Bloomerang

MAY 27, 2021

This shortfall of volunteer management is an area worth attention now, especially in light of the two thirds of volunteers having stepped away from their previous nonprofit duties. Reading the headlines it seems that the government has stepped in to help the nonprofits sector survive.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Let’s look at ways to make your event stand out from the crowd and grab some headlines. Nonetheless, you need media coverage of all types to ensure your event’s success. Here are a few ways to ensure your event gets plenty of love from the media: 1. Find the newsworthy stories within your event. Share these.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Ask successful couples what their secret is and you’ll often year that effective communication and attention play an important role. Here are some great ways to communicate with and shower attention on donors for a long, happy relationship. Tell stories of the impact of their gift. Romancing your donors should be a top priority!

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers. Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

On January 30th, I’m speaking at the Social Media for Nonprofits in New York City. It requires attention to detail and delivering value. Tell the right the story with content you are collecting so that you audience finds it relevant or places of connection. Source: bethkanter.org via Beth on Pinterest.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The best nonprofit websites out there incorporate smart fundraising strategies into their designs to attract the most attention and support for their initiatives. So, save the longer stories for your “About Us” tab or your blog and try using call-to-actions on your homepage instead. Some classic examples include “Donate Now!”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Stephen Downes points to his post with the following commentary: This would be pretty funny if it weren't such a sad commentary on our media, not merely for using a photo of Brian Lamb and his laptop out of context, but in pandering to a resurgent anti-computer and anti-networking sentiment. " What is with these scare stories?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2013

10 Surprising New Twitter Stats to Help You Reach More Followers – On Buffer’s Blog, Belle Beth Cooper shares some easily implementable tips on how you can improve the way you reach your followers on social media. Pitman challenges nonprofits to reframe the slow months and use them to catapult their fall fundraising. creating content.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2017

It could be a photo, a short story, an op-ed—anything. We’ve all seen those horribly clickbait-y headlines , which always seem to include “You’ll Never Believe What Happens Next!!” Instead of writing baiting headlines, try reorganizing your content to increase readability. Don’t sacrifice good content for going viral.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

There seems to be a new social media tool or channel every week. But when Facebook comes out with a new app, you should probably pay attention to it. Facebook Paper, released in February for the iPhone, is a whole new way to browse the social media network. To read a story, you swipe up. The Bottom Line.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 24, 2017

That means instead of the usual generic headlines that don't state what the email is about; you have to be on point. Pay attention to paragraph lengths, and for emails, the smaller the content blocks, the more reader-friendly it is. What Is The Story? You have a story to tell -- why you need the help of your donors.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 7, 2021

An effective email can entice supporters with a compelling subject line and story, inform supporters about why their contributions matter, and provide them with detailed directions to get involved immediately. Social media. Social media has a low investment cost and expansive potential audience. Direct mail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning site? Community Media Workshop???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Post a variety of different media types, photographs and visuals get attention, shorter status updates, and curated links. The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Human interest stories and good news from the organizations generated more interaction than others.

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See3

OCTOBER 3, 2014

As we often tell our video clients, nonprofits are ultimately competing against cat videos for their audience’s attention. It makes your organization look up to date, current and relevant, and puts the video at the center of the YouTube user’s attention. Upworthy headlines are a good source of inspiration.)

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

However, Zenith Media predicts that the average viewer will watch 100 minutes of video a day in 2021. You might even use “World Storytelling Day” (March 20 th ) to tell the stories of those your organization has been able to help! Then create a video to announce it on social media! The big reveal. Let’s hear from the audience.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Site Insights: 10 most visited pages on the site, top 10 referring sites, and top 10 exit pages (How can you improve the content on pages where you are loosing people’s attention?). topic, draft headline, and bulleted ideas to expand on. Constantly.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

