Candid

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On February 14, Candid launched Demographics via Candid, a campaign through which we partner with organizations across the social sector to encourage demographic data sharing. In this blog, we share details about the changes, their implications, and the thinking that went into making them. What’s changed?

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. nonprofits through Candid’s nonprofit profiles. To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2023

According to Pew Research Center , 85% of people have a smartphone and even more than that are active on a number of social media platforms. This is where we share life updates with friends and family, get inspiration from others, and even consume news. Share your number as a quick and easy option for people to donate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

1) Claim your username and upload a profile pic, add a bio and website, and post a first thread immediately. Your nonprofit is more likely to get followed back if you have uploaded a profile pic, added a bio and website, and posted an introductory thread. You can “Pin to profile” and “Save” threads.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

That said, it’s important to understand that the Oculus Quest is a personalized experience and while it is possible to share a headset and hand controllers, the experience is connected to an individual’s identity. Sharing : Cast, take photos, and record video in VR. So, before opening the box: ? That’s it for now!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 6, 2023

According to Meta’s Supplemental Privacy Policy as pointed out by TechCrunch : “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account.” You can also “Share” your Threads as an Instagram post and/or an Instagram story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

1) Set up your nonprofit’s Twitter Profile to maximize followers. Before you follow any account, ensure that your profile is complete with (1) a well-designed profile photo and header image; (2) a bio that expresses clearly your organization’s mission; and (3) a link to your website. Schedule tweets in advance.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 20, 2024

As Instagram continues to evolve, nonprofits can leverage its latest features to reach more people and build stronger connections with their supporters. Leverage Business Profiles and Creator Accounts For nonprofits, a Business Profile on Instagram is essential for accessing analytics, running ads, and using the donate feature.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

DonorPerfect is thrilled to announce DP Video , a new feature that enables nonprofit teams to send video messages to donors right from their donor profile in DonorPerfect. You can also “invite” people who engage with your posts or advertisements to like your page if they haven’t already. 4) Find new, creative ways to show impact.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Typically people expect to take advantage of predictive tools to look at big activities – renewal, recruitment, or annual conference attendance – but increasingly it’s becoming easier to infer smaller steps, and more micro-engagements within the larger data model.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

One of the simplest ways to begin dabbling in mobile technology is to launch a mobile photo-sharing campaign, and Yfrog , Twitpic , and DailyBooth make it easy for any nonprofit social (and now mobile) media manager with a smartphone and little creativity. That said, here are three simple steps to get started with mobile photo-sharing: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

As we grow older, storytelling is the means by which we engage with our friends and family to create shared understanding, and eventually with our employers and workmates to establish alignment around a mission. WhatsApp offers an appealing and efficient method of sharing documents and other materials among members of a team.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I always ask people, ‘How do you think the association would be run if Steve Jobs or Bill Gates was the CEO?’ We’ve had speakers at our conference, shared YouTube videos and other intelligence to address disruptors like 3D printing as well as how to be a manufacturer of the future. They are great at governance, but not business savvy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2023

1) Infographics [re-designed] In the 2010s, infographics created by nonprofits were consistently the most engaged, posted, shared, and retweeted content on social media, but around 2018, the infographic craze came to an abrupt halt. 4) Being kind on social media [and human] People on Threads are nice. Hang it on their refrigerator?

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Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

nonprofits currently share some demographic data about their staff and board with Candid. In fact, about 1,000 nonprofits are now adding demographic data to their Candid profiles every month. Data is only useful if people understand how to look at and interpret it. Over 62,000 U.S. For example, U.S.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The goal of this book is to provide an intensely practical guide to making that transition by sharing insights, stories, and approaches from hundreds of leaders to build the skills you will need to make the leap to leader,” explains Bryant. As obvious as this advice seems, people follow it much less than you might think,” says Bryant.

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.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

The idea is to prevent you from investing precious resources in merchandise or services that people don’t want. Share your vision for the organization broadly and identify how staffers contribute individually to those goals. Enthusiasm dies when people are not able to get the right buy-in. Then invite ideas and innovation.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Now with over 100 partners , and nearly 60,000 organizations sharing data, the Demographics via Candid campaign is going strong. In this blog post, we aim to address these concerns by sharing helpful highlights from two new, free microlearning courses. nonprofits and foundations. nonprofits and foundations.

