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4 Text Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Take from Big Brands

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Only a fraction of those ads makes it past our “attention wall” and are something we remember as consumers. Now, making a purchase on Amazon is as simple as sliding a button from left to right on your cell phone. Check out Qgiv’s Text Fundraising Success Toolkit. Text messages help your organization accomplish this!

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What is rapid attention shifting?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. blame the internet! :-).

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HOW TO: Report Live from Nonprofit Events and Conferences

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Reporting live requires undivided attention to do it well, and if it’s not done well, then it’s not worth doing. On the day of the event, new media managers should come equipped with both a laptop and a tablet or smartphone that has photo and video editing capabilities and be provided a space where they can work uninterrupted.

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6 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals on Speaking Brilliantly with Your Slides

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Looking at your entire presentation from their perspective will not only encourage you to cut any excess information, but also help you to design more compelling slides. Pay close attention to this because it is likely that you will lose your audience’s attention at the same moments. A slightly elevated energy level.

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it dampens interaction.

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11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Get creative in integrating your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch into photos, slide shows, or even your YouTube Channel banner. Subscribers are much more likely to pay attention to your text messages and take action if they are sent infrequently. Simple text pitches aren’t enough to compel people to subscribe.

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Keynote from My Charity Connects Conference at NetChange Week

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My slides are above and my reflections are below. The conference had fast and reliable wifi and many had their laptops opened and were tweeting before the conference started – so I encouraged using Twitter as a back channel. When I tell people that they might see themselves in the slide show, there is always nervous giggle.

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