Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For nonprofits in the U.S. Understanding your nonprofit audiences—their hearts and minds, wallets and worlds—is critical to successfully communicating in an election year. Remember, as you navigate the news cycle and other big issues, they shouldn’t take away from the importance of your work as a nonprofit.

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TechImpact

JUNE 13, 2014

Is your nonprofit’s Twitter account lacking? Over 9,000 tweets are sent every second, so getting noticed by your target audience isn’t as easy as it sounds. You’ll be getting your message across to your target audiences, and accomplishing your goals, faster. It’s tough out there.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Adapting to Changes in Facebook Fundraising Tools: A Guide for Nonprofits When you run a nonprofit, you’ve likely leaned on social media platforms for fundraising. It’s easy, widely accessible, and taps into an immense audience. ” – That’s where Flipcause steps in!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Another consideration is that around 80% of videos in social feeds are watched with the sound off. Facebook recommends that you “design for sound-off, delight for sound-on.” Adding legible, large text that is viewable on a small, mobile screen lets you get your ideas across, even if your audience isn’t listening.

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John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

For nonprofits and grantmaking organizations committed to racial equity, using artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) raises important concerns. They may associate words like “fantastic” and “great” more with white-sounding names versus Black-sounding names. Humans must apply an equity lens.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

When the Public Health Department was looking at how to reopen safely, they had a sounding board, and we were able to collaborate to develop successful solutions. Initiatives that impact a broad audience or community Outcomes that deliver strategic goals and objectives for all participants. Turn your perspective outward.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Your nonprofit website houses plenty of important information and resources, from the story of your organization’s founding to your donation page. If this sounds like a lot for your organization, don’t worry! The right nonprofit website builder will automatically optimize your entire website for mobile. Let’s begin.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

As nonprofit professionals, we often wear many hats, having to fill the roles of copywriter, editor, marketer, and more. If this sounds familiar, then we’ve got some good news. With Open AI’s ChatGPT , nonprofits can generate high-quality emails in a fraction of the time it would usually take to write them. What is ChatGPT?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Nonprofit fundraising videos bring your organization’s work to life in a way that written stories just can’t. Nonprofit fundraising videos help you raise more money. Yet many nonprofit leaders are intimidated by videos and more comfortable with traditional stories and photos to tell your organization’s stories.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Whether you’re planning an advocacy or fundraising campaign, using a storytelling framework to create your calls to action can help you make emotional connections with your audience and ultimately move them to act. Story of Now: What can you accomplish together with your audience’s help? Sounds simple, right? Story of Us.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In part two of this series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about how to engage your audience emotionally through creative storytelling. In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story.

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Achieve

JANUARY 18, 2023

Beyond choosing a fundraising idea, your nonprofit also has to decide whether you want to host your event in person or online. . In this guide, we’ll explore the pros and cons of virtual fundraising events so you can make the best decision for your nonprofit. What are the pros of hosting virtual nonprofit events? . According to.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Having solid donor engagement strategies in place is important for any nonprofit that wants to inspire generosity in their community and build a base of lifelong supporters. But the world is a noisy place: Donors are bombarded with constant messaging that can drown out a nonprofit’s attempts to reach them.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 15, 2021

Between audits, donation receipting, and volunteer protocols, it seems like nonprofits specialize in parameters and rules. Brand guidelines help you make sure what your audience is experiencing is consistent, authentic, and true to your mission. Your Audience. What You Sound Like. Yes, we do.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Julia Campbell has been helping nonprofits make the most of their social media presences for years. She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. Or even the next six months if the year sounds overwhelming!

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Candid

JULY 6, 2021

How often do you read about the wonders of automation for nonprofits? Automation technology is designed to support your nonprofit’s team, but it’s not a replacement for people. For example, adding a personal touch is a key aspect of nonprofit donor retention, which is necessary to help nonprofits continue to grow and develop.

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sgEngage

JUNE 30, 2023

Nonprofit marketing is the use of strategic methods by organizations to promote their missions and secure donations and funding. This article covers the nuances of nonprofit marketing, exploring the different types, channels, and challenges. Put simply, the more exposure a nonprofit receives, the larger impact they can make.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Real-time reporting from nonprofit conferences and events requires an advanced skill set, training, and a lot of practice. To register for future free webinars, please see the Nonprofit Tech for Good Webinar Schedule. Live reporting from nonprofit conferences and events requires an advanced skill set, training, and a lot of practice.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In today’s world, data drives so much for nonprofit organizations. For the nonprofit sector – where being able to accurately forecast donation patterns or make more predictable membership renewal is always a key focus – business intelligence has the potential to completely transform how organizations operate.

