Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. These examples not only show how far the philanthropic sector has moved in connecting climate change with natural disasters. That is no longer the case. They also demonstrate how much progress is left to be made.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It’s important to understand both the tasks that someone needs to do on a site—for example, donate, find resources—and the mindset they are in when visiting your site. In the examples below, some websites chose to ask their visitors what they need. This site is an excellent example of design patterns as well as a strong visual brand.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

This TikTok of staff naming sea otter facts and Reel on training a baby fish are great examples. This is why, for example, Duolingo found such great success on TikTok. It’s entertaining and “unhinged” —you don’t know what that silly green bird is going to do next. In 2024, community members are the ones in control.

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Sharon Rice ,orgSource, Managing Director of Business Strategy, moderated this insightful conversation. Green beer was on tap, corn beef and cabbage were on the menu, and shamrock-bedecked revelers were primed and planning to enjoy their favorite spots for dining and drinking. Here’s an example from my experience.

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Milwaukee Story Share Wisconsin 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. And you shared them! Observations.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

The museum also saved information about donors’ food preferences, average gift amount, and even notes about their past conversations. Examples of things listed in the timeline include emails opened and engaged with, gifts contributed, events attended, and other engagement opportunities. Constituent timeline. Engagement meter.

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Classy

AUGUST 6, 2021

For example, let’s say a donor wants to give $250 to The Salvation Army. On the nonprofit’s webpage, they’d first select the $250 option, as shown below circled in green. Those fields, as well as the recurring option, are then included in the URL for the Classy campaign page, as shown in the green circle in the screenshot below.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. To get a feed of the Twitter conversations, visit: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

John McElhenney - Clear Green Technologies. Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. Emergent, peer to peer conversations and sharing of knowledge. Examples: WorldChanging: knowledge prodution and sharing. Green or Sustainability? Jon Lebkowsky.

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Social Media Media Social Green 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

I had the pleasure of meeting her earlier this year for an exciting conversation. Majora realized that creating green projects and jobs empowers communities to see themselves in a different light, and that beautiful things happen in neighborhoods where people feel invested in their own economic and environmental well being.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 30, 2017

There are plenty of best practices that, if implemented, make it pretty straightforward to improve conversion rates and ultimately raise more money. Bonus points for the green lockbox located at the bottom of the form. The Blue Green Alliance. The reality is, an organization’s donation page is often its own greatest enemy.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

For example, if you haven’t reviewed and refreshed your content strategy in ten years, then your website design may also look outdated. For instance, if your mission has to do with environmental conservation, you may choose green as one brand color. This will include information such as: Brand colours. Your site isn’t accessible.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

It watches for emerging trends on the site and when something is becoming a hot topic of conversation - Evri uses that as a trigger to prompt a query to other sources for information on the topic. It includes presence information (your avatar glows green if you're online) and chat while doing things like watching YouTube or Netflix videos.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

What are examples of, best practices for, or learnings from engaging community members around various kinds of media, like videos and pictures instead of text? Shalena Broadnax: Echoing Green is operating in a relatively new space for us—deepening our online community engagement. From Laura Norvig). From Mazarine Tryez).

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Community Green Review Discussion 117

Classy

JUNE 17, 2021

Free access to Ginger allows employees easy access to therapists and psychiatrists through text and video conversation. As soon as we began working from home and the uncertainties around our wellbeing increased, we developed a virtual support group safe space for employees that encouraged unedited, organic (moderated) conversation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. They are hoping to start conversations and hear feedback about the competitions, the fundraising techniques and more.

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Web Bookmarking Contest Case Study 114

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Read Fierce Conversations. Book group, conversation, whatever. Lindsay Green suggests: I’ll go with make the work the team are focussed on visible - literally a list of projects or challenges you’re currently solving on the wall. And set the right example by not doing it yourself, either.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 29, 2016

Ann Green , a nonprofit communications consultant and blogger, says that while the term is very broad in meaning, she sees it as sharing any sort of information for a specific purpose, such as connecting with an audience or thanking donors. Donors need to know they are helping the organization make a difference,” Green said.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ted Fickes, Electronic Communications Manager, The Wilderness Society (Central Rockies Regional Office) In September, 2008, Green for All , 1Sky and the We Campaign organized a national day of action -- Green Jobs Now -- to demand progress on green jobs and a green economy.

