Tue.May 15, 2012

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Top 4 Online Fundraising Tactics Your Nonprofit Can’t Live Without

NetWits

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . In our 2011 Online Fundraising Report we learned that every sector surveyed experienced double-digit growth since 2009 , including roughly 13 percent* in the past year.

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Benetech’s New Image Description Tool Improves Accessibility of Graphical Content for Students with Print Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech has long been a pioneer in providing innovative services to people with print disabilities. This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. The Poet application developed by DIAGRAM helps level the playing field by making otherwise inaccessible graphic content available for students and other readers who cannot read traditional book

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Lame spam of the day: self-identified spam

Robert Weiner

This one is peculiar. My name isn't on the To line, and there's no offer, link, or attachment. Lot's of non-Western characters (or random text) in the subject & sender lines. This message didn't come from my anti-spam software and my ISP says it didn't come from theirs. To: ruhit_ray@hotmail.com. Sender: ³¯«É·ì (cyzwjchbxx@yahoo-inc.com). Subject: **SPAM ** Re: µ¹.

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Social Media, Networking, and African Women’s Leadership Training in Rwanda

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. The project is under the visionary leadership of Cheryl Francisconi who is the director of IIE’s office in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and has vast expertise in developing, designing, and implementing transformative leadersh

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Summer Marketing Internship at Wild Apricot

Wild Apricot

Here's a great internship opportunity for an up-and-coming marketing professional in Toronto’s growing technology sector. Wild Apricot is cloud-based membership software for small associations and nonprofits. Our marketing philosophy revolves.

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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

Among the many thousands of after school programs in the U.S. in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. They even use TechSoup Microsoft software donations to rehab used computers for their training labs. This is an after school program that is all about green jobs training and making old things new again.

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Social Community Impacts Volunteerism

Connection Cafe

Author: Guest Blogger. What’s the sure fire way to make certain your constituents continue to volunteer for your cause – ensure they are emotionally invested to the organization. Allowing your volunteers to be able to find other volunteers through your online directory, post messages about their upcoming events, blog about their experiences, and share pictures within your community site, empowers them to be more committed to the cause and yields higher fundraising for your foundation

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Larry David joins Twitter for charity, his assistant confirms - Celebritology 2.0 - The Washington Post

AFP Blog

Larry David joins Twitter for charity, his assistant confirms - Celebritology 2.0 - The Washington Post : The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator and star was lured into joining the site by the recently created project Charity Bribes, which crowdsources tasks for famous people to do then gives the celebrity 30 days to complete it in exchange for a charitable donation.

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Sharing Our Way toward Equality: Social Media and Gay Rights

NTEN

By John Hoffman, Director of New Markets, ZeroDivide. Since the moment that President Obama stated that he supports same-sex marriage, there’s been a flurry of social media activity, both pro and con, on the issue. It’s obvious by now that social media has played a huge role in shaping Americans’ attitudes toward LGBT issues. But I would go a step further.

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Aussie charity arm leads global website overhaul - Strategy - Business - News - iTnews.com.au

AFP Blog

Aussie charity arm leads global website overhaul - Strategy - Business - News - iTnews.com.au : He expected to meet its Australian target of $2 million for the year, compared to $1.4 million from last year’s campaign. “We’ve raised a lot more money,” he said, noting that 25 percent of funds were typically raised after the week-long event. “The site provides a much better user experience and much better integration.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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COMIC ARTIST NIGHT @ THE OPERA | Portland Opera

AFP Blog

COMIC ARTIST NIGHT @ THE OPERA | Portland Opera