Developing Personas for Strategy
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Developing Personas for Strategy
Dolores McDonagh Principal Consultant Charity Dynamics
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What is a Persona?• A persona is a representation of
one of your key target audience members.
• Personas identify the motivations, expectations and goals of that site visitor and bring them to life by giving them names, personalities and often a photo.
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Personas are also…
A really good way to AVOID THIS!
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Websites are the Third Rail of Organizational Politics!
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Other Benefits of Personas
• Helps us keep user scenarios in mind during the design process • Ensures the design, layout and functionality of
the site meet the needs of the audience
• Puts us “in the shoes” of each audience group
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Using Web Personas throughout Website Design Process
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Interviews
Site Recommendations
Web Analytics
Discovery
Key Themes/Personas
Surveys
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Website Constituents:• Audiences
–General Website Visitors–Online Donors–Oversample Key Audiences
• Input Tools–Analytics–Surveys–Interviews & Focus Groups–Social Media
Listening to gain
INSIGHT to move in the right
direction.
How To Get There:Discovering Your Personas
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Don’t Forget Internal Stakeholders:
• Executive Team• Marketing• Data/IT• Fundraising• Program Staff
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Input from Internal Stakeholders informs:
• Departmental Goals• Key Audiences• Location of Possible 3rd
Rails!Don’t forget key internal
‘Volunteers’
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Internal Stakeholder Input• Website Working
Group• Departmental
Meetings• Interviews• All Staff Survey
Take your customer
service staff to lunch!
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Key Audiences Input• Google Analytics• Fundraising and
Engagement History
• Surveys• Interviews• Focus Groups
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• Key Analytics– Number of Visits
• Average daily, monthly, annual• Note any spikes and connect to reasons
– Average visitation time
– Percentage of visitors who are returning visitors
– Bounce rate
Google Analytics
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• Browsers give hints on users sophistication– Internet Explorer 37%– Safari 24%– Chrome 19%– Firefox 15%– Other 5% (including Android at 1.38%)
• Mobile and Tablet Traffic*– Mobile traffic is UP 167%– Tablet traffic is UP 278%
Browsers and Devicesdesktop mobile tablet
* Compares Jan – July 2012 to Jan – July 2013 for one nonprofit website
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• How are they getting to your site? – Direct Traffic: Typing in “YourURL.ORG” in browser
window or has a bookmark– Search Traffic: Using Google to find you– Referral Traffic:
Other sites are directingthem to you
• Content analytics – who’s visiting what?
Site Traffic & Visitation Analysis
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Fundraising & Engagement• What’s Working for You Now?• Don’t Ignore Offline Successes• What is Social Media Telling You?
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Key Survey Questions• Purpose of their Visit• Were they able to find what they
wanted• How easy was it to accomplish their
task• What challenges did they experience• How often do they visit and how
likely are they to visit again• Demographic Information• General Comments• Willingness to be Interviewed
Make your survey invitations engaging (even if your website isn’t yet…)
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Phone Interviews
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Using a 3rd Party
Interviewer may elicit
more ‘honest’
feedback (especially
from affiliates or
program audiences)
• Follow up to email surveys• Great tool to ‘get behind the numbers’• Listen for quotes and key desires and issues for
constituents.
