Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anyway, no time to dwell on that as we have the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers from the last week or so. This week we have a new directory of nonprofit consultants of color, how to avoid a shadowban on Instagram, lots of website and SEO tips, and more.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

New Orleans, LA Welcome to September! Let’s kick it off with the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers from the last week or so. Let’s talk about Nonprofit Storytelling Techniques: 4 Inspiring Examples. Try these 12 ChatGPT Tone Modifiers to Improve Your AI-Generated Content.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Thanking donors is THE most important step in fundraising. Get this one right, and fundraising gets easier. Unfortunately, most nonprofits view thanking donors as an afterthought instead of treating it with the importance it deserves. Don’t be that person to your donors. Improve your thank-you letter.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

These writing ideas for February come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get March’s prompts emailed to you the the first week of February. Your Writing Prompts for February 2024 On the Calendar 2/1: Optimist Day. Save the doom and gloom news for another day.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Calling up a donor to thank them for their gift will keep your nonprofit top-of-mind when the next appeal comes around. This can include those served by the nonprofit, organizational staff, and even the board. You can put a thank-a-thon into action for your nonprofit in five easy steps: 1.

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Nonprofit Fixer

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Complete Guide to Implementing a Four-Day Workweek Wall Street Journal, AP, NPR and other news outlets are covering the new results of studies on the Four-Day Workweek. The Four-Day Workweek had quite a news cycle. New research has been released showing how successful and popular the program is.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Brynne Krispin is a social media strategist for nonprofits and small businesses. Working with NGOs, thought leaders, and policymakers in DC for the last decade, she specializes in getting people to care about complex issues that might otherwise get ignored. The landscape of nonprofit fundraising has changed dramatically in 2024.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Is that love you’re feeling or just a response to the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers? a new report on nonprofit technology, Instagram quotes you can use, Valentine’s Day memes and more. Check out The 2023 Nonprofit Tech for Good Report. Could go either way!

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Montgomery, AL Welcome to Fridays on the Nonprofit Marketing Guide Blog when I share the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers from the last week or so. Remote Work Isn’t New, But It Brings a New Challenge for Marketers. Need to up your bio game? How to try it. (I

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MNA Association

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It can be stories, photos, and maps. It serves as the colors and shapes that move us from confusion to clarity, bringing stories to life, and providing the details we remember much later. Do any of these scenarios sound familiar to you: Your organization collects basic program use data, and has for years. Start with alignment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2023

Nonprofits of all types and sizes can use golf as an effective vehicle to raise mission-critical, unrestricted funds. What’s more, golfers tap into their personal and professional networks to fill their team for your tournament, which raises more awareness about your mission and subsequently broadens your donor base.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It's well worth your time. Is your nonprofit hiring summer interns for its communications or media team? She's interned at MSNBC, NBC News, the TODAY Show , and The Hill. For this action-triggered donation program on Instagram , this company is making one donation for posts and a second smaller donation for stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, to achieve your goal, what else do you need? the tools to help you do your job. Let’s start at the end – Imagine that it’s the day or week after your big event. You are tired but feeling extremely fulfilled by the success of your accomplishment. How are you measuring your success? Understand Your Audience.

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Selfish Giving

MAY 5, 2021

Job openings, success stories, new campaigns - keep them coming. I'm not just publishing news on corporate partnerships. For example, last week a subscriber sent me 10 Outstanding Nonprofit Sponsorship Request Letter Samples. The NPF story could have easily been bumped by something I found more interesting.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This creates a data/crisis catch-22: While it’s important to have recent data when managing a crisis, it’s also harder to get. tax-exempt organizations file annually, are a major source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the United States. Isn’t this the same old story? To some, this might feel like old news.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

Anyone who works in the nonprofit sector knows it’s not for the faint of heart. And for these tasks, focusing on the negatives can get in the way. Here are three simple, evidence-based practices that have been shown to boost your mood, well-being, and help you savor what is going well.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 29, 2021

Your nonprofit acknowledges that you can’t do it all as a comms team of one. Here’s why: If you are serious about getting regular, ongoing media coverage or you want to break into major or even national news markets, it’s a lot of work. Here’s why: Just like video production, it can get technical.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Would the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers from the last week or so make it better? This week we’ve got how much social media managers make, how little nonprofit employees make, why it might be time for a MySpace comeback, brand and style guide examples, how to make decisions and more.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

These ideas come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get March’s prompts emailed to you this Friday. What gauge does your nonprofit use to determine whether “Spring” — or some other good news — is just around the corner? Then keep reading!

