Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2012

And, you need to think about the cover image design in the context of your overall content strategy. But what if you don’t have the resources to hire a graphic designer and need to do it in-house? With custom landing tabs going away this cover image is your new first impression so use it wisely. Some Basic Tips.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Within Media Cause’s Creative, Brand, and Design team, one of our favorite things to do— besides creating incredible work for our clients—is sharing inspirational and educational resources with each other: articles, POVs, webinars, classes, books, case studies, blogs, tutorials, cheese. Creative-problem solving on a small budget.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A website build or redesign has technical but also design and execution aspects. Here’s the good news: with preparation and a pulse on the right data and information, it is possible to get a handle on the task and get a big picture of your organization’s needs. Well-defined technical and design scope and constraints.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The f amous art director Paul Rand said, “ Design is the silent am bassador of your b rand. Next step: logo design. Meet Juhli (pronounced July) Greene, owner of Greene Image. They worked together to design the Blue Fox brand and the rest is history. Chelsea: Tell me a little about Greene Image. It really is.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Embedding your social media feeds directly into your website allows site visitors to easily interact with your content as part of the web viewing experience, from video testimonials of your beneficiaries to pictures of your volunteers hard at work in the community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2020

Next, add a cover picture, company photo, headline, and description. Portfolios are especially important if you’re looking for volunteers for copywriting, web or mobile development, graphic design, social media management, or other creative projects. It’s a fairly straightforward process. 1) Free vacancy postings. 2) Donation rewards.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

However, getting your supporters to show up and participate in your event is only possible with a well-devised branding and design strategy. Are branding and design really that vital to the success of a fundraiser? In fact, a virtual food drive relies even more on the functionality and design of your website and online branding.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Picking the right design and color is crucial, but choosing the right words is equally important. You’ll find pictures and stories of the students they help, along with strong language that includes information about the crisis at hand—that most of Florida’s Youth in poverty will never complete college.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2013

Check out my pinterest board “ Nonprofit Infographics.” Before you hire a designer, work with your in-house design or do it yourself, it is a good idea to identify the goal, audience, data, and key message that you to communicate. Your graphic designer will certainly help you refine this initial idea.

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Qgiv

MAY 2, 2022

Windermere Foundation used Qgiv’s landing page feature to display a donation form that featured images of the children and families they serve. With careful placement of images, they draw attention to various places on their donation form to encourage donors to complete their gift. What they did. What you can do.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Pictures: take them. My favorite lesson from the report is “to use pictures effectively, be diligent about taking them… and storing them.” Don’t forget to tag your images based on content and date and continue to acquire new ones so your visual brand stays fresh and engaging. I’ll take that!

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

With all the details ironed out, all that’s left is to upload your image or video with your text copy and publish your Facebook Ad. When designing graphics for Facebook Ads, remember these three tips. Use pictures with people in them for the highest engagement. Use high-quality images for ads.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. Show the real impacts that year-round donations can have on your mission by using compelling images within your website. Use A/B testing to determine which images are most effective for engaging visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Hewlett Packard Enterprise defines an enterprise AI platform as: “…the combination of artificial intelligence—the ability for a machine to learn, understand, and interact in a very human way—with software designed to meet organizational needs.” Please include 2–4 strong, relevant hashtags.

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sgEngage

JULY 8, 2022

The idea is that the app can interpret an image taken from a mobile phone and tell you, in text, what the food is. He begins by taking a picture of a hot dog, which the app correctly identifies. The twist comes just a few moments later when Jian Yang takes a picture of a pizza slice: “not hot dog.”

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

If a website is accessible, it means that it was built and designed for all people to use it. Add Alt Tags to Your Images Alt tags, also called alt text or alt descriptions, are snippets of copy that describe an image. The screen reader will read the alt tags aloud to describe the images to blind or visually impaired users.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. Save time on design and focus on showing your impact.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Having a strong, engaging online presence requires having an a ccessib le , professionally designed website. Of course, designing, programming, and migrating your content to a new website is a long-term investment. Finalize visual design. After receiving feedback on the wireframe, your developer will create a final design.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

Social media introduced the “selfie” and innovative accessories like the “selfie stick” for capturing better pictures. And perhaps most notably, 2013 was also the beginning of responsive design (Mashable). What is responsive web design? It’s simple: a website is easier to navigate with responsive website design.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 27, 2017

And while you’re doing your research, keep in mind that most of them allow you to build a custom design that include adding a search bar and letting your customers add their own questions, both important elements to be considered in making a choice of which program is right for your site. Here are some good FAQ plugins to check out.

