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Top Do’s and Don’ts for Fundraising While Navigating the News Cycle

Media Cause

If it does, contextualize the moment in your ongoing strategy, when appropriate, by making your messaging current and any ties to headlines prominent. While a brief campaign pause to adjust strategy or tone may be appropriate, many nonprofits pull back entirely on any fundraising asks when major events or crises hit the trending charts.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

.orgSource

Industry events—Monitor the headline speakers and their audiences. These ideas may be obvious to association staff, but they may not be clear to the pundits you hope to attract. You might even begin your search by following related hashtags on social platforms or industry forums. Consider first-time speakers who draw a crowd.

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

The chart above shows the number of 990 filings ii that Candid has for years 2017–2022. To illustrate how recent delays compare to traditional delays, we plotted the number of IRS filings we’ve received each month for a given fiscal year (FY) in the chart below. ii This chart includes 990s, 990-EZs, and 990-PFs. foundations.

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Extra Extra: the Benchmarks Webinar Recording

M+R

Some folks head straight to mrbenchmarks.com , exploring the full data set and following their own path down the rabbit hole of charts and findings. This year’s big headlines are: . There’s no wrong way to dig into our annual Benchmarks Study, covering digital programs from marketing to fundraising to advocacy. Want more evidence?

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The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Billboard’s audience, presumably, is passionate about songs and lyrics given it is the source for music charts, news, and events. Here’s another example of how Billboard is using nostalgia in its tweets: This Week In Billboard Chart History: TLC Takes ‘No Scrubs’ To No. Craft good headlines. Be visual. “If

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Making Data Engaging: Designing The Nation's Report Card (Part 1)

Forum One

In early November, you might have seen headlines such as this one, from the Washington Post: “ U.S. Take a look behind the curtain on this exciting project to learn how NAEP worked with the Forum One team to reimagine this project and make The Nation''s Report Card more accessible than ever. Influence Data & Visualizations'

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Mobile-Friendly Searching: Getting Your Non-Profit’s Website Up to Speed

Byte Technology

This easy-to-read report will show you in a flash if people are arriving at your pages from a smartphone or tablet through the use of wonderful pie charts and graphs that anyone can understand. Secondly, see how much mobile traffic is arriving at your website by using Google Analytics.

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