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A Social Media Measurement Nonprofit Guinea Pig: Thanks Tim! Please add your thoughts!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tim Davies from the UK volunteered to be the guinea pig and test the thinking process (a logic model of sorts) for his newly launched web project that incorporates social media strategies. You only collect what you need to answer the question - have reached our result or intended outcome/benefit.

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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering Online Appeals and Messaging

Bloomerang

Then ask yourself these questions: Is your mission clear and compelling (i.e., If you’re doing this on your own, it’s a good idea to ask a few friends or volunteers who know nothing about your organization to serve as user guinea pigs. . Here are some questions to ask: . Commit to responding to questions personally.

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Testing Your Donation Form Part 3: Wrangling Guinea Pigs

Connection Cafe

For “quick-and-dirty” usability testing, I will often ask the potential test participant a couple of simple questions. Usually, the answer is a simple screener to ensure the person’s background matches the type of participant you are looking for. A quick screener for quick tests: Do you use Facebook or Twitter and how often?

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How to plan and run a good web conference

Forum One

Have a guinea pig user log in as a participant so you know what they are seeing and can work out any glitches. As the meeting begins, provide some guidance on how participants can ask questions or comment during the meeting. Invite follow-up questions and suggestions for next time. The presenter(s) should practice beforehand ?

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How to Predict What You’ll Raise by Year-End

NonProfit Hub

For an animal rescue, how many dogs/cats/guinea pigs do you want to save? Here are some questions you can ask yourself to noodle around on to get some fresh perspective on things. The answers to these questions will give you some clues about where to spend your time to get the most bang for the buck.

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New Screencast: Web Analytics Demystified: A Primer for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This screencast would not have been possible without all the help I got from: Dave Amos, Web guy at the Idealist (and Ami Dar) and Laura Whitehead , South Hams, CVS, who not only allowed me complete access to their Google Analytics stats, but answered my numerous stupid questions.

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

It's a question whose answer eluded me from the day I registered eight months ago through the first few days of the conference this week. It was a broadening, inspirational experience that made me question my own interest and focus, which is so distinctly based in a world that presumes a certain level of education and consumption.