Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2012

Every second of every day nonprofits around the world are posting status updates, tweets, and messages on social networks attached to avatars with cropped art work and/or unreadable text. That said, a good nonprofit avatar should: Be simple in design and use strong, eye-catching colors that match the overall online branding of your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2012

Every second of every day nonprofits around the world are posting status updates, tweets, and messages on social networks attached to avatars with cropped art work and/or unreadable text. That said, a good nonprofit avatar should: Be simple in design and use strong, eye-catching colors that match the overall online branding of your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks. Their blog has an e-mail newsletter subscribe option and a “Donate Now” button. Nature Conservancy :: nature.org. Custom-designed Twitter and YouTube Channel backgrounds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone. Kudos to Conservation International !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Likely a sign of best practices to come, their donation pages simply ask for credit card information and an email address (not a mailing address) and have an extensive offering of different ways to donate. For example, the Nature Conservancy offers both honor gifts and memorial gifts – each with their own donation page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. citizens to register to vote, vote by mail, and receive election reminders via text message.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for capturing contact information for your mailing list, event registrations, and even customizing PayPal into your website for donation processing, Wufoo is well-reviewed and reasonably priced. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Wufoo :: wufoo.com. nonprofitorgs.

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