits and costs.

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7 Ways to Get More Out of Your Online Fundraising Platform

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One important caveat to keep in mind, though, is that if you have a specific campaign that uses alternate colors and images, those alternate colors and images are what your supporters are expecting when they choose to give to that campaign. Take us for a test drive! Make sure they see what they’re expecting. Request a Demo.