sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I want you to have the confidence (and your leadership team to have the confidence in you) that with data and time, you can make annual giving work for your organization. Keep them out of it for now (we can always test that later.) Test one thing at a time. Plan for your year. Segment your data, but don’t OVER-segment.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When nonprofit customers ask us what donation form designs are most successful, we always recommend testing. While one form design may work best for one nonprofit, your audience is unique and may respond better to a different design. We recently designed and tested two new donation forms for Fidelco Guide Dogs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

The book is, The CEO Test , written by Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer. You’ll learn what truly matters to be a successful leader and you’ll discover a clear roadmap for succeeding in these seven critical challenges – the CEO test : Can you develop a simple plan for your strategy? How will the team work together?

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Forum One

AUGUST 19, 2021

The most common approaches are through two research approaches: audience research and usability testing. When it comes to audience research and usability testing, the two approaches can sometimes get mixed up, because after all, aren’t our audiences using our digital platform or tool? Usability testing: Defining the experience.

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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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NetWits

AUGUST 4, 2011

Are you testing your email messages (i.e. You can immediately see what worked and adjust your message on-the-fly, if needed. And while you may have a hunch about the best day or time to send email, testing validates (or disproves) your theory. However, I don’t see enough nonprofits taking advantage of email testing.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The most reliable way for nonprofits to increase digital engagement is to test different techniques and messages with your own audience to determine what they respond to best, and follow the results. If you’re ready to start improving your digital program through testing, here are five places to get started.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2023

How does someone test an idea for a nonprofit without committing the time, effort, and money to apply for 501(c)(3) status, find a board, and secure long-term funding? If fiscal sponsorship is a new concept to you, you may want to take a deeper dive into how sponsorships work. What do you do to get started?

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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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Nimble AMS

MARCH 24, 2024

How Nimble AMS supports customers during every product release During the testing of the Salesforce Spring ’24 release , our team discovered an issue with mandatory global access for aura components. Our product team worked with Salesforce to identify that this was a new mandatory update release and found a simple solution.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 21, 2023

Let’s take a look at some possibilities: (1) Start a memorial fund with an existing nonprofit, (2) Contribute time and expertise to a program at an existing nonprofit; (3) Work with a fiscal agent, (4) Start a local chapter of a national nonprofit, and (5) Start your own nonprofit. This is well meaning, but under-informed.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Testing is cheaper than getting it wrong! Be sure to always be testing to get the absolute best response from your online community. But not every new tactic works, and it's critical that nonprofits have short feedback loops to figure out what's working and where to allocate resources. Lawrence Grodeska. Change.org.

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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. Choose the option you think will work best for your needs and move forward. Through your brand!

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Armed with this data, you can do more of what’s working or focus your attention on new tactics that might boost engagement. Approach retention scientifically: Identify your association’s measures of success, develop and test the strategy, document its effect, and learn from the experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. We often assume that our audiences don’t change over time, but that’s not always the case, and nuances within each audience type can appear depending on the focus of your organization’s work.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 3, 2020

Now is an ideal time to assess your organization’s tools and approaches for working remotely. It’s fairly common in today’s world for some or all of an organization’s staff to work from home. During times of crisis like the one the world faces today, working from home can become a requirement for many organizations.

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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. Once you invest in some of these strategies, it’s important to track what works to engage with potential members. It’s no secret that growing membership is hard.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges for nonprofits, especially organizations that work directly with vulnerable populations, like Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, the oldest and largest homeless shelter in Philadelphia.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2021

Events are a time-tested way for nonprofits to bring their supporters together, inspire a love for their cause, and fundraise. When COVID-19 shut down in-person events in early 2020, many organizations quickly pivoted to hosting virtual events with varying degrees of success.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Remote work was one of those unsettling tests. We must stop the punch-clock mentality and the belief that if we let staff out of our sight, they’re going to be doing anything other than working. The traditional workplace reality is you’re lucky if you get up to five hours of productive work from each employee every day.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This is why buying an email list and just asking for donations doesn’t work — these people don’t know your organization and haven’t been primed to give. Listen to this podcast with their digital strategy team on how they make it work for them. A/B test the message being used for any website call-to-action or form.

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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. Strategy 2: Double Down With the Double Down strategy, you’re looking for products, services, and member segments that are really working well for your association.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Testing is cheaper than getting it wrong! Be sure to always be testing to get the absolute best response from your online community. But not every new tactic works, and it''s critical that nonprofits have short feedback loops to figure out what''s working and where to allocate resources. Lawrence Grodeska. Change.org.

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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. Don’t let your vision become delusional.

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In order to make sure that you get your message out effectively, you need to regularly check the data that shows what works, what messages did well, and where you can improve. Sometimes the answer isn't just one metric, but in a combination of metrics that you can find by testing your messages.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 18, 2014

Are you willing to work on delivering maximum good for humanity, rather than maximum profits? You’ll be responsible for the overall development, testing, and deployment of new technology in all of our multi-issue initiatives, but you’ll need to transcend the technology requirements alone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

There’s a lot going on in the world (we’re looking at you, recession worries and existential dread), and fundraising efforts that have worked in the past may not be delivering the same results. If it works, do more of it. It’s a strategy that works well in business, and it can do the same for nonprofits. Franklin D.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The growing interest from donors and nonprofits alike in sustainer programs is an opportunity to test and do something different. With testing, nonprofits can experiment and improve on what communications work best for their sustainer audience. Use your technology to your advantage, even if it is a simple A/B test.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Website maintenance and support can be a luxury for nonprofits working on a tight budget. If the speed test fails, a good first step is to make sure your website’s images are optimized and host your videos on a third party website, such as YouTube, instead of directly on your website. 8) Prioritize website speed.

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

And most nonprofits, even the biggest ones, don’t know if any of it actually works. Fortunately, we started asking these questions with just enough time to put together a treatment test before finalizing our End of Year strategy last fall.

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Candid

MAY 25, 2021

The racial equity page was clearly seen as a critical Candid offering, particularly in the historic moment we were all living and working in together. The emoticons flowed in, as did the content. I’m not yet wholly comfortable with having asked for help.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Thus, don’t belabor your explanation about what the organization does or the mechanics of your work. Your “choir” needs to see and feel a connection to your work. Include a compelling story that shows how your organization’s work as led to transformation – either within an individual life, or a larger community.

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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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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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