nonprofit
experience strategy review™
Improving Donor, Volunteer, and Community Engagement Through Experience Design
current homepage
01 executive summary
Expressive Path is a community-focused nonprofit dedicated to enriching, educating, and inspiring young people through arts education, mentorship, and creative opportunities.
The organization has a meaningful mission, visible community impact, active programming, and several ways for people to participate. Its website reflects the breadth of that work. Donors, volunteers, parents, students, educators, sponsors, and community partners can all find information tailored to them.
Yet when every audience and opportunity is presented at once, visitors must determine their own path through the experience. The strategic opportunity is to transform the website from a broad presentation of mission and programming into a guided engagement that helps each visitor understand where they fit and what meaningful action to take next.
why this experience matters
People who care about a mission are often ready to act. But when they cannot quickly understand the impact, identify where they fit, or see the most relevant next step, that intention can disappear. The opportunity is not simply to display more information. It is to turn belief in the mission into confident participation.
02 meet the persona
Age 42 · Community-minded professional, parent, and prospective supporter
context
Alicia learns about Expressive Path at a community event. She believes in expanding access to arts education and is considering donating, volunteering, or introducing the organization to her employer’s community partnership team.
Inspired by the mission and interested in helping, but uncertain which opportunity would make the greatest difference.
goal
01 Understand who Expressive Path serves and how its programs create impact
02 Compare donation, volunteering, mentoring, and sponsorship opportunities
03 Take meaningful action without navigating multiple sections
persona quote
“I believe in the mission. I just need to see where I can make the greatest difference.”
experience journey
Arrival
curious
Arrives after viewing an event, program, or community post
Orientation
interested
Looks for a clear explanation of the mission and its community impact
Discovery
searching
Explores programs, statistics, events, and ways to participate
Decision
uncertain
It is difficult to compare the available engagement options
Outcome
desired: committed
Wants to choose a meaningful action and feel confident about contributing
03 walking the current experience
observation
The homepage presents several audiences, programs, events, and engagement opportunities at once.
Impact statistics are visible, but the stories linking those results to young people and families are less prominent.
Ways to donate, volunteer, register, mentor, or sponsor are available across different areas of the experience.
experience impact
Visitors must decide for themselves which content and pathway are relevant.
Strong outcomes may feel less meaningful without a clear human narrative.
Prospective supporters may delay action because they cannot easily compare ways to participate.
organizational impact
High-intent visitors may leave before finding the most appropriate opportunity.
The organization’s impact is communicated but not always translated into deeper trust.
Donor, volunteer, program, and partnership opportunities remain disconnected.
04 persona-led experience audit™
Five strategic findings from the experience walkthrough
01 — The homepage asks every audience to interpret the same experience
why it matters
A donor, parent, student, volunteer, and community partner arrive with different questions. A single undifferentiated experience requires each visitor to filter content on their own.
impact on trust
The organization appears active and credible, but the visitor may not feel personally guided.
impact on organization
Potential participants and supporters may leave without discovering the opportunity that best matches their intent.
02 — Impact metrics appear without enough narrative context
why it matters
Numbers demonstrate scale, but stories explain meaning. Visitors need to understand how programs affect real young people, families, and communities.
impact on trust
Metrics may be impressive without becoming emotionally memorable.
impact on organization
Evidence of impact does not fully support donor confidence, sponsorship discussions, or volunteer motivation.
03 — Program discovery requires exploration across multiple sections
why it matters
Parents, students, and educators need to quickly determine who a program serves, what it offers, where it happens, and how to participate.
impact on trust
Visitors may question whether the information is current or whether a program is relevant to them.
impact on organization
Program inquiries may begin with basic questions the digital experience could answer.
04 — Engagement opportunities are not prioritized by visitor intent
why it matters
A visitor who wants to donate has a different decision journey from someone who wants to volunteer, register a student, or discuss sponsorship.
impact on trust
Calls to action can feel disconnected instead of intentionally matched to the visitor’s goals.
impact on organization
High-value engagement opportunities may receive less visibility than their strategic importance warrants.
05 — The information architecture reflects content categories more than audience goals
why it matters
Visitors should not need to understand how the nonprofit organizes its work before they can participate.
impact on trust
The website can feel informative without feeling personally relevant.
impact on organization
Visitors spend more time navigating and less time engaging with the mission.
