On it you can showcase and highlight photos that give users a more complete picture (no pun intended) of what you hope to accomplish with your site while helping draw more traffic and creating a dedicated follower base. MORE
Or maybe I just wanted to post a cool robot picture. No idea why, but I find this one super interesting. Lots more info here. ——————-. photo credit ). Cool Infographic Friday MORE
Courtesy David Wilcox, of the Designing for Civil Society blog. social media MORE
This means time spent translating my thoughts into both words and pictures that convey the meaning in the best, clearest, and most persuasive way. I have noticed that, personally, I respond better to the presentations that rely more on the pictures than the words. Author: James Young. MORE
Throughout the campaign, TechSoup invited nonprofit digital storytelling experts to share their best practices for creating stories with impact using pictures. MORE
Everyone loves a cut-throat game of Pictionary®. It is not long before emotions run high and furiously scribbled stick figures give way to a litany of erroneous guesses: “An astronaut!", "An ice cream cone!", "A cotton gin!", "Trotsky MORE
3 storytelling techniques to effectively communicate donor impact: Share impact through pictures. They say a picture is worth a thousand words… so get creative! If possible, take some pictures of your organization’s impact in action. MORE
Not only did this campaign produce a bunch of adorable pictures, it also taught me a few things about my company and social media campaigns in general: 1. Pictures drive engagement: Cultural events make for great pictures. MORE
There are lots of free and low-cost image editing tools , but for a really quick way to add a special effect or picture frame to your online images, try Tuxpi. A nonprofit blog or newsletter that’s illustrated only with traditional “news release” photos can get a bit dull after a while – except maybe for the folks in the photographs! Could your illustrations use a bit of a fresh look for summer? MORE
A new tool for Twitter search out of the Knight Lab portrays trends in a single picture Nieman Journalism Lab : It’s a couple days old by now, but make sure you take a look at TwXplorer, the tool out of Northwestern’s Knight Lab. In addition to showing a list of recent tweets that include your search term, twXplorer displays the most popular words, hashtags, and links in those tweets MORE
I have to admit when the whole Pinterest thing started, I thought to myself, “Oh great, now the internet is making me feel guilty about not putting my kids pictures in cute little scrapbooks.”. If you are a humane society: Pin pictures of animals available for adoption. MORE
Stock photos are a problem. On the one hand, they’re a great way to make your content more interesting and attractive by emphasizing a point, breaking up text, or just by helping you stand out from the crowd MORE
Meant to blog this last week, but other (actually, quite important) stuff got in the way. MORE
And like Snapchat, stories are told in a series of pictures and videos. Instagram Stories create an extra layer of visibility for your nonprofit – whenever you want that visibility. Like Snapchat, Instagram Stories last for 24 hours. MORE
Don’t post these pictures on social media: If a picture doesn’t tell […]. The best type of content for social media is shareworthy images, if you want more engagement. This is true for all the social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc). MORE
Write out a Thank you Tweet and attach a lavish thank you picture with the post. Pictures on Twitter feeds show up very prominently, and by adding a picture your tweet will immediately stand out from the rest. Image courtesy of Thought Reach. MORE
If a picture is worth a thousand words – how much more valuable is that in the world of mobile messaging, when every character counts? You can also send picture messages to your subscribers’ phones. And you can ask your subscribers to submit pictures of their own. MORE
They used text and picture messaging to build a network of prayer and emotional support between the nation’s teenagers and the people who rode out the one of this year’s most destructive weather events. MORE
They are especially in need of big picture information that will help guide their response to do the most good with the resources employed. Captain Lopez helps her team assess the quality, quantity and usefulness of these different streams, each of which plays a part of the picture of the situation. It takes an extra six hours for the real picture to come through, and that delay has real impact. MORE
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The post Picture Perfect: A/B Split Testing Your WordPress Site Imagery appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog. Whether you’re posing proud for a formal portrait or grabbing a quick selfie with friends on vacation, everybody wants to look their very best. MORE
Here are the latest highlights from your fellow NTEN Members making news: Well, Ello there! Have you checked out the latest social media platform, Ello? Allyson Kapin of FrogLoop offers tips and tricks for exploring and experimenting with Ello. Take part in Philanthropy Talk''s upcoming Measure It! MORE
