Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Remember these six words: Your logo is not your story. They want to use every tool, including their logo, to tell their story. They want to use every tool, including their logo, to tell their story. Here’s where you can get stuck in focusing on your logo as representing your story: . Holding hands around a globe.

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Roundtree

APRIL 20, 2022

Video is the most powerful way to tell a story and garners the most engagement. Photography: $2,500. Images tell their own story. Building a website is similar to a construction process: you need blueprints, construction, interior design, and final walk-through to make sure it is ready to be occupied.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Stories are powerful. It’s incredibly important for nonprofits to tell stories about their organization and the people they serve. Telling a good story can also give your donors confidence that your nonprofit is making an impact and that their donations are used effectively. What is Nonprofit Storytelling?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Stories with purpose don’t just materialize—they’re strategically planned, they’re creatively crafted, and designed to achieve measurable outcomes. Stories with purpose don’t just materialize—they’re strategically planned, they’re creatively crafted, and designed to achieve measurable outcomes. What Makes a Story Great.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

What if you didn’t need a highly trained designer every time you needed an image for an article or report? AI image generators can create custom images that are perfect for your website design. Imagine if you could get one of the most famous architects to design something for your organization. A note for designers.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2014

People using their smartphones want an experience that is designed for small screens. The people who get Instagram don't think of it as photography tool. No one has more important stories to tell than nonprofits. This post by Jeff Bullas may give you some ideas about how to tell your story visually. Image 3: TechSoup.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The world’s most talented designers are inspiring others, provoking change, and even saving lives for nonprofits. In my new series Designing for Good , we’ll chat with these innovators about their inspirations, challenges, and favorite tools. Pratima: I’m the Graphic Designer. My favorite tools for design?

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

But what I haven’t seen written about as as often—or maybe I’m just not looking in the right places—are stories about the little, delightful, unexpected things that changed us in 2020. . Oftentimes, stories of distant wars and suffering can glaze over the humanity and real human stories that still exist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2013

Your photos should not only resonate with your audience, it should tell a story, not be copyrighted, and be a decent photo (not blurry or poorly composed). You can take your own photos or use stock photography. Don’t forget to add your URL or logo. Your text should be short, clear, and support your key messaging.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2014

People using their smartphones want an experience that is designed for small screens. The people who get Instagram don't think of it as photography tool. No one has more important stories to tell than nonprofits. This post by Jeff Bullas may give you some ideas about how to tell your story visually. Image 3: TechSoup.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

The ability to tell a story that captures the imagination of your donors and supporters and consequently inspires them to donate or get more involved is a skill only found in those who enjoy and excel at writing and who are committed to consistently improving their writing, grammar, and punctuation skills as well as increasing their vocabulary.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

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. Conduct research to determine your nonprofit’s story. Positioning.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Once confirmed, welcome them with an email that tells your organization’s story and sets expectations on how often they’ll hear from you. Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. Newsletters. Explore Raiser’s Edge NXT.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2016

Design and Messaging: Images and Content Need to Align. If that’s your case, see if stock photography is an option. Abstract or macro photography can be very effective if chosen carefully. For example, let’s say an interested visitor has clicked a link to a blog story from your home page and has read one of your success stories.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Once confirmed, welcome them with an email that tells your organization’s story and sets expectations on how often they’ll hear from you. Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. Newsletters.

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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. In this guest post, Jeffrey shares the story behind their big hit with a visitor co-created exhibition. The museum selected and is featuring 13 works recently added to our photography collection.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

We’ve been inspired and moved by your stories. She founded The Storytelling Nonprofit to help nonprofits connect in more meaningful ways with donors through stories and stewardship. Storymakers 2014 surpassed our expectations in terms of the quality and number of submissions.

