Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

By 2009, there were over one billion PCs in use worldwide , and many more in use now. Also, TechSoup Donor partner, Citrix , recently determined that the business PC market is actually growing, not shrinking. The consumer PC market is the one that is shrinking. Impact of the New PC Market on the Used PC Market.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants April 14, 2008 I like hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Marketing and Fundraising Ideas tells us about how not to ask for a major gift. Read the blog entry.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

The Truth About Donor Research This comes from the report Money for Good: The US Market Opportunity for Impact Investments and Charitable Gifts from Individual Donor and Investors. Based on 2006 data, the chart features the 10 major sources of revenue for U.S. A lot of good information about how donors research their giving to nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in September 2009. During those two years, not only has the used computer market been in question, but also there has been major buzz in the IT press about whether or not we're entering a “post PC” era. How Does This Impact the Used Computer Market?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

It’s still mighty small (still around 2%), but Linux Desktop market share grew from 40-60% (depending on who you ask) from last year. Interestingly enough, lots of developing world countries voted against it. Venture capitalists are liking open source more and more. Why do we nptechies care?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. What is public?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How to choose a CRM March 26, 2008 I’ll be doing a webinar on open source CRMs tomorrow. I also wrote a software choice worksheet , that can help with the process of looking at a wide variety of tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

September 19, 2008 Note: This blog entry was originally posted on Idealware’s new community blog. Most proprietary LMS are geared specifically toward the college/university or corporate training markets, and are thus quite expensive. I’m honored and happy to be contributing blog posts there. So what LMS should you look at?

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #7: Firefox January 31, 2008 This almost feels like cheating, talking about Firefox. Firefox, is, of course, the FOSS application that is on more desktops than all the others, combined.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Katya gives us a “Craigslist&# of social marketing principals. Marketing Deviant has an interesting post about having a color dress code for your business. Good stuff! Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. for writing one-page fact sheets.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits May 19, 2008 There are some really interesting tidbits of stuff out there. What do you think? Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2009

Well, time to get out your most awesomely-designed (yes, I did type MOST awesomely-designed) campaign materials and enter the 2009 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest ! And we'll be hosting a free webinar with Evergreen — a 2008 runner-up for their materials promoting woop (worm poop!) It's that time of year again!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Social Media and Nonprofits: ROI Case Study Slam NTC in 2008.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

at 2:27 pm I got the message :) But I also have some experience with marketing… and marketing is all about stating the positive without stating the negatives. And of course, my problem here is that my background is in science, not marketing – so I find it impossible to look at data and not see its weak points.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

A 2008 survey of nonprofits showed that 7 in 10 nonprofits rated their tagline as poor or didn’t use one at all. The 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Report ( [link] ) provides everything an organization needs to jump start its tagline development process: Why a Nonprofit’s Name Isn’t Enough.

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

Meet Jessica Cronk, Vice President of Marketing . Jess: Over the last two years, the marketing department has more than doubled in size! I am most proud of developing a team of stellar marketers to better support our customers and our company’s departmental goals. Jess: Your voice matters.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Here are the highlights. messages per month.

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Care2

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Email grew 21% between 2008-2009. In August 2009, 276.9 million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. Between 2008 and 2009 the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5 Tags: Email Marketing Online Fundraising Social Networking.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Founded: 2013 Donately was formed four years ago in partnership with creative agency Fifty & Fifty as the founders realized there was a gap in the online donation software market. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort. MobileCause.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

But the reality is that nonprofits are usually resource constrained when it comes to marketing. Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time. Not much has changed since 2008. I hear all of it. Usually the ideas are really good ones. We should have that Tumblr.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. Online Giving Tops $15 Billion in 2008. billion was given in 2008 to US charities, exceeding $300 billion for the second year in a row. Giving USA estimates that $307.65

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) “People are still giving.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Tonia Zampieri, Sales & Marketing Manager, LoyaltyClicks at Smart Online. Our survey showed that over 90% of surveyed nonprofits use email marketing and social media in their engagement strategies. Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] is through mobile devices! Why Go Mobile?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We did a survey of hundreds of professionals during the 2008 and 2009 downturn, and found that often wasn’t the case. Each of these things is a function within a company – marketing, data analysis, finance – and is incredibly useful for fundraising. You don’t need to be a fundraising expert to help.

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Care2

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. Other interesting findings include: For email newsletters, open rates and click-through rates fell slightly (1-2%) in 2008, though the changes were not strictly statistically significant.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2010

And with the publishing of the 2010 Nonprofit Resolutions Guide , 5 main lessons learned in the way of multi-channel marketing were evident in 2009. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement. Since he started there in 2008, my family has made several donations to support the school. Coordinate your efforts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

After a brief career in professional basketball, and a number of years in corporate marketing at Procter and Gamble, Will returned to his roots as a farmer, using his retirement package to purchase a plot of inner city land with greenhouses, where he has built the country's pre-eminent urban farm. In 2008, Will was named a John D.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A 2) Mobile technology. To get your invitation visit [link].).

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

In fact, between 2000 and 2009, email in the US alone grew 138% according to the World Internet User Statistics. Furthermore, in August 2009, 276.9 million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. In India it grew by 1250%. In the UK it grew by 203%. In Mexico it grew by 917%. In China it grew by 1500%.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Who wants to do fund rising programs.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

When the economy crashed in 2008, we all felt the negative impact, including K-12 private schools. According to NAIS, K-12 school enrollment numbers fell by 3% in 2009 and another 7% in 2010. Personalize Marketing Efforts. This instigated a shift from generic marketing efforts to personalized, targeted communication.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2009

Market to Mobiles. As Holly said , smart phone usage grew 80% between June 2007 and June 2008. billion dollars will be spent on mobile marketing in 2009. We're certainly not going to ditch our mobiles , so how can nonprofits get in on the mobile marketing action? Need some mobile marketing inspiration?

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