Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

One final bit of context: we recognize that language is subject to regional differences as well, meaning that even though we are sticking to English here, there are still undoubtedly many English words that we might have missed or not addressed. Many organizations that use this language exist because there is something that can be done.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Successful organizations are leveraging the power of AI and social media to create more meaningful connections and foster community engagement. AI tools are already being used by many organizations to brainstorm ideas, find efficiencies, and explore new ways of working. But if you’re just starting out, you’re not behind!

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community. For example, you can answer these questions: What communication platforms do these individuals use? Simple language free of jargon.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. It is critical for you, foundation leadership, and community participants to be clear who is making which decisions. Is this you?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In a departure from its usual format, the August session of the San Francisco Online Community Meetup was an open forum. Community manager members were invited to ask their most pressing questions and share their best practices. What’s the difference between managing online community, customer service, and social media?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Consider your healthcare organization’s website — is it a useful resource that serves your community, or is there room for improvement? Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly. Take a continuous improvement approach.

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Media Cause

JULY 19, 2022

This work is never done and there are always new technologies, platform features, and communities of people that help evolve this work. We hope these best practices can help your nonprofit build an inclusive and accessible community that all people can engage with. Use alternative text (or alt text) in your images.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Unlike the.ORG domain which can be registered by any individual or brand (but mostly registered by nonprofits and socially conscious for-profits), the new.NGO and.ONG domains can only be registered by nonprofits, charities, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), and ONGs (non-governmental organizations in a romance-based language ).

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

Consider your healthcare organization’s website — is it a useful resource that serves your community, or is there room for improvement? Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly and without hassle. Let’s dive in!

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Websites Organization Tips Map 76

Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

It’s no great secret that one of the elements that makes WordPress so incredibly popular is the fact that it thrives on a sense of community. CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are wonderful for working on a document written in a markup language, but what if you don’t know anything about CSS?

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

When someone sees your logo out in the community or on their friend’s t-shirt, they should immediately know what that logo represents. This includes the type of language you use, the message you send, and the visual representation of your organization. Include alternative text on images.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Alternative Supports (<1 percent). Collaborative Partnerships and Community Support (5 percent). Project Demographics/Orientation/Status (2 percent). How Did You Hear of Us (<1 percent). How has COVID-19 Impacted Your Work (<1 percent). Organizational Budgeting, Revenue Practices, and Forecasts (20 percent).

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2022

When making your ask, be precise, respectful, and keep your language easy for the donor to digest. Alternatively, if there’s another person (like a spouse) that needs to be in on the conversation, offer to involve them. You’ll want to confirm the donor’s interest in your cause or project and then see if a change in timing helps (e.g.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. All you need to do is promote your campaign effectively and watch the donations roll in!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). And, the U.S.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 18, 2018

For new donors, hearing about your organization from a trusted member of their community can be a powerful motivator for getting involved. Political marketing messages often include language that lets voters know that “many of their neighbors” are voters, and similar messages can be easily adapted for nonprofit use.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many small NGOs are also unaware of the services and resources offered to the NGO community by TechSoup Global , SANGONeT , NASSCOM Foundation , Meedan , and FrontlineSMS. It’s not for lack of desire or technical capability, but simply due to a block in information flow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Its] mission is to make books affordable for every child in India.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

I'm thrilled that Peggy Duvette, Executive Director, agreed to share a post about their new capacity to speak many languages and its offline events. . It is an innovative alternative to commercial social networking sites such as Facebook and Orkut, and contains over 2,000 member-created groups and 110,000 organizations in its directory.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Communicating regularly through email and social media. Ensuring a constant presence on these platforms will help you establish your brand, provide mission updates, and show prospects that you’re actively engaging with your community Asking for help and opinions about various strategies at your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

That said, way back in September 2010 I wrote a blog post on how to launch a TV station for your nonprofit using UStream (alternatively LiveStream has gained considerable market share). Bloggers and #NPTech folks sometimes use language that is a little too technical for nonprofit staff who have no formal training in computer technology.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For example, an education foundation may want to invite parents of current students to an event differently than community members who do not have children in the district. . For sponsorship requests , consider asking past sponsors using different language than you would businesses that haven’t supported your organization before.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For example, an education foundation may want to invite parents of current students to an event differently than community members who do not have children in the district. . For sponsorship requests , consider asking past sponsors using different language than you would businesses that haven’t supported your organization before.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Being where the donors are: the foundation knew that most of their community spent a lot of time online. They brought the fundraiser to their community instead of asking donors to come to them. For people who weren’t local, any park was a great alternative. You might be thinking “a basic walkathon style event?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community. Better maybe, for the different pieces to keep to themselves, with their own methods, language, and professional development programs? Like it or not, the place of sector is becoming increasingly cemented in American community life. Mark Hager, Ph.D. Resources & Development.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

And while we are with you in moving away from words such as empower , we’ll stick to providing a few alternatives here rather than a full entry (maybe try out inspire , encourage , or some form of partnering with ). Bring back the human element and shift the focus to the people who live where you’re communicating.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Elearnings as a whole are very attractive, as they offer an inexpensive alternative to classroom training. However, their effectiveness is often debated in the educational software community, as not all eLearnings are made with the same attention to detail. Also, please try not to make them boring. Interactive.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I attended because I'm seeking new ways to share the MAH's model and support the development of more community-centered cultural institutions around the world. And if you get it right, others who adopt your model should be able to pick their own mustard, or leave it out entirely, to the tastes and needs of their community.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling. roundup on building a culture of accessibility.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

Putting on my technical hat, I pointed out that the technical advances needed to make synthetic speech a reasonable alternative to human narration were years away and that gave author’s plenty of time to price these conditions into their negotiations with publishers. But, it mainly talks about the complexity of the issue.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The organization says its mission is "to support, educate, and empower the multicultural communities of North Texas. Through comprehensive social services and educational programs, we create access to opportunities for survivors of human rights abuses and equip youth with skills to become leaders in their own diverse communities."

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M+R

JUNE 7, 2023

Whether we’re working to shed light on longstanding inequalities, change discriminatory practices, or ensure opportunities for folks from historically marginalized communities, much of our work shares one common overarching goal: striving towards equity. If so, which outlets are most impactful in that community?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Community engagement, though at times unwieldy and time-consuming, is critical to truly propel all variables towards a common goal. Julie Ha Truong will outline best practices in community engagement in planning. I wish I could see you all because so much of what we do in this work is building community. That would be wonderful.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team. and licensing models.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

These goals need to be in a language everyone can understand. Who's in our brand community? What are the elements of our visual language? The alternative, in most cases, is a lot of time, effort, and money poured into a website that either misses or ignores that context. What is our mission and what do we believe in?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2006

The Art Museum Social Tagging Project is a group of art museums is looking at integrating folksonomies into the museum Web by developing a working prototype for tagging and term collection, and outlining directions for future development and research that could benefit the entire museum community. s collection.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

When listeners called, they were able to choose their language. Sullivan said that this dual language ability increased the complexity of the Freedom Fone interface quite a bit. . A more general success for Freedom Fone is the ability to provide an alternative, mobile-based medium for news and information.

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