Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Use compelling, emotional images and video to get across the importance of your cause. Hint: Make your mission tangible and specify how each donation will impact the cause, e.g. “$20 can feed two families this holiday season.”. You won’t be able to accept donations without one! Spotlight a story that must be shared.

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Perhaps you can offer a glimpse of a planning meeting or a few objects that hint at next year’s gala theme. Reach out directly to the individual and ask if you can share an image of them or their photo on your organization’s social media feed. This is another great way to build community. Just make sure you get permission!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Avoid using your digital zoom if possible to preserve your images maximum quality. You want to capture interesting things in the intersection points of this 9-square grid and avoid putting things into the center square. Optical zoom vs. digital zoom. Practice and play around!

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Kindful

JANUARY 5, 2022

This image is from Music Worcester , a nonprofit that spent $53,416 on advertising in 2020. This image is from the Traverse City Film Festival, a nonprofit that spent $49,074 on annual advertising. This image is from Yew Dell Botanical Gardens , a nonprofit that spent $27,733 annually on advertising. Music Worcester.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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TechImpact

AUGUST 4, 2014

Image courtesy of Technorati. What drew huge engagement one week, could fail to even spark a hint of interest the next. Social Media can be a fickle beast. So what gives? It’s not your content. That’s been refined, edited twice, and is discussing a timely subject.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

You know the moment: You’re going through your mail when you catch the hint of a red envelope. It’s hard to get that image out of your head when it comes time to recapping the year your organization’s followers. A snowflake stamp. “So So it begins,” you think. Season’s greetings to our friends and family!!! ” it reads at the top.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Hint: A great time to do this is when you are creating your annual budget and marketing plan. Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. If you landed on your organizations Instagram feed, would you be able to quickly tell what the mission is based on the videos/images posted in the grid?

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Neon CRM

JUNE 29, 2023

While you should limit yourself to a single call to action in a fundraising email (hint: You should ask people to donate), you can be much more liberal with the number of links to the page you want people to visit. Based on our research, using six button and form links in an email resulted in a 10.09 increase in click-through rates.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In today’s world, where appearances often mask reality, the wealthy view giving as a way to display their power and image. This paradox hints at a fundamental shift in the nature of philanthropy, one that mirrors the economic concept of a Veblen good. Altruism has become the new must-have accessory of the elite.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 17, 2017

So, with apologies to stock photo vendors and copywriters everywhere, the use of actual advocate words or images in publications generates excitement. Feature real people – Individuals respond better when they feel they’re part of a great movement.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. Every social media platform needs some original content – articles, videos, and images that were written or created by someone in your organization. This platform is all about images. Original Content.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

hint: it’s very helpful if you can make your “character” a specific person/animal or small group of people/animals that you can attach names to). Some of the most compelling images and videos are snapped in an instant on a smartphone. The first thing your readers should see is an image that makes them want to know the story behind it.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

If you think your supporters will be interested in this type of event, work with a local golf course on pricing and dates (hint: most are very comfortable working with charities to run tournaments). Louis (hint: this is a great place to use CauseVox’s peer-to-peer fundraising capabilities). Leverage your donor’s donation with a match.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Somewhat like a poker tell, suspicious emails contain hints that the sender isn't who they claim to be. Image: National Cyber Security Alliance. According to the National Cyber Security Alliance, 85 percent of U.S. organizations have experienced a phishing attack and 30 percent of people have opened a phishing email. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2017

Three or four paragraphs that tell the story succinctly and that include at least one image (preferably more) is great content that helps keep your website alive. Collect and Create Images. The Internet is a visual medium, and people process an image that tells a story faster than reading the proverbial 1,000 words.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2017

Do you wake up in a cold tech sweat when you know you'll have to adjust an image of your executive director for an annual report, post photos on your website from an event, or create an invitation to your organization's gala affair? Maybe you don't know a canvas from an image or what RGB is. adjusting an image.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

Let an image do the talking They say an image is worth a thousand words, which is nice because writing is hard sometimes. Bait your hook with just a hint of what’s to come, and hope your reader feels compelled to read the whole thing. But for anyone on the front lines of the fight against climate change, it isn’t news at all.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Let’s break it down: Logo: Your logo is an image that gives people a feel for what your organization is about. It gives a person the essence and hints about the work the organization does. Quality is more important than quantity – sometimes one well-chosen image can clearly convey your story. Trustworthy?

