Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Your nonprofit could have a wide variety of excellent blog content , but if your blog’s design doesn’t make a positive first impression, then few will read it – much less share it with their followers on social networks. First, the body text column is wide enough to feature photos and large font. but not today.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Unfortunately, subpar formatting, uninspiring content, and other mishaps could be holding back your fundraising efforts. Have a clear message Kick off your giving page with an attention-grabbing headline that captures your mission and what you’re asking for. Sounds pretty smooth, right? Together, let’s make giving happen!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These basic LinkedIn Profile tips for nonprofit professionals serve as a foundation for when and if your nonprofit is ready to utilize LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Flickr Photo by Salendron. Does your nonprofit do content curation as part of its content strategy? Content curation is the organizing, filtering and “making sense of” information on the web and sharing the very best pieces of content that you’ve cherry picked and shared with your network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 17, 2020

For example: in a lead campaign for a homeless charity, a photo of two empty beds performed much, much better than an emotive photograph of a man living in homelessness. . Remove all the lower performing ads, and test different headlines on the best ads. Let the different headlines test for a week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Photo by Andrew Watt. And, lists are easy to create. But who knew that they could be useful as part of your content strategy or for content curation? So, here’s my list about making lists. List of Content Ideas. Short List of List Making Tools for Content Curation. I’m a list maker!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. We want our donors to be advocates. How can your organization apply this?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These basic LinkedIn Profile tips for nonprofit professionals serve as a foundation for when and if your nonprofit is ready to utilize LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

If you want to go with WordPress, hire someone who understands your vision and has experience with websites for small nonprofits. For example, if your nonprofit is the Equine Rescue and Rehab Farm of South East Tennessee, don’t get errfset.org. Nonprofit websites typically have a welcoming feel. Any of these platforms will do.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 26, 2016

So how do you write the right content on your nonprofit blog? When you take away all the bells and whistles, you end up with the foundation of your blog: the content. Your blog is going to have an awfully hard time being exceptional if its content is a flop. Easy-to-read content means engaging content.

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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. Have a Consistent Design throughout All Secondary Navigation and Content Pages. A good Content management System (CMS) will take care of this for you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? Craft good headlines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Anything else?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Note: This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Content for your website includes your headlines, body copy, photos, captions, graphics, videos, audio clips, etc. Content Strategy is “planning for the creation, delivery, and governance of useful, usable content”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2018

As we all know, in early January, Facebook announced some sweeping changes in the News Feed to prioritize content from friends and family and fewer updates from brands and news. The changes have also prompted nonprofits to reevaluate their digital strategies and make changes in strategies and tactics. Is it the BEST place for photos?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2017

Ever since the Internet became widely available, there has been an obsession with “going viral,” or producing content so interesting, or funny, or cute that millions upon millions of people view it. It could be a photo, a short story, an op-ed—anything. Don’t sacrifice good content for going viral. Those are bologna.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

With GDPR coming into effect in the European Union and privacy scandals making headlines, many nonprofit professionals are concerned about data protection. These guidelines can also inform the development of your nonprofit’s security policy, if you do not have one already. The process can be intimidating! Need an example?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Make sure the subject line is an intriguing headline, not “April Newsletter from Our Charity.”. Segment your mailing lists so that loyal donors receive exclusive content. The post Romancing Your Donors: Showing the Love to Donors of all Levels appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. Invite them to attend your fundraising events.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

So what does Facebook Paper mean to nonprofits? I added "Headlines," "Tech," "Equality," and a few others. To look at a larger version of a photo, you tilt your phone. It is centered on content and what your friends are sharing. How Paper Works. How to Work with Paper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Measure Networked Nonprofit. ” For one of the sessions, we focused on a methodology of how to make sense of data from Facebook Insights to improve the relevance of content and engagement activities. .” The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Pay Attention to Your Subject Line and Headline. Although a subject line seems small when compared to the rest of the email’s content, this one line is the first impression that you have on your readers. If readers open the email, the headline will make a large difference in whether they read the entire email or not.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2017

Focus on Engaging, Personalized Content in Email. There's a lot of talk about "hyper-personalization" and "dynamic content" in email, but let's keep this simple for those of us with modest budgets and staff. The key to success with email messaging is relevant content and list segmentation.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

Note: This is the tenth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Defining styles for different elements of the website including headlines, links, buttons, photos, form fields, promo items, etc. Content Strategy. See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series. Methodology.

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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. Plan for any additional staff and budget needed for technology, design, content, online advertising, and other implementation costs for the year. How you will reach your target audiences?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Remember, content is still king.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better. A number of nonprofits are already doing an incredible job of this—and you can easily follow their lead. WFP USA has posted a nearly 650-word story of Rani on their blog with a big headline, full-size photos, large text, and bold quotes.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 6, 2023

It’s easy to overlook the value of blogging for your nonprofit when you work for hours or days on a post only to get a handful of views. But the thing about blogging is that it’s not just a single piece of content. With all of that, you can build out content ideas for your nonprofit and make that blog go further.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Trust me — I know them well because I used to be one.” Giller, a journalist, established the Seattle-based nonprofit as a destination news web site for environmental news, reports and opinion with a wry sense of humor. Engagement: Readers engage with their content.

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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? Mention your nonprofit. Website Actions.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm, but as nonprofit professionals, we cannot sit by watching the world evolve without us. AI is becoming the ultimate nonprofit personal assistant. What Are Some “Do’s” When It Comes To Using AI At A Nonprofit? Is AI content from GPT tools detectable?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. Purpose of your nonprofit email newsletter Your email newsletter has a specific purpose. The right nonprofit email newsletter format. Random doesn’t cut it. Neither does boring. It’s meant to.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With the all-important year-end giving season here, nonprofit professionals like you are busy developing the right messaging that will drive donations. Compare the following nonprofit year-end fundraising appeals: Our year-end fundraising campaign is right around the corner. We need your help to save more stray dogs in the community.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They can’t find any impact measurement statistics for your nonprofit , and the images featured on your homepage are awkwardly sized and don’t readily communicate how your organization is making a difference. As a result, they navigate away to find another nonprofit to donate to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

Based on photo entitled " Gear " from Flattop341's Flickr Industrial Set. It will explain the problem that a widget may solve for a nonprofit blog, some examples of nonprofit blogs using them, and oh yeah, answer the age old question "What is a Widget? This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Do you struggle to convince your leadership or board that content marketing for nonprofits matters ? In this guide, I’m going to share with you proven ways to gain the support of leadership in your content marketing efforts. How content marketing impacts search ranking results (and why that matters).

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR NONPROFITS. 5 Nonprofits Winning At Social Media. Case studies of nonprofits winning at social media is an opportunity to see the strategies in action. Here we take a look at how some of the top nonprofits are leveraging social platforms to get results (and how you can do the same). Neverthirst.

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