Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Vancouver, British Columbia: Testing Makes Perfect — How to Optimize Your Campaign Through A/B Testing. Cleveland, Ohio: Sharing Your Story — How to Run an Effective Multi-channel Campaign. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

From Instagram’s donation buttons appearing on stories to Facebook’s easy-to-use donate buttons and internal fundraising pages, the tech giants have made it easier than ever for users to donate to their favorite causes. Test your donation process before the actual day. . Evaluate their feedback and make changes as appropriate.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Share Breast Cancer Facts or stories of Survivors on Social Media. It’s a great opportunity to share your own story or let your friends and family know it’s time to get checked. Volunteer for a local organization. Volunteering at one of these organizations helps in so many ways.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants. Or, maybe you weren’t interested in the stories being told.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Read the full client story here to explore some familiar challenges and learn about their unique solutions!) Particularly if latency or delays are an issue in your pre-event testing, consider holding a Fund-A-Need for in-person guests and online guests separately. Great auctioneers make all the difference.

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

We weren’t sure what messaging angle to take with Pi Day after taking a step back from Penny Pi, so we started with message testing. We tested different angles on how to present the Museum’s mission in the context of Pi Day to see what would resonate most with folks, as well as images and taglines for the campaign.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 4, 2022

“MobileConnect became a reality through COVID as a way to send reminders for students to get tested and help support our safety efforts,” said Mead. . During a time shrouded in uncertainty, UMass students on and off-campus, its faculty, staff, and the surrounding local community were kept informed and allowed to feel safe and protected.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One tried-and-true method that has stood the test of time is the brick fundraiser. Paid Advertising: Consider investing in paid advertising, such as social media ads or local media outlets. Share compelling stories and visuals that showcase the impact of their contributions.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Some of the tasks you’ll want to cover during this portion of pre-production include: Proper testing of the virtual platform you will be using to make sure your team is comfortable with it, and that you avoid day-of surprises by discovering bugs or workarounds in advance. Contact Local Media.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

See if your state, local, or regional AFP branch is hosting a reception! You’ll meet up with fundraisers from your area and make valuable local connections. The Nonprofit Innovation and Optimization Summit (NIO) If you love data or get excited about A/B tests, this is a great choice.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty. Upon further refinement, we crafted a phased approach for implementation to support V2I in their execution.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Are you sharing heartwarming stories that stir their heart and soul, moving them to donate? Was the story you told in this email powerful enough? Did the story have a strong accompanying photo or video? The wonderful thing about email marketing is you can do A/B testing. What do you see? Was it at least 5%?

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Facebook page, a liability waiver, opened a zero balance bank account, tested out themes, routes, schedules and fundraisers; it was a year of. Long story short, the one-year. became a familiar face amongst the local community. experimenting to say the least. anniversary quickly approached, and Soles-de-Soul’s name eventually.

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Bloomerang

JULY 12, 2021

It’s a 1950s converted 2-story apartment complex painted canary yellow. . I took my teenager there last weekend to test the magic, and it was pure delight. . Inviting out-of-state donors to local events. If you have a delightful donor experience to share or a story about how you’ve delighted a donor drop it in the comments! .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Nonprofits tend to mostly tweet content about the sad state of affairs – international, national, state, and local. 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. Breaking news relevant to your mission and programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes, video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Facebook has the highest ROI and it is worth investing $100-500 in a test advertising campaign for your monthly giving program. A matching gift strategy could also be applied to local nonprofits on a smaller scale. For example, secure five local community sponsors that will give $2,000 each and create a $10,000 matching gift campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

But with so many success stories out there, it’s clear that virtual fundraisers can be just the right thing at the right time for the right organization. Think about local and regional acts, celebrities with connections to your area, and people you have connections to through Board members, supporters, and friends of friends.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

You have to collect stories and photos of program participants, get their consent, pull data on your programs, clean up your donor database, plan events, schedule donor meetings, print materials, fix your mail merge and lick a thousand envelopes ? What is the story you want to tell for 2020? What story will the press want to hear?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

I was so energized by the tool—both its current functionality and its potential for future application—that I downloaded the mobile (Android) version and started testing it on the spot. Museums, tour groups, and history societies could all make use of Historypin for sharing tours and routes, complete with images and stories.

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EveryAction

JULY 11, 2016

Attendees will enjoy educational offerings on better outward facing communications, content marketing, telling your nonprofit's story, and much more. The New York Nonprofit Conference starts August off with two days of collaboration around direct and interactive market-driven philanthropy, local networks, and more. Our favorite part?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The results and continued testing hold great promise for children who haven’t experienced positive results with standard treatments. The nationwide runway tour shares stories of local children battling cancer and weaves their dreams for the future into a high-fashion, upscale event. Their model worked. Get Involved.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The new website also applies insights from usability testing to improve the experience of exploring community data to help individuals and families decide where to live, and exploring data to help community leaders and policymakers serve more of their residents. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Gold – Government Website. The Harry S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora’s life journey is an inspiring story. SB] 2 offers programs in technology, engineering, design and entrepreneurship to local youth, and supports local, early-stage companies. [SB] I had the pleasure of meeting her earlier this year for an exciting conversation. Naturally, she was eager to escape.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. How and why did Object Stories come to be? We imagined an cart at the farmer’s markets where people could record stories. First, the screen asks if you want to watch an example story.

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Greater Giving

MAY 28, 2021

For seven years, BBBS hosted BIG Taste of Houston, a popular annual fundraiser that celebrated the local restaurant and bar scene. Organizers provided a variety of food and wine “tastes” from Houston’s local food scene in a swag bag that was delivered to attendees’ homes just before the evening’s activities began.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Video-first platforms like YouTube have provided auto-captioning for quite some time now, while Tiktok launched it in April of this year and Instagram is testing functionality in Stories. What to do right now: Story Collection on Social Media. Captions are an important tool to make sure your content can be widely consumed. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Place a little bet & or share your #failure story… you could win a Surface! The Case Foundation offered to give away a Microsoft Surface and so we issued a call to nonprofits to submit their “Little Bets” stories. It was hard to select a winner because all of the stories were terrific. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

Here are five strategies to help your nonprofit increase your supporters’ value and build relationships that stand the test of time. For example, you might create an email list of supporters who live in your local area and send them messages about ongoing community projects they could easily join or see the results of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The program is managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented with a coalition of leading new media experts and local and international partners from the public and private sectors. I’ll be sharing blog posts about my experience here.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact. But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. With our local partners, we were able to connect with the farms we worked with to quickly distribute water bottles with purification tablets to workers.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Farm to School is a nationwide grant program run by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) that encourages school districts to buy more food from local farmers to spur economic development and make meals healthier, more affordable, and more environmentally conscious.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. Mark oversees the development, testing, and deployment of new technology across all of Benetech’s program areas, including Benetech Labs and SocialCoding4Good.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Create a #GivingTuesday Facebook fundraiser, rally your local businesses/volunteers/team to create fundraisers on your behalf, pledge an additional match if you can, and get in on those donations! Rally the local news and radio stations. Collaborate with local businesses and partners. Test and learn new ideas.

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Global Giving

APRIL 4, 2019

Philip Manzano Head of Marketing and Communications at Keela Who He Is: Phil has worked as a communications professional within the sector at many levels: grassroots, local, regional and national. Now, he spends his time telling powerful stories of impact and is devoted to helping nonprofits do good better.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

The emails should include an emotional story , appropriate imagery, and a call to action that expresses urgency. Create a series of challenges that test team skills, endurance, and aptitude with a games tournament. Get local businesses involved for prize sponsorships, and make it a public, fun event that everyone can come and watch.

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