Comments on: Summary of Key Findings http://dotorganize.net/report/summary-of-key-findings/ Sat, 17 May 2008 09:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: dotOrganize http://dotorganize.net/report/summary-of-key-findings/#comment-173 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:25:16 +0000 http://dotorganize.net/report/summary-of-key-findings/#comment-173 Hey Inno, Great question and excellent point. John Emerson\'s Intro to Activism on the Internet  -- http://backspace.com/action has some good info. As you point out, the tool doesn\'t get anyone very far without an effective strategy attached. That is a crucial piece of the puzzle. What we\'re seeing a lot of right now, however, is that folks don\'t even have the option, so we kinda need to start there. Leda Hey Inno,
Great question and excellent point. John Emerson\’s Intro to Activism on the Internet  — http://backspace.com/action has some good info. As you point out, the tool doesn\’t get anyone very far without an effective strategy attached. That is a crucial piece of the puzzle. What we\’re seeing a lot of right now, however, is that folks don\’t even have the option, so we kinda need to start there.
Leda

]]> by: Innosanto Nagara http://dotorganize.net/report/summary-of-key-findings/#comment-87 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:18:21 +0000 http://dotorganize.net/report/summary-of-key-findings/#comment-87 "A surprising number of organizations indicate they lack the capacity to employ some of the most standard online organizing techniques — 39% do not use email newsletters and 47% do not accept donations online." Are there references to the effectiveness of these two standard organizing techniques? Most groups we work with do employ them by default, but I'd imagine for an e-newletter to actually get read and action items to be acted on--or for site visitiors to be motivated to click the "donate" button, there has to be more to it than having these available. Are there studies that break these tools down more? Inno “A surprising number of organizations indicate they lack the capacity to employ some of the most standard online organizing techniques — 39% do not use email newsletters and 47% do not accept donations online.”

Are there references to the effectiveness of these two standard organizing techniques? Most groups we work with do employ them by default, but I’d imagine for an e-newletter to actually get read and action items to be acted on–or for site visitiors to be motivated to click the “donate” button, there has to be more to it than having these available. Are there studies that break these tools down more?

Inno

]]> by: Madeline Stanionis http://dotorganize.net/report/summary-of-key-findings/#comment-35 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:37:37 +0000 http://dotorganize.net/report/summary-of-key-findings/#comment-35 On the one hand, some of your key findings are just not a surprise, like the data challenges. However, I'm genuinely a bit stunned to hear some other things. Like: :: More than half the people answering the survey are frustrated or struggling. I might not be reading this correctly - it could be that people are a little struggling, always frustrated. Or it could be that they are deeply troubled and having a hard time. No way to tell from this finding. BUT...it does tell me that the support and resources available to online people (not to mention the technology itself) are just not sufficient to equip people to be succesful. :: Almost half are not accepting donations online. Now, I know that lots and lots of orgs all over the world don't take donations online. But the respondents to the survey had to respond to a survey. They are self identified as being a bit "in" this world. Wow! and half aren't accepting donations online. I mean, wow. This troubles me. (Thanks dotOrganize for all this info)! On the one hand, some of your key findings are just not a surprise, like the data challenges.

However, I’m genuinely a bit stunned to hear some other things. Like:

:: More than half the people answering the survey are frustrated or struggling. I might not be reading this correctly - it could be that people are a little struggling, always frustrated. Or it could be that they are deeply troubled and having a hard time. No way to tell from this finding. BUT…it does tell me that the support and resources available to online people (not to mention the technology itself) are just not sufficient to equip people to be succesful.

:: Almost half are not accepting donations online. Now, I know that lots and lots of orgs all over the world don’t take donations online. But the respondents to the survey had to respond to a survey. They are self identified as being a bit “in” this world. Wow! and half aren’t accepting donations online. I mean, wow. This troubles me.

(Thanks dotOrganize for all this info)!

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