Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

People are talking about artificial intelligence—AI is everywhere. Those thoughts are also a source of existential dread, even for people working at a tech company like Eventgroove! One person (me) handles the bulk of our copy and content projects. On social media and the news. At the dog park. At the office. Even at happy hour.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

Threads announced its API on June 18, 2024 which will transform how brands and people use Threads. ” You can “Share” your threads as Instagram Posts and Instagram Stories. The people using Threads are early adopters and they are looking for something different. Write posts in clear, concise language.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Online channels (email, social media, website, donation forms, and texting) encourage real-time interactions, personalized messaging, and taps into tech-savvy younger donors. One-time and non-donors might receive compelling stories and testimonials that inspire them to get involved.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Anchoring bias makes people rely too heavily on the first bit of information they receive. Machine Learning, predictive modeling, and natural language processing are a few of the ways AI makes data more meaningful. Analytics can be personalized for individual customers or users. Not necessarily so. And what might that be?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Fiver encourage their community create their own peer-to-peer fundraising page on CauseVox and to make a personal donation. You want to make it easy for your donors, especially because so many people are likely going to donate on their phones. Fiver used their story of Camp WiFiver to inform their 2021 #GivingTuesday campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. This story should be short and to the point. Personalize your thank-you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 6, 2019

Highlight amazing work being done by a great person or great cause that you know or support. In a year that social media scandals and negative stories were becoming more relevant, there was also a growing need for a focus on the positive side of social networks. The survey is 100% anonymous and available in 4 languages.

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Forum One

JULY 20, 2022

The event brought people together in the museum’s Heritage Hall for an evening dinner, panel discussion, and table discussions about social justice issues affecting the African American community. In-person, participants mingled over cocktails, then sat together at tables and shared food served family style.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 31, 2021

Woven Health Clinic began their year planning an in-person fundraising luncheon, but quickly realized that in-person needed to become virtual. They found it was much easier to simply ask for a donation than to sell tickets to an in-person event. What we learned is that when people come to an actual event, that’s a lot more work.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Don’t be that person to your donors. It tells the story of one life being saved. Acknowledge the donor for their gift – You’ll find the specific language in the 2 nd paragraph, along with how that gift will impact the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission. Element #1: Personalize it.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

Fifteen percent of association boards are made up of people of color. Three percent of association CEOs are people of color. People are fearful of change. A professional DEI training program can help people identify blind spots and biases while maintaining a safe and supportive atmosphere. Equity is good for business.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

But quick technological advancements can be overwhelming, causing many people to feel uncertain about where to begin. This will create a great first draft, but it’s important to personalize the content by adding stories from your community or sharing updates on the progress made towards achieving your mission.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While advocating for survivors in San Francisco, I witnessed first-hand how critical stories are in tapping into people’s empathy. However, it wasn’t until my career took a turn into strategic communications and marketing that I learned just how integral a winning story is to the success of an advocacy campaign. .

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Pathfinder International’s annual report combines thoughtful web design, powerful graphics, individual stories, and gorgeous portraits to vividly showcase their beneficiaries. It’s a clear and simple way to show their accomplishments while keeping the focus on the people keeping their programs alive.

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CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2024

To help out we’ve compiled our top tips for raising more through your website – these tips will help increase the number of people giving through your website, as well as the amount they give. This button alone will help people easily access a donation form, no matter where they are on your website.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Successful nonprofits know that humans respond to stories. The right story catches our attention and makes us more willing to listen to the hard numbers and details that ultimately convince us to take action. Storytelling matters in grant writing for two key reasons: Stories help you stand out. Stories make things real.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

The way you tell your story and engage people in your message can make or break your fundraising efforts. And how do you tell a good story? 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.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. If you’re watching the recording, hope you’re having a good day because we are here to talk about some creative ways that people are contributing to the community. It’s very personal to me. . Thanks for being here.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

