sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2021

Whether your organization promotes literacy, shelters animals, or impacts another worthy cause, recurring donations have the power to increase your funds so long as you take a smart approach to optimizing your program. Here’s what we’ll cover: Prioritize the donor experience. Actively promote your recurring gift program.

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Digital Strategy Giving Gift 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. This is good, basic digital literacy principles that have been taught by educators and librarians taught in the early 2000′s and continue today. He suggests these goals: 1.

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Literacy Chapter Journal Teach 110

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

The book covers five digital literacies – each starting with an illustration by Anthony Weeks that graphically communicates the key points. They include: attention, crap detection, collaboration, networks, and participation. The attention chapter is about why and how to control your attention when you’re online.

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Online Social Media Attention Chapter 128

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Many organizations we surveyed saw the value of having a solid donor stewardship plan in place and are concentrating their efforts to pay more attention to this in the future. How can you get an ROI in the digital literacy skills we are all developing?”. don’t wait for the crisis to be over.”. What new skills do you want to cultivate?

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Survey Virtual Nonprofit Sponsor 337

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Press Releases : AI writers can help nonprofits create attention-grabbing press releases that generate media coverage and raise awareness of their cause. Newsletters : AI writers can help nonprofits design and write newsletters that keep donors and supporters up-to-date on their latest activities and achievements.

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

Not only does that convey to the donor that you’re paying attention, but it also shows you need their support. Their clients range in size and focus, including Arts & Culture, Education, Healthcare, Social Services, Faith-Based, Recreation & Greenspace, Literacy, and more. But you have to be clear that you missed their support.

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Communication Donor Guide Mail 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

This year, for the first time, IDPD is commemorated with supporting sub-themes (see the full list here ), to draw attention to key issues that come into play in the intersection of disability and development processes. Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

In this day and age of short attention spans, it’s critical to grab attention with a short and clear message. Keep your Message Simple and Short: The beauty of Twitter is that it forces even the most verbose of us to be succinct. If you can’t summarize your organization’s mission in 140 characters, try again until you can.

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Lesson Twitter Campaign Learning 98

NonProfit Hub

MAY 24, 2018

– John Wood , Founder of Room to Read, a nonprofit promoting literacy in children. Nonprofits are not the place for egos or attention seekers if you want to see powerful and authentic change in the lives of the people that you serve.”. It only takes a few passionate people to make a difference. Make positivity your fuel!

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Literacy Nonprofit Money Life 59

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2017

Digital Strategy is my passion, but less from the perspective of technology implementation and more from the perspective of embedding digital knowledge and literacy throughout an organization. In our battle for the attention of our audiences, our biggest competition is the smartphone, but it is also our biggest ally.

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Conservancy Digital Strategy Literacy 26

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. She previously served a term for AmeriCorps with an adult literacy program in Flagstaff.

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Research Volunteer Program Business 85

Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

The project unearthed some amazing stories, including this one about a library in Colorado that provides individualized librarian attention to job seekers. Gadget instruction is an incredibly important component of digital literacy as more people are accessing the Internet from their mobile devices. More Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Pay attention to what’s not there—your missing data. My favorite housekeeping skill is freezing panes. I like to freeze my panes so that my first column and my top row stay in view as I scroll through my data. Collecting and using data is hard work! You’re bound to run into some situations where you are missing data.

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Data Tutorial Chart Statistics 139

Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

Your users have miniscule attention spans. Limited Attention Spans. In 2000, a study by Microsoft showed that the average human attention span was 12 seconds. What happened between 2000 and 2015 that would account for a 33% reduction in attention span? American Literacy is Iffy. The Internet is bloated.

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Web Effective Attention Structure 37

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

The great news is how much attention social entrepreneurship is getting. Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment. If you know someone like that, send her (or him) my way, too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Sharing Foundation Khmer Literacy Program. Roger Carr has written a wonderful post about the Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy School. Is that cool - the literacy school is green! Personal attention and trust got me involved. I launched a bloggers campaign as part of the Sharing Foundation's America Giving Challenge.

