Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 million, depending on the size of its budget. and Catherine T.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The AI can suggest language that aligns with the SMART framework, aiding in conveying your goals succinctly. The AI’s ability to generate insights, prompt content ideas, and refine language empowers your team to make more informed decisions. Utilizing ChatGPT, you can articulate these targets more effectively.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Leverage Language and Formatting From Past Grants. Many grant applications will ask similar questions, such as what programs or materials you need funding for and why, how your nonprofit makes an impact in the community, and how you’ll measure success if selected for the award. Tailor Language to Meet the Mission of the Funder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Nonprofits can make their year-end email campaigns more accessible by providing alt text for images, clear and simple language, and offering options for large font sizes. It fosters inclusivity, ensuring that donors of all backgrounds, abilities, and preferences can participate in an organization’s mission.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Make sure your ask is clear and to the point: Trade complex language for simple phrasing and remove jargon in order to make sure supporters understand your call to action. Provide closed captioning, translation services, and materials in multiple languages. Don’t just ask once: You’ll need to ask a lot to get a lot.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 23, 2021

Our award-winning team speaks the language and becomes an extension of our client’s team. These proprietary solutions are the latest in a long line of accelerators designed by Cloud for Good to help higher education institutions make the most out of their data. Advancement Accelerator. Media Contact.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2024

The organization’s reach extends far beyond, touching the lives of hundreds of thousands worldwide through the universal language of music. Armed with a mobile recording studio and cameras, they embarked on a journey across America, resulting in the award-winning documentary, “A Cinematic Discovery of Street Music.”

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 18, 2023

That Monday you get a personal email thanking you from the Volunteer Manager that offers to be a reference for you should you ever need one and includes a $5 gift card to Starbucks (they speak your love language!). Have leadership, staff and/or clients give them praise, thanks, or awards. Have a volunteer of the year (or month) award.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2021

Grants are a great funding resource— over $50 billion dollars are awarded by foundations to charitable organizations every year. Use simple, effective language to sell your program. Present the good that your program will do efficiently, without flowery, overly complicated language. Don’t use empty jargon in your proposal.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Review requirements before applying for or accepting awards to ensure that you understand what is necessary to effectively manage the grant and if the grant lifecycle is a good fit for your organization. Learn the language and history. The OMB’s Uniform Guidance (i.e., In managing grant funding , communication is key. Seek clarity.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

Language — Is English the primary language of all your volunteer programs? Can you incorporate some other languages to include more people from your community? Take stock of your existing staff and volunteer language capabilities and incorporate different languages in your volunteer programs to make them more inclusive.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Back in the mid-2010s, I served as chair of the selection committee for the Washington, DC region’s biggest award recognizing excellence in nonprofit management. Make small changes, perhaps tweak the language a little or edit the question into a simpler format. What if English is not their first language?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. A grant proposal utilizes research to demonstrate emotion and not poetic language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

There are many chat bot authoring platforms that make it easy for anyone to create a bot without requiring the technical expertise in natural language programming. The bot has become an important channel for the organization’s emergency response communications and was nominated for a shorty award in 2018. Share in the comments.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2016

At the level of language, there is not. The big idea as I see it is to speak the language of results together. Four reasons to speak the language of results together: The writings are much simpler and shorter. Financial investors share a language built on differentiation. The first is compliance.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When approaching writing this section of your proposal, aim to include details that help the funder see why your organization is best suited to solve the problem or need at hand, if awarded the grant. Always follow the funder’s guidelines and keep your language clear and concise.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Veale Humanitarian Award for service to the blind community. Here's the letter from the editor of Matilda Ziegler Magazine, which explains why Carrie was deserving of this award: A Letter from the Editor New York City Dec. Veale Humanitarian Award. She wrote, "Please consider Carrie Karnos for this award.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2021

Branding essentially means you are consistent with your visuals, language, messaging, and tone. Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet. Each piece of content should represent your organization’s brand.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Of course, we’d have to focus on local language content. While English might be very useful in Nairobi, Swahili would be the language needed in rural Kenya. Idea Four: Fighting Corruption The TED Prize this year went to Charmian Gooch of Global Witness (she also won a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship at the same time).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2019

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they're needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2021

In this case you’d simply add a footnote at the bottom of your Honor Roll with language like: *includes a memorial or tribute donation. Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

You can do just about anything you can do in person in terms of active listening and tuning into the donor’s facial expressions and body language. Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award. Is there a story behind that? ”).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The Tech Awards , an annual event that honors projects which use "technology to significantly improve human conditions," just unveiled their laureates for this year. Universal Subtitles solves the problem of bridging video content that is in different languages to users around the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they're needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our work in this area has been recognised with two national awards from the Royal Society for Public Health and PwC , but more importantly, it’s enabling young people to change their lives. Here’s how we’re doing it. Understand What You’re Doing and Why. Obviously, that would be resource heavy and subjective.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 21, 2019

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they're needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 10, 2019

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they're needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 3, 2021

Give people suggested language they can share with their attorney. Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award. You can do the following to encourage bequests: Let people know what happens when they die without a will.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 29, 2018

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they're needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Funding is competitive, so nonprofits need to stay within those guidelines or risk losing out on funding awards. Change the language. On average, funders allow 10-15% of funds to go towards overhead, but most nonprofits need to spend at least 20% for effective program delivery, according to the Bridgespan Group (PDF).

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

Your mission statement and supporting language should clearly articulate why your organization exists and may include elements about the impact you expect to have on the population you serve. While not all, most grantmakers will require this designation for their grant recipients. Do you have a well-defined mission statement?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they''re needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Recognition: to help keep costs down, the foundation decided not to send people awards, but that doesn’t mean they ignored their fundraisers. Every fundraiser received a digital award that was highlighted on social and personalized for them. Woven Health Virtual Awards Ceremony. If great customer support is available, use it!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 18, 2017

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they're needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they're needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

2] Sometimes the language used in a corporation’s pledge announcement doesn’t include specifics but instead speaks to a general goal (such as “increasing racial equity” or “providing equitable access to tools”). . Challenge #3: Even when funders are sharing progress updates on pledges, they often miss key grantmaking details.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2014

Positive Language -- Find words and phrases to show employees they''re needed. His book, Charisma , has been translated into over 17 languages and his long running Essentials of Management was short-listed for Book of Year award by the Chartered Institute of Management. Document -- Put praise in writing to increase its impact.

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