Qgiv

AUGUST 22, 2024

Segmented appeals Targeting specific segments of your audience with personalized invitations can significantly boost engagement and improve your fundraising outcomes. Taking the time to craft a thorough invitation can translate to a larger, more engaged audience, ultimately leading to greater success for your fundraising efforts.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Consider Your Audience The key to creating a member newsletter that people keep opening and reading is to offer content that’s beneficial to them in some way. Channel the audience reading your newsletter—what’s helpful to them? Not every type of content will resonate with every type of audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Finally, and of course, to effectively reach all audiences your blog (and website) must be mobile-compatible. Posts can be as little as 250 words with a featured image or as long as a 5,000-word photo essay. Embed images and videos that are consistent in size. Reading and seeing (include photos and videos!)

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The Storytelling Non-profit

MARCH 7, 2022

As a non-profit professional, it’s essential to come out of the weeds of individual storytelling so that you can be strategic with what you tell your audience over time. Here’s a video tutorial I made that walks you through how to create a 90-day communications plan. Non-profit fundraising and communications programs are like this.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Videos, interviews, client stories, audio, emails, podcasts, social media posts—there are so many types of storytelling opportunities available to nonprofits of all missions and sizes. Quote over a photo of a woman speaking. Fundraising Nonprofit Video Tips for Busy Fundraisers 9 min read Read Now 7. goals acronym).

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

When you're building a movement, video is an indispensable storytelling tool. By appealing to a wide range of our senses, videos capture our attention and activate our emotions, unlike any other medium. The original DIY video platform, YouTube, is now the world's second largest social network and search engine. I come prepared.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

The best blogs engage audiences by making personal connections with readers and sharing insider mission information. This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 29, 2021

But first, you have to establish meaningful relationships with your audience. Whether its an email blast or an Instagram post , wherever your audience is interacting with you, interact with them back. This could include interviews with patrons or testimonials, but the best option is often the simplest. Be sincere.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

Part of the early development of an event marketing plan includes determining the target audience and considering how to best engage your donors with relevant information. Wistia : Boost video engagement while tracking video performance. What marketing channels should we use?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

You can learn more about John and OpenAction in the interview below. Essentially, we give organizations a simple tool to manage project information, like photos and videos. Sometimes they were the target audience, but that was often due to the lack of product focus. So that’s where OpenAction comes into play.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, modern platforms, smartphones, and short video formats allow nonprofits to take advantage of this powerful tool in a number of ways. Here are 10 ways to use video in online fundraising for nonprofits. This can help you engage a wider global audience while breaking down geographic barriers.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Successful event marketing starts with knowing how to reach your target audience. For most event coordinators, one of the best places to reach their target audience is Instagram. With over 2 billion active monthly users , you can connect with a broader audience there by sharing engaging posts. Build suspense for the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I couldn’t help but think – what if Joe Page or other community foundation board members had flip cameras, some video and story telling training and shared their stories on the Alaska Community Foundation Facebook page? Photo by Aliza Sherman. Here’s some thoughts: From Nancy Duarte's new book, resonate. The Technical Stuff.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. A topic covered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , video can be a powerful tool for. While video is an effective medium, the perceived costs of equipment and editing tools coupled with the question of what will.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Photo by Jon Bauer Over the weekend at Podcamp Boston 4 (which sadly I was unable attend because I moved from Boston), I caught a tweet from colleague Chris Abraham coining a term called " Reputation Dysmorphic Disorder." We posed for this photo after the session. Susan is much taller than I am, you can't really see it in the photo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Depending on the target audience (and your capacity), you might want to promote the event on other social channel Event Pages such as LinkedIN or Facebook. If your event includes a discussion or speaker, you can solicit questions from your audience ahead of the event using a tool like Google Moderator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Cute Dog Photos! They’re inviting folks to submit their own cute dog photos. grist.org has discovered what social media folks who work for zoos, aquariums, and animal welfare organizations already know. They’re inviting folks to submit their own cute dog photos. Those dinner videos or cute animals?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

