Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Note: This is the eighth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Your sitemap is a visual representation of the structure of your website. To create a sitemap, we begin with the documents produced during the Content Strategy phase. Visual Design. Solution Design. Methodology. Content Strategy.

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What makes a successful Fonteva implementation Designing and building a tech solution is only one part of making a successful Fonteva implementation. You also need one who can bridge the gap between the system and the business outcomes it has to achieve, and design a solution that leaves nothing on the table.

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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. Simplify your page structure to make your site easier to navigate. ? A compelling “why.”. Inspiring calls to action.

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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. Many experts recommend grabbing a pen and paper to sketch out your presentation’s format and structure. Design appealing visual elements.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

A well-designed, professionally executed direct mail conveys professionalism and legitimacy. Steps in the Direct Mail Fundraising Process Designing a direct mail fundraising campaign involves many moving parts, from conducting intensive donor research to enlisting marketing strategists who will develop messaging frameworks and concepts.

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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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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Note: This is the ninth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. It’s best to get buy-in on wireframes first so we can truly focus on creative look and feel during the visual design phase of the project. These are the basic wireframes you’ll need to provide for the visual design to commence.

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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. Do not let looks deceive you though as these are possibly the most important deliverables in the Web Design process!

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EveryAction

JUNE 19, 2017

Organizations need a structured and effective way of following their grants throughout the grant's lifecycle so they can easily manage this very important revenue stream and track these funds in the same place as major gifts and other sources of revenue. Many nonprofits receive anywhere from 10-90% of their revenue from foundation grants.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2023

Signals any needs to make future adjustments during planning phases. Flexibility and structure are not mutually exclusive. Here’s some examples: The ability to scrap a new design and start over when it’s obvious that it doesn’t meet an objective. Provides a sense of ownership in making the change work.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It can be uncomfortable to admit, but many web designers, myself included, first learned about digital accessibility as a regulation. It’s not a way to design—it’s simply design. The “I’m Determined” website focused on better addressing its audiences’ needs through a participatory design process. Focus on content.

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M+R

DECEMBER 9, 2022

GA3) is being phased out effective July 1, 2023, and there are a number of significant changes to the new product. If your organization contains more than one internal structure (i.e. Analytics are an essential tool for digital marketers and there’s a big shift underway as Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is being implemented.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Learning can be formal or informal, designed or serendipitous, individual or collective. Philanthropy loves “new” things. Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Fast forward to today….

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 29, 2021

Many of the LCRM customers are evaluating whether they move from LCRM and Luminate Online at the same time or take a more phased approach. We can help you take a look at some of those alternatives, look at how you might keep using some of those features, or how you might want to phase that approach.

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

This way, everyone in your organization will be on the same page about what needs to be done during the fundraising phase of your development plan. If you’re trying to design the optimal calendar for your nonprofit’s development plan, you should: Use your calendar to help set a fundraising timeline.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Web Courseworks’ Three-Phased Learning Business Approach. The three-phased approach that Web Courseworks follows includes: 1. The end goal of this three-phased approach is to have a tangible item that will help you move forward with steps to create or otherwise improve your learning business. Organizational Readiness.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

Getting started with personalization can be broken down into three phases: Crawl, Walk, Run. Start by selecting areas where you can execute impact and story-driven design refreshes that better tell your story. Perhaps your social channels are lacking substance and structure and could use some refreshing or strategy.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

It is important to review content on blogs, videos, and other collateral materials to see what narratives are being used and if any need to be phased out. The process includes examining and reviewing the narratives that currently bolstering the power structures, in order to challenge them.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

Why Work With A Development Agency to Complete Your Web Design Project. Before we dive into the steps your team can take to set your web design project up for success, let’s answer a few frequently asked questions that your nonprofit might have about this project. Web Design Project Step 1: Register your domain name.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

However, you don’t need to be an expert on website design or marketing to create a valuable website, because you can call in someone who is! . Nonprofit consultants specialize in a number of different aspects of nonprofit management from fundraising and accounting to web design. Internal management consultants. Website review.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

This should serve as a foundation for your new website content and structure. a security team, a 508 compliance testing team, content creation, content approvals, legal compliance or review for content, government approvals for designs, branding and/or imagery, etc.). Think about why they would come to it and what they need from it.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

GA4 is designed to be far less reliant on cookies, using AI and data modeling to help fill the gaps in data caused by privacy restrictions. The next five months can be your learning phase. Another complication of continuing UA was that it works through cookies. What are the differences between UA and GA4?

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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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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

In addition to charitable organizations, the IRS distinguishes many other types of tax-exempt organizations with the 501(c) designation. This legally designates your nonprofit as a business entity. Having a clear corporate structure limits the individual liability of your nonprofit’s leaders, employees, and board of directors.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

The overall deal has to address not only licensing and servercloud services but must also consider design, implementation, support, modification, retraining, maintenance and upgrade—and it has to do this while respecting scale differences and various scheduling and operational constraints for all represented affiliates. Project Services.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

IMA - the Interactive Media Award competition is open to individuals and organizations involved in designing, devleoping, managing, supporting and promoting websites. Nominations are accepted from all over the world from web design firms, agencies to invidividuals and graphic artists.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit consulting services might solve a specific challenge, like customizing and cleaning up your database , or serve as more of a long-term investment, like designing a complete technology plan for your nonprofit. Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2023

Everyone has some ideas about what a capital campaign is—how it’s structured, what it accomplishes, how long it should take, who it should involve, and more. The bulk of your energy will go towards quiet phase fundraising strategies and soliciting major donors. Has your organization conducted one before?

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

You’ll probably want to have at least two phases to your own campaign. A “silent phase” will emphasize private fundraising conversations with your major donors and corporate sponsors. The later public phase will focus on raising money from smaller individual donors. You will also want to determine if your idea is viable at all.

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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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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Jason Boley (JB): Our experience with clients and vendors is that going through a structured selection process better prepares the organization for a project quote by defining the scope of work, outlining the technology ecosystem of the organization, and identifying potential barriers to success. When does the planning phase end?

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Design a training/onboarding process that reflects your organization. Along with a total rewards approach to compensation, you also should consider other ways to recognize employee work, like incentive plans , an increasingly popular type of employee compensation structure.

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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! That’s okay!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

How does designing (and implementing) a social media strategy easily support and enhance the overall communications mix? With social media, listening needs to incorporated into the research phase at the beginning but must also be used as the social media strategy unfolds (real time monitoring) and as ongoing evaluation.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

This technology selection and implementation phase can be daunting and complex. WARNING: using an inexpensive, easy-to-deploy tool does not mean you can skip or shortchange the strategy and planning phases outlined in the earlier posts in this series. Here are a few guidelines to help you along: Do a few things well.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While you do need some time to generate buzz, it’s best to design giving day marketing to complement, not supplant your existing fundraising efforts. By including them in the early phases of a giving day, they will feel invested in your strategy. The same can be said for goal setting.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2011

Organizational structure makes a big difference. Having systems that support integration has implications on the front end for campaign design and on the back end for measurement and analytics. ” Some are in the experimental phase; many are still tilting their head at what exactly mobile marketing is.

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