Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

They use machine learning combined with Natural Language Processing (NLP). NLP is programming code that allows computer to “talk” to humans via text or voice. Let’s look at some examples of Chat Bots and Voice Activated fundraising being used by nonprofits today. Voice Assistants As A Fundraising Channel.

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2023

There’s a sentence that every communications professional at a nonprofit has heard (and if you’re like me, dreads): “We need a toolkit for that launch.” Why it doesn’t work In nonprofits, marketing, communications, and fundraising functions often overlap. As communicators, we deeply value our unique identity and tone.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Whether it’s an emailed donation appeal, social media post, or old-school flyer on a bulletin board, the best nonprofit communications help your audience relate to and position themselves within your mission’s story. But what about some of your highest-impact communications— grant proposals ? Be mindful of passive voice.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2021

It encompasses identity, language, consistency, and voice—much like a personality that provides cohesion for your organization. This includes internal communications, your relationships with your supporters, your social media presence, your advertising, and your design. Brand guides Help Establish Your Nonprofit’s Voice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Here are the 12 golden rules of effective communication from Paul Falcone , as highlighted in his book, 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Listen actively, making sure that your people feel heard and understood and have a voice in terms of offering positive suggestions in the office or on the shop floor.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

I’m referring to ChatGPT , a revolutionary language model developed by OpenAI that’s changing the game in every industry. ChatGPT (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. Well, there’s a solution.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

For some changes, you may need to communicate them to your community and explain the rationale behind them. Look for ways to simplify your language and your structure to make your question easier to read and answer. Use standard writing best practices, such as short sentences and active voice.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

There’s strength in numbers, and you need to build a base of educated and engaged advocates to raise their voices with you. Make sure your ask is clear and to the point: Trade complex language for simple phrasing and remove jargon in order to make sure supporters understand your call to action.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Urgency in your call to action Thank your donors “You” language makes the donor the hero How to build your case in a fundraising letter As you build your case for support, make sure you’re answering these three key questions: Why give? Use fundraising language when asking for donations.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

They push info out to donors and they forget that communication is a two-way street. If you want to win at the game of building donor relationships, your communications with donors should invite a response — showing that you welcome their questions, comments, and feedback. It’s critical to donor experience! Should they?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit mission statement is how you communicate your organization’s impact to supporters, clients, and the community at large. Mission statements are typically short and to the point, briefly communicating the nature of the organization’s work, impact , goals, and values. How do they communicate what they do?

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

Language — Is English the primary language of all your volunteer programs? Can you incorporate some other languages to include more people from your community? Take stock of your existing staff and volunteer language capabilities and incorporate different languages in your volunteer programs to make them more inclusive.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 8, 2020

approach to communications and fundraising strategy that is at the heart of how I do my work -- authenticity. So much of that authenticity manifests itself through the way they communicate and their voice. The problem with this is that it rarely lends itself to a memorable voice or an enticing brand. I get that.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. Outsourcing your marketing entirely to AI will result in bad marketing and will hurt your brand.

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Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Use language and imagery that are relevant, culturally sensitive, and can resonate with diverse communities. Effective Communication: Establish open and regular communication channels with the team, stakeholders, and target audience. Actively seek input from the audiences to ensure voices are heard.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Good communication is the key to being an effective fundraiser, building strong relationships, leading well, and serving the people you’re working to help. And one way I’ve found to be a good communicator is to work on your storytelling abilities. . Storytelling is one of the most powerful forms of communication.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

To create meaningful material that will move audiences to action, though, a human touch and a sound communication strategy is still essential. There’s a real danger that messages from organizations without a strategic approach to communications will be drowned out in a sea of generic AI-generated content.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But just because there is no face does not mean there is no voice, and the voice still must be authentic. It will use language, visuals, and other creative elements that are appropriate to the speaker in tone and content. Honest, human language matters. Real, lived experience matters. Cultural fluency matters.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story. The key here is to communicate that your donors and supporters have a critical role to play in helping address that struggle—and that by supporting your mission, the struggle can be resolved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

How Cancer Research UK is Exploring AI and Voice Tech: This cancer charity in the UK has been testing chatbots, voice enabled devices, and natural language processing – looking at how those could be useful and where the impact lies.They piloted a chatbot on our fundraising pages to help answer the most common questions people had.

