Michelle Shen Michelle Shen

5 Tips to Create Accessible Designs in Canva

When you’re using Canva to create infographics, presentations, reports, email headers, or flyers, it’s important to make sure that your designs follow accessibility standards. This will make your content inclusive and usable by everyone. But what exactly does that mean? Let us break it down for you with these five tips.


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Michelle Shen Michelle Shen

Top 3 Free Tools for Nonprofits

If you work for a nonprofit, your technology budget is probably limited. But having the right technology helps you do your job better—and ultimately raise more money for your cause. Good news: Three of the best technology tools out there are offered to nonprofits for FREE! Start using them today.

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Patty Breech Patty Breech

The Case for Email Welcome Journeys (By the Numbers)

I’m baffled why more organizations don’t do this. This is easy money. This is emailing your supporters exactly when they are most excited about you (and most want to hear from you). This is a set-it-and-forget-it system that will bring in revenue in the background while you do your regular job.

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Julia Molinaro Julia Molinaro

5 Tips to Maximize Your Giving Tuesday Potential

Giving Tuesday has a lot of potential to inspire your supporters and generate excitement for your cause. It puts your organization in a great place to have a strong end-of-year fundraising season. Whether your campaign is already in place or you are still putting it together, implement these 5 tips to set your nonprofit up for Giving Tuesday success.

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Julia Molinaro Julia Molinaro

5 Ways to Make Your Donors Feel the Love

With the end-of-year fundraising season just around the corner, there’s no better time than NOW to make your donors feel the love. By telling your donors how much they mean to you (with no strings attached), they will be much more likely to donate when you DO ask them for money during your holiday giving campaign.

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Julia Molinaro Julia Molinaro

10 Copywriting Tips to Transform Your Content

The words we use matter. When chosen with intention and an end goal in mind, words can change how your reader thinks, feels, and acts. It’s a superpower (and one that you can learn). By keeping a few simple principles in mind, you’ll be on your way to creating engaging content.

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Patty Breech Patty Breech

How to Create Memorable Fundraising Direct Mail

Whether you already have a strategy in place, or are considering sending direct mail for the first time, you’re in the right place! Direct mail can be a powerful touchpoint for your supporters — especially during the year-end holiday giving season.

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Patty Breech Patty Breech

Your 7-Part Guide to a Relaxing Holiday Giving Season

Imagine, being able to relax with your family during the holidays, without the stress of a year-end giving campaign… it’s possible! We believe that gratitude is key for a successful holiday giving season. And that’s all you need to focus on for the entire month of December: showing your supporters how much you appreciate them.

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Patty Breech Patty Breech

5 Reasons You Should Switch to Google Photos Immediately

Switch to Google Photos today — it’s a central, easy-to-use place to store your organization's photos and can save you hours of time and effort finding photos for your email, website, and social media communications. We promise that it will make your life easier, for these five reasons.

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Michelle Shen Michelle Shen

3 Reasons Every Nonprofit Should Start Running Google Ads

If you’re looking to attract more supporters or reach more people with your organization’s work, then you’re in the right place! Especially for nonprofits, Google Ads is a powerful tool to increase your organization’s reach. Keep reading for 3 reasons why you should begin now.

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5 Easy Ways To Use More Video on Social Media

When was the last time you posted a video on your organization’s social media? If your answer is not “in the last month,” then you’re probably not putting enough video content out there! Here are five headache-free ways to start using more video starting right now.

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5 Ways to Tame the Social Media Beast

If you manage your organization’s social media presence, you understand the mighty responsibility of creating content across multiple platforms day after day. If you’re feeling exhausted or overwhelmed, you’re in the right place.

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Fundraising in the Era of COVID-19

It’s an incredibly challenging time for both nonprofit organizations and the foundations that fund them. Here’s what you need to know in order to successfully secure funding for your organization during the pandemic.

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