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Unlock the Power of Maps to Boost Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising

The Fundraising Authority

You’ve heard that the power of storytelling is essential when it comes to educating people about your cause and converting people into supporters. Examples of How Nonprofits Can Illustrate Their Work with Maps. For example, I worked with a school that was trying to generate excitement and momentum around a campaign.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

” For example, @WomenforWomen : It’s also recommended that your nonprofit sign up for Twitter Blue for $2.99 (USD) a month. Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action.

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

Recent years have seen several examples of moments that captured public attention—typically after years-long efforts and organizing before they burst into wider awareness. Examples include #BlackLivesMatter, #MADD, and #FlintWaterCrisis. That said, we can capitalize on the moments that can help movements grow.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained. He advocates a Feedback Principle of Public Reporting where organizations publish beneficiary feedback so that the information flow is not top down, but instead people centered.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. We currently have nearly 50,000 Facebook fans and posting there helps us reach the most people, though the focus of how we’re using Facebook is changing (more on that below).

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, this type of community giving (known as Harambee in Kiswahili) usually goes towards individuals rather than organisations, common examples include medical bills, funeral costs & weddings. Seeing the limitations of microfinance, Matt sought alternative financial solutions to improve financial access across Africa.

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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. That is no longer the case.