Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

Prefers language that is both relatable and easy to understand (with some experts saying it’s important to use their slang ). But to truly understand how nonprofits can best engage Gen Z on social media, we thought it was important to bring my generation’s voice into the conversation.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With a well-crafted mission statement, your nonprofit can present a clear, concise picture of what you do and why. Next, ask about what language resonates with them. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. The language in the mission statement should feel the same way that the brand feels.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

When figuring out what story to tell, you need to assess your objectives and look at the big picture: Why do you want to share your story? Establishing a brand and writing compelling copy help your audience know who you are and what to expect from you in terms of language, tone, and content. The strategy behind the stories you tell.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

However, creating a strong social media presence isn’t as simple as writing a post and hitting “send” or taking a few pictures and uploading them online. Use your organization’s brand colors, fonts, and logos in all of the pictures and videos you post on social media. Make sure it’s authentic and true to your organization’s culture.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

It allows them to have a voice in your message. You can also use pictures of your volunteers in action working with beneficiaries. A bad story uses lots of insider language, jargon and “we.” It gives dignity and context to the beneficiaries and connects their lives to the donors. It gives them depth and authenticity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2012

Does” is any action – post, like, share, mobile photo,create – expressed via a social voice. Enabling expression of the social voice will raise more$$$ than a direct donation. Edna takes a picture of her niece in a t-shirt.-. A Danish friend sees this and translates the image into three languages (she’s a“Charlie”).

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Danielle Coates-Connor: And you, Devyn, have been creating a visionary library of images with all of the branding work that you’ve done at Edge Leadership, with all of the illustration work that you’ve done for Nonprofit Quarterly and for The Voice Lab. Maybe we’ll start with you, Amy, bring your voice in.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Inclusion – Change management gives your organization a framework with the language and instructions needed to ensure all stakeholders have a chance to voice their viewpoints. Create a statement that paints a picture of a future state — the goal or outcome of the project. Where to Start: First Steps of Change Management.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Nothing is more boring than boilerplate language: “Your donation will help us bridge the gap between mental illness and health care”. ” Speak The Donor’s Language No matter how many times you ask for donations, always act as though your audience or your “askee” doesn’t know much about your nonprofit, especially your internal shorthand.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Daily stand-ups give a voice to all team members and empower people to speak up. Continuous feedback loops allow for people to have an equal voice in their organization. Empathy is the language of nonprofit donation requests, annual reports and case studies. Lean wants to increase connections between people.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It’s easy to feel like you’re the voice of your organization, and it’s tempting to try to talk like you are that organization. Ditch the industry jargon and formal language when writing or speaking with your supporters. When posting on social media, skip the formalities and embrace your unique voice and tone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The purpose of the tool was to empower Kenyans to document and report on incidents in real-time, giving the media, governments, and relief organizations a true picture of what was happening on the ground. Usahidi means “bearing witness” in Swahili.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

I enjoyed getting a chance to tour around the the southern part of the island with Mike Terlaje (U of Guam CEDDERS) and Chuck Hitchcock of CAST(pictured above) on my final afternoon there (and even squeezed in half an hour of snorkeling), and seeing Spanish ruins, waterfalls, and bay after spectacular bay. Not quite ready for students, yet!

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Organizations can tap into the power of personal story by uplifting the voices in their network. Throughout your messaging, avoid passive language. What’s most critical, however, is painting a picture of the world we want to create. (If Now that you have the key points which speak to each component of your message (i.e.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

The right of publicity prevents the unauthorized commercial use of an individual's name, likeness, or other recognizable aspects of the individual's persona, including the person's voice. If the person pictured is under 18 years of age. For pictures that you use for current news stories. Teen Retreat.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

Their team of digital volunteers, already trained in public affairs and talking to the media, used specific language to represent themselves as Red Cross voices online. One of those was the MTA Twitter stream , offering updates and pictures – storytelling to keep New Yorkers updated and in the loop on public transportation.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2010

Mistake #2: Your voice isn’t particularly compelling. Find your writing voice. Paint a picture around the issues you are sharing with your supporters. See number 2 about telling a story and painting a picture for your readers. Make sure you use directive language when you ask them to take an action.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

When it comes to strategic planning, there are a few common hesitations that nonprofits voice throughout the process. Generally, putting this model into practice looks something like this: You and your team members go out on a retreat to unify your understanding of the organization’s big-picture goals.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

That way relief organizations and anyone else could get an immediate picture of what was happening on the ground. Many organizations including the United Nations have used Ushahidi's crowdsourcing tools to raise their voice. Ushahidi would then compile and display the information in real time online on a map.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

." ~ Caroline Lovell, Founder, Traveling Postcards Traveling Postcards facilitates the creation of handmade art postcards that are hand delivered all over the world to bringing awareness and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence, or repression. What is the path that brought you to this work?