GivingTuesday 2023 by the Numbers Most leading headlines focus on the overall total dollars raised on GivingTuesday. This is a good indicator that campaigns run on other marketing channels, like social media and personal phone calls, influenced the broader awareness of GivingTuesday campaigns. Where Do Donors Give?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. The steps include reading, commenting, and sharing stories of personal behavior change.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Use phone, postcards, letters, emails and social media to build a series of appeals. Your goal in the first part of the letter is to get your reader’s attention. Start with a story to draw your readers in. Use a sad story that transforms into a happy one. Use stories in your copy but only one story.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2021

Social media remains a powerful force for nonprofits to communicate with their stakeholders and supporters. According to the Global NGO Technology Report, 94% of NGOs worldwide agree that social media is effective for creating online brand awareness. Grab Attention. Visuals are imperative on social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

I bet that headline got your attention. Katya Andresen was the keynote speaker and while I read her book and heard speak before, I'm always blown by her presentation skills - great stories, great visuals, and engaging. Yesterday, I facilitated a workshop at the Money for Your Mission Conference sponsored by CCSNYS.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman DEC 12, 2007 Why you need social media marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

Michael has a nice story telling approach to sharing his thinking. I think the stories belong to his clients, but here are my takeaways. Just when network members should be devoting their attention to the window of opportunity they get bogged down in a time consuming proposal process. front page headline about the issue?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

But hey, I’m sure you’ve opted out from things that just no longer captured your attention. Set her heart on fire with stories of real lives and real change – it’s what she wants to know after giving. ONE Success story. Kick off your newsletter by sharing one good story that shows how your nonprofit is making a difference.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR NONPROFITS. 5 Nonprofits Winning At Social Media. Case studies of nonprofits winning at social media is an opportunity to see the strategies in action. Social Media Marketing Statistics. Social Media Marketing Strategies. Social Media Marketing Templates.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 6, 2022

A press release can be the perfect attention-getter for your organization. A press release is a news story that your organization writes about itself then sends to media outlets in the hope that the story will run in their newspaper or during their broadcast. Sub-headline. We’ve got you covered. Lead paragraph.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2015

5 Social Media Trends That Could Impact Nonprofits In 2015”. “20 Don’t get me wrong, it’s important for your organization to pay attention to some trends—hell, we even published two of those headlines above (not the puppy one). “5 Marketing Trends for 2015 That You Can’t Ignore”. “5 20 Marketing Stats on the Trends of 2015”. “15

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

You have a limited amount of attention from a visitor. Conclusions indicate that the upper left of a page is the highest viewed area, headlines draw the eye before pictures, and more. Social media is all about the conversation going both ways. Why (should I be interested)? Where and When (if it's related to an event)?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

For example, when NWLC’s Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, Judy Waxman, was interviewed on MSNBC in a story about the failings of the individual health insurance market when it comes to women, we ran special ads on keywords we thought people might search for after watching the piece. 2) Pay attention to quality scores.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

A seminal study from the early 90s found that " many of the reported differences between the media is basically visual rather than cognitive and lies in the fact that reading requires discrimination of characters and words from a background. " Think about your own reading habits. I certainly don't. Read it out loud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

It still requires a lot of attention, staff time, management and promotion." Perhaps you're wondering what type of skills you need on staff to implement a social networking and media strategy. If you have a subscription to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, there is another related story called "Telling Moving Stories."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Lots of great data, resources, examples, and action steps foundations need to understand the value of transparency, be more open in their own communications. What caught my eye immediately was the infographic that summarizes data about how foundations are using social media. Media Impact Funders New Site, Data Tool, and Reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

I joined LinkedIn in 2004, but I only recently actually completed my profile and given some attention to adding people to my network which now has what one friend say "a crap load of contacts." Maura interviewed me for a story on Women and Blogging over the summer.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We help you all tell your story to the masses and raise more funds faster. That’s kind of a part of my story. However, my story didn’t end there, and I want to kind of quickly tell you what happened next. Essentially, what do we do? And so I’d love to share some of that with you today. I just know it.

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