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What are News Discovery Tools? Why Use Them?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the points he made during our planning call is that in order to curate, you need two sets of tools – news discovery and curation tools. News discovery tools select and aggregate content based on keyword searches, but give a higher signal to noise ratio than general keywords searches or general news sites.

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Guest Post: Facebook Video Tips from Non-Profit Marketers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Using a tool like Animato can make it easy for your nonprofit to create DYI videos, but to be successful you need to develop a strategy and use compelling storytelling. Mark Zuckerberg’s recently announced that Facebook’s News Feed will be veering away from branded content to prioritize content posted by personal accounts.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

People either start ignoring your updates because you’re always in their news feed, or they “hide&# you altogether. Not following on a 1:1 ratio on Twitter. If your nonprofit’s objective is to gain a lot of followers on Twitter, then you should follow on a 1:1 ratio. YouTube.com/nonprofits. Enough said.

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Content Curation: The Art and Science of Spotting Awesome

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you are finding yourself looking through a lot of unrelated or useless stuff or the content you are sharing is not resonating with your audience, news discovery tools can help. It is a content discovery tool that helps tune your Facebook newsfeed based on keywords. What content discovery tools do you use?

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5 Technology Tips for Increasing Matching Gift Revenue

DNL OmniMedia

Equipping your organization with matching gift-specific technology and making the most of your existing tech tools can go a long way. Integrate your matching gift and online fundraising tools. This tool can provide users with a ton of information on a company’s program guidelines with just a quick search of the business name.

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Website Design for NGOs: 5 Essential Strategies

sgEngage

You likely also know that one of the best tools you have for accomplishing these objectives is your website. . The WCAG specifically suggest web designers aim for a high contrast ratio on all images and graphics, use easy-to-read fonts, include closed captions and transcripts on multimedia elements, and provide alt-text for all images. .

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The Nonprofit Administration Dilemma: How Much Should You Spend on Fundraising?

Get Fully Funded

You may find yourself spending money on the tech tools. They seek out the free version of every tool, look for professional volunteers to do every skilled task pro bono, and stuff their own envelopes for their annual appeal. Donor management software and other technology tools used for raising funds. And fundraising.