Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Use language and imagery that are relevant, culturally sensitive, and can resonate with diverse communities. Beyond website traffic, consider metrics that reflect the impact on equity, such as engagement from marginalized communities or positive social media sentiment. Project management is a key element of our work at Media Cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt. ” So I set up a series of photos depicting different body language and different situations.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Cultural events during AAPI Heritage Month serve dual purposes – celebrating the rich diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures while also raising awareness and support for important community causes. The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

They demand the online giving experience to be nearly instantaneous, easy, secure, personalized, mobile-friendly, and reflective of your brand and mission. For development teams, this means creating varied and engaging content to keep donors invested in the cause. Want to know more?

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Neon CRM

MAY 10, 2024

They’re a dedicated group of people who are deeply invested in the causes they support. If you prioritize building relationships with them, connecting them to your cause, and sending them relevant, targeted updates and appeals, you can build a base of loyal supporters that will stay engaged and move you toward your fundraising goals.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Essential Details for every gala invitation Headline: Captivate with a catchy title that reflects your event’s theme and purpose. Event Description : Briefly highlight your cause, program highlights, and why guests shouldn’t miss it. Briefly highlight your cause, impact, and what the evening promises.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

By broadening your definition of the Season of Giving, your nonprofit creates an opportunity for more meaningful connections with all your constituents, showcasing your support of ethnic traditions while asking for support of your cause. Symbols and language to make your appeal more Buddhist-inclusive: Images of a Buddha statue under a tree.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

Customizing default social media language to display when campaigns are shared. Set up a mobile payment option to boost conversion rates with a seamless experience that reflects your brand. Reviewing their activity wall of donations to personally thank donors. Finding new opportunities to build donor relationships.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Supporters won’t read your blog just because they have a relationship with your nonprofit—they want to engage with informative, interesting content that actively furthers their understanding of your cause. Then, strategize ways to match your language, tone, and style to your audience’s interests. Simple language free of jargon.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Additionally, they may have reached a point in their lives where they are reflecting on their legacy and the impact they want to leave behind. Use clear and simple language and include testimonials or examples relevant to their life stage. Most impactful is having sample bequest language that donors can share with their legal advisors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It was the first speaking engagement that I was able to scale delivery of my interactive keynote to 1,000 people in fixed seating and in two languages using a translator. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going. ”If your cause is true and right you have to persevere. ” Philantroteens.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

This change reflects a broader trend in nonprofits. These factors include past giving, donation capacity, and cause affinity. They also use predictive analytics and natural language processing. But, the digital age has ushered in a new era, prompting a shift towards data-driven approaches.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Every creative project we work on at Media Cause is different. Because of these nuances and our desire to ensure that every organization’s presence reflects its individual mission and personality, establishing an ownable and unique visual direction for the work is critical. The Four Approaches. Moodboards. Style tiles. Style guides.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As we prepare to ring in the New Year, we wanted to bring you a taste of our own flavor of Spotify Wrapped by revisiting and reflecting on the top 10 most-read Candid blogs from 2022: 1. Speaking of identifying people and organizations that care about your cause, this blog addresses a topic on many nonprofit professionals’ minds.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 8, 2008

Mike Terlaje had tried it and hadn't gotten too much effect from it, but the water used seemed to be the likely cause of a couple of unhappy days following. I saw aspects of American and Japanese society overlaid on a societies trying to preserve their traditions and languages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Here's some reflections: Thoughtful, Intentional Experiments Thoughtful experimentation is setting up a low-risk experiment with metrics to figure out what is and isn't working is a social media best practice. The short answer : One Fan Page with multiple languages using Facebook Targeting tools. . What are your thoughts?

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

As I dug into the advice, I couldn’t help but reflect on the way I engage with nonprofit social media: Is the use of humor and short-form video crucial for brands to grab my attention? Prefers language that is both relatable and easy to understand (with some experts saying it’s important to use their slang ).

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Yet, many nonprofit boards do not reflect the communities in which those same organizations are serving. Diversity and inclusion training will help board members recognize cultural language, understand the diversity of the communities served, and strengthen cultural competency. Laura Tancredi-Baese, CEO of Home Start, Inc.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Over the past five years of researching and writing about AI adoption for the nonprofit sector, we have argued for nonprofits to use AI ethically and responsibly—which means taking a human-centered, strategic, and reflective approach.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

While you should avoid “positivity whitewashing” your community’s problems in a way that obscures your organization’s need for resources, your proposal should reflect an urgent, forward-looking position rather than get stalled out in problems. There are nuanced distinctions between strength- and deficit-based writing.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

But it’s important to stop and reflect on it. The language you use in your newsletter and thank-you letters will change, and donors will start to feel more valued and appreciated. It’s a whole lot easier to raise money when you can tell people specifically how the money will be used instead of “support our cause.”

