Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This webinar begins with a brief demonstration on how to get your nonprofit started on Pinterest and then explores click-by-click the Pinterest tool set, highlights what kind of content works best on Pinterest Boards, and features numerous tips and tricks that can help your nonprofit become a better pinner.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2013

This webinar begins with a brief demonstration on how to get your nonprofit started on Pinterest and then explores click-by-click the Pinterest tool set, highlights what kind of content works best on Pinterest Boards, and features numerous tips and tricks that can help your nonprofit become a better pinner.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This webinar begins with a brief demonstration on how to get your nonprofit started on Pinterest and then explores click-by-click the Pinterest tool set, highlights what kind of content works best on Pinterest Boards, and features numerous tips and tricks that can help your nonprofit become a better pinner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The new generation of smart phones come equipped with excellent cameras and for many it means that they can easily shoot from the hip and capture moments in your organization’s work that make for great, socially share able content. Use images in every communication #21CapitalCamp. GuideStar USA (@GuideStarUSA) October 8, 2013.

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Camera Photography Content Strategy 101

Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2015

Oh stock images. Here are a few key considerations to help you choose fantastic images for your site. Are You Treating Your Images as Content? Good, this is important: Photos and other images should never be used just as decoration. Is the Image Relevant? Will Your Audience Relate to the Image?

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Roundtree

APRIL 20, 2022

Photography: $2,500. Images tell their own story. Whether you want images of an event or headshots, you are paying for a photographer’s time. They will need time to scout locations, provide equipment, shoot, and edit before your images will be ready for use. Custom content and graphics can also increase the price.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Image courtesy of No Kid Hungry. An updated, educational blog is a perfect way to get more search engine traffic to your website – Google loves fresh, unique content! Trickle Up uses colorful, eye-catching photography and great quotes from the people that they serve in the captions. Image from TrickleUp’s Facebook.

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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. To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software. Some campaigns will fail, and some will need revision.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Write content and secure photos for website pages. Design a custom banner, sidebar column image, and video page banner, if applicable. Write content and secure photos for blog pages. Create five text-to-give images.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2014

With most people online via their smartphones and tablets these days, if you want to get their attention, you basically have to do it with images rather than words. People want to interact with content that resounds with them by liking and/or sharing it. The people who get Instagram don't think of it as photography tool.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns. How can you obtain supporter-contributed content? Avoid using stock photography, since this turns off donors. Use images of volunteers whenever possible to connect with your most avid supporters. Image 1: TechSoup.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

When it comes to choosing a Content Management System to build and manage your website, the choices available might seem a little daunting, especially to a novice just trying to get their feet wet. Easy to Learn, Easy to Use. Even someone with the most basic computer software knowledge can pick up the fundamentals of WordPress design quickly.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

Find the creative design products you're looking for with this handy guide, and start making engaging content today! Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan. The Photography plan includes only Adobe's best photography tools: Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC. Request Photography plan.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2016

Design and Messaging: Images and Content Need to Align. There are a few simple ways to use that area effectively: Choose high quality images. Many nonprofits struggle with collecting quality images due to either financial restrictions or the nature of their mission. Make sure your images align with your messaging.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2014

With most people online via their smartphones and tablets these days, if you want to get their attention, you basically have to do it with images rather than words. People want to interact with content that resounds with them by liking and/or sharing it. The people who get Instagram don't think of it as photography tool.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 11, 2020

If you know the term ‘influencer’, it might conjure up images of selfie obsessed girls promoting weight-loss shakes and bikinis. Their supporters will see and engage with the content, and be encouraged to donate. Make sure you promote the content on your own channels too, to show you are working together and create a community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

The post summarized why it may be important, best practices, and a few nonprofit examples. One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt. Encourages social content creation from network.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

You should also make sure you are tapping into the possibilities of the multiple channels, with their different content types and audiences. Make-A-Wish is all about personal stories and experiences, which makes compelling content that people really want to know about, as well as being powerful to convert supporters to donors.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

."" Photographs, Digital Rights & Social Media Events | Geoff Livingston's Blog – Geoff shares a recent example of his attendance at an event where he was photographed and his images shared. And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2017

Supporting graphics, images, and animations are also a nice touch that will help to bring the story to life — much more than a simple page of text would. Running a blog alongside the store that shares useful content, resources, and guides can be a good way to share all the good work you do, without coming across as too promotional.