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Candid

AUGUST 12, 2024

What does the information shared by 59,550 U.S. public charities on their Candid profiles suggest about the demographic composition and size of nonprofit boards and how diverse boards are by organization size? Candid’s The state of diversity in the U.S. Let’s take a closer look. Let’s take a closer look.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2015

Being someone you are not is not only exhausting, but it will not be an effective if it isn’t perceived as true. Extraordinary leaders know who they are and they simply need to apply it to their online social leadership profile. Emerging leaders may need to explore a bit more. What do you do better than anyone else?What

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

Modern uses of AI, such as machine learning, include understanding text, recognizing people and objects in images, and figuring out who you might know on social media platforms. Then, I will share our vision for how we will use generative AI to build future solutions that lend further value to the social sector.

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Candid

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Recent data from LinkedIn for Nonprofits reveals that 64% of surveyed nonprofit professionals agree the people they want to connect with to raise money for their organization are on LinkedIn. It’s also worth reviewing your personal profile at roughly the same frequency.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Check out our last installment here ! I wish you a prosperous 2023—keep being What’s Good in the world!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

The stories offer some perspective on what young people are experience now. Fortunately, history shows, and Nailing It reveals, inspiring examples of successful people who experienced delayed progress in their 20s, forced to take circuitous paths to their life callings, even overcoming tragic starts.

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Candid

JULY 7, 2022

Nonprofit Source found that 55% of people who engage with nonprofits on social media end up taking some sort of action: . 59% of those people donate money. . Before you start promoting and sharing your nonprofit, make sure all your accounts are accurate. Are you using the same logo or image as a profile picture?

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Candid

JANUARY 18, 2022

Be one of the first organizations to earn a new 2022 Seal of Transparency to display on your Candid nonprofit profile and website. Nearly 80,000 nonprofits have recognized the value of demonstrating transparency through these Seals. Claim your free Candid nonprofit profile and earn a Seal today to: . to manage your profile and?

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Candid

JUNE 20, 2023

To date, over 55,000 nonprofits have shared some information on their staffs’ and board members’ race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability status, through their Candid profile. This means you can also easily view the demographics of any nonprofit that has submitted this data through their Candid profile.

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

How to find the right people to connect with When looking to network with funders, it helps to know who holds the purse strings and has decision-making power at their organization. Pro tip: Liking and sharing is the easy part, but if you really want to stand out, try to spark a conversation.

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EveryAction

MAY 30, 2023

Virtual lobby days may be accessible to more people than in-person events; new supporters may be looking for a lower-barrier way to get involved; and virtual events can help you build the power in numbers that any organization needs for a successful advocacy effort. Before you get too far, don’t forget about a marketing plan!

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2023

The goal is to come as close as possible to co-creating products with the people who do or could use them, increasing our likelihood of success in creating built-in value and usability. Sometimes we encounter unexpected insights or novel ways that people use our products. We do this through a program called Follow Me Home (FMH).

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Candid

JANUARY 23, 2024

Any nonprofit can earn a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum Seal by demonstrating its commitment to transparency and sharing information about its mission, programs, financials, leadership, and/or goals and metrics. Funders and donors use the information on your Candid profile as a trusted source to help guide their decisions.

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EveryAction

MARCH 29, 2023

From our friends at Media Cause If you are an organization that does advocacy—particularly if you’re wondering how to grow your supporter base and build more people power to achieve your purpose—then this is the blog for you. Why are they the people who can be most impactful in this campaign? Where are they? Everyone loves a quiz!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2014

Note from Beth: Over the last year, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning network of community foundations, grantees of the Knight Foundation, that are hosting Giving Days throughout the year. Participants are learning and sharing best practices. Getting People Excited About Giving Days by Guest Post by Marika Lynch.

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

In response to the simultaneous global pandemic and racial equity movement, philanthropy committed to act with urgency to better support nonprofit partners, as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of these dual events. Pledges were made to reduce barriers, shift power, and engage in more equitable funding practices.

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Candid

APRIL 2, 2024

Many small nonprofits find the cost of maintaining a robust website prohibitive, but you can create a Candid profile for free. Funders look to Candid profiles to guide their giving decisions. Share details about your work and interact with funders’ social media posts. Start by getting to know your organization’s work intimately.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Smart phones were growing in popularity, as people used them to connect with everything in the outside world—except for foundations, which were largely sitting out this digital revolution. Further, over time, it became increasingly difficult to maintain GlassPockets profiles as individual websites were redesigned, resulting in broken links.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

To reduce the burden on grantees to provide this data, this sector-wide initiative also empowers nonprofits to collect and share staff and board member demographics—one time—in a standardized, reusable, and freely accessible format on their Candid profiles. Allie VanHeast of KCF shared that 15% of their grantees are fiscally sponsored.

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