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.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The 24/7 news cycle is overwhelming to many people. Have a Consistent Design throughout All Secondary Navigation and Content Pages. A good Content management System (CMS) will take care of this for you. All content pages should be the same size and should be consistent in their layout and color scheme.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again! Europe’s highest court in a ruling against Google has decided that search engines should allow online users to be “forgotten” after a certain time by erasing links to web pages unless there are particular reasons not to erase that information.

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Kindful

JUNE 10, 2021

The good news is that you don’t have to do all of this manually. If your organization accepts online donations, set up your CRM system to automatically send out a thank you letter after the donation was made. What kind of content can you include? Does my organization need to personalize the thank you letter for each donation?

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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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TechImpact

MARCH 27, 2014

As a result, it is imperative that your website boast an intuitive navigation system to get the information your website visitors are searching for efficiently. Answers to these questions and so many more are imperative to ensuring your nonprofit’s website has an effective navigation system. Should I have drop down menus?

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Byte Technology

JUNE 7, 2016

Additionally, WordPress-related keywords get 37 million searches each month; the program is available in 40 different languages; and 22 percent of new U.S. Awe-inspiring to say the least, given the free and open-source content management system (CMS) is just over a decade old.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. Too often new media managers are bogged down by a strategy or content approval process that saps them of their creativity. Video content needs to be edited and embellished with visual effects, animation, and audio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

The tool is designed for funders, nonprofits, mission-driven media makers, journalists and philanthropic researchers to analyze funding and investment in the field. You can search and visualize media funding by the following: Show Grants By : Explore data for funders (blue) or recipients (orange). Journalism News and Information.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

From Facebook to Netflix, companies are tracking and analyzing our searches, our purchases, and just about every other online activity that will give them more insight into who we are and what we want. This number was significantly more than the existing estimates that had dominated news and policy discussions.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

For example, the Colorado Children's Campaign website includes clear navigation tabs along the top, a prominent search box in the top right corner, and a more in-depth navigation list at the bottom of the page. Fresh, updated content gives people a reason to return to your site. Keep It Fresh. But don't despair. Keep Learning.

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Achieve

JANUARY 15, 2020

In this article, we’ve outlined 4 key features in particular that you should look out for: Content Management System. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. When your members are looking to interact with your association, look for news updates, or find programming information, the first place they’ll likely stop is your website.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

There’s a lot happening with Social Actions right now but one bit of news is really exciting, and needs to be highlighted: some incredibly important technical enhancements have recently been made to the Social Actions API. The quality of the search results were limited by our querying capabilities and relevancy ranking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

The Google Ad Grants program gives nonprofits up to $10,000 per month in free in-kind AdWords across the search network through the Google for Nonprofits platform. Facebook, for example, has never had a formal ad grant system for nonprofits?—?though Turning to impact, Google cares about using its platform to make a difference.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

However, as you begin searching for your association’s next solution, you’ll quickly come across a new option on the market— learning experience platforms (LXPs). At Web Courseworks , we help professional, healthcare, and trade associations grow their learning businesses with effective learning management systems. Let’s dive in.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The network knows about us but isn’t yet directly connected – maybe their friend told them about a story or a news segment they heard on our station, or they have family members that attend an annual concert. Their friends, colleagues, coworkers and family are the network – the people we reach through our community.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 2, 2016

Regarding Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WooCommerce—because of its content creation base and the fact that it’s easy to add and edit body content—does a bit better in terms of site ranking and archiving.

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Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

Then you’re in the market for a Learning Management System (LMS). Choosing a Learning Management System is no easy task. What sort of content are the learners expecting? In this search for information, it is vital to focus on the objectives you want to achieve by the e-learning courses or training. Observe a demo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Instead, the ultimate goal is to provide system users with the capability to obtain real-life practical and applicable knowledge that will not only aid in their immediate development: helping themselves and their organizations. As well as follow us on social media for new content, product news, and interaction directly from Gyrus.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Also, a quick search of “ website design trends 2020 ” will add an extra layer of creativity to your process and ensure that by the time of launch your website will include innovative and forward-thinking design elements. Use a top-rated Content Management System (CMS). Maximize your website’s sidebar.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and why is it important? . SEO is the process of improving the visibility of your website or webpage in search engine results pages (SERP). In this post, we’ll be talking about Google quite a bit; that’s because 77.43% of all daily searches are done via Google. How do search engines work?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. SEO (search engine optimization) refers to the process that makes it easier to help users find your website with a quick internet search. 1) Content is King. 2) Technical Details Matter, Too.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

This guide explains that organizations can use learning management systems to design courses that ensure everyone is on the same page. The good news is, there is plenty of existing learning material available that can apply to your organization, it just may not be as direct. Apply concepts to pre-designed courses.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. ChatGPT , from OpenAI, is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. If you have sensitive or proprietary business content, it’s always best to exercise caution and avoid sharing it in a public or unsecure environment.” “I’d

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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. All Systems Go. To start, meet with your board members.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

No, there are scores of companies building and selling systems today that deliver very real value via the real-time web. There are many different real-time search engines that approach search in many different ways. Few search only Twitter, though - there are only about 3 million links shared on Twitter each day.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

You can also add new engagement activities of existing supporters to their constituent timelines. Constituent search. Constituent search features allow your staff to read up on each individual donor’s profile before going to meetings or events. Qgiv’s app automates that process and saves your nonprofit time. Keyword research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Filtering: These fools let you filter and sift through social streams based on keyword searches and allow your sort based on different criteria. Aggregation: These tools aggregate sources/content on a central site. Examples include: Techmeme, Google News, and Huffington Post. Examples: DataSift and Research.ly.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Think about what people are most likely to do when they're out and about such as donating, searching for something nearby that's relevant to your cause or responding to an action alert. We've found it's best to limit the number of actions to 5 and to prioritize your list so that 1 action can take center stage.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. In the nonprofit world we also have contests and at See3 we have become “the contest people&# helping organizations conceive of and execute user generated content contests. The article is a nice look into the challenges of user generated content contests.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

This will make it easier for search engines to crawl and understand your site. Cascading Style-Sheets (CSS) and a little bit of javascript are all you need to build sophisticated menu systems. An XML sitemap can provide search engines with important information about your site and improve your search rankings.

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Care2

MARCH 15, 2009

This text will appear in search engine results and will help tell both the search engine and users what the page is about. By giving each page in your website a unique, useful description of the page content, you make it easier for a user to decide whether or not to click through. Use heading tags in your content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. So when someone in your addressbook posts a new photo to Picasa, or tweets, you’ll know about it. As a search engine, users never have to sign-up to get value from Spock. tool to jump in. Or perhaps maybe I won’t even.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches. Adding tags to content, whether blog post; video; photo; and so on, helps content creators organize content and, more importantly, helps your intended audience find it on the Internet.

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See3

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Blogroll (C)Systems AVC Beth’s Blog Christine Herron Deborah Elizabeth Finn Donordigital Emily’s World Getting Attention Gift Hub Philanthromedia Social Edge TechSoup © Copyright 2010 See3. Sure they do, but so does an engaging story.

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