Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

Here are some ideas: Share Community History – Non-organizational community groups and nonprofits that focus on a specific locality can create hyperlocal community engagement through pictures and documentation. So how can social good organizations take advantage of an innovative tool like this?

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NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

When thinking through your Facebook cover photo make sure you keep your brand in mind, but try to also show off your culture, history, mission and values. One of the first things a new visitor will do on your Facebook page is check out your profile – even if it’s only a quick glance at the small box located right under your profile picture.

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

Share Pictures of Your Event Online. Make sure every thank you message addresses each supporter by name, and look into guests’ history with your nonprofit to make more specific references to their past participation. Share Pictures of Your Event Online. Invite Them to Similar Events. Send Event Surveys.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

To paint a comprehensive picture of your audience, there are several different sources you’ll need to pull from, including: Previous data. Look into your audience’s giving history, previous event attendance, in-kind donation support, or online engagement with your cause to understand how to best reach them. Previous engagement.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 30, 2012

This post is the second in a series of reactions to Blueprint , a book chronicling the rise and fall of the Dutch Museum of National History (INNL) in 2008-2011. It’s a far more complex picture to present. The NMA was accused of presenting a “black armband” view of Australia’s history (i.e.,

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

At its most basic level, storytelling is a way to convey facts, information, history and experience from one person, the teller, to another, the listener, but it goes deeper than that. You can also use pictures of your volunteers in action working with beneficiaries. But do you really understand it? What do we mean by storytelling?

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

In addition to addressing each supporter by name, your nonprofit database should also be able to reference past donations, event attendance, and volunteer history to build a connection with each individual supporter. . Stay focused on the larger picture as you analyze your data. Engagement history. Fixing errors. Volunteers?

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 17, 2024

Your constituent relationship management software (CRM) should store key information about your supporters, including demographics, interests, and giving history. For example, you could include before and after pictures of clothing items from previous workshops on your social media pages. Leverage the power of your nonprofit CRM.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

At first glance I noticed the words and what they were signaling [image] which is a fearful discourse, and it immediately raised concern in me from a framing and messaging perspective. It’s just ridiculous to say that they didn’t alter this image and darken it in any way. But let’s just quickly go through the technical part of that.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Pictures and Videos Can be Worth a Thousand Dollars They can also be worth a thousand words. Some of the most compelling images and videos are snapped in an instant on a smartphone. The first thing your readers should see is an image that makes them want to know the story behind it. Don’t forget to ASK! Look at her eyes.

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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. Sometimes it’s best to keep it simple.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 10, 2021

Image: Beeple. In the same way as if someone took a picture of the Mona Lisa, it’s only a copy, was not approved by the creator, and holds none of the value of the original work. For a little history here, the game CryptoKitties was the first major use case for NFTs and has been a huge success. Embed from Getty Images.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Any engagement history. You may also decide to include additional information such as a profile picture and short biography, which can be more meaningful for your donors’ friends and family. Twitter is a great way to show appreciation for donors with a short, pithy text post, or an image set. Digital walls. Appreciation spaces.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The story should come out of your mission, but the way that you approach it will vary depending on your nonprofit’s history, who you work with, and why you do what you do. The more images, graphics, and videos you can incorporate into your platform, the better. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

The most straightforward method is adding personal information about a donor, such as their name and engagement history. Rather than plain text and an image or two, eCards recreate the experience of opening an artfully designed, physical card. Personalization comes in several forms. Using photographs.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Are your images large enough? Click around on your site and evaluate the sizes of your images. If you want to get down to the pixels, your images should be at least 400 x 250px. You may need to go smaller to display a list page full of thumbnails and teasers, but most of your images should be big and beautiful.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Donors don’t need a full background history of your nonprofit at this moment, but they do need you to paint a clear picture of how they can help through concise storytelling. Get to the point and include information that is going to encourage recipients to give to your cause. Provide links and ways to give.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

North Carolina Museum of History 1988.39.4 In this courageous guest post, Adrienne Berney, a Collections Care Trainer who works primarily with history museums, gives us an insider’s guide to these issues. But what about the potential creator who happens into an exhibit, gets an idea, and takes a picture?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image. The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library’s collection. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History.

