M+R

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Just as relevant creative begins by understanding the audience, authentic creative begins by understanding the speaker. All of the questions we asked about the audience to develop relevant creative apply here as well. Authentic creative will look and sound natural and organic, not forced and artificial. Right Audience.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Thanks to YouTube, videos can be raw, without heavy editing, and still strike the right chord with audiences. “We I don’t like the way I sound or look on camera.” Virtual tour: A peek behind the curtain at your organization will engage your audience, especially those who are curious about your work.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Whether you have a #GivingTuesday strategy in the works or you’re starting fresh, check out some #GivingTuesday insights gleaned from The Fiver’s Children Foundation. About The Fiver Children’s Foundation. Fiver’s goal is to empower children to make positive life choices, to become engaged citizens, and to succeed in school and beyond.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

Know Your Audience. Last year, Save the Children raised over £100K during Gaming Tuesday. We’re reaching an audience we’ve never been able to before, this is the next generation of advocates, this is the next generation of donors,” said Mike Elliot, director of emerging markets at The Humane Society.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

That tip sounds kind of goofy, doesn’t it? But how do you talk with people when you’re a nonprofit with a diverse audience? This is a great way to have genuine conversations with your audience, get them more excited about working with you to make a difference, and even encourage camaraderie between different donors.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

and her children into an apartment, provide furnishings in partnership with our local furniture bank, and enroll her in a certification program so she can increase her income. “I Your thank-you letter should touch the reader’s heart, not sound like an academic paper. Thanks to generous supporters like you, we were able to move S.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

A small donation today can keep our neighbors from putting children to bed hungry. ” Speak The Donor’s Language No matter how many times you ask for donations, always act as though your audience or your “askee” doesn’t know much about your nonprofit, especially your internal shorthand. Please give your best gift now.”

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

When you are brainstorming, your words might not sound so polished, which is fine. Because of supporters like you, we were able to provide a stable home for them and their three children during a financially difficult time. “We The mother’s two children were doing terribly in school and fighting with each other constantly.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

Without your loyal supporters, raising money, sharing the campaign, and acting as your sounding board, you wouldn’t see much success. A Facebook post engages your donor AND increases your campaign’s audience. Community-driven fundraising is the ultimate combination of fundraising and engagement. or comment on your posts.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2015

When I attended, the theme was “Inkery”, so besides getting access to all the standard interactive exhibits, I was also able to get a caricature drawn, get ‘inked’ at a squid dissection, get a henna tattoo, decorate a sugar cookie with natural food dyes, and enjoy light snacks and drinks – all while a DJ mixed top tracks over the sound system.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Christmas lights, ice sculptures, and penguins sounded pretty awesome! Engage New Audiences with Tailored Special Events. Thinkery, a children’s museum in Austin, has regular adults-only nights , and they’re a great way to engage people who might not normally attend. Many museums and zoos offer summer camps for children.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums? Why the uniformity?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 24, 2018

Most “inspirational” quotes sound nice, but often lack substance or educational value. While it’s important to reach a wide audience, a small band of extremely loyal supporters can be just as great. – John Wood , Founder of Room to Read, a nonprofit promoting literacy in children. Tell us all the ways it could work.”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

It sounds fairly simple but it’s easy to get lost in the details. Get out and meet people, especially the people who are or who know your target audience. For example, if your target is mothers with small children, visit groups where they are meeting, perhaps as a speaker, to get the word out about your organization.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2012

You create products and services that you love delivering and that your audience is hungry for. In fact, you can literally make money while you sleep (sounds cheesy I know, but it’s happened to me many times!). A lifestyle business is perfect for people who want to work from home and have control over how they spend their time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

The final stages is the bonfire or what Parr calls long attention or your audience’s long-term interest in an idea, product, message, cause, or whatever. The triggers are: Automaticity: Uses specific sensory cues like colors, symbols, or sounds to get attention.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The title may sound innocuous. Only 10% of arts foundation funding goes to minority-led organizations, and worse, the higher a foundation's funding in the arts, the less likely their money goes to support organizations serving low-income or underrepresented audiences. The paper is anything but.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2016

One of my biggest aha moments while writing The Art of Relevance was moving away from the idea that there are "traditional" audiences and "new" audiences and instead thinking about people in terms of "insiders" and "outsiders". By 2015, the Elks Lodge had become a haven for LGBT parents of young children. It sounds threatening.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

Sound crazy? Their sound didn’t differ much from song to song, but what they did, they did very well. For example, a few years ago I was at an event with friends in support of pediatric cancer patients heal by Lurie’s Children Hospital of Chicago. Stay with me…. The Ramones. But, maybe you’re more like….

