Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Explore Media Cause experts’ top five communication tips to consider as you roll out your advocacy , fundraising , and engagement strategies during an election year. This year’s calendar requires careful planning and timing based on your organization, issue area, and advocacy, fundraising, and campaign activations.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

When the Public Health Department was looking at how to reopen safely, they had a sounding board, and we were able to collaborate to develop successful solutions. More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy. We leveraged our connections during COVID by organizing a weekly call to convene the key players.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

For instance, your association might consider creating advocacy campaigns and scheduling lobby days. San Diego, California Orlando, Florida Seattle, Washington Let’s say these all sound appealing, but you want to get a bit more granular. The results?

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Blue Fox

JUNE 18, 2023

There is a direct correlation between sound financial management and the ability of a nonprofit to provide broader and more in-depth services. They provide services and advocacy for underserved and unheard populations. We forget that our work enables our clients to maximize their impact. This client case study proves it!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Analytic Activism is a book about how advocacy organizations can make better decisions in the digital age. I wrote the book because it seemed like something was missing from the conversation about digital advocacy and activism. Most of the research on digital advocacy is focused on the new types of speech we now see online.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 15, 2022

If you have a policy, thought-leadership, or government relations team, you know that true societal shifts and those monumental changes we want require advocacy. And advocacy requires, well, advocates. And that really applies to both fundraising and advocacy , but in this case, we’ll focus on the advocacy side of things.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

The goal of the Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation is to care for and cure children through the provision of high-quality care, education, research, and advocacy. This 157-page report created a useful tool for Zero to Three’s advocacy at any stage.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

MAY 15, 2019

The big sound bite from this year’s Benchmarks Report is that total online revenue grew by only 1% in 2018. And honestly, 1% growth is not as scary as it sounds. Open rates, fundraising click-through rates and page completion rates for both fundraising and advocacy all went down. Email advocacy response rates are down 15%.

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Blue Fox

AUGUST 4, 2021

Does this sound familiar? If your board members hit the snooze button during meetings, this will reflect in their commitment to fundraising, advocacy efforts, and follow through on assigned tasks. Each monthly meeting is hardly different than the next. Truthfully, you’re bored. And your board members feel the same.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Whether you’re planning an advocacy or fundraising campaign, using a storytelling framework to create your calls to action can help you make emotional connections with your audience and ultimately move them to act. Sounds simple, right? They evoke a particular time, place, setting, mood, color, sound, texture, and/or taste.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

At first thought, data and storytelling sound like an odd mix. "Data" sounds dry, while storytelling weaves narratives aimed at appealing to people's emotions. Sometimes, it requires taking a step back to gain perspective on all the different ways data storytelling can enhance advocacy efforts.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

The new book I co-authored with Allyson Kapin, Social Change Anytime Everywhere , looks at the way nonprofit organizations can use multichannel strategies for advocacy, fundraising, and community building. You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —–.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Sound familiar? For example, Nimble AMS offers the following integration options: Your system administrators can configure and deploy integrations to your third-party service providers, such as email marketing, learning management, and advocacy systems. “Digital transformation” is a bit of a trendy term these days.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Their goals are to end preventable maternal health risks and deaths, end preventable preterm birth and infant death, and close the health equity gap.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2012

Since advocacy as a topic and a career are both near and dear to my heart, I wanted to give you a preview of some awesome advocacy content that you can expect to see. First, my colleague Emily Goodstein will be presenting Out of the Box - Advocacy Superheroes. It sounds so interesting! SH for CC: Sounds great!

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

In addition to moving everyone to remote work, we saw an increase in the need for advocacy and education to ensure that babies, caregivers, and families were prioritized by congress as they were talking about the pandemic and passing bills.”