Social media tools that allow you to post pictures and videos are very helpful tools to let folks get a glimpse of life from your point of view. A picture is worth a thousand words. MORE
The post The Picture Show: The Best WordPress Themes for Video Ventures appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog. Whether you’re a simple weekly WordPress blogger or a seasoned webpage administrator who updates and edits every day, having a video component on your site is a stellar way to draw readers and keep them coming back again and again. MORE
Your website is more than just a pretty picture. Kelley Jarrett is Guide Creative's market manager. Guide Creative is Blackbaud 's new design agency. The August GUIDE series, free educational webinars from Guide Creative focused on the importance of strategy, visual elements, and cues in successful nonprofit websites, is open for registration! MORE
It is end of year fundraising time. You’re likely sitting in front of … Annual Fund Direct Mail Fundraising online giving photos MORE
Check out this fab infographic from Avectra. ( via ) – times they are a’changing… Nimble Nonprofit Open Community Social, In Theory Useful Data MORE
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Facebook quickly became a platform capable of doing more than posting pictures of your kids, and talking about what you had for lunch. With the introduction of Facebook’s Autoplay feature, videos are becoming more eye-catching than regular text-based posts. Facebook videos also seem to be getting more organic reach in news feed than article shares […]. MORE
We need to identify individuals and organizations who are already working toward online capacity mapping and resource matching tools, brief them about the big picture and its potential, promote convergence and collaboration among the developers, and work out the organizational and technical basis for moving forward together. Deborah Elizabeth Finn At a time when money is tight, it's especially important to ensure that surplus assets, capacities, and resources do not go unused. MORE
I load my pictures up there on a regular basis. In the end, it’s easier to have all the support tables setup before you set up your master list or document/picture library. It’s a neat little menu that lets you pop selected pictures into Office apps. MORE
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After uploading the picture use WordPress media to give it a title, description and caption. The post Picture Perfect: How to Remedy the Most Common WordPress Image Issues appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog. WordPress experts and website designers are constantly reinforcing to their clients the importance of having great imagery on their pages. MORE
cause marketing Nonprofits social media Video youtube als foundation andreesen horowitz buzzfeed buzzfeed motion pictures ice bucket challenge justin timberlake mark zuckerberg ze frank August 15, 2014 There's a lot happening in video. Here are some of our favorite headlines from this week. Andreessen Horowitz Announces $50 Million Investment In BuzzFeed Legendary investor Andreesen Horowitz put a lot of his eggs in the Buzzfeed basket early this week. MORE
What you can keep in your head right now could become a major nightmare in ten years when your replacement’s replacement is looking for that one photo you used in a montage… all anyone remembers is that it’s in the folder marked, “Pictures.&# Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed? MORE
Picture of the Day. Arts and cultural organizations have an advantage over other nonprofit organizations : they have things to take pictures of. It’s a cute picture of jaguar cubs. This picture got over 10,000 likes and lots of comments. MORE
This means that you can send and receive pictures and animated GIFs as part of your text messaging campaigns! Pictures and GIFs are eye magnets. Since we’re visual creatures, pictures immediately pique our curiosity. MORE
One big issue in getting good pictures with amateur camera equipment is controlling the flash. ash can blow out the picture, giving your best friend a ghost face that looks like it was photographed during a nuclear test. A no-flash picture is almost always better-looking and more realistic than a flash picture. If you can learn to identify these situations, you’ll get much more realistic, attractive pictures. MORE
The Picture of Health: A Data Design Challenge is offering $10,000 in awards to entries that successfully depict public health data in new and interesting ways. Do you love storytelling with data? Are you passionate about open data and health care costs transparency? The California HealthCare Foundation is hosting a data design challenge to seek out engaging presentations that bring to life the story of rising health care costs. MORE
I met a lot of people who had trouble seeing the bigger picture beyond their immediate frustrations,” Meyer said. They struggle to see the whole picture. The post The Bigger Picture appeared first on Idealware. Jill Meyer is like a lot of nonprofit tech geeks. MORE
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I met a lot of people who had trouble seeing the bigger picture beyond their immediate frustrations,” Meyer said. They struggle to see the whole picture. The post The Bigger Picture appeared first on Idealware. Jill Meyer is like a lot of nonprofit tech geeks.
