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Design by the User, with Inspiration from New York Fashion Week

Forum One

Involving users at each stage of creation—from discovery to low-fi design to product usability testing—brings emerging ideas to the table and amplifies the voices of those at the front lines of health, the environment, education, and all the global issues our work centers.

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The 2024 Best NPOs To Work For: Data Shows Satisfaction Slipping In Some Areas

The NonProfit Times

The individual organizations making the two lists (the best nonprofits to work for and the rest) during a given year vary but the metrics track over the years, giving something that looks like longitudinal data, with external pressures such as the economy generating rises and dips in their fortunes that largely pass the smell test.

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How to Succeed With Nonprofit Direct Mail Fundraising

Allegiance Group

This initial phase of research can give you and your direct mail fundraising partners a better idea of what your organization is working with, what the broader market of supporters value, and how you can stand out against peer organizations. Identify and define specific parameters. Conducting a marketing opportunity analysis.

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Social Media Measurement and Learning Analytics: How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I tested out the five phases of falling in love with measurement. Given the topic was measurement, I couldn’t help but go a little meta and play with incorporating learning analytics into the instruction. I took several polls throughout the webinar asking them about their relationship with measurement.

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Member Renewal Letters: A Complete How-To Guide (Free Template Included)

Neon CRM

Remove All Barriers Have you tested your membership renewal process? Don’t beat around the bush during this phase of the letter. Thank Your Members (Again and Again) You should always have a gracious attitude toward your members, but be especially considerate when you’re asking them to renew their membership.

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15+ Things You’ll Take Away From The Digital Fundraising Summit This Year

CauseVox

Why you should attend: You’ll walk away from this workshop knowing exactly what you need to do to launch your individual giving into its next phase…and you’ll discover pre-made tools that will allow you to focus more on outcomes and less on how to get it all done. Kelly McLaughlin will share it all with you. But it doesn’t have to be.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The idea itself is tested by the immune system of the wider community. People take the ideas and start to do things with the idea – this phase is crucial in a new paradigm. It enables us to test how well we are doing individually as an organization and as a system. For the Environment: An Inconvenient Truth.

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