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Methodology

The research we conducted as a team was a very in-depth search of other organizations like Camp Cavy and finding what certain methods provide the best outcomes. The goal of our team’s research was to determine what other small animal nonprofits were doing that made them successful then implement those strategies into our recommendations. We looked at websites of many other rescues and adoption shelters then compiled all of them together to create questions that would help us understand what makes a strong non-profit animal rescue.


After going through over 100 websites to find out the ones that could be comparable to Camp Cavy’s situation, part of our team went into even more detailed research to find out what the other competitors are actively doing and are providing positive outcomes.  
 

Online Database Research


All group members were using the IUPUI database and Google to find the necessary information for their part of the report. The IUPUI database gave us access to EBSCO and Proquest.


The search terms we used in the databases included:

  • Laws about small pets

  • Nonprofit laws

  • Nonprofit organizations

  • Nonprofit rescue

  • Saskia Chiesa

  • Petco foundation funding

  • Resources for animal rescue

  • Adoption events in the rescue

  • Animal nonprofits

  • Nonprofit evaluations

  • Nonprofit management

  • Animal outreach

  • Nonprofit small animal rescues in (state)

  • Small animal adoption centers 

  • Small rodents rescue 

 

Website Analysis For Building Recommendations


Our team found 24 nonprofit animal rescue websites using google, From various states within the U.S. We then created, the following, 11 research questions that would help us categorize these websites and find the necessary information for our recommendations:

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  • Does the rescue have photos of animals up for adoption?

  • Are there detailed descriptions of the adoptable?

  • Does the website include the appeal for the volunteers?

  • Does the website have an application for people who are interested in volunteering, if so 

  • Does the website have the section “adopted animals”/”success stories”

  • Does the rescue have social media?

  • Does the website have the donation/partnership links?

  • Does the rescue/sanctuary offer tours

  • Does the website mention adoption events/parties?

  • Does the website provide information on how the adoption process works for the specific rescue?

  • The visual appeal of the website/ ease of navigation (grade on 1-10 scale)

 

Not just any website could be used out of the 100 the members collected, because we needed strong small animal nonprofit rescues and anything that falls into our narrow category that shows strong characters that keep their nonprofit thriving would go on to being evaluated. Two of the members went into in-depth research on the websites that the other three members collected to find important potential recommendations to better the client. 
 

We wanted to find other nonprofit organizations that are in the same position as our client for the potential of creating the strongest connections. We needed to find out what others like Anglea were doing and really working for them so that we can apply them to the client’s nonprofit and give her the right accommodations to the organization. Researching the animal rescue websites helped us compare the different rescues and determine what components of the rescue are crucial to include in the website. The information we found was used to compile questions that led us to make specific recommendations and understand what would further assist Angela with Camp Cavy.
 

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