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Let Volunteers Shine (And Inspire Gifts) On GivingTuesday

Bloomerang

She asked staff to give 15 minutes of their time to handwrite a card and prepared them with ready-made assets, stationery, stamps, and sample scripts. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest. Meredith and her team did a brilliant job of testing the campaign.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. I created a script of conversation starters/questions about crowd sourcing and using social media for program delivery. The first layer of preparation was the content.

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Lean Impact Series: 10 Changemakers Using Lean Startup Methods For Greater Social Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When the IDEO team was working on a new financial tool for a project in Mexico, they used Lean Startup’s focus on Customer Development to test it with real potential customers. During the 2012 Obama Campaign, the online team continually tested and refined their communications efforts. In the following test we had two photos.

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3 Social Media Trends for Nonprofits (2023)

Neon CRM

It doesn’t have to be fancy, scripted, or complicated. You can also use it to help you build outlines for video scripts, generate conversation-starters, or even ask it to summarize long-form content like research or blog posts for sharing on social channels. The key is authenticity. Photo campaigns are a common example.