.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When.orgSource engages with a client, we frequently interview the staff. Survey the group and, as much as possible, interview individuals. It goes without saying that any seasoned employee will have a greater understanding of your association and its industry than a newbie. But has your group’s professional expertise expanded?

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Our research included interviewing thought leaders, organizing think tanks, and surveying professionals. The following recommendations from our research are designed to weight the scales toward exhilaration and keep disruption at bay. Several years ago, my business partner Kevin Ordonez and I, wrote two books.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Research The first step is finding as much information as you can from your existing analytics. After choosing a few donor segments that you’d like to focus on, you can take it a step further by sending out a survey to this group to gather even more information. People like surveys that are short and sweet.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

is why I became a researcher. Folks tend to be kind enough to follow-up with, “What kind of research do you conduct?” Our natural curiosity is why our researchers are behind solutions like. From these findings, we then constructed a survey for distribution to a representative sample of teams within this company.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In early August 2018, Nonprofit Tech for Good published an open call for sponsors and after six weeks of interviews, Funraise (located in Long Beach, CA) has been selected as the new sponsor. Even better news is that Funraise will also sponsor the third edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This reduces the burden on nonprofits asked to fill out demographic surveys in different ways and formats, while providing sector insights and creating visibility for funders looking to better understand their giving portfolios and identify potential gaps. It’s where these needs diverge with other priorities that can be challenging.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2024

With nearly 54,000 organizations sharing demographic data with Candid as of March 2023, Candid engaged Viewpoint Consulting to conduct research to better understand how it could improve its systems, services, and support for nonprofits. What supports could help reduce the burden on nonprofits and increase engagement with this data via Candid?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 10, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. This week’s installment of Research Friday will examine a range of new data from the field about our sector’s human resources—often, our most powerful but undervalued form of capital. Angela Francis , Senior Associate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

New Research and a Welcome Surprise from Foundation CEOs. This question was one of many in a recently released research study commissioned by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation on the occasion of its 50 th anniversary. By Lindsay Austin Louie. We’re thrilled, but it also gave us pause to ask ourselves, “Why are we surprised?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2011

Note from Beth: For those of you who have been following my blog for a long time, you know of my obsession with research reports, particularly social media research snippets. The good folks at Idealware offered me a sneak peak of their new Facebook research – how could I resist? research report from Idealware in May.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I was also unaccustomed to having to find all my own resources; I had spent the previous 15 years of my career working in higher education with access to a university research library, enterprise platform subscriptions, and myriad other resources. I’d taken it for granted that these resources were just there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

In 2017, Race Forward merged with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the nation’s largest research, advocacy and services organization devoted to racial justice. Do you use analytics, surveys, testing, interviews? Organizations are always changing. Speaking of metrics, how do you measure your nonprofit site’s performance?

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT to design and conduct surveys and market research. Consider appointing a team of volunteers to interview your new employee and ensure that the responses are appropriate. Leverage ChatGPT to generate reports, articles, and newsletters. Build a mentorship program with ChatGPT as a matching assistant.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Not regularly researching your audience. If you don’t regularly check in with your members and research your audience, you may have assumptions about their wants and needs that are outdated and don’t quite match up to reality. Stay updated on your audience’s needs by sending out regular feedback surveys.

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Network for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Here at Network for Good, our big question has been, can subscription as a service (SAAS) tactics be used to increase recurring donors and revenue among small nonprofits?

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

We conducted a website survey with about 80 respondents, and conducted some one-on-one interviews with eleven members of the NTEN community. It should be much more "human," much more "cool," and should point much more quickly and easily to the resources people need (research, tools, community for questions, etc)."

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

posted by Karina Lungo , Research Assistant, ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. As many suspected, and research ultimately confirmed, how much an organization spends on overhead doesn’t describe how well it achieves its mission.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

Over the last few months NTEN has been surveying U.S. To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. NTEN surveyed 780 nonprofits across nine U.S.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

But this article focuses on one key part of that campaign: How to use social media advertising to research the messaging that best engages your audience, especially potential donors or members. Do you even need user research? User research” sounds much more cold and robotic than it should. So, do you need user research?

