NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

2) A medical foundation exceeded their fundraising goals and averaged over $1,000 per gift when they personalized their email appeal by: Thanking people for last year’s gift (in the headline and first paragraph). How much the event raised that year. Including last year’s gift amount. Including how last year’s donations were used.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Repeated content, like blog posts, event listings, or even things like your programs or success stories. Notice the similarities of the layouts: they have a headline, a description, an impactful statistic, and a link. There are two different places where copy length variation can happen: 1) Content that is frequently updated.

Technique 331

Technique Websites Design Brain 331

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

Even though you won’t be networking in person, with online fundraising tools, you can still share success stories, celebrate your donors, energize your audience, and stay on brand the same way you would at an event that’d cost big bucks to put on. Connect your mission to headlines donors care about. It pays to pay attention.

Ideas 343

Ideas Online Fundraising Social Media 343

Byte Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

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. Two amazing tech legends made headlines this year—one no longer with us and one still very much with us. Apple Does it Again. Driven Personalities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

Highlight authentic stories: Share real-life examples of the impact your nonprofit has made. Stories of individuals or communities that have benefited from your work can be powerful in connecting with your audience. Page Titles : These are the clickable headlines you see in search results. But you can change that.

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Action Practice Tips Seattle 250

.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

They shared stories about strengthening member relations, growing resources, and using tech tools to eliminate the zombie effect, or those repetitive tasks that drain creativity and enthusiasm. Our headliners, Tiffany Kerns and Al Dea, provided unique perspectives on the intersection of culture and technology.

Culture 221

Culture Technology Community Associations 221

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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Websites Design Practice Widget 236

.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

The YouTubers who manage those channels know how to tell a story and they are experts in their field. Industry events—Monitor the headline speakers and their audiences. But I have learned a few things about each of those topics. Why dive into subjects that are off my beaten path of discovery? For one compelling reason.

YouTube 221

YouTube Industry Leadership Podcast 221

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins. Reading books does that. 5) Disconnect while on vacation.

Social Media 224

Social Media Media Management Social 224

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning’s New York Time’s headline. But the story is personal for me.

Hurricane 117

Hurricane Donation Headline New York 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

They employ numbers throughout their site to make people feel aligned with thousands of others, and they give a face and a voice to those thousands with pictures, videos and written stories. Harrison’s emphasis on telling his personal story when he talks about charity: water sets the tone for the organization’s marketing strategy.

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Charity Lesson Marketing Digital 131

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. Technology and “what’s hot&# is changing all the time, so the successful social media practitioner will always be researching the best tools and the best places to be seen and heard.

Social Media 240

Social Media Interview Examples Media 240

Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

Usual suspects are headlines about post time, a hook, putting the right content in the right place and in front of the right people. Of course, posting a boring read with a jargon headline at 2 a.m. But you still have a jargon headline and a boring read. for your age 45+ audience is going to bomb. Certainly not Kathy.

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Content Create Headline Lithium 156

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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Headline Conference Press Podcast 52

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.

Social Media 129

Social Media Life Media San Francisco 129

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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. For example, did membership increase this year?

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Report Headline Associations Picture 137

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.

Social Media 102

Social Media Headline Media Social 102

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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Story Benefit Communication Report 78

Bloomerang

JULY 16, 2024

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. P.S. By sharing this story with your colleagues, you’ll help them learn about ways Bloomerang can help tell their stories and save valuable time.

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email Template Library Headline 103

Robert Weiner

JULY 23, 2009

The front-page headlines read " Hacker steals Twitter's confidential documents ," but the real story isn't about Twitter — it's that the stolen documents were stored online, "in the cloud." This could happen to any nonprofit or company storing data this way. As we've seen over and over, it's amazingly easy to guess or steal passwords.

Twitter 100

Twitter Doc Headline Files 100

Forum One

MARCH 5, 2024

This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the work that the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum does each and every day to bring women’s stories alive and into focus. We invite you to explore one of the initiatives we’ve been honored to be part of creating to expand access to women’s stories in our nation’s history.

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History Museum Headline Celebrate 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

As part of the research, they looked at more than 170 different technological tools now available to funders, dove deeply into the literature on philanthropic collaboration, analyzed the results of recent Foundation Center surveys, and spoke with a wide range of experts from the worlds of both technology and philanthropy.

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Studies Research Trend North America 119

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.

Mind 115

Mind News Professional Tips 115

M+R

JULY 6, 2021

Some headlines remained the same for US and UK-based organisations: Like in the US, online revenue was way up in 2020 for UK groups. Other stories required a bit more in-depth reporting. UK groups increased spending on digital ads, increasing by 62% in 2020.

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Benchmark Headline FAQ Rate 98

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Each headline and subsequent sub-headlines should lead the reader to the conclusion you are trying to make. A good framework to follow, especially if you want to show the impact your nonprofit makes , goes something like this: Give an example of a success story by highlighting results. Write A Headline That People Want To Click.

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Process Content Digital Marketing 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. Your organization’s name is featured in their headlines and your organization’s page is listed and linked on their profiles. For example: 1.

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Linkedin Practice Social Media Sponsor 356

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Let’s look at ways to make your event stand out from the crowd and grab some headlines. Find the newsworthy stories within your event. Write your posts like a news story. Original quotes make your story read like news. Photos that help tell your story. Great photos can help ensure your story gets picked up.

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Headline News Maryland Cancer 39

NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

The advocacy community has gone mad for story. But stories are only as strong as the latest retelling. While compelling characters and evocative details give our stories life, it is email subject lines, tweets, Facebook posts, and headlines that give them legs.

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Headline Advocacy Story Director 71

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. Instead, stick to what we know works: tell specific, compelling, emotionally manageable stories.

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Puerto Rico Sierra Leone Disaster Donor 111

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. Use large font for headlines and body text. To accommodate today’s Internet users, at minimum your headlines should be 18 point and your body text 13 point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2012

We used this opportunity to support the work of MALDEF and reach Latinos with information about the ACA by tweeting out questions — in English — and links to our member stories related to our platform of issues, including the economy, early childhood education and health care, specifically the Affordable Care Act.

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Twitter Support Build Newsletter 102

Qgiv

JANUARY 6, 2022

A press release is a news story that your organization writes about itself then sends to media outlets in the hope that the story will run in their newspaper or during their broadcast. The release time refers to when the press release can be publicized if a media outlet picks up your story. Sub-headline. Lead paragraph.

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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. Jobs have, understandably, been an especially hot topic over the last year and a half.

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Podcast Develop Headline Student 111

.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

Stories like this are frequent headlines. Increase Member Confidence and Security In June 2021, data associated with 700 million LinkedIn users was posted for sale on a dark web forum. The hack involved 92 percent of LinkedIn accounts. Do your members have confidence that their data is safely housed?

Technology 170

Technology Evaluation System Associations 170

Byte Technology

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Also, make your stories easy to read by using 18-point headlines and body text that is at least 13-point: nothing is more of a turn-off than a site that requires a visitor to squint. This gives the ability to feature photos and large fonts and highlight important elements that encourage people to act.

Design 100

Design Profit Practice Headline 100

Bloomerang

MAY 27, 2021

Reading the headlines it seems that the government has stepped in to help the nonprofits sector survive. Founder of light-on-light, a project addressing the stories of individuals and organisations making a positive and intentional impact on society. Rebuilding the financial base: resource opportunities for post-pandemic grants.

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Volunteer Grant Headline Survey 137

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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Contest Headline Social Media Survey 93