Nonprofits Source

APRIL 15, 2024

By taking advantage of more traditional methods as well as leveraging social media and peer-to-peer fundraising best practices, you’ll be on your way to hosting a winning event! Research local companies who share similar values as your organization and have a corporate philanthropy program. Create and share surveys.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

In a world where everyone is their own publisher on social media, the conventional wisdom that “content is king” is simply incomplete. That is why social media content analysis is important to any campaign. An important and often overlooked concept in research is the difference between obtrusive and unobtrusive observation.

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Content Social Media Analysis Issue 41

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. Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Best of all, you really only need to adopt a few proven and productive cultivation and engagement methods to start converting your peer-to-peer event participants into monthly donors. For the Ration Challenge, the team used a variety of methods to pinpoint the personas and behaviors of those interested in refugee issues.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2012

Because each can attract a different audience, and may be better-suited for certain types and lengths of content, coordinating among them all can be difficult. In a recent survey of NTEN:Change Journal readers, we learned that organizations are using an average of almost four different channels as part of their communications mix.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Spotlighting content from happy visitors allows you to turn those socials media shout outs into powerful marketing tools. . According to The Art Newspaper’s annual survey in 2021, visits to the world’s 100 most-visited museums plummeted by 77% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Selfie stations . Exhibition hashtags .

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

This edition of Member Round Up shows folks busy doing research, releasing reports, and unveiling a new community platform to help nptechies connect and learn. Blackbaud is partnering with CMI to conduct the first content marketing research for nonprofits to help better understand how it is being used in the sector.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2012

I’m a proud member of the American generation born between 1980 and 2000, and thus am slightly fascinated by research done on my peers. The latest chapter in my Millennial research reading spree came in the form of the third annual Millennial Impact Report. The 2012 report found that 77% of millennials surveyed have smartphones.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2015

If so, then your organization can probably benefit from conducting market research. Before these assumptions are baked into choices being made or considered, get access to accurate information using market research : who are your constituents and what are their attitudes, preferences, satisfaction levels, and needs? Look it up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years. The report methodology models the open content technology identified in the report.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. There are no fees for free events but a 3.7% + $1.79

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Media Cause

JANUARY 10, 2023

Marketing has only gotten more complex over the years as nonprofits need to consider digital promotional methods such as SEO , social media presence, and targeted online advertisements. . To learn more about your audience’s preferences, consider asking them through surveys and online polls. Sell merchandise at events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Designing and delivering a training to a nonprofit audience is not about extreme content delivery or putting together a PowerPoint and answering questions. If you want to get results, you need to think about instructional design and learning theory. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The session will share the results and insights from research studies that combining social media analytics with survey data. And, if that wasn’t enough, will do a mini-workshop on using content curation for professional learning. LUMA Institute: March 19-20th. Association of Fundraising Professionals: March 25th.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The Classy team created engaging content that Collaborative participants could use in their professional lives. “ Zoom fatigue is real, so it’s important when creating a virtual fundraising event to be mindful of duration and timing, as well as ensuring that all content offered within your event provides value and actionable takeaways.

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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. According to a survey by eMarketer, 59.3 Creative content is required to enable new and refreshed learning experience to employees. percent of the U.S. population used a smartphone in 2015 and a total of 1.42

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

When they’re based on solid user research, personas can be great tools for helping your design team and internal stakeholders truly understand your audiences. Purposes for personas include: Help synthesize and articulate what we learn about constituents through user research. User Research. Surveys and Interviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Imagine sitting around a conference table planning an upcoming project that involves user-generated content. Another thinks that users should not only contribute content but also have a hand in determining how it is used. Despite its long history, few researchers studied the use and impact of citizen science until the 1980s.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2013

When they’re based on solid user research, personas can be great tools for helping your internal stakeholders truly understand your audiences. User Research. Personas are a tool that we often use right in between User Research and Information Architecture. Whatever method you use, be sure that folks get excited about them.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

This post shares some of the highlights from the project and from Anna''s research. THE RESEARCH The challenge, of course, was to figure out how to evaluate the experience in a way that would help us identify the power of the project. I think most of us are familiar with interview and survey-based evaluation methods.

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Gyrus

JUNE 23, 2016

Be sure to methodically ask yourself this set of questions before choosing an LMS: What are your development objectives? What sort of content are the learners expecting? To accomplish this all you need to do is perform a little internal research. Will a majority of the content be viewed via mobile?

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

The NTEN Editorial Committee is a group of committed professionals that meet monthly to discuss content and strategy for the NTEN: Change Journal , our quarterly digital publication for nonprofit leaders. Michaela Hackner, Project Director & Content Strategist, Forum One Communications. NTEN Research Committee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Content Delivery Is Not Learning. On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2019

SalesForce.Org recently presented a webinar where they shared a research report on marketing and engagement tools, channels, and strategies for nonprofit organizations. I was curious to see if they were tracking current or future uses of AI. . Some nonprofits are currently using AI tools to customize fundraising appeals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

When a well-designed mobile application is published, staying connected creates an endless amount of possibilities and the exciting part for nonprofits is to keep the content new and fresh. Gamification is a great motivator when research, information technology, and graphic design- all align.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This according to The North American Technographics® Omnibus Online Survey, Q4 2009 (US), a commissioned omnibus survey conducted by Forrester’s Technographics® on behalf of Convio. While social media was honestly lower than I expected, it does show that if we provide content and ideas it will help influence giving.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With the internet saturated with different content and experiences, how can you ensure that your own volunteer opportunities reach the right people and inspire them to participate? Create engaging pre-recorded content that volunteers can continue to reference as a resource. Tutoring or mentoring. Graphic design. Editing or writing.

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Volunteer Tips Virtual Facilitation 49

Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Before I start, it is best to issue a few disclaimers: I am not a neuroscientist; this blog post is not written with appropriate scientific method. But even then, I often felt my mind drifting off in class, doodled on notes, or encountered moments where I was not motivated enough to attempt to process the course content.

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Learning Instruction Instructional Training 49

Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

Be sure to methodically ask yourself this set of questions before choosing an LMS: What are your development objectives? What sort of content are the learners expecting? To accomplish this all you need to do is perform a little internal research. Will a majority of the content be viewed via mobile?

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

You’ve probably redirected your focus to virtual methods, too. Prioritizing your online presence and digital engagement methods is key to not just surviving, but thriving, during this time. A virtual fundraising tip is to switch up the language in your online content. 25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas. Endurance Events.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2013

What methods of promoting your site already exist? What content is most important on your current site right now? Key Content for the site, including new content. Once this step is complete, it’s on to User Research. Stay tuned for my next post to learn about using Analytics data as a form of User Research.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

However, your audience is digitally bombarded with requests all day long, and by the time they see your content, they might ignore it altogether simply because they’re fatigued. This will help you stand out from the crowded digital landscape and make interacting with your content a memorable experience.

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Digital Communication Tips Poll 52

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Evaluative thinking needs to be built into the foundation of both strategy and everyday operation, and means much more than deploying an annual survey. Ground work in credible research, case studies, and literature that already exists in the field. Be systematic rather than episodic. Brand Is Reputation (and Reputation Is Everything).

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Don't Have Time for Market Research? I've seen a bunch of presentations and survey research in the last couple of there's been a lot of talk about social listening and search optimization in the NPO space for the last few years. How would you normally do this kind of research? Web survey, interviews, maybe focus groups?

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

This could become predictable and even boring for your followers, who are looking for exciting and fresh content to engage with. . When you pursue a multichannel strategy, you can share email content on your social media pages, social media posts within your weekly email newsletters and multimedia content across all platforms. .

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