The audience laughed. The moderator, Marcelo Jamberio, organized a set of questions that other Marcelo and I responded to with slides and audience interaction. Engagement with a purpose and knowing your audience. I also shared some points about the importance of creating audience personas before you start crafting stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. To be a little meta, here’s a photo by Mark Horvath as the video was being shot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

She interviewed Manny Hernandez from Tu Diabetes and Es Tu Diabetes , and Ayumi Stubbs from the ASPCA Online Community. Recently, Thom Clark, Gordon Mayer, and Demetrio Maguigad did an email interview with me. Users can import their Flickr photos from their account and promote their profile pages and widgets on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Video: Our session was lived streamed and we have a video. Photos: I rounded up the photos and screen captured important tweets and put them into Flickr here. 2. What worked about the audience interaction activities face-to-face? Many in the audience identified with the “data delight stage.”

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

How can you lead your audience back to your blog again and again for exclusive information, stories, and updates about the campaign? Or maybe you offer a 30-second behind-the-scenes video of your team preparing for the campaign. Don't have a good selection of photos? Try videos or illustrations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2012

Post an eye-catching photo up front and center. (As As Frank Barry wrote in his post , choose a photo that keeps your brand in mind, but also shows off your culture, history, mission, and values.). Use Facebook's Timeline feature to share photos and videos or ask questions. Know your story, audience, and goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

Photo by Geoff Livingston. My goal for conference presenting moving forward is to be on panels that I have designed or co-designed and that design involves the audience beyond a 5 minute q/a at the end. I realized that I enjoy presenting at sessions when the audience gets to share their knowledge with the room and each other.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Your recording booth asks participants for audio stories plus photos of themselves with their objects. Why did you choose this format instead of video? Photos are fun.

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Kindful

APRIL 12, 2021

Even as we emerge from the global pandemic, these forms of on-site donor recognition will only reach a small audience, and fail to capture the full breadth, impact, and meaning of each of your supporter’s contributions. Given its frequency and the more formal, tactile feel of the medium, an interview format may be appropriate.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. To be a little meta, here's a photo by Mark Horvath as the video was being shot. Be prepared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

When I train other trainers (this one is face-to-face), I get them to share and brainstorm “Meet & Greet” questions that are relevant to a particular audience or topic, such as this one from a group of fundraisers. Or the last photo in their phone. Then you interview people on different sides of the scale.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

They employ numbers throughout their site to make people feel aligned with thousands of others, and they give a face and a voice to those thousands with pictures, videos and written stories. Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible. Identify Your Unique Value Proposition & Broadcast it to Your Audience.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

More nonprofits and libraries are using mobile technologies to educate, activate, and engage audiences and constituencies of all shapes and sizes. AMOLED screen is a beauty for sure, and lends itself quite nicely for video and photo capture. You can see for yourself how clean and clear the picture quality is in the video below.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Zoom — Top Fundraising App for Conferencing Zoom makes it easy to video conference and message team members during fundraising campaigns. Plus, your team members can join a video conference from anywhere on any device with the Zoom mobile app. Zoom allows everyone to start fundraising faster with a convenient video conference.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

All the photos in this post are on Flickr here. These nontraditional audience engagement techniques helped make complex goals and visions explicit and understandable to visitors. In this short video , one participant even talks about her therapist. You can explore the projects in full on the class wiki. I don't know.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

For example, ensure all images include alt text, provide a transcript or closed captions for videos, choose text colors that contrast with the background, and use hierarchical page structure. ? Enhanced user experience ensures that your website is open and inviting for all members of your audience. A fast load speed.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. Who are the target audiences? Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). How do think your target audiences will prefer to get info for this initiative? Spotlight/Profile, Interview.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For Fiver, this means pulling client testimonials from thank you letters written by program participants or through phone interviews with families. If you have a chance to partner with an organization that can bring extra credibility, reach bigger audiences, and help to make a bigger impact, then by all means, go for it. Storytelling.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. Why did you choose this format instead of video? Photos are fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. Use Nostalgia (old class photos) to Spark A Trip Down Memory Lane. ” 3.

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