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. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis. " They probably said the same thing about Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools.

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Online Fundraising Offline Blackbaud 90

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 24, 2011

Contrary to popular belief, social networks and social network analysis (SNA) both existed long before Facebook. SNA is a visual, quantitative measurement tool that has been used across disciplines since the 1950's. The type of tie depicted in a social network map depends on a study's content and purpose (Knoke and Yang, 2008) [3].

Research 90

Research Phoenix Arizona Organization 90

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Of course, most of the residents of Kibera don't have the tools or access required to use online maps as we do.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The information in our 2009 research comes from approximately 2,300 nonprofit organizations using a combination of our online fundraising, email marketing, and integrated CRM tools. The analysis represents the largest study of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. This was a decrease of only 2% compared to December 2008.

Haiti 82

Haiti Trend Online Giving 82

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

December 2, 2008 In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. What’s interesting is that they did a size of org and recommendation analysis – to break down recommendations by size of organization. iMIS rounded out the bottom four.) Be Helpful.

Database 113

Database Donor Open Source Kintera 113

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The information in our 2009 research comes from approximately 2,300 nonprofit organizations using a combination of our online fundraising, email marketing, and integrated CRM tools. The analysis represents the largest study of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. This was a decrease of only 2% compared to December 2008.

Haiti 68

Haiti Trend Online Giving 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. PostRank scoring is based on analysis of the " 5 Cs " of engagement: creating, critiquing, chatting, collecting, and clicking. This analysis took all of five minutes. BackType: Another Listening Tool.

ROI 50

ROI Widget Cambodia Metrics 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 15, 2007

It seems like it will start out with a local query system, then will be opened up to allow third party development of data analysis tools. The data warehouse initiative is to allow their customers access to large amounts of data for reporting and data mining. That part looks very interesting. Be Helpful.

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Kintera Open Source API Platform 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It also creates a resource called the Horizon Navigator an online, open-content database of free research on emerging technologies, is a dynamic social media platform overlying an innovative set of intelligent search tools and a comprehensive collection of resources.

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Analytics Teach Training Train 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. David Wilcox has been doing a lot of thinking about re-inventing membership organizations or associations given that one can connect and meet people who share their interests online more easily with social media tools. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge !

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Tools 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services. Be Helpful.

Open Source 100

Open Source Convio Nonprofit Hype 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services. Be Helpful.

Open Source 100

Open Source Convio Nonprofit Hype 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Making apples-to-apples comparisons of these systems was one of the most difficult analytical tasks I’ve taken on in a while (and, actually much of the heavy lifting of designing the analysis was done by Laura Quinn), and until you attempt such a thing, please be somewhat tempered in your complaints about it. Now the security issue.

Drupal 100

Drupal Comment Report Metrics 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Anyway, being a poor student, and having a few extremely low-traffic sites, I figured I’d stick with Site Meter , which seems to be the best of the free site analysis tools. I think some nonprofits should read it. It gives you all of the necessary stats: page hits, visits, referrers, some nice geographical info, etc.

Analytics 100

Analytics Google Site Folksonomy 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Matthew Dubins, founder of Donor Science Consulting, performed an exhaustive study of the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 on Canadian nonprofits and came to the following conclusion: “…during a recession, it is? Extend the life and value of your current tools. . Research backs that up. extremely important ?to

Integration 310

Integration Tech Fundraising Synchronous 310

Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

When the economy crashed in 2008, we all felt the negative impact, including K-12 private schools. Schools evolved from sending vanilla email blasts to leveraging personalized e-Marketing tools that demonstrated a true understanding of the wants and needs of their audience. This allowed for sound, data-driven strategic decisions.

Blackbaud 36

Blackbaud Application Database Demographics 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Good analysis. But like any technology decision, it requires thought about how useful that technology will be, and whether, and how, it will serve your mission. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 09.28.06 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Vlog 100

Vlog Podcast Web RSS 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need. The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others. Jay Dedman pointed to an analysis Feedburner by Chris Baskind. Hard Data Points: Do an analysis of the number of links to a post using Yahoo Site Explorer.

Metrics 81

Metrics Social Media Strategy RSS 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts. My Zoetica colleague, Kami Huyse , suggested a tool called rowfeeder. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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Reflection People Network Colorado 103

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

So, once I decided that, I realized I needed to find the right tools. ReadyTalk – this had been the tool I thought I’d use. I hope that information helps you in your analysis. that said, because this conference tool offers so many features, i can imagine some users would feel overwhelmed. It’s $.24

Search 100

Search Web Open Source Audio 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It is an internal assessment tool which helps organizations figure out what parts of their online strategy are working, and what parts might need tweaking. But, in the scheme of things, the latter topic is far more important in the long run to the more than 1 million nonprofits out there than how to use a web tool.

Stats 100

Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

Darfur 100

Darfur Sri Lanka Liberia Colombia 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Here's how the Red Cross handbook states it: Step 1: Get Social Media Savvy Initiate personal social media use: Explore the tools you’d like to adopt by using them in your personal life first. It’s easier to understand the culture behind tools like Facebook and Twitter when you spend some time posting your own pictures and experiences.

Social Media 63

Social Media Culture Personal Social 63

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Jonathon, currently the functionality for capturing every value entered doesnt exist with this tool.

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Referrals - percentage of visitors by top ten sources for past 30 days (April, 2008). Twitter for me is mostly a listening tool. Is Twitter A Traffic Tool, Not. Does Twitter Work Better As A Listening Tool. " Social Butterfly views Twitter as a great brainstorming tool. Twitter As A Conversation Tool.

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Twitter Ratio Google Artist 74

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. In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

Comment 97

Comment Artist Social Media Hype 97

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In 2014, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation —the largest private foundation in the world—launched standard, streamlined procedures for its grant processing that included new tools to focus documentation and analysis on the key topics supported by its philanthropy. In 2008, the US economy was languishing in the Great Recession.

Grant 20

Grant Management Phase Award 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

What initially caught my eye was the demographic (age analysis) of LinkedIn VS Facebook users. While the demographics of Facebook are younger compared to LinkedIn, the