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

The above image comes from Guidestar by Candid. Hint: they’re not all downloadable PDFs! The above image is used with permission from Donate Life America. The above image is used with permission from World Animal Protection. Guidestar sends information to 200+ charitable sites, including AmazonSmile and Facebook.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

This will give you hints as to what your supporters value that may overlap with the values you enact. Image from Brian Solis. For example, if you’re a theater program that offers tickets to children, you might include education and youth services as options. Have you interacted digitally with any organizations over the past 12 months?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Rosser offered a number of practical hints for helping viewers discover your videos on YouTube. These stories were shared in the form of videos, images, and blog posts. Images: courtesy of the presenters' Make Your Video Discoverable on YouTube. First, thumbnails are key! All that storytelling effort has paid off.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Preview text gives the recipient a hint as to what your email is going to be about. Element 9 – Images. Are images helpful or hindering in emails ? Should your entire email be an image? But just because a lot of people use images in their emails, doesn’t mean that you should too. Element 5 – Preview Text.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2017

QuickBooks (Desktop) for New Nonprofit Users offers hints on where to start if you're a new QuickBooks user. Image : Mongkol Foto / Shutterstock. If you need help learning QuickBooks Online, check out this webinar for newer users. Whether you need to upgrade your fundraising capacity or accounting capacity — or both!

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2013

There’s no magic answer to the ideal calibration of layout, copy, images, fields, offer and headline that drive the highest possible levels of donor acquisition. Some hints from Mark Montenero, Lead Client Success Manager at Blackbaud. . Don’t distract them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Image from Flickr by Xurble. Here are a few images from the charity: water website that show how they employ social proof. You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image. Social proof is particularly powerful when famous people are setting the example.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2015

So with that in mind, let's explore how you can build this kind of meaningful relationship with your supporters by taking a few hints from the best friends ever, Sam and Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. " Image 1 : Michael Quinn / CC0. Image 2: CauseVox. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Hint: it's all about managing password managers and two-factor authentication. Images: TechSoup Global. In the spirit of the Do One Thing campaign, TechSoup staffers reveal what they're doing to ensure their online security. Part 1 of this series will explore how TechSoup staff are dealing with password overload.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2016

Endings can offer a hint of the future. Image : Bruce Guenter / CC BY. When I say you want to have a great ending, I'm talking about how it's written, not necessarily the emotion it brings across. Great endings can evoke a range of different emotions. Here are some tips I've either used or come across on story endings.

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Qgiv

JULY 6, 2021

Instagram is an image-based platform. For in-person auction events Qgiv’s auction planner covers everything you need to consider to be successful, including helpful hints about managing your venue. You don’t need an account on every social media platform, but for a church auction event, having an Instagram account can be very helpful.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It does not work to upload the pictures to your Facebook page, as then all of your fans and visitors will see this album of disjointed images - you can’t hide pictures that you upload to your Facebook page. Most websites will have an images folder that you can use to host these pictures without them being visible to the public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

The image is from Roger Carr who is raising money to support the Arthritis Foundation???s Hint - the three R words. Photo from Roger Carr's Juvenile Arthritis Weekend Set You can donate here. s annual nationwide event, Arthritis Walk, that raises awareness and funds to fight arthritis. I've just donated to his campaign and here's why.

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

All of these are transforming the way we do fundraising today: new (and fun) social media tools, innovations in email marketing, the use of poignant images and video – I’m even seeing video embedded inside paper capital campaign case statements. Hint, don’t include a monthly request as part of a regular appeal.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2014

Hint: Think Mobile. Mobile-Friendly Email Design: If you’re not using a responsive design email, you can make your email mobile-friendly by using a simple layout, narrower email width, compelling mobile-friendly images, scannable content, and BIG buttons. For many donors, this is one of the most motivating factors.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

When scanned using an app for your smartphone, they automatically take you to a website, image hosted on the web, calendar invite, series of text, or other types of content. HINT: remember to test the code and link to sites that look good on smartphones. Here is an extensive list that was featured on the Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2009

Is it enough to have alt tags on your images? Hint: use the TAB key). Do you have to install a screen reader to test and see? Is all graphic and audio/visual content also represented in text somehow?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 6, 2017

While you might not have any directly relatable data on file to help you determine whether your donors will be responsive to text-to-give, your donor database can give you hints. Write up a brief bulleted list or show the steps with images. Has a large percentage of your base historically given through online channels?

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