Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The first thing that you’ll need to do is start creating content that will attract your target audience. This will give you the best chance of getting your posts in front of your target audience. 6) Use video and live streaming for storytelling. Let’s look at some of the most effective options that you might want to explore.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

An eye-catching opening, slick text animation, smooth transitions — these are all important elements of polished social videos. In all cases, video stories are most memorable when they have a core message — a "so what" moment. But also, it's important to know how you address your audience, if at all.

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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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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

Maybe you (or your audiences) are still waiting on an invitation to Bluesky. Here’s what we like about Threads: Easy, captive audience. If you have an Instagram presence, you can quickly build your Threads audience based on your IG following. Threads has a built-in audience and simple integration with Instagram.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. With the power of shares and the possibility to go viral, even the smallest organization can reach a global audience.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Camera shy people learned that video is your best friend when you need to deliver an important message to a remote audience. Groups that developed a structure and schedule for online meetings managed their time and effort more efficiently. A constant bombardment of messages causes burnout.

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s digital world, email is a fundamental tool for engaging your donors and your audience. Compare your present performance to your past performance, and then looking for outliers to inform how you structure your communications going forward. That way you can make it a habit for your audience to see and anticipate.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

Think for a second, how many videos have you watched this week? If your browsing habits are anything like the majority of people’s, chances are you see at least a couple of videos every day. Video content has grown to be so ubiquitous that you’d need to go out of your way to avoid watching them. What Is An Explainer Video?

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Forum One

MAY 19, 2022

After all, the more you understand your audiences the better your ability to meet their needs—accessibility is no different. Watch the W3C’s Web Perspective Videos : These short videos highlight accessibility features that are essential to people with disabilities and useful for all. Start writing more accessible content.

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Forum One

MARCH 30, 2023

The Simmons Talks are an opportunity for the museum to reach new and different audiences and engage them outside of the structure of a museum visit. Movement to meet client and audience needs In addition to illustration and color, motion is the final critical part of this design. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If your nonprofit organization is struggling to share your message with your various audiences, you’re not alone. Are you looking to talk to your existing audience, or expand to new folks? But with a little bit of structure and curiosity, it becomes a lot easier to learn and iterate to better connect with your audience. .

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Candid

MARCH 22, 2022

In the video below, find four tips to do just that. After you have crafted an effective story, you will learn how to implement a strategic approach to communications with your audiences, using templates, case studies, and communications best practices. The answer: tell an engaging story.

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Forum One

MAY 20, 2021

After all, the more you understand your audiences the better your ability to meet their needs—accessibility is no different. Watch the W3C’s Web Perspective Videos : These short videos highlight accessibility features that are essential to people with disabilities and useful for all. Start writing more accessible content.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2021

Communications plans help offer structure and strategy that can save you time and energy in the long run, while getting your desired objectives accomplished. In Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, we discussed identifying your objectives and discussed how to better understand your audience. This is part 3 in a 4-part series.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Just like identifying an ideal donor profile is useful for fundraising, your social media presence should cater to your defined target audience. Understand your audience As the old saying goes, you can’t be all things to all people. The content you post should be crafted with your platform and audience in mind.

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Greater Giving

JULY 30, 2021

Without the traditional structure of a live, in-person benefit gala with a catered ballroom dinner, the line between “live” and “silent” matters less than it did. Make a fun video demonstrating the value of the auction items to get people excited, and shout out the winners on the stream. Hybridizing Your Live Auction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The structure of awareness and attention determines the pathway along which a situation unfolds. As Michael wrote in a guest post last year , marketers are discovering the power of video and they now have a lot of data to prove that it works. But it’s not easy to create effective 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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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

If radical anti-family forces have their way, this UN sponsored program is likely to become an all-out assault on our traditional family structure. Receptive and swayable audiences are becoming harder and harder to reach. The postcard and the stamp from direct mail campaigns are replaced with a TikTok video and an ads budget.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

What’s Your Audience Interested in? When planning content for your social media platforms, think first about your audience. Photos and video will help your passion will come through. Our friends at Epic Outreach do a GREAT job of telling their story on Facebook using photos and video. It just takes knowing your audience.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2016

So, isn't it obvious that's how you should be reaching your audience? Understand Your Audience. The more you write directly for your audience, the more they will relate to your story. Should You Ask Your Audience to Share Their Stories? You can tell your story via email, website, video, and social media.

