Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The answer is in understanding your goal and audience, and then matching your pitch to the prospect. From there, you’ll tell your organization’s story through a series of touch points (or communications) that resonates with each group. A possible answer here would be to personalize your communication with them.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

To keep donors around and retain their support, organizations have to grab supporters’ attention and make their communications stand out from the thousands of messages their audience receives each day. Communication preferences. Recent nonprofit trends show that giving is on the decline, decreasing by 2.1% between 2022 and 2023.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Explore how this dynamic fusion can propel your nonprofit’s online presence and effectiveness, in a world driven by digital engagement. This framework provides a holistic approach, encompassing various dimensions of a digital strategy, including audience engagement, content creation, and impact measurement. Output as a table.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Seems nonprofit communications folks everywhere have jumped on the infographic bandwagon. But an infographic is no cure-all for your communication woes. In my experience, the most effective infographics have the following three characteristics: 1. Too many and you’ve lost your audience. Amelia Kohm, Ph.D. , Are simple.

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Forum One

JUNE 26, 2024

With new tools and research—including a forthcoming report from Forum One—nonprofits and government agencies can learn to employ strategies already used in the commercial sector to communicate their mission, goals, accomplishments, and brand more effectively. We know mission-driven communicators already labor over word choice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

By Talia Walsh , Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Heal the Bay – an environmental nonprofit that protects the coastal waters and watersheds of Greater Los Angeles, California. For example, Heal the Bay : Create a custom Collection for your communities. You know your audience best.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 16, 2024

Branding can make or break a nonprofit, yet many organizations struggle to communicate their value effectively. It’s a great model for smaller nonprofits looking to forge stronger connections with their audience and drive meaningful change in their communities. Habitat for Humanity excels at communicating its mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

When the first text message was sent on December 3 rd , 1992, no one could have conceived how important this mode of communication would become for people worldwide. Text messages are another valuable tool you should add to your outbound communications strategy! That’s a lot of time spent engaging with a communication tool!

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

The most effective leaders are self-aware, know their triggers, and balance competence and presence with authentic vulnerability. As with any communication, pause and check that your intent is constructive and generous. Put the needs of the team above your own and always consider your potential impact on your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

To create meaningful material that will move audiences to action, though, a human touch and a sound communication strategy is still essential. There’s a real danger that messages from organizations without a strategic approach to communications will be drowned out in a sea of generic AI-generated content.

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

for your age 45+ audience is going to bomb. But is it just because you posted it in the wee hours while your audience is asleep? Inciting incident, hero’s journey, that utterly captivating climax and just when the audience is sitting on the edge of their seats… breathe in, breathe out, the conclusion that ties everything together.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 24, 2023

It aims to remove barriers for people with visual, auditory, cognitive, mobility, and other permanent or temporary limitations so they can effectively receive, understand, and respond to email communications. Here are three areas where you’ll want to check for accessibility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. Use a “design thinking” technique called audience empathy…. There’s a new normal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 31, 2025

A content library is only effective if people feel like they need it. Too many nonprofits celebrate membership sign-ups or login numbers as a sign of success, but the reality is stark: if your members log in, skim content, and leave without interacting, you dont have a communityyou have an audience. And an audience is passive.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Audiences wanted to get informed on current events. A good documentary has a strong effect on our emotions. The orca is alive today because it communicates, eats and socializes with other orcas, just like us. Different orca groups communicate in different dialects. To keep up. What’s not to love? But it’s more than that.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Audiences wanted to get informed on current events. A good documentary has a strong effect on our emotions. The orca is alive today because it communicates, eats and socializes with other orcas, just like us. Different orca groups communicate in different dialects. To keep up. What’s not to love? But it’s more than that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

An effective project charter will include the following information: What is the purpose of the project? An effective scoping document clearly and succinctly communicates your needs to prospective vendors. Target audiences. It can also be used to measure progress and keep the planning team focused. Secondary and below.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

For use in Program Services and better enabling nonprofits to reach their target audience in order to perform their charitable purpose. The program is available to any nonprofit that can benefit from having more exposure and a bigger audience. Geotargeting and audience set up so only those that would be interested in your ads see them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The good news is there is an invisible string connecting all the positive experiences above, so measuring your event’s success , reach , and therefore, growth can be a domino effect. Understand Your Audience. Have a Robust Communications Plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

