Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s your north star, your guiding principle, and your roadmap to changing the world. There Has Been a Change In Your Nonprofit’s Scope Over time, technology, politics, and culture will impact your mission and how you approach it. If your organization changes its scope, you need to adapt your messaging.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

A new year brings a commitment to change and improvement for many people. One final bit of context: we recognize that language is subject to regional differences as well, meaning that even though we are sticking to English here, there are still undoubtedly many English words that we might have missed or not addressed. Disappointed?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 12-Week MBA offers an alternative way to learn business essentials by focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as both a manager and a business leader. Either the state-of-the-art changes too quickly for a book or an MBA program to keep up with.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 24, 2020

Focus on updating your base on changes you’ve had to make to your organization. They also send emails if there is a change in the way business works. . In addition, make sure the language you use is clear, precise, and easy to scan with clear formatting. Inform your customers about online options or alternatives.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But things forever changed when OpenAI released version 3.5 Generative AIs went from entertaining but ultimately not very useful to possessing, and the change happened overnight.  Imagine being able to ask your AI to review all your saved topics and suggest alternatives and improvements based on related assessments and grades.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2023

The good news is that there are alternative solutions that can help you address specific issues or objectives without the need for a complete website overhaul. The good news is that there are alternative solutions that can address your nonprofit’s specific concerns without the need for a full website redesign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

The retreat curriculum is built around the a framework called “I-WE-IT” that covers mindsets and practical skills that today’s social change leaders of all generations need as we move towards more collective approaches. It can help apply improv to our work in social change by practicing what it means to have a networked mindset.

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CauseVox

MARCH 16, 2022

Our new PayPal integration allows you to connect both of these payment processors to one form allowing you to use PayPal as a primary or secondary processor alternative to Stripe for one-time donations. Change the font style. Change the accent and button color to your organization’s hex colors.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

The links in the three columns on the right change based on the answer you choose. You can boost perception by using sufficient color contrast between the foreground and background, adding alternative text to images and videos, and creating audio descriptions for text when necessary.

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Forum One

APRIL 6, 2021

In the mission-driven world, organizations can find themselves needing to change course when the world around them changes. Your organization is growing or changing in scope. It isn’t out of the ordinary for mission-driven organizations to change direction slightly or take on larger sets of work as they grow.

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Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are wonderful for working on a document written in a markup language, but what if you don’t know anything about CSS? Use the Inspect Element Tool to customize your site and have the ability to edit HTML or JavaScript for any webpage while viewing your changes in real time.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There are two new major online privacy policy changes coming in 2020, the CCPA in California and SHIELD act in New York. If you were paying close attention when GDPR came around in 2018 and your organization is confidently GDPR-compliant , you are probably in good shape beyond some updates to privacy policy language.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

The links in the three columns on the right change based on the answer you choose. You can boost perception by using sufficient color contrast between the foreground and background, adding alternative text to images and videos, and creating audio descriptions for text when necessary.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Alternative Supports (<1 percent). Implementing those solutions, however, requires the charitable sector to change in fundamental ways, Specifically, we will need to have more: Humility to recognize that systems and processes like duplicative and onerous grant applications and reporting forms are structural impediments for nonprofits.

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2022

When making your ask, be precise, respectful, and keep your language easy for the donor to digest. You’ll want to confirm the donor’s interest in your cause or project and then see if a change in timing helps (e.g. “I Take this opportunity to learn a little more about where the donor is at. I understand you want to think about it.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Determine whether external factors like economic changes or global events may have an impact on your major giving strategy. Consider your mid-level donors who haven’t changed their giving level in some time. However, they generally don’t allow for the same level of personal interaction as the in-person alternative.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 4, 2014

They are likely to use similar language--language of disinterest--in describing what turns them off. What''s the alternative? We can make a change where it will matter. He didn''t feel welcome in museums, feels like they aren''t for him, he wasn''t invited, it isn''t comfortable. It''s almost impossible to do so.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Texting Texting is on the rise in the political campaign world, and though it hasn’t replaced older forms of mass-communication like phone calling and email, its quick growth over the past few years signals changes that nonprofits should pay attention to.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Call-to-action language . Tip: Remember not to overwhelm your website with call-to-action language to the point where it feels too “in-your-face.” The device the donor uses will change their experience with the form. Make sure your website will work well on a mobile device and make it easy to navigate. . Donation buttons .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

