Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2017

Almost four years ago, I wrote my experience as a participant n a design-thinking lab to give input on a digital strategy for a philanthropy. The design lab was facilitated by Pete Maher, founder of Luma Institute. I even facilitated design labs to help with the research for my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. I admit it.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

As the world continues to grapple with the ups and downs of COVID-19, it’s essential to meet your donors where they’re most comfortable, and that means coming up with inventive online fundraising ideas. Looking for more ideas to take your fundraising efforts online? Classic online fundraising ideas. Email campaigns. Bingo night.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To put our ideas into real-world context, we interviewed leaders who are using this approach to grow their organizations. I’ve summarized advice from our contributors to offer practical ideas for beginning to integrate the Association 4.0 These funds are designated for experimentation. Association 4.0: Association 4.0

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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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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Within Media Cause’s Creative, Brand, and Design team, one of our favorite things to do— besides creating incredible work for our clients—is sharing inspirational and educational resources with each other: articles, POVs, webinars, classes, books, case studies, blogs, tutorials, cheese. Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.).

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It’s vital, therefore, that any and every website owner and administrator do periodic tests on their site to gauge speed and performance and to ensure that it’s operating at its most efficient and desirable level. Leave it to Google to come up with the industry-leading site testing app. Here are five worth investigating.

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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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NetWits

APRIL 5, 2013

Nonprofits often use this study to benchmark their own online activities and fundraising ideas. Increase Your Email Revenue by 20% on December 31st – Interesting review of how testing your year-end email timing and frequency led to a bump in year-end fundraising. Make sure to check out these email fundraising ideas.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

For example, DoNotPay , a legal services chatbot designed to challenge parking tickets and navigate small claims courts, faced criticism for potentially oversimplifying legal issues and providing inaccurate advice. Replacing people this way is a dreadful idea on multiple levels. Chatbots need to be vigorously tested to mitigate risks.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT to design and conduct surveys and market research. If you are a newbie to the world of chat, the following will give you a basic idea of the choices and steps involved. If you’ve been looking for an initiative to spark interdepartmental collaboration, a chatbot would be a good test case.

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Qgiv

JULY 5, 2023

According to Qgiv data, nonprofits recruit 300 new donors on average through peer-to-peer fundraisers, so finding the right peer-to-peer campaign ideas for your organization is perfect to help you grow your donor base. Another BBBS peer-to-peer campaign idea that has seen a lot of success for different agencies is golfing events.

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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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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

The toolkit was designed through a collaboration between a European agency ( STBY ) and an Indian agency ( Quicksand ), it was commissioned by Nesta and the Rockefeller Foundation , who together saw a gap in the support for innovation provided to the development community. Generate new ideas. Test and improve.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Assuming that staff can just wander on to general AI models and create content is like when nonprofits thought it was a good idea to give their social comms to interns a decade ago. These models are presently built on snapshots of internet data and aren’t designed to be research assistants. What’s more, tools like GPTzero.me

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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. Test in a Safe Environment Low-code development can be incredibly fast. The reasons? Could be the right app but at the wrong time.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Squarespace, Weebly, and Wix are do-it-yourself sites designed for people with no coding skills. If you are using WordPress, your developer may offer a package that includes branding and web design. Test every page of your website and make sure it displays correctly on a phone. You just drag-and-drop. This is so important.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2023

When done well, UX research allows us to design in anticipation of our users’ needs rather than reactively correcting issues as they emerge. Insights like this one serve as design prompts for our teams as they create new and improved versions of our products.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

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. His creativity: I have a theory and I’m going to test it. Here’s the method.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

We’ve compiled a list of various online auction ideas divided into the following categories: Simple Themed Online Auctions Online Auctions For the Whole Family Online Auctions with an At-home Activity. Explore These Virtual Auction Event Ideas. Simple Ideas for Themed Online Auctions for Nonprofits. Ready to dive in?

