Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2008

April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them. They are doing a CMS satisfaction survey, and the more info that they get, the better. and how they like them. So go rate your CMS ! {

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Their TerraChoice Greenwashing Report 2010 finds that 95 percent of green product claims are misleading. Our GreenTech Initiative has been very interested in understanding greenwashing since we started the program in 2008. TerraChoice Environmental Marketing recently released the latest in their series of Sins of Greenwashing reports.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. 1 But let’s compare their numbers for 2008, the year for which the Chronicle recently reported. Giving USA’s number for individual giving in 2008 is $214 billion. Why the difference?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. No concrete conclusions can be drawn about overall use of or satisfaction with CRM tools from this survey. December 14, 2007 I feel misunderstood. It wasn’t scientific, and the sample was about.05% million of them.) How could that be representative?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

January 16, 2008 I’ve had a few interesting things happen lately which is making me wonder about what’s happening with open source, and the perceptions of open source in the nonprofit sector. As you know, NOSI is doing a survey on the use of FOSS in the nonprofit sector. In a sense, we are, of course quite biased.

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APRIL 21, 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 #16: CiviCRM April 21, 2008 In honor of the webinar that is happening in a couple of weeks, I figured I’d talk a bit about CiviCRM.

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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. To start with, we conducted a survey (tweet tweet!) And 92% of surveyed nonprofits plan on using at least one of these tools in 2011. It says that 22.7% Why Go Mobile?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Every year we survey the nonprofit technology community (via our members, program participants, and other like-communities) to learn two main things: How are WE doing , as an organization, to make your work easier, and your mission a little closer? 93% of NTEN members would (or have already) recommend membership to their colleagues.

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Care2

DECEMBER 26, 2009

According to Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, Internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54% to 64% between 2006-2008. If not, consider finding out the next time you survey your list. Internet Usage by Latino’s Grows by 10%. Why it’s Important to Nonprofits?

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Through surveying chief executive officers from all 50 states, BoardSource reported the following key findings: Increased attendance at board meetings, with 88% of respondents reporting 75% or higher attendance.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

This research post is based upon the Pew's social networking site survey of October 20-November 28, 2010. First of all, for this survey 79% of American adults said they used the internet, and 59% of these use at least one SNS. 1] (In 2008, 26% of adults used an SNS.) And the findings are, indeed, interesting.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Annual IT Staffing Survey , brought to you by NTEN and The Nonprofit Times. When you have time to take a 15-minute break, we hope you'll take our survey. > Take the Online Survey. the survey , then pass it on to a colleague or six! The survey will find out: How many people it takes to manage technology.

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Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2010

As nonprofits rush to put the final touches on year-end fundraising campaigns, what financial returns should they expect for Quarter 4 in 2010? The Donor Confidence Report by Campbell Rinker which surveyed over 500 U.S. donors asked whether donors expected to give the same amount, more, or less in 2010 compared with 2009.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We decided to upgrade the Childnet Results Manager from a local area network based system using Microsoft Access to a web-based system using Microsoft SharePoint 2010, backed with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008. I used SharePoint Designer 2010 and made use of SharePoint’s internal templates.

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NTEN

JULY 27, 2011

Looking at these numbers from 2008-2010, we can see the proportion of respondents indicating that there is a separate department for IT has been decreasing, while the proportion of respondents who say there is "No one with official IT responsibility" within the organization is increasing. How does this compare to previous years?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

A couple months ago, the ASU Lodestar Center released its 2010 report on Arizona Giving & Volunteering. The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. For 2008, the CPS put the Arizona volunteering rate at 25 percent. One in three. One in four. One in four.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

In previous Research Friday posts, I reviewed key findings from our annual Sector Survey on increased demand for social services and the cash crisis facing providers. Between 2000 and 2008, this revenue mix provided stability and the opportunity to grow, due to gradual increases in overall government funding. Like this article?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Key Insights from the 2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 27th, 2010 Blackbaud has conducted its North American State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey annually for six of the past seven years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

May 29, 2008 NTEN just released their CMS satisfaction survey. Wordpress (which was not originally in the survey, they parsed this data out from the “other&# category) was at 2%. Anyway, the survey report, and survey data are worth looking at if you are shopping for a CMS. { Ok sorry for evangelizing.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. renewed contracts.

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MARCH 7, 2011

The first study is the “Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Consumer Survey&# which was developed by Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council. An online survey of individuals who have participated in at least one walk, ride, or run event in the last two years was conducted.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Guys Like Good Causes Too Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 22nd, 2010 eMarketer recently had an article called “Men Care About Causes Too&# that highlights some new research. All Rights Reserved

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MARCH 18, 2011

5 Biggest Trends in Online Fundraising View more presentations from Steve MacLaughlin A Sneak Peek at the Third Annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Survey Friday, March 18, 2011, 3:30 to 5:00 pm Attendees will be the first to hear the results of the latest Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report. All Rights Reserved

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MARCH 17, 2011

A Sneak Peek at the Third Annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Survey Friday, March 18, 2011, 3:30 to 5:00 pm Attendees will be the first to hear the results of the latest Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report. All Rights Reserved

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The study is part of an ongoing research partnership with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , which began in 2006. 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. All Rights Reserved

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. solicit The 2010 Cygnus Donor Survey notes this and other trends.

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MAY 31, 2011

This is in line with the 2010 Online Giving Report. Only 11% of online donors acquired in 2007 were still giving in 2010. But analysis of actual data, instead of online or phone surveys, is still much more accurate and meaningful. Online giving growth was not slowed by the most recent recession. They get worse over time.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! That means there’s a survey bias in the results. The same coverage bias happens in telephone surveys too.

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