Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Use bold for headlines. One column will take up two-thirds of the page layout (or a little more) for content stories, and the other third is for secondary navigation and graphics for special campaigns. Images should be consistent in size and resolution and should be placed in the same location on every page. Repetition is key.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. Every action and interaction that your staff make inside the LinkedIn community helps increase your nonprofit’s brand credibility and exposure. Every action you take in LinkedIn Groups reflects your personal brand and the brand of your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Chris also notes the headlines and tags of videos that are trending and often patterns our next video to capitalize on the buzz. Because our supporters just can’t get enough of the big cat photos and videos we have just launched a new YouTube site for mini clips that we capture throughout the day of the cats and volunteers in action.

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Bloomerang

JULY 16, 2024

It’s how you connect with supporters, inspire action, and make a difference in your community. Think of it as your helpful writing assistant that’s always on hand and ready to suggest headlines, body copy, and calls to action that resonate with donors. Storytelling is your superpower.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Conversation starters are questions, visuals, anecdotes, stories, or other snippets of content that you share on social channels to ignite engagement. This list should be with you when you are planning out your content and engagement for your social media channels. Craft good headlines. Avoid giving it all away in the headlines.

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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. Taryn Degnan picks up on this them of using social media to save lives to share her observations about the use of social media to find organ donors and her own personal story.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A call to action. Using a theme helps you craft a story across your annual report and ensures members and stakeholders connect with your report. In addition to including the statistics, highlight some of your new members, featuring a Q&A that tells their membership stories. Be transparent.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s time to reveal the big news—TEDx Speaker and nonprofit founder, Alex Sheen, will be headlining Qgiv Conference 2024 as our keynote speaker! His story of loss and commitment has inspired millions of people across the world to make promises to themselves and others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Your credibility is judged harshly if you can’t communicate your nonprofit’s success stories in a professional, visually compelling, modern format. A blog template with a body column width of 600 pixels and a call-to-action column of 300 pixels in width is ideal. Use large font for headlines and body text.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The actions include improving jobs, the quality of education, children’s health and other innovations. Foundation Center’s Glasspockets Site ReLaunches with A Wealth of Data About Foundation Transparency. The Glasspockets Site has just been relaunched. It has a new sleeker look.

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sgEngage

MARCH 28, 2023

Here are five ways you can make sure you are communicating your organization’s financial information in a single, efficient story to help your board make effective data-driven decisions. Tell One Story You have a lot to cover during your time with the board, and only one sliver of the agenda in which to cover it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

One communications director shared that she scans the headlines every morning and only goes deep into stories that are relevant to their communications strategy and limits her time. In the last few weeks, we have been pummeled with disturbing headlines about the current events. These are just a few ideas.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 30, 2015

It’s vital, therefore, that a group’s website—and especially any blog component to that website—be designed in a completely attractive and functional manner that captures a visitor’s attention immediately, holds that attention and encourages action. So what should a designer be stressing when crafting a blog page?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Another is the need for your content to persuade readers to take an action. But how do we structure content in a way that it is both great and persuades a visitor to take an action? Each headline and subsequent sub-headlines should lead the reader to the conclusion you are trying to make. That’s just one component.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As such, consider showcasing your mission statement as a sub-headline on your nonprofit’s homepage, appearing just after your nonprofit’s tagline or name, to immediately grab your audience’s attention. Impact stories. Remember, you can always leverage Candid’s nonprofit profile to tell the story of your organization.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

For much of 2020, the lack of jobs — and the skyrocketing unemployment that resulted — made headlines. But one reason that isn’t talked about, debated, and headlined like the others is workforce development. Goodwill, says Crawley, is a force multiplier in action. “We’re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Dreadful disaster stories are still making headlines; isn’t the public tired of giving? For example, we saw that donations to the South Asia Floods (starting August 17) increased after Harvey Floods led the headlines in August 28-20. Appeals that are very specific, actionable, and emotionally manageable are more effective.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Tone – Posts should have a conversational tone and attempt to tell a story. Utilize bullets, short paragraphs, and bolded headlines to make the blog posts scannable. Headlines – Use short, catchy headlines that summarize blog posts. Is it activists? And be specific – don’t talk in generalizations.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2021

