The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

He also has a video podcast that he calls the Pinkcast. Ask your web team, AMS team or website vendor for suggestions for making the journey better. Shouldn’t we have resolutions for making our websites, email, and social media accounts better? Each podcast is only 2-3 minutes long and they’re full of amazing insights and advice.

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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. In all cases, video stories are most memorable when they have a core message — a "so what" moment. A few strong pieces of copy can help your video shine. Who Am I Talking To?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I describe Social Actions as an aggregation of actions people can take on any issue that’s built to be highly distributable across the social web. The Social Actions project began in 2006. There wasn’t much scalability in the way I was pursuing the project. That’s today.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources across the web ever day. That a growing number of consumer brands are transforming their existing static Web sites into interactive online communities is a trend that is not only recent, but also rapidly accelerating." " What do you think?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Showing the extent of destruction to our environment, this video creates a sense of urgency simply by stating that “we could be the last (generation) that can do anything about it. The medium of choice for millennials and Generation Z are videos and images. It’s time to decide.”. Tap into shared experiences.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. It is designed for sharing with small groups — like colleagues, college roommates or hiking friends — instead of with all of a user’s friends or the entire Web. It also offers group text messaging and video chat."

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. "Haiti 365 will continue to evolve as more people create videos and sign-up to show their support. This project, housed on a social media enhanced micro-site allows people to commit to a year of service via an email sign up.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Unfortunately, a lot of it happens in the do-gooder sector–and lately, much of it has been directed at projects that could fall under the umbrella of a newish movement called "slacktivism."" We Say Yes! Both online and off?

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

At Cornershop Creative, we partner with nonprofit organizations to develop web solutions and build dynamic, easy-to-maintain websites. Digital content, including blog posts, videos, interviews, and constituent stories, will help to: Engage supporters and keep your organization on their minds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. Below are three examples from three different nonprofits: 1) e-Newsletter opt-in on the Marshall Project blog. Blog Design Best Practices.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

complex projects that require careful management. number of web-based tools that enable team members to coordinate and. complete their projects. options that nonprofits can use for project and task management. options that nonprofits can use for project and task management. Project Management Options.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 9, 2020

A video from Charity: Water entitled Water Changes Everything is an excellent example effective storytelling. ?. Transparency.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. transaction fee per donation.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

An effective navigation system also follows web accessibility guidelines so people of all abilities can engage with your content. For example, you might create a dropdown list under the primary navigation link “About Us” that shows pages dedicated to your mission statement, values, and current projects.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Free videos. But a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project should assuage some of those fears. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of January 6th). " Free music. Free blogs.

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Forj

MARCH 8, 2017

I know you’ve heard it, “Video is the next big thing” and “Video converts”… Marketers hear this all day long, and it’s true. Videos are a great way to reach your audience and resonate on a personal level. Video can be a scary thing, especially if you’re the one in it.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Many will turn to the internet for the answer and will find themselves at this polling place form on the Virginia State Board of Elections voter information web site. Official voter information should be easily available in myriad web sites, search engines, and mobile phone applications. The form is clunky. Check it out.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

It’s all too easy for group projects to bury teams in mountains of emails and file versions that hold you back from what you’re really trying to get done. Citrix Podio is a new, free web-based tool, here to help you sweep away teamwork frustrations so you have more time to focus on the work that really has an impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The last few years, though, have been dramatically impacted by the real-time web. The real-time web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it’s available, instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Every creative project we work on at Media Cause is different. The most successful projects involve establishing this visual direction early on, making sure that our team, and our client’s team, are aligned from the very beginning. We typically design style tiles for web projects and usually present two to three options to a client.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Our Nonprofit Commons in Second Life project has a new video! It combines real world video footage with Second Life video (machinima) and gives many examples of how nonprofits can benefit from virtual worlds. Tags: Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

billion and is projected to grow to 6.1 In the 1990’s, English made up 80% of web content. Today, 10 languages make up 82% of web content. Since the release of Facebook Live , Facebook video exposure has increased 360% across everyone’s news feed. There are currently 6.3 billion by 2021 – a growth rate of 22%.

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VisionLink

MAY 30, 2012

Here is a projection about internet use that will amplify the caffination in your coffee this morning. The projection comes from Cisco, and while it is in their interest to offer these projections to sell more hardware, recent projections over the years from Cisco have actually been low. zettabytes in 2016.

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Global Giving

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Rob Holmes Founder + Chief Strategist, Green Living Project Who He Is: Rob Holmes leads a multimedia production company that makes short-films about important issues and shares them with the world. Green Living Project has produced more than 100 films across 25 countries in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and North America.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 17, 2009

Well, as always, Common Craft have created a video to help explain it "in Plain English." " Viral Video for Nonprofits - A Rethinking - Thinking about creating a "viral video" for your organization's project or campaign? Take a look at this terrific post from Michael Hoffman at See3. "Where

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Trello — Top Fundraising App for Project Management Nonprofits are frequently planning projects. Whether it’s a fundraising campaign or a project funded by fundraising dollars, you need to stay organized. Trello is a project management system that helps provide a visual representation of each stage of the project’s process.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating the webinar, A Cooperative Approach to Web Design. During the webinar, we first heard from Elliot Harmon , who highlighted a few key ideas about web design previously discussed in his chapter of Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2017

Now, the Internet Archive, an expert in preserving online content, is beginning a program to train librarians in web archiving. The Community Webs project is working with partners from Queens Public Library , Cleveland Public Library , and San Francisco Public Library. Register for webinar.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Here are a few tips from The Fundraising Authority to make the most out of this technology: Promote a specific project or campaign. Select a very specific project your nonprofit is focusing on. Plan some initial marketing around this web-based campaign to spread awareness. Have a marketing plan in place. Start with your network.

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The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here’s how you can enhance your nonprofit’s efficiency with specific platforms and services tailored to your needs: Automate Your Administrative Tasks With Zapier , you can connect your favorite web apps and automate workflows, reducing the manual tasks that slow you down.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Unfortunately, we cant just wish out projects through to completion. Office 365, the web-based version of the Microsoft tools you use every day, professional email, web conferencing and cloud platform is no exception. While the additional expense might be daunting, headsets will make audio and video conferencing more natural.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2023

For example, if you’re raising funds for a specific project or program, you can incorporate the story of an individual constituent who’s benefited from that program into your campaign emails to create an emotional connection for supporters. Increase engagement with images and videos. Email newsletters.

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See3

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

She couldn’t do everything she wanted to do with video because videos playing in a Flash player — like those on YouTube — are not accessible. We have created workarounds for this within our own projects. Someone has to create good captions before they can be added to the video.

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