Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For nonprofits in the U.S. Understanding your nonprofit audiences—their hearts and minds, wallets and worlds—is critical to successfully communicating in an election year. Remember, as you navigate the news cycle and other big issues, they shouldn’t take away from the importance of your work as a nonprofit.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Salesforce.org’s second annual Nonprofit Summit, held earlier this month, attracted over 6,500 attendees from 100 countries. Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. .

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

There’s no secret trick to instantly improving digital engagement for nonprofits. While it’s important to follow standard best practices, engagement rates depend highly on the preferences of one’s audience, which can vary greatly between nonprofits who serve a diverse array of communities and issues. Email subscriber ask language.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns give your supporters a new way to get involved while furthering your mission through grassroots action. Plus, your nonprofit can attract new supporters interested in advocacy to your cause, growing your supporter network of donors and volunteers. Stay up to date with current advocacy trends.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2023

In the ever-evolving digital world, it’s essential that nonprofit websites are visually appealing and functional to engage with their audience effectively, convert visitors to donors, and achieve their goals. There are several situations where a full website redesign may not be feasible for your nonprofit organization.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Across the nation, as summer draws to an end and mother nature prepare for her fall showstopper, so does the nonprofit sector. What can be said, is that the last quarter of the year is critical for a nonprofit’s financial stability. We have to invest in our donors before they invest in our nonprofit.

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TechImpact

JULY 21, 2014

If your nonprofit has not edited its email newsletter in the last 6 months, it’s probably time. Here are 10 things your nonprofit should NOT do on its next email newsletter. Maybe it is your call-to-action, or maybe it’s a teaser to what’s inside. Unnecessary links and calls-to-action. Image courtesy of Scorephoenix.org.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

For most event coordinators, one of the best places to reach their target audience is Instagram. Instagram is especially useful for nonprofit event coordinators. A Bloomerang survey found that 44% of over 500 nonprofits surveyed said they’re active on Instagram. Allow event headliners or speakers to do an Instagram takeover.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I stick by them as a place to begin. You want to inspire them to take action and feel a certain way after they make their donation. . In order to inspire the donor to take action, you need to create a sense of urgency around the ask. . Does your appeal clearly show what action the donor should take?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Every nonprofit website visitor is a potential donor. If you can tug at their heartstrings during those critical first few seconds, a well-designed site will lead your nonprofit website visitor straight to your donation page, where they will feel moved to contribute. It captures the struggle of those your nonprofit serves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

So not every nonprofit or social cause can employ humor in its tool box, but that is not the point here. ” Another place to look for clues is any formal audience research that your organization done. Craft good headlines. Write at least 25 headlines —simply because your first one will likely suck. The common tip?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. 11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. Images should be consistent in size and resolution and should be placed in the same location on every page. Use bold for headlines.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 25, 2022

which showed many donors how easy it is to donate crypto to nonprofits. The rapidly growing crypto phenomenon is emerging not just as an opportunity for growth in the for-profit sector, but as a fundraising tool for nonprofits. In 2021, crypto giving increased by 839% in 2021 , and campaigns like Crypto Giving Tuesday raised $2.4M

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

If you read today’s headlines, you might feel overwhelmed with everything that is going on in the world. Beyond the news headlines, there are great stories of people who are making a positive difference for peace. Inspire action and educate on the role that all of us play in promoting peace. I know I do.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 12, 2019

You want to call the audience to action without commanding them to action, so shape your message to sound like it’s coming from a very persuasive friend. Keep in mind, however, that popup headlines are best when they’re clever and specific to your organization. Be strategic about your word choice and tone. Sign up and get…”.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It’s one of the most overlooked places to seal the deal with your donor: the fundraising landing page. . This valuable piece of online real estate is where the donor goes to take action and give your organization money. Give the donor a place to let you know if the donation is in memory of someone or in honor of someone.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

To truly understand the value of a tweet or Facebook post, you have to determine ahead of time exactly what sort of action you hope someone will take when they see it - click, share, sign up, donate, retweet, etc. Experiment with different tacts when writing headlines + preview language to determine what draws your social audience to click.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

You’ll find it sprinkled throughout your social media feed and making headlines at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Leaders at companies, global brands, nonprofits, and everyone in between are asking that important question: what is a purpose-driven company? These days, purpose is becoming increasingly mainstream.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? Because of that added effort we are the 6th most viewed (all time) and 7th most subscribed (all time) nonprofit on YouTube. Like every thing else, the more you give the more you get.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

