Hey Anna-

No worries at all! Glad to know that you are getting a bit of vacation in this summer 🙂

It’s great to hear more echos that people are coming for analysis and opinion – I’ll definitely keep it up! I’m also excited to see what can be done with the tags and categories both to make content easier to find and help the usability of the site, but also to share with others using looking to add a bit of dynamics to their site.

Thanks again

Sorry I’m slow to respond but just getting back from wilds of British Columbia. You have gotten a lot of good stuff already. I definitely agree with Stacey that the reason I read your blog is to get your great perspective & thoughts, but also to get the pulse of the nonprofit tech community, and to read some good case studies.

A tag/category organization would be super helpful — to put case studies/presentations/posts/etc. all under subject headings, that would be groovy.

You rock! Thanks for making your site more useful!

Hi Stacey-

Thank you so much for your feedback! I hope the Epic Change trip was amazing, trust that it is, and look forward to your updates 🙂

I’m really glad to hear your opinion on what’s of value to you here. I really hope to use some categories or other tags to help pull different kinds of content out, including case studies and opinion and news – hopefully that makes it easy for folks to find the kinds of content they are after, but also encourages comments.

Thanks again!

Hi! Just back from Africa & saw your post. While I love, love, love your case studies & presentations, I actually most appreciate your personal perspectives. You have such broad visibility and experience, I love it when you inject your voice & views into important conversations, or spur on challenging discussions in our field that should be held openly.

As for search functionality, if it’s here, I’ll find it – but I do prefer a simple set of tags/categories to choose from.

Thanks Mama!
Stacey

Hi Ash-

Thanks so much for sharing this feedback. I feel the same way you do about “featured” or “popular” items and have always worried that maybe the reason they were popular was because they were listed as such. It’s definitely something I want to take into consideration for the redesign and ensure that I’m not misleading content and activity.

Good to know that conference titles are useful for searching/tagging – and that one more person is interested in case studies by topic. Who knew that was so popular!

Thanks again for the input; definitely taking it all in and will see what we can make happen!

I appreciate you taking the mystery out of “Market Research”. No need for wild speculations, just ask the people what they want and give it to them.

Focus: Why I visit
I visit for the blog posts and case study examples.

I also enjoy the “You may also like” options at the bottom but really don’t like the top posts because they are a bit deceiving. If something gets featured, it gets more clicks simply by being featured, which means it continues to be featured. You see what I mean?

Focus: Easiest to navigate
I like being able to search by tag, then conference. I also support the case study search option.

Thanks again for asking for input and I am looking forward to the magic happening in a newly redesigned world according to Amy.

Ash

Hi Zan-

Thanks so much for weighing in here; I really appreciate it. Great to hear that you aren’t a fan of slideshare slides – this will help me remember to post more of the notes on the blog. And, in case it’s helpful, I always post my speaker notes along with my slides (to view on slideshare, just click on the “Notes” tab beneath the slides).

Will definitely work on case study searching and more!

Thanks again

Mostly I come to the site because you look so happy in your picture! But besides that, here is what I find most useful:

Blog posts & Case Studies. The case studies always help to verify hunches or debunk them. Your blog posts always do a great job capturing what is happening on the web now. I am not a slideshare fan, as for some reason I can never get enough context. And I have found your conference notes helpful, but mostly for conferences that I am at.

I think search tags and case study topics would make it easier to find the information.

Good luck!
Zan

Thanks, Ehon! I would have never guessed that everyone was missing recommendation features on the site – I’m so glad to hear that so many want it; Matt and I know just where to concentrate!

Thanks also for the suggestion of a case study topics search – very clear and probably quite doable as well 🙂

Thanks again