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#BlackandHooded Research

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Andrew Cass, Nicole Colque Romero,

Madeleine Dale, Nikki Economides,

Sarah Ehlers
Client Overview
Client Overview
❏ Founded in 2016
❏ Co-Founders: Anthony Wright and Brian Allen
❏ Purpose:
❏ to show the world that black students can graduate from master’s and doctorate
programs
❏ Seeking a non-profit status
❏ No geographical restrictions
❏ Award amount varies
❏ Two sources of revenue
❏ Donations
❏ Merchandise sales
Secondary
Research - SWOT
Secondary Research- SWOT

● Lack of awareness
● Has yet to receive 501 ( c )( 3 )
● Low public relations activity
● Competence are well-established organizations
● Limiters - Financial aid organizations, loans, other
scholarships
Secondary Research

● Demographic
○ Black: 315,194
○ Percentage Black: 11.5
○ Percentage Black female:71.3
● Psychographics
○ Midwest
Secondary Research- SWOT
Method I: In-Depth Interviews

Research Methods
Method II: Focus Groups

Method III: Surveys

Method IV: Content Analysis


Research Methods

In-Depth Interviews Focus Groups


● 5 interviews conducted, 30 ● Attitudes about #BlackandHooded’s
minutes each messaging
● Population of interest: Black ● Population of Interest: Potential
graduate students Donors
● Demographics, Perceptions, ● Negative opinion about verbiage
Knowledge, Attitudes ● Inconsistency in gender represented
● Funding increase ● More testimonials
Research Methods

Survey Content Analysis


● Confidential ● The research found that the
● Knowledge client uses more hashtags on
Instagram than Twitter.
● Perceptions
● The highest post engagement
● Attitudes
was with merchandise,
● Behaviors images and graphics.
● Demographics
Findings
Findings
● Knowledge results: lack of awareness.
○ By increasing awareness, #BlackandHooded is likely
to grow in size and receive more donations.
● Perceptions: View the organization as safe and beneficial.
● Behavior results: need to improve how information
about donations is presented.
Findings
● Media Results
○ #BlackandHooded isn’t recognized and
hashtag shows up sportatically at best.
○ Website has the widest range of viewers.
○ Facebook > Twitter, Instagram
Discussion/Suggestions
Discussion/Suggestions
● Conduction of aforementioned research has presented
many opportunities for the client’s growth
● Strategic use of social media
○ Hashtag use
○ Use of merchandise, images and graphics
● Including more information in posts
● Consistency in messaging

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