Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns. How can you obtain supporter-contributed content? Avoid using stock photography, since this turns off donors. Use images of volunteers whenever possible to connect with your most avid supporters. Image 1: TechSoup.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly.

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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. Their supporters will see and engage with the content, and be encouraged to donate. Make sure you promote the content on your own channels too, to show you are working together and create a community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

The post summarized why it may be important, best practices, and a few nonprofit examples. One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt. Encourages social content creation from network.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2016

Design and Messaging: Images and Content Need to Align. There are a few simple ways to use that area effectively: Choose high quality images. Many nonprofits struggle with collecting quality images due to either financial restrictions or the nature of their mission. Make sure your images align with your messaging.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

You should also make sure you are tapping into the possibilities of the multiple channels, with their different content types and audiences. Make-A-Wish is all about personal stories and experiences, which makes compelling content that people really want to know about, as well as being powerful to convert supporters to donors.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2017

Supporting graphics, images, and animations are also a nice touch that will help to bring the story to life — much more than a simple page of text would. Running a blog alongside the store that shares useful content, resources, and guides can be a good way to share all the good work you do, without coming across as too promotional.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest is a new(ish) and growing a image based social network and the newest darling of social media marketers. Beth explains that much of her attraction to Pinterest is due to her visual learning style and role as a content curator. Bonus if you convince members to pin their own recipes posted on their own blogs.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

See what topics, hashtags, images, and videos are trending among them. Once you know who these social powerhouses are, share your best content with them to drive clicks, generate interest, and keep your institution top of mind for students. Photography. Social Listening – Tune into Your Audience. Approach Your Influencers.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Monday rolls around, and you find yourself posting yet another press release to your nonprofit website’s blog. You scroll through your blog roll and see post after post with long text blocks and little else. Captivating blog content is a prime opportunity to engage supporters and get them more invested in your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

Flickr Image by Sam Howzit. Images, visuals, videos, and infographics are being staples of nonprofit’s content strategy, especially for social channels. It isn’t a good idea to just grab an image from Internet, tweak it, and call it your own. Content Visual' It is important to respect copyright laws.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. More at TechCrunch and Technology in the Arts Blog. s Blog about? Artist Blogs.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Check out this ridiculously long list of 15NTC content. Did we miss anything? Please let us know in the comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

This photograph is part of The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr. I picked up the phone and got a hold of Jim Spadaccini, founder of Ideum, whose blog post I discovered via a discussion thread on flickr and museums on the museum technology list. s images as well as those of other Flickr members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

In undergrad I earned a BFA in photography as well as a BA in social thought and analysis. ve recently launched a new product, CueRate, which allows organizations to collect digital images and review them in a panel for fellowships, juried exhibitions, art school admissions, etc. I see that you have started a conference blog.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

Create a content library. To make translating your story across multiple channels as easy as possible, assemble a content library that contains a variety of assets relating to your story. In your digital content library, include: Copy: This is the written version of your story. Track the success of your story.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Emily Friedrichs is the Communications and Content Marketing Manager at Elevation, a nonprofit digital services agency. They are: Primary fonts – These fonts are used for your headings, content, and CTAs. Invest in High-Quality Photography. You can use stock photography if done correctly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

I'm creating a powerpiont for the Webinar and an accompanying wikispace, but wanted to put out this blog post for any feedback. Extension programs track blog conversations and respond. A willingness to share information and content, also known as transparency ; planning is discussed and user participation is welcomed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

Not too long ago, I got an email from Marc van Bree , the PR coordinator from the CSO, who telling me about his new blog. I got pulled in to help create weekly Web content for the broadcast, because of my interest in and knowledge of HTML programming and the Web. You have a "personal professional" blog. Why I blog???

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

A place that blogs, that engages in social networking sites, that tries experiments, and reports about all of it honestly. If you post interesting content, the word of mouth aspects will follow. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam. We use Wordpress to power our blogs.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

But the point is that the MAH, like just about every other museum in the known universe, was content to define the museum experience as something removed from the outside world, a rarefied church-like space of refined artistic reflection. Her blog, "Museum 2.0," is one of the leading forces working to remake the museum experience.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In a time when photographs circulate around the globe at an unprecedented scale and speed, and revolutions are propelled by viral images, it has become more important than ever for mission-driven organizations to create impactful visual media that can drive action and fuel awareness. Photo by Alex Masi on behalf of The Bhopal Medical Appeal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Media Cause

JULY 1, 2021

The realization has been bothering me, and after doing some research and hoping to shift this internally, I found quickly that I wasn’t the only one having trouble sourcing or applying images of the queer community in a casual, authentic way. . This is a serious problem we need to work out, and it won’t be done with a blog post.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By thinking through your fundraising strategy before October 1, you can collect your stories and integrate your efforts, keeping your messaging and images consistent through mail, email, social media, events, and any other channels you may use. You need a well thought-out campaign with consistent messages and images across all platforms.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. Usually, the institution wants to maintain some control--whether over where the content comes from or how it is selected and organized. What is Click? The internal team is led by a non-curator.

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Achieve

AUGUST 23, 2017

Or consider using one for direct mail and another on your blog or social channels. Almost as important as your direct mail’s core pieces (as mentioned above) are the images that accompany your message. Unless you face a privacy issue (like HIPAA), we suggest using real photography of the person or people on which your appeal focuses.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Inspire potential supporters with compelling images on Instagram. Instagram is a unique visual content sharing social media platform with a fast-growing audience. Instagram is exclusively for image and video content. You can read more about why you should use Instagram Business on the Constant Contact blog.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2007

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York Usually this blog is more about analysis than links. The NYT article is about a photography show by artist Thomas Struth at the Marian Goodman Gallery in Manhattan. The contrast between the gilt and the graffiti makes you stop and think about the enclosed image. Find captive audiences.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2014

Print design, visual design, graphic design, illustration, product photography, park kiosks, mobile apps, and all things webby are managed by their team. The biggest challenge for me in designing for a new responsive site was taking a heavy content-based site and linearizing it into a single column for the mobile design. Ryan: Right.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 14, 2022

That’s why you must choose your nonprofit website’s images carefully. Research shows that website visitors are drawn to authentic images of real people—not decorative images or stock photos alone. Brand images effectively. You can also use simple, free tools like TinyPNG to compress images. Reflect diversity.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 25, 2020

Even if you’re not in their target demographic, twloha is still worth a follow, as their understanding of mental health struggles, and encouraging content, is valuable to everyone! Like NatGeo, WWF owes a lot of its success to the amazing animal photography it posts, but there’s more to it than that. 501st Legion. Sustainability.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Social media tools for engaging and capturing the work of crowds include: wikis, custom platforms or web sites that facilitate voting, rating, giving feedback, adding content, or funding. And, you can use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, to support engaging crowds to participate in the activity.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2012

Two of these best practices were covered in a previous blog post , and an additional two are featured below. By clicking on this tagline, the user immediately accesses rich links to compelling content that shares what the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is about, how they help, and who they serve. Best Practice #3: Share Your Mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management.

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