Posts Tagged ‘roundup’
August 27th, 2010 by Elizabeth Ricca
- In these times of email overload, your nonprofit’s messages have to work hard to separate themselves from the pack. Check out these tips from Brian Clark on Copyblogger to help you write email subject lines so awesome, your recipients can’t help but click.
- Facebook makes my head ache sometimes (okay, most of the time), so it’s nice to be reminded of the ways it helps nonprofits do good in the world—like this interesting post from Inside Facebook, examining how the Red Cross uses Facebook to support disaster relief efforts.
- Does your nonprofit have an official Place on Facebook? Get ready for check-ins with these tips from Nonprofit Tech 2.0.
- Recent research from Pew Internet shows that millenials are eager online sharers, and they’re not likely to grow out of the habit anytime soon. What does this mean for your nonprofit, both in the workplace and as you reach out to younger donors?
- A little online eye candy to sweeten your Friday afternoon: TIME magazine’s 50 best websites of 2010. Commence oohing and aahing.
A weekly roundup of interesting reads from the online world of nonprofit communications. Follow me on Twitter @elizabethricca for more noteworthy links.
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August 20th, 2010 by Elizabeth Ricca
- Facebook has jumped into the location game this week with the launch of Places, an application that lets users “check in” to venues and share their real-time location with Facebook friends.
What it means for nonprofits, and whether it will overtake, complement, or prove irrelevant to the success of similar popular applications like foursquare, remains to be seen. For now, a big initial concern is (surprise, surprise) privacy: check out this post from ReadWriteWeb for instructions on how to update your Facebook account privacy settings in light of the new features.
- Should that button say “Donate” or “Give”? When in doubt, look to the data. Elliot Harmon on TechSoup Blog has put together a great post about the ins and outs of A/B testing, and how your nonprofit can use it to improve your communications.
- Whether or not your nonprofit is active in social media, sooner or later, you’ll probably need to respond to a tough or touchy topic raised by a member of your community online. It can’t be avoided, but Chris Tuttle on NetWits Think Tank has put together some strategies and tips for how to approach sensitive situations when they arise.
- Given the speed at which the digital world is changing, the future of online communications is unpredictable at best. How can nonprofits make smart choices about where to invest time and energy online? Brett Meyer on NTEN’s blog reviews some recent prognostications about what’s to come on the Web, and breaks down what they mean for nonprofits.
- Does your web writing need a makeover? Kevin Cesarz offers some helpful tips for structuring your online copy to let the content truly shine.
A weekly roundup of interesting reads from the online world of nonprofit communications. Follow me on Twitter @elizabethricca for more noteworthy links.
Tags: A/B testing, facebook, nptech, privacy, roundup, social media, writing for the web
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August 13th, 2010 by Elizabeth Ricca
- Do you survey your supporters? On the Emma blog, Carolyn Kopprasch offers tips on how to craft your next survey so that it generates helpful responses and useful insight.
- Email, snail mail, television, websites—name any communications channel, and I’ll bet we can find someone, somewhere, who has declared it “dead”. These pronouncements are generally more sensational than they are accurate, but Steve MacLaughlin has proposed a compelling candidate for an obituary: single-channel communications. It’s a multi-channel world out there, friends.
- Know you need to step it up in social media, but not so tech-savvy? Not to worry. Lindy Dreyer on SocialFishing has compiled a list of easy-to-use tools to get you started listening and responding online.
- Your organization may not have the resources to implement a dedicated PR strategy, but you do have a website (right?). Make good use of your site to communicate with the media with the help of this handy checklist from Hannah Brazee Gregory on Philanthropy Journal.
- Before you invest resources in that new campaign idea, why not make sure it resonates with your audience? Matt Howes on Frogloop suggests some tools and tactics for test driving your marketing concept before you build it out.
A weekly roundup of interesting reads from the online world of nonprofit communications. Follow me on Twitter @elizabethricca for more noteworthy links.
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July 16th, 2010 by Elizabeth Ricca
A weekly roundup of interesting reads from the online world of nonprofit communications. Follow me on Twitter @elizabethricca or check out my Delicious bookmarks for more noteworthy links.
Tags: annual report, integrated communications, nptech, roundup, thank you, website
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July 9th, 2010 by Elizabeth Ricca
A weekly roundup of interesting reads from the online world of nonprofit communications. Follow me on Twitter @elizabethricca or check out my Delicious bookmarks for more noteworthy links.
Tags: campaign, fundraising, Google, mobile, nptech, password, roundup, social media, storytelling, website
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June 25th, 2010 by Elizabeth Ricca
- If a picture is worth a thousand words, and a Flip video cam takes 30 frames per second, and you shoot a one-minute video…well, I’m no math whiz, but that’s a lot of words. Margaret Bernstein describes how Cleveland nonprofits are using the power of video to make their stories come alive and inspire supporters.
- Feel like the world of nonprofit communications is changing too quickly to keep up? A great presentation from DVQ Studio identifies the five biggest trends and offers tips for getting ahead of the curve.
- Foursquare: badges, mayorships…and donations? Allyson Kapin shares some interesting examples and ideas on Frogloop for how nonprofits can use foursquare to drive fundraising and advocacy efforts.
- On NTEN’s blog, Marissa Goldsmith urges nonprofits to drill down beyond top-level website analytics and shake up the standard-issue dashboard report by telling stories with your numbers. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful data set…
- Does your nonprofit have a LinkedIn group? If so, it’s probably looking a touch spiffier this week: LinkedIn has rolled out some new features that encourage interaction and make groups more social (and, dare I say, a bit more Facebook-ish).
- If three games a day just isn’t enough, YouTube has provided a way to bring the World Cup experience to all of your online video viewing: a vuvuzela button. Angry kazoos for everyone!
A weekly roundup of interesting reads from the online world of nonprofit communications. Follow me on Twitter @elizabethricca or check out my Delicious bookmarks for more noteworthy links.
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Have you warmed up your online voice lately? | Weekly Roundup
August 6th, 2010 by Elizabeth RiccaSpeaking of the Carnival, the September edition will be taking place right here on the Duck Call. So sharpen up your blogging fingers, and stay tuned for more info in the coming weeks.
A weekly roundup of interesting reads from the online world of nonprofit communications. Follow me on Twitter @elizabethricca or check out my Delicious bookmarks for more noteworthy links.
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