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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In practice: 1) The Brain Donor Project. Most people probably have never thought about donating their brains to science. The Brain Donor Project’s end goal is to get you to register your brain for donation after your death—a major ask that is likely to be shocking or even offensive to some people.

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The R in M+R

M+R

Donald was a deeply committed colleague, a lifelong and tireless advocate, the brains behind many movements that exist today, and an inspiration and friend to many of us in the social change universe. Read time: 3 min. Donald Ross, the “R” in M+R, passed away a few days ago. . And, yes, also the reason M+R exists. .

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

org combines a lot of the elements we love from the reports above: Fun colors to keep the reader engaged, interactiveness, and a sticky table of contents that follows the reader as they scroll down the page. We love how they showed the lineage of that $25.1 million: we raised X which equaled Y and resulted in Z. The annual report from 350.org

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10 Things Your Nonprofit Home Page Must Have

NTEN

Clear, intuitive navigation that is organized according to the brain of the people who come to your website and NOT your org chart. A 2-second statement that sums up who you are and what you do so that anyone glancing at the page gets it right away. A great email signup that entices people to provide you with their email address.

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

While facts and figures reach the logical side of our brains, stories appeal to the emotional side. We also have an ever-expanding blog full of valuable information to help your not-for-profit org reach its potential. Your solution should be related to specific actions your nonprofit is taking. This is your call to action.

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It's almost time for #11NTC - See you there?

Judi Sohn

Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. It's a nice mix as you have someone from a larger org, someone from a smaller org, and a consultant-type. Structurally, these are collaborative/conversational sessions.

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Color Theory: Emotion + Bias

Media Cause

Whether orgs choose color in order to blend in to the field or stand apart from it, it’s important to use color that reinforces one’s mission. . In Part 3, Ansley breaks down how colors work in the brain to create relationships — for better or worse — that shape our perceptions of sameness, otherness and contribute to racial bias. .

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