Network for Good

MAY 4, 2021

We want to make sure that we’re actually asking our communities to give us their time, their advocacy, their influence, and their attention — in addition to their money! An executive director holding an iPhone to give an update from their home office? Tip #1: Be Urgent and Unique. Tip #3: Plan for Your Look and Feel.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Deciphering Key Questions It is equally as important to determine what to collect as it is to identify what we can stop giving our attention. The team included the director, board chair, administrative marketing and communication staff and a community engagement consultant.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 99

Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? All this being said, advocacy can be difficult to quantify. New advocates.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Use formatting — bold, bullets, text color, highlighting, graphics — to draw attention to the most important pieces and make the message scannable. If not, look for ways to use visual cues to draw attention to the most important content. Now, delete everything that is still plain text. Is the call to action clear?

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Network for Good

MAY 4, 2021

We want to make sure that we’re actually asking our communities to give us their time, their advocacy, their influence, and their attention — in addition to their money! An executive director holding an iPhone to give an update from their home office? Tip #1: Be Urgent and Unique. Tip #3: Plan for Your Look and Feel.

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Social Media Tips Media Social 52

EveryAction

JULY 21, 2016

What pieces of functionality (advocacy, email, events, etc.) In the guide, EveryAction 8 is described as one of the 'new kids on the block,' but received “Excellent” ratings in all but one category and was named the standout for Advocacy. MW: This is a great question! What is our in-house technical savviness?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

When policymakers are not paying attention, Human Rights Watch shines a light on the situation through the media, both mainstream and social channels. In 2009, they embraced Twitter because journalists were active on Twitter and it was an efficient way to reach them. Kenneth Roth , Executive Director. Lotte Leicht , EU Director.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

It is a nonprofits dream – to have its advocacy campaign messaging go viral on Facebook or social media channels. Here’s an analysis of what and why it happened from the HSUS’s Director of Emerging Media – Carie Lewis. Her insights are useful to other nonprofits working on integrated advocacy campaigns.

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Neon CRM

MAY 12, 2023

In membership programs , it’s all about the details—and there might be one seemingly small detail that your organization isn’t devoting enough attention to: The all-important membership renewal letter! Why Send Membership Renewal Letters? Fundraising event or volunteer opportunity.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 3, 2021

To do so, they turned to their ERGs for employee-driven campaigns, education, and volunteering and advocacy opportunities. Director of Product Marketing, Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud. Sarah Anderson is a director of product marketing for Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud. Increased Focus on Mental Health. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Infusing Social Into Social Justice Organizations – Guest Post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation. What this often means is that their messages might not garner the media attention or viral traction they deserve. Chalk up my vote for 2011’s “Best Debut Artist” and “Best Supporting Actor.”.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. We may want to move toward treating reporting as a compliance tool to public reporting as an articulation of shared desires and advocacy. Fast forward to today….

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

At EveryAction we’re on a mission to provide nonprofits with best-in-class fundraising, engagement, and advocacy tools, but we like to think that we’re a pretty fun place to work, too. Sure, sometimes there’s a crunch to release something, or a customer support ticket that requires extra attention?—?but s Best Workplaces of 2016!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Title: Director of Emerging Media. We don’t use it like we use Facebook, for advocacy, fundraising, and relationship building. Everything we do online (our website, email program, advertising, social) is tied to our goals of advocacy and fundraising, or some other kind of lead generation. Name: Carie Lewis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

Transmedia – Making Change Across Mediums by Danny Alpert, Executive Director, Kindling Group and Executive Producer, See3 Communications. But simply put, cross-platform campaigns are the future of documentary film, and issue advocacy. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.”

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

APRIL 5, 2019

Texas Watch is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group founded in 1998. With the Texas legislative session currently in progress, I called Tara Lee, Development Director of Texas Watch to talk about current policy issues and how they work to bridge the divide between their community and the political process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

I invited Roz Lemieux is CEO of Attentively and founding partner at Fission Strategy to write a guest post sharing the best and next practices for nonprofits to use listening effectively as part of their social media strategy. New Guide: How To Engage Your Supporters with Social Listening Guest Post By Roz Lemieux. Social Listening In Action.

