Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Today, January 17, the 30th anniversary of the Betamax decision, we’re proud to mark Benetech’s participation in Copyright Week —a week of action that aims to engage communities in the ongoing conversation about changes to copyright law and celebrate six principles for a balanced copyright system. In the U.S.,

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In the Salesforce Winter ’22 Release , there are a number of intuitive new features, updates, and functionalities sure to benefit your Salesforce instance. For those of you who have set up dynamic dashboards to track your organization’s KPIs, you have cause for celebration with this new feature! Send List Email Your Way (Pilot).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

Toolkits that include sample messaging (email templates, social media posts), successful campaign examples, and graphic assets like official logos and images are especially helpful. Besides, having access to your supporters’ network is one of the biggest benefits of running a peer-to-peer campaign in the first place.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

2 The Strength of Email Segmentation In episode 2 of “Year-End in July,” guests Ryan Carpenter and Colleen Patel talk about the benefits of identifying overlooked segments in your nonprofit’s year-end giving campaign. Creating connections with donors through compelling stories and images is integral to year-end fundraising strategies.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 27, 2023

Look for exclusive opportunities, such as behind-the-scenes tours, meet-and-greets with celebrities, or once-in-a-lifetime adventures. Use descriptive language that highlights the unique features, benefits, and value of the package. These extraordinary experiences create a sense of excitement and entice potential bidders.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 10, 2021

Image: Beeple. However, it may give nonprofit fundraisers creative ways to work with their celebrities or wealthy donors to create these NFT opportunities. This example shows how a nonprofit can be a fun partner to meme NFT and benefit from the sale. Embed from Getty Images. Confused yet?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Earlier this month, the FCC explained why Lifeline expansion matters : "Internet access has become a pre-requisite for full participation in our economy and our society, but nearly one in five Americans is still not benefiting from the opportunities made possible by the most powerful and pervasive platform in history."

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Earlier this month, the FCC explained why Lifeline expansion matters : "Internet access has become a pre-requisite for full participation in our economy and our society, but nearly one in five Americans is still not benefiting from the opportunities made possible by the most powerful and pervasive platform in history."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We celebrated the tenth anniversary of Bookshare—both online and with in real life—with gatherings of users, volunteers, partners, employees, and friends throughout the year. As we get older, some of us like to increase the length and number of celebrations for our own birthdays, so why not apply this to Bookshare too?

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. Use alt text—a short description of an image that is read aloud by screen readers—for all social media and website images.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

GivingTuesday: GivingTuesday is a global philanthropic movement celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. It allows organizations to benefit from the collaborative efforts of other nonprofits. Keep in mind, these individuals don’t have to be celebrities with millions of followers.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2021

Anything you can do to help your participants create a compelling page in a short period of time will benefit everyone. Suggest talking points, share some tips, and give them access to images, videos. , images they can use to create their own social posts. , Celebrate each achievement they tick off the list!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Celebrate the Accomplishments of Individuals in Your Alumni Network. This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement. Images work for engagement. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Image from Flickr by Xurble. Here are a few images from the charity: water website that show how they employ social proof. You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image. Social proof is particularly powerful when famous people are setting the example.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this. You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. As you create or adapt your donor benefits, you may find the list compiled below helpful. It is seen as wasteful overhead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Source: Infographics Archive - Click To See Full Image. Source Visual.ly - Click to see full image. HSUS Society Infographic To Celebrate Reaching 1 Million Fans. Here’s 5 infographics that will help you get up to speed about using visualization processes to generate insights from data. 1: What is an infographic?

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Canva is a great tool for designing images. It’s the perfect way to celebrate Pride Month in the US for LGBTQIA-focused organizations — the Charleston-based We Are Family hosted one last year to fund its new drop-in center. Check out this guide on how to throw a benefit concert. Website or event page so people can find it.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2014

TechSoup recently published an article comparing laptops versus tablets in terms of their benefits and advantages. TechSoup recently celebrated having distributed more than 50,000 devices through RCI , enough to power 6,250 homes for a year and reduce 91,000 pounds of hazardous waste. Image : Mor / CC BY-NC. spanhidden.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Along with using your holiday-aligned campaign message as a basis for how you frame your fundraiser, consider: Adding themed images to your emails and website. When the campaign ends, send out an email that celebrates the campaign’s success, shares the final fundraising results, and thanks donors again for their part in reaching that goal.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Make the product the hero – Focus ads on the virtues and benefits of the actual product. Key Takeaway #2: Spotlight Your Mission as the ‘Hero’ In the book, Ogilvy realized in a flash of insight that taste was irrelevant for whiskey – it was brand image alone that motivated purchases. Don’t rely too much on cleverness.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

