Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Last month, I participated in a Design Thinking Lab with network leadership practitioners convened by the Leadership Learning Community. The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. That is not design thinking.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Two of our most used service design activities are ecosystem mapping and service blueprinting. The easiest way to think about service blueprinting is through an activity a lot of people have experience with, like getting a haircut. The “front stage” journey is what you, the customer, experiences.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It’s a critical page, yet it’s often designed last, with very little thought. Component #2: A short paragraph that nudges the donor toward giving Once you’ve hooked people in with your headline, it’s time to fan the flames you’ve kindled in their heart with a very short paragraph designed to pull them in even closer. Keep it fresh!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way. What to do?

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

You can have the most efficient delivery system, and the best user experience… but if the content isn’t useful, it’s a moot point. You design courses that specifically target what the learner needs. Design a course that targets that change. Your nonprofit’s staff and volunteers need to relate to any courses you design.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

However, getting your supporters to show up and participate in your event is only possible with a well-devised branding and design strategy. Are branding and design really that vital to the success of a fundraiser? In fact, a virtual food drive relies even more on the functionality and design of your website and online branding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention and application. I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. Three Ways to Think About Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning. That’s the theory at least.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2017

Mine was to be a better designer this year and to outdo my old self from 2016. As I was thinking about what kind of designer I really want to be, I realized that even though I’m trained as a graphic designer, I don’t see myself as one anymore. Instead, I would describe myself as someone who designs online experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Design for Participants To Apply. It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. Design for Different Levels of Capacity and Skills: Adapt in Real Time. So, you have to design for that. This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

Kindful offers a beautifully designed, intuitive, fully integrated online fundraising CRM. Create technical specifications and technical designs. You may review designs for some upcoming work with a small group. We leverage each other’s diverse perspectives and experiences for success. You’ll use Jira, GitHub, and Slack.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Effective fundraising can help your program put on better shows, train students more effectively, and ultimately boost its reputation for high-quality instruction in the arts. What was your favorite thing about your college experience? What do you wish you could change about your experience in this program? Social media.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Candid’s training offerings provide detailed instruction to help you build skills in fundraising, grant writing, nonprofit management, and more, and they are designed to serve different levels of expertise. Some of our most highly attended classes include: Introduction to Finding Grants.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To accommodate latency issues and provide a shorter, tailored experience for virtual guests, Celebrity Waiters created two entirely separate slide decks for each audience. And they made sure the virtual stream included specific instructions for using Greater Giving’s Online Bidding. Tips for hosting a killer hybrid event.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A “sandbox” is an isolated and controlled environment within the CRM system that allows users to experiment, practice, and learn without affecting real data. Customization and reporting: Encourage employees to experiment with creating custom fields, layouts, and reports tailored to your organization’s specific needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. Brilliance by Design: Creating Learning Experiences that Connect, Inspire, and Engage.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A well-designed page can help show the importance of celebrating the leaders who help your nonprofit, encouraging more people to sign up to attend. You could add a heading designed to match the event’s aesthetic or add photos of your guests being inducted into the Business Hall of Fame and the work they’ve helped to support.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The two of us—combining our experience as a grantwriter, researcher, and grant instructor for 30-plus years and as an instructional designer who regularly uses generative AI, respectively—will discuss the basics: what generative AI is, how it can be useful in a grantwriting context, and how to use the content it generates with caution.    

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

Every piece of software has a software development lifecycle (SDLC) that typically involves discovery, requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. A low-code app builder with no security training or development experience can put data at risk if appropriate safeguards are not in place.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

As you’re considering your event options, think about creating an experience that not only resonates with your current donor base but also appeals to the next generation of supporters. Here are some effective strategies to consider: Offer exclusive access: Offer exclusive perks or experiences to donors who bring friends along.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Personalize the Experience Customization is key to creating a memorable tribute dedication experience. Incorporate Visual Elements Consider branding your donation form with holiday-themed visuals to enhance the tribute dedication experience. This adds an extra layer of personalization and festivity to the donor’s gift.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I feel this makes a better learning experience. One design important instructional principle for trainings and meetings, whether online or face-to-face, is to start off with a fun way to ease into the work. Bear in mind that some people, especially introverts, hate them so you have to design them so they are less awkward.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Design requirements : How much is needed? Proposal instructions : Why are you the right firm? Existing Challenges : Share an overview of any skeletons and internal issues that might impact the process. Feature Requirements : Describe the major required features from the perspective of the user (short user stories).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

We know that our global nonprofit community spans a wide array of mission focuses, so we’re creating an experience that’s designed to support you wherever your needs may be this year. So we’re excited to invite you to the second day of programming, designed for networking, hands-on training, and deep-dive workshops.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Remember, a well-designed website that seamlessly incorporates social media acts as a powerful catalyst for advancing the impact of your nonprofit organization. Featuring the button prominently and consistently creates a seamless user experience that encourages visitors to contribute to your cause.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

It gives an inside look into your patient experience and can help your team identify potential areas to improve overall patient satisfaction rates. Treatment: The healthcare system prescribes treatment and follow-up instructions. Next, take a look at your site and optimize for aspects like navigation, page speed, and web design.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

As an educational consultant, I offer nonprofits instruction on best practices around their technology. And while I’m usually able to offer some general guidance, nonprofit website design best practices have never been my area of expertise. First, I believe in forming a user-based perspective for the design.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Don’t have a graphic designer? Canva is the go-to design tool for people with no design experience. Canva also has thousands of video templates you can easily edit and add text to—no animation experience necessary! For detailed instructions on how to do this click here. Nonprofit Editorial Content Calendar.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

With a hybrid approach, local guests can get the in-person auction experience, while you can provide an online experience for guests who aren’t located near you or wish to attend without leaving the comfort of their own homes. Keep instructions clear and concise. There are many benefits to hosting an auction online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The program is specially design to leverage the power of technology in supporting women’s rights and social justice leaders and organizations to advance their work and impact. The participants were at mixed levels of skills and experience and organizations ranged from community/grassroots organizations to larger institutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

And while anything you do the first time will not be perfect and in many cases stressful, in the end it was a good experience. As someone who has been in the nonprofit field 35 years, I can sum up my experience as: ”Remember, it’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” Do you have a preferred method?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The webinar was designed as a supplemental course to the webinar series required to earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising. Experiment with top bars , also known as smart bars, to your website. To purchase the recording, please email your request to Heather Mansfield. This marks a 35% increase over 2019.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These systems follow predefined instructions without the ability to learn from new data. While ChatGPT isn’t designed specifically for fundraising, its tools are easy to learn and can be used for free. This helps improve your volunteers’ experience and maximize the impact of their contributions. Other chatbot AI.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I particularly like the MP3 experiments , events at which Improv Everywhere distribute an audio file to people for free as a podcast. The MP3 experiment is a model for how a typically isolating experience—listening to headphones in public—can become the basis for a powerful interpersonal experience with strangers.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Note: This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Quote from Kristina Halvorson) It’s an essential step in the Web Design process that’s often overlooked or skimped upon. I wrote a post about how to create a content inventory several years ago in case you need some instruction.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Designate one person to coordinate matching gifts.They need not be full time, but by centralizing this, you’ll be more likely to (1) make acquiring these gifts a priority and (2) follow through as necessary and appropriate. You can also provide them with personal reminders and repeat instructions as eligibility deadlines approach.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. Does the staff have any evaluation experience? Staff with position, rank, or experience. Evaluation can be a daunting experience, but you don’t have to go at it alone.

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