NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

We recently released the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. Here’s a few of the highlights … Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include. Our research shows that 34.8% Are you seeing results that mirror what the research shows or something different? of the 34.8%.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

It’s similar to traditional market research, but it takes place entirely online. Track trends relevant to your cause and industry area. Knowing a rising trend can help your comms team create content responses that will increase attention for your organization. General Listening. Twitter Listening. Broad social analytics.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

We begin by researching how fundraisers, funders, and others keen to assist nonprofits approach their work, how they interact with technology, and what they like and don’t like. So, we’re exploring whether we need to improve our presentation, or whether users will always back up their research with a copy of the 990.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

Perhaps it’s content that’s missing the mark. Tear down walls (literally and figuratively)​ Embrace a continuous process​ The Erosion of Confidence Sharon Rice,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our resident trend watcher. Stay tuned for Sharon’s analysis of the dialogue.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Start by Creating Compelling Content Content that is compelling to you, may not be compelling to your volunteers. Your nonprofit has a unique opportunity to create inspiring and meaningful content on social media that resonates with your volunteers and volunteer prospects. Here are some tips for creating engaging content.

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Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

Smaller sized content also enables them to absorb and retain the training courses in a better way. Creative content is required to enable new and refreshed learning experience to employees. While online learning will continue to evolve and change, organizations looking for long -term success must focus on these trends.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Issue Lab is where Candid collects, preserves, and shares research reports, whitepapers, evaluations, case studies, issue briefs, and more, published and/or funded by social sector organizations. Organizations with qualifying content can create a free account and add their published works anytime.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

The International Society for Third Sector Research published a recent paper that summarizes why nonprofit leaders must use technology to connect with stakeholders in the emerging digital, civil society. The 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report shows that, regardless of generation, online is now the preferred channel for donations.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Overlooking important trends. Producing irrelevant content. There are multiple facets to this process, which involves analysis, preparation, and research. Targeting the right audience starts with prospect research. Overlooking important trends. The better the content, the more interaction it will receive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

One of the posts that got a lot of engagement and contributed to the uphill trend in the metrics was about editorial calendars. I asked fans on Facebook, “Does your organization use an editorial calendar and “editorial meetings” to get ideas and manage content for a content strategy?” My answer: Yes!

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

These technologies can do everything from poetry to code to digital art to research to essay writing. Imagine a coach using an AI to generate a detailed analysis of your best athletes’ movements to help other students learn, model, and improve their own techniques. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

While full data sets are made available and used extensively by researchers and city governments, City Health Dashboard has learned that simply providing data isn’t enough. Attract attention with “Snackable” content. A word of caution: though the shortest, “snackable” content can be challenging to produce. Commit to a schedule.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 30, 2023

Channels for engagement : Knowing which channels your donors use to engage with your non-profit, such as attending events, volunteering, or sharing content on social media, can help you develop engagement strategies that resonate with them. Creating donor personas is a process that involves research, data analysis, and collaboration.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The parameters of indexing and ranking your content depend upon a lot of experimentation. Repurpose content. Continually changing your content will help to match the expectations of constantly evolving consumer’s minds. Continually changing your content will help to match the expectations of constantly evolving consumer’s minds.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

By: Hannah Durbin, Content Specialist at Classy.org. Nearly a third (31%) of nonprofits that used a CRM system for donor relationship management exceeded their goals, according to Salesforce.org’s 2020 Nonprofit Trends Report. Content Specialist at Classy.org. . Hannah Durbin.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This work can include writing newsletters, social media posts, research articles, editorials in the voice of the founder, and grant writing. 3 Better Data Collection and Analysis AI prompts can collect and analyze large amounts of data in real-time, providing insights into user behavior and preferences. Descript Audio Murf.ai

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2018

Towards the end of the day, the New York Times published a story about a big announcement from Mark Zuckerberg about a change in the algorithm and newsfeed that it would prioritize what their friends and family share and comment on while de-emphasizing content from publishers and brands.

