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5 Design Techniques That Will Increase the Lifespan of Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While these techniques can’t change the past, here are some design ideas to help your organization adjust and optimize your website in the future. Knowing who visits your site might not seem like a design technique at first glance. How they use this technique : They anticipate the visitor’s emotional journey. 3) Bushfire Help.

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Hollywood Storytelling Techniques that Boost Your Online Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

So why do great nonprofits struggle for the attention and funding they need to make the impact we all want to see? You're doing the most important work there is: changing lives and creating a better world.

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Does This Deserve My Attention?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, this tweet from Howard Rheingold, author of NetSmart got my attention! It is a simple, elegant way to train your attention while working online to keep mindful how you are spending your time. As he says in his book, your attention is one of your most available assets. ” (Note: I created a list.ly

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Nonprofit Public Relations For Beginners: How To Gain More Attention In Less Time

Kindful

This blog post will help provide some quick tips and techniques for helping your mission get more attention in less time. Make a list of people you hope to gain attention with, and then write your press release. The formula for PR is actually pretty simple. Can you pitch podcasts? Reach out to social media influencers?

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Why omni-channel fundraising works at year-end

EveryAction

Here’s how to apply those same techniques to your nonprofit omni-channel fundraising at year-end. It’s a rare occasion for you to earn their full and undivided attention, with some beautiful visuals and compelling information that will stick in their mind even if they don’t drop everything and mail in a gift immediately.

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Increase Open Rates and Click-Throughs with 5 Follow-up Email Techniques from Top Nonprofits

NetWits

“But so many more starving children need help” – The attention quickly shifted back to the urgent need. This approach is a great way to grab attention, draw readers in and make another ask. Not sure about you, but it usually gets my attention. What techniques are you using to increase engagement with follow-up emails?

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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. Parr uses the metaphor of building a fire to describe how capturing attention works. There are three stages starting with ignition, what captures immediate attention. It is based on reciprocity.