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

By using cause-specific language that clearly conveys the urgency of needs on the ground, you can compel donors to take immediate action through their communications across channels. Personalize the email with the donor’s name, donation amount, and cause supported. This creates a more meaningful ask.

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Forum One

APRIL 6, 2021

This is an obvious time to revisit your brand narrative as it simply may no longer accurately reflect the work that your organization is currently doing. Do we need to change any other elements of our brand assets, such as visuals, to ensure that we accurately reflect our new scope? You’re going through a visual rebrand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

As I reflect on what Literacy Day means, I can’t help thinking about the origins of my interest in Room to Read as an organization, and one particularly sticky literacy-for-development related issue that came up during that season of my life. I remember a Spanish-language version of Eva Luna, and a biography of Lance Armstrong.

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Media Cause

MAY 31, 2023

Instead of fighting against the current, view this as a once-in-a-digital-generation opportunity to gain a competitive advantage by leaning into privacy—including form consent language, up-to-date privacy policies, internal data security initiatives, and opt-in vs. opt-out based tracking decisions.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

When you’re honest and speak from the heart, your messages come across as authentic — and it’s this authenticity that draws supporters in and gets them invested in your cause. When in doubt, look for opportunities to use donor-centric language. Do be authentic. . What does it mean to be authentic?

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

This will help you understand the types of supporters that are most likely to be interested in your cause and guide your efforts in targeting the right audience. This value proposition should answer the question, “Why should this specific group care about and support our cause?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. The reach, impression, and even engagement metrics provided by the top social networks on organic posts are often inflated and not a true reflection of the power (or lack of power) of your pages and profiles.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

One of the leading causes of lukewarm, deflated, meandering copy is a lack of clear purpose. Or do these opening lines just reflect your own process of writing your way to the thing you really wanted to say? You are a person whose job is to carry passion and in-depth knowledge about your particular cause or organization.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 9, 2019

One of these areas is legacy giving, a type of donor-based fundraising that scares a lot of organizations, causing them to neglect it altogether. Legacy gifts are typically prepared with a financial planner and are meant to reflect the values and desires of the donor. But it’s not that scary—at least it doesn’t have to be.

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Achieve

APRIL 28, 2022

and helping them become more involved in your cause. should include multiple ways and opportunities for donors to receive communication, participate in activities, and contribute to your cause. Incentives can be highly effective at bringing in donors who are unfamiliar with your cause but. People have different love languages.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

My intent was to inventory every interesting action I came across to make it easier for people to engage in the causes they cared about. There’s a groundswell in interest, on the part of “non-nonprofit professionals,” to engage with social movements and causes. There wasn’t much scalability in the way I was pursuing the project.

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Classy

JUNE 2, 2021

Customizing default social media language to display when campaigns are shared. Set up a mobile payment option to boost conversion rates with a seamless experience that reflects your brand. Reviewing their activity wall of donations to personally thank donors. Finding new opportunities to build donor relationships.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Here are some reflections about how we used crowdsourcing techniques for a very fast-moving campaign and lessons learned that may apply to your work. Her birthday wish is to raise money for the Sharing Foundation using Causes and we think we could help her crush her goal of sending 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530.

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Media Cause

APRIL 22, 2022

Highlight only the causes, issues, or significant topics that you have identified for each segment. Content needs to be easily digestible and should be written in a way that reflects your brand’s unique tone of voice. . Keep really complex language on the website, where people expect to read that level of detail. . …….

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

It’s important to know what causes burnout, the signs to look for in individual employees, and the responsibility of leaders to set an example. The pandemic caused additional burnout and stress as nonprofits had to pivot with less resources and rising cash flow issues. Ask for help when it’s appropriate with clear language.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2014

A few of the letters include language I haven’t heard since my high school economics class. As I was reflecting on the effectiveness of these different approaches, I had an epiphany: there is an alarming amount of bad fundraising copy being written these days. You think everyone loves your cause. As you may have heard….

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