Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

Note: This is the tenth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. The visual design details the final look and feel of the website. Purposes for the Visual Design phase include: Agreeing on a creative vision and personality for the web presence. Methodology. Deliverables. What’s Next.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

A big task can seem daunting when looking at the big picture – especially something as logistically complicated as a Giving Day! Consider a quiet phase. You are probably familiar with the quiet phase of a capital campaign. Consider implementing a similar quiet phase for your Giving Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

By: Kate O’Connor, Senior Analyst (Strategy), Innovation Consulting, Salesforce Ignite UK&I; Kevin Smeeing, Senior Analyst (Design), Innovation Consulting, Salesforce Ignite UK&I; Anna-Sophie Oertzen , Innovation Consulting Manager, Salesforce Ignite EMEA. Volunteer Alliance Projects. About the Author. Kate O’Connor.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

However, design isn’t one-size-fits-all, and anyone who tells you otherwise is likely taking shortcuts that will result in more revisions later on. These formats may all sound similar—and in some ways they are—but each one serves a different function and combines a variety of elements to achieve our design goals. The Four Approaches.

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Media Cause

JULY 22, 2021

Not only can you get a more complete picture of how your customers engage with your organization across channels, but also devices. With Analytics 4, you can use “consent mode,” which was designed for websites that have to obtain end-user consent to collect analytics data. Added granular control. Cookie-less analytics.

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Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

The Four Phases of Responsive Fundraising Listen Listening is where effectively reading donor signals is incredibly important. Any piece of data in a vacuum may not tell you a lot, but taken together as a whole, reading donor signals can give you a holistic picture of who your supporters are and what they care about.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 14, 2021

There will be time for more practical matters, but this phase is all about dreaming. It was replicated on a national scale and even won a design award! Gigi and her mom, pictured above, used the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for Gigi’s Playhouse to connect with a whole new set of potential donors.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2022

When you can identify who you’re speaking to, what their perspective is, and the knowledge level they bring to the table, you can design your presentations to be more appealing and relevant. This can help you think intentionally about how to lay out your presentation without getting distracted by the design elements. .

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The nonprofit fundraising calendar tends to go through phases of ups and downs. Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. This is also the time when many organizations host their year-end gala or another major event to drive even more donations.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Keys to Datamaking Success Many of the tools and techniques that we have learned about data design and collection continue to be relevant in datamaking, such as: Ask clear questions and prioritize which data points, or combinations of data points, are most relevant to answering the questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2017

If bots are designed well, they can have impact. The San Francisco Museum of Art recently launched an ingenious bot called “Send Me” that allows anyone to send a simple text message and receive a picture of a piece of art matching the idea, words, or phrase texted.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. It’s typically the first step in our User Research phase, providing a good overview of the visitors to a nonprofit website and how they behave on the site.

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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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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We're still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally "out there" and is well-received. The logo was designed what felt like minutes before our launch in March 2005. Overall, the experience has been positive. Why did we do this? It's a statement.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

This process is designed to help you take small yet strategic steps to writing a great fundraising appeal. I start by getting a big picture things like the send date, the universe and targeting. Plus, it gives you the opportunity to see whether or not you’re constructing a strong argument long before you get to the editing phase.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

So, that’s why in 2012 I opted to invest in the programming time for responsive design. She says that Google Analytics will give you a crystal clear picture of how many visitors are using mobile phones. “You can see how many of those people leave the site quickly. I queried a few colleagues for advice. Work the project plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

As we have learned in the past with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram the early adoption phase is when new communities grow the fastest. Snapchat’s navigation and design is tailored for Gen Z – the mobile-first and mobile-only generation, but Millennials and Gen Xers are also becoming more active on Snapchat.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2013

Personas in the Design Process. My job at Blackbaud is to help nonprofits design things. Whether it’s a full-scale website, an event fundraising site, a donation form or a mobile email template, our design process usually goes something like this: Stakeholder Discovery. Visual Design. You get the picture.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

Yet working this way, we miss that "big picture" overview. . It doesn't have to be simple or designed for idiots - I work with very smart, technically capable people. Centralized administration and management - Administrator can create/assign projects - only assigned managers can edit milestones and the phases of the project.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

Yet working this way, we miss that "big picture" overview. . It doesn't have to be simple or designed for idiots - I work with very smart, technically capable people. Centralized administration and management - Administrator can create/assign projects - only assigned managers can edit milestones and the phases of the project.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2011

This picture is from the "Chalk Art Phase" last summer in which we would write loving messages on chalk - Lilly is the artist, I'm the lookout and embellisher. it was so delightful to wonder what people's reaction would be the next morning. We heard gossip later about how pleased and mystified people were!

