Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 17, 2020

It requires a slight change in thinking for many charities, who are used to putting their call to action into a video, and then set up ads seeking video views, thinking this will get people to take the call to action. By providing lots of variants of images and copy, you increase the chances that your ads will connect with people.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

By jumping in on evergreen trends, your organization’s content could become part of the ride. And while most TikTok trends change daily, sometimes even hourly, there are some evergreen trends that have graced For You Pages for months and sometimes years! Content created within the app is easily shared on TikTok through the app itself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2012

And, you need to think about the cover image design in the context of your overall content strategy. How To Create A Terrific Facebook Cover Image If You Don’t Have Resources To Hire A Designer by Guest Post Ash Shepherd. Some of the major changes include. Cover Photo Template. Lose of custom landing tabs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The public counts on nonprofit organizations to champion important issues and bring about positive change. 1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos. Interesting and informative content can truly set your fundraiser apart from the rest, and the right photos can help tell your story in a unique way.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

There are more places than ever to get free images that are entirely OK for you to use for your communications. Here are 10 sources for images you can freely use on your website or other communications channels. Where to Find Free Images. Google Advanced Image Search lets you filter your search by usage rights.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Social media has changed the marketing world, and Facebook Ads for nonprofits are an easy tool to increase your organization’s presence online. A strategy will keep you on top of your marketing goals and tell you when to post your social media content for the highest impact. Use high-quality images for ads.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

As you may have heard, we’re building new Candid tools to help those working in the social sector to do good even more efficiently and effectively in a fast-changing world. For example, in designing a content-heavy page, we used an interactive element to hide or show some content until the user needed it, so as not to overwhelm them.

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Candid

APRIL 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is radically changing the way organizations work. Candid uses AI to assist with tasks such as ensuring data accuracy, tagging data, creating content, and streamlining communications.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2024

I’ll share what I’ve learned from the big-picture analytics, insights from my deep dive into content, and how they inform my approach to our social media plan (which you’re welcome to borrow for your nonprofit). In 2023, we experimented with different types of content like open-ended questions and graphics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The new generation of smart phones come equipped with excellent cameras and for many it means that they can easily shoot from the hip and capture moments in your organization’s work that make for great, socially share able content. Use images in every communication #21CapitalCamp. GuideStar USA (@GuideStarUSA) October 8, 2013.

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

And most importantly, get them used to engaging with your content. Here are a few types of content you can add to your social media plan to support your success this giving season. Then, reshare them to your feed with some slight changes to the text, so they’re not exact duplicates. This is another great way to build community.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Instead of personal updates and other news, LinkedIn is for professional content and connections. To start establishing yourself as a world-changing, impactful organization on the platform, here are a few best practices to succeed on LinkedIn. Optimize your photos. Create interesting content. Create your company page.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it! Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), This means you can take our content, post it on your website, or use it in your trainings or newsletters, and you don't even need to ask us for permission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2023

By Megan Allison , Content Marketing Specialist for Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. As social media changes, it’s important to change how you use it. Don’t spam your followers with posts that don’t have a purpose.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

Upon signing up, be sure to include your logo, photos and message to show them what you’re all about, then promote your program via email, text and social media. Diverse social media content will speak to a diverse donor base. To break up the monotony, you’ll want to post photos, videos, links and graphics.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you’re unsure if you have the time to manage a TikTok account for your nonprofit, create a draft content calendar. Label each day on the content calendar with the names of the platforms you’ll be posting on, what you plan on posting about, and any photo or video you’ll need created for the post. Check out the examples below!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

Too often new media managers are bogged down by a strategy or content approval process that saps them of their creativity. Photo and Video Editing Ability. To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

As you can see, just a few subtle wording changes turn a nonprofit-centric statement into a supporter-centric one. Choosing images strategically. Choose just one image to include on the page to avoid distracting supporters while still providing an opportunity for emotional connection. Enable recurring donations.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. ChatGPT can help you create content, come up with fundraising ideas, and assist with event planning to support your organization’s mission.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Minimizes the loss of web visitors due to those users’ inability to interact with the web content. Improves the search engine’s ability to read and understand the content on your site, which can improve rankings. These standards are called the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Clean up forms.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. The annual report from 350.org

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

.” This means making sure you have a designated photographer at events you host and possibly arranging for a photo shoot of volunteers, constituents, staff, and other people who have benefited from your organization’s work. This also means organizing photos where staff can find them for easy use. I’ll take that!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Several of groups serves as testers of the various ideas in my forthcoming book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , with co-author KD Paine. While it was a little like changing a flat tire on a moving car to test frameworks while writing the book, it was a rich learning experience.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2021

million images, videos, and other files related to child sexual exploitation were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). . Note: this is a stock photo; child is not an actual victim (Photo: IJM). Photo courtesy of WCPC – Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division). Photo: IJM).

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Our society is marked by inequities of race, gender, ability, and more—and the content we create can either challenge these inequities or reinforce them. As well-intentioned as content may be, when done wrong it can disempower, objectify, or misrepresent those we intend to serve. The good news? Captions .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Based upon the knowledge and experience that the nonprofit sector has gained over the last 20 years of using websites and email for storytelling and fundraising, the webinar content below was presented August 23, 2016 to 1,662 nonprofit staff. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. Prioritize image and video content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

Based upon the knowledge and experience that the nonprofit sector has gained over the last 20 years of using websites and email for storytelling and fundraising, the webinar content below was presented August 23, 2016 to 1,662 nonprofit staff. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. Prioritize image and video content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

Social media has forever changed how nonprofits and journalists distribute and consume news stories, yet the format of nonprofit press releases has not evolved at all. 2) On the day of the press release, Tweet about the content of the press release throughout the day. 3) Include a photo on your press release.

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Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

Lots of WordPress users aren’t aware that, by default, the program shows your latest posts and added content on the homepage of your site. For those users who like to put images on their site, a bit of frustration often ensues as, by default, multiple images appear right next to each other when added at the same time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Flickr Photo by Lululemon. The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

All About Your Brand: Logo, Typography, Colors, Photos, and Tone What do you want the look and feel of your site to be? and it is communicated through your logo, typography, colors, photo style, and tone or voice. Let’s break it down: Logo: Your logo is an image that gives people a feel for what your organization is about.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 26, 2012

It’s worth noting that once you post your Founding Milestone, the “Joined Facebook” link in your Timeline will change to “Founded” on the right side of your page: 2. Add the location of your nonprofit’s founding, the story, and an image. Content on the Social Web has a different tone.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Show the real impacts that year-round donations can have on your mission by using compelling images within your website. Choose images that show interactions between people, whether it’s your volunteers and constituents or your donors mingling at previous fundraising events. Accessible content. Intuitive user experience.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Engaging Content and Messaging Compelling content and messaging help amplify your brand’s reach and impact. Post engaging content, such as behind-the-scenes glimpses, success stories, and countdowns. PRO TIP: Create a #hashtag Challenge Launch a photo contest with a branded hashtag related to your event.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Illustrations give full control over the exact nature of the image content. Images often speak louder than words. We ask for visual examples of artwork/photos or other illustrations to help align on the vision for the project. We make sure that we identify the must-haves vs. the nice to haves.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

The links in the three columns on the right change based on the answer you choose. Hospital websites must comply with accessibility regulations such as Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Prioritize accessibility.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. There are two types of media we will look at here: direct and indirect content. Direct Content. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London.

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