Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 26, 2012

It is meant to tell the story of the founding of your organization. Add the location of your nonprofit’s founding, the story, and an image. For the story, don’t just copy and paste the content from the “Our History” page of you website. The photo should be 843 X 803 pixels: 4. Simple enough.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It caught my eye and I couldn’t help but wonder what it was all about, what was the story behind the story. The purpose of this game is to remove all photos of human for a few days from Facebook.&#. Sure, it’s slacktivism but what the hey… it was fun.&#.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

2 – Letters that Tell a Great Story Raise More. In short, they’re no fun to read. Great fundraising letters tell a story – a compelling story – where the donor is the hero, and working through your non-profit, he or she vanquishes a villain through the power of a donation. Don’t have a story like that for your non-profit?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Social media is the perfect place to talk about their experiences and share their stories. You might want to hire a photographer for events, then get participant’s permission to tag them in photos on social media. You can run a competition, giving away free perks to the member that contributes to the best photo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

For most of these users, it’s Instagram Stories. . In just one year, the daily user count for Instagram Stories jumped from 400 million (June 2018) to 500 million. That means that more than half of Instagram’s 1 billion users look at and consume Instagram Stories – EVERY DAY! . Here are 6 ways. . Well, it depends!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2011

Flickr Photo by Martin Deutsch. In the comments, I asked how can we make measurement fun ? In response, Jono Smith said that was like asking how to make going to the dentist fun! In response, Jono Smith said that was like asking how to make going to the dentist fun! How have you made measurement fun for your nonprofit?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

A fun, colorful way to track your nonprofit’s growth and activity on Twitter. Storify is a new tool that allows you easily search multiple social networks by subject or theme and then through drag and drop functionality, you can organize the results (tweets, status updates, videos, photos, etc.) TwitSprout :: twitsprout.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2022

The snowball effect—if your event is fun, participants will come back year after year (along with new supporters). Below, we’ll show you how to build and incorporate a peer-to-peer campaign and share a few fun ideas to try, but first, we’ll explain what sets this form of social fundraising apart. Sounds good, right?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Post a wide variety of blog content and have some fun with it. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Often tied to breaking news stories or internal developments at your organization, a blog post calling for action is often well received.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? You can even have fun engaging your supporters and board members when coming up with these designs. Photo and Bio. You can also send fun cards using Felt. Consider unique and fun opportunities during the year to participate directly in your impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Whether you tell a success story about someone your organization has helped or answer questions about the work you do, use your social media content to form personal connections with your supporters that will help your nonprofit raise more funds to further help your community. To build that connection, your graphics need to tell a story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

You can still tell a story and it should have a hook and conclusion, but it cannot include opinions or words such as “best” “fun” “entertaining” etc. You can take still photos from the video to use in flyers, social, email, print and more. . ? You should always lead with the facts! About the Sponsor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

2) Gain fun face time opportunities with virtual events. In-person events are on hold this fundraising event season, but fortunately, streaming tools like Zoom implemented new features throughout the year that make virtually interacting with guests a lot easier and way more fun. 5) Collaborate with your surrounding community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2023

Best of all, golf tournaments come with a ton of options to supercharge fundraising , from donations to premium sponsorships to add-ons and extras that not only raise more but add fun and excitement to the event. Your event website is the chance to tell your organization’s story and help people understand what the event is supporting.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants. A blog can provide the space for sharing news, announcements, stories, and other information and let you reshare and distribute it all over the web. Create Community Dialogue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition. On Facebook, we’ve had some great success with Facebook Causes generating donations and our Facebook Fan Page driving traffic to our stories on nature.org. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. Make sure you promote them in a way that is both effective and appealing, with clear descriptions and attractive photos. All of these forms of live performance go over well over live streaming and can even be made more fun than their in-person counterparts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

As always, lots of fun to actually see my co-author, Allison Fine , in person. Next, I asked them to stand and take a photo of someone next to them and to post the photo on their Facebook or Twitter using our hashtag, #netnon. I have only seen one example of this so far and told the story, but am now curious.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

But there are countless benefits to registering your nonprofit with RoundUp App , including: A custom RoundUp App registration page with your own logo, photo, and impact statement. The opportunity to join a community of other nonprofit professionals using the platform to share ideas, success stories, and lessons learned.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For example, the “Reusable Goods Collection” from Heal the Bay : Tell your product’s story in the caption. Don’t miss the opportunity to directly tell your product’s story and how that ties into your organization’s mission in your caption on social media. Tag your products in Stories and Posts.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Companies and corporations large and small have rolled out some truly extraordinary things, from changing what we pay for our cellphone plans to apps that make our lives easier or just more fun. Certainly one of the biggest stories of the year was the roll out of Apple’s iPhone 6s, and especially its one-of-a-kind 3D Touch feature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Photo by One Squiggly Line. I shared many stories, but started with the story of how Conant O’Brien made fun of my red hat because I had more followers than him on LinkedIn.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Love List: A Have Fun, Do Good Holiday Gift Want a great do-good, feel-good holiday gift that doesn’t cost a dime? It's simple and fun to create. Play some music and maybe dig up a photo of the gift recipient. People are always thinking of original and fun ways to turn their lists into a unique gift.

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NetWits

JULY 11, 2012

Teachers doing something silly/funny/fun. Past students sharing their stories. Provide enticing high-resolution photos. Class photos. Teacher photos (meet the faculty). Give them access to video that’s only available on your Facebook page. Virtual campus tour. Run a competition. everyone likes a fancy new iPad).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 24, 2022

Donors find the idea of winning a coveted prize to be exciting, fun and new, and nonprofits have an opportunity to expand their reach beyond an existing donor base to a broad audience that cares about the cause. In this scenario, you can get very targeted with your prize, and have fun catering to your members’ preferences!

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story? What is happening in your hero’s life?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. If you think EI is a soft skill, one of those activities that requires maximum effort for minimum results, these statistics tell a different story. These activities are fun, and they promote an empathetic point of view.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

Many more groups joined in on the fun, recording videos and posting to YouTube. It’s fun, for one. Everyone involved in an organization and everyone online is, actually, human, and fun is a good thing. That said, having fun, gaining visibility, and making connections with new supporters happens only if you do it right.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2024

Galas are an exciting opportunity that allows you to connect with new donors and returning donors alike in a fun environment. Casino night Turn your gala into a fun casino with vibrant decorations and the sounds of games in action. Donor engagement. When should my organization host a gala?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I had a lot of fun yesterday giving a webinar for the Nonprofit Webinar series ; it was a whole hour discussing community engagement! With high turn out at events, yet volunteer numbers dropping, we hope to highlight volunteer opportunities and stories of volunteers at the next few events to measure impact.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

One thing you could do is name a Volunteer of the Month and put their name and photo somewhere prominent in your office. You could also share that volunteer’s story (with their permission) with your supporters on your social media platforms, on your website, and in your newsletter. It’s a cheap and fun way to go the extra “mile.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

Best Friends has just launched a fun mobile app. The app lets you take photos of yourself, and uses facial recognition magic to find your dog match. Not only did they take repeated photos to see what breed of dog would match their photo, they also started to ask if we could adopt a dog. Increase post sharability.

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