Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

When your brand is consistent and strong, you can increase your organization’s visibility in your community and move your audience to action. For example, if your logo typeface is a script, you’ll want to select a san-serif typeface that works well as body copy. What Are Brand Guidelines? About the Author.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2022

Whether your nonprofit is interested in spreading awareness or influencing how their supporters might vote , virtual campaigns have the potential to reach a large audience, fast. . With the right best practices, video conferencing can allow your team to forge personal connections with supporters, no matter how remote.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice. Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve. Don’t forget to ASK!

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Your audience, on the other hand, is mostly full of normal people.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With more than 4 billion users, email empowers you to reach a vast audience while targeting your messaging to particular constituents. Your Priority: Engage Your Audience Inboxes are flooded with more than 100 new emails a day. Email marketing. It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

With more than 4 billion users, email empowers you to reach a vast audience while targeting your messaging to particular constituents. Your Priority: Engage Your Audience Inboxes are flooded with more than 100 new emails a day. Email marketing. It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens.

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NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2011

Tim Arnold, Functional Consultant, Beaconfire Many thanks to the good people at NTEN for agreeing to let me stand up in front of a huge cheering crowd at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference to drop some serious science in my session, "Practical HTML5/CSS3 for Nonprofits (or 'How to Party Like it's 2011 When it's Really Still 1999')."

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

It’s a common practice for commercial enterprises. Sprucing up the landing page : Because overloading the audience is an invitation to click away, they made the site less complicated, more attractive, and easier to navigate with only enough content to keep up interest in the registration process. What politicians do they support?)

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). 2) Educate. 5) Acknowledge.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Advocacy campaigns are an innovative way for nonprofits to engage their current supporters, attract new audiences, and fulfill their mission at the same time. Digital campaigns can be an effective way to spread the word about your cause quickly to a wide audience of supporters. Script-branching. Face-to-Face Communication Tools.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

By the end of this post and with a bit of practice, you’ll understand and have the skills to turn your story into a great video, from planning to shooting to editing to publishing to sharing, all on the smartphone you carry in your pocket! Start with your audience. Try writing a script with a two-column approach. STEP THREE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. s Ning site began as a way to solve a very practical solution???keeping Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning site?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

In the meantime, using Periscope to report live from your events is good practice and live streaming is different from other types of content. In general, it’s a best practice to limit the number of hashtags for your event. Don’t be too scripted and embrace the unexpected. nonprofitorgs and Twitter username.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Custom Facebook Audiences. Custom Facebook audiences are an effective way to leverage your existing email lists. They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. Environmental activists divided donors into audiences based on time spent as an activist: 0-6 month activist. 6-12 month activist.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Provide opportunities to practice and role play. Gather your class of fundraising ambassadors to practice making Asks. Share the ultimate Ask script that has been passed from fundraiser to fundraiser, and then give them the opportunity to learn through role play: “Me” sentence: . Will they be proud to share this message?

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Forj

MARCH 8, 2017

Videos are a great way to reach your audience and resonate on a personal level. Step 1: Follow marketing best practices. Know your audience. Step 2: Write a script. Keep in mind your audience (marketing best practice #2) and where they are in the buying cycle. What are you trying to accomplish? Non-Member?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Make sure your thank-you note also serves as a donation receipt and gives all the practical information the donor needs including the amount of the gift, the gift date, and the reason for the gift. Create a brief script for everyone to follow, then give everyone a few names to call. Provide specifics. Public thank-you video.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2022

From knowing your target audiences to getting them to donate, there’s a lot you need to know as a fundraiser. For the most effective email marketing, you want to tailor your emails to your audience. This requires segmenting your donor database into audiences based on their area of interest and giving levels.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Take heart fellow fundraiser, practice makes perfect. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The best way to practice an ask is to videotape yourself performing a mock ask. Practice truly makes perfect. Does the thought of making a six figure ask make your palms sweat?

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AuSM had some additional elements that let them take those audience members from “interested” to “donor”. A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. How did they do so well?”

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Let’s look at some simple, practical ideas you can use in the next few weeks to thank donors and make them feel special. You know your audience and what they’ll appreciate. It helps to provide the people making calls with a script. They are free to veer from the script, but they can use it to get started.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Webinars can greatly benefit from developing a “run of show” which in radio is a script designed to outline the order and amount of timing for items to be discussed within a program. Ask and Share with Your Audience. Panganiban, like Leroux Miller, suggests involving your audience early on. Make Presentations Social.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Take heart fellow fundraiser, practice makes perfect. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The best way to practice an ask is to videotape yourself performing a mock ask. Practice truly makes perfect. While you are practicing, try these 10 tips: Smile early and often.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Take heart fellow fundraiser, practice makes perfect. I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. The best way to practice an ask is to videotape yourself performing a mock ask. Practice truly makes perfect. While you are practicing, try these 10 tips: 1.Smile

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

adopting design best practices. applying SEO best practices. scripting and editing videos and short films. applying SEO best practices. scripting and editing videos and short films. Through online testing, we can gain insights into our audience, and make our creative work better. drafting advertisements.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

We'll discuss the question, and we'll have a little fun, but we'll also give practical answers and advice. He did this by: Scripting a short introduction that kicks off each episode. We didn't want to create a podcast long enough or tedious enough to require our intended audience to make an effort to set aside time for it.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

The easiest place to start is with the practical question of how much your project is going to cost. Not every campaign will include all of these elements, but as you build your communications plan, think about what fits into your budget, what your audience prefers, and what makes sense in your workload. Making a Budget for Your Plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

After they presented, we had a discussion between the three of us and then brought in the audience. Heartfelt story telling is essential. (More here on storytelling best practices) In both campaigns, there was an authentic, emotional, and compelling story — and that person was the hero of the story – not the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. I emphasized the importance of knowing your audience. In the presentation, I showed folks how to easily survey the audience using google forms. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

So, I remixed it for the audience. My next step is to contribute it to the Np Best Practices Web2.0 I generally like to have visuals, a place for my script, and links. That means you are free to use as long as you give the author credit and it isn't being used for commercial purposes. You can see my remix here.

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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. You should never sacrifice audience engagement for the sake of search engines. Robots.txt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

s Ning online strategy began as a way to solve a very practical solution???keeping Developers who are more experienced can create customized scripts and widgets on their site to accommodate the needs of their users. Audience and users should be identified and the site should be developed based on their needs and wants.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this article, we’ll cover things to consider when evaluating the safety of your event, share some resources, and provide best practices on how to develop your plan. Consider your audience and the main demographics that will be attending. Not sold yet? Here’s why you should be! We all want a little security in life, right?

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Classy

JULY 19, 2021

Nonprofit video is an ever-evolving marketing method, but remaining well-informed on the latest industry best practices gives your organization a major advantage. . Brief and educational videos have shown to engage larger audiences as well. . Here are a few simple best practices for your next livestream fundraising video: .

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Media Cause

MARCH 13, 2024

You can have a beautifully designed logo, but the truth is that your audience cares more about the other visual ways you present yourself. Visual guidelines are a reference tool that define the building blocks of your overall brand creative and provide guidance on how they can be used to create powerful connections with your audience.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then we’ll hone in on some best practices that you and your teams can apply specifically to leverage your board members in your fundraising activity in a way that excites and energizes them. Having a diverse board allows us to reach a broader audience. So a little bit more about me very quickly. So what does this mean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs and folks are still experimenting and learning. You need to know from where your audience is coming to your blog. Benefits and Considerations.

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