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Nonprofit Content Creation: Back-To-The Basics of the Writing Process

Bloomerang

So, you want to write new content; or maybe you need to write new content. The brain dump. If you had just jotted down notes or concepts in the pre-writing phase, starting connecting them to form sentences. Now that you have your story content , you can go back and revise. Then set deadlines for different content.

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5 Design Techniques That Will Increase the Lifespan of Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The mindset (or emotional journey) helps you understand how to write the content, the order in which people will be visiting links, and even what colors would be more appropriate to use. In practice: 1) The Brain Donor Project. Most people probably have never thought about donating their brains to science.

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10 Ways Nonprofit CEOs Get Creative

TechImpact

Innovation can be as simple as changing the content in you internal newsletter. The next time you and your team sits down to brain storm ideas, let them know before you start that “nothing is out of line.” That first block could lead to the next phase of your nonprofit, which could start with just one word, or phrase.

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Great reads from around the web on February 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

It is the brain-child of Ewa Wojkowska and Toshi Nakamura who have extensive experience in international development as UN staff members." The February chat focused on cause fatigue, but if you missed it, Zero Strategist has done a great recap of the conversation and highlights. Check it out! " Check it out!

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. Your design is not just about content. Then I block out 90 minute and 75 minute modules with 15 minute breaks in between. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Moving gets blood to the brain, getting blood brain helps people take in new ideas. We also did fun and creative after lunch energizers. On the first day, in honor of being in India, I played a YouTube video of a well-loved Bollywood number called “ Chaya, Chaya.” The Importance of Energizers Throughout.

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Guest Post by Chad Norman: 5 Nonprofit Storytelling Lessons from a Master of Hip-Hop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At this phase in the evolution of hip-hop, artists were still explaining to listeners WHY they were picking up a microphone - meaning, they were trying to tell us about themselves.about their organization, and what they were trying to accomplish. KRS1 was the brains behind Boogie Down Productions, and he was a master storyteller.

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