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Your Nonprofit Should be Using Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

How to Leverage For-Profit Advertising Tactics for Free. Once you map this all out, write the PSA out in script fashion word for word. Tip: Connect with sales reps or other employees of the stations via LinkedIn, over the phone, or in person. Step 1: Create the message. Step 3: Produce the PSA.

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New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Click to See Visualization.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. The good news is: there are thousands of sites serving free summer meals to low-income youth. That's when the federal Summer Food Service Program steps in, offering nutritious, free summertime meals to low-income school-age youth.

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Apping Out Illegal Waste: Free Download to Target Illegal Dumps

Tech Soup

The above is the analysis of Jozef Vodicka, a Slovakian geek and entrepreneur, whose team has developed a multi-mobile-platform (iOS, Android, Windows Phone) application for documenting illegal dumping and, not incidentally, for mobilizing environmental consciousness and fostering citizen engagement. The application is free!

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From Lost To Loved: Turning Lapsed Donors Into Devoted Donors

Bloomerang

This timeline offers a clear road map to prevent lapsed donors: What makes donors lapse? Rather than sending a member renewal to lapsed donors with a 20+ year history of gifts, The Audubon Society of Rhode Island gave these long-time members a free one-year membership. If they don’t update their card, pick up the phone to call and ask.

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Best Practices When Running a Product Fundraiser

Get Fully Funded

As a leader, you want a smooth, easy to run, well-supported product fundraiser with help just a phone call away. Create and Map Out Your Marketing Plan Early My grandmother used to tell me that a job well planned is half done. And we all know people live on their phones! What can you do? She was so right!

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Part-website, part-smartphone app, this tool enables free group texting between small groups of people.

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