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Nonprofits focused on diverse talent acquisition in 2022, survey finds. PCORI announces medical research grants totaling $49.5 PCORI announces medical research grants totaling $49.5 The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has announced grants totaling $49.5 A weekly update with the latest news from PND.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In the last week, I’ve interviewed three different volunteer engagement professionals about volunteer retention as their organizations are in various stages of reopening and recovery from the pandemic-related restrictions on volunteer engagement. Level 2: Research and report. Level 3: Research and recommend. But results?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 16, 2016

Thanks to a sponsorship from the Public Interest Registry , Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good will be attending #AFPFC and conducting on-site interviews on Periscope (periscope.tv/nonprofitorgs) If you will be attending the conference in-person and are interested in being interviewed, please DM @NonprofitOrgs for more information.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

Research shows that a 10% improvement in your donor retention can lead to an up to 200% increase in donors’ lifetime value. Instead, try asking supporters to complete a survey after they’ve hit “submit.” Monthly donations ensure your organization has consistent funding no matter the season. Choosing images strategically.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2023

There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype. Some activities we like to do with our clients include stakeholder interviews and workshops, preliminary service blueprints, and an ecosystem map. Phase 2: Research The next phase is research.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before.

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Everyaction

AUGUST 15, 2018

Product Feedback Group members will receive email invites to various research studies including interviews, usability tests, surveys, and more. Interviews. That’s why Product Managers conduct 1 on 1 interviews with customers when they start a new project. Other Research Studies. Usability Tests.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

Porter Novelli’s latest research on business and social justice shows that consumers, employees and other stakeholders want companies to acknowledge their role in systemic injustices and actively change the system. Last October we launched Blackbaud’s first Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging survey.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2022

Based on Philea’s recent analysis of surveys, in-depth interviews, and meetings with European foundations, we’ve seen how the pandemic has had significant implications for the way philanthropy operates in Europe. Here we share some top-level takeaways from our research. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit , and I are actively researching the use of AI for Good, in particular to scale giving and to spread generosity. These E-books, research, and articles will get you up to speed. The survey will be implemented regularly to benchmark adoption of AI. What about your nonprofit?

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

The previous 15 years of my career, I worked in higher education with access to a research library, enterprise platform subscriptions, and myriad other resources. They taught me about researching funders, finding grant opportunities, and making connections in the fundraising and grantmaking landscape.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Through all King’s research she discovered to get ahead in the business world, the most successful individuals do not rely on the often generic and outdated written formal rules that for a century have defined the workplace. 8 (2014): 691–709, [link]

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Conduct initial research Before taking any steps to formally establish your nonprofit, conduct background research into the people and groups who will help you get your new organization off the ground. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Mission statement: The mission of St. Hold interviews.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 17, 2022

Next, consider the following: Survey your staff to learn how much time they spend on various company-wide processes. According to research conducted by Forrester , 80% of employees say they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology. Discover how Nimble AMS can power your entire association. Download now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

at Social Sector Accelerator, a member of the Counterpart International Network, has been doing research on this topic: Is it possible to effectively measure the impact such “capacity building” services have? Capacity building is about improving organizational (or network) effectiveness. Presentation slides.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2015

If so, then your organization can probably benefit from conducting market research. Before these assumptions are baked into choices being made or considered, get access to accurate information using market research : who are your constituents and what are their attitudes, preferences, satisfaction levels, and needs? Look it up.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

While any loss of able employees is a tragedy, this does mean that if your nonprofit is hiring, there is a significant pool of qualified candidates to interview. Survey current employees . Unfortunately, research continues to show that even organizations that state they are committed to diverse hiring still often fail to do so.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

conduct research Gather data on your current supporters Review your nonprofit’s existing data, such as donor records , volunteer information, and past survey results. Gather new data directly from your target audience This can be collected through methods such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

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