What Progress Looks Like When You Stop Waiting for the Next Redesign
What if you didn’t need another redesign? This article explores how nonprofit websites can evolve through stewardship: small, strategic improvements that align with your mission and build momentum over time.
My 5 Worst Productivity Mistakes
A few years ago I was in a serious battle with overwhelm at work. I was constantly feeling stressed about all the different projects that needed to be moved forward. While my inbox tugged me in five different directions, I had this ever-present feeling of guilt about the things I knew I really should be doing, but kept putting off. So I set out to find the root of the problem and learn how to get more of the right things done without my responsibilities having an iron grip over my mind 24/7.
How to Cut Your Nonprofit’s Website Management Time in Half
Many nonprofit staff members complain about how much time they spend on their website. It’s a timesuck. Unfortunately, you can’t just stop managing your website. But, every hour spent updating and managing your website is an hour that you can’t spend working with constituents, raising funds, or planning events.
How to End Your Nonprofit Data Nightmares Once and For All
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. You’re trolling through your organization’s database, trying to run a report that gives you a list of top donors or folks who haven’t given in a while or some other useful, obvious thing you’d want to pull out of your database. But things don’t seem quite right.
Death by 1,000 Data Points: Why The Wrong Data Is Killing Your Nonprofit
When most nonprofits start trying to use their data as a decision-making tool, no one warns them about its dark side. In reality, there are metrics that will actually lead you astray and waste your time if you focus on them. Let’s talk about why data might actually be hurting your nonprofit instead of helping it.
9 Cheap (or Free) Data Visualization Tools That Don’t Require IT Support
Sometimes, you can’t use your data because your software lacks a feature or tool you need. Waiting for a consultant or someone in IT to run the report manually isn’t a great long-term solution, either. So in the spirit of self-serve data, here are nine different tools you can use to interact with your own data without any outside help.
Baby Steps: How to Cut The Confusion and Start Using Data to Improve Your Cause Marketing
Let’s discuss how your organization can get past confusion about data and start using it as a tool to generate continuous improvement in your cause marketing.
How to Raise $60 Million: The Secret Weapon Obama’s Team Used in the 2008 Election
Little things like colors, words, and design can make all the difference. And your organization can adopt the same testing principles and strategies that the Obama team used to generate huge amounts of email sign-ups, event registrations, and online donations.
SEO for Nonprofits Part 2: How to Develop and Execute an SEO Strategy for Your Nonprofit
In this post, I’ll be explaining some of the strategy and underlying tactics that go into executing successful SEO for a nonprofit.
5 Common Data Mistakes Nonprofits Make With Their CRM
Whether your data is in a state-of-the-art CRM, or just a bunch of file cabinets in the basement, success requires getting organized and having discipline. Software is great, but it can’t compensate (yet) for poor judgment or sloppy execution.
Frustrated by Expensive Drupal Training Costs? You’ll Love the Drupal UX Initiative
Drupal is incredibly powerful. But it can also be a difficult beast to master. That could all be changing.
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