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

Designing a desktop menu is one way; it’s one aspect of navigation that informs a website’s overall structure. Interviews, usability testing, card sorting, and reviewing analytics can give you a better understanding of your audience’s needs and behaviors. Two words often used interchangeably. Navigation is what people do.”

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Candid

JULY 26, 2023

Get an idea of what’s needed by asking yourself questions like: Will this meeting have one presenter the whole time, or will it be a larger group discussion? Test your tech in advance Once you understand what tech is available and needed, test it out!

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

The beauty of peer-to-peer fundraising is that there is an almost endless list of virtual ideas that you can explore and adapt to your unique mission. Need virtual fundraising ideas? Virtual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas. Easy Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas. BONUS – See this idea in action! Let’s dive in!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

As the grand finale to NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit , a number of intrepid 14LCS attendees pitched and developed 24 awe-inspiring projects during the Idea Accelerator. Today, we want to introduce you to "Nonprofit InfoSec" an idea pitched by Spencer Bolles. 14lcs Community idea accelerator Leadership'

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

Visit the USPS store to choose a design that matches your mission. Optimize Your Design Your design doesn’t need to be fancy. At a minimum, make sure your designer: Uses 1-inch margins and 14-point type in the body text. Uses USPS address placement standards and ensures your letter set complies with the tap test.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

“Headless” and composable architecture, which de-couples the front-end design from the content structure, is increasingly our recommended solution for this ever-changing technology space. This flexibility, in turn, allows space to prioritize creative, visually interesting, and attention-grabbing designs at a much faster pace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Most charities had used the same tried-and-tested methods for decades (namely, galas and sponsored endeavors), but with new health and safety guidelines to contend with, this was no longer possible. If any of the ideas above have caught your attention, you might be wondering how to put them into action.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help busy fundraisers reduce time spent on administrative tasks, brainstorm new fundraising ideas, help with appeal writing, and more! This automated security measure has resulted in a 97% drop in card testing on Qgiv forms.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

Dear Charity Clairity, I know calling donors to thank them is a good idea. development or major gift director, or the director of a program for which their gift was designated. Alas, I left the organization before the test was completed.) Think about what you could test. If you can’t call everyone, who is best to call?

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Forum One

MARCH 2, 2023

The home of animation and development by designers. The designers are taking over the development chair. Forum One designers have enjoyed creating animated websites that fit in small budgets, as we can now test design ideas ourselves. Welcome to Webflow! You read that right.

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M+R

AUGUST 7, 2023

As we close out summer and head into fall, M+R is presenting a full slate of webinars that are designed to jump-start your fundraising plans. All free, one hour each, and jam-packed with information and ideas and actionable steps. Spoiler alert: we’ll be talking influencers, creative testing, Scout Quest, and more.]

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Other content ideas we have helped create for Doing Good Digital clients: checklists, coloring pages, eBooks, videos, activity books, and stationery. Organic posts, paid posts, and boosts allow you to test acquisition on social media. You could also consider making the email address optional. Extend it to social media platforms, too.

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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?

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

About Kindful Kindful was founded with a simple idea in mind: nonprofits should be able to spend less time focused on their database and more time focused on their mission. Kindful offers a beautifully designed, intuitive, fully integrated online fundraising CRM. Write tests & make sure they pass.

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Media Cause

JUNE 2, 2024

Most are drawn to colors, design, and graphic elements before they know what a post, blog, or resource is about. Stay up to date with trends in design and social media trends , and learn how to integrate those elements into your content while staying true to your brand guidelines. Are you adding a new idea or opinion?

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2021

Data obtained from user interviews can be used to develop Audience Personas , to help guide design and content creation for your website/emails and to get ideas for improving events. A/B Testing. A/B testing is comparing the success of one page/email/donation form against another. Google Analytics Data Review.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

Examining the best nonprofit websites out there may give you an idea about whether it’s time to revamp your website or not, but we recommend also using a more empirical approach to determine if you need a new online strategy. Over time, websites that are outdated and lack a modern design will naturally decline in engagement.

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