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Weekly update from PND

Candid

The Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative has announced grants totaling $132 million over three years in support of collaborative research to better understand the underlying causes of Parkinson's disease. HP, WWF expand forest conservation, restoration partnership. October 28, 2021.

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Overcoming Screen Fatigue: A Nonprofit Hub Guide

NonProfit Hub

Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation. That dissonance, which causes people to have conflicting feelings, is exhausting. While these meetings might drain us, there are things you can do to conserve your energy and keep you productive throughout the workday. .

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Making a Great Story into a Powerful Fundraising Story

Bloomerang

Really great stories feature one person (or animal, if you do environmental or conservation work). It’s far easier for our brains to put ourselves in the shoes of ONE person and connect with their story than it is for us to do that with a group of people. . To have a great fundraising story, you need a few key things.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

Check out the 124 NTEN Members participating in Giving Tuesday below. Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.

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Guest Post by Geoff Livingston: Creating Movements

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her post was based off of the Brains of Fire Manifesto, “ 10 Lessons Learned in Igniting Word of Mouth Movements.” And the many, many hyper local and niche causes that touch the lives of their online communities not by the millions, but by the hundreds or thousands everyday. Both posts influenced this speech. Never forget that, either.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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Online Fundraising Site: How To Create A High-Performing Fundraising Website

CauseVox

Our brains are wired for visual information; people process images 60,000 times faster than words. In fact, 80% of the top grossing campaigns through CauseVox use visual storytelling to showcase their cause and crush their fundraising goal. Source: Casa Congo, School for Conservation). 1) Visual Storytelling. Consider this.