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10 Best Blogging Practices for Nonprofit Organizations

NonProfit Hub

An effective nonprofit blog is an indispensable marketing tool. The best blogs engage audiences by making personal connections with readers and sharing insider mission information. One of the most important steps in building a productive blogging strategy is creating content that engages and appeals to your audience.

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Inspire Generosity with a Better Online Donation Form

sgEngage

This theory explains that our brains are designed to think in two ways: System 1, which is instinctual, and System 2, which is rational. For Washington’s National Park Fund , the optimized Online Giving form from Blackbaud compliments and reinforces the language, look, and feel of their website, improving a donor’s experience as they scroll.

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Why the movement needs mystics

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was reminded in a conversation I had this afternoon with a friend (who I must give the credit for the title of this blog post) about the importance of what I'm calling now "holding the door open to hope." Many people would use different language for it. Some people might language this vast source of possibility as God.

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Why the movement needs mystics

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was reminded in a conversation I had this afternoon with a friend (who I must give the credit for the title of this blog post) about the importance of what I'm calling now "holding the door open to hope." Many people would use different language for it. Some people might language this vast source of possibility as God.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sometimes you don’t have the ability to do a survey before, especially if it is an online webinar or a conference session. There are alternative ways to do research. I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Words to Avoid—2023 Edition

Candid

And while we are with you in moving away from words such as empower , we’ll stick to providing a few alternatives here rather than a full entry (maybe try out inspire , encourage , or some form of partnering with ). While not as succinct, a potential alternative to “brainstorming session” could simply be an “idea generation session.”.

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What Improvisation Can Teach Social Change Leaders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Bringing your brain to what you are doing. We worked with a partner and had to alternate counting to three. Viola Spolin’s Blog. He first dispelled the myth that improvisation is only about stand up comedy and telling jokes. He asked us to define it. Some words and phrases that came up: Responding. Flexibility.

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