.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Over the next few posts, I’m going to explore how AI grounded in EI can be your association’s superpower helping you accomplish those New Year’s goals and bring out the best in every team. Our teams are critically important. See Below the Surface AI gives us the ability to reach beyond superficial interactions.

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Forum One

APRIL 18, 2023

Two of our most used service design activities are ecosystem mapping and service blueprinting. A robust ecosystem map would be made up of many different service blueprints, not only documenting how different technologies interact but also the front and backstage journeys involved. Are you looking to improve a service experience?

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Forum One

MAY 10, 2021

When designing and developing a website or application, a challenge is that roles and tasks can often operate in silos. To tackle this challenge, we recently piloted a new component-based design approach that prioritizes real-time collaboration. Component-based design.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But, Don Draper and the team at Mad Men probably would not approve. Create a personalized chatbot to interact with members, answer questions, and offer customized recommendations. Develop an interactive onboarding chatbot to help new members navigate the offerings. Use ChatGPT to design and conduct surveys and market research.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every great team needs a playbook—a blueprint that outlines the rules you live by and your strategies for peak performance. Sandy Marsico, Founder and CEO of Sandstorm Design, described the challenge of balancing risk with growth like this: “You need the courage to take chances and the stomach to handle anxiety.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Pare down the most inspiring stories from the past year into bite-sized stories or quotes, and your donors will feel proud to be a part of your team. Use compelling design. For example, you might pair a direct mail appeal letter with a follow-up email that includes a video or other interactive element.

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DipJar

AUGUST 12, 2021

A strong design with a user-friendly interface can lead not only to more donors, but larger donations and recurring gifts. . Fortunately, all nonprofits can optimize their website to increase their fundraising potential, even those without a web design expert on staff. Use engaging images. . Invest in plugins. . Color contrast.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 16, 2014

On top of all that, depending on the size of your nonprofit, you’re responsible for assembling a leadership team. The reason is, those with the qualifications to constitute their position on a leadership team bring a wealth of experience, ideas, talent, and sometimes a little bit of an ego to the table as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Designing the meeting so it is effective and encourages team-building can be tricky. How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. The planners of this event offered some valuable lessons for any organization on how to design effective and engaging retreats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

While easy to set up, designing an effective bot for a nonprofit from scratch can be daunting. person social media team could not keep up with requests for aid during Hurricane Harvey two years ago. It is also important to consider the ethical guidelines for designing chatbots. Does your nonprofit use a bot?

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Accountants Content moderators Legal Assistants Proofreaders Entry-level stock traders Transcribers Graphic designers, where creativity isn’t a priority Customer service representatives Soldiers Writers, where quantity is a greater concern than quality I reviewed several of these lists. Don’t be a team in name only.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Though recommendations from third parties may help you narrow down the wide selection of nonprofit CRMs available, only you and your team know what’s best for your organization. Which tasks are slowing your team down the most? Whether they’re remote or all under one roof, your team should be able to get help fast when they need it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

By allowing team members to express their perspectives on AI use, you foster a culture where creative ideas can surface, potentially leading to groundbreaking applications of AI in your work. Such a policy ensures that AI tools are used in ways that support your organisation’s goals and are broadly accepted across the team.

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VisionLink

JULY 26, 2022

We're partnered with the World Institute on Disability to help evacuate individuals with disabilities from Ukraine--and more generally, to move the Visionlink platform from assistive compliance, to actually well designed usability. She shares great insights that can help you keep your systems adaptable, interaction-friendly and accessible.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Your entire team should be focused on cleaning up data wherever they interact with it. The renewal team can take advantage of member renewal periods to have members update their profiles. Be creative – Make it fun to collect data as you’re interacting with people. What’s the strategic goal?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Two of our most used service design activities are ecosystem mapping and service blueprinting. A robust ecosystem map would be made up of many different service blueprints, not only documenting how different technologies interact, but also the front and backstage journeys involved. Are you looking to improve a service experience?

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

This theory explains that our brains are designed to think in two ways: System 1, which is instinctual, and System 2, which is rational. The Two Systems of Thinking Can you see how these two systems of thinking could have influenced the design of the donation forms from Greenpeace and Amnesty International?

