Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm? If you plan to invest in fundraising ads over time, there’s a good chance you can improve your ROI by A/B testing.

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TechImpact

JULY 24, 2014

No matter how much you have prepped, tested, an re-tested, problems do arise. With all the changes, and the need to adjust daily rhythms, you may see a bit of a dip in productivity. A lot of feed back. Expect some early adopters to love the change, but do expect there to be some negative feedback as well.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When your nonprofit is looking to change its financial system, it would be nice to have a crystal ball. Listen for mention of treasury and expense management tools such as bank feeds, credit card feeds, and purchase cards that streamline the accounts payable and reconciliation processes. What does implementation look like?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2010

At first glance, I was taken aback, but after a few days thought the changes made a lot sense to me. All of these changes have now been completed. Finally, yesterday I noticed that a brand was able to “Like&# another Status Update on another brand’s Page (rather than the individual – that’s a big change).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Several of groups serves as testers of the various ideas in my forthcoming book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , with co-author KD Paine. While it was a little like changing a flat tire on a moving car to test frameworks while writing the book, it was a rich learning experience. ” The answer, of course, it depends.

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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

What We Tested. With all the upsides, why did we even need to bother with a test like this? To make things even trickier, it might be easy to assume that a change like this would naturally improve conversion rates, but we couldn’t find many other examples of other organizations who tried something similar and saw a positive result.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Think about your own giving: If presented with the choice to “donate now to support animal rescues” or “donate $35 to feed a rescued puppy for a month,” wouldn’t you feel extra motivated to give knowing what $35 was able to do? Don’t be afraid to make some last-minute changes to your campaign if the data supports them.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Video-first platforms like YouTube have provided auto-captioning for quite some time now, while Tiktok launched it in April of this year and Instagram is testing functionality in Stories. Many visually impaired people use a text reading software when scrolling through text-based social media feeds like Twitter. Color Choices.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When the donor clicks through to the donation page, a call to action should be prominent like “Your gift helps us feed the homeless!” Test it on various browsers and on a mobile device, just to make sure. Sprinkled throughout your website, visitors should find compelling stories that explain how your organization changes lives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. COVID-19 obviously changed this dynamic. And one way to stretch their resources in this pandemic is to incorporate strategies that are proven and tested by behavioral science research.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 9, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Every time I do testing, I see the same thing that they note here: my instincts are wrong. We over-think things and the best way to stop is by testing!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

From posting twice a day to only twice weekly, I have tested all levels of frequency in posting until finally settling on posting 4-6 Status Updates a week. But a recent change by Facebook has me reevaluating my frequency in posting. Beginning November 1, users can now unlike your page directly from their News Feed.

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Classy

JULY 30, 2021

The best gift you can give someone is a gift of change . You can help feed 100 children this month. That is where testing comes into play. Test different days and time slots to see what works well for you. Sample Email Subject Lines: Help [organization name] reach children in need. Come forward to support our [cause].

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Social media has changed the marketing world, and Facebook Ads for nonprofits are an easy tool to increase your organization’s presence online. When your ads appear on your existing donors’ feeds, it reminds them of your cause and encourages them to donate again, increasing your donor retention rate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

Today I discovered Cityzenjane's blog and her i_like_to_watch tag/delicious rss feed via a comment to one of my blog posts. " Cityzenjane's goal for this feed is to provide you with content that will inspire you to make a great green future. It requires the ability to change our internal culture.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Creating a memorable brand ensures that your year-end fundraising efforts as a whole are memorable and that they stand out in supporters’ social media feeds, email inboxes, and mailboxes. Conduct A/B testing. Segment your donors and personalize messages. You can certainly send one year-end email appeal to your entire supporter base.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Pilots and prototypes to test digital transformation. This approach feeds planning and prioritization. We test and modify, as opposed to trying to create a whole new system or automation process and assume it’s going to deliver the desired results. Before digitization, the process started with planning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Using a graphic design tool such as Canva or Venngage , converting powerful stats, quotes, and CTAs into graphics is a time-tested, proven method to grab the attention of your followers, thus increasing your engagement on Twitter (and all social media). Create custom graphics for powerful quotes, statistics, and call-to-actions.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Our social media team stays on top of the latest trends and changes to the platforms to help nonprofits build strategies to reach supporters on social media. The company confirmed this late in 2021 by emphasizing that the feed will become even more focused on video, and all video formats will merge with Reels.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 17, 2020

