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Design Series: Understanding Audience Needs

Forum One

While understanding audience needs is the basis of all good strategy and user experience processes, end users often get lost or deprioritized in the design phase. Here are methods for approaching user engagement that build and rely on trust: Surveys and Feedback Forms Listen to the crowd! They can even be done virtually!

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Lead Gift Committees: Success with High-Powered Volunteers

Top Nonprofits

There’s a method to the campaign committee madness. Lead Gift Committees often meet at least every month during the Quiet Phase of the campaign , and sometimes more often. It often includes powerful and well-connected people, and you’ll want to make sure that the meetings are well-planned and structured.

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Stereotypes Aside, Millennials Are Acting for Change

Achieve

In partnership with the Case Foundation, Achieve just published findings from the most recent research phase of this project, which is our ninth annual study of millennial cause behaviors and motivations. We already are seeing changes in our country that can be tied to increased cause engagement through combined activism methods.

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The Nonprofit Fundraising Strategic Plan Guide

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It should contain purposeful actions that aim to achieve specific fundraising goals from a diversified group of sources, and be data-driven from start to finish. Don’t forget - despite the structured, sometimes mechanical feel a fundraising plan can have, storytelling does have a place in the planning process. One last thing.

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The Art of Aligning Social Media Strategy With Communications Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the summer, Holly Minch , who is an expert at helping nonprofits and philanthropies unlock the potential of strategic communications for social change, suggested that I facilitate a workshop on social media strategy with a group of nonprofit and philanthropy communications folks. . And where are the tensions?

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. You can use a “lean start up” approach for the development phase by doing a pilot or experiment and adjust. I do this all the time.

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5 Things to Know Before Hiring a Nonprofit Web Consultant

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Internal management consultants help nonprofits develop their organizational structure. During your research phase, be sure to look into how each consultant prefers to operate. Fundraising consultants offer advice on how to improve your marketing campaigns, event management, and overall fundraising plan.