Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

By Katy Teson , a content strategist at Wired Impact , an organization seeking to make powerful websites something all nonprofits can afford. She also writes about digital marketing with helpful and actionable advice on Wired Impact’s nonprofit marketing blog and for their online guides. healthsolutions.org/donate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A comprehensive web content inventory lists pages, images, documents, and applications on a spreadsheet. For example, if your IT department requires that you use a specific type of content management system, and if the redesigned website will need to integrate with another system such as a CRM or an email marketing platform.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you work for a nonprofit organization, you’ve likely heard that Giving Tuesday is one of the most important days of the year. In 2020, nonprofits raised $2.47 4 Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas For Your Nonprofit. This post includes four examples of how you can raise funds and why they might work for your nonprofit.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

This week, our friends at Cornershop Creative are dropping in to talk about the best ways for nonprofits of all sizes to improve their website performance, increase user engagement, and ultimately boost digital fundraising. This is especially important for nonprofits seeing surges in new visitors and donations during the year-end season.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2024

I’ll share what I’ve learned from the big-picture analytics, insights from my deep dive into content, and how they inform my approach to our social media plan (which you’re welcome to borrow for your nonprofit). You can see here how each platform is doing, comparing numbers and averages from 2023 with the previous year.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

Feature relevant images. No matter if you’re representing a school, church, nonprofit, or other public-facing organization, flyers are a simple, yet smart way to spread the word about your activities. Download the image and paste it into your flyer. Informational tips for your fundraising flyer. Highlight calls to action.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

As crowdfunding continues to become an increasingly popular form of fundraising for a wide range of causes, the need for a profitable and easy-to-use platform grows as well. GoFundMe is one of the leading crowdfunding platforms in both the nonprofit and individual fundraising spaces. Why We Love This Platform. Givebutter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

M-Changa has also partnered with GlobalGiving to enable NGOs already of the platform to accept mobile payments. M-Changa uses the latest technology and due diligence processes to ensure funds passing through the platform are secure. Other challenges for NGOs receiving payments include security, trust and misuse of funds.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

When you think of nonprofits, you don’t always associate them with “high-tech.” With artificial intelligence becoming a major part of private businesses, nonprofits have also started using AI for automating the procedures and tasks. Here are some ways AI is being used to transform nonprofits: Automating customer service.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

Check out these fundraising apps, with our advice on how to choose the right one for your goals. This platform offers FREE donation buttons, event ticketing, fundraising pages, text-to-give and peer-to-peer fundraising solutions for progressive nonprofits. Fundly also makes it easy to thank your donors directly on the platform.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

As your nonprofit organization continues to grow, it’s time to consider investing in an effective fundraising platform that truly accommodates your nonprofit’s size, financial needs, and developing fundraising strategies. Why is fundraising important for nonprofits? Leverage Nonprofit Fundraising Best Practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. The short answer is, more than ever before, you have to embrace the pay-to-play nature of the platform. The simplest way to select an image and ad copy is to pull from what’s worked best in your past communications. 4) Design your creative.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 11, 2020

The Future of Fundraising: Influencer Marketing for Nonprofits. Influencer marketing leverages the power of popular figures to engage new supporters and lend authority to your nonprofit. If you know the term ‘influencer’, it might conjure up images of selfie obsessed girls promoting weight-loss shakes and bikinis. by Zoe Allen.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

10 Tips To Improve Your Nonprofit Donation Page. You can improve your load time by upgrading to a fast web host, minimising styles, such as animations, and image size, and by doing away with redirects. If you would like some more advice on getting your website working well, book a free consultation with Twenti! by Olivia Warnes.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2022

To draw attention to their auction, they promoted top auction items on the home page of their peer-to-peer site with scrolling images and a clear link to their auction page. MOVE Inclusive Dance Studio made it easy to navigate back to their peer-to-peer site by including a link above their auction’s banner image. Request a Demo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2018

The changes have also prompted nonprofits to reevaluate their digital strategies and make changes in strategies and tactics. But one thing I’ve been noticing about my friends on Facebook, particularly nonprofit professionals, is that they are signaling that they are spending less time on Facebook. Probably not. Probably not.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

There are ample opportunities for nonprofits to help inform, shape, and create stories for the media. New venture journalism has been incubated thanks to nonprofit and foundation support.” The activities funded range from media platforms (55%) to journalism, news, and information (28%), to media applications and tools (6%), and more.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

While you may already be sending emails to talk to your supporters, everyone can use some extra advice when it comes to making donation appeals via email. . Where are your nonprofit’s emails going? If recent donors see an email from your nonprofit, you don’t want them to assume that you’re already asking for another gift.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2017

If you’ve ever held an executive position at a nonprofit, you have probably heard cliche mantras such as “work smart, not hard” or “do more with less.” While these snippets of advice surely have some merit, they don’t assist you in discovering how to work smart or how to do more. That’s where we come in. Pretty cool, huh?