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. . There are only two headlines which, if read alone, give the following message: Bar pass rate continues to climb.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

to take action (sign a petition, engage on social media, volunteer). Include one success story (no more) with the focus, always, on how your donor’s support made it happen. You may be tired of a story, but chances are good that it’s new to your donor. I’ll be more inspired reading a short story about who will benefit.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

From Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol , to the Chinese New Year just after the western one, the three kings of the nativity story, the secular tale of St. Though it would still need new stories and a fresh approach even if the angle is consistent with earlier calls to action. Telling a mission success story.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Set her heart on fire with stories of real lives and real change – it’s what she wants to know after giving. ONE Success story. Kick off your newsletter by sharing one good story that shows how your nonprofit is making a difference. ” Both are a good way to get people to take an action with them feeling over-Asked.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

When you book a headliner act or keynote speaker, feature them in a sneak preview of your lineup. Allow event headliners or speakers to do an Instagram takeover. Give one of your event headliners or emcees the reins of your Instagram story for the day. Tag your account in a story. Conduct a lineup countdown.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. He told a story that someone in one of his workshops to teach these methods asked him, “So what are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

3: Socialize your content with compelling stories that inspire people to donate. What’s the story you’re telling about how you will use the money raised to reach your outcomes? The Local Story: This is about a specific local community and how your project serves them. And the moral of the story is…. Social Strategies.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

Here we share Candid’s processes, the data’s uses and limitations, and a call to action. . We review the flurry of news stories, press releases, and announcements, and we actively search websites to identify and record grantmaking data. Call to action . Collecting and using “real-time” data during crises .

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

By telling the right stories in the right way, you can lure visitors to your donation page and inspire them to give. Something in the organization’s story stirs my heart, and the next thing I know I am on their donation page filling in my credit card number. It’s best to start with a short story.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

8 Keys to Writing the Perfect Fundraising Letter Your fundraising letter must quickly grab the reader’s attention, tell a story , and ask for a gift. Key #2: Plan For the Skimmer Your fundraising letter has one main goal: move the reader to action. End the letter with a specific call to action. Instead, they will skim it.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Long story short, driving sufficient traffic and clicks with Google Ads is essential for boosting brand exposure and your advertising efforts’ ROI. Capture attention with your headlines. Then, use the description to highlight your nonprofit’s story and the impact of supporting your work. Make your call to action clear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

Michael has a nice story telling approach to sharing his thinking. I think the stories belong to his clients, but here are my takeaways. front page headline about the issue? Sometimes after intense outcomes focused action the network will settle back into just networking. Coordinate ? Would it be a new health minister?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 5, 2021

But what I really want to highlight is how they divide up the newsletter sections with great headlines. They use very catchy headlines that show the organization’s work. Unlike some of the other emails that we’ve looked at, this one does not use headlines or varying weights of text to make the copy easier to read.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

Person] is a person whose story I am going to tell you now A powerful way to communicate authenticity is to tell a true story about a real person and provide real details about the way your reader’s action will have an impact. Click here to put your call to action in the very first sentence Be direct. We know that.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

You’ll want to tell a compelling story that breathes life into your cause and paints a vivid picture of the powerful difference every donation makes. Have a clear message Kick off your giving page with an attention-grabbing headline that captures your mission and what you’re asking for.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Add to the story by explaining your organization’s unique solution for addressing the problem, including how your nonprofit’s work will drive impact. Seek to round out your campaign’s messaging by giving your audience a clear call to action to get involved or learn more. Outline the solution. Explain the next steps.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

What actions do you want people to take? Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Look for opportunities to test different calls-to-action and other key content that is important to your organization. Test 3-4 new Facebook Ads: Test different ad types (promoted post, sponsored story, etc.),

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has succeeded in connecting with a younger audience that not only reads its content but is also inspired to take action. We’re getting results because a large percentage of our readers have told us that they have taken action based on reading grist.org content.”. Source: grist.org.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

A connected throughline of our shared humanity With that in mind, as I reflect on the influences, changes, and overall trends we have seen in employee engagement, philanthropy, and CSR in 2023, and those that are to come in 2024, I cannot help but be struck by the notion that it is not about specific trends or actions.

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