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Forj

JULY 5, 2017

We are paying close attention to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Shawn Martin , Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement, and Policy, . In this session, you will learn about key aspects of the QPP, what is to come and how advocacy from medicine achieved improvements for patients and physicians.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Jacquelline Fuller, Director of Charity Giving and Advocacy at Google moderated a session called “Changing the World Through Technology” which featured two winners of their recently announced Global Impact Awards. Lacking space to set up the remove video conferencing station, they took over a supply closet.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

You’ll be much more likely to secure their support for the long-term when you give them the attention they deserve before they have the resources to give major contributions. . is a Marketing Director at. In his role, he serves thousands of nonprofits and advocacy organizations across the U.S. . About the Authors.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Ideally, every three to five years, your board and staff directors will meet to realign regarding goals and begin the strategic planning process. For instance, say your organization has an incredible grant writer, an excellent executive director, a communicative and empathetic major gift officer, and very capable fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

Judi Sohn, Director of Operations and Communications, for the Colorectal Cancer Coalition. Kate is also now our Director of Research Communication. " The organization also has an Advocacy blog. "We need to draw attention to colon cancer. s blog entries. s a lot harder than it looks."

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

A recent BusinessWeek article called "Twitter Twitter Little Star," describes social media as a booming industry which has caught the attention of corporations everywhere, and suggests the role of a "social media director" and what that person should do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The geek in me feels what has not gotten sufficient attention in these stories is the underlying technical architecture – some built, some being upgraded – that enables stories and information to circumnavigate the world. The Internet is getting physical and charitable.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What does this mean? Thanks for sharing.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

It’s a vanity metric – not a metric that is connected to furthering your advocacy goals. million from last year for Team Gleason, said Paul Varsico, the Executive Director of Team Gleason. Once that moment fades, it’s difficult to grab these people’s attention again and mobilize them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Turns out, change happens when you’re paying close attention to results. For Resource Media’s blog and e-newsletter, I pay close attention to the posts that perform, try to isolate the secret sauce, and replicate those successes. Nicole Lampe is Digital Strategy Director at Resource Media. What is the benefit?

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

Discover how to communicate why donors should make a gift with Nathan Hill, Marketing Director @ NextAfter. Learn how to use technology to personalize donor experience and get the attention you want (and deserve) with Noah Barnett, CMO @ Virtuous. Today’s donor has a short attention span, and it shows.

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Care2

JANUARY 17, 2012

Hlinko’s book deconstructs the most successful online campaigns, dissecting their opening premises, their attention grabber “hooks,” their visual aids, their choice of messengers and their distribution and promotion tactics. It will only take a minute and, trust me, you’ll be really happy if you win this book.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 22, 2013

Anjali Deshmukh , Associate Director. The executive director often assumes leadership through deep knowledge and understanding of the organization’s programs but has significantly less experience in finance. NFF provides financing, consulting, and advocacy services to nonprofits and funders nationwide. Nonprofit Finance Fund.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 22, 2023

For example, say someone from an animal advocacy organization meets a retired veterinarian named Bob during a gala. A flow chart that begins with a volunteer logging their first hours, counts up all the automated tasks and steps that follow, and ends with a phone call from a director thanking them for their contribution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post called “ Why the Nonprofit Work Ethic Is Outdated and Needs Change ,” about why nonprofit professionals need to pay attention to self-care and bring a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. (The Gabriela Schneider, Chief Communications Officer at Issue One.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2011

For online marketing around advocacy or fundraising, the ZMOT could be the potential new user taking the time to read the “About&# page of an organization-- or seeing how many “likes&# it has on Facebook -- before signing a petition. Pay attention to your online reputation and Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

I used the following statements given that I had a mix of staff members – from executive directors, social media managers, and policy/program directors. Policymakers do not pay attention to messaging that comes through social media channels. How To Convince Policy Directors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Their team also leads attention campaigns, informed by data and inspired by online conversations. My curiosity drove me to investigate: ? Can we listen to the tides of Internet conversation on an issue, and learn to predict and ‘surf’ them? ? Can we use the momentum of focused attention to raise an issue above the noise?

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Conservancy Measure Conversation Nonprofit 112

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. Nicole Evans, National Director, Resource Development Strategy & Communications, Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Stephen Peeler, Executive Director, Infectious Disease Society of America Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

Too often I hear nonprofit communicators and techies bemoan the stats that their Executive Directors and boards want them to track – mostly follower counts and ‘Likes’. Throughout her webinar she pointed to nonprofit examples from the Red Cross to UNICEF, so she’s paying attention to what our sector is doing.

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