Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: How to Tell Your Nonprofit Story with Spark.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

The Internet is bloated. The mobile web, of course. You’re not just competing with other nonprofits in your space; you’re also competing with the Internet as a whole. And as you know, the Internet is expanding at a breakneck pace. Consider what happens on the online every 60 seconds ( source ): 4 million Google searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

My role was to document the event and collect stories. I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. The Art of Story Capture.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

The same is true with website and web articles. Today’s fast-scanning Internet users need online content that is visually appealing and easy to read on desktop and mobile devices, and they have little patience with poorly designed blog and web content. Your stories should be as easy to read as possible.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2021

Today, it is projected that nearly three-quarters (72.6%) of internet users will access the web solely via their smartphones by 2025 —this is equivalent to nearly 3.7 As the years pass, cell phones will remain an ever-growing way to access the internet. billion people across the globe. The genesis of the mobile-first approach.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

YouTube is the second most used search engine in the world. Knowing that a good portion of your supporters already participate on the social Web, and with the continued growth and popularity of social media, it’s very likely your nonprofit organization is focused on figuring out how to best utilize sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Recently relaunched with an improved design and donation process, the service now also offers two-tap giving on the web. 6) Internet of Things (IoT) Buttons. Goodworld enables donors to give on Facebook and Twitter with two taps and a #donate hashtag. amazon.com/iotbutton. 7) Spotfund. spotfund.com. 8) Tiltify. tiltify.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. The Collaboration Prize – Search Database – Wow! Kopernik makes technology designed for the developing world accessible through the Internet and by harnessing the power of individual donations. Check it out!

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

My role was to document the event and collect stories. I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This network will enable residents to access the Internet for job searches, ID requests, and everyday communications.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What’s more, those that do have a website often have one that is dated, doesn’t perform well in search engine rankings or can’t be viewed on mobile devices – a website that is no longer fit for purpose. The amount of people using the internet goes up every day. They haven’t needed one before. This hikes up to 99% in under 35s.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 31, 2023

Web design is still a relatively new field that’s changing all the time, but the resources available to your nonprofit make it easier than ever to transform your site into a conversion machine. Save the longer stories for your “About Us” tab or your blog and try using calls to action on your homepage instead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2012

There’s been a lot written about pinterest and lots of nonprofits experimenting, but how do you do it strategically? Kate Kilbourne is the Web & Social Media Manager at Camfed USA shares her experience. Kate Kilbourne is the Web & Social Media Manager at Camfed USA. ” and got a terrific list of examples.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Let's get this out of the way up front: it's not true that people don't read on the Web. We're working on a style guide that will codify our best practices around editing for the web, and we thought we'd give you a preview, so you could give us your feedback. It's physically harder to read on the web. He is, of course, correct.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

This week, Guide Creative presented a whole series on the most important elements of web design and visual strategy. Good visual design includes strong imagery, stewardship, and real stories of impact. Test Your Visual Story. And don't forget about search engine optimization. Audience Analysis.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

In reflection, I've been thinking about how much richer it is being social - how you don't have to know all the answers when you have a good network (and a decent Internet connection.) It made me think about another digital divide - for those who don't have the Internet connection or haven't yet engaged on Twitter - the knowledge divide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Here's an example of "social search" in action. both Nancy White (via the for: option in delicious) and Michele Martin (via email) sent me the link to the recent Pew Internet report on tagging. On a typical day online, 7% of internet users say they tag or categorize online content. to Web 4.0. ghost story???

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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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NTEN

JULY 22, 2011

The enmity between Google and Facebook is no secret, and the cold war waged by the two internet behemoths has only escalated in light of the June launch of Google +M. Similar to “Like”, +1 is a button that allows a user to recommend a piece of web content to others by simply clicking on it. Here’s where it gets cool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Using the internet and social media as a vehicle to tell stories is an approachable, inexpensive, and effective way to engage your audience (Check out NTEN's social media and storytelling web seminars series for the juicy details.) Tell your story from the roots up. It's like selling yourself from the inside out.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Your website doesn't work on all the major browsers: Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari (in that order). Your website's "About" section doesn’t exist or doesn't tell your story clearly and make it easy for people to contact you. This should perhaps be my number one in this list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. People and organizations are now making and sharing media and content all over the social web. BagTheWeb — BagTheWeb helps users curate Web content.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The things that make the TV we've known -- limited channels defined by their number on a large stationary screen in our homes -- are merging into the world of the web and mobile. On the web and on our smartphones, we have websites and applications that deliver video content. The web and TV are merging. That's you!). Have a Plan.

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Care2

JANUARY 14, 2013

This list of 133 blog p osts about nonprofit marketing by Avi Kaplan of Rad Campaign (the web agency I run) is a terrific recap by the nptech blogger community. It's not bookmarking : You don't need an Internet connection to access the content at a later time. Nonprofit Marketing P osts of 2012.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

These are my links for January 6th through January 8th: The Power of Us: Re-Imagine Media | Changemakers - "Join We Media and Ashoka’s Changemakers in the search to find the best new ideas for inspiring a better world through media and technology. " The Collective Power of Individuals - BusinessWeek - Thinking Twitter?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The Guardian has good coverage on the Aaron Swartz story. The nonprofit privacy rights community was fully mobilized including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future, ACLU, Free Press Access, Demand Progress, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Mozilla Foundation, and many commercial web companies. Safer Internet Day.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2013

Dynamic Search. Nonprofit organizations can use WordPress , an easy to use application, for blogging and websites, making telling your riveting story and engaging your supporter’s interest easier and with far less expense. Asher Elran is a practical software engineer and the founder of Dynamic Search ™, a web marketing company.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

According to the Women and the Web report, 200 million more men have access to the Internet than women. A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. Even if it is for an hour each day, women will access the Web.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Keep reading for a roundup of upcoming events or search the directory. Cotonou, Benin: Nous Allons Parler de Toutes les Maniere de Web à Utiliser PR Lutter Contre VIH. Kisumu City, Kenya: Netsquared Safer Internet 2017: Be the Change; Unite for a Better Internet. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

Bing Webmaster Tools :: bing.com/webmasters A free set of SEO, diagnostic, and reporting tools designed to improve your website’s rankings on Bing search results. Google Analytics :: analytics.google.com Google Analytics is a freemium web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

on how to get your organization started telling stories digitally. Helping staff articulate their stories and developing them might require storytelling training. Blumenfeld organized workshops for staff that taught them about the important aspects of stories, incorporating calls-to-action in their stories, and more.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Client success story: We’ve seen plenty of examples of organizations that have switched from free fundraising solutions to Bloomerang and experienced a boost to their fundraising and donor management strategies. View Bloomerang’s customer results page for more success stories from organizations that have made the switch to Bloomerang.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2015

The process of becoming a donor typically looks more like this: A local resident, Stephanie, sees an interesting story about a family your nonprofit helped keep warm during the winter on her friend's Facebook feed. Watch a video (could be a training or story of impact in the community). Search for a local chapter.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2020

Virtual fundraising has become more accessible and intuitive than ever before thanks to the extensive internet and the wide variety of donation tools available. Here at Cornershop Creative , we specialize in helping nonprofit organizations make the most of their web presences and maximize their fundraising opportunities.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

But the Internet has changed all that. The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

But the Internet has changed all that. The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service.

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