State of the Canadian Web Nation: How does your charity measure up?

HOLLY WAGG & FRASER GREENCANADAHELPS WEBINAR NOVEMBER 2014

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HOLLY WAGG, CFRE

Philanthropic Counsel & Chief Digital Architect

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FRASER GREEN

Principal & Chief Strategist

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HOW TO READ THIS REPORT


WHO TOOK THE SURVEY(AND OUR PROCESS)


• Sample of 512 Canadian charities• Sets website benchmarks and best practices across 26

domains• Good mix of small, medium and large organisational

sizes• Respondents from a variety of types of organizations,

with a slight skew to hospital health care, or disease causes (32.28%)

DEMOGRAPHICS


THE BIG PICTURE OF CANADIAN CHARITY WEBSITES(HIGHS AND LOWS)


• Only 27% of charities have a web strategy in place• 60% say web is not valued by organisational leadership• ½ of respondents are embarrassed by their website• Challenges in using and integrating different web tools, such as social

media, search engine optimization, and data collection• #1 website challenge is capital investment and cultural buy-in

THE NOT SO GREAT


• Almost 2/3 use some kind of open source content management system

• Over ½ of charities are use custom-built or customizable web donation forms

• 50% use social media, and 1 in 3 have integrated these platforms into their websites

THE GOOD NEWS


• 40% have tried to focus on user experience in designing their website• 60% use storytelling, but want to incorporate a lot more• More than ½ of respondents update their website at least once a

week, and a 1/3 say this easily done by anyone in the organisation• About 50% are seriously working towards becoming mobile-friendly,

(and should be moving to become mobile-optimized)

THE FUTURE IS HOPEFUL


11 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS(WELL, ALL OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THESE ONES IN PARTICULAR)


THANK YOU

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