Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Also, in my upcoming webinar on How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress , I will give concrete examples of the nonprofit blog content ideas below as well as how to set-up and design your blog and craft your blog content to ensure that your supporters and donors will actually read your blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). I also have been taking photos of buildings and locations and sharing them back to the community to continue documenting the world around us.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This is just one example of how storytelling impacts engagement and why it’s so crucial to build storytelling into your nonprofit’s strategy. For example, let’s say you’re planning a storytelling campaign. Quote over a photo of a woman speaking. Quote graphic with text over a photo of a person typing. goals acronym).

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

For example, a dog shelter can put create a short e-book of “How to Housebreak Your Dog in One Week” As you can imagine, this is a common question for all new (and potential) dog owners. For example, the American Diabetes Association has a micro site around making a pledge to stop diabetes. Photo Contests.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Include Only One Key Point per Slide. Here's why: Slides with too much verbiage will decrease the interest of your audience. List ye ol' bullet points on separate slides like Damon Nofar does here: 2. Have a Bold Opening Slide to Get the Audience's Interest Early. Pay Attention to the 3-Second Rule!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Looking at your entire presentation from their perspective will not only encourage you to cut any excess information, but also help you to design more compelling slides. A great example from last summer is from an opioid law suit — the State of Oklahoma v. How can I say it in as few words as possible?’ Johnson & Johnson.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Examples from Haiti. Direct Content. Indirect Content.

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Achieve

APRIL 15, 2015

Description of the stage, technology and how their slides will be presented. Slide guidelines, including size, style (full images, minimal text), no animation, videos specs and due date. Example of strong slides from past MCONs. Videos examples of featured speakers from past MCONs. Who the audience is.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

For example, if youre trying to reach new donors, consider participating in #GivingTuesday (in addition to running your year-end campaign) to help increase visibility by connecting to this broader movement. For example, consider creating a strategy for segmenting your emails and testing, this is a great resource from Kivi Leroux Miller.

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CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

Screenshot of a slide with the title “Virtual Fundraising Case Study” and a photo from Summit Assistance Dog’s Unleash Your Love. For example, North Texas Food Bank empowers hundreds of partners to crowdfund for them throughout the year. They increased their ROI by 8 times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. Documentation of Session. Our session is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The above slide show was created based on all the information I gathered from my network below. I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. see for example the post about blogging policy ). Everyone is a Curator.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Also, in my upcoming webinar on How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress , I will give concrete examples of the nonprofit blog content ideas below as well as how to set-up and design your blog and craft your blog content to ensure that your supporters and donors will actually read your blog.

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Tech Soup

JULY 3, 2012

One of my favorite pieces of advice is to remember that your economy of language is incredibly important when creating your slides. When creating your slides, you want your words to be complementary to your verbal presentation, not identical. One example is the following presentation. Bobbi Newman, Why Transliteracy?

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Byte Technology

MAY 10, 2017

It also features custom widgets and navigation menus—a nice asset to help people find their way around your site—as well as specially-designed sections to add employee profiles, photo galleries and examples from your company’s portfolio.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. Once you identify the message of your fundraising email, you can add the stories, photos, and videos that drive the message home. We have never been so scared of sliding into homelessness,” Jasmine said. “We

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Historypin Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). I also have been taking photos of buildings and locations and sharing them back to the community to continue documenting the world around us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Personal: In an age of Facebook, many of our close friends and family are using it – and we’re sharing family photos, what we do in our leisure time, hobbies, our location, and all sorts of personal information. For example, you might comment on a photo one of your family members posts just to family.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

This slide from Steve MacLaughlin of Blackbaud displays the differences in donor retention rates between online-only, offline only, and multichannel. The photos need captioning. For example, certain donors might receive the addition of an extra thank you letter or note. This can all lead to the final gift of a bequest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

The moderator, Marcelo Jamberio, organized a set of questions that other Marcelo and I responded to with slides and audience interaction. Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Content is king.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