I’m going to share 7 insanely easy online fundraising ideas that are making a huge impact for nonprofits. Then I’ll break down how you can apply 6 additional nonprofit fundraising strategies to grow your revenues TODAY. For example, individuals who have donated to a nonprofit in the last 12 months. That’s it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2013

This story became a case study in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” to illustrate the value of crowdsourcing and how to measure the return. Friends, those news headlines are real, and it means that something wild and crazy is happening online. My dad is in end stage renal failure and needs a kidney transplant.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Google Ad Grants are a terrific fundraising and marketing tool that Google makes available to nonprofits and charities. A Google Grant provides $10,000 each month to nonprofits to spend on Google Search ads. Google Grants can be a great fundraising option for almost all nonprofits. So what are Google Ad Grants ?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2017

As soon as the news broke about this weekend’s executive order banning immigrant entry from specific countries into the US, the ACLU was ready to respond publicly. Is your organization clear on your position and action plan if your cause becomes a major local, national or international issue? The Call to Action Was Clear.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 9, 2018

In today’s landscape of mobile and online technology, nonprofits are flooded with a large variety of choices for almost any solution they can think of. In this article, we’re going to share: Why nonprofits are investing in mobile giving to reach their fundraising goals. Why Nonprofits Are Investing In Mobile Giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

By Rob Leighton , Executive Director and Founder at iMission Institute – a social sector marketing agency and technology consulting firm specializing in helping nonprofits raise more money, fire up engagement, and streamline work. million nonprofits in the U.S. , According to The Urban Institute, there are roughly 1.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying to this approach to web development or any program development or strategy, your nonprofit can more innovative and impactful results. Technique 5: Concept and Synthesis. What was your experience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. The results of two new research studies about nonprofits and adoption of social media were released this week. One focuses on telling nonprofits not to bother with social media, the other provides some strategic ways to move forward.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

To increase the potential for success, it is important that the thought sequence of that conversation take place in the proper order. Let’s look at a couple of experiments we conducted with nonprofit organizations to help re-order the conversation in order to create a more logical flow, and increase conversions. Wrapping up….

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2015

One of the most effective ways to gain exposure for a nonprofit is by appearing at the top of online search results. Tip 4: Put Keywords in the Right Places. Load keywords in all the important places — page titles, meta descriptions, and headlines. You also need a headline that is similar to the page title.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

There are SO many posts to read that I figured I should round them all up in one place and share them. Last week, as I emerged from the post-conference haze of catching up on sleep and clearing my in-box, I started reading through blog posts from attendees and speakers. Then I couldn't stop! If I missed your blog post, I'm sorry!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

I invited Roz Lemieux is CEO of Attentively and founding partner at Fission Strategy to write a guest post sharing the best and next practices for nonprofits to use listening effectively as part of their social media strategy. What we’ll show you is how to build on your engagement opportunities and take action.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It’s time to make your event the place to be. These are all very simple actions that could work on your behalf to generate an awesome turnout. Make headlines and use social media to generate buzz. Here are two other great resources to help you make headline news: Five Ways to Ensure Your Event Makes Headline News.

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See3

OCTOBER 3, 2014

As we often tell our video clients, nonprofits are ultimately competing against cat videos for their audience’s attention. This means that nonprofit videos need to be entertaining – not just informative. Upworthy headlines are a good source of inspiration.) Take advantage of the nonprofit annotations on YouTube.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. What actions do you want people to take? Look for opportunities to test different calls-to-action and other key content that is important to your organization. Who are the target audiences?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2015

Voices are constantly peppering you with how to simplify your donation form, employ stronger calls to action, and use headlines that even a 15-year-old playing a video game wouldn't be able to ignore. But what about all the other ways visitors can engage with your nonprofit online? Website Actions. Like your page.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 20, 2016

Ask yourself—what caused you to take action? Something had to catch your eye in the first place to get you to read that special offer. Think of it as sort of headline or teaser. The Value: Words have the power to invoke action and leave a lasting impression. Step Five: Invoke Action. Step Four: Capture Their Heart.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Highlights from recent media coverage of privacy-related incidents and trends shows increased risk for the nonprofit sector related to privacy. Many nonprofit leaders aren't prepared to deal with this issue and that could mean dire consequences should the proper safeguards not be in place and a breach or theft occur.

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