EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

The good news is that nonprofit organizations, advocacy organizations, businesses, individuals, and other changemakers can successfully advocate for a better future for LGBTQ+ people with support from the right strategies and tools. Fortunately, technology like digital advocacy tools make this easy to do for staff and supporters alike.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

—– I’m really excited by tools that enable digital or transmedia storytelling. I think there’s huge potential for organizations to use multiple mediums, content, and locations to help document and advocate for the change they want in their communities and around the world. I’d love to hear your ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

A few years ago, Hunger Solutions New York (HSNY) targeted service providers as their primary audience. HSNY’s website now also targets individuals looking for hunger-relief services for themselves and their families, and offers content that reflects this shift, such as a SNAP pre-screening tool.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Presentation Ready is divided into three sections: Building your case – the foundation of your persuasive arguments and content. Visual aids are for the benefit of listeners, not a crutch to help presenters get through their own content. Questions: So many presenters default to PowerPoint as their presentation tool.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

On January 30th, I’m speaking at the Social Media for Nonprofits in New York City. Robin Good , one of the best content curators on the planet, will join me via skype from Italy. I also think that 2012 will be the year of content curation. I also think that 2012 will be the year of content curation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

One of the key messages in the book is that nonprofits should not start with the tools and data, but start to clearly define success and their audience. By doing so, they will understand the few data points and the tools needed to collect that data to figure out if they have been successful! Then check out Simply Measured.

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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 . Link Sharing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

By Elizabeth Ngonzi , is an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs where she teaches Digital Storytelling, Innovation and Fundraising. WhatsApp is a useful tool with which to apply the elements of good storytelling. 4) Fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Yesterday was the 2012 New York Cares Leadership Conference , and I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a session to volunteer leaders and inspiring community members. Creating Great Content. And the content – is that a platform or application that supports that kind of content? Creating Buzz. hashtags.org.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 30, 2023

Not everyone can afford a top-shelf branding agency when they start out, this tool might help give a starting point for creating a persona. Behaviors: Sarah is an active social media user and frequently shares content related to causes she supports. How do I use donor personas? She typically donates around $50-$100 per donation.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 17, 2024

2024 People: We can just use the free GPT tools to create and edit our documents. However, it has been shown that these models can be ‘tricked’ into revealing training data, something that the New York Times based their lawsuit on ( How to trick GPTs into releasing training data ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Socialbrite.org is launching with a rich set of resources: A directory of Web 2.0

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Two months in, I have tested many of Candid’s tools and, in the interest of helping fellow nonprofit students, I’m sharing the inside scoop on free resources that provide quality information and can support our development. . Additionally, GuideStar is a helpful tool for post-graduation job hunting. Real-time response tools .

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The next conference will be in New Delhi on December 5, and then we'll be back in North America in 2013, heading to New York City , Silicon Valley , and Vancouver , plus most other major U.S. And now for those tips and tools: 1 — Get to Know Your Audience. Want to know what makes your online audience tick?

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EveryAction

JULY 11, 2016

Attendees will enjoy educational offerings on better outward facing communications, content marketing, telling your nonprofit's story, and much more. If you’re making your way to NN16, make sure to catch up with our EveryAction team for hot tech talk, cool swag, and a look at the brand new EveryAction 8 platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This article summarizes how some corporations are doing this with AI and other automation tools. A recent article in the New York Times describes how new AI driven systems are getting better at natural language. How AI Is Transforming Content Creation reviews the impact that AI tools are having in writing content.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Gerardo Capiel, Benetech's VP, Engineering One of the highlights of my meeting circuit each year is the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference in New York City. There is no better place to engage with colleagues about new technologies, changing business models, fresh ideas, and shared standards.

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Accessibility eBook New York City Social 171

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets. Brought to you Live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

The challenge is to reach our audiences where they are, in that moment, with compelling content and a call-to-action… Not exactly what siloed organizations are best at. We had to shift our content from speaking to our core constituents in the reproductive rights movement to being more approachable and externally focused.”.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

Just because everyone in New York, the US and the world can subscribe to the New York Times, does not mean that the world is the community. Some of the questions raised in the webinar chat focused on the role of public media organizations as content creators and how community-driven engagement fits in the work they do.

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Social Media Public Media Community 178

Forum One

MAY 10, 2021

At Forum One, we build a lot of sites and applications with Drupal and WordPress, and both content management systems incorporate layout features out of the box. These layout tools give content editors the flexibility to build their own page layouts within the CMS’s administrative user interface.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Whether it''s in-person events, such as NTEN Labs or 501 Tech Clubs , online Communities of Practice or webinars , or deadlines for contributing content or applications - this weekly round-up has you covered. How do you listen to your community and generate content from it? Also, are you attending an NPTech-related event this month?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Please join us for this free opportunity for inspiring content and peer networking. Keynote speakers include Glennon Doyle , New York Times bestselling author, activist, philanthropist, and host of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast; and Simu Liu , actor, writer, producer, and one of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People of 2022.”

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Culture Arts Virtual Guide 82

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

With quality web content and focused calls to action, you can use the grant to increase your web traffic, then convert that traffic into donations. The Greater New York chapter of Volunteers of America used its grant to increase its monthly giving program to more than 25 donors. Other nonprofits have pulled it off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a half-day “Digital Strategies&# seminar with Vince Ford, Director of Digital Media from the New York Philharmonic and leading a peer session for major orchestra marketing staff and youth orchestra executive directors with Makala Johnson who does Social Media for the Mayo Clinic.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

These are the three components that make up “public narrative,” but this storytelling framework can help to shape all of your organization’s public communications—from social media and web content to emails and letters to interpersonal interactions with donors and other supporters. Sounds simple, right? Remember: Specificity is key.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Content will be consistent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

I have many years of blog content. More >> Tools. I have a confession. It is hard for me to find posts because I have too many categories (over 200) and an idiosyncratic way of organizing them. No wonder I get emails and DM's from folks telling me they can't find a particular blog post. Here's what it looks like: Concepts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 “We saw on the Obama campaign you’ve got to combine content and technology to facilitate action. The Jumo website had its soft launch back on March 18, 2010.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The New York Public Library has 2.2 We'll help you build a social media strategy, including how to select platforms that work with different types of library content to create brand awareness, increase traffic, and meet community goals. Nearly all brands have a social presence, and libraries are no different.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it. Good luck.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Fiver Children’s Foundation is a holistic youth development organization that makes a 10-year commitment to children, aged 8 to 18, from underserved communities in New York. Prepare content well in advance and make it easy to customize. Craft a strong appeal by sourcing your content early. Craft A Strong Appeal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Dan Schwabel's  5 Free Tools For Reputation Management introduced me to a new listening tool, backtype.  They also allow content creators to aggregate their online activity and expertise from across the social Web into one centralized, portable profile. Which tool is right for you? Answer questions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Have you been able to use these tools to raise money online? We also provide reliable content in our article posts, which are often picked up by the media which brings even more awareness.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

Lots of users find NTEN content to be of high-quality, but it needs to be presented in a design that’s easier to digest and more attractive as a place to return to more often. More visual content would make the site much more useable, appealing, and easy-to-read. In general, people were able to conduct transactions (i.e.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Goal of the centennial project was to shine the light on the library’s resources and get new audiences engaged in the collections and connected to the curators and staff. Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library.

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