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DNL OmniMedia

JUNE 28, 2023

For example, eCardWidget’s guide to donor retention explains how trends in donor data can reveal which donors are at risk of lapsing. Now that you have multiple data collection and analysis tools in place, it’s time to use that data to improve your outreach through segmentation. Segment your email lists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Select details for more grant detail.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

The first area is research. You need to be able to decipher the trends and decide if they’re for you or not for you. The second big piece is content creation. If you’re on Facebook, you have to constantly do research–they’re constantly making changes–content creation, community management, and measurement.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Create Impact with Inclusive Audience Research. You may even be planning some audience research in the near future. Who you speak to and how you structure your research has a big impact on the findings you gather and insights you can take action on. What does it mean to conduct this research in an inclusive way?

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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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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

From improvements in user experience, to new trends in visual design and technical performance, there are a lot of factors that are fundamental or high on your priority list. Website personalization is the process by which individualized, relevant and targeted content is created to suit a user’s online experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Two or three years to adoption: Learning Analytics (K-12/Higher Ed), Open Content (K-12), Games and Gamification (Higher Ed). The report methodology models the open content technology identified in the report. Four or five years to adoption: 3D Printing (K-12/Higher Ed), Remote/Virtual Labs (K-12), Wearable Technology (Higher Ed).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The question now is, short of paying for promoted posts, what can nonprofits do to adjust to these changes and make sure their content earns the sort of reach and virality needed to engage new volunteers, donors and advocates? Here are a few tips to keep in mind to help your content remain top-of-stream. Tactic 1: Audit your content.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

We recently released the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include. Our research shows that 34.8% Check out the presentation slides for 2011 Online Giving Trends by Blackbaud. He's spent close to ten years helping nonprofits be more.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

With events shifting from in-person to virtual and now to hybrid formats, the way attendees experience and interact with event content has also changed. . Table of Contents. **. Attendees came together in a physical location to consume event content while networking with other attendees and exhibitors. The Shift in Events.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Digital marketing consists of advertising campaigns that include targeted research and outreach segmented by geographic location, demographics, specific interests, and more. This year, market research predicts that digital’s share of total advertising spend will near 50% globally, and soon digital ad spending will surpass traditional mediums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

I've been translating different audience analysis frameworks to a nonprofit context. These include: Audience Target Group Identification : This is the most important question and may be informed by research or listening. The primary research includes surveys, interviews, and observation.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

From improvements in user experience to new trends in visual design and technical performance, there are a lot of factors that are fundamental or high on your priority list. Website personalization is the process by which individualized, relevant, and targeted content is created to suit a user’s online experience.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

We offer a number of analytics-related services including web analysis, strategic planning, digital measurement and testing, and data reporting and visualizations, so we can certainly assist your team. Predictive Analytics: This is the practice of using trends from past data to anticipate future outcomes. With that, let’s get started.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Though it may not be the most attractive trend in the learning industry, there is something to be said about the wealth of information that is available to Learning Professionals across the board. Prior to enacting these groundbreaking research practices into your organization. Statistics are not just limited to the baseball field.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

A consultant can create a roadmap to reach your goals from your eLearning pricing strategy, to the content you’ll provide, to how you’ll market those offerings. Creating a content development strategy. Creating a content development strategy. Assisting with the search for new learning technologies. Environmental Scan.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Policy-oriented organizations have long produced dizzying amounts of statistical content. So how can your organization tap into these tools and trends? At the heart of most issue-focused policy and research is data analysis. It's a simple example of how you can make your research mean something to the user.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has succeeded in connecting with a younger audience that not only reads its content but is also inspired to take action. Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You also need to think through your content and engagement strategy. Avoid Measurement As Therapy and Drive By Analysis. Another pitfall is doing “drive by&# analysis. Let’s take Facebook pages as an example. Photo/video Views (optional if I’m testing as content strategy). New Fans (Likes).

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