Fri.May 25, 2012

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Spamalot?

NCE Social Media

Let’s talk about spam and social media. Not the canned meat delicacy but the nasty unwanted stuff. When you think of spam you probably think of email. But social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. are also avenues for spam. . A story by Bloomberg Business Week states that as many as 40% of all social media accounts are spam.

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Free Non-profit Webinars for June 2012

Wild Apricot

Here's our round-up of free non-profit webinars for June 2012. Topics include email marketing best practices; nonprofit sustainability; executive compensation; social networking; grants and much more.

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Book(s) Giveaway: Nonprofit Social Media Road Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Noland Hoshino - Pinterest Board. My colleagues Noland Hoshino , Zan McColloch-Lussier , and Ash Shepherd have put together a nifty social media guide. This passport size booklet is called the “ Social Media Road Map ” and is a practically guide and checklist to help nonprofits plan, post, and measure their social media. Using the metaphor of a road tip, this book takes you through the basics plotting a strategy and executing it.

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Adding Facebook Plugins To Your Wild Apricot Website

Wild Apricot

Have you been wondering if you should add social plugins - such as a Facebook Like Button or Activity Feed - to your website? Our helpful support Apricots have developed easy-to-follow instructions on how you can add 5 Facebook plugins to websites.

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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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Research Friday: Human Capital Performance Bonds. What are they? How do they work?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by. Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The past decade has been rife with ideas on how to scale up successful nonprofit organizations.

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Recommendations For Your Business Books Summer Reading List

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This Memorial Day, as you select the books you plan to read for pleasure this summer, how about adding to the list at least one business book. Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership.

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Presentation: A Recipe For Success: Tracking & Converting Supporters for Maximum Results

Care2

Care2 held a great webinar on Tuesday that highlighted best practices for converting new subscribers to donors. During the webinar, Janna Chan of the Center for Reproductive Rights and Jaime Grams of Integral and Dane Grams of Care2, discussed the importance of recruiting new supporters to your list, as well how to keep your list engaged, involved and of course convert them to donors.

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Webinar Recap: Spring SAP Webinars

Tech Soup

Did you miss our spring SAP webinars, Explore, Report and Share Your Data Online and Creating Effective Reports with Crystal Reports 2011 ? Great news! You can now view both of these webinars on the TechSoup YouTube page. In Explore, Report, and Share Your Data Online we hear from SAP's Saurabh Abhyankar about issues surrounding data and reporting.

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I want to be like J-Hud

Connection Cafe

Author: Guest Blogger. You’re probably wondering why I’m referencing Jennifer Hudson (J-Hud) in a post about inspiring and motivating event participants, so let me explain. I had an epiphany the other day. Fundraising is like weight loss. We all want it and we want it immediately. But, just like weight loss, achieving fundraising success requires planning and hard work.

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TechSoup's Donation Programs Continue to Grow

Tech Soup

Since we launched our donation program in 2002, TechSoup has saved nonprofits and libraries in the United States and around the world over $3 billion dollars in IT expenses. The whole team here at TechSoup continues to work each day to help organizations like yours put more of your hard-earned dollars toward helping your communities. None of this would be possible, however, without our donor partners.

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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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CEP | A Relaunch for the CEP Blog | The Center for Effective Philanthropy

AFP Blog

CEP | A Relaunch for the CEP Blog | The Center for Effective Philanthropy : n our strategic plan for 2011 to 2014, we state a desire to “facilitate the exchange of information and a sense of belonging to an important community among those who are most committed to using data to improve the effectiveness of their foundations.” In an effort to achieve this goal, we continue to repurpose insights from our research in hopes of making them both more easily digestible and more easily found through our

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7 ways to create a fiercely loyal nonprofit community

AFP Blog

7 ways to create a fiercely loyal nonprofit community.