sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

To grow your donor file, add three easy upgrades to your current acquisition plan and watch how kickstarting a better content, promotion, and conversion strategy can work wonders for your donor pipeline. Organic posts, paid posts, and boosts allow you to test acquisition on social media. Extend it to social media platforms, too.

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Forum One

MAY 16, 2024

After all the work to ensure your new website is accessible and in compliance with Section 508 and WCAG standards, you shift into day-to-day operations, and… things change. The new design system has gaps. Effective accessibility planning To counter all these barriers, you need a plan: Review and update your design system.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2023

As we finish our three-blog series, we hope you have a better understanding of what service design is and why it’s important for the social sector. There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype. Phase 1: Align You’ve decided to embark on a service design project!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2023

By CONCAT — the first website design and development company solely led by refugees and women from countries of conflict. Website maintenance and support can be a luxury for nonprofits working on a tight budget. CONCAT is the first website design and development company solely led by refugees and women from countries of conflict.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Once the team aggregated the data and they were able to form a hypothesis, test it and confirm a need. Additionally, the team was able to leverage certifications, one of which is a Workforce-ready certificate designed for members who are new to the industry. This helped to nurture and engage these members until they were eligible.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Nonprofits need to follow WCAG because accessibility is the foundation of our work. If we fail to meet WCAG, we are excluding important current and potential community members from being able to engage with our web content, which goes against the very nature of our work. . Important Resources for Following WCAG.

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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. Community is key: working with, not for.

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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. Introspective Innovations threw open the doors to NYFW, inviting emerging artists to showcase their work free of charge.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When you’re working with limited resources it can be a struggle to both get new people in the door and then keep them there once you do. Step 1: Build the top of your funnel SImply put, building the top of the funnel means participating in activities designed to create awareness about your association.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

As you may have heard, we’re building new Candid tools to help those working in the social sector to do good even more efficiently and effectively in a fast-changing world. It is critical to have a clear understanding of all phases of their work to create an effective solution. Does the solution work?

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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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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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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

Note: See all the Best Nonprofits To Work For stories in the 4/1 digital edition … [link] ** There are some surprises in the data from 2023 for this year’s The NonProfit Times ’ “Best Nonprofits To Work For.” Offices were shuttered and work from home setups proliferated. Stress soared.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Here is your guide for creating a non-profit website that brings interested people into your world, tells them what your organization is all about, invites them to be part of the work by making a donation, and then thanks them for doing so. Squarespace, Weebly, and Wix are do-it-yourself sites designed for people with no coding skills.

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Byte Technology

MAY 16, 2017

That said, not all contact forms are considered equal, especially those designed for WordPress sites where there are so many choices for customization. Lastly, once your form is completed test it thoroughly to make sure it’s working properly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

Brand guidelines expand on the decisions you have made with the design of your logo. They walk through how to use your logo, your brand colors, typefaces, and often include other assets of your design library. Within these six colors, you want to be sure to include light and dark colors that work together.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about usability testing your website from guest author Brandon Granger, Senior Interaction Designer for Blackbaud. In the first part of this series , we talked about why you should test your website and donation form with real supporters. Makes sense, no?

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2023

Ask your website designer if your website is verified with through Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools. For more information about the ad grants and how they work for nonprofits, read the Ultimate Guide to the Microsoft Ads for Social Impact Grants. If it hasn’t been verified, then it needs to be!

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VisionLink

MAY 8, 2023

We are pleased to be one of the first partner organizations, supporting the work of NVOAD. Gateway to Collaboration is the conference’s theme, something that's central to all that we have worked to support over the past decades. We are ready to support local, regional, or national collaborations with proven and well-tested tools.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The reason for this is that it gives the charity a good reason for contacting donors for general operating funds as opposed to asking for designated dollars, and it is a great opportunity to cast a wide net through an easily scalable medium (direct mail). Your “choir” needs to see and feel a connection to your work.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

It may make sense to hire someone to give you that help, especially if that person has the skills you need and can work remotely. A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who provides services for clients while working from their home office. Be sure to ask for work samples if appropriate for the work you are requesting.

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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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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. Test, test, test: Generative AI is not a pot roast; you can’t set it and forget it.

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Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

Third parties are able to staff with top experts that can deliver the work and provide consultation before, during and after implementation. And don’t forget to test, test, test before launching. As we mentioned earlier, the biggest advantage of building your own system is that you can custom design your product.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

The following is a comprehensive guide to help organizations looking to build a conversational AI that is enhanced by the use of RAG, including considerations for planning, design, and technology stack. Choose the Right Approach There are many options for designing and developing a RAG-enhanced conversational AI solution.

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EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

Designate a point person for your new software implementation. Even the best new software won’t work optimally with duplicate, incorrect, or outdated data. Establish an ongoing plan to keep your data clean and ready to put to work for your organization. Do a data clean-up. Review your data tables, queries, reports, and exports.

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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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Candid

JULY 26, 2023

In today’s ever-changing world of work, executing a successful hybrid meeting comes with new challenges. Schedule meetings thoughtfully Having experience working on opposite ends of the in-person to virtual conference room spectrum, it’s easy to underestimate the preparation and forethought that’s required to run a hybrid meeting.

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sgEngage

JULY 13, 2021

Website design has changed a lot over the last decade, largely due to the vast availability of low-cost, templated designs that look quite stunning. Information Architecture (IA) is the structural design of a website. IA defines the navigation of the site and the layout of all the key design elements.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

The term encompasses a wide range of tools and practices that can support an equally wide range of work and strategies. At this sea-change moment, we’re working with organizations to set holistic AI strategies and governance as part of their core organizational strategies, not just digital strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2017

People are so busy doing the work that they don’t have time to go off-site to take a class or sign up for an online course. This requires designing professional development designed as “micro-lessons.” Explore the Emerging Leaders Playbook and learn the practical application it can have on your work.

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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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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Picking the right design and color is crucial, but choosing the right words is equally important. If you’re worried about cutting down the length of your call to action, use the WYLTIWLT test to make sure your call to action button will make sense to website visitors. I would like to.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is the fourth part in my series about learning how to test the usability of your online donation form and website with real donors. Part one discussed why to usability test , part two outlined crafting your test , and part three gave best practices for recruiting participants. Today, we gear up for your big test day!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

WP Engine’s one-click staging for testing plugins or new features. Multiple Staging Sites – you can make a copy of your WordPress website to test new plugins before adding them to a live site. Three “staging” environments are included, along with one-click staging for need basic plugin testing. 3) Kinesta :: kinsta.com.

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