AccelEvents

JUNE 25, 2020

The emergence of virtual events during the COVID-19 pandemic has lead to the development of new and unexpected roles on an event team. While some of these roles may look similar to those roles needed at a physical event, there are some major differences in the skills required to perform their duties in a virtual space.

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This typically means creating an exhaustive, robust library of materials, pre-launch, to get the word out on social media, email, and your website to drum up interest and support for your organization’s upcoming, exciting initiative. Also, gone are the days when functions like social media are a side note in a job description.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Explore the role of various platforms and tools in this transition, and understand the potential challenges that may arise. Nailing down your brand voice and tone to meet audience expectations? Cultivating a deep connection between your brand and its audience? That’s one puzzle. That’s a whole other challenge.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2024

As part of their democracy portfolios, they’re funding not only newsroom operations and training but also research and collaborations to bring diverse voices to the fore. The report found higher levels of trust in local news than in national news, but overall, the report found the lowest level on record of favorable opinions on media.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. These narratives can resonate deeply with your audience, fostering an emotional connection and a deeper understanding of your mission.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The world of social media is constantly evolving, and understanding social SEO is imperative for your nonprofit to make the most of organic content. Paid social is, in simple terms, paid advertising that takes place on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, etc with specific targetted audiences in mind.

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Achieve

MAY 24, 2024

Social media: Get creative with your promotional content on social media, such as sharing a video of a volunteer explaining how to opt-in by texting your keyword to your SMS short code. Use relevant hashtags in your caption to expand your audience and bring in new supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Media Cause

JUNE 22, 2021

That means advocacy can play a critical role in supporter engagement and prospect acquisition to drive individual giving gains and grow donor lifetime value — even if your organization is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3). But even setting aside passive fundraising, advocacy has a key role to play in your program. . Action Center.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Many organizations have to strategize around limited budgets while trying to reach the largest audience possible to get their mission out there. Most businesses are trying to sell something with their marketing campaigns and don’t need as much of a personal connection with their audiences as a nonprofit would.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

Your role as a grantmaker could involve providing guidance on ethical and trauma-informed storytelling practices , ensuring that an individual’s story is shared with dignity and respect. By using storytelling, nonprofits can translate abstract concepts into relatable narratives that capture the attention and empathy of their audience.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

What role does design play in TWLOHA’s history and present-day work? Design has always been a crucial aspect to how we operate and communicate with our audience, whether that’s an encouraging message on apparel and merchandise or a well-crafted social media post. How does your role tie into that? How do you work?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

The theme should resonate with both the AAPI community and also general audiences. Voices That Inspire: Welcoming AAPI Luminaries to Your Stage When planning your AAPI Heritage Month event, consider inviting influential speakers and community leaders from within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to participate.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Whether it’s an emailed donation appeal, social media post, or old-school flyer on a bulletin board, the best nonprofit communications help your audience relate to and position themselves within your mission’s story. Be mindful of passive voice. But what about some of your highest-impact communications— grant proposals ?

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2022

As we highlight our staff who are crossing their arms to be part of the movement on social media today, we also wanted to highlight our clients doing important work celebrating women’s achievements, raising awareness against bias, and taking action for women’s equality. Amplifying the voices of female peacemakers.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Your website, in many cases, is the entry point for the majority of your audiences. This global ecosystem serves as the digital brand and voice of your organization, as well as the main source of knowledge about the programs and issues you work on, and the audience you are reaching.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. How can we and how are we using social media tools for social change? So, what are the biggest lessons for using social media in a global movement?

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Social Media Change Media Lesson 145

Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Develop a Public Relations Plan Advocacy is about being the voice of change. Identify your target audiences, whether they be policymakers, community leaders, or the general public, then develop communication strategies for each group. Start by outlining your organizational structures. Don’t stop there!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

It gives your audience a tangible transformation to observe through the sharing of the written word, photos, testimonials, and videos. Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them. Prompt action from your audience .

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

As a Database Administrator, my world revolves around helping users make sense of the information they receive, from voice-of-the-customer anecdotes and impressions to polished Key Performance Indicator (KPI) graphs, charts, and dashboards. It means that you are open to the importance of the role data plays in your organization.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2021

As we highlight our staff who are raising their hands high to reinforce and show solidarity on social media today, we also wanted to highlight our clients doing important work moving the needle forward for women’s equality and empowerment. Amplifying the voices of female peacemakers. Telling stories through images of empowerment.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. This can also be a good place to add your brand voice or donor personas to describe who you are talking to. Build a tool for your audience that helps with a task. Build large training guides on a given topic.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Your foundation’s website is the entry point for the majority of your audiences, and so ensuring that all parts of your digital strategy and digital ecosystem are connected to it is of utmost importance. Do they have a unified visual voice and brand? There are many things to consider when planning a website redesign.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

This day and age, social media plays a crucial role in your marketing strategy. Unfortunately, laying the groundwork for an effective and strategic social media plan tends to become one of the tasks that is skipped over and organizations’ posts begin to mirror that of a personal account. Know Your Audience.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At Media Cause, we conceptualize advocacy in that same vein: It’s about shifting the balance of power. Digital media means we have the ability to tell our stories creatively that can help shape public discourse on a scale that wasn’t previously possible. Understand Your Audience. Share Your Vision for Change .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Planning early allows you to minimize the negative effects of unexpected circumstances and gives your team members enough time to understand their roles and responsibilities. If you find that your marketing efforts were misaligned with your audience, conduct more audience research to help understand your supporters better.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

The numbers will need to be adjusted to match what is allowed in each jurisdiction but it is possible to host an event with a small number of physical attendees/participants and broadcast the happenings online to a much wider audience. It will help reduce potential spread AND keep the audience lively and engaged.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Whether revenue comes from a previous campaign, a particular audience, or a giving package, leverage clean data so you can know where you’re going and eliminate potential problems. Stories can also be found while scrolling through social media: gather stories from clients, staff, and supporters when they post about your organization!

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. When you post on social media, you don’t know how many people actually see your content. I worked to develop my own voice. That’s average. ). So frustrating! How did I learn? I took copywriting classes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Worse is the impact of siloed organizations on nonprofit audiences – cuz really, how many emails can you get from the same organization before you go a little nuts? The challenge is to reach our audiences where they are, in that moment, with compelling content and a call-to-action… Not exactly what siloed organizations are best at.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

Segment your audience . But first, let’s compare how the major communication channels of direct mail versus digital communications play a role in donor retention. On top of that, multi-channel marketing allows you to more easily cater your communications to specific audience segments and use each channel for different purposes. .

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

When it comes to strategic planning, there are a few common hesitations that nonprofits voice throughout the process. You may decide to ask one team member to post to social media every day to engage your online audience. Assign each team member an individual role that they’re responsible for.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Like all new tools there is a learning curve, but for nonprofit social media managers that spend a good portion of the their time on social and mobile media, Periscope is intuitive, easy to use, and a welcome break from the daily routine of posting, tweeting, sharing – repeat. Promote the stream in advance on social media and in email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

The audience consisted of patient and professional patient advocacy organizations that were attending the ASCO meeting. Patient advocates play a critical role in setting research priorities, designing clinical trials and structuring appropriate clinical engagement with industry.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

Everyone has a role in the reengineering of your donor experience. . Anytime a donor visits your website, calls your reception desk, interacts with a program staffer, engages with you on social media, volunteers, or reads your blog, they’re shaping their view of you. You may not currently have much of a voice in these touches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. . Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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