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Build a Non-profit Website that Works [Steal These Ideas!]

Get Fully Funded

Primary colors evoke childhood and optimism. Photos: Photos are so important to a nonprofit website and go a long way in telling a story, hence the expression, A picture is worth a thousand words. An alternative is to use stock photos, but this too brings challenges. Can you afford a professional photographer?

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Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As childhood obesity disproportionally impacts children of color, we specifically used social media strategies to reach communities of color. Many of the blog posts included pictures of food, school children and the bloggers interacting with sources they interviewed – making the blogs even more compelling to read!

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8 Creative Fundraising Ideas to Advance Your Mission

Connection Cafe

Louie’s Kids is a nonprofit that fights childhood obesity and promotes family wellness. . People naturally look at pictures before reading text. Comparative pictures (before and after) work well to achieve this. Alternatively, allowing a smaller number of raffle tickets with a higher price will increase the donor’s odds.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Create a Holiday Tradition of Giving Happy Katie recalls her own childhood traditions of giving, both during the holidays and year round. " Looking for an alternative gift to help a child? Spend it together online, checking out pictures and project descriptions." " Share Giving/Gaming Opportunities Online.

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5 Tips And Tactics To Become A Master Nonprofit Wordsmith

Bloomerang

Our distaste for writing followed us into adulthood because we still suffer from the same writing inadequacies we had in childhood. You show a picture of Stu and his glorious smile holding his silver medal above his head on the winner’s podium.). Below the picture, you add a quote from Stu’s mom. We suffer writer’s block.

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Best Practices: Creating Alt Text for Social Media

Forum One

Alternative text (alt text) is used to describe non-textual elements, like photos, icons, and data visualizations. Alt text should describe an image in enough detail to paint a mental picture of what’s represented in the photo without overwhelming people with unimportant information. Write Descriptively and Succinctly.