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s digital world, email is a fundamental tool for engaging your donors and your audience. Compare your present performance to your past performance, and then looking for outliers to inform how you structure your communications going forward. That way you can make it a habit for your audience to see and anticipate.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

To be considered a success, a virtual networking event needs to be more than just a massive video conference! It is easy for online conversations to descend into chaos, so if you add structure to the event, you can avoid some of the wasted and time and energy that comes with having to constantly refocus the group. .

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Similar to a museum curator, librarian, or archivist, a content strategist crafts experiences that establish audience relationships and secure return visits (both virtual and in-person) and continued engagement. Now, these digital collections are essential to telling a story. Now, these digital collections are essential to telling a story.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

And what she offers is structure and strategy to how to become a better fundraiser through doing some of your own self-reflection. . Well, it’s leading those board meetings with that same structure. If maybe you have that kind of board structure or you’re thinking about it, I think you’ll learn a few things there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

You’ll need to build strong connections with your audience, collect important details, and manage fundraising. In other cases, there might be extensive documentation or video tutorials that you’ll be able to use. Running an organization can be a big challenge. There are several ways that a CRM can make it easier for people to use it.

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Classy

MAY 12, 2021

That structure makes it simpler to plan content for weeks or months at a time. You never know what could spark your next big idea for a social media challenge, educational content shares, or behind-the-scenes videos. It also makes it more challenging than ever to target specific audiences.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

No matter the details of your story, you can leverage that sense of empathy to solicit a response from your audience. Always remind your audience that meaningful change can only happen with their assistance. According to NXUnite , there are numerous nonprofit influencers who have notable audiences and impressive expertise.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

How to find this in Bloomerang: Reports → New → Start from a template → Newest donors Why this report is helpful: These folks are a very important audience! Take a look at how the annual total columns are structured: Since this is a Constituent report, we can pull in the calculated Sum (yay math!) Can you thank them again?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

However, outreach can–and should–take many forms to speak to all segments of your audience. Invest in IRL communications like postcards to all your constituents while leveling up your digital game with videos and consistent messaging. Internally, there is no better time to take a critical look at your organizational structure.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It aims to help people become more aware of or engage in something and can be applied not only to external audiences but internal ones too. Audiences are increasingly more savvy and sophisticated. Audiences are increasingly more savvy and sophisticated. Behavioral science principles include: Addressing audience needs.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

It can also open up topics of discussion to broader audiences rather than being restricted to a geographical region. . This format is structured the same as in-person conferences. And, you can expand the scope of sessions offered, reach a wider audience, engage sponsors, and potentially generate higher revenues. Greater ROI.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Web accessibility isn’t just about ensuring a public-facing website is accessible, but also intranets, internal digital tools, documents, videos, processes, and the information people need to do their jobs. The “I’m Determined” website focused on better addressing its audiences’ needs through a participatory design process.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

Start by understanding your audiences and tailoring content and outreach to their needs. Walk: Collect data and determine what it is telling you about your audiences. Chatbots give your existing audiences new channels to discover your existing services and are also a new way to serve key audiences you’re trying to reach.

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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. Fair enough.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Trinity Church Wall Street (TCWS) has a diverse set of audiences, all with different needs. All these audiences have unique interests, which may be served online or offline, and may overlap. Get really close to your audiences and understand what they want. Personalization to drive community participation.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Set SMART goals Build your audience persona Develop your brand Determine what channels to use Put together a content strategy Drive engagement Track your results. Build your audience persona. Instead, build an audience persona to guide the creation of your social media posts and content. What do they like?

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