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4 Text Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Take from Big Brands

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your organization likely relies on direct mail, emails, social media, and even phone calls to get the word out about your organization’s work and solicit support for your mission. Now, making a purchase on Amazon is as simple as sliding a button from left to right on your cell phone.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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When we started the company, we had over $1 million worth of business doing slides. But I was reading about how these things called personal computers and laptops were going to change the industry. I sat down with the staff and told them we had to be out of the slide business within the next 18 months.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Using Google Hangout, you can switch between slides and camera, although when you are in slide mode, you can’t see the remote participants. The Google Hangout was projected on the screen. We used Google Hangout because they found it was more robust for video, audio, and screen sharing in that remote location.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change. This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email).

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6 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals on Speaking Brilliantly with Your Slides

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. Eileen on energy levels: “You want to change up the sound of your voice and the visual variety of the slides, so people stay with you. Well, that depends.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There were some terrific questions and discussion. I’ve included some resources along with the slides here. For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic. So, I asked our session moderator to use her cell phone and text me updates while Liz or I were presenting.

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11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. Get creative in integrating your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch into photos, slide shows, or even your YouTube Channel banner. As a result, it takes time to build a list, so the sooner you start, the better.

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