To read about how open-source software might benefit your nonprofit or public library, check out part one of this series. Vancouver-based Art for Impact is a nonprofit that celebrates the power of art for social change. Image 1 : Blended Images / Shutterstock. Image 2: CiviCRM. Image 4 : leungchopan / Shutterstock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Click to see larger image. After many, many years working as an independent consultant out of my home office, there are some wonderful benefits of being in an office - particularly a sense of community. There are benefits to working remotely, of course, as Rosabeth Moss Kanter points out in her piece, " Stay at Home and Work."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

ChildFund International just rebranded from the Christian Children’s Fund last week as an effort to demonstrate a singular commitment to children’s welfare today and tomorrow (image: Faith Smiling by ChildFund, NZ ). These efforts will directly benefit children in Gambia, Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia. receives. So tell your friends.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 11, 2020

If you know the term ‘influencer’, it might conjure up images of selfie obsessed girls promoting weight-loss shakes and bikinis. You might have already guessed some the benefits of influencer marketing, but here are our top reasons to integrate influencers into your digital strategy. . Influencers: global word of mouth marketing.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

To celebrate the launch of the highly anticipated Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 products, we're partnering with Microsoft to empower app creators to take their ideas to the streets. Top Image: Take that, app!, William Brawley Bottom Image: Microsoft Corp. That's what we're talking about. Good luck and happy coding!

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

“My tip for entrepreneurs would be make sure that your innovation truly benefits humanity. Don’t just work on the problems that benefit the one percent,” she said at the event, part of a series of Virgin Group sponsored panels with the participation of Virgin founder and billionaire Richard Branson.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Here’s what to include: More information about how your programs make an impact A personal story from yourself, a client, or a supporter Images that support the story Any strong statistics of your impact or the need you address A call to action to donate a specific amount. It’s good to celebrate together. Include: A big thank you!

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Even when we fully transition out of the current socially distanced landscape, understanding how to engage with remote donors will benefit your team considerably, especially if a large portion of your donors are scattered across the country (or across the globe!). Set suggested giving amounts. These give users a frame of reference.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

You can use A/B testing to assess any element of your year-end appeal, from your email subject lines to your body text, images, and calls to action. Highlight any benefits of your monthly donation program, such as merchandise discounts or VIP access to events.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Learn How Neon Can Help You Plan Successful Fundraising Events quote from the article featuring an image of two Neon One’s One Bunch characters chatting Reach Out to Your Network What Is This Strategy? A major donor society is an exclusive club with benefits for those who donate major gifts. Why Implement It?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

" Carr told TechSoup that she had "a longing to bring opportunities to celebrate these amazing children and their families through the arts, through nights out, and through creating support programs that could bring a bit of ease to their lives." Images: courtesy of Legacy of Hope Austin. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2016

The best part about P2P fundraising is that you can reap its benefits without a dramatic increase in your costs or workload! Celebration Events — Celebration events are a quick and easy way for your donors to spread the word about your cause while raising money. Image : Rene Schwietzke / CC BY. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Everyone will have time to ask questions and find out more about the benefits of O365 for nonprofits. While open datasets and Big Data are being used commercially to reap tremendous profits, the data is increasingly being used for social benefit too. All other images: TechSoup. Stop By Our Science Fair Booth. – 12:00 p.m.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Although they are not celebrities, by associating themselves with the organization, they embody its values and ethics and their actions can influence the brand’s image. Evaluating and measuring volunteer programs can have long time benefits for your organization. Enable policymakers to make informed decisions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

5, and celebrated its sixth Annual Gala on October 16. All proceeds from the gala benefited Mosaic's efforts to meet the ever-increasing needs for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence. Image 1: Alternatives to Violence. Image 2: Mosaic Family Services. Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.: spanhidden

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

A side benefit is that brings people over to my blog. " Complaints and Celebrations: Holly Ross at NTEN described what she listens for when she puts her listening ears on for Twitter - this includes listening to people's complaints and celebrations. Twitter for me is mostly a listening tool. Is Twitter A Traffic Tool, Not.

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

Hosting your own giving day apart from Giving Tuesday can have a lot of benefits for your organization. These benefits are great, but hosting your own giving day means you won’t be able to take advantage of Giving Tuesday’s already established marketing and donor awareness. Why should you host a nonprofit giving day?

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