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Qgiv

MARCH 25, 2024

Crank up your nonprofit fundraising with a benefit concert! Advantages for nonprofits of hosting benefit concerts Hosting a benefit concert for your organization offers numerous benefits, such as: Fundraising. Not only does the concert need to sound good, but it needs to be accessible for your guests. Inspiration.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Without a strong brand, you’ll spend your days reinventing the wheel, and your customers/donors/funders/audiences will struggle to connect. . At Media Cause, we work with nonprofits of all shapes and sizes, focused on raising awareness and driving donations for their specific causes. You didn’t invest in audience research. .

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Now, this might sound a little strange, but it’s true. Why is this pertinent to the nonprofit sector you might be wondering? Essentially, storytelling is something that not only helps nonprofits engage with their communities, but it also harbors the potential to help nonprofits fundraise, too. Are you writing daily posts?

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TechImpact

JULY 11, 2014

Have you become too comfortable in the way you’re communicating with your online audience? Changing the way you communicate online sounds like a daunting task, but it can be very simple. Do you have a rule your nonprofit follows? But is your messaging online resonating as well as it could be? Tell a story.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Nonprofits and cause driven organizations just like yours are now marketing on Tiktok to help raise awareness and support for their missions! Does the tool help you reach your target audience? If you’re unsure if you have the time to manage a TikTok account for your nonprofit, create a draft content calendar.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Regardless of what type of business a nonprofit organization does, it requires a marketing campaign. Below you will find a short but informative template that contains everything about creating a nonprofit marketing plan. Despite being a nonprofit organization, timelines and goals should be clearly defined.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 20, 2021

Sounds very spiritual doesn’t it? But really, good nonprofit strategic communication begins within an organization before ever setting out to share with everyone else. . Before you communicate with an audience, get together with your board and staff and get your stuff straight. Have a coherent mission. Have a coherent mission.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 16, 2014

The one demographic that is increasingly difficult for nonprofits to reach is the nation’s youth. With shortening attention spans and so many other outlets vying for their attention, reaching the youth audience may seem like a daunting task. How has your nonprofit utilized, or planning to utilize, Instagram and Vine?

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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. Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A very common “go-to” funding idea for small nonprofits is fundraising events. Here are three kinds of fundraising events that work for most nonprofits and how to choose the right one for you. You already know that every dollar counts in your nonprofit. So, what’s the RIGHT event for your nonprofit?

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2021

And securing more time in the future depends on how you pitch your nonprofit and whether your audience feels compatible with you. You know your nonprofit inside and out—which can both help and hurt you. Let your audience feel smart! The worst thing you can do is deliver a pitch that sounds rehearsed.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Video marketing is probably the best medium available at the moment for engaging audiences and promoting messages. That, alongside the fact that the increasingly important millennial market is heavily engaged with video marketing, is reason enough for your nonprofit to consider creating more videos. Firstly, why are you making it?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. The University of San Francisco was the first school to offer a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration less than 40 years ago, and the first School of Philanthropy was created just nine years ago at Indiana University.

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Qgiv

MAY 31, 2023

By now you probably know that you should have social media accounts for your nonprofit organization (and if you didn’t, now you do). As each social media channel is unique, your audience will be different too. Those tools are vital to learning about your audience, and that can help guide you with what to post and where.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2023

The dotCOMM Awards winners have been announced, and we are thrilled to say that Forum One has been awarded 5 dotComm awards in the categories of nonprofit websites and virtual events! March of Dimes Platinum for Nonprofit Website March of Dimes is dedicated to leading the fight for the health of all moms and babies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

Quinn – a consultant with more than 25 years working with nonprofits and curator of the Nonprofit Website Insider. It sometimes sounds as though tools like ChatGPT or Gemini could entirely replace humans in writing website content. And it could… if nonprofits didn’t need to write anything good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

By Bryna Dilman , Director of Marketing at FrontStream , who offers expert tips to nonprofit organizations planning to move their in-person auctions online. . With the entire world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic fallout, the vital services and resources that nonprofits provide are in historically high demand.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 23, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Emailing Like a Pro: Navigating Gmail and Yahoo’s New Sender Requirements Imagine this: You’ve crafted the perfect email for your nonprofit’s big campaign, hit ‘send,’ and then… silence. Your message never reaches its audience, lost in the digital void.

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