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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. Purposes for the Visual Design phase include: Agreeing on a creative vision and personality for the web presence. The visual design depicts the user experience of the website.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 13, 2017

First there’s the Image Widget, which allows users to add a picture to a sidebar without having to use a plugin or write custom HTML. Utilizing a drag-and-drop interface, one can now simply click on the “add image” button and up comes the media loader. The post WordPress 4.8:

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

If you’re new to web design and development, creating a homepage that accurately reflects your nonprofit’s mission and values can feel difficult. Create a simple design Research suggests that a website’s homepage has 50 milliseconds (0.05 Ways to get involved. seconds) to convince visitors to stay on your homepage.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This article references the book The Politics of Design. We are especially today talking about design and visionary imagery and what it is actually like when people authentically communicate. And it was then that a friend pointed out the design, which was racist. I looked at this as a designer and laughed at that, right Devyn?

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Picture Perfect. One of the hallmarks of the WordPress platform is how easy it is to add images to any post or page. Visit your Media Library and select an image, then click on the Edit Image button. Here you can crop, rotate, resize and flip a picture until it renders exactly how you want it to on your page.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Guide Creative is Blackbaud 's design agency. This week, Guide Creative presented a whole series on the most important elements of web design and visual strategy. If you missed it, read on about creating and designing a successful, engaging website that inspires action. Engaging Visual Design. Audience Analysis.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If your site doesn’t have a responsive design (meaning it displays well on computers, phones, and tablets), it’s time for an upgrade. When you use formats like rotating images or have a disorganized website structure, you’re making things harder than they need to be. So how do you tell if your website works on different devices?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We are excited to share that Forum One has been selected for 7 Davey Awards for our excellence in web design! The 17th Annual Davey Awards received nearly 3,000 entries from ad agencies, digital agencies, production firms, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, design firms, and public relations firms.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 22, 2017

When it comes to images on your site, always remember that they take longer to load, which decreases how fast your overall page loads. And it may be that images in older articles that aren’t getting much attention anymore are the culprits.

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Qgiv

APRIL 27, 2023

Apple Pay Giving via Venmo Add impact images Promote matching gifts Encourage recurring giving 1. Add impact images Our next nonprofit mini trend involves your donation form. The trend: add impact images. Show them the impact of their donations by incorporating impact images into your donation forms.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

A well-designed, professionally executed direct mail conveys professionalism and legitimacy. Steps in the Direct Mail Fundraising Process Designing a direct mail fundraising campaign involves many moving parts, from conducting intensive donor research to enlisting marketing strategists who will develop messaging frameworks and concepts.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2023

Include pictures and details of their contributions, express how thankful you are. You can thank your supporters weekly with images and videos. Once you have the quotes, get your post designed, publish it, and request your influencers to share it on their respective handles as well. You can do the same for your donors as well.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis used text fundraising technology in addition to a designated campaign page for Giving Tuesday. Crossroads Mission Avenue customized their online donation form and used highly impactful images and statements to show donors why they should give to the mission. Crossroads Mission Avenue .

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Byte Technology

JULY 25, 2017

Now you can choose a specific design option, add a cool custom message and throw in a background image. Indeed, imagery can be great even in lieu of a complex written message, so do a little research and find out what types of pictures other sites are using during their downtimes. But there’s also much more you can do.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Here’s what we’ll cover: Design and Sell Custom T-Shirts. Design and Sell Custom T-Shirts. Nonprofits have realized the power that well-designed apparel holds. To get the most out of your apparel, you need to put thought into your design and how you’ll offer the products to supporters. Optimize Your Nonprofit’s Website.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

They reinforce the call for legislative action to bring the levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere back down to 350 ppm in everything they do by encouraging participants to use the number in their messages and to take/post images and videos of the actions organized in major cities and tiny villages around the world. Story – 350.org’s

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

A well-designed and well-run online fundraising campaign can bring in thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars! Tell stories about how lives have been changed and show powerful images of your work. Use powerful images to tell your story. If you’re raising money to purchase a vehicle, show a picture of the one you want.

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