Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Bringing Causes to Life. When you’re talking to potential donors in developed countries, it’s hard to bring some of the causes to life — to create that emotional reaction that will entice someone to donate. What will be more effective — a collage of photos, or being able to put on a headset and walk a mile in their shoes?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

So, before opening the box: ? Sharing : Cast, take photos, and record video in VR. That said, for someone like me ( Heather Mansfield ) who is very uncomfortable on camera in real life, it’s not uncomfortable being an avatar of myself in Oculus. The universal menu includes: Apps : View and launch apps from your library.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Providing a donation with the date, amount, organization name, and tax identification number clearly identifiable, you make the donor’s life easier. If you send an email with a boring subject line , it probably won’t even get opened. Subject lines with questions have higher open rates. An opening sentence that hooks the reader.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

Images bring life and interest to anything. Rules of Thumb for Using Photos of People. Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish? Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

These stories, preferably with a photo of the donors, can inspire and encourage other aging donors to consider making a planned gift. Use clear and simple language and include testimonials or examples relevant to their life stage. Older donors often appreciate storytelling and nostalgia. Choose the right time to bring up the subject.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Perhaps you’re worried about the response to a photo or language you used in your appeals. Because she was open about the mistake, donors responded with empathy and understanding. In life, we have to pick our battles. Most fundraisers I know have done their share of mental gymnastics worrying about this possibility.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

But data collection can be painfully slow, and in some cases, lack of speed can mean the difference between life and death. With Open Data Kit , grassroots activists can capture and export text, photos, video, audio, bar codes, even location. It seems like a simple thing: get out in the community, collect the data, do the math.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Wouldn’t life be easier if people opened and read your fundraising emails? Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Photo by Okinawa Soba. It made me think of the phrase "Opening the Kimono" which is a vivid metaphor for organization transparency, sharing internal processes with the outside world. I'm looking for guest posts this week and next week on the theme of transparency and openness. Are there degrees of openness?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Not the subject line (which is critical in getting the email opened). You can be their hero and change their life.”. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . Keep the story short and to the point.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

One key to the spreadable and shareable success of the IAVA campaign is that the ask is clear but very simple: to go silent for one minute at 12:01 pm today in honor those who have given their life in service, and their families. The simple call to action also lends itself to participation by many, including government officials.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Because crowdfunding offers inclusive and accessible ways to get involved, it also opens the door for you to receive more gifts from existing and new donors! Provide the clarity they need and keep your life simple by focusing on the one thing that will add up to success. Crowdfund your way to a smashing success: Concentrate your focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Social anxiety for some because we are opening up our homes, our personal spaces, in professional contexts (although this can be mitigated with the use of background images or being off camera) ( Axios ). see the photo at the top). Simulate the Office Water Cooler or Open Door Policy. Why Remote Work Is Exhausting.

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Below, we’ve highlighted five creative angles to consider for your next fundraising campaign, complete with five nonprofit examples to show how these ideas can be brought to life. . New in 2021, Livestrong opened up crowdfunding campaigns for each Solution Grant Partner with hopes to fully fund their five Solutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2006

There is so much happening in Second Life with nonprofits, educational institutions, museums, and libraries that it is hard to keep up. The amazing Wayne MacPhail has been helping the Alzheimer Society of Ontario and Second Life Library 2.0 curator Shadow Fugazi put together a photo exhibition in Second Life.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Do some research before you download them of course, but expect to love what they can do to streamline your workflow and, hopefully, make your life a little easier and less hectic. If you use photography on your blog or other type of WordPress site, it may be necessary to edit photos on the go.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

Keep a few open blocks in your social media schedule to include some real-time updates. Interest Keepers: Post photos and videos of your work in action throughout your campaign. If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. You can post milestones like “we’ve just reached $1,000!”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. An engaging meeting or training should always starts with a great opening. During a time when many of us are required to be social distancing , feelings of isolation and loneliness may become a fact of daily life. Hat tip/ Jen Bokoff ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. In fact, I used them for this blog (see upper-right), but please ignore the silly photo in the Fotolia ad. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Here are some things to look at when examining why your email did not bring in as much money as you expected: Look at the open rate of your most recent email. If you can’t even get a third of your subscribers to open your email, you need to work on your subject lines. Did the story have a strong accompanying photo or video?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2014

Cooking, connecting and caring made sense, but I didn''t fully understand the color part until last week when I joined Andrea Sher''s e-course: Collecting Color: 30 Days of Photo Joy. Each day, for thirty days, she sends out a photo prompt (e.g. take a photo of a flower, color at your feet, a splash of red). Everything.