To people scrolling through their feed, there is no number of likes portrayed on posts. The company first tested the update in Brazil, Canada, Ireland, and Italy. The company is still testing the feature in various other countries. The company is still testing the feature in various other countries. Wrapping Up.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Your website is often the first introduction people get to the amazing work you do to change the world. At a minimum, test the site on iphone, ipad, and Android phone. In addition to firing up all your browsers to put your new site through its paces you can test the site on Adobe Browser Lab or BrowserShots.org.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

They want to know they’re making a difference in the world and helping to change lives. If you don’t know, I suggest you go test your own “Donate” button right now to find out. It’s your job to change that. Your thank you email should be changed monthly so that repeat givers don’t receive the same email over and over.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are other examples of organizations finding some tricks and functionality that really help them make connections with supporters, and then Facebook changes the functionality. As would be expected, the vast majority of these 125 people were Fans who received the call to action from their news feed.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

And then the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change. When it comes to innovation in civil society, there is nothing that can match the speed and ingenuity of communities that come together to make a change, develop a tool, or feed a need.

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

It automatically populates with the text “Ask me a question,” prompting followers to enter a question which can then be reposted on the story with an answer, but it can be changed to ask your followers a question instead. This is a great way to teach your followers about topics relating to your mission or test their knowledge.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I am heartened that the sector seems to have learned from the trials and tests of the past few years, and I see refreshing changes in attitudes and funding practices. We cannot let our perception drive us away from opportunity; rather, let’s use the tools, technology, and shared visions for change to instead bind us together.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

This means you can target Facebook ads to appear on the feeds of people who have donated to your nonprofit. To test the theory, I recently ran a remarketing campaign on Facebook promoting my article, “ How To Get More Online Donations With Content Marketing.” With remarketing, 26% return and complete the checkout process.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Within each booth, the exhibitors would be able to post a video highlighting the product, showcasing unique design functions, use cases, and testing procedures. They could even have someone interacting with the products or services in the live feed so viewers get a better understanding of the products/services. . Live chat options.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

This is a topic that Amy Sample Ward and I also discuss in our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere in the chapter on Disrupting the Nonprofit Sector. How effective is that organization in creating real world social change? For example, if they are a local soup kitchen, how many people are they feeding every day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

It provides a complication of nonprofit tech and social change blog feeds. So, now you read a great collection of nonprofit, social change, and social media content your iPhone (download now ). Content feeds on the application include: The Zoetica Link Feed. The Case Foundation Blog. Great NonProfits.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your vision for your new organization probably includes vibrant programs, happy donors, tons of community support, and the opportunity to change lives. Feed people? The story of that passion in action brings in the donations that pay for your programs and services, which have an impact and change lives. They know you.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2015

Let''s flashback to 2013 when Facebook announced in a blog post that they''d start autoplaying videos: Since September, we’ ve been testing a way to make videos more engaging on Facebook , and as a result we’ ve seen views, likes, shares and comments increase more than 10 percent. It''s increased 3.6x year-over-year.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Change management issues: Anytime a new technology tool is introduced to your organization, you’ll face some growing pains and adoption challenges. When it’s time for quality assurance testing, provide feedback on your new data warehouse and give them time to make any necessary changes.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

A/B testing the layout of our fundraising forms. and testing testing testing. Online Testing. I also attended a session on online testing, which made me very excited. People are measuring, and making impactful changes to their email campaigns, websites, and donation forms. Always test everything.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Movember is a fundraiser that challenges men to change their appearance by growing a mustache. A heavily commented photo will show up in people’s news feeds (because of all the activity), which can really help promote the message. So now that it’s over, I wanted to share some thoughts that might help you and your nonprofit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I can’t test it, because my Mac that has a Windows virtual machine is packed. Yes, they changed it, but it made me realize that it is a Bad Idea to put all of my eggs in one basket. But I will say this: that doesn’t matter. I won’t be downloading it, or trying it, even when they release Mac or Linux versions.

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