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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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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2016

A compelling story makes a video stick with its audience, but if it looks poorly made, nobody's going to watch it. So as you're plotting out your next great digital story, make equipment-planning and budgeting part of the process. Check out CNET's top entry-level DSLR cameras to get an idea of the price range and features.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest has a lot of potential, especially for organizations whose stories lend themselved to visual storytelling. Share the story of each animal in the Pin Description. Pin animated and cartooon bible stories. In exhibits and galleries where photography is permitted, of course!) Pin pictures of animals who need homes.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2017

Tell a Compelling Story. As humans, we are brought to action through stories. Stories resonate with our emotions, far more than the latest facts and figures ever will. To make those all important conversions, your nonprofit e-commerce website needs to tell a compelling story. And know what they're looking for.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

In her talk, Jacobi noted: "Traditionally marginalized groups like indigenous populations or the grassroots women in Haiti, when they are just telling their own stories, often they are not listened to. Dd is also testing low cost drones that locals can use and repair to perform aerial photography and surveying.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2015

Imagery should enable a design to reduce its content load by providing necessary tone/branding/context visually instead of with copy," says Tyler Benari, our wise in-house designer. Our in-house design guru Tyler says this: "Consider what concept you're trying to communicate rather than what the subject is.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Adobe’s software donation programs through TechSoup help organizations design powerful print collateral, create video accounts of their successes, build their web presence, and more. The Foundation's community grants program has two focus areas: Arts and Creativity. Youth Services. Youth Voices: Creating with Purpose.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

They are most likely already sharing great stories about your organization on their social media streams and making suggestions to their friends and followers about how awesome your organization’s programs are. Instagram and Device Photography 101. Here’s an example of some survey questions you should ask.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2008

Topics include: autos, career, celebrities, cute, design, egos, fashion, food, gadgets, gaming, green , health, humor, journalism, mac, moms, music, news, nonprofit , oddities, photography, politics, popurls, religion, science, small business, social media, sports, twitterati, venture capital and windows.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

And to cut to the end of the story first, yes, we are creating a project together, yes, you can participate, and yes to whatever other questions this brings up in your head. Ze genuinely cares about his participants, and he is driven to design interactions that inspire real moments of intimacy.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Pages 9 and 10 pull together data from the NEA, the Irvine Foundation, Dance/USA, RAND, and the Knight Foundation to tell a tight, compelling story about the demographic shift from consumptive to active participation and the extent to which traditional arts audiences are also participating in art-making outside of traditional arenas.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

share your stories by using common platforms and encourage meaningful. fun by thinking about choice, interactivity, causes to support, humor, and spotlighting perspectives in stories that would never otherwise be. 2010 as a way of using film, photography, and real-time reporting. tell their stories. Make it easy to.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Start with a story to draw your readers in. Use a sad story that transforms into a happy one. Don’t use a lot of photography and fancy layout in your letter or accompanying materials. Too much design makes it much less personal. Use stories in your copy but only one story. Tom Ahern). Tom Ahern).

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The more we showcase real people of all kinds in our photography, the more engaged our audiences will be in the content we create, and the more inclusive our culture will become. Committing to choose and create photography that features different types of people and represents them as equals can already change our culture for the better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

After all, social media is a space for sharing stories, making charitable giving fun or even “cool,” and for making giving a little bit competitive through prize grant incentives. According to our survey, 41 percent of respondents said they “like” GiveMN or their favorite nonprofit or school on Facebook.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Capturing beautiful imagery and creating wonderful designs is only half of the story. Even if you're not the world's best photographer or graphic designer, you can be a digital storyteller. Even if you're not the world's best photographer or graphic designer, you can be a digital storyteller.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. Use a “design thinking” technique called audience empathy….

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Media Cause

MAY 23, 2022

The practice has become a major part of brand design and only continues to grow in popularity. As a designer and illustrator, I’m constantly weighing the pros and cons of using photos or illustrations. Stock photography is limiting and photoshoots are expensive, but illustration gives you the freedom to create imagery of anything.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2006

By partnering with local organizations around the globe, WITNESS empowers human rights defenders to use video to shine a light on those most affected by human rights violations, and to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools of justice." You can put the info. in the comments or email me at britt AT brittbravo.com.

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