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BoardAssist

APRIL 26, 2016

Social media can be one of the best friends any nonprofit can have, but only if you stay on top of the latest advancements. 5 Social Media Advancements Every Nonprofit Should Prepare For. Social media is a comparatively very young frontier in the nonprofit sector which features surprises around every twist and turn.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

First things first, Amy shared an important piece of advice: before you ask about how a social post performed, be sure qualify what you're asking for. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and even Instagram now report on engagement rates right within their native analytics so be sure to figure out how these numbers are represented.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 31, 2023

If you’re a professional at a nonprofit, you probably understand how stressful hitting your fundraising goal can be. Web design is still a relatively new field that’s changing all the time, but the resources available to your nonprofit make it easier than ever to transform your site into a conversion machine. Highlight matching gifts.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Matching gifts enhance brand image, improving consumer loyalty. Individual donors (i.e. But they need your support and guidance.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2011

One of the first Juicy Blogging E-Course assignments I give to my students is to write a blog post that has more images than words. I'm still a huge fan of traditional blogging platforms (e.g. WordPress, Blogger, TypePad), but what excites me about Tumblr for nonprofits is that it's quick, fun and visual.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Just in time for TechSoup's Social Media September September , our friends at Idealware have released an update to The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide. TechSoup's own social media team weigh in on the report and offer their advice for making wise social media decisions. ” “What are we doing with Pinterest?”

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Victoria, Canada: The Art of Transmedia Storytelling: Creating Story Worlds Across Platforms. Vancouver, Canada: Lean Startup Principles for Nonprofits. Toronto, Canada: Social Media Surgery: Hands on social media advice & help. Washington, DC: Nonprofit Generator - Accessing ideas for social benefit technology apps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Samuels is what nonprofits often refer to as an "accidental techie." To understand if moving some of the organization's core systems to the cloud would be a feasible alternative, he attended a free consultation with Tech Impact's Linda Widdop at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). spanhidden.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But out of this huge challenge, we’ve seen some amazing creativity crop up as nonprofits revamp their fundraising approaches to be safe and successful. A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Obviously, I was flattered, but also anxious to deliver a lecture that could bring true value to nonprofit professionals. . Now I recognize that many nonprofit organizations may not be able to send their team to conferences, so I’ve rounded up an overview of the ten social media mistakes discussed at Planet Philanthropy: . was born.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

No one understands this better than nonprofits. While the image of a volunteer holding a clipboard may spring to mind, we all know that it’s an inefficient method for collecting and processing data. I looked around for existing solutions, but the options were limited, and well beyond the budget for any nonprofit I could think of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I’m now on the prowl for examples from the nonprofit world of “Little Bets” and was excited to read about how Unicef created a fictional profile for a 13-year-old girl named Ami Musa, from the poor, war torn African country of Sierra Leone. The images link to your fundraising landing page. What does it look like?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

LCF has built a dynamic network of Latino nonprofit leaders through its advocacy platform, the California Latino Agenda and has engaged a powerful group of female donors through the Latina Giving Circle. We also discovered that the choice of a platform is key important and it has to be user-friendly for your donors to navigate and use.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Maybe it isn’t even money, but feedback or advice, maybe an introduction or volunteer time. The internet is an endless stage and platform, and when we are up there speaking, we expect you are all listening. For many start ups and even nonprofit groups doing something truly innovative, they totally blow it the first time around.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

That’s why we’re taking a step back to look at the big picture and diving into social media for nonprofits. We’ve got handy tips and helpful tools to show you what each platform offers and how it can speak to your nonprofit’s needs. This is a great start to social media for nonprofits. If This Then That.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We asked some of our favorite nonprofit tech friends to share ideas for how organizations can use social media to build meaningful relationships with their supporters—donors, influencers and activists—and what that looks like on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Give them a boilerplate they can revise or images they can share.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2017

Recruit volunteers as email testers to get ongoing feedback on the layout, font size, embedded images, links, and the user experience once someone clicks on a link. This means an increased scrutiny of all the thank-you emails that get sent out automatically by your marketing platforms. Image : denizya / Shutterstock.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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