Here's your weekly dose of TA. Enjoy.
Online tools
- PicSvg converts pictures into .svg format. It gives you more options for images. And it's free!
- Biteable is a simple video maker. With the company's logo, vids are free. To see one in action, take a look at MPD needs volunteers. Will you help?
- The /r/web_design/ subreddit is a gem. There's something for everyone all the time.
- Use Wordswag to create the images combining quotes with pictures. It's free and available for iOS and Android. These images are everywhere. Capitalize on people's interest and create and share some of your own.
At work
- Why blog? Two reasons from Blogging Best Practices stand out: "Posts can be shared on social media, giving people a reason to come to your website... where your donation and newsletter forms are (hint hint). Similarly, you can repurpose posts for email and print newsletters." and "Frequent website updates keep returning visitors engaged and up-to-date."
- Nonprofit Tech for Good's What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Gen Z is an important read. The item shares 21 data points covering voluntarism, saving, spending, education, tech, and much more. Here's a few to whet your appetite:
- Gen Z is expected to reach 2.6 billion individuals globally by 2020. Within the US, Gen Z will reach 85 million by 2020, making up 24.7% of the American population and surpassing the Millennial Generation. [MediaKix]
- Gen Z believes that climate change is the biggest challenges facing the world in the next decade. 63% favor solar energy. 58% have recycled. 31% have boycotted a company that has hurt the environment. [Masdar]
- 77% of Gen Zs are either extremely or very interested in volunteering to gain work experience. [Internships.com]
- HBR's How to Work with Someone Who's Always Stressed Out is worth reading and sharing. The article offers a good balance of the science behind stress and ways to help others deal with it.
Learn something
- If you and your colleagues participate in only one training the rest of the year, this looks like the one: Advancing Advocacy: How to Win Narrative Battles (and Know If You Are Winning).
Advocacy is about changing public opinion. And to do that, you need to understand not just policy preferences, but why people believe what they do. In other words, you need to understand their narratives, so that you can speak to them in a way that resonates.
The webinar takes place Thursday, August 24, 2:00-3:00 pm. - 30 Ways to Make Your Donors Feel Like Superheroes, Thursday, August 24 at 1:00 pm is a free webinar.
- The First Amendment doesn't guarantee you the rights you think it does. Enough said.
On the lighter side
- Need an image to support a point you are making? To illustrate an idea or feeling? Thoka Maer's GIFs are beautiful.