Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand. Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content. Blog Design Best Practices.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. Check it out and submit a photo yourself! Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of January 26th). Doing Good.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

It all comes down to one word: sharing. Create a timeline contest that encourages people to craft videos and photo sets boosting your fundraiser. The post Passing the Word: Getting Supporters to Share your Cause appeared first on Byte Technology’s Non-Profit Web Design Insights Blog. Lean on your core supporters.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 3, 2024

Be sure to share your EDI initiatives on your website, within your online community, and across social media channels. Highlight how your association promotes EDI by sharing videos, member testimonials, photos, and more. Making your member portal accessible for all individuals is a must today.

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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. For instance, the WNET group’s “Year In Review” series uses viewer interaction to create a dynamic story beyond attractive web design. Pathfinder International.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " Sharing photos online – a decision matrix for non-profit organizations : Social Media 4 Good – "Many non-profits, NGOs and International Organizations are of two minds when it comes to sharing photos on the internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2014

At the time this book went to press, the Instagram tool set was limited primarily to sharing photos or 15-second videos, adding text-based captions, and liking photos. Until then, in terms of fundraising, nonprofits are limited to sharing images embedded with keywords and short codes. Share Screenshots of Photos a.k.a.

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

But we do need a place where we can reach supporters, share content, and look at pictures of other people’s dogs — preferably without being subjected to harassment, trolling, misinformation, and attacks on our democracy. Posts can be up to 500 characters, and they can include links, photos, or videos up to 5 minutes long.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2008

All this week for NTEN's WeAreMedia project, we've been focusing on the tools that let nonprofits share their story social media style!   Photo sharing sites have many social networking features and with open API's can help you easily republish your photos in other places.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Embedding your social media feeds directly into your website allows site visitors to easily interact with your content as part of the web viewing experience, from video testimonials of your beneficiaries to pictures of your volunteers hard at work in the community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2020

Next, add a cover picture, company photo, headline, and description. Step Three: Share and promote your volunteer projects. The easiest way to accomplish this is by sharing links to your vacancy postings through your social media accounts. It’s a fairly straightforward process. Step Two: Post volunteer projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2014

Photo by Notemily. Check back at on Beth’s Blog on Wednesday, 1/29 to see if your post is included, and enjoy a bump in traffic as the Carnival is promoted across the web. You write anything you want as long as it is about measurement and learning from your data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

1) Tell your NGOs’ story in photo essay format. Thus, your NGO should prioritize sharing your success stories in photo essay format on your website or blog. Finally, when formatting the essay, all five photos should be the same size and captions should be bold and at least 12 point.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Organize, edit, enhance, and transform your photos anytime, anywhere. If your organization needs to regularly modify, enhance, and organize photographs, but has no use for the other web, print, and graphic design applications in Adobe Creative Cloud, the Photography plan delivers just what you need and nothing you don't.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 5, 2012

For the mobile social media manager, Instagram is a must-download photo-sharing smartphone app – and with more than 80 million users who to date have shared over four billion photos – its quickly becoming a community that early adopter nonprofits have added to their regular list of must-do’s.

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M+R

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We’ve been sharing some of our favorite tests—things that worked, things that didn’t, and some things we’re still curious about. We’re talking about website design today: specifically, web page images. Have you been testing into new photos or designs? This is Part Three of our 60 Tests in 60 Minutes series! We’ve got it.

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Care2

JUNE 23, 2012

Photos Were the Most Liked and Shared. Zarella’s study had similar results to the Social Media Today study that showed Photos Get the Most "Likes" on Facebook than any other status updates. While photos generated the most “Likes” on Facebook, it only had an estimated 0.25% of engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Thanks to the Social Web, there is no shortage of possible topics for your nonprofit to blog about. Share and Comment on Breaking News. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Web 1.0 :: The Broadcast Web. Write content and secure photos for website pages. Web 2.0 :: The Social Web. Create and organize photos into collections and sets. Write content and secure photos for blog pages. Add “Share” functionality. Web 3.0 :: The Mobile Web.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For example, you might have a Facebook Networking Team that agrees to like and share your posts with their friends on the site, or a Twitter Team that re-tweets your updates and drives their own networks to your website. Want to learn more about how to quickly increase your organization’s fundraising capacity?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 31, 2014

Having just celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the World Wide Web , the nonprofit sector now has a wide array of amazing new fundraising tools at our fingertips that we couldn’t have imagined just a decade ago. The seven listed below are just the tip of the iceberg – and most of them are still in beta. Fundography. fundography.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Azavea explores this topic in a newly released whitepaper and documents how they built a prototype mobile app (for iPhone and Android) that overlays historical photos on the modern city streets of Philadelphia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2014

To do so effectively, you’ll need a staff person whose sole purpose is tweet, post, share, blog, photograph, record, and interview during the event. They can be branded images embedded with the event hashtag, quotes from speakers , or photos of the venue. For Instagram, upload a photo once or twice per hour.

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Care2

JUNE 19, 2012

Both “Likes” and comments on photos are a lot more popular then posts that have links, status updates, and video. This is one of the reasons why Pinterest is so addictive and successful - users continiously scroll through great photos and eye candy graphics on any topic they like and repin them.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Does your site include impact stories and testimonials to tell your organization’s story and share your mission impact? High-quality photos, illustrations, and video content help tell your story and engage users and will make your brand appear professional. Do you share where and how these funds are spent?

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

Email, web design, user-generated content and paid search are all ways to improve your nonprofit’s reach and increase web traffic. What you may not have considered, however, is how you can actually impact viral sharing and improve interactive marketing on your website. Social Media: Action Sharing.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Ensure your landing pages are not only clear but also visually appealing by adding photos and videos that align with your branding. You’ll also want to prioritize accessibility in your web design, so make sure to use alternative text for images and create a strong color contrast between the foreground and background to increase readability.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

I have no proof these tips will help your nonprofit get more media coverage, but at the very least they will help your nonprofit’s press release get more exposure on the Social Web. 3) Include a photo on your press release. It can only help your nonprofit if your fans and followers share your press release.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 21, 2022

Partner with Businesses to Achieve Shared Goals. Ask volunteers to take videos during events—then they can share the material on their platforms, and you can share it as well. An alternative is to use options like Fiverr and Upwork to find experts who can turn your raw footage, photos, and graphics into polished pieces. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Thanks to the Social Web, there is no shortage of possible topics for your nonprofit to blog about. Share and Comment on Breaking News. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. Don’t lead with a photo from your latest fundraiser.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

Here are four that currently have my vote – please share yours! Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). Historypin. Animoto isn’t a new tool, but it is still in my top five.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. The time required to utilize YouTube will vary from week to week, but on average, you should allot five hours per week in your job description to post, create, and share video.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Use the functionality in the system to ensure you can share as much as you like, with the people you want to see it. ” The social Web is social because we are all humans, connecting and talking with each other. And it is the Web because we are connected and networked across and around the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Use a premium social sharing service for web pages and blog posts , such as Social Warfare ($29/yr). If your NGO engages in peer-to-peer fundraising and crowdfunding, be sure to use a service that has integrated social sharing and social login because social media results in 1 of 3 of P2P donations.

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