NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2015

Breaking news: press releases are a gold mine. You already know that your events make a difference in your community, but through press releases, that impact can be magnified. Press releases help your nonprofit reach a wider audience and showcase your mission and great work. Write to the Unknown. Tell Your Story.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

Your local printer can perforate for you, too. Exports non-variable pieces (envelopes and page 2 of your letter) to press-quality print PDFs. Also, if you do need to outsource your printing, your printer may require press-quality art packages made by professional design software. from the bottom. Extra ink/toner.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 20, 2018

However, to reach those people with education, resources and services, you need external aid from the press. Here are six ways to capture the interest of the press and earn media coverage to help you impact your local community. Build relationships with the press. If you want to affect the press, get to know the press.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Local Media Outreach : Send a Press Release to your local media outlets including TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines. Include contact information, your logo, relevant photos, and a clear call to action with the link to your GivingTuesday Donation site. Direct mail makes its way right into someone’s hands.

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Qgiv

APRIL 10, 2021

If your company is interested in being our official event sponsor, please reach out to us at [contact information]. For example, a small animal shelter might want a local business to sponsor their car wash fundraiser, whereas a regional advocacy group might enlist a Fortune 500 company to sponsor a big-ticket gala event. Organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Farm-to-Table Job Training: Grow Local Leaders. Here are just a few tips on online fundraising without social media : Text messages: Send text messages to contacts asking them to support your organization’s cause. To promote your fundraiser even more and encourage sharing on social media platforms, try creating a fundraiser hashtag.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Talk to your current partners or contact organizations who work in your city or on a similar cause and see if you can do more together. Share your plan and goal in a press release or with a staff or community launch party and start spreading the word about your plans for #GivingTuesday on social media. Pitch your local press.

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

Mastercard ) or issuing periodic press releases announcing aggregate funding to groups of nonprofits (e.g., For instance, the nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation announced $62.5 Funders can learn how to contribute data by contacting us at egrants@candid.org. the NBA Foundation ).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Also, the corporate giving you leverage acts as a form of social proof , providing testimonials as to your worth in addressing some of the community’s most pressing problems. Contact major employers in your geographic area and ask them for their details. This helps you acquire new donors as well as retain and upgrade ongoing ones.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Briefly describe the most current, pressing need, and ask for their support. Contact them and let them know you need to raise a specific dollar amount by the end of the year to fund a specific, urgent need. Also look for local social media bloggers and celebrities who might be happy to lend their name to your year-end giving campaign.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

Do you have current addresses for your contacts? You’ll also want to segment your data if you haven’t yet, and update the tags for each contact. Possible segments might include: volunteers, board members, major donors, other donors and corporate contacts. What story will the press want to hear? Audit your Website.

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Classy

MAY 17, 2021

P rior to contacting a company, research their background, key achievements, future plans, and important goals. Consider a Local Partner. If you’re not sure where to start, look within your local community. For example, a pet specialty retailer may be inclined to donate to an animal rescue organization.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

It will depend on local laws, your storage needs, and your relationship to past customers. I’ve worked in institutions in the past that have decided to just enter everyone in a wealthy neighborhood or every local doctor, etc., deceased; does not want to be contacted; do not email; etc.). I’m a bit worried by this. Not giving?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. The key to getting your nonprofit’s story in the news is building relationships with local journalists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

An example of impact-driven fundraising gifts are hand-sewn scarves from a family who started a local business as a result of your donor’s micro-finance loan or a personal letter from a child who you sponsored for her education. Now, if you do decide to go the publicity route, here are the three steps to getting press.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

But working with the media is tricky, especially if you don't have a dedicated marketing or press relations person on staff. After years of being on both the press side and the PR side of the media game, here are some of my favorite tips for elevating a fundraising campaign. My favorite tip? "Remember that nobody cares."

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

You can celebrate with a card to your volunteers, a volunteer party, snacks in the breakroom, or even a letter to the Editor of your local paper. If you work with animals, press a paw on a nontoxic ink pad and then onto the card for a “pawsitively” perfect signature! These are both great opportunities for thanking volunteers.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

This contains things like technical information, event details and schedule, general tips, and team contact info. Contact Local Media. You can invite local media personalities to help emcee your event or get involved in some other way. Create a “run of show” document that you will send to each remote guest speaker.