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Site Recommendations
Discovery
Key Themes/Personas Get Buy In
Using Personas to Identify Key Themes & Get Buy In
Help Clarity
Content Categories
& Themes
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Daniel
Existing ClientAdult with cerebral palsy
Who is Daniel?• Longtime Easter Seals client• 60-75 year old adult with cerebral palsy• Uses Easter Seals’ assistive technology resources• Uses accessibility tools such as iPad due to limited
dexterity• Passionate about being a member of the Easter Seals
family• Attends weekly occupational & physical therapy sessions
at his affiliate’s provider facility
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Daniel
Existing ClientAdult with cerebral palsy
Needs & Challenges:• Stay up to date on cerebral palsy research• Learn about new treatment options find local facilities
that provide occupational therapies• Read general disability news and legislation• Be as self-sufficient as possible using assistive resources• Learn more about becoming an Easter Seals volunteer
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Lindsay
Prospective ClientRecently diagnosed with a disability (paraplegic)
Who is Lindsay?• Recently paralyzed female veteran • Age 20-30• Faced with a life-altering new perspective, she has to relearn
how to go about daily life and regain her independence• Had no prior connection to Easter Seals• Is considering Easter Seals services, but also inundated with
other information from organizations that provide veteran support too
• Overwhelmed by her situation and looking for support
Needs & Challenges:• Wants to understand her options for ongoing physical therapy• Locate nearby medical rehabilitation services• Find assistive technologies that can help her maintain
independence• To not feel limited by her disability and find opportunities to
increase her self-sufficiency• Find a new career path given her physical limitations
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Samantha (and Danielle)Family/CaregiverParent of a young child with autism and other disabilities (Down syndrome)
Who is Samantha?• Mother with a 6 year old daughter with autism and other disabilities
(Down syndrome)• Age 28-40• Upon her daughter’s diagnosis at the age of 2, Samantha was scared,
desperate and overwhelmed• Using a Google search on “autism,” Samantha found Easter Seals online• Daughter participated in early intervention as a toddler, following diagnosis• Has no prior connection with Easter Seals
Needs & Challenges:• Keep up to date on info and therapy for children with autism and other
disabilities• Ongoing enrollment in therapy and special needs classes• Daughter has participated in Easter Seals summer camp for the past 2
summers• Wants to connect with other parents and caregivers who have children
with similar disabilities• Wants to read success stories of other Easter Seals clients
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Cynthia
Donor/FundraiserLongtime donor to Easter Seals (direct mail & recent online donor)
Who is Cynthia?• 55-75 year old female
• Regular donor to Easter Seals (typically direct mail, but new to online giving)
• Passionate about helping her family manage living with disability
• Looking to learn more about opportunities for children & young adults with disabilities
• Is interested in Walk With Me & other fundraising events
Needs & Challenges
• Understand how her support makes a difference
• Keep up to date on research and info about children with disabilities
• Find ways to help her grandchild (and her family) live with minimal limitations
• Find out more information that they haven’t received from doctor
• Look for more ways to be involved with Easter Seals (Walk, Legacy, Sustained Giving)
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Engaged SupporterEaster Seals consultant (employee), advocate, Walk volunteer
Who is Paul?
• Passionate about the Easter Seals mission
• Age 35-45
• Has worked with Easter Seals for 4 years
• Does not have a family member or loved one who is a client of Easter Seals
• Most interested in children’s services and stories of hope
• Takes action in response to Easter Seals advocacy alerts
• Has volunteered at his local Walk With Me event
Needs & Challenges:
• Search website for current list of programs provided by Easter Seals
• Develop content for fundraising campaigns based on variety of services and success stories - needs to feel confident that all programs are listed accurately on the websites
• Occasionally make updates to content on site, but unsure about where existing content can be located on back-end
• Take action in response to an advocacy alert
• Learn how his action made a difference
• Learn about other ways he can volunteer
Paul
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Site Recommendations
Discovery
Key Themes/Personas
Uncover New Features
Using Personas to Make Decisions
Keep Users
needs ‘Front &
Center
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Personas DecisionsUser Conversations led directly to new
sections and features of website
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Use Persona Planners to make sure you press
Adam’s buttons (and get him to press yours!)
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Personas Decisions
Don’t forget Audiences
like the Press!
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Use Personas in each step of the Process
Site Recommendations
Discovery
Key Themes
Buy In from Key Stakeholders
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Dolores McDonagh, Principal Consultant Charity [email protected]: @charitydynamicsLinkedIn: Dolores McDonaghFacebook: Dolores McDonagh