Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

Regardless of what work you are doing – campaigning for political change, providing services to your local community, educating others, or anything else – would it look different, would it feel different, would it operate differently if love was the central message? To Mama With Love. I see this lesson in the work of 350.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Before you follow any account, ensure that your profile is complete with (1) a well-designed profile photo and header image; (2) a bio that expresses clearly your organization’s mission; and (3) a link to your website. Since tweets have a very short life span, it’s a good practice to retweet your own tweets.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

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! Get Ready With Me (GRWM)/A Day in the Life TikTok is the social media platform of choice for influencers showing their day-to-day life.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

At Media Cause, we are fortunate to work with amazing organizations that impact change in the world every day. Symbolically Adopt an Animal from the World Wildlife Foundation Choose from 125 animals—includes a certificate of adoption and photo. As we approach the season of giving, our team has compiled a list of gifts that give back.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This is called transformational giving because it transforms the donor’s life as well as the lives of those you’re serving. Here’s what the letter says in case you can’t read it: “What does it mean when we say you’ve changed a life? You have truly changed his life. It tells the story of one life being saved.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

We often talk about the role of philanthropy and the ways in which it must grow and innovate, how it has changed and evolved with the times, reacting to crises, wars, economic downturns, and more. I believe it is fostering the love of people and that pathway to change that is the role and mandate of philanthropic institutions and funders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

RoundUp App automatically rounds users’ credit or debit card transactions up to the nearest dollar and donates the “change” to your nonprofit. But there are countless benefits to registering your nonprofit with RoundUp App , including: A custom RoundUp App registration page with your own logo, photo, and impact statement.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

It gives your audience a tangible transformation to observe through the sharing of the written word, photos, testimonials, and videos. And once shared effectively, storytelling will change the game for your organization. Act one is where we learn what normal life looks like before the story is set in motion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. One of my favorite lines of poetry comes from TS Eliot’s The Love Song of J.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling lets donors and volunteers know that they are making an impact and making life better for real people. Your story is what you say about the lives you change and why it’s important. Your story is about how your nonprofit changes lives. First of all, what is your story? It’s your mission statement in action.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

When it comes to raising visibility on a given issue, nonprofits often strive to achieve broader impact—the kind of change that comes through collective action. These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. It reflects best practices in adult learning and provides a framework that results in positive change. For ETR, that meant music, games, photos with colleagues and so much more. Step 4: Implementation and Beyond.

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Candid

MAY 8, 2024

Fortunately, there are actions that leaders of all backgrounds can take to help change things for the better. Working to change policies to close the pay gap A series of policy interventions can create greater pay transparency, strengthen equal pay enforcement, bolster women’s workforce participation, and reduce discriminatory practices.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 28, 2023

During the meeting, you can share any changes made from the previous year, clarify qualifying criteria, demonstrate how to use your scholarship management software , and emphasize the impact they as reviewers have on the process. Life happens. Ultimately, they will feel more empowered to complete reviews by the agreed upon deadline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Flickr Photo by Domen Jakus. Empish Thomas shares his dream to change public perception of what it means to be visually impaired (soon to be published in the blog of Atlanta’s Center for the Visually Impaired). Note From Beth: Blog Carnivals are a themed collection of blog posts. Bonus laugh here—read the post through to find it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Photo by Trav Williams. Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. ” Anne Lamott.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 20, 2014

What sets this apart as philanthropy is, are you giving in a way that really affects your passions, your interests, what you really want to change in the world. When it comes to giving donations, I don''t think I''ve ever really thought about it that way: am I giving to what I really want to change in the world? a crisis happens (e.g.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

This is the first of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia. The speed and access to the Internet has changed dramatically. I was able to share photos , tweets , Facebook updates , and Instagram photos in real time. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

Answering these questions clearly and comprehensively goes a long way toward building a funder’s trust in your ability to advance social change. To make your program impact story compelling, you’ll also need qualitative evidence—individual stories, quotes, testimonials—to bring your quantitative data to life.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This is especially true when your subject has opened up to you about a traumatic moment in their life. It occurs when there is only the appearance of diversity, representation, or inclusion, and no effort is made to create substantial, systemic change. Use your nonprofit’s stories to show donors the change they can help create.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

For example, if you’re asking for coats, you should show how giving a coat changed someone’s life. The same goes for a photo. If you have a high-quality photo that the person has agreed to let you use, that’s fantastic! If you don’t have one, that’s okay — it can still be a really powerful story. You need logic. .