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DipJar

JUNE 24, 2021

The result is often a time-consuming process that doesn’t lend itself to the quick action needed in the face of an emergency or other pressing need. Other local businesses, too, have demonstrated their support for the missions of both Dallas Animal Services and the FODAS. How FODAS Helps.

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Qgiv

APRIL 7, 2021

These events are designed to garner a lot of press and have been shown to attract new supporters to nonprofits. The first day is for media and often involves VIPs from local media groups taking part in the activity. Make sure local radio, tv, and other news outlets are aware of your event.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Challenging economic conditions, finding reliable funding sources, local or federal regulations, and staffing challenges are all potential obstacles your new nonprofit could face on the road to getting up and running. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. of the overall workforce.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

If you will have a home office, is that allowed by local zoning? Will you have to pay local business taxes? develop templates for proposals and contracts (Nolo Press is a great resource for contracts). Your local government might as well. What kinds of capital investments do you need to make to get started?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The first step—which we’ll cover in this article—is to identify your digital volunteers who might be interested in volunteering offline and quickly drive them into a local activity that will engage and excite them. Are you asking other leadership volunteers or staff to contact your new prospects? Build the Internal Partnership.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. Building local chapters. This meant that press from the road trip also contributed to the buzz around the larger event. Schedule local events in advance along your road trip route. Pitch Press - Try to drum up press coverage from local outlets along your route.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

To make sure school supplies aren’t out of reach for any student, they created the Free Teacher Market to help “Erase the Need” for local students. Press releases. Your community wants to know about your event so pitch it so community blogs, weekly local magazines, and the events section of your local newspaper.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2011

We just saw the announcement that Azavea's Cicero API is now part of TechSoup's donated technology program. police districts, school districts, and watersheds.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Right as you’re digging up the last of your expense receipts and scraping together what looks like a favorable giving report, you look at Instagram ® , Facebook ® , or the news and see coverage of brilliantly executed events with tons of smiling volunteers, generous guests, and crazy amounts of press that people just can’t stop talking about.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 29, 2022

Getting sponsor guest names and contact information and entering them in the database. Here are just some of this committee’s (many) jobs and our suggestions for committee structure: Collecting all guest names and contact information. Note that in-person solicitations tend to feel more personal, and can be more effective!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Frogloop friends: We at Care2 rarely issue press releases, as we’re more interested in being an organization that does things, as opposed to talking about doing things. But this week we bent our own rules and …issued the press release below. Media Contact: Sue Anne Reed, Care2 Communications Manager 650-622-0860, ext.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Map out every way you can think of to promote the event to your intended audience then create an action plan with deadlines for things like posting on social media, sending out a press release, and anything else on your list. Obviously, a local celebrity can help draw people into your event, so choose carefully.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

The traditional press release has been eclipsed in the modern news cycle. For more on this, check out a blog post I loved, “The Press Release that Made Me Cry” ). Ways for the reader to get more information, including contact details and links to event information and dates. Write your posts like a news story.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2009

60) Search « 3rd Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards | Main | 10 Best Web Content Practices » Friday Feb 27 2009 Tweet Locally, Reach Broadly Friday, February 27, 2009 at 06:43PM | by Daniel Bennett Daniel Bennett To Tweet or not to Tweet is not the question. But, nonetheless, first Tweet locally and then syndicate broadly.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Our Twitter hashtag became a news outlet; featured on the homepage of the local newspaper’s website, CharlotteObserver.com, and one media official even contacting a colleague in regards to a ‘tweet’ that went live prior to an accompanying press release to confirm its validity. .

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Provide them with graphics, sample posts, press releases, email templates and more. Give Local worked with other organizations to highlight nonprofits during the holiday season. Whether or not you do any direct media outreach, it’s important to have a press or media kit ready for any outlet that wants to feature you.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

While you can hire a VA who lives anywhere, there may be advantages to hiring someone who lives locally and is familiar with the community. . Manage your email marketing: Whether you use Mailchimp, Constant Contact, or a similar tool, your VA can manage your mailing list, keeping your list updated and properly tagged.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

For instance, you might partner with a local restaurant to auction off a free meal. Along with leveraging social media to promote your silent auction, consider these other marketing tactics: Reach out to the press. Consider advertising your event in the weekly event lists within local newspapers. Continue to use email.

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