Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. Online Advocacy :: Another technology that launched in the late 90′s was the ability to sign online petitions and send emails to members of Congress.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s theme is Climate Change. Earlier this week, I posted a summary from this month’s #4Change chat that focused on social media in the Climate Change movement. Blog Action Day 2009 will be one of the largest-ever social change events on the web. Take action on Climate Change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Photo Credit: Nathan Russell, Together Against Hunger We can reconsider the role that we play, and more deeply engage a wide range of stakeholders. “As Ending hunger requires changing political, economic, and social power structures. Photo Credit: Peter Caton, Action Against Hunger, Kenya A strength-based approach is key.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

—– If you’ve been on facebook at all in December this year, you may have seen something happening to all your friends – their pictures changing to their favorite cartoon characters! The purpose of this game is to remove all photos of human for a few days from Facebook.&#. What do you think?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

Your established experience in the nonprofit industry and your ability to adapt to ever-changing circumstances have gotten you this far. One nonprofit client wanted to be mindful of their donors’ financial situations, they creatively adapted their fundraising campaign into an advocacy campaign. Not to worry.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

Yaw Ankowa What's the first thing we need to create the change we want to see in our communities? . With Open Data Kit , grassroots activists can capture and export text, photos, video, audio, bar codes, even location. Tags: 10NTC Advocacy Mobile Pizzigati Program. Sure, we need will, we need vision, we need money.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

"We invite you to cast your vote to help pick this year's winner of the second annual Care2 Impact Prize, which recognizes individuals in the nonprofit sector who have made an outstanding impact on the field of online advocacy, online fundraising or both.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Whenever possible, include photos or video content to show supporters, or suggest recipients share their photos from the day using a dedicated hashtag on their social media. Let’s take meaningful steps toward positive change. Media elements. Clear call to action.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

If you’re prompting supporters to get involved with an advocacy campaign , you wouldn’t want to use a long-winded CTA button that says “Click Here to Advocate for Animals In Your Area Today.” Also, use text and photo CTAs throughout your blog posts or informational pages to direct readers to take certain actions. Your CTAs should: .

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time. Fight Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is a health impact organization dedicated to ending colorectal cancer and supporting those affected by the disease through patient support, funding research, and impactful policy change. Cue the giraffes.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. If you use an open-source CMS, such as Drupal or WordPress, there are themes or widgets that allow you to do this without making major changes. Tools to help you target advocacy campaigns based on a geographic database of state and congressional legislators.

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Care2

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The campaign was activated with the stars changing their profile pictures to photos of their supported Dalit, and over three days, their status updates were suddenly very different: A group of uppercaste men came to our house and beat us because my brother went near the well.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

There are many elements of your donation pages that can be adjusted to test their impact on the form’s conversion rates, including the headline, photos or images, and the number and layout of fields in the form. Replacing generic sign up forms with petitions that supporters can sign is popular with nonprofits in the advocacy field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. The site currently has 1.6

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2007

Rochelle specializes in online advocacy using technology for positive change in public consciousness, law, and social policy. One of the cool things on her site is a link to Social Change Websites , a directory of nonprofit, grassroots and advocacy campaign web sites. You can submit your social change web site here.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2021

They do pretty much everything online – from dating and movies to advocacy. If you’ve ever heard the phrase, “rosé all day,” or “wine not,” you’ll know millennials love wine almost as much as social change. Making a toast to social change is the perfect pairing. Main photo courtesy of Jopwell.com.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Movember is a fundraiser that challenges men to change their appearance by growing a mustache. Early on, it became clear that photos and videos could make or break a Movember campaign. A heavily commented photo will show up in people’s news feeds (because of all the activity), which can really help promote the message.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re part of an animal shelter, wildlife conservation organization, or advocacy group, these insights will help you navigate the ever-evolving world of nonprofit marketing. Share photos and videos of the animals in your care and use relevant hashtags to expand your reach. Show impact and results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

But they knew that in order to scale their work globally, they needed to use the web to influence lasting change. They can also see photos from underwater reports, which make it easier to understand the impact that everyday trash is having on fragile marine life. https://www.flickr.com/photos/giffordclan/8763122917.