The Campaign Workshop Joe Fuld, president Often campaigns make assumptions that people on the team—volunteers, donors, etc.—understand Make sure your ask is clear and to the point: Trade complex language for simple phrasing and remove jargon in order to make sure supporters understand your call to action. Don’t assume!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Stories are powerful. It’s incredibly important for nonprofits to tell stories about their organization and the people they serve. Telling a good story can also give your donors confidence that your nonprofit is making an impact and that their donations are used effectively. What is Nonprofit Storytelling?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story. At the root of every story is a struggle or conflict. This is true of the stories you’ll share about your nonprofit’s work too. . Consider all the angles of your story. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Those that are published don’t actually reach many of the people who might want to read them because of affordability. It made me who I am. I’m a big fan of the printed book and always have been.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It Gets Better Project Proceeds from each purchase help to reach more young people throughout the world every day. Dreamzilla Help a deserving neurodivergent person achieve their dreams by purchasing from the Dreamzilla Store. Wear your support for LGBTQ+ youth. 100% of store proceeds goes towards scholarships.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

So, let’s look at what it means to give people a great experience as you build the donor relationship. Think about it: People only stay in relationships that they’re getting something out of. If you ask, ask, and ask some more without giving people a reason to feel good about giving, you will lose donors. They want to help.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 17, 2024

Challenge : What is the common thread between these stories? 2024 People: We can just use the free GPT tools to create and edit our documents. 2003 People: We can just upload all these party pictures to Facebook for fun. 1990 People: The ocean is huge and can just swallow all this plastic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The idea behind RoundUp App is to give the average person an approachable way to donate money, thereby helping nonprofits across the country spend more time achieving their missions instead of fundraising. That way people are able to support the causes they care about, no matter what. That’s where RoundUp App comes in.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

It takes commitment, guts, and a great story. You’re asking people to help you feed hungry families or save animals or provide scholarships for at-risk youth. Look, fundraising is about connecting people who care with work that matters to them. Listen, starting a nonprofit is NOT a “build it and they will come” activity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2019

Highlight amazing work being done by a great person or great cause that you know or support. In a year that social media scandals and negative stories were becoming more relevant, there was also a growing need for a focus on the positive side of social networks. The survey is 100% anonymous and available in 4 languages.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Good communication is the key to being an effective fundraiser, building strong relationships, leading well, and serving the people you’re working to help. Stories help embed a message into context and, often, entertainment. The message is the medication , and the story is the peanut butter. I have good news!

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Six key components of an effective fundraising appeal When evaluating your copy, remember these key components of a powerful, persuasive fundraising letter: Build a case for support Use an emotional and personal (one-on-one conversational) tone Write for the skimmer. Use fundraising language when asking for donations.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2021

Using this research to tell an impressionable story, you can create a convincing grant application that will get your nonprofit the resources it needs. Get noticed among the giant stack of proposals with a powerful story about your organization’s impact. Use simple, effective language to sell your program. Ready to get started?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

From a very young age, it is through stories that we learn about ourselves, those around us, and the world in which we live. Digital storytelling enables nonprofits to tell their stories across multiple media, potentially in multiple languages, and to reach unknown readers and viewers through the power of tagging and amplification.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

The objections shared usually involve board members not wanting to ask people they know for money. The irony is that the people your board members know are the MOST likely to donate. This means that getting board members to ask their personal network for money is the fastest way to hit your board fundraising goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Write tweets in clear, concise language. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. There is a need for that on Twitter, but framing your Twitter story a little more on the positive side can definitely increase your engagement.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

One person we spoke with described the sudden adjustments at her food bank: We had never used a platform virtually before. Who are these people we talked with? We heard many stories detailing the aftermath of the abrupt transition to virtual work, or the shuttering of programs entirely, beginning in spring 2020.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

When traditionally excluded people are included, power imbalances weaken , work environments become more innovative , trust between colleagues increases , and financial performance increases. I will predominantly utilize Identity-First Language (e.g., disabled people”) as opposed to Person-First Language (e.g.,

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Greater Giving

MARCH 16, 2023

Here are some tips for creating compelling narratives that drive greater giving: Before you start telling your story, it’s important to identify your core message. People connect with stories that are relatable and personal. Share their stories in a way that is engaging, emotional, and authentic.

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