Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is the fourth part in my series about learning how to test the usability of your online donation form and website with real donors. Part one discussed why to usability test , part two outlined crafting your test , and part three gave best practices for recruiting participants. Today, we gear up for your big test day!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. Check it out and submit a photo yourself! .&# – Benjamin Disraeli Human and economic development are complex. Doing Good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

It’s useful to have your photos and links (to your website, a blog post, a news article etc) ready in a folder or folders so that when you want to schedule new posts, it’s easy to access the content. Ideally, it’s good to test tools around scheduling, campaign management, image and video editing to find what works best for your organization.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. Google is indexing social videos and sharing those results with their users. Be aware that adding keywords in comments does not help with search.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants. A blog can provide the space for sharing news, announcements, stories, and other information and let you reshare and distribute it all over the web. Test Drive It. Multimedia Storytelling.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

So now that it’s over, I wanted to share some thoughts that might help you and your nonprofit. For most men, growing a mustache generates a lot of comments, conversation, and laughter – which is the point! Early on, it became clear that photos and videos could make or break a Movember campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The Cute Dog Theory or more precisely the Cute Animal Theory states that including cute animals in your social media content inspires more people to share the content. If don’t believe that is true, check out this YouTube video from VW of dogs barking the theme from Star Wars as a Superbowl Teaser. And now, mobile.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

If you want to win at the game of building donor relationships, your communications with donors should invite a response — showing that you welcome their questions, comments, and feedback. That means you need to pay attention to what you are sharing with donors and when, and how often they hear from you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Photo by lecercle. That’s been useful to at least test content and engagement formats. A few hours ago, it went public – at least on your FB page for the world to see, but it isn’t yet visible to page administrators in the insights program. Checking in at a place. There’s a lot of confusion.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

For example, Instagram is primarily a picture and video-sharing platform which means you should focus on creating attention-grabbing visuals to do well on Instagram. With social media, you can start sharing about your organization’s mission in a powerful, comprehensive way. Use eye-catching imagery.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Remember, communication and sharing platforms such as Facebook have only been with us for a little over a decade and a half. In the early 2000s, companies such as Google and Facebook, communication, and sharing in the digital world took off, connecting people around the planet with each other. Card testing is a fraudulent activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media. A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections. It will give what you need to be a smart consumer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Conversation starters are questions, visuals, anecdotes, stories, or other snippets of content that you share on social channels to ignite engagement. This list should be with you when you are planning out your content and engagement for your social media channels. To share on Twitter? To share on Twitter? Be visual. “If

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

To learn this, test as much as you can in order to get to know your audience well and understand what resonates with them. For example, consider creating a strategy for segmenting your emails and testing, this is a great resource from Kivi Leroux Miller. Id love to continue the dialogue about these two topics!

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Look for opportunities to test different calls-to-action and other key content that is important to your organization. Run A/B testing for email subject lines and for content on landing pages for any email appeals or other actions. Commentary or Editorial.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So when a new digital storytelling tool comes along, we jump at the chance to test it out. Steller (free; Apple iOS) is an app that lets you build stories with your photos, videos, and text. I put it to the test during an unusually warm January weekend in San Francisco. After selecting a photo, you can pick a layout for it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. David is based on Austin — wanted to share with you a post about crowdfunding to celebrate Austin Giving Day #AmplifyAtx that raised over $2 million earlier this week. How can we test this this theory, and how can you be a part of it at SXSW this year? Add your comments below.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

The Twitter-owned app lets you record six-second video clips and share them with your friends on various social media networks including Vine's own internal network. TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian tested out Vine during TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Contest. The generic soundtracks, for example, should be skipped.

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Care2

JULY 18, 2011

A few weeks go by, you've gotten a few comments, and you're feeling good about your efforts. Share a special moment from last year's event to clue me in to what's in store and what's special about being there. Ask people to share their favorite moment from last year's event in an an open forum post. Tell me about it!

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

This will be similar to the Facebook Gifts button that they have been testing with about a dozen nonprofit partners for the past year. People use Facebook to share stories, photos, and videos with friends. They comment on posts and like status updates. Here’s why: People Don’t Use Facebook to Donate Money.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Cool photos? " The blue whale enthusiast schools him on some basic facts of how seismic testing and off-shore oil drilling are affecting the species. Using a multimedia approach, we will share stories of the Gulf's endangered species, with the blue whale taking centre stage." Log in and tell us in the comments.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Facebook is pretty picky about what you can and cannot do on their platform, but the available tools and options are beginning to shift as they test what works for people and orgs, and what doesn''t. The embedded post will show any media attached to it, as well as the number of likes, shares, and comments that the post has.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

” Chelsea took a photo with her Smartphone and posted it on the Reddit, a community aggregation site where content is ranked and rated. ” Lots of comments pros and cons. He said that photo sharing is really social grooming. Lots of chatter beyond the Reddit community. Ultimately, Ms. 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

How Trickle Up Animated their Nonprofit Story describes how a nonprofit used PowerPoint to share their work. Webinar: Working with Photos in Office. Tech review sites have been testing Office 2013 for the last few months, discovering tips and tricks for getting the most out of the software suite. Microsoft Resources.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Some of these apps I've never heard of and can't wait to test out this weekend, such as Snapseed. This post-production photo editing app lets you add tones and textures to your photos. I haven't given Voice a test drive yet, but as soon as I get my hands on an iPad, I'll let you know what I think.

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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. A snapshot of their findings.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

Sharing the same name as the company, the Fairphone ships with its own set of repair guides through a preinstalled iFixit app. One of the features is a new lens blur mode, which lets you play with the depth of field in your photos (you can find a similar feature on Instagram). Got any mobile news to share? Images: iFixit.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Flickr Photo by Lululemon. Gloria Huang from Red Cross said in a comment , “These changes are an opportunity to use our org’s Facebook presence to inspire actual action, rather than just “liking” posts. Watch what other nonprofits are doing and emulate – but be sure to test new ideas in a way that you can learn and improve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Flickr Photo by Metro Transportation Library and Archive. Photo/video Views (optional if I’m testing as content strategy). For example, open-ended questions work, particularly those that allow people to share their knowledge or ones accompanying a good resource link. New Fans (Likes). Unsubscribes. Page Views.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2011

Photo by Beth Kanter. You wrote your essay, studied your spelling words, took tests (without looking at anyone else’s answers!). You can also use a wiki as a professional learning journal – a place to seek, make sense, and share learning about their practice. It’s open or public document.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Many non-profits have embraced features such as forums, blogs, user profiles, and photo/video sharing as a means to extend their reach. Social features on your site—such as comments, discussion boards, user-submitted stories, ratings, and voting widgets—can help build engagement within your audience.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

To engage through new media, it's important that you consistently share new content, listen, and learn. These email updates share information on new followers, blog subscribers, comments, retweets, video views, etc., Many of the lessons apply across new media tools. Plan ahead. Make it personal.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

While all the projects are fast, messy, and incomplete, each is like a small test tube of ideas and possibilities for opening up the way we do social impact research. People x (Food + Place) looked at photos taken by children in a park to understand what contributed to their sense of community. Taking photos. It was hugely used.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Flickr Photo by Kris Krug. We’ve done a deep scan of the literature on personal habit change, like Gretchen Rubin’s Better Than Before and BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits and have tested their approaches on ourselves. Share your story in the comments or fill out our survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Sharing Foundation Khmer Literacy Program. I launched a bloggers campaign as part of the Sharing Foundation's America Giving Challenge. Roger Carr has written a wonderful post about the Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy School. Roger recently shared some thoughts about why he is participating in the bloggers campaign.

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