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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. Her insights are useful to other nonprofits working on integrated advocacy campaigns. You did just post that photo and it went viral by itself? What happened?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Best Video Winner — Learning to Improvise Can Be Life-Changing. Learning to Improvise Can be Life-Changing , from The Detroit Creativity Project , demonstrates the highest level of technical production and takes the audience on a stirring, heartfelt journey into Detroit's schools. Please visit the site to view this video).

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2012

One organization sent me a follow-up advocacy email two days after their first one saying “With just 24 hours left to hit our goal of 40,000 action takers, I wanted to be sure you saw our email from Monday.” While the theme remained the same – sponsor a homeless animal – the options changed. Think casual and non-confrontational.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

There were some fantastics reflections and comments in the post, " Social Change Behind the Firewall " and you all are so smart that I wanted to summarize the thread and share it with folks who many not have trolled through all the comments. Slide from David Wilcox.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

Open rates, fundraising click-through rates and page completion rates for both fundraising and advocacy all went down. To compensate for these changes in individual behavior, digital campaigners have had to up their testing and innovating game to new levels, and bite the bullet and send more email than ever before.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2014

see photo below). The biggest lesson I''ve learned as a former executive director is humility in the understanding that there are a lot of talented people working to affect social change, and if I''m lucky, I get to be part of the ensemble cast. Beyond your affiliation and organization, you are a passionate advocate for social change.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2009

Yesterday’s post for Earth Day, about social media and the energy/climate change/green movement is already getting some tremendously insightful and interesting comments. Photo: Howard Lake. It’s just the kind of conversation starter I wanted to throw out there! So that got me thinking about the idea of cause fatigue.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

. —– Whether it’s political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. org’s story is that our changing climate and toxic levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are affecting everyone on earth.

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Whole Whale

MAY 17, 2023

You’re in the middle of organizing that virtual fundraiser, planning a crucial advocacy campaign, or just trying to catch up on your email backlog, and there it is: another forward from your boss, bursting with the latest and greatest in artificial intelligence (AI). But we also understand that change can be scary.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

But, the question that will ultimately get more prospective donors in the door is: how are you changing the world? Always remind your audience that meaningful change can only happen with their assistance. Your nonprofit has worked diligently to build programs, events, and campaigns that help make the world a better place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. The purpose of the Design Lab was to answer two key questions to gather input for its strategy: How can the Brainerd Foundation and its philanthropic partners accelerate the transition to 21st Century advocacy for grantees?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 4, 2007

For the past five years, the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati has honored Harriet Beecher Stowe's birthday by asking a writer to give the annual Harriet Beecher Stowe Lecture about, "Writing to Change the World." Anya Achtenberg will be teaching an online workshop, Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World, later this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Our Syria appeal is a total team effort and has a three-part objective: awareness, advocacy and fundraising. The advocacy objective is to gather public support for humanitarian access to Syria by signing and sharing a petition. Though the tools may have changed, the basic human rights and need of children have not. Strategy'

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NTEN

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Flicker photo: noticelj What's your big idea for changing the world? Tags: Advocacy youtube Communications. Is it about housing? Food distribution? Mosquito nets? Whatever your idea, you now have the chance to share the stage with leaders from around the world and make your case. > > Be part of the 2010 Davos Debates.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos. Here's a little more about this year's esteemed cohort of judges!

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Qgiv

MARCH 19, 2024

Your supporters help make the work you do possible, allowing you to change the world. Throughout the concert, you can feature photos, videos, and stories of the impact your donors have made on screens as the music plays. The backbone of sustainability for nonprofits often falls on the generosity of donors! Donor retention.

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