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Leverus Annual Internet Survey for Associations and Non-profit Organizations:
The state of the Internet 2004
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Goals of Session
• Trends in Internet Usage
• Focus on Communications where Appropriate
• Compare your Internet Usage with Others
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Communications and the Web
• Web is pervasive to Association Sector
• Communications goals vary from organization to organization - Audience varies - Members, General Public, Government Relations, etc.
• Communications managers often have responsibility for the entire website
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What the survey covers
1. Demographic Profile of Respondents
2. Website Planning
3. Website Maintenance
4. Website Budgeting
5. Web Design and Site Architecture
6. Website Usage (Organization Objectives & Services)
7. Website Communications
8. Source of Revenue
9. Website Hosting
10. NPO Internal Technology Usage
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Who was Surveyed?
• More than 2000 Not-for-Profit Organizations directly invited to participate by e-mail
• Notification Placed in Newsletters of Related Groups – e.g. Canadian Fundraiser eNews, Charity Village, ePhilanthropy, CSAE
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Respondent Profile
• 163 Respondents
• Majority from Ontario (About 50%)
• 22% of Respondents from U.S.
• 3% from other countries
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Respondents: Type of Organization
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Professional Industry PublicInterest
SocialAwareness
Charitable Others
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Respondents: Staff Size
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<1 1 2 3 to 5 6 to 10 11 to20
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Number of Years Had a Website
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% of Members with Internet Access
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Don't know <25% 26% to 50% 51% to 75% >75%
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Website/Strategic Planning
• NPO’s are strategically planning their websites
• Plans are often prepared in-house
• Follow-up evaluation of websites is limited but improving
• Web traffic could be higher
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Internet Strategy as part of overall strategic planning?
Yes65%
No35%
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If strategy, who develops?
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70
In House External Combination
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Integration of Web Strategy and Communications Strategy
• Inextricably linked
• Web is a tool to be used with Communications Strategy
• Communications Strategy is only one part of a broader Web Strategy
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How often review web traffic?
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10
20
30
40
50
Never Ocassionally Daily Weekly Monthly Annually
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2003 2002
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Visitors per month
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10
20
30
40
50
<1 1 to 2.5 2.5 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 50
Thousands
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Website Maintenance
• Content upload policies are limited
• Organizations are taking ownership of posting their content
• Many organizations have some in-house html capacity
• Self-admin capabilities are growing
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How decide whether info is posted to the web?
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10
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40
50
60
Ad-hoc Informal Guidelines Formal Guidelines
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2003 2002
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Who posts new content?
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40
60
80
External In House Combination
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2003 2002
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How is content posted?*
0
20
40
60
Not sure Externalcompany
In House (htmleditor)
In House (selfmanaged
interfaces)
Other
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esp
on
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ts
2003 2002
*Note: More than one method may be used.
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Self-Administration Tools
• Empower associations to control their own content
• Allow for quick updating and editing
• Negate web programming knowledge
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Newsletter: User Side
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Newsletter: Administrator
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Has your organization’s staff received any web-related training?
Yes60%
No40%
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If yes, what type of training?
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10
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Basic InternetUsage
Html Other
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How many hours per month are devoted to supporting and maintaining your organization’s website?
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10
20
30
<1 1 to 2 3 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 30 >30
% o
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pond
ents
2003 2002
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Website Budgeting
• Majority of organizations have a specific budget allocation for Web
• Web budget remains relatively low for many organizations
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Do you allocate, on an annual basis, a specific budget amount for the Internet?
Yes67%
No33%
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What percentage of your total budget is spent on Internet related costs?
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50
60
<1% 1 to 3 % 4 to 5 % 6 to 10% >10%
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In total, what amount per year does your organization collectively spend on web hosting, external web support, Internal web staff and related Internet costs?
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10
20
30
40
50
60
0 to 5 K 5 to 10K
10 to 20K
20 to 30K
30 to 40K
40 to 50K
50 to 75K
Morethan 75
K
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Web Design and Site Architecture
• Almost as many respondents unsatisfied with current web design as satisfied
• Many organizations feel their websites are easy to navigate
• Most organizations plan on re-designing their websites
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How satisfied are you with your website’s current design?
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10
20
30
40
50
Veryunsatisfied
Somewhatunsatisfied
Satisfied Very satisfied
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In your opinion, is your website easy to navigate
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10
20
30
40
50
Not easy Some whateasy
Easy Very easy
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In the past two years has your organization re-designed its website?
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20
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60
80
Yes No Current site is lessthan 2 years
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Has your organization ever re-designed its website?
Yes81%
No19%
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In the next year do you expect your organization will re-design the website?
Yes60%
No40%
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In the next three years do you expect your organization will re-design the website?
Yes80%
No20%
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The Home Page
• Most valuable “Real Estate”
• Projects a feel and image to a visitor
• Navigation
• Dynamic Features
• First Introduction to Organization
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Sample Home Page 1
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Sample Home Page 2
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Website Usage (Organization Objectives and Services)
• Consensus that websites are important for achieving organization objectives
• Mixed view of effectiveness in contributing to achieving overall objectives
• Websites are primarily used to deliver services• Most organizations plan on adding new interactive
services to their website
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Please rate how important you feel your website is for contributing to the success of achieving overall organizational objectives.
0
10
20
30
40
50
Not Important SomewhatImportant
Important Very Important
% o
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Please rate how effectively you feel your website contributes to the success of your organization in meeting its overall objectives.
