sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

She encourages us, as sector professionals, to rethink our outdated problem-solving habits and stop making assumptions without acknowledgment and testing. How does this make any sense, and why don’t we acknowledge that we, too, are testing hypotheses, and we need the skills, resources, and flexibility to test them?

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

When we think about experimentation, consider something like what in marketing is known as ‘A/B testing’: Let’s say you’re sending out our newsletter and you split your group of 1,000 people in half; 500 get one version of the newsletter and 500 get another. Tip #1: Experiment. Then, track those different groups.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Does any of this sound familiar? You say : “That may be your opinion, but it’s not based on data and testing.”. They say : “I don’t need data and testing; I’ve been doing this for years, and people tell me they love our photos.”. They say : “I suppose we could test one appeal photo against another.”. They say : “Hmm.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

These acts mimic the standard set by the European Union with GDPR and many of the policies will sound familiar. There are also multiple bills moving through legislature in no less than 25 other states and the federal government ( COPRA ) that could become law in 2020. What is weird is that these acts begin to treat U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2015

It’s a pilot project supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. These qualities may sound “soft”, but Goleman found direct ties between emotional intelligence and measurable results. Emotional Intelligence and Emerging Leaders Training.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2015

When I attended, the theme was “Inkery”, so besides getting access to all the standard interactive exhibits, I was also able to get a caricature drawn, get ‘inked’ at a squid dissection, get a henna tattoo, decorate a sugar cookie with natural food dyes, and enjoy light snacks and drinks – all while a DJ mixed top tracks over the sound system.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Once you come up with a plan, and you test it, you then evaluate it and rethink it, and then iterate on the plan, test it, and come back around to evaluating it. Normally, I make sure to clarify definitions when I start. But this time I wanted to wait until we got this far into the conversation.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Also, the practice may aid in the process, but memorizing definitions for a quiz is most likely not going to yield long-term results. Convey teachings in a manner that doesn’t sound like a dictionary definition. Consider Instructor lead training to add the human effect of seeing learning styles first hand.

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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.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

It's something that I try to tackle by having a clear personal definition, for my own word choice. In response, Katya Andresen, COO at Network for Good, commented, “Taglines are a great test of your strategy. But that doesn't mean everyone else sees the world, and words, the way I do. What do you think?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

But along came the internet and e-commerce, which forced the traditional definition to evolve and include website properties. While this may sound overwhelming, don’t let it discourage you. Google’s mobile-friendly test tool is a quick way to check whether or not your pages are optimized for mobile devices: 7.

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2009

We're going to make sure our site architecture is sound before we worry about making it purty. Rebecca Sherrill, our Information Architect at Beaconfire, has written a terrific synopsis of that process , with definitions, a walk-through of the process, and an overview of the findings. The story so far: We started with a card sort.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

and his new media director Candice Dayoan presented to October’s Online Community Meetup in San Francisco on how a candidate can use new media to raise awareness and get the message out, as well as test the message and make adjustments based on constituent feedback. Raising Awareness and Communicating Out.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2016

If you were looking to find the “best” teaching method, you would have had a hard time finding a definitive answer. That may sound like one heck of a buzzword, but it basically means that people retain new information when their body is relaxed but still alert enough to be engaged.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

This sounds so obvious, but not planning ahead is easily one of the most frequent mistakes I see organizations making. While growing your social following is a great metric (and definitely a KPI I pay attention to), the truth is I’m way more concerned with engagement than how many followers an organization has. Test-and-learn.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And definitely the next month. Together with the TSHA team, we devised a treatment that sounded more like something a human would write. You can see the control and treatment below: When we A/B tested the two against each other, the treatment produced significant lifts in both subject lines and open rate. And maybe next month.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

So does this mean a pop-up will definitely help your campaign? Like anything, it’s best that your nonprofit test it and then compare the traffic patterns and conversions to historical metrics. Strange as it may sound, the website is still an untapped area for some fundraising campaigns. Of course not.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

The people who are closest to this technology have already sounded an alarm,” Amy said. AI will definitely allow staff to work smarter. It is still in beta testing. You can also enroll to try Midjourney but you will need to be invited to actually test it. “I’d pay close attention to that disclaimer,” Jane advised.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

