Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2017

Creating content nowadays has become easier than ever, making it harder to cling to excuses not to create. The good news is that you don't have to always pay that pricey membership to access creative software. There are a lot of resources out there that will let you create content for free. Read on to find out more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

The good news is that once you embrace digital donor engagement tools, most of the grunt work – like donation forms and gift acknowledgements – is done for you through automation. This no cost, low effort idea diversifies your fundraising efforts to engage supporters in a new way. Share to social media as often as possible.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Instead of personal updates and other news, LinkedIn is for professional content and connections. Optimize your photos. The two most important pictures on your profile will be your profile picture and header image. When choosing your header image, pick a photo that best represents the work your organization does.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community. Align content to your target audience’s interests. Create engaging and interactive content. Simple language free of jargon.

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NetWits

APRIL 15, 2013

Include better photos. Photos can immediately engage your constituents. The good news for nonprofits is that iPhones and iPads automatically download images by default (unlike most other email clients). So as mobile usage increases, your photos have a better chance of being seen. Make the most of them.

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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. Cover Photo Template. Download Facebook Timeline Cover PSD file. Ash's Profile.

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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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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Facebook is a great tool for sharing photos and videos, spreading news of events and sharing company updates. Prioritize posting photos or short videos with succinct captions over very lengthy updates. Twitter can additionally do some of the things that Facebook can do, including the posting of photos, links, and polls.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Tip: Nonprofits may consider specifically tailoring their Pinterest content to the female segment of their donors and supporters. For example, Grist.org is a news website that focuses on the environment. They created a pin board with expert advice on how to “Green Your Home” that is filled with beautiful visuals and helpful content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 26, 2012

Add the location of your nonprofit’s founding, the story, and an image. For the story, don’t just copy and paste the content from the “Our History” page of you website. Content on the Social Web has a different tone. The photo should be 843 X 803 pixels: 4.

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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. They will be more committed and make an excellent candidate for your new media manager position should your nonprofit decide to hire one. Photo and Video Editing Ability.

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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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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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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

You probably want a News page for your blog (if you plan to have one), which will help you keep your site fresh. 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.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

The good news is that the people at Resource Media think it is important, too (I am not alone!). ” 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.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

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. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Indirect Content.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Your site’s architecture will continuously reinforce the legitimacy of your organization through text, photos, testimonials, and logos. It might mean serving up a blog post or news update that’s similar to one that a user previously viewed, as NRDC did in the example below. Humans tend to respond to images of fellow humans.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

If you see them as an outdated outreach method, we have great news for you. But, following these tips to refresh your fundraising flyers, you’ll drive interest in your organization and attract new supporters from far and wide. Feature relevant images. Download the image and paste it into your flyer. Look no further!

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Sometimes, methods of fundraising that worked in previous years don’t work as well when the economy shifts or a big news event pulls people’s attention away. Build trust at every turn by learning their name and a little about them and by following up on their gift with news about how you put their money to great use.

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NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

Make the Most of Your Cover Photo. Your Facebook cover photo is prime real estate. When thinking through your Facebook cover photo make sure you keep your brand in mind, but try to also show off your culture, history, mission and values. You might also try having a little fun with your cover photo. Show off your campus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The book is not only an excellent reference for many Facebook questions, but also provides tactical recommendations for an effective Facebook content, engagement, and measurement strategy. Alison will join the Zoetica Salon today and answer your nitty gritty Facebook questions. .&# I received a review copy from O’Reilly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

.” It’s worth noting that beginning July 31 Google made it mandatory that all Google Profiles be public which means that your first name, last name, and profile picture will be visible when you participate in public Google Products such as Google Places, Maps, Images, Sites, etc. Now join Google+.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 18, 2014

Image courtesy of Montreal Gazette. With over 150,000 new donors so far this year, and over $10M raised for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, the #IceBucketChallenge took the Internet by storm a few weeks ago and is showing no signs of slowing down. Do they require a photo or video?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2018

As we all know, in early January, Facebook announced some sweeping changes in the News Feed to prioritize content from friends and family and fewer updates from brands and news. For example, my one colleague replaced her profile photo with a black and white image that states “Away.” Probably not.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The 24/7 news cycle is overwhelming to many people. Websites that are burdened with too much text or too many images without consistency in size and color scheme can immediately lead to an exit response. The home page of today should have large, powerful images and minimal text. Keep bullet-pointed content short.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We cover everything from post frequency to timing to content so that you know exactly where to start. Social media marketing can cover everything from paid advertising to content marketing, so it’s important to know where to begin. Content Type. Social Media Marketing: What, when and where should I post?

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We cover everything from post frequency to timing to content so that you know exactly where to start. Social media marketing can cover everything from paid advertising to content marketing, so it’s important to know where to begin. Content Type. Social Media Marketing: What, when and where should I post?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. After that we hope lots of people will contribute content to it. TechSoup Technologies for Good.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. Strange News. Available on news stands now, so check one out if you see a new issue while in line at the grocery store. This is technology for good news from India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

For two of the peer learning groups , we explored best practices for using Facebook strategically as part of an integrated communications plan based on this content ( [link] ). If the audience is local, it is important to framing content and issues for local geographic area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The timeline cover photo is what people notice first, so make sure it makes the impression you want – and the advice is less is more. The dimensions are for the images on the personal profiles and the old brand pages, who knows if the dimensions be the same in the new format. Source: Mari Smith.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Shows from Scandal and 60 Minutes to NCIS and Game of Thrones know just the types of burning questions their viewers have, and the type of content that will get them to watch more and share more. Political and news blogs do this frequently during elections and major speeches, and entertainment sites write live recaps of hot TV shows.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It’s important to have a place that you can link to for more information and for follow-up, instead of sharing news or updates only in a tweet or facebook message, and especially if it is just in an email newsletter. What kind of content do you already have that you could reuse (videos or interviews from events, data or research, etc.)

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 20, 2016

your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. WordPress.org is a content management system for websites and blogs. Prioritize images over text and provide ample white space: pbs.org ( on January 5, 2015 ). Prioritize images over text and provide ample white space: pbs.org ( on January 5, 2015 ).

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Craft a strong appeal by sourcing your content early. Engaging individual board members will help you to expand your potential reach by leveraging their personal and professional networks, and it could also provide you with some new content and stories. Do you need a new navigation or menu item for this campaign?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

embedded in a powerful photo, you want an image that you can upload to send out in Facebook status updates, link to in tweets, upload to Flickr, and so on. Get creative in integrating your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch into photos, slide shows, or even your YouTube Channel banner. event announcements.

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