Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 11, 2015

“Your secure software is open source: doesn’t that make it less secure?” We strongly believe not only that open source is compatible with digital security, but that it’s also essential for it. The goal of a safe is to keep unauthorized people from gaining access to its content.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

They will reward you by crafting messages that move the hearts and minds of your most important audiences and reinforce brand identity. Content is easier to produce and more effective when all communicators understand the desired outcomes.” Integrate Strategy There are plenty of incentives for collaboration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter. 3) Tweet content that inspires engagement.

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sgEngage

JULY 13, 2021

I have a two-part answer: For your constituents, it’s findability – being able to quickly and easily find the content they seek. For your administrators/content creators, it’s scalability – when you have new content to share, being able to quickly and easily know where it belongs. Findability. Scalability.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The risk is low, and the potential rewards are great, so be sure to consider testing this channel as part of your next fundraising effort. The very first step before you even open Ads Manager is to have your web developer set up a conversion event that’s triggered when someone makes a donation on your website.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 2, 2022

To make sure your newsletter gets opened, you need to write clever (not the knife) headlines that cut to the point and entice people to click. . If people don’t open your newsletter there is no point in hitting send, this is why the subject line can mean everything. What about your content could be framed in a mysterious way? “A

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

Keep in mind the importance of monitoring metrics related to engagement and spam complaints, as these directly correlate to the effectiveness of the sender name. Try using less than 50 characters, and starting with the most impactful words at the beginning of your subject line to increase the chances of an email open. Share their why.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Our society is marked by inequities of race, gender, ability, and more—and the content we create can either challenge these inequities or reinforce them. As well-intentioned as content may be, when done wrong it can disempower, objectify, or misrepresent those we intend to serve. The good news? Captions . And heads up!

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

With Open AI’s ChatGPT , nonprofits can generate high-quality emails in a fraction of the time it would usually take to write them. This model was developed by Open AI and is one of the few language models to pass the Turing Test. If this sounds familiar, then we’ve got some good news. Not all prompts are created equal though.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

During the conference, there were many presentations on video content. Another session with Microsoft’s Karianne Stinson , “How to Source Great Content Without Burning Out,” recommends “getting other people to do your work for you” (which, of course, takes work!). Content matters. Short form video is king.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The world of social media is constantly evolving, and understanding social SEO is imperative for your nonprofit to make the most of organic content. Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

If you’re like every nonprofit on the planet, you’ve got one thing on your mind: acquiring new donors! It’s Time to Kick It Up a Notch The good news is that you only need three things to successfully identify, engage, and convert those elusive brand-new donors, and I’ll bet you already have them on hand: data, content, and technology.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. Well, here’s another mind-blowing stat: Radicati Group reports that there are over 4 billion email users worldwide, and that number is projected to reach 4.6 Test your subject lines. But what about reach?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2023

So, it begins… your year-end-campaign message writing session: You stare at the blank page, open last year’s materials for inspiration, type a few sentences… delete them. You open LinkedIn to see if any other organizations you respect have shared new messages (“Am I already late to the game?”)

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Why does your museum open its doors each day? open rate, CTR. What type of content do they respond to best? Consider looking beyond email marketing to social media to establish what kind of content your audience responds to by testing different types of content and using the results to inform email marketing and strategy.

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Media Cause

APRIL 22, 2022

When writing email content, it’s important to make sure that each email is written for the specific segment to which it will be sent. . Be Authentic + Share Relevant Content. Content needs to be easily digestible and should be written in a way that reflects your brand’s unique tone of voice. . Test, and Test Again.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Since your website is such a vital component of your online outreach strategy, you’ll need to choose the right content management system (CMS) to build and manage it. With that in mind, here are three tips to help you choose the right CMS for your nonprofit website: Define your website needs. Compare top platforms. Accessible design.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Here are a few ways in which you can gather the data you need for proper incorporation as well as how automation allows you to stay at the forefront of the minds of those who support your nonprofit. Test ideas you have found throughout the industry in your own organization to see how they work for you.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For nonprofits, this means rigorously testing different emotional appeals, stories, and calls-to-action and then reusing what proves most effective. This could involve: Running digital ads on a consistent daily/weekly basis to stay top-of-mind. Test different calls-to-action and reduce friction in online giving.

