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. Format your tweets for easy reading. Don’t use uncommon abbreviations and always use proper punctuation and grammar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

There are many chat bot authoring platforms that make it easy for anyone to create a bot without requiring the technical expertise in natural language programming. While there are lots of stats about chabots, we don’t know exactly how many nonprofits are deploying them, but we do have some great examples. Share in the comments.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Use Normal Language in Your Story A long, drawn-out, flat story with a bunch of numbers and statistics and jargon is not a good way to convey your message and your needs. Plus, a bunch of theory and stats are not a story — that’s a report. It’s boring to the donor and doesn’t inspire them to give.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Today, out of roughly 6,000 languages in use, ten languages make up 82% of the content on the Internet. For NGOs to effectively communicate worldwide, they will need a multi-language online communications and fundraising strategy. Source: The Guardian.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. Well, here’s another mind-blowing stat: Radicati Group reports that there are over 4 billion email users worldwide, and that number is projected to reach 4.6 The numbers don’t lie! But what about reach?

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

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. The nonprofit lets the impact stand on its own on certain pages – no pictures, very little language, and lots of white space. National Public Radio (NPR).

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 5, 2017

By having the ability to track your traffic by geographical locations, knowing what type of browser they’re using and even charting their screen resolutions, JavaScript and Flash support, language etc. you can essentially create a custom design for your site that speaks directly to their needs and wants.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both its appeal language and its CTA. It’s cheaper to do than you might think, and stats show that your appeal will be 50% more likely to succeed if you do! Those stats you used earlier? Why should people contribute toward your goal?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 28, 2021

This means the language you use in your elevator pitch, on your website, and in your communications materials should sound like it comes from one organization. That’s why you should share your nonprofit’s most important stats and data with them. . In order to build trust with supporters, your branding needs to be consistent.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a finance leader at your organization, you get to plug into all that goodness of the whole report—not just contribute to the previous year’s stats. It’s an opportunity to celebrate milestones, thank your supporters, and get excited about what’s coming up in the next year.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both their appeal language and on their CTA. It’s cheaper to do than you might think, and stats show that your appeal will be 50% more likely to succeed if you do! Those stats you used earlier? Why – THE STORY.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

An integrated system not only eliminates the manual processes and cumbersome workarounds, but it can also provide valuable information where it’s most needed, such as displaying a donor’s email engagement stats alongside giving activity.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2011

As you read that stat, you’re probably saying to yourself "wow, that’s impressive. And while it maybe true that your organization needs a better Facebook strategy, it’s also important that you dig a little deeper into social media stats. Internet population each month.". A Facebook page can replace your website.

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Achieve

APRIL 28, 2022

In your outreach, describe the impact matching gifts will make on your programs plus relevant stats to illustrate the effects of applying for a match. People have different love languages. Keep track of your online donors. . You may already be keeping track of your donors! donor data.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Here’s what the email should include: A description of your campaign and goals A clear ask of your supporters, whether that’s setting up a peer-to-peer fundraising page or writing a love letter to a theater A deadline for the action Language that shows these supporters they’re special and have been hand-picked.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Stats Time! I’ll decode that slightly wonky language below. There will be gossip, numbers and a few bad jokes along the way to keep you from getting drowsy. But if you’re impatient and hate history here’s a sneak peek at what’s planned for 2014. Net2Local has been busy over the last six months. Theme Months.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

The language we use around defining missions and goals is unnecessarily convoluted. Why can’t we just use simple language to define what we’re doing? Part of the success story of the post-Katrina New Orleans is the burgeoning entrepreneurial environment that has resulted in creative problem-solving.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Dashboards and ROI are as much part of our workplace language as community engagement and light-sensitivity. In an old life, I took plenty of stats. In the last twenty years, or so, professionalization has changed museum work. Much of the quirkiness in the field has given way to corporate norms. Numbers and graphs excite me.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2013