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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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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time. Fight Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is a health impact organization dedicated to ending colorectal cancer and supporting those affected by the disease through patient support, funding research, and impactful policy change. Donate Life America.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Fundraising is and will always be a necessity for nonprofit organizations, but times have changed — and so has the technology. Bringing Causes to Life. What will be more effective — a collage of photos, or being able to put on a headset and walk a mile in their shoes? Microsoft Hololens. Think of your favorite cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Sharing : Cast, take photos, and record video in VR. That said, for someone like me ( Heather Mansfield ) who is very uncomfortable on camera in real life, it’s not uncomfortable being an avatar of myself in Oculus. You can change your username once every six months by logging in to Oculus > Profile > Username.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2024

Fostering Authentic Relationships With and Amongst Your Audience Digital advocacy is critical to moving missions forward, creating systemic change, educating your base, and mobilizing leaders who are loyal to your organization and committed to the larger movement in which you operate. This is especially true during an election year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook Changes: A Complete Guide – by Mari Smith. Also, a few insights about the what the changes mean for Facebook pages. The subscribe option gives you another channel to share public information related to your work or professional life. Brand Page Changes. View more presentations from Mari Smith.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Perhaps you’re worried about the response to a photo or language you used in your appeals. What if you have a disgruntled donor who is upset about something that you aren’t willing to change? In life, we have to pick our battles. Most fundraisers I know have done their share of mental gymnastics worrying about this possibility.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Instead, tell a story about someone whose life has been changed by the work your nonprofit does. Pivot and talk about the gap between the number of lives currently being changed and the number still waiting. Try one of these: Add photos of the person/animal in the story. Don’t write an appeal that’s all about you.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

Yaw Ankowa What's the first thing we need to create the change we want to see in our communities? . But data collection can be painfully slow, and in some cases, lack of speed can mean the difference between life and death. The Pizzigati Prize honors the brief life of Tony Pizzigati, an early advocate of open source computing.

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MARCH 11, 2012

CONTENT MARKETING PRO TIP : Figure out how to turn the unique ways your organization is changing the world into content that can be used online. Since 1938 March of Dimes has been changing the world one baby at a time. My Dog ID lets you take photos of yourself, and uses facial recognition to find your dog match.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. Don’t lead with a photo from your latest fundraiser.

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

Photo provided directly by the CORE team. All donations are currently being routed to provide immediate support, which is a natural extension of Hope for Haiti’s mission to improve the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly children. Photo featured on the Hope for Haiti website. Facebook: CoreResponse.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

Having the right tools in your fundraising toolkit makes your life easier. There are lots of things to keep an eye on to run a successful nonprofit so you can change more lives! Your website needs to be warm and engaging with plenty of stories, photos, video, and blank space for the eye to rest. So, what tools do you need?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

Interest Keepers: Post photos and videos of your work in action throughout your campaign. Tell stories about how lives have been changed and show powerful images of your work. If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. You can post milestones like “we’ve just reached $1,000!”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2021

Most of the illegal content reported to NCMEC’s CyberTipline was found by technology designed to detect previously identified child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM) in the form of photos and videos. Note: this is a stock photo; child is not an actual victim (Photo: IJM). Photo: IJM). About the Author.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Providing a donation with the date, amount, organization name, and tax identification number clearly identifiable, you make the donor’s life easier. Photo or video of how their gift is being used. The right photo or video can really hit the donor squarely in the heart. Everyone wants their tax preparation to go smoothly.

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