NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. Social media is a great tool for increasing supporter engagement; a majority of nonprofits have realized this. 93% of our respondents plan on using email marketing in 2011.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Armed with a fundraising page and email tools, peer-to-peer fundraisers turn their family and friends into donors. Tell them your initial plans for 2011 and listen to their feedback. As donor acquisition declined from 2005-2009, peer-to-peer fundraising was one way to find new donors. Highlight Participant Stories.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. Increased use of productive meeting tools, such as consent agendas (60%), web-based board portals (37%), and telecommunications (47%). Example board self-assessment tools: Board member self-assessment. Document retention. Sources: 1.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. The late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, famously announced the post-PC era in March 2011 during the launch of the iPad 2. By 2009, there were over one billion PCs in use worldwide , and many more in use now. Jobs was as usual quite prescient.

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Gartner Marketing Laptop Trend 50

Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. The wide variety of choices and tools to integrate make this field exciting and challenging terrain for nonprofit leaders; we will take your questions in this one hour live interactive event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. Trust me. What works?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. They bring with them new ideas, approaches, and tools to engaging with people.

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