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

It’s the perfect time to relax, get away, and kick back to enjoy some good books from Candid’s free nonprofit eBook collection. Are you worried that a nonprofit-related book will feel like a rain cloud over your summer vibes? 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide by Melanie Mathos and Chad Norman.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s been a busy week here getting the 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report out, but I still put together the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers. It’s time for Mixed Links… Learn How to Strategically Integrate Artificial Intelligence Into Your Nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 29, 2024

Grow Your Nonprofit With the Help of User Generated Content (UGC) Nonprofits are unique organizations impacting people’s lives all around the world. Next to your employees, you probably have: Volunteers; People you’ve helped; People that love your work. Chapters 1.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

Looking to fill your editorial calendar next month? These ideas come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter*. If you would like these ideas sent to your inbox a month in advance, sign up for our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts. Sign up now to get prompts emailed to you in advance monthly.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

Every month we share writing ideas your nonprofit can use to produce new content. These ideas come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get May’s prompts emailed to you the first week of April. Use this day to dispel any myths or rumors about your cause.

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Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 9, 2022

Nonprofit fundraisers and volunteers refer to that fear when they explain why they don’t make the fundraising solicitations they know they need to make. But they can’t get over the fear. But after 25 years of fundraising and coaching nonprofit leaders, I think I finally know what the fear is about. And put off.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

An effective nonprofit blog is an indispensable marketing tool. This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community. Align content to your target audience’s interests.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 4, 2021

How Can Nonprofits Benefit from Blogging. A special guest post from Ryan Biddulph to help nonprofits assess the value of running an active blog and interact with influencers. Learn how nonprofits can benefit from blogging. Bringing attention to your nonprofit may feel like a daunting task. Text based articles.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 8, 2021

By now we know that your communication efforts will be much more effective when there is a clear plan in place. Your channel is the vessel in which you choose to share your content. Part of knowing your audience will be identifying where they go for information; this will help you know where to place your focus.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Need some ideas for your newsletter articles, social media updates, blog posts and more? Use the following writing ideas from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Sign up now to get prompts emailed to you in advance monthly. ” Use Instagram Stories, etc so they don’t stick around on your feed.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Email Marketing Tools every Nonprofit Needs. What do you do with the 99% of your website visitors that leave your website? Email marketing is one of the most affordable marketing tactics out there and it’s a great vehicle for personalized content marketing pieces that can establish your organization as a leader in the industry.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Nonprofits that are looking for news coverage often spend considerable time crafting written pitches and news releases, but overlook an important asset when they’re sending releases and pitches: strong visuals. Most modern news organizations no longer employ big photography teams and graphics desks. Create B-Roll.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

One big key to your organization doing well is how involved and dedicated your board members are. Just as personal relationships flourish through understanding and care, tending to the needs of your board members can significantly enhance their commitment to your cause.

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Ann Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

Now that the New Year is here do you wonder what’s ahead for us? I’m sure your nonprofit continues to face challenges, but since the pandemic started many organizations were able to confront these challenges and make changes to the way they ran their programs and implemented their fundraising and communications.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

Image Credit: Etienne Girardet on unsplash.com Many people working in nonprofits and philanthropy say they want to reduce poverty, and increasingly, foundations, nonprofits, and social-movement organizations are developing communications strategies and telling stories that aim to dispel the myth that the US economic system is equitable and fair.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Are your board members resistant to fundraising ? Do you have a difficult time motivating them to participate in this essential activity—one that helps your nonprofit carry out its mission? . Figure out how you feel about fundraising and use that information to help your board members get over their resistance to it. .

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 18, 2024

It’s no secret that running a nonprofit isn’t always easy, especially if you don’t know what challenges await you in the coming months. Luckily, we’ve put together a list of the five most common challenges for nonprofits in 2024. Let’s look closer at the challenges nonprofits will face in 2024–and how to solve them!

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It’s the end of another week so that means I have put together some of the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. It’s time for Mixed Links… Apparently Nonprofits Need to Be on TikTok: Here Are 4 Steps to Thrive. Get Details And Register.

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