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Care2

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Not only are they engaging with us in great conversations across social media channels, they are also our critics, so being sincere is critical. Sachs highlighted the example of the Fiji Green marketing campaign, where consumers quickly learned that Fuji’s practices weren’t "green" at all.

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Qgiv

MAY 21, 2021

Check out this example from Bear Creek Regional Park: Potential sponsors saw a summary of the perks associated with each sponsorship package, then see the full description when they click on individual item. Small-ticket items are awesome add-ons for event registrants—they can easily add a sticker or extra shirt (like the example below!)

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

For example, BigCreekRescueGA.org or CollegeBoundVA.org. For example, if your nonprofit is the Equine Rescue and Rehab Farm of South East Tennessee, don’t get errfset.org. Blue and green are cool, calming colors that work great for outdoorsy, environmental nonprofits. You know what it is, but donors and others will struggle.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

Using the dots, they will indicate if they would "Like" (blue), "Share" (yellow), or "Comment" (green) on the post. This exercise helps people to see in real time how much engagement their example post gets. The cards are collected, mixed up, then each person is given one card.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. For example, kids and tools. For example, the Exploratorium is an extraordinarily participatory museum, but it''s not nearly as participatory as a Community Science Workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

In the example above, you would test posting the same link with the embedded link tool and without it. It offers specific examples of what to test and mini-case studies. Here is a case study of Red versus Green. Share an example of your experiment in the comments. Here’s an article on that topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. It celebrates the natural beauty of the area while educating the community about a green life style. Cara talked about the network formation phase of the project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large. Take for example their coverage on food that is devoured by a devoted flock of foodies. It means we have to be nimble and responsive.”.

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Measure Policy Social Media Green 97

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

Email is still a very powerful tool for fundraising and the likely reason why donor conversion rates dropped in 2012 is because nonprofit e-newsletters are still formatted to primarily be read on desktop and laptop computers. Under the green row, add your fundraising metrics. eNewsletter Subscribers. How the Spreadsheet Works: 1.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Without proper “education,” landing an interview let alone a job working in digital marketing was a pipedream—I found myself stuck, making minimum wage, wearing a well-known green apron simply for the health benefits. One of my favorite out of countless examples is a blog I wrote about using shame in marketing.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For example, if you are taking a volunteer for your homeless shelter that offers overnight accommodations and food service, you want to familiarize that person with the food service program, since that’s where they will be serving. Why do all this if you’re just having somebody spoon green beans onto a lunch tray?

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Volunteer Program Fundraising Training 52

Connection Cafe

MAY 11, 2020

When you search using Google, Google Ads advertisements are the first search results atop the page, usually with a small, green “Ad” icon next to them. . Valid conversion tracking, where applicable (and at least one conversion per month) . Google Ads is Google’s targeted pay-per-click (PPC) advertising product.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. It’s won awards from Treehugger.com as the “Best of Green in Food and Health” and is cited regularly in mainstream and new media as a trusted source for sustainable seafood information. You’ve just launched a new version of Seafood Watch.

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Mobile Integration Strategy Green 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

Email is still a very powerful tool for fundraising and the likely reason why donor conversion rates dropped in 2012 is because nonprofit e-newsletters are still formatted to primarily be read on desktop and laptop computers. Under the green row, add your fundraising metrics. eNewsletter Subscribers. How the Spreadsheet Works: 1.

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Track Mobile Media Fundraising 185

Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

You can communicate through Trello, which reduces email correspondence and keeps conversations in a central place. For example, if you adopt Teams for its chat feature,, remind your colleague who sends you an email and move the conversation over to Teams. Or upgrade and get lots more bells and whistles. Look for shortcuts.

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Product Organization Doc Calendar 124

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

I've consolidated down to 8 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs, and added new examples. Example: The Environmental Defense Fund's blog, Climate 411 , "is the voice of the experts at Environmental Defense Fund, providing plain-English explanations of climate change science, technology, policy, and news." What "ways" am I missing?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 9, 2019

To better gauge serious candidates, she suggests taking them to lunch, having casual conversation and giving them the opportunity to communicate with staff they will manage or work with. It is vital to ensure those in key leadership positions are trustworthy and lead by example.

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