Social Media Fundraising: 90 Minutes of Nonstop Stats & Strategies at 13NTC , Filiberto Gonzalez. Breaking Through Language Barriers with Technology , Sara Peralta. What We Learned at NTEN''s 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Big Duck NYC. Putting Your LinkedIn to Use, Finding Board Members and Donors , DonorSnap.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These licenses provide a plain-language, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use creative work — on conditions of the creator's choice. Find additional astonishing Creative Commons stats on the Creative Commons website. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Act 2: Selecting An Analytics Tool There are a number of web analytics software tools available ranging from simple web counters, web hosting stat tools and more powerful (and expensive) software packages. Show example of Idealist tracking the different language versions and geographic distribution. So, let's select a tool first.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Basic knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) will make or break your social media campaigns. Show her the stats. Learn Basic HTML. To add images to your blog, create custom tabs on Facebook, and/or design an e-newsletter template, you need to know basic HTML code. Tell your boss that.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2013

Social Media Fundraising: 90 Minutes of Nonstop Stats & Strategies at 13NTC , Filiberto Gonzalez. Breaking Through Language Barriers with Technology , Sara Peralta. What We Learned at NTEN''s 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Big Duck NYC. Putting Your LinkedIn to Use, Finding Board Members and Donors , DonorSnap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

In this language, I know who is deciding and what you are looking for from me. See the stats above. I’ve met them and I like both very much. The decision will ultimately be mine to make but I am interested in your perspective, how you feel each candidate would fit into the leadership team….” Any time you ask for input, be this clear.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

For example, they know they are taking a survey or they know you are checking the engagement stats on your Facebook page. Obtrusive observation of people’s behavior—behavior that is deliberately prompted—means that the subject knows they are being studied and measured. They know their actions are being monitored.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

InterConnection received the computers from Microsoft, installed Windows 7 Pro and Office 2007 (Czech language version of course), and shipped 157 computers by sea. You can check out our entire catalog of refurbished IT equipment. How Green Is Refurbished IT Equipment? Using the U.S. There were no costs incurred by Microsoft for the donation.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2015

Use language that reinforces the difference between a fee and a donation. Read more about participant loyalty stats. Don’t assume participants know why you have a registration fee. Be transparent about where the money goes. And even if you have a registration fee you can absolutely ask for a donation as well.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

But what if I tell her in a language she doesn't understand? GE: Stats of the Union iPad App Note: The Center for Digital Information is compiling a catalogue of examples in its Digital Information Showcase. Data un-communicated, or ineffectively communicated, amount to personal knowledge or useless raw material.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Participants in the Summit recognized that if we can overcome challenges of verification, duplication, language, privacy, and culture, we will be in a position to empower the public to share valuable information with all of us.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

From providing accessible content for people with disabilities, to creating fully usable functionality, to support for multiple languages, we wanted to learn about the benefits people are creating using web and mobile technology. Johnson via Linkedin.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 19, 2007

But if your goal is to pull in readers who will support your organization, not masons, or dentists studying English as a Second Language - it pays to use straightforward titles. Unless of course, you just want the gratification of seeing your numerical stats soar. So stay on topic. Update] Whoa.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you write too formally, write in 3 rd person, or write about how great your nonprofit is using ego-centric language, it doesn’t feel connecting at all. Use hero language like “we couldn’t have done it without you” to engage the donor. Lots of stats and facts. Follow these tips to keep the readability high and the boredom low.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

They don’t need to know all your statistics – in fact using more than one well-chosen stat can make people stop reading, which means they probably won’t give. Use “you” language. Your fundraising letter is also not the place to tell your donors everything your organization has done or is thinking about doing for the year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

Plan on spending some time on this and blow your boss away next time you bring her your web stats and action plan! or just think about their current usage: "AddThis buttons can be found on hundreds of thousands of websites, and are currently viewed over 20 billion times a month by users all over the world, in over 20 languages.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Partners in Learning program -- gave stats. Translate what gamers do into the language of "normal traditional education" and out of school time learning? We need metrics! Not only those that apply metrics but need to rethink them. Microsoft Corporation. Interested in games for learning and social change. What are the metrics?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Consider Twitter for quick facts, stats, and direct appeals to donate Don’t stick complicated URLs in Instagram captions or create too many layers or steps to take action from any platform. Fiver created shareable graphics for supporters to use during their campaign.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

There are probably 5,000 ESPs out there, many of which market their services with the exact same language. What usage stats do you need to track to measure results? But when the ESP lost our email lists (which we backed up weekly, thank goodness), we knew we had to change. Do you plan to send a series of timed emails (a.k.a.

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