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America Blogger Challenge Campaign 50

Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

What is going to grab their attention? Always pay attention to background noise. Featured Photo: Using Texting to Increase Literacy in Afghanistan by Afghan Institute of Learning. Find your story. Start with your audience. What do they want to hear? What motivates them? Once you’ve got this, summarize it in one sentence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 Soren welcomed everyone and asked to be totally present and give full attention – which is becoming rarer and rarer at conferences. Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Did you know that Facebook Messenger can serve as a powerful donor acquisition and retention tool to capture donors’ attention and keep them around for the long run? Increase your internal team’s Facebook literacy as well as your supporters’. That’s where Facebook Messenger comes into play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

The book is a great read, a refreshing take on how to manage attention deficit and information overload caused by our connected 24/7 always on lifestyles. She points out that distraction is not the enemy. Brian Solis’s The End of Business As Usual and Brian Reich’s Shift and Reset.

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Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. This spring fundraising idea benefits both your cause and the dogs getting some extra attention. Encourage participants to take advantage of your local public library and get reading!

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Ideas Fundraising Celebrate Hosting 95

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

World leaders and technology firms should be paying attention to their solutions—and backing them up. There are digital literacy trainings for women springing up in Bangladesh, Internet cafés for women opening doors in Argentina, and women leaders in Kenya prototyping mobile apps that send out alerts if a woman’s safety is threatened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

It really should say "We" There was lots of help from the Sharing Foundation family - board members, volunteers, and supporters -- especially TSF's founder, Dr. Hendrie , whose relentess attention to campaign made it successful. We now await the results of the Network for Good/Yahoo Challenge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the issues they champion have taken a backseat in people’s minds this year, as our nation’s attention has been captured by one shocking event after another. There’s still time for your organization to secure important year-end gifts—if you can capture people’s attention and motivate them to support your cause.

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Channel Sierra Leone Story Digital 247

Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2015

A search engine doesn't know that "high-quality, evidence-based early childhood literacy interventions" are the same thing as "helping children learn to read." Put yourself in the shoes of someone looking for you: what would that person be searching for? Use those words in your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. Media literacy and creation skills can't be add-ons in schools, but have to be integrated across the curriculum in all subjects. " Media literacy is a paradigm shift - not an add-in subject. It seems more like rapid attention shifting.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

A meme got my attention recently on Facebook. I thought about it and … a Book Fair for Grownups has potential, especially if your organization has a literacy or education focus. Brainstorm with everyone close to your organization as well as your friends and family members who have attended fundraisers. A book fair with booze!”.

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Fundraising Movie Money Game 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

How can the backchannel enhance our attentiveness and learning ? Can the backchannel evolve past " snarkiness on parade " or " complaint festival " to improve learning and networking in conference sessions? In 2005, at the Les Blogs conference in Paris, there was a flap about the backchannel because the conversation crossed a line. .

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 3, 2015

She realized early on that it’s not always easy to inspire someone to open their wallet for your cause, especially when you have to compete with so many others for dollars, participation, and attention. So when Anna learned that $13 billion worth of shoes, clothing, and accessories are donated each year across the U.S.,

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. You always get a bit of bad with the good, however, especially with the news and public attention of a disaster relief effort. The Haiti earthquakes were no exception.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. During the last several years, TechSoup's Storymakers project has been focused on highlighting the most compelling nonprofit videos. In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. This past year, U.S.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Say you’re writing an appeal that will support your summer literacy program: Imagine a character that’s similar to people who have donated to that cause in the past. Writing a subject line that catches readers’ attention and inspires them to open and read your message is the first step toward creating great fundraising emails.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

The executive team is firmly committed to embracing the need to manage the organization rationally, efficiently, and with ongoing attention to the quality and effectiveness of its work. Will you track results of adult literacy tests or teens transitioned into work programs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

tools and my outlook on literacy, available information, research, and cross-referencing opinions has changed completely. Pay attention to the tools and services other bloggers use and that would work best for your purposes. I have read many blogs from people around the world, experimented with new web 2.0 Read, read, read other blogs.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. If you are targeting a local TV station, pay attention to the field reporters who prioritize feel-good stories. But consistent attention to media relations will pay off in the long run. .

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Story News Press Local 122

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Strategic Use of Bullet Points: Bullet points can draw attention to key information (see?). A campaign for a children’s literacy program might make their campaign page more user-friendly by including: A Clear Donation Section: Prominently placed near the top, this section highlights the action you want your supporters to take.

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Design Campaign Fundraising Storytelling 76

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects. There is a preponderance of reports about the value of new media literacies towards educating productive citizens of the 21st century.

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