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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

Outlook) and video conferencing platforms, use a spreadsheet, create slides, and use tools that are specific to your organization, such as a timekeeping system or an expense reporting system. Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities.

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Guest Post by Michael Hoffman: Why Nonprofits Should Be on YouTube

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm honored to republish his post which includes his slide deck. When YouTube first started, all of 4 years ago, the quality of the video was bad, the audience wasn’t so huge and messages about changing the world just seemed totally out of place amid the poor amateur video that was appearing on the site. Search is critical.

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7 Tips on Asking for Donations — It’s Intimidating, We Get It [Updated]

NonProfit Hub

Reading a PowerPoint feels like an easy way to tell your audience all the info they want and be sure not to forget anything important. Then you won’t need slides, and you can focus instead on not being boring. They’re the ones whose enthusiasm makes changes happen in the world. The conversation will flow more naturally.

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The Evolution of NPTech: Keynote and slides

Amy Sample Ward

There were interesting conversations at every turn and I also had requests to share my notes and slides. Below, you can find my full speech and slides, as well as links to address questions and requests from many of those I met with. I also encountered quite a few people asking very similar questions, or looking for the same resources.

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How to Write Fundraising Emails That Get Results

Get Fully Funded

You can be their hero and change their life.”. We have never been so scared of sliding into homelessness,” Jasmine said. “We You might want to review some past emails to see what fundraising email subject lines have gotten the most opens and use that info as a guide for going forward. We cannot thank you enough.” . Keep writing.

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Best Tips to Rock your Online Presence

Care2

Note , this was adapted from the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward and I. How do think your target audiences will prefer to get info for this initiative? Change 2 homepage slideshow items on the website. Add visual variety by highlighting new photos, captions, and links in the slide rotation every week.

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The Essential Tech Elements for Virtual Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you plan to include slides, videos, more than one presenter, and/or multiple screens in your virtual event, you’ll also need screen sharing software. StreamYard is a great service for easily adding overlay banners with custom text-to-donate info to your livestream video. Believe Big used Restream to stream their virtual event on.

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