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 22, 2015

Make-A-Wish grants ill children once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that come in all shapes and sizes (from meeting famous athletes to becoming Batman for a day ). Helping some of the world’s most impoverished children in Liberia is a complex problem, but ChildFund International receives help from an important partner back in the U.S.:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2015

What stories does your team/company/audience need to hear to develop affinity with your organization? The book also includes a wonderful chapter about how this approach to digital leadership transforms the organization itself. One of the case studies in the book includes Carolyn Miles from Save the Children. What is off limits?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Creating a nonprofit social media plan sounds like such a daunting task, doesn’t it? What’s Your Audience Interested in? When planning content for your social media platforms, think first about your audience. It just takes knowing your audience. Lighting and SOUND matter. The key is to work smarter, not harder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

The social media network is now a prime opportunity for nonprofits to connect with a younger audience more personally and immediately. It’s inherently different though as it offers more editing tools that give content creators the freedom to link four 15-second videos together, add text, and edit sound. TikTok’s Rise to the Top.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

But how many institutions are really aggressively transforming their work away from service to a narrow band of audiences to community-wide advocacy work? Does this sound like director-ish bloviating to you, or is it useful? I'm trying to reposition our museum as a cultural hub supporting creative and intellectual community growth.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. Getting the message just right will save you from feeling nervous about asking for money, rambling when you talk about your organization’s work, and boring your audience.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Latino and Asian populations are expected to nearly triple, and the children of immigrants will become more prominent. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent. As marketers, it's very hard to get new audiences to know, like, and trust us.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 12, 2017

This one sounds a bit unintuitive, but let’s face it, asking people to donate money to your nonprofit is a buzzkill. For example, ask them to “Give clean water”, “Feed hungry children”, “Stop human trafficking, etc. This is your captured audience. Instead, ask viewers to make an impact that’s meaningful. Read their comment.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2020

Make some assumptions, but prove those out by asking your audience(s) and examining their reaction to what you’re doing. This is a corollary to the above: What parts of your mission match up to what your audience(s) really need right now? There must be a balance between your mission and your messaging. What parts don’t? Let’s do it.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

What this guide is : An introduction of the top 23 SEO best practices that will help get your content ranked in 2017, including: On page SEO factors – factors that are visible to your audience at the page level. While this may sound overwhelming, don’t let it discourage you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 15, 2009

Although podcasts haven't reached the same popularity as blogs and online video, their audience is increasing. According to Podcasting News , a recent Edison Research report found that podcast audiences are up 22% since last year. They often interview children as sources for their stories. Listen/subscribe on iTunes.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

That catchy alliteration makes him sound like a comic book character, like Clark Kent or Lois Lane, Peter Parker or Bruce Banner. Focus on one sense at a time Conjure a specific time and place by focusing on ONE sense — sight, sound, smell, taste — and draw the reader in with an evocative physical description. Still reading?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. Forrester created the “social technographics” profile tool to help businesses understand the way different audiences engage with social media (and you can read more of my thoughts on it here ).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Foundation also supports organizations that provide direct services to children and youth (ages 0-18) by addressing their basic human needs and safety through financial grants as well as Adobe employee volunteer support and software donations. students with a global audience. Youth Services. Youth Voices: Creating with Purpose.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Goal of the centennial project was to shine the light on the library’s resources and get new audiences engaged in the collections and connected to the curators and staff. My focus is on how children learn science. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Learning Science by Design.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

When talking about active audience engagement with friends in the museum field, I often hear one frustrated question: how can we get adults to participate? In children's museums and science centers, this relationship is at its most extreme. This interactive was developed by intern Lucinda Shawcross.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. Forrester created the “social technographics” profile tool to help businesses understand the way different audiences engage with social media (and you can read more of my thoughts on it here ).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2015

Personally, my family has just had a lot on our plate with two working parents, two very young children and typical family affairs to sort through. Sound familiar? . Take the time to think through your audience. Focus on the channels where you have the largest audience. They are the superstars. Where do you do best?

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