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Online Fundraising Best Practices

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* 300 billion was raised in 2008 (Giving USA); * $15 billion was raised online in 2008 – a 44% increase over 2007) (Blackbaud); * $21 million has been raised by Causes since its launch three years ago; * 30% of online giving happens in December. Tell people what you want them to do quickly.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Learning analytics is not brand new and first identified in the education area in about 2008 according to this excellent primer on Learning Analytics that found by searching the Project Navigator on the topic. The technology trend that caught my eye was “Learning Analytics,” which is big data applied to the field of education.

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Quick Hit: A Love Letter to Createquity

Museum 2.0

You know those times when you are looking for a blog that provides you with meaty analysis on contemporary issues in arts engagement? When you want cogent arguments with charts to back them up? Here's what I love about Createquity: In-depth analysis of arts research reports. Stop looking and start subscribing to Createquity.

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Attention All Shoppers: Online Fundraising Metrics Are In!

NTEN

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Get the report and read it.

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A Social Media Measurement Nonprofit Guinea Pig: Thanks Tim! Please add your thoughts!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'll be doing a presentation on a panel at the Museum Computer Network Conference in two weeks on this topic and in early 2008 for the Legal Services Corporation. See her chart specifically. I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. This is work in progress.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. monitor election results in Mexico and India. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Via NTEN blog Google moves one step closer to making desktop applications obsolete with the release of the Google Chart API. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge !

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