Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

Note: This is the tenth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. The visual design details the final look and feel of the website. It defines the colors, graphics, fonts and photography that make the site beautiful. The visual design really begins with the brand of the organization. Methodology.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

And perhaps most notably, 2013 was also the beginning of responsive design (Mashable). 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. What is responsive web design?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Hire a graphic designer to prepare website banner(s) and custom graphics. Design an e-newsletter template. Design custom tabs. Design a custom background.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2014

People using their smartphones want an experience that is designed for small screens. 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. The people who get Instagram don't think of it as photography tool.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Indeed, there are hundreds if not thousands to choose from, many geared solely towards professional designers who have the ability to code and who most likely have a strong background in website building and administration. Even someone with the most basic computer software knowledge can pick up the fundamentals of WordPress design quickly.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In my experience working with nonprofit clients, I’ve learned how much people want to be able to have one icon or image that shows the whole who, what, why all at once. But if it’s well-designed, your curiosity will be sparked. You also have colors, fonts, language and photography to help people understand what you do.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Note: This is the ninth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. 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. These are the basic wireframes you’ll need to provide for the visual design to commence.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In my experience working with nonprofit clients, I’ve learned how much people want to be able to have one icon or image that shows the whole who, what, why all at once. But if it’s well-designed, your curiosity will be sparked. You also have colors, fonts, language and photography to help people understand what you do.

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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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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2014

People using their smartphones want an experience that is designed for small screens. 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. The people who get Instagram don't think of it as photography tool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. Graphics: Well-designed graphics can make statistics and data compelling, while delivering the transparency your constituents demand. Explore Raiser’s Edge NXT.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

However, these brands go much deeper than the logos and images they share. To brand your organization and ensure that branding is maintained across your marketing platforms, you’ll need to design a comprehensive brand narrative that will last the test of time and communicate that clearly across all who are in charge of conveying it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software. Cropping images, adding borders or text, and creating visually compelling slideshows are skills acquired only through practice. Photo and Video Editing Ability.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Based in the U.K.,

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2015

After leaving that experience, I began researching some of the ads and campaigns that these organizations are using to motivate their audiences to action and, not surprisingly, found several great examples of using design for good. The images below are from their campaign. You audience can tell when you are using stock photography.

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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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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. Graphics: Well-designed graphics can make statistics and data compelling, while delivering the transparency your constituents demand.

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Achieve

APRIL 15, 2015

From the experience design to logistics to technology to coordinating with speakers, sponsors, partners, media … so many details are involved, which can make an event a huge time suck if you let it. Slide guidelines, including size, style (full images, minimal text), no animation, videos specs and due date.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2019

Add to this, our designers are careful to pick seats that work with the aesthetic of the art. Well, I would guess in part because watching moving images is a regular practice for most people. But, almost every day, you get information from a movie image. People were using the phone to take “artsy” images.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2015

The exhibit is designed to walk the viewer through a meaningful exploration of ERD’s humanitarian work, which is focused on alleviating hunger and improving the food supply; creating economic opportunity and strengthening communities; promoting health and fighting disease; and responding to disasters and rebuilding communities. And I love it.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Keep the focus on the “meat” of your story by crafting a simple narrative designed to engage your audience from the beginning to the end. Keep the focus on the "meat" of your story by crafting a simple narrative designed to engage your audience from the beginning to the end." Give your story a beginning, middle, and end.

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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. Scour the web for yummy recipes your congregants can prepare for the holidays, then pin images of all the yummy dishes that link through to the full recipes. Pin images of endangered species.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 13, 2013

It can be incredibly difficult to design a participatory project that involves online and onsite visitor engagement. The result of those meetings and brainstorming sessions recently manifested itself in our Forum Gallery as an experimental photography project called Oh Snap! Your Take on Our Photographs. At its core, Oh Snap!

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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. " Although written content is immensely valuable to your e-commerce store, it's important not to neglect your visuals — be that graphics, photography, or video.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 1, 2017

Some of the most successful email campaigns Nonprofit Hub has implemented were very basic in design, written in a similar format to this article, from our executive director as a personal message with almost no visuals. . People are getting more and more familiar with stock photography which means it can sometimes hurt more than it helps.

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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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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

With over 15 years study in the practice of digital wizardry, Mikey has worked as a web designer, radio journalist, and travel writer, before finally finding his spiritual home in the moving image. Mikey has published two books, including the Bradt Travel Guide to Bangladesh.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This makes it hard for them to create a strong nonprofit design and branding that the public can easily distinguish from other nonprofit brands. This makes strong nonprofit design essential for enabling your organization to stand out from the rest. Design an Outstanding Logo. Invest in High-Quality Photography.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2016

If you have a bigger budget to work with and some photography experience, you might invest in a DSLR camera, as you'll likely use it for more than just your videos. Just make sure to get a tripod that's designed for your camera or is strong enough to support it. Image : Stokkete / Shutterstock. Keep It Light.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Their youth users have a strong interest and talent in editing, graphic design, video, and photography. Image: Photo of Emily Smith of YMCA of Greater Seattle, photo by Charles Brennick. Art programs (12 users=12 hour per week). The program is planning to add additional software.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

Actually, one of the best things I’ve seen that came out of the Yahoo controversy is Fast Company’s Telecommuting Works If You Intentionally Design It. Images: Marissa Mayer by Teymur Madjderey and Iced Soul Photography CC BY. Commitment-Based Management. Video Conferencing Apps: Take Virtual Meetings on the Road.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Useful differentiation in their Audience Involvement Spectrum (see image at top) between programs that provide "enhanced engagement" and those that invite audience members to make contributions that impact and alter the end result. What's the relationship between the goals of participation and the techniques employed?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

The museums developed careful rules about what could and couldn't be shot, and how participants could upload their images to Flickr for use by the project. The event succeeded in donating thousands of images to Wikipedia, but it was plagued by challenges that frustrated museum staff, Wikimedians, and photographers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

This photograph is part of The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr. In designing and developing The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr. m going to look exclusively at Flickr and our experience with the American Image site. s images as well as those of other Flickr members.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2006

Anyone can submit an image that inspires them and that they think will touch or affect the person viewing it. Fifty Crows Social Change Photography "FiftyCrows Foundation aims to bridge the gap between venues and distribution mediums for documentary photography, and encourage public dialogue on the issues raised through the photography."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. Tate's Mobile Blog is collecting audience input on the new building design at the Tate - via mobile phones to blog - or mob blogging. The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr.

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