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Stock photos are a problem. On the one hand, they’re a great way to make your content more interesting and attractive by emphasizing a point, breaking up text, or just by helping you stand out from the crowd
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If a picture is worth a thousand words – how much more valuable is that in the world of mobile messaging, when every character counts? You can also send picture messages to your subscribers’ phones. And you can ask your subscribers to submit pictures of their own.
Mobile Commons
APRIL 8, 2015
This means that you can send and receive pictures and animated GIFs as part of your text messaging campaigns! Pictures and GIFs are eye magnets. Since we’re visual creatures, pictures immediately pique our curiosity.
NCE Social Media
MARCH 11, 2013
Social media tools that allow you to post pictures and videos are very helpful tools to let folks get a glimpse of life from your point of view. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Connection Cafe
DECEMBER 13, 2012
It is end of year fundraising time. You’re likely sitting in front of … Annual Fund Direct Mail Fundraising online giving photos
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MARCH 21, 2017
The post The Picture Show: The Best WordPress Themes for Video Ventures appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog. Whether you’re a simple weekly WordPress blogger or a seasoned webpage administrator who updates and edits every day, having a video component on your site is a stellar way to draw readers and keep them coming back again and again.
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NTEN
JANUARY 19, 2011
We need to identify individuals and organizations who are already working toward online capacity mapping and resource matching tools, brief them about the big picture and its potential, promote convergence and collaboration among the developers, and work out the organizational and technical basis for moving forward together. Deborah Elizabeth Finn At a time when money is tight, it's especially important to ensure that surplus assets, capacities, and resources do not go unused.
Byte Technology
JANUARY 11, 2017
After uploading the picture use WordPress media to give it a title, description and caption. The post Picture Perfect: How to Remedy the Most Common WordPress Image Issues appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog. WordPress experts and website designers are constantly reinforcing to their clients the importance of having great imagery on their pages.
Influence
APRIL 4, 2012
The Picture of Health: A Data Design Challenge is offering $10,000 in awards to entries that successfully depict public health data in new and interesting ways. Do you love storytelling with data? Are you passionate about open data and health care costs transparency? The California HealthCare Foundation is hosting a data design challenge to seek out engaging presentations that bring to life the story of rising health care costs.
NTEN
MAY 6, 2011
Flickr: vnoel It's member round-up time again and this week we're seeing members looking at the big picture, whether it's for the work they do or the work we can all do together.
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Here are the latest highlights from your fellow NTEN Members making news: Well, Ello there! Have you checked out the latest social media platform, Ello? Allyson Kapin of FrogLoop offers tips and tricks for exploring and experimenting with Ello. Take part in Philanthropy Talk''s upcoming Measure It!
SocialFish
MAY 15, 2008
Courtesy David Wilcox, of the Designing for Civil Society blog. social media
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cause marketing Nonprofits social media Video youtube als foundation andreesen horowitz buzzfeed buzzfeed motion pictures ice bucket challenge justin timberlake mark zuckerberg ze frank August 15, 2014 There's a lot happening in video. Here are some of our favorite headlines from this week. Andreessen Horowitz Announces $50 Million Investment In BuzzFeed Legendary investor Andreesen Horowitz put a lot of his eggs in the Buzzfeed basket early this week.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
A new tool for Twitter search out of the Knight Lab portrays trends in a single picture Nieman Journalism Lab : It’s a couple days old by now, but make sure you take a look at TwXplorer, the tool out of Northwestern’s Knight Lab. In addition to showing a list of recent tweets that include your search term, twXplorer displays the most popular words, hashtags, and links in those tweets
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 25, 2009
This means time spent translating my thoughts into both words and pictures that convey the meaning in the best, clearest, and most persuasive way. I have noticed that, personally, I respond better to the presentations that rely more on the pictures than the words. Author: James Young.
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AUGUST 17, 2009
Everyone loves a cut-throat game of Pictionary®. It is not long before emotions run high and furiously scribbled stick figures give way to a litany of erroneous guesses: “An astronaut!", "An ice cream cone!", "A cotton gin!", "Trotsky
See What's Out There
FEBRUARY 13, 2008
It’s a series of pictures of a family in a different country posing with all the food they eat in a week.
John Haydon
APRIL 28, 2016
Don’t post these pictures on social media: If a picture doesn’t tell […]. The best type of content for social media is shareworthy images, if you want more engagement. This is true for all the social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc).
