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Make This a More Inclusive Season of Giving: Tips for Diversity in Your End-of-Year Fundraising Appeal

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Symbols and language to make your appeal more Jewish-inclusive: The menorah is the primary symbol of Hanukkah, a candelabra that is lit one candle at a time while blessings are recited. Symbols and language to make your appeal more Kwanzaa-inclusive: Candle-lighting is central to Kwanzaa, in the colors of red, green, and black.

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Does Your Nonprofit Need a Website Revamp? How to Tell

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This includes the type of language you use, the message you send, and the visual representation of your organization. For instance, if your mission has to do with environmental conservation, you may choose green as one brand color. Images and text should be distinguishable from their backgrounds.

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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The images you employ and the stories you tell paint a complete messaging composition. These guidelines can apply to all sectors of the nonprofit landscape: Use “person-first” language. Ensuring you have access to the photos and stories you need to paint the full picture. Focus on the individual, not their circumstance.

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The Heart and Soul of Lean Impact: A/B Testing Experiments and Validated Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colors, when used in pleasing combinations, can attract attention and also make other elements easier or more difficult to comprehend – whether text, objects or images. Here is a case study of Red versus Green. Images: Images convey more than mere text, shapes, and colors. Words : Language is tricky.

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LMS Branding – Beyond the Logo

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Currently, I’m undergoing the rebranding effort, you may notice little things here and there (including flashier images, more or fewer sales conscience verbiage in our writings, cooler product features, and more flawless logo integration). Your organization has paid for these images, and as a result, you want to use them.

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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

Tech Soup

Its official language is English. Image: logo ( MyDigitalBridge ). Digital Divide GreenTech Green IT refurbishment digital inclusion' I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. like Connect2Compete. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa.

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TechSoup Microsoft Donations Are Now Download-Only

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Our Microsoft donation program has gone green! For organizations and libraries that have trouble downloading or who need to install software in other languages besides English, you will still have the ability to request installation media through the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC). Select the Language and Operating System Type.