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We’re still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally “out there&# and is well-received. The logo was designed what felt like minutes before our launch in March 2005. Overall, the experience has been positive. Why did we do this? It’s a statement.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Here are a few statistics that paint a picture of current corporate philanthropy trends to be aware of: Although total giving declined in 2022, corporate giving experienced two years of growth in 2021 and 2022 , mostly because of increases in GDP and pre-tax profits. Bombas Bombas is a clothing brand best known for well-made socks.

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Top Nonprofits

JUNE 30, 2022

What is Nonprofit Graphic Design? This is where graphic design enters the picture. Many nonprofits have innovated their brand identity through graphic design. If you need tips for creating compelling graphic designs to make your organization’s storytelling professional, poised, and poignant, keep reading!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

We think that it is time to invite them to the “adults’ table”—even though this may entail a gawky “adolescent” phase. Rather than creating a new network, the Project is designed to “tune up” the networks that currently exist in the region. Identifying sources of discomfort will help.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

For those not familiar with that term, program management includes representing the owner or the nonprofit at every step of the development process from, you know, land acquisition, going through due diligence, design, preconstruction, and the construction to move in phase. . So feasibility study is an important part. .

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Just like building a house, your project (and related costs) consists of three phases: design, build, and maintenance. First, there is a design and planning phase. Second is the build, or implementation, phase. Entering “Assignees” to any phase is completely optional, use it only if it helps your process.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I tried to picture an alternative with AleiaBrown and Adrianne Russell ’s # MuseumsRespondtoFerguson and LaTonya S. I tried to picture a time before Jen Oleniczak Brown's museum improv company, Engaging Educator , as well as the aforementioned Jen, Mike Murawski, as well as Rachel Ropeik , and PJ Gubatina Policarpio 's GalleryThrowdowns.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 29, 2009

This brilliant design allowed patrons to create new knowledge about the books in the library while only slightly adjusting their book-returning behavior. This design inspires me because it creates new value out of what visitors already do. This afternoon I went to the library in Haarlem Oost to take your pictures.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

THE BIG DIRECT MAIL PICTURE – Top 10 Tips. Too much design makes it much less personal. If you use any pictures, be sure they are of people, not buildings. Eliminate every possible word – including adjectives and descriptive phases – in your copy. “If Donors will give more if they can designate their gift in some way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

The next exercise participants worked in small groups using a low-tech method to "doodle out" their networks (magic markers and flip chart paper.) This exercise reminded me of an exercise I used to do in workshops 12 years ago with nonprofits to introduce the Internet, " Draw A Picture of the Intern et ". Click to see larger diagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2005

HTML code doesn't phase me as I've had over ten years playing with it, but it seemed like a lot of extra work (find the image url you like, cut and and paste it into the tag, and if the size isn't write -you're out of luck). (For There are some things I don't like only because as an artist-type, I want more control over the design.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Designed to test innovations, sprints are short, repeatable phases that allow teams to iterate ideas, follow their curiosity, and deliver results. Very common in the tech industry, sprints are little pockets of progress (those measurable, deadline-driven micro-objectives Myers mentioned as part of the OKR framework).

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

During the research and planning phase, you’re able to evaluate your nonprofit’s position compared to similar organizations. Don’t let the big picture get away from you! This gives you someone specific to picture as you plan your marketing. Relevant: Align your goals with your cause and your mission statement.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

MANY founders have started a nonprofit and successfully navigated their way through the startup phase, growing their organization successfully. Some people find that designating certain days each week for the same tasks is helpful. Others find that designated blocks during each day help them stay on track. But take heart!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

Picture a nonprofit organization with 3.6 So we're designing the website so that there are templates for each language, and the local volunteers in that country can then just translate the information into that language. Probably in the next three weeks we'll be launching phase one of that new site, so that'll be really exciting.

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