Beaconfire Wire
AUGUST 10, 2007
What you can keep in your head right now could become a major nightmare in ten years when your replacement’s replacement is looking for that one photo you used in a montage… all anyone remembers is that it’s in the folder marked, “Pictures.&# Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed?
Rebooting Charity
JUNE 15, 2007
Meant to blog this last week, but other (actually, quite important) stuff got in the way.
Gavin's Digital Diner
MARCH 28, 2007
I load my pictures up there on a regular basis. In the end, it’s easier to have all the support tables setup before you set up your master list or document/picture library. It’s a neat little menu that lets you pop selected pictures into Office apps.
NetWits
MAY 8, 2012
I have to admit when the whole Pinterest thing started, I thought to myself, “Oh great, now the internet is making me feel guilty about not putting my kids pictures in cute little scrapbooks.”. If you are a humane society: Pin pictures of animals available for adoption.
Network-Centric Advocacy
NOVEMBER 6, 2007
» November 06, 2007 A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words | Sunlight Foundation Open Earmarks.Google Where on Earth is my money getting earmarked. Link: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words | Sunlight Foundation. And as they say: a picture really is worth a 1,000 words. Link: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words | Sunlight Foundation. And as they say: a picture really is worth a 1,000 words. NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity.
Wild Apricot Blog
JUNE 21, 2010
There are lots of free and low-cost image editing tools , but for a really quick way to add a special effect or picture frame to your online images, try Tuxpi. A nonprofit blog or newsletter that’s illustrated only with traditional “news release” photos can get a bit dull after a while – except maybe for the folks in the photographs! Could your illustrations use a bit of a fresh look for summer?
See What's Out There
APRIL 17, 2009
One big issue in getting good pictures with amateur camera equipment is controlling the flash. ash can blow out the picture, giving your best friend a ghost face that looks like it was photographed during a nuclear test. A no-flash picture is almost always better-looking and more realistic than a flash picture. If you can learn to identify these situations, you’ll get much more realistic, attractive pictures.
Mobile Commons
OCTOBER 31, 2012
They used text and picture messaging to build a network of prayer and emotional support between the nation’s teenagers and the people who rode out the one of this year’s most destructive weather events.
Connection Cafe
JULY 26, 2016
3 storytelling techniques to effectively communicate donor impact: Share impact through pictures. They say a picture is worth a thousand words… so get creative! If possible, take some pictures of your organization’s impact in action.
SocialFish
APRIL 1, 2016
Every once in a while I like to post a reminder of the big picture, like this one. Thanks to the USC MPA for sending it over. Public Admin | University of Southern California. ———-. photo credit ). Cool Infographic Friday Useful Data
John Haydon
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
And like Snapchat, stories are told in a series of pictures and videos. Instagram Stories create an extra layer of visibility for your nonprofit – whenever you want that visibility. Like Snapchat, Instagram Stories last for 24 hours.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
Picture of the Day. Arts and cultural organizations have an advantage over other nonprofit organizations : they have things to take pictures of. It’s a cute picture of jaguar cubs. This picture got over 10,000 likes and lots of comments.
TechImpact
JANUARY 23, 2014
Write out a Thank you Tweet and attach a lavish thank you picture with the post. Pictures on Twitter feeds show up very prominently, and by adding a picture your tweet will immediately stand out from the rest. Image courtesy of Thought Reach.
TechImpact
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
Facebook quickly became a platform capable of doing more than posting pictures of your kids, and talking about what you had for lunch. With the introduction of Facebook’s Autoplay feature, videos are becoming more eye-catching than regular text-based posts. Facebook videos also seem to be getting more organic reach in news feed than article shares […].
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 7, 2012
Your website is more than just a pretty picture. Kelley Jarrett is Guide Creative's market manager. Guide Creative is Blackbaud 's new design agency. The August GUIDE series, free educational webinars from Guide Creative focused on the importance of strategy, visual elements, and cues in successful nonprofit websites, is open for registration!
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
Not only did this campaign produce a bunch of adorable pictures, it also taught me a few things about my company and social media campaigns in general: 1. Pictures drive engagement: Cultural events make for great pictures.
SocialFish
JANUARY 30, 2015
Or maybe I just wanted to post a cool robot picture. No idea why, but I find this one super interesting. Lots more info here. ——————-. photo credit ). Cool Infographic Friday
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