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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. For example, “ Your gift is the difference between life and death for the children of Haiti.”

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

I can’t think of a lesson, an outlook on life, and a guiding principle for my work that is more about love than this one. I see this lesson in the local councils of London trying to open up their data and their leadership. I see this work in public maps like Open Green Map. To Mama With Love is an open, community campaign.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 7, 2019

We modernized our display, replaced stock photos with simple, colorful graphics, imported external ads and made our internal ones look, well, better. A good first impression can lure them further into your site and open the door to potentially life-changing donations, volunteers and relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2007

Stacy Surla invited me to participate remotely at the IA Summit taking place this weekend in Las Vegas on a panel about IA in Second Life and informal poster session to introduce Second Life to IA folks. The photo above is from the poster session and shows what my screen looked like logging in remotely from in the Boston area.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

I came up with an idea to mesh my love of weekend crafts fairs and artist open studio visits with my day job. Once I had a few donations in hand, I had postcards printed with beautiful photos of the artists’ work. Someone else was assigned to take photos and write up enticing descriptions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

Pockets of time opened up. Some of my favorite takeaways from the call were: Marianne takes a moment to get centered before opening her computer. Take an action that incorporates what you envy into your own life (e.g. spruce up your own blog's design, use more photos in your posts). It was awesome. My head was clearer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Beth Kanter's photo of Marc Canter in flickr - please read comments for attribution. That's a photo I took of Marc Canter at the first Blogher Conference in July, 2005 I put it in flickr with an "All Rights Reserved" license which is the flickr default. The photo looked familiar and I realized, Oh My God, it's mine!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

An eye-catching opening, slick text animation, smooth transitions — these are all important elements of polished social videos. Photo-printing company Persnickety Prints knows its target customer inside and out, and that knowledge comes through in how it addresses its audience: 2. How Can I Captivate? Now comes the fun part.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

When pitching these types of sponsorships, keep lines of communication open to determine the best donation options for the business to get the most out of it. Include the sponsor’s name in certain event activities, such as a “Hole-in-One Contest Presented by Sponsor” or “Sponsor Photo Booth.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Blogger Wagner James Au who reports on Second Life is seated next to Susan.) The TechSoup Virtual Office at Second Life take by Jeska Linden. But can games like Second Life be a useful tool for social change? While walking around gallery, I saw a Relay for Life poster and donation box. (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Andrew Cohen added that Facebook recently held a political summit where they announced they would life the limit of <1.000 people for group mass messaging within Facebook. More coverage on Google's Open API. Myspace, Bebo, and Six Apart Join Google Open Social from TechCrunch. Will Google's Open APIs Threaten Facebook?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Having an open call for donations just to help your organization may work a few years down the road once you’ve developed a strong support base, but as a new nonprofit it won’t garner much results. This includes rent/facility costs, payroll, admin, fundraising, phones, and any other expenses you need to keep the organization’s doors open.

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AFP Blog

JULY 12, 2011

Blending Old and New Tech to Make History Come to Life - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "The site has been in an open test for the past year and won the 2011 Webby Award for the best site for a charitable organization.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. They can’t afford a Salesforce developer, nor can they make the additional technology investment, to bring something like this to life and keep it going. Enter: Grassroots Mobile Survey, now available to install.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

I got to snap this photo of two women, Marnie Webb and Charlene Li , who have greatly influenced my work over the past 5-10 years. She launched a book last month, Open Leadership. It made me think of Network Life Cycles and NetGains. Marnie Webb and Charlene Li: Two of My Social Media Role Models.

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