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403 Articles match "2008","2009"
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Please let me know in the comments if there's anything in particular you want to know about - I'm happy to share whatever interests you. Overview: Stages of Development and Participation Types The Participatory Museum was written over a 15 month period that began in December of 2008. Without them, the differences among the drafts would have been much less significant (and the final result of lower quality). When and how did people participate the most? With the exception of spikes each time I made a blog announcement about the book development, the traffic to the wiki stayed pretty
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Monday, February 22, 2010
You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. Flicker photo: mastermaq Every year at the NTC , we partner with See3 to bring you the DoGooder Nonprofit Video awards. We're at it again in 2010, this time with more YouTube -y goodness!
Check Check out today's announcement
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
2010 Rebecca Kousky, Founder, Nest Listen Read 2009 Jennifer Lee, Owner, Artizen Coaching Listen Read Bryant Terry, Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author, Vegan Soul Kitchen Listen Read Seane Corn, Co-Founder, Off the Mat, Into the World Listen Read Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women International Listen Read Kjerstin Erickson, Founder and Executive Director, FORGE Listen Read David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us Listen Read Jose Corona, Executive Director, Inner City Advisors Listen Read
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Monday, January 5, 2009
It's only been a few days since the end of 2008, but I wanted to share some very early online giving trends from Blackbaud clients. Steady Annual Growth Organizations had steady growth in their online giving through the first and second quarters of 2008. in 2008. This information comes from approximately 2,000 nonprofit organizations using Blackbaud's Internet solutions.
There was a slight decrease in online giving during the third quarter of the year, specifically the month of August.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
I’m betting that in 2009, many folks will move from shared hosting to VPS servers. So what tools did you come to depend on in 2008?
...Tags: These span the range from tools I use every day or every week, to tools use more occasionally, but depend on. They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Just go over to Techsoup and pick up 25 copies of Norton 2009 for $70 .
Ever wonder what it takes to get a IT system up and running as a nonprofit under 25 people? In these difficult economic times, it’s really important to get your act together regarding your nonprofit’s finances. When I started out in the tech industry in the 1990s, IT departments were still pretty devoted to heavy iron.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The GivingUSA Foundation has released its Giving USA 2009: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2008 . 2008 Total Giving Estimates Giving USA estimates that $307.65 billion was given in 2008, exceeding $300 billion for the second year in a row. The report shows the first decline in giving to US charities in current dollars since 1987. Blackbaud also analyzed the data, along with other information, to estimate the growth of online fundraising by US-based nonprofits.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
2009 is now over and the analysis of online giving trends has already started. This is a follow-up to the 2008 Online Giving Trends research and the subsequent 2009 Online Giving Trends for Q1 , Q2 , and Q3 analysis. Online revenue grew 46% in 2009 compared to 2008. This information comes from approximately 2,300 nonprofit organizations using a combination of Blackbaud online fundraising, email marketing, and integrated CRM tools. The analysis represents the largest study of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
PhilanTopic included the book on its list of Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008 . 3. This was probably the book that moved me the most in 2008. If you're going to purchase a copy on Amazon, buy it though the Three Cups of Tea site so that Mortenson's organization will get up to 7% of the proceeds. They'll be publishing a young readers' version of the book in late January 2009. 7. Below is my 4th annual list of Favorite Do-Good Books (in alphabetical order). You can also check out my lists from past years: Favorite Do-Good Books of 2007 Favorite
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Target Analytics , a Blackbaud Company, has released the 2008 donorCentrics™ Internet Giving Benchmarking Analysis . Online giving continues to grow rapidly in 2007 and 2008, even in the absence of major disasters which fueled the growth of online giving for relief and animal welfare organizations in previous years.
Channel Flipping Continues The 2006 analysis highlighted the channel switching trend from online to offline, and the 2008 findings continue The report is featured in today's edition of The New York Times and covers some of its many findings.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. You may remember the very popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 which used transportation themes. the 2009 trend map uses a " multi-tentacled hydra ." It reminds me of the Conversation Prism from Brian Solis which was inspired by Darren Barefoot's " social media starfish " that he created for his book " Getting to First Base " which was a remix of Scoble's It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson. Created by Future Exploration Network’s
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Developers, consultants, experts and users all like to weigh in with their predictions for 2009’s big developments, innovations and attempts for the coming year.
So, here are my 2009 Predictions for the Social Web
But I think 2009 will see a more refined world of mashups take over.
It’s the time of year when people start placing their bets on where we’re going next. Yesterday, at Make Your Mark’s Social Media Afternoon, I was asked what my predictions were.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
M&R and NTEN just released an impressive benchmarks study that analyzed 32 nonprofits online advocacy and online fundraising programs in 2007 and 2008. For email newsletters, open rates and click-through rates fell slightly (1-2%) in 2008, though the changes were not strictly statistically significant.
Email lists are continuing to grow, though the rate of growth was 17% in 2008. The Nonprofit eBenchmarks study also analyzed specific list segments, such as donors vs. non-donors, geographically targeted audiences, surveys and tell-a-friend emails.
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