article thumbnail

Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

As extreme weather makes front-page headlines year-round, each news cycle brings fresh evidence that we are living in unprecedented times. Little attention was paid to what we now understand as the causal relationship between warming ocean temperatures and the destructive capacity of hurricanes wrought by climate change.

article thumbnail

The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Dreadful disaster stories are still making headlines; isn’t the public tired of giving? Donors aren’t demonstrating that they’re tired of our appeals. For example, we saw that donations to the South Asia Floods (starting August 17) increased after Harvey Floods led the headlines in August 28-20. This is compared with 7.3%

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Nonprofit Email Newsletter How To

Pamela Grow

to build relationships with your supporters. On their home page, Girls on the Run demonstrates a clear opt-in form and inspiring thank you redirect page. Then I’ll test them in the Advanced Marketing Institute’s Headline Analyzer, where I’ll get a score. The Headline Analyzer doesn’t know your audience.

article thumbnail

Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

This engineering insight became his headline: “At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in a Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.” Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed. The goal is to develop sustained relationships through habitual positive exposures.

Lesson 59
article thumbnail

A Tale of Two Nonprofit and Social Media Adoption Surveys

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit executives (83%) understand that social media makes it easier for supporters to organize independently – underscoring how critical it is for nonprofits to demonstrate their value and relevance to advocates. Demonstrate their unique impact to underscore relevance to advocates. It takes time to get results, like anything else.

article thumbnail

How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

Get Fully Funded

And part relationship. . There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. The key to getting your nonprofit’s story in the news is building relationships with local journalists. Start with a headline that summarizes your news.

Story 122
article thumbnail

Making Media Connections: Ning Site

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Community Media Workshop is a media organization in Chicago that trains nonprofits to tell their stories to the media, tips sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and tries to create better relationships between the media and the diverse communities in Chicago. We then invite participants to join.

Ning 50