We spent a lot of time at the end of 2008 working with one of our clients, the Humane Society of the United States, and our friends at the Watershed Company to come up with a nice mobile test for end of year fundraising. And in terms of the original intent of this program, we definitely failed! Were we disappointed?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And this is one where these guys definitely have a lot of knowledge. Aaron: Sounds great. Aaron: Yeah, sounds good, Brian. Because you’ll have permitting fees, you may have, you know, some design fees, you may have to do some testing with surveys or geotechnical studies. Check them out. Take it away my friends.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

In one test with board members calling within 48 hours, those called gave an average of 39% more than those not called – and they gave 42% more after 14 months! This research has been recently confirmed , and it’s definitely something I’d recommend you test for yourself. Whatever you do for supporters who give via mail.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2014

Of course it is difficult to achieve this and it sounds easier than it actually is, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Give it a try, or even better, build several personas to test multiples instances of your communication and try to anticipate what a person would think of your message filtered by different personalities.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

“Many of the games at Babycastles don’t fit the traditional definitions of the medium; they veer closer to artistic experiementation than they do to mass-market viability.&# – New York Times. In painted wood and styrofoam, it was a masterful and whimsical refusal to answer that pesky question of whether games can be art.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

People who didn't want to do it saw it as a test. Test out a "by visitors for visitors" version. This might sound unlikely, but with the right instruction set and a kind of game piece or card to use as a prompt, I think it could work. This is definitely an unfinished idea--we only spent an hour on this experiment.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Explore this definitive guide to learn more about Giving Tuesday, get great campaign ideas, and soak up some best practices. Giving Tuesday may sound like a great one-off event for your organization, but you may also be worried about retaining donors in the long run. Test your donation form in advance.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

Point readers back to your website: Definitely provide a link, but also provide a reason. Sound off in the comments below! After testing this over a number of months, she said the two most important factors to a high performing welcome message was that its sent as soon as possible and that its an action. com , Inc.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

ways to bring in fundraising dollars and engage supporters is the time-tested fundraising event. For example, if you’re hosting a talent show or concert, you’ll need a large stage as well as the right lighting and sound equipment for your performers. Sound or lighting equipment, if not provided by the venue.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But if the pressure test of 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we must be prepared. That might sound like a given, but the pandemic, and the possibility of future pandemic-like events, have set a new precedent where nothing is truly a given. Figuratively speaking, what could be the next pandemic?

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

CNN "Many of the games at Babycastles don't fit the traditional definitions of the medium; they veer closer to artistic experimentation than they do to mass-market viability." - New York Times Future Babycastles is in Williamsburg, just opened. here was a kind of proof that you don't have to choose."

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

However, since donors have to leave their email and visit your website to submit a donation, convincing them to give over email definitely takes a bit of strategy. Split Test Subject Lines Your subject lines are the first thing that donors see when they receive your emails. You won’t know until you test!

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Just testing all this stuff out in early 2007, it became clear to me just how important it is for an organization to have a full-time staff position whose role is to manage the groups presence in the various Web 2.0 People definitely saw the URL in the local press and on local media websites and responded.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’ve tested it. Test, test, test. Test everything in your email. Test every link in your donation form. Test every link on your path to your donation form on your website. You’re going to start writing everything and testing it and scheduling it in October. . So humor me.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I wanted to test a hypothesis that we should be segmenting our members not by demographics but by interest, in order to foster that emotional connection. This is definitely a challenge that comes up when you work with attitudinal segmentation. It sounds like this will make lobby membership sales a lot more complicated to pitch.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2015

We identified areas where the connections were weak and where we have to do more research to ensure that the logic is sound. Either way, the theory of change makes the assumptions embedded in a strategy transparent to everyone and provides a way to put those assumptions to the test. It depends.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Encourage them to become advocates for the change and involve them in training sessions or user testing to maximize their impact. If you have to bend the definition of “win” slightly, then so be it. Enable Action by Removing Barriers Any plan for change is going to encounter obstacles. The earlier you know about them, the better.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 1, 2018

Be prepared for the sound of crickets, at least in the beginning. A/B testing is a popular strategy used to test multiple variations of a page to narrow down the top converting one. Optimizing your donation pages to create a consistent experience from the desktop version is okay, but it can definitely be improved upon.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It sounded great, until her last comment: She told me that it was a really important program, because libraries are the heart of the community…well, in elementary schools at least. That may sound simple, like “my town, or my campus, or my organization.” This might sound silly, but I want to show you something. Why Community?

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