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Everyaction

MAY 9, 2018

Selecting the appropriate option will take the user to the applicable workflow, where contact history and tasks for the entirety of the Planned Giving relationship can be viewed. To learn more about how EveryAction's tools can power your Planned Giving program, click on the image below! What is Planned Giving?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. A set of screensavers and background images. Shoutouts to donors on images and cover pictures. Feature your donor images and quotes in social media advertising. These exist already!

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

To fully analyze your audience’s behavior, demographics, and preferences, you could use your data warehouse to look at data from events, online interactions, giving histories, and more. With all of your data in one place, you can have a big-picture view of your organization’s operations that can help you set the right strategic goals.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

When choosing your Facebook cover photo, make sure you keep your brand in mind, but try to also show off your culture, history, mission, and values. Tell Your Story by Filling In Your History and Milestones. Milestones give you the ability to tell people more about your history. Highlight what you’re known for.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

With a bit of research, consumers like you or me can learn the history of a used vehicle before we buy it, without ever interacting with the car's previous owners. Image : Roger / CC BY-NC-ND. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration assigns every vehicle a Vehicle Identification Number (or VIN). Expect More Innovation.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Giving history . Make sure your pages and images automatically resize to a smaller screen. . Accurate data reveals the bigger picture of how your organization’s social media, web presence, and software work together. This will help you create personalized communications, which supporters prefer over generic messages. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

Image Source: ntegrity. Some of the key “big picture” points related to effective giving are captured on pp.49-51 My directive is to “make history” – so no problem? In fact, we partnered with CDP last year on our first-ever baseline data on disaster giving. 49-51 (What Does Success Look Like?).”

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Everyaction

APRIL 9, 2018

And for any donor profile, fundraisers need the ability to see a unified steam of contact history across mediums to make informed plans and decisions. Too many websites feature inspiring images and design on the main pages, only to direct donors to a blocky and confusing page when they click on the donate button.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 10, 2020

GivingTuesday has created a #GivingTuesdayNow tool kit that includes logos, graphics, banners and other images to help develop your campaign. Include imagery, since people naturally look at pictures before reading text and they evoke the donors’ emotions. Day 1: Toolkit, Theme & Goal.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Clearing your personal data from a cell phone prevents anyone else getting your call history, contacts, emails, photos, text messages, calendar appointments, and many more things. The Wiki How piece is very similar but has good clear pictures. Image: courtesy of Shutterstock. from your cell phone, if your phone has one of those.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Also worth considering: your software should provide easily-browsed and highly-sortable donation history for each contact. For example, dynamic fields could allow you to display a picture of the Badlands to readers in South Dakota, while readers in Arizona see the Red Rocks of Sedona. Need a template for your next campaign?

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

To apply, you’ll need to seek out foundations with a history of supporting causes like yours, strive to make a professional impression on the application, and, if you receive the grant, be able to prove that you used funds effectively. Usually, your nonprofit will need to reapply for these grants each year. Show supporters where donations go.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

They're playing instruments, painting pictures, and cooking gourmet meals in record numbers. We've been trying to actively combat this at The Museum of Art & History (MAH) in Santa Cruz. They're going to trivia night. They're playing video games.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While the majority of experience-based museums like children's and science museums have unrestricted noncommercial photography policies, many collections-based art and history museums continue to maintain highly restrictive photo policies. How can visitors be "co-owners" of museums if they can't own an image from their experience?

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Conclusions indicate that the upper left of a page is the highest viewed area, headlines draw the eye before pictures, and more. For example, try to keep all general information about who you are on one “About Us” page instead of breaking it out into multiple pages (Our Mission, Our History, Our Staff, Our Story, etc).

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 16, 2010

It's not topic-specific; I've done these exercises with art, history, science, and children's museums to useful effect. This isn't surprising: when the term "social object" was coined in the online environment , the whole point was that people socialize around specific objects, images, or ideas, not general topics or interests.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Don’t let the big picture get away from you! You might sort your audience by age, gender, giving preference, giving history, or donation type. This gives you someone specific to picture as you plan your marketing. A hero image: First impressions are everything! Choose a different goal! Here’s an example.

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