Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Here’s the method. Use human centered design principles, not your arrogance of thinking you know what works for your audience without testing. Good testing begins with a hypothesis and collecting data to understand if you are right or wrong. Don’t let your vision become delusional.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. Algorithms can be designed to be objective and unbiased, reducing the risk of human error and judgment in decision-making. Caveat here—that depends on the human’s perspective.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2022

How does fashion design relate to digital design? On a basic level, all designers gather inspiration from a range of sources and many design principles are consistent across different disciplines. Designers from around the world presented work inspired by issues in their community and the world.

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NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2013

This seemed reasonable enough to everyone, so as an experiment we decided to try making all our summer programming free to members in order to increase attendance. Of course, it wasn''t a complete loss as we did learn several valuable lessons in how not to design a data driven experiment.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In our Service Design: Where Social Impact Meets Innovation webinar, we defined service design, described how service design fits into the social sector, and broke down how mission-driven organizations can apply it to their work. . There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype.

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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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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The other day I attended an information session for a new initiative centered around increasing diversity in design. It was created and hosted by one of the largest design firms in the world, and because of their reputation and great PR team, the call was filled with designers, architects, and executives all ready to join the cause.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The book, What a Unicorn Knows , offers a field-tested approach to delivering superior customer value and reaching unicorn status by removing the potential inhibitors to organizational scale and speed. Be sure to Interviews, Toolkits and Checkpoints – all designed to enrich your learning.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

Kindful offers a beautifully designed, intuitive, fully integrated online fundraising CRM. Write tests & make sure they pass. You may be writing components or features from scratch, refactoring code, adding incremental improvements, writing and maintaining technical documentation, writing tests, and fixing bugs.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 23, 2023

While previous generations might have preferred to give via check, cash, or even over the phone, those older analogue giving methods are on their way out, especially as even well-established donors switch to supporting their favorite causes online. Offering these methods is important for catering to younger donors.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Run NCOA and address standardization, test email addresses, remove deceased record — this is a year-round effort, but extra important for a big end-of-year push.” Tracking the status of your pledges and developing a follow-up method as deadlines approach is key. Scrub your data so it’s extra squeaky clean for your campaign!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter. 28-Day Summary Featured on the Twitter Analytics Dashboard: Data Provided for Tweets: 9) Experiment with Twitter Ads.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A poorly designed donation form that is hard to navigate, lengthy, or confusing may prompt visitors to leave quickly. On the flip side, a well-designed donation form is easy to understand. Make a gift yourself and watch for problems or places where a new donor might experience confusion. Don’t forget about your website footer.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2023

In a recent cautionary tale , nonprofit organization Queens Together encountered a scam known as the “credit card test attack.” Ensuring Your Nonprofit Funds are Protected We all know that offering a payment method that allows for online and in-person payments via different methods is essential for nonprofit organizations.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With over 15 years of Association experience and 10 years of technical Salesforce experience, I provide solution architecture and design oversight, ensuring that each team tailors our platform – making the right decisions and using the right methods – to reduce confusion and enable greatness. There’s a lot!

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Global Giving

JANUARY 21, 2015

I clicked a link to an article on Upworthy , a viral news site always on the forefront of testing stickiness and psychological hooks. That experience stuck with me and over the next few weeks I designed a way to take advantage of a similar psychological cue on GlobalGiving. What We Tested. Our Method.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 30, 2021

Based on the results of their research, they are creating new, innovative methods to present their nonprofits to the public and elevate their fundraising goals to new heights. Designing Events from the Donor’s Perspective. A New Philosophy in Fundraising.

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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? They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. Content Delivery Is Not Learning. That’s the theory at least.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With its robust suite of analysis tools, Clarity aims to enhance the user experience, making it an invaluable asset for nonprofit organizations looking to optimize their digital presence. The tool allows organizations to test and optimize content, understand confusing elements on webpages, and analyze user behavior.

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Media Cause

APRIL 8, 2022

Just like all ad platforms are not created equal, neither are lead generation methods. also provides your audience with an ideal user experience by allowing them to fill out and submit the form without leaving the platform they are on; cutting down on total clicks and time spent completing the form. On-Platform Lead Generation Forms.

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

There is a way to reign this in but it involves experimenting, exploring and then refining your prompt base to then throw concepts at. Do you want a portrait, a landscape, an object, an abstract design? Experiment with different elements and see how the AI interprets your prompts!

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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. Test your website. Test your website. Add more fundraising methods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. Just A Little Content To Get Started

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2020

Take a look and see if you can adopt some of these methods to improve your email marketing strategy. The reality is that not every subscriber will let you know how often they want to receive emails from you, so you’ll want to be proactive and run some email frequency tests to find what’s the sweet spot for email communication frequencies.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Note: This is the third in a series of posts about usability testing your website from guest author Brandon Granger, Senior Interaction Designer for Blackbaud. Brandon has crafted user experiences and conducted user research in the nonprofit space for 12+ years. I’ve seen similar results in my testing.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Why This Fundraising App Made Our List The Bloomerang app is designed to support donor management from wherever you are. Qgiv — Top Fundraising App for In-Person Giving Qgiv’s Virtual Terminal is a fundraising app specifically designed to help fundraisers record and accept donations on the go. The first is designed for event attendees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working? Why Use One? Notes from the presentations as well as photos can be found here.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

For example, many organizations have had to shift their resources and budgets to create engaging virtual events and online resources for their constituents, audience research is adapting its modes and methods to better understand the behaviors and needs of new and changing audiences. Risk planning helps to navigate uncertainties.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The tough part is to cater to these older audiences while still creating a digital experience that appeals to younger constituents. A few design details in particular, like font size and page navigation, are critical in accomplishing this. Featured Fundraising Nonprofit Technology Nonprofit Web Design'

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Where would you like to test your hypotheses against actual research? You’d then draft research questions and strategies to test whether these assumptions are true. Step 3: Design your market research survey. Once you’ve defined your research philosophy, you can begin actually designing your research survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

There is a lot of experiments and research in different areas, including the international development sector to address the 2030 development goals, emergency and humanitarian aid, medical fields and many others. AI4Good is a somewhat new field that sits at the intersection of big tech companies and the world’s biggest problems.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Nonprofit Innovation and Optimization Summit (NIO) If you love data or get excited about A/B tests, this is a great choice. You’ll see lots of examples from other nonprofits and results from fundraising optimization experiments. Look through our webinar archive and put together your own in-home conference experience! <![endif]-->

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Perhaps it was a multiple-choice final exam or an essay-style test printed in double-spaced Times New Roman. For example, learners in a communication course might take a grammar test at the end of the course to measure how well they retained information about various grammatical rules and standards. This tests knowledge acquisition.

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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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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Direct mail is the most popular year-end giving marketing method. You might not have experience creating a formal year-end giving strategy, or you may be looking to update your current strategy. Your case for support should be accompanied by strong branding (more on this in the next section) and effective design.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Note: This is the sixth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. 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. Whatever method you use, be sure that folks get excited about them. Usability Tests.

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