I'm thrilled that Peggy Duvette, Executive Director, agreed to share a post about their new capacity to speak many languages and its offline events. . It is an innovative alternative to commercial social networking sites such as Facebook and Orkut, and contains over 2,000 member-created groups and 110,000 organizations in its directory.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). And, the U.S. exception.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

If you had a physical event planned that you’re now transitioning to a virtual peer-to-peer event, your first step should be to communicate with your event participants and let them know about the venue change. Just make sure your language emphasizes the safety and wellbeing of attendees in a positive way.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Using an event platform will make it easier for you to manage any changes on your event. For sponsorship requests , consider asking past sponsors using different language than you would businesses that haven’t supported your organization before. This data will also come in handy for your future events when you segment your invites!

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Using an event platform will make it easier for you to manage any changes on your event. For sponsorship requests , consider asking past sponsors using different language than you would businesses that haven’t supported your organization before. This data will also come in handy for your future events when you segment your invites!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Ever since the advent of the internet, the retail landscape has changed drastically. E-commerce has forever changed the way people shop, and your organization can use that to your advantage with wish list drives. The rising popularity of online fundraising is changing the way organizations plan and create fundraisers.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2018

At the end of the day, it really comes down to making sure you take care of your communication skills—true listening, sharing language, and understanding your audience. Do you want to be heard or want something changed? What is the anticipated outcome or expectation of the change? Common language.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

Who thinks social service organizations should fly under the same banner as those that organize the public for political change? Better maybe, for the different pieces to keep to themselves, with their own methods, language, and professional development programs? The mission changes, but the skills and applications stay the same.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

These goals need to be in a language everyone can understand. Over many years of working with social change organizations, my firm, Constructive , has developed an approach to website design. How does change happen in the areas in which we work? What, if anything, about it needs to change? Technology Strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

TV is about to change dramatically. That said, way back in September 2010 I wrote a blog post on how to launch a TV station for your nonprofit using UStream (alternatively LiveStream has gained considerable market share). VIDEO: How to Write in Cursive. Pay attention to Internet TV trend and consider launching your own TV station.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

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. It is really important to pay attention to body language (discomfort, confusion, boredom, etc.) Your design is not just about content.

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M+R

JUNE 7, 2023

We spend a lot of our time working on policy specifics and the political factors needed for change, but at the end of the day our work is really about the people at the heart of these policies. Language to use + avoid in pitches We always want to be mindful of the language we use to describe impacted people and communities.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Last month, I went to an amazing training called the Skid Row School for Social Change. Other times, a visitor might use the exact language of our strategic documents. I've also started tinkering with an alternate food-related metaphor for this quandary: sourdough. And if you have an opinion on this, I'd LOVE to hear it.)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

That would be the responsibility of the Copyright Office, to advise Congress on any changes to domestic copyright legislation. ratifies it, then there probably would need to be changes to Chafee and U.S. We need domestic copyright exemptions so that local communities can scan the books they need in their languages.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 21, 2013

This is especially true for nonprofit organizations, which have always been a place where truly interesting, passionate people seek their “fortunes” (fortunes that are all about making change and doing good). But this is a very positive change and a great way to channel youthful energy.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I love alternative history novels. I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. I tried to picture an alternative with AleiaBrown and Adrianne Russell ’s # MuseumsRespondtoFerguson and LaTonya S. The change, like so many, was due to good intentions.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

For people who weren’t local, any park was a great alternative. Colleen also made sure to create a robust template for her fundraisers with boilerplate language and images. This could be as simple as changing your profile picture on CauseVox. You might be thinking “a basic walkathon style event? How did they do so well?”

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

Why this matters Meaningful change starts with engaging and growing your community. We also recently made enhancements to our OpenVPB phone bank organizing tool to allow users to set a default script and up to four alternate scripts for their phone banks. How will those values change or stay the same as you continue as Bonterra?

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