For example, Executive Directors of nonprofits could use the new Subscribe Button where members of their organization who aren’t their FB friends could subscribe to their public newsfeed. You can also check out the slides below. Click here to listen and view the webinar. Keeping up with Facebook's Changes (and 'Liking' it!).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Here are some of my thoughts going into the conversation and slides if you prefer engaging that way: Crowdsourcing for Social Change. For example, if the crowd voted in huge numbers on a submission that didn’t necessarily fit the criteria, it doesn’t mean it should win. We’ll put up more notes after the session, too!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2010

Watch for the link to the recording and slides – I’ll share it in a more detailed post I have for Friday, but I wanted to capture two ideas that struck me. East Bay Regional Parks - Calendar from Photos in Flickr Group. Their flickr group is an example. I don’t know how many of you are LOST fans.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Use Adobe's Photoshop CS6 or Photoshop Elements to refine photos or create motion graphics. Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups. Flickr Pro gives you unlimited photo and video uploads and storage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Also, Defenders of Wildlife is listed as an “Example of Excellence” in the book. An embedded video or slide show can add value to your text if it is relevant and well produced. You can view their website at defenders.org. 11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. Integrate Social Media into Secondary Pages.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

There were interesting conversations at every turn and I also had requests to share my notes and slides. Below, you can find my full speech and slides, as well as links to address questions and requests from many of those I met with. We sought out case studies or examples that reinforced much of how we already operated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Whether it is a custom graphic designed in Photoshop or simply your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch (for example, “Text PETA to 73822 to sign up for text alerts!”) embedded in a powerful photo, you want an image that you can upload to send out in Facebook status updates, link to in tweets, upload to Flickr, and so on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

For example, I share them on my welcome tab on my Facebook Page and on my LinkedIn profile. I love the fact that I can see slide presentations from some my favorite thinkers in the social media field, literally hours before or after they’ve given the presentation. I also share my Slideshare content in my other social streams.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Are the slides available? You can download a PDF of the slides and get the recording of the webinar right here. You have to play into the EdgeRank algorithm, and you can do that two ways: Post rich content like photos, videos, and links. Also remember that photos and videos often spark a lot of engagement. A: Of course!

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

Amongst the countless schools I found using Facebook poorly, there were plenty of shining examples of schools doing really well utilizing Facebook to build lasting relationships with families, students, and alumni (both universities and K-12). Make the Most of Your Cover Photo. Your Facebook cover photo is prime real estate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2008

Photo from Ed Schipul, taken by Eloy Zuniga Yesterday's panel Pimp Non Profits at SXSW was brilliantly moderated by Ed Schipul.& & He got us together on the phone to discuss and design the panel in a month in advance, reviewed slides, help get us organized on-site and gave us some great last minute tips in the green room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. He talked about changes in technology and fashion. He gave examples from cigarette and nutrition labels. He also shared some corporate examples of change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Or, if you’d like to watch the entire presentation or download the presentation slides. Bedsider’s audience, for example, also follows Jimmy Fallon and Katy Perry, not only other groups that promote birth control. Here are our crib notes. Measure program success, not just analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Flickr Photo by Lee Haywood. Take for example this thread about launching a start up at SXSW. Object Based Social Sharing VS Social Graph Sharing : Objects are things like photos, bookmarks, slide decks, or in the case of Quora, questions. For example, removing or revising questions so they are more open-ended.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2008

Photo by Laura Whitehead. Kari Peterson said there were great examples shared in the room (as well as chocolate) Laura Whitehead did a splendid live blog post at the Netsquared blog as did Ivan Boothe. Alexandra's slides will be posted on slideshare - but all accounts it was great participatory experience.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I’m gathering my thoughts to start putting together my slides and presentation and wanted to stop for reflection and sharing. If you share feedback or examples that make their way, I’ll certainly give you credit. Photo credit: Flickr Rhys’s Piece Is ).

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