05 current journey vs. future journey
current state
exploration • interpretation • repeated searching • uncertain action
future state
guided pathways • relevance • confidence • meaningful participation
- Arrives after hearing about the organization
- Scans the mission, programs, events, and impact information
- Sees strong metrics but must interpret their significance
- Searches several areas for a relevant opportunity
- Compares options to donate, volunteer, register, or sponsor
- Acts with uncertainty or postpones the decision
- Arrives and is asked how they want to engage
- Selects Learn Our Impact, Explore Programs, or Get Involved
- Receives stories, proof, and information matched to that goal
- Sees clear opportunities designed for their role and readiness
- Chooses a relevant action with minimal searching
- Begins the relationship confident that their participation matters
06 strategic opportunities
Five recommendations written for executive decision-makers
01 challenge
The homepage serves several audiences but does not help visitors identify the most relevant pathway.
strategic recommendation
Create three primary entry points: Learn Our Impact, Explore Programs, and Get Involved. Each pathway should immediately clarify who it is for and what the visitor can accomplish.
organizational benefit
Improves audience relevance and moves visitors toward meaningful action faster.
02 challenge
Impact statistics are separated from the human stories that give them meaning.
strategic recommendation
Pair every major metric with a short story, participant outcome, or program example. Show the person, experience, and community result behind the number.
organizational benefit
Strengthens donor confidence and makes organizational impact easier to understand and remember.
03 challenge
Program information must be explored across several content areas.
strategic recommendation
Create a program discovery system organized by audience, age group, interest, location, or participation type. Each program page should answer who it serves, what happens, when it is available, and how to join.
organizational benefit
Reduces repetitive questions and increases qualified interest in programs.
04 challenge
Donation, volunteer, registration, mentorship, and sponsorship actions are presented as separate requests.
strategic recommendation
Create a unified Ways to Get Involved pathway that helps visitors compare opportunities by time, resources, interests, and desired impact.
organizational benefit
Converts broad interest into the engagement option best suited to each visitor.
05 challenge
Community partners and sponsors do not receive a clearly differentiated experience.
strategic recommendation
Develop a partnership pathway that presents community outcomes, sponsorship opportunities, organizational credibility, and a clear invitation to begin a conversation.
organizational benefit
Strengthens sponsor relationships and creates a clearer pathway to institutional support.
07 information architecture transformation
current navigation
About Us
Programs
News & Events
Sponsors & Scholarships
Resources
Get Involved, Donate, and Contact
future navigation
Our Impact
Explore Programs
Ways to Get Involved
Events and Resources
Partners and Sponsors
Donate
principle 01
Audience first
Every navigation decision begins with why the visitor arrived and what they hope to accomplish.
principle 02
Make impact tangible
Stories, outcomes, and evidence work together to help visitors understand not only what the organization does but also why it matters.
principle 03
Guide meaningful action
Every pathway ends with a relevant next step tailored to the visitor’s role, interests, and readiness.
08 future state experience
The redesigned experience does not change the mission or programs Expressive Path offers. It changes how people encounter them.
Instead of asking donors, volunteers, families, students, educators, and partners to interpret the same broad experience, the future state guides each visitor toward content and actions that match why they arrived.
Business outcomes include improved program discovery, stronger donor confidence, increased volunteer and mentor participation, clearer sponsorship pathways, and more effective movement from community awareness to meaningful engagement.
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09 the strategic shift
From broad mission visibility to purpose-driven engagement
Expressive Path already has the elements of a compelling digital experience: a clear mission, active programming, visible results, community credibility, and multiple opportunities to participate.
The current challenge is not a lack of information. Visitors must piece together the story and decide the next step on their own.
The strategic opportunity is to organize the experience around intent. A donor should immediately see impact and giving opportunities. A parent should quickly find relevant programs. A volunteer should understand where their time and skills are needed. A sponsor should see the link between organizational investment and community outcomes.
The redesign transforms the website from a collection of mission-related content into a guided pathway that helps people move from interest to participation.
strategic shift
“The redesign shifts the experience from broad mission visibility to purpose-driven engagement.”
10 potential organizational outcomes
What changes when the experience puts families first
outcome 01
Increase trust before a donation
Supporters understand the people, programs, and outcomes associated with their contribution.
outcome 02
Improve program discovery
Parents, students, and educators find relevant opportunities with less searching.
outcome 03
Increase volunteer participation
Prospective volunteers can find roles that match their interests, skills, and availability.
outcome 04
Strengthen sponsor and partner engagement
Organizations receive a clearer explanation of community value and partnership opportunities.
outcome 05
Reduce engagement uncertainty
Audience-led pathways remove the burden of interpreting multiple content categories.
outcome 06
Convert awareness into meaningful action
Visitors move from learning about the mission to donating, registering, volunteering, mentoring, or initiating a partnership conversation.
related experience journey reviews™
ways to work together
01—Discovery Review
02—Experience Journey Review™
03—Human Experience Strategy
04—Information Architecture Transformation
05—Future-State Experience Prototype
06–Digital Experience Roadmap
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