For nonprofits, it’s proving to be a valuable resource for writing communications, deepening engagement with supporters, and fundraising. Keep reading to check out our list of ways your nonprofit can leverage ChatGPT and use AI to enhance donor relationships, optimize communications, and ultimately increase revenue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

Storytelling is core to how we as human beings communicate. Irrespective of channel or medium, the key elements to effective storytelling are the ability to convey what is unique about the nonprofit, why it is worthy of support, how the audience can benefit from supporting it and how to go about doing so. Limited budget.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

There are dozens of ways to attract new members for your association, however one of the most effective methods is using social media. Let’s look at some of the most effective options that you might want to explore. The first thing that you’ll need to do is start creating content that will attract your target audience.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 4, 2024

If your team wears many hats, then not incorporating change management can have a negative multiplying effect: If one person doesn’t understand the goals of the initiative, that means a good percentage of your staff doesn’t understand it. A successful communication plan considers different audiences, communication channels, and vehicles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

By Brent Merritt , a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. Given the significant fundraising opportunities this tool presents, it’s absolutely worth the effort to determine how you can use it most effectively. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

Understanding audience needs is the core of good design. For mission-driven organizations in particular, forging deep connections with audiences is paramount. The questions we hear often are about how organizations can identify and adapt designs to meet the evolving needs of their audiences and ensure that the mission resonates deeply.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 18, 2024

When determining the right timing to offer your associations pricing discounts, its crucial to understand your audiences buying behavior. Heres a breakdown of the most effective discounting strategies for associations: 1. Flash sales Surprise your audience with a 24-hour or 48-hour sale to drive rapid purchases and boost sales.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For example, you can ask donors about their preferred communication channel to receive updates about their donations. As you know, different supporter groups prefer different communication channels for receiving updates from your nonprofit. Store their responses in your nonprofits CRM database to provide a better experience for donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2024

Charity golf tournaments offer brands a unique opportunity to gain exposure to an engaged and affluent audience of golfers. This communication helps build a strong sponsor relationship. Sponsors benefit from the ability to easily share their support for the tournament—and your cause—with their own audiences.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These changes mean nonprofits need to have an effective fundraising strategy for 2022. Larger audiences : Virtual platforms can accommodate hundreds or even thousands of attendees, increasing the number of potential donors and supporters. Live and Silent Auctions. Virtual and Hybrid Concerts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

For these teams, marketing automation can multiply their effect so they can create more connections and drive more donations. Marketing Every Stage of ‘The Donor’s Journey’ It’s tempting to think of marketing as a broad-minded approach that’s focused on building awareness with the largest audience possible.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

In this article I will go over the fundamental steps to creating an effective nonprofit business plan. It constructs an understanding of the needs your target audience have and the competition you will face. What other organizations are serving the same audience and how are they doing it? Identifying your target audience.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

You can be cute, like a law firm’s “contact us” button reading as “Lawyer Up” might be a clever and engaging way to communicate their brand to their audience. How to write effective, attractive microcopy for your association platform. Your audience will appreciate you keeping it short and sweet. Keep it concise.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The campaign is undoubtedly effective. And in order to tell stories effectively you need to understand who your audience is. Segmentation through demographics like age, location and interests are also helpful ways to understand your donors and create stories that will resonate with the different types of target audiences.

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2025

When so many supporters are coming to you through Google, your website, and social media, you want to show them the face of a trustworthy and effective organization. It might mean you send out only broad updates to large segments of your audience rather than tailoring the message to what would be most meaningful to them.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 27, 2025

Plus, digital marketing is a cost-effective way to reach a wide audience with minimal overhead , making it accessible for nonprofits of all sizes. From designing a user-friendly website to leveraging social media, these simple yet effective strategies will empower your organization to shine in the digital space.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Connection with Younger Audiences Millennials and Gen Z are highly receptive to digital giving and are more likely to engage with causes they see online. But don’t think that younger audiences are the only ones donating online! Google Ads Forget billboards: tap into the power of Google Ads!

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