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Care2

JULY 25, 2011

Getting even your most devoted supporters to open your carefully-crafted appeal can be quite a challenge, and you need to keep these seven factors in mind. Make sure your subject line accurately reflects the content of the message. What’s the message about? Keep it short! Think micro-Tweet! Where’s it coming from?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Then we planned a series of tests to evaluate everything from our messaging to nuts-and- bolts fundraising tactics. Here is a closer look at how we tested: Should we frame our issue in a positive or negative light? Does an open-ended ask string mean more revenue? First, we used earlier campaigns to build momentum.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Before even getting started, be clear on what you want to achieve, starting with specific goals and KPIs in mind will help you measure whether or not your campaign has been a success and will give you a benchmark for the next year. Is Giving Tuesday an Opportunity for Creativity and Testing? Most definitely.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Over the past two weeks, we’ve been running A/B tests on our new mobile template. The messages went out at the same time, with the same subject line and the same content; the only difference was the template – our new mobile-enhanced code against our old version. The Content. The results couldn’t be more clear.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

When it comes to your reporting strategy, it’s important to keep in mind who your key stakeholders are, and how can you package your data and results in a way that speaks to them directly. Don’t just open your Google Analytics dashboard and expect that your best insights will just pop out. Analyze with actionable data in mind.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

With this widespread adoption of technology to facilitate goods and services, the role of ethics has become increasingly prominent in the minds of both the consumers interacting with technology and the executives designing and implementing it. It is not enough to simply be technologically savvy.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

. —– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Animoto isn’t a new tool, but it is still in my top five.

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Media Cause

JUNE 30, 2022

After opening ads manager, you click through campaigns and ad sets with ease. What types of things do you test, and how can you quickly differentiate testing attributes? Here are a few things to keep in mind: It’s important to fill in every cell. I write the contents of each cell without spaces (i.e.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Can a screen reader process this content? With the Virginia Department of Education’s I’m Determined initiative, we brought in key audiences at a discovery and design phase, much earlier than traditional audience testing would take place. Organizations can keep several tips in mind as they consider accessibility approaches: 1.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

It has become a powerful platform, and there is a lot you can do with it – but it was never designed with content or visual design in mind. I’ve spent quite a bit of time with this one, and more to come, I’m sure – like any open source project, there is a lot that could be done to make it more usable.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

We strongly support this position and believe the digital content revolution holds the best promise for the future of braille. The increasing focus on digital content, rather than its printed form, and the shift to electronic distribution of ebooks pave new avenues for removing the barriers to accessibility.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time. The Classy team created engaging content that Collaborative participants could use in their professional lives. Make Your Content Accessible to Varying Audiences. They use this to improve future content and the event as a whole.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

You probably already have or will put a lot of thought into the content and overall tone of your messages, and perhaps are working across departments on integrating your message into other media channels. What is going to make a possible donor open this message? Does your subject line accurately portray the content of your email?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

But direct mail isn’t dead —the personal touch, visibility, and open rate that comes with direct mail have made it significant in the digital age. As you plan your direct mail donor acquisition campaign, keep the following tips in mind. This is especially true if you’ve tested different versions. Here’s why!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Open Rate: If you manage an email campaign of any size, then you’re familiar with an open rate. It measures the number of people who opened your email relative to the number of people who received it. For example, if 100 people received your email and 20 people opened it, then your open rate is 20%. Four Terms.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

How does your nonprofit stack up against competitors or like-minded organizations? The more your audience enjoys your content, the more time and energy they’ll give to your organization. Where would you like to test your hypotheses against actual research? What motivated donors to make their first donation to your nonprofit?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Keep an eye on your campaign progress as soon as you open the app with the dashboard. Learn about the past donations donors have made to like-minded nonprofit organizations. Google Optimize powers the Firebase app, which allows you to bring this A/B testing on the go. Split URL testing. Political giving. User permissions.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

With events shifting from in-person to virtual and now to hybrid formats, the way attendees experience and interact with event content has also changed. . Table of Contents. **. Attendees came together in a physical location to consume event content while networking with other attendees and exhibitors. The Shift in Events.

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