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Community Tools Based on Community Listening

Tech Soup

It was the Loma Prieta earthquake that inspired the creation of NERTS; that day was definitely on our minds. A key feature of 4Bells is that not only can dispatchers broadcast particular needs, but volunteers can both claim and check back in the task they receive.

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3 Reasons to Get Board Members Involved With Online Fundraising

BoardAssist

When you think of a “nonprofit board member” what comes to mind? Whatever it is, chances are, your mind probably doesn’t leap straight to online fundraising. In other words, an inherent part of personal fundraising is broadcasting your reasons for caring about the cause to your network. We’re convinced! Large donations?

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How Nonprofits Can Engage an Audience Through Storytelling

ASU Lodestar Center

Through stories, people can speak out their minds, share wisdom, and pass information to others. The first step of generating a good story is to articulate your goals. Whatever channel you choose, it’s imperative to mold and format the story you want to broadcast and integrate it appropriately into your online marketing strategy.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals To Begin 2018 with Clarity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. When you have worked in a field a long time (for me it has been over 3 decades), you have to keep an open mind about remembering and reflecting on what you have heard before — looking at as if it was new.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. Identify Your Unique Value Proposition & Broadcast it to Your Audience. Keep in mind that not all stories need to be long-form. Pencils of Promise is also very good at this.

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How to Build Great Organizations for Greater Societal Impact

Connection Cafe

Here are some of the principles articulated in Pillar 5 of the Performance Imperative: The board, management, and staff take on the challenge of collecting and using information, not because it’s a good marketing tool and not because a funder said they have to.

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Guest Post by Paul Lamb: The Religion & Technology Divide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not surprisingly, much of the most innovative work is being done in so called "Celebration" churches with a relatively young audience steeped in broadcast and digital technologies.