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How to Apply for Grants: A Guide for Parks and Rec Orgs

Achieve

While there are some exceptions (most notably the Google Ad Grant ), that means your organization will be competing against all the other organizations that are also applying for the grant. Alongside articulating your need for funding and specific goals and objects, implement storytelling techniques that help you stand out from the crowd.

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

People crave a clearly articulated goal to connect with and promote. For example, according to Crowd101’s guide to Google’s Ad Grant program , the search engine behemoth donates up to $10,000 in monthly Google AdWords spending to qualifying nonprofit organizations. Courses Podcasts Webinars Papers Guides.

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Questions to Ask During the RFP Process

Whole Whale

Have they developed other sites for non-profit orgs? . What is their background or experience in Google Analytics and web tracking for impact? Are they able to articulate back to you what you’re after? This is especially important at large web firms. Have they developed other sites related to your particular cause? Technology.

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Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for. at 7:56 am Michelle- Great summary.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pop through your read to check out the new look for the blog too, although there are vendor ads via Google) Sundance, the Oscars, and Nonprofit Technology? After a brief hiatus from blogging, the studio 501c blog with some great advice for nonprofits on how to explore org.20 20 practices.

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Social Media Is About Engagement With A Purpose and How To Measure It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It means that you need to engage with a purpose or articulated goal. They measure conversions in Google Analytics using three techniques: traffic sources, advanced segments, and custom link tracking. He gave us examples of how to do this on Google Analytics using DoSomething’s most recent campaign. Traffic Sources.

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

The advice in this post is a compilation of suggestions offered up by social media professionals involved in Ryan’s Google+ community. Being a good communicator involves more than just good articulation; it’s about understanding your audience. Take a look at what blogging experts and natives have to say on the topic.

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