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

But how many institutions are really aggressively transforming their work away from service to a narrow band of audiences to community-wide advocacy work? Does this sound like director-ish bloviating to you, or is it useful? These museums work differently. They have different goals they are shooting for.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

American Jazz Museum Best Arts Website Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room and Gem Theater.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. Candid also offers a wide variety of borrowable e-books by topic: DEI, management, fundraising, grant writing, advocacy, etc. I recently tried to find a course on DEI and many were hundreds of dollars per class.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 15, 2011

But you still need a clear strategy, a sound plan of attack, and a method of evaluating your results. Topic : Building a Social Media Strategy. Description : Sure, social media is evolving at the speed of light and experimentation is important. Join Amy for her unique perspective on using social media for a higher social purpose.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 31, 2022

Who they are: Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation (VBCF) is a statewide, Richmond-based nonprofit committed to the eradication of breast cancer through education and advocacy. This can sound intimidating to some fundraisers; however, you’d be surprised how motivating this tactic can be!

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Blue Fox

MAY 22, 2020

I know that sounds trite, naïve even. Their 24 members estimate Together’s coalition could advance investments in green infrastructure to the tune of 10,500 new jobs across 10 Bay Area counties, improving the environment and access to nature for 7.7

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Their goals are to end preventable maternal health risks and deaths, end preventable preterm birth and infant death, and close the health equity gap.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Align Your Mission and Vision Statements It doesn’t matter how many sound strategic principles you put into place: If you can’t clearly explain what your association’s mission is, it’s all going to be for naught. Develop a Public Relations Plan Advocacy is about being the voice of change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2018

We will be talking about emerging best practices for using bots and artificial intelligence for nonprofits for fundraising, marketing, program delivery, advocacy, and internal management. If you are in NYC, you are invited to join us ! Oxfam created the OxBot is a jargon-busting bot. .

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Q: How does it sound? Does this sound or look like a policy briefing? Over the past 18 years, Will has written millions of words of fundraising, advocacy, and marketing copy for nonprofits of all types. If you read only the bits that have special formatting, does your message still make sense? Is the call to action clear?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Hunter Arscott : If we truly want to empower women to live bold and brave careers, courageous advocacy can’t stop with advocating for ourselves. Will Rogers, the American stage and film actor, once said, “Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.” It must include advocating for others.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Civil Society, Advocacy, and Fundraising. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Learn more. Good stories power fundraising and marketing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 3, 2020

With sound infrastructure and staff support, organizations can begin to design engagement strategies that build upon basic management practices. Advocacy efforts can also be facilitated by creating sharable social media posts or providing guidance on ways to promote the organization in the community. Engage volunteers as leaders.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2021

But getting to a health centre isn’t as easy as it sounds when you’re talking about remote communities. Once they’ve passed the quality control check, they’re stored in cold rooms as they await the next phase of their journey to local health centres.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2012

Sounds like we need to be optimizing our emails for mobile devices! Other highlights: The advocacy email response rate increased by 28% from 2010, to 3.8%. Here's the kicker: These mobile users were less likely to click, donate, or take action in response to the email. We recommend you: > Download the Report.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

You may be thinking, “well this sounds great, but how do I start one?” Latinos Contra el Cáncer is a national ACS movement that aims to empower the Latino community with the resources necessary to lead the fight against cancer through advocacy, education and fundraising. How to start a social enterprise.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The reality for many organizations, whether a smaller nonprofit, a large international advocacy organization or a government agency, is that their data lives in separate silos. Does this sound familiar? Tools and channels that house data often do not make it easy to navigate.

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Achieve

AUGUST 10, 2014

Not all research is sound, and even when it is, not all decisions based on research are sound. Employment, volunteering, and revenue stats (may help with grant proposals and advocacy). “Objectivity means being aware and honest about how one’s own beliefs, values, and biases affect the research process.”. Patti Lather.

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

As incredible as they might sound, these are just a few of the new “children’s rights laws” that could become a reality under a new United Nations program if fully implemented by the Carter administration. Should children be eligible for minimum wage if they are being asked to do household chores?

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The strategy was designed to create a ‘surround sound’ across social media and news websites. . The LCV Victory Fund found that mid-level donors in their digital surround sound program gave on average twice the amount that the control group did—an enormous lift. . These ads focused on brand validation and impact.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 28, 2010

Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop: "Guess what one of the biggest challenges nonprofits face today when adding a blog to their website or diving into social media? Giving up control.Does this sound familiar? Does Your Nonprofit Need a Social Media Guide? Should blog comments be moderated?

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