Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

at 4:31 pm Cloud Feed » Blog Archive » Daily Cloud Feed - Sep 25, 2008 09.25.08 Other times it is more important to have an open API or an app that is properly designed for plug-ins or extensions. The more SaaS vendors can contribute to and not detract from that ecosystem, the better. { 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology March Blogtipping March 2, 2007 I’m folllowing Kivi on the NPBlogtipping bandwagon. Sorry about the wonky RSS feed; I haven’t figured out how to fix it yet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants November 19, 2007 Today, it’s my turn to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Maybe it’s time for me to go out and find some blue and yellow clothes.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

You’ll find it sprinkled throughout your social media feed and making headlines at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. This is increasingly important now, at a time when companies are being challenged to make tough choices and corporate social responsibility is top of mind. Take CVS Health.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" So why is he leaving Convio?

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AUGUST 8, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Why am I buying this?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In 2007, the popular Free Rice online game used quiz-style vocabulary building game that rewarded correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children. I'm not sure if that was the first game that gave and there are probably others since that time. Feeding America. The Wilderness Society. Do Something.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty named Kundra as CTO in May 2007 where he was responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining the District's IT and telecommunications infrastructure.He also oversaw the development and implementation of major citywide applications, such as online mapping and real time data feeds from 259 databases.As

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Last week I started looking into alternatives to Feedburner to track RSS subscribers because Chris Baskind's post, " Is It Time To Let Feedburner Burn? In the early days, it was a small company focused on making it easier for publishers to manage their RSS feeds, and for people to use them. And that's why I read my sever logs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2007

On Sunday, 13 May 2007, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and partners are teaming up to call for an end to child hunger. This year, for the first time, Walk the World will also take place in Second Life. On the screens at the Auditorium they will have live feeds from the real life walk from all over the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Should a nonprofit hold off on spending time exploring new technologies and do the organizational work first? As someone who works with nonprofits to build capacity in technology, one always hopes for transformational versus transactional results. How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Ami McReynolds. Chief Equity and Programs Officer. Personally focused on positioning The Trevor Project to serve more young people than the 20,000 youth served today. Sharon Russell.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

grew 44% over 2007 levels to more than $15 billion. It's definitely time to start thinking about your end-of-year e-mail. will feed you. article published in our September newsletter , Blackbaud's Steve MacLaughlin. revealed that while overall fundraising was down 2% in 2008, online fundraising. They also found that the.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Spend time observing probloggers and you’ll see they use various strategies to make each post count. Here’s an example of hyperlinking (click on each to see why I used): Larry Ferlazzo says Scribd is a great tool for English Language Learners (he’s voted it fourth best tool for 2007 for ELL ). 5 Subscribe To Your Own Blog Feed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). You should be looking at monthly trends over time. Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics. If not, why? If no, why?

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JUNE 18, 2011

This is a significant increase from 2007 when ComScore reported that Internet users spent 1 out of every 12 minutes online using social networks. Organizations have little control over how things are displayed in their Facebook page and what shows up on people’s feeds. Analytics are limited. Good luck getting it back up.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. And, for what its worth, Arizona organizations are getting new charitable exemptions all the time, more than 800 of them in 2010 alone. This is great news.

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JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly. let er rip.

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JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly. let er rip.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life.

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JULY 24, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

You’ve already scrolled through your Instagram feed three times and consumed over an hour of TikTok videos. Even these digital-savvy individuals need a screen break from time to time, and direct mail can provide the perfect opportunity for offline connections. . What is this affliction? It’s a phenomenon called.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue was founded in 2007 to enhance the lives of companion animals and the people who love them. They are passionate about their community’s well-being and take the time to build strong, long-term relationships with their patients. One for one-time gifts and another for earning recurring gifts.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

You’ve already scrolled through your Instagram feed three times and consumed over an hour of TikTok videos. Even these digital-savvy individuals need a screen break from time to time, and direct mail can provide the perfect opportunity for offline connections. What is this affliction?

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MAY 10, 2011

Their ability to reach and engage high affinity supporters will help their efforts over time. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 Not to mention a lot of press coverage in The Huffington Post , The Wall Street Journal , Fast Company , Mashable , The Chronicle of Philanthropy , and The New York Times. Who Chris Hughes brought in Kirsten Titus as Managing director of Jumo.

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MARCH 7, 2011

The donorCentrics Events Benchmarking Group was the first time research of this kind has ever been conducted. Multi-year team captains raise two to three times more than new team captains and retain about 86% of their prior year revenue. Across the group, retained participants account for about 53% of the current year revenue.

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MAY 18, 2011

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. Small and medium sized organizations had a positive growth trend, but large nonprofits were negative over this period of time. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 9th, 2010 The Los Angeles Times had an article the other day called “Causes offers gift cards for charitable giving.&#

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Survey participants will form a panel over time, allowing for trend comparisons among the same organizations. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. sectional studies.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. These organizations had an increase of 30.5%

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JUNE 2, 2011

In a nutshell, creating a social media strategy that can stand the test of time. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. What is your new book all about?

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MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. This is another reason why the Blackbaud indices use a three-month moving average as it allows spikes like this to be smoothed out over time. The giving is primarily going to large International Affairs organizations.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. These organizations had an increase of 15.8%

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

This makes them less sensitive to small timing issues or large fluctuations over a short period of time. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. These organizations had an increase of 29.1%

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