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Clearly you are missing out on a lot of body language and other non-verbal cues. Rapport and trust will be lost if a person in the group does not feel like their voice is being heard. Building Rapport Online. Over the past year and a half, there has been a lot written about the disadvantages of online meetings.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 30, 2014

Understanding the new up-and-coming generation is a little like learning a new language—and I’m not just talking about deciphering their slang. And we need to do so in their language. Post pictures. When I was that age, going to the mall was “totally tubular.” The takeaway for you? Tap into this power. Tell stories.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Voice Recorders. A check of a YES or NO box or an ON/OFF voice capture or a tap of a few keys on a keyboard or a finger on a touchscreen and you’re done! Sometimes, it’s having the solution use local languages or other appropriate cultural marks. Pictures or colors that evoke locality and ownership can help. Wikis/Blogs.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Here are some of the things it currently does: It takes photos and videos by voice command and can upload them to the web. You can also take a picture by winking your right eye. You can do Google searches by voice. It also does translations of foreign language signs and things you’re looking at.

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Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

Careful testing allows you to fine tune your language to fit what your audience wants to read, and increases your messages’ likelihood of being opened instead of deleted. Engagement Points to really see a whole pictures and make quick, accurate decisions. EveryAction’s multivariate testing suite enables A-J testing of up to 10 options.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 15, 2015

Review the depth of your bench to ensure you have an accurate picture of your internal talent landscape. Give employees an opportunity to voice their thoughts on what qualifications and attributes they’d like this new hire to possess. Compare the Language in Your Job Announcement. Look Within. Salary ranges change over time.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As I imagined a world without Nina Simon ’s Participatory Museum , I felt sad about all the visitors whose voices (and post-it note comments) weren’t honored. I tried to picture an alternative with AleiaBrown and Adrianne Russell ’s # MuseumsRespondtoFerguson and LaTonya S. Autry and Mike Murawski ’s # MuseumsarenotNeutral.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

She explains that when they first approached this media, they thought it would be a way to amplify voices of people who weren't being heard. According to the Twibbon profile for TMWL, 667 users added the badge to their pictures. Twitter should be used for cultivation, not broadcasting. Now it seems like no one will be heard.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events. Anyone in or outside of Haiti could use the tool via the web or on a mobile phone to make reports with voice, text or video; the reports were then mapped and sources verified.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So she talks a lot about how you can actually use better texting language to create a sense of community and an offering of listening. Or paint me a picture. Giving your members of the board a voice right off the bat.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2007

KML (Keyhole Markup Language), it is just a type of file format, like a PDF is a file format. Steve talked about how Google Earth can make the world a smaller place and add faces and places to statistics, like the USHMM's Crisis in Darfur layer does (pictured above). Videos in the balloons will only work on Windows.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

Are you speaking my language? Especially in the nonprofit world, where there are leadership teams and boards to consider, it can be tough to limit the voices in the room. Here are some questions, framed from your audience’s POV, that might be helpful: Do I understand the message or feeling you’re communicating?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

They end up keeping the templated language and design on the page. That’s why we added in a general profile picture and some text around the organization’s impact beforehand, all in the voice of the fundraiser, so that the page is engaging even if it’s not updated by the individual fundraisers.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. So WhatsApp is available in multiple languages. So you can download the app in any language almost. The second step is talk to people in their language. for a while.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

We recommend using an integrated payment processor and including information about it in your form (like the PCI badge pictured below) so donors can be sure that your donation process is secure. Picture a potential donor. Also, don’t forget to use active language and short, easy-to-read sentences. Use impactful visuals.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

The plan goes beyond the traditional billing buckets of voice, text and data. If you're posting pictures from your latest fundraiser to Instagram on a public Wi-Fi network, you might be exposing more personal data than you realize. Mobile Plans and Insidious Net Neutrality Violations. " Sounds great, right?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

I have come to believe that culture is a language that you speak with your actions. It went against everything I had sought out to do, which was empower the youth as well as the staff to use their voice and personal power. This glass-shattering realization of how I was perceived was horrifying.

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