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 26, 2024

Some opportunities will emerge as your team becomes more familiar with managing your digital presence and invests in new tools. If your nonprofit has an active Facebook account, you can interact with and promote these fundraisers, boosting contributions and solidifying your relationships with the supporters who run them.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Before drafting your first annual report , be sure to extensively plan with your team and board so you cover all of your desired information. Pathfinder International’s annual report combines thoughtful web design, powerful graphics, individual stories, and gorgeous portraits to vividly showcase their beneficiaries.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

MarTech Ssacks, or Marketing Technology stacks, provide nonprofit teams with a vital way to create efficient and effective marketing efforts. Explore the steps below to learn how to build a MarTech stack and how your team can use those tools. As your nonprofit team begins that conversation, be sure to write down the answers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

We’ve done the legwork and compiled the top ways Chat GPT and AI can help your team save resources, perform tasks, and raise more funds. While this tool is a valuable asset for nonprofits, it shouldn’t be seen as a substitute for human interaction. So what exactly is this website that’s causing such a stir?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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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. Before identifying which menu approach is appropriate, make sure your team is aligned on overall goals, audiences, and content needs. articles, interactive media, storytelling elements) do you have? A megamenu.

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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. We do this through a program called Follow Me Home (FMH).

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Because this process can be so extensive, it’s best to partner with a team of experienced marketing experts when launching a new direct mail program. A well-designed, professionally executed direct mail conveys professionalism and legitimacy. Let’s take a closer look at each stage of designing a direct mail campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

We have shifted to digital-mediated interactions for almost everything in our lives. Hyper self-awareness occurs when we are forced to view our own faces while we are interacting with others. Jeremy Bailenson, Virtual Human Interaction Lab – WSJ ) . Why Remote Work Is Exhausting. Incorporate Energizers In Your Meetings.

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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. In the most NEDA example, the team should have known about the potential danger of chatbots going off the rails.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 23, 2024

Branded Site CauseVox’s intuitive drag-and-drop tool allows you to easily layout and design your fundraising site in a way that’s unique to your mission and beneficial to supporters. From campaign inspiration to team details, achievements, and the communities you serve, it’s a comprehensive look at your story.

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Forum One

JANUARY 30, 2024

The implementation employed a headless architecture with a Contentful back-end, React front-end, and interactive maps featuring Carto. Additionally, the team crafted a meticulous Measurement Plan to assess the dashboard’s effectiveness in achieving key objectives, while also providing recommendations for future growth opportunities.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Your Perception of Your Donors I’m sure you can remember an interaction that felt purely transactional. No emotion, no humanity to the interaction, just an exchange of currency, goods, and services. Every interaction with donors communicates how your organization views them and their gifts. I know I have.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This is the feedback that The Ross Collective is consistently receiving about the processes we’re running for board or staff teams. In this post, I’ll share how we design these retreats so you can run effective ones of your own. Principle 2: Collaborate with a design team to guide the strategic planning or board retreat processes. .

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Embedding your social media feeds directly into your website allows site visitors to easily interact with your content as part of the web viewing experience, from video testimonials of your beneficiaries to pictures of your volunteers hard at work in the community.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The truth is, there are a ton of elements that go into effective nonprofit e-learning, and in order to make sure your e-learning is exactly what your team needs, you have to take some strategies into consideration. From the interactive elements you can include, the scenarios you can walk-through…e-learning has evolved.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

This is why data-informed donor screening and segmentation practices are so important: with the right tools and practices, your team can maximize and optimize fundraising efforts to raise more money, spend fewer resources raising it, and increase your impact on the communities you serve.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now’s the perfect time for us to take a step back and celebrate the team that has built Nimble AMS over the last decade. . It’s been pretty amazing getting to see the different aspects of our development process as well as so many talented teams. Prior to Nimble AMS, I started out as a member of the QA team. And, are we ever.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nonprofit CRMs and fundraising tools are software solutions designed specifically for the unique needs of nonprofit organizations. They include features for campaign management, online donation processing, and donor analytics, which help nonprofits design effective fundraising strategies.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Essential nonprofit CRM features 9 of the best nonprofit CRM solutions available Steps to find and implement the right nonprofit CRM for your needs Your nonprofit’s CRM is an essential tool for scaling up your fundraising and donor engagement efforts, so your team should be experts in knowing what type of platform to look for.

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