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Achieve

APRIL 15, 2015

If you aren’t providing amazing content via your speakers, then you might as well not be doing an event at all. Slide guidelines, including size, style (full images, minimal text), no animation, videos specs and due date. INVEST IN VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY. SET EXPECTATIONS WITH YOUR SPEAKERS. Rehearsal time and who will be there.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

As a result, website experiences have had to change significantly—from the way websites are designed and developed to the Content Management System (CMS) used and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. This means that a site’s content and images respond to the dimensions of the devices its site visitors are using.

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Achieve

MAY 22, 2014

The key is to connect with others on an emotional level, and using beautiful photography or video content is an effective way to do that. Your brand is your image, and the visuals serve as a face. Associating your brand and story with a simple and clean aesthetic also makes an attractive impression.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

It defines the colors, graphics, fonts and photography that make the site beautiful. Some organizations come to us with a very clearly articulated brand that has accompanying logos, fonts, colors, photography, copywriting and more. Content Strategy. See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

However, these brands go much deeper than the logos and images they share. So, for example, images depicting those that you help on their worst days wouldn’t be an ethical representation of your constituents. Photography and Videography: To what extent will you use photography and videography in your branding?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While the majority of experience-based museums like children's and science museums have unrestricted noncommercial photography policies, many collections-based art and history museums continue to maintain highly restrictive photo policies. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. But what about visitors?

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest is a new(ish) and growing a image based social network and the newest darling of social media marketers. Beth explains that much of her attraction to Pinterest is due to her visual learning style and role as a content curator. Pin images of endangered species. Pinterest Guidelines.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 1, 2017

People are getting more and more familiar with stock photography which means it can sometimes hurt more than it helps. I don’t want your stock images, I want your content. Adding visuals and graphics is not always a bad thing, but get to the point and make sure the reader can actually hear what you’re trying to say.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

Narratives lend themselves to transmedia storytelling, so use different tools like video and photography. Keep your narrative in mind as you create your digital stories — think about what ties your content to what you’re already communicating about your narrative. Your Narrative and Digital Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Tone and Content Are Important for Cultivation and Engagement. Also review click rates to understand which content is most engaging to your new subscriber audience. Use this performance review opportunity to help you decide where to make changes so the content, language, and messaging can stay as fresh as possible.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Wireframes are skeleton layouts of key pages or templates for a website and are used to position elements on the page without colors, styles or photography. Defining the visual hierarchy for pages to show which content should stand out the most. For responsive websites, planning for how content will transform for each screen size.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

See what topics, hashtags, images, and videos are trending among them. Once you know who these social powerhouses are, share your best content with them to drive clicks, generate interest, and keep your institution top of mind for students. Photography. Social Listening – Tune into Your Audience. Approach Your Influencers.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Because of this, the images we consume are not an accurate depiction of reality. Marketing images in pop culture—like TV shows, movies, music groups, clothing, and even cartoons—tend to include primarily white people as the focus. The problem with non-inclusive imagery. A bit of extra effort and awareness can go a long way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

Flickr Image by Sam Howzit. Images, visuals, videos, and infographics are being staples of nonprofit’s content strategy, especially for social channels. It isn’t a good idea to just grab an image from Internet, tweak it, and call it your own. Content Visual' It is important to respect copyright laws.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I’m always amazed when my colleagues tell me that the biggest barrier they face to “opening up” the content at their museums is from registrars—the people who care for collection objects. The Library of Congress advises collection users to go through a risk assessment process for each image they seek to reproduce.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Check out this ridiculously long list of 15NTC content. Of course, we learned and shared a ton too. Did we miss anything? Please let us know in the comments!

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