0
10
20
30
40
50
Not effective Somewhateffective
Effective Very effective
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Please indicate how important (if applicable) the use of the web is for achieving the objectives that relate to your organization.
0 1 2 3 4
Generating Non-Dues Revenue
Increasing Membership
More effective use of staff time
Enhancing international presence of organization
Increasing profile for members
Cost Reductions - printing, mail, fax, etc.
Increasing profile for NPO issues
Reducing traditional communication costs
Increasing NPO credibility
Providing value added member services
Timely communication
Establishing organization presence as a key source forrelated information
3.4 24.2 37.2 35.3
3.4 24.2 37.2 35.3
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Which of the following “typical” Association or Not-for-profit services are conducted on-line?
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Industry/Sector Directory
Surveying
Member Registration
Publication sales
Conference/tradeshow registration
Member directory
Educational opportunities/training
% of Respondents
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Website is Used For?
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Create non-dues revenues Perform operationalactivities/administration
Deliver member services
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Which of the following interactive features does your organization use on its website?
0 20 40 60 80
Polls
Customized products
Collaborative environment
List servers
E-commerce
Discussion boards
Surveys
Job board
Members only section
Online directories
Web forms
Event calendar
% of Respondents
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Does your organization plan to add any interactive web services to your website in the next year?
Yes66%
No34%
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Does your organization plan to add any interactive web services to your website in the next three years?
Yes82%
No18%
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Are your organization’s website and database capabilities integrated?
Yes31%
No69%
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Website Communications
• NPO’s are migrating more communications to the web
• Most communications produced by Associations are available on the web
• Lack of resources remains largest barrier to communications on the web
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How is information disseminated by your organization?
Print9%
Web3%
Combination88%
Print10%
Web1%
Combination89%
2003 2002
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Print Media vs. Web Media
• Portable• Tactile• Appeals to a particular
Audience• Printing can be
expensive• Mailing and labelling
costs• Involves substantive
preparation time
• Must be viewed on a computer or PDA
• May not print well• Some prefer to not
have to read paper• Relatively inexpensive• Interactive• Multi-media• Can disseminate
quickly
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What communication tools does the association produce and distribute to the general public? Please indicate which communications your organization produces and which are on the web.
0
20
40
60
80
100
Newsletters Advocacy Issue Briefs InformationBrochures
AnnualReports
Facts andFigures
% o
f R
esp
on
den
ts
Produce
On Web
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Sample: HTML Newsletter
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Perceived barriers to communication on the Internet
0 10 20 30 40
Others
Members not on the Net
Perception of impact
Apathy
Lack of Resources
% of Respondents
2003 2002
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Web as Source of Revenue
• Most feel that web advertising will remain steady or grow
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Web Advertising?
Yes25%
No75%
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Type of Web Advertising
0 5 10 15 20
Job Boards
Directory Listings
Website Sponsors
TradeshowSponsors
Banner Ads
% of Respondents
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Future of Online Advertising (next two years)
0
20
40
60
Grow Quickly Grow Slowly RemainSteady
Decrease
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Website Hosting
• Microsoft products are most popular platforms for hosting
• Most NPO websites reside with an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Hosting costs are highly variable
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On what platform is your website hosted?
0
10
20
30
Linux Novell Unix Win 98 Win2000
Win NT WindowsServer2003
Other
% o
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Who hosts your website?
0
20
40
60
80
ISP (virtualhosting)
Co-located atISP
In HouseManaged
Server
Others
% o
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esp
on
den
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Monthly Hosting Fees
• 25% of respondents pay $15 or less
• 50% pay $50 or less
• 25% pay $200 or more
• 10% pay $500 or more
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Internal Technology Usage
• MS Access is most popular database used
• High speed connection to Internet is common
• Internet Explorer is most often used web browser
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Current connection to the Internet
0
10
20
30
40
28.8Modem
56.6Modem
ISDN xDSL Cable T1 T3 Others
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Web Browsers
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Internet Explorer
Other
% of Respondents
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Databases
0 10 20 30 40 50
No Database
Dbase
FileMaker Pro
MS Access
MSSQL
MySQL
Oracle
Paradox
Other
% of Respondents
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Overall Emerging Trends
• In-house management of websites• Website are becoming a primary tool for
communications• Interactive technologies that create a more
dynamic feel to website are being adopted• Recognition of need for good design and
navigation
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Concluding Comments
• NPO’s identify their websites as important• If you build it - will people come… and keep coming – (low
traffic, lack of constant evaluation)• Technology is being adopted by many organizations…but
slowly (budget and staff constraints, limited in-house knowledge of how technology can aid organization effectiveness)
• Resource restrictions limit the capability of NPO’s to fully exploit the opportunities of the Internet
• Web is identified as a critical tool by most organizations, yet few have a strategic process for managing content on the website
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Questions for Consideration?
• Have I identified my web audience?• When was the last time you evaluated your web traffic…and acted on
the results?• Who prepared the strategic plan? Do you need some outside help?• What are your policies regarding content on the web? Does everyone
know what to upload? When? Who has approval rights?• Do you have an established budget for the web?• How does your budget for the web compare with the budget for other
communication and services vehicles?• Why do people visit your site – Content? Services?• Are your hosting fees market competitive?• How effectively do you think your website contributes to your
organization’s success?• What services are you running on the web? Off the web? Can they be
migrated to the web (in some capacity?)
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