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.orgSource

JULY 3, 2023

In fact, it has the potential to be the star of your communication campaigns and the basis for multiple other varieties of messaging. An Entrepreneurial Approach to Risk, Courage, and Transformation,” video was still a communications outlier. You want viewers to immediately recognize your voice. You’ll confuse the audience.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

But communicating with your supporters can be intimidating. It’s easy to feel like you’re the voice of your organization, and it’s tempting to try to talk like you are that organization. Those factors can make it hard to communicate authentically and effectively. That tip sounds kind of goofy, doesn’t it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others. Storytelling is core to how we as human beings communicate. From a very young age, it is through stories that we learn about ourselves, those around us, and the world in which we live.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

Prefers language that is both relatable and easy to understand (with some experts saying it’s important to use their slang ). But to truly understand how nonprofits can best engage Gen Z on social media, we thought it was important to bring my generation’s voice into the conversation. Experiment with creating more engaging emails.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Mark at Queer Ideas takes on the concept of voice and tone in nonprofit communications. I've come to the conclusion that the instructional approach that so many brand guidelines take to defining 'tone of voice' simply doesn't work when it comes to specifying how non-profits must use language," Mark says.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Whenever possible, let their voice be heard. Rather than using your story simply to give your organization a platform, amplify the voice of the story subject. Whenever possible, let their voice be heard. These results can shape your communications strategy in amazing ways. Include multiple quotes from them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Here are some benefits you can expect to see from proactive change management: Decreased resistance – By communicating regularly with all stakeholders and providing them with tools and resources to work through change, everyone involved and impacted is more likely to participate actively in project planning. Easy to communicate.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We are especially today talking about design and visionary imagery and what it is actually like when people authentically communicate. And I wonder if you could share a little bit about how it’s been for you to be working with this imagery, this visual language that you’re creating? Of course, right? Devyn Taylor: Yeah.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We are designers and researchers, communications professionals and developers. Over the last year we’ve created working groups focused on integrating new ideas and practices related to DEIA into our processes and approach to business development, project delivery, design, user experience, development, research, and communications.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

You can do this through the use of sensory language, compelling visuals, and creative impact blocks. . To take your National Nonprofit Day campaign to the next level, make sure to: Maintain a style and voice that is consistent with your brand. State the core issue you want to address in your campaign .

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Daily stand-ups give a voice to all team members and empower people to speak up. Continuous feedback loops allow for people to have an equal voice in their organization. Empathy is the language of nonprofit donation requests, annual reports and case studies. Lean wants to increase connections between people.

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Classy

MARCH 26, 2021

Don’t forget to continuously communicate with your supporters around your goals. Not only will they get an automatic notification when you comment to them on the feed, but it’s also very personal and feels like you’re communicating with a friend or family member, rather than receiving just the official email receipt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

I got this great question from someone and I know that many of you may have struggled with this issue and have some wisdom to offer: Hi Beth, My question is: does the voice/tone of a blog need to match up with the voice/tone of the nonprofit? Perhaps that is why I am protective of my blogging voice. Any thoughts or resources?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

are twice as likely to have been bullied, and 91% have heard negative language about being LGBTQ+ in the past year. To understand more about how we can tackle the challenges and issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, we spoke with Aifric Ní Chríodáin, executive director at ShoutOut. Moving Forward and How Education Plays a Critical Role.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

As long as you’re giving donors a great experience ( thanking them well , communicating consistently, telling heartwarming stories, etc.), Nothing is more boring than boilerplate language: “Your donation will help us bridge the gap between mental illness and health care”. Use jargon or industry-specific language.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Strong and effective body language. Only 7% of communication is verbal – a whopping 55% is your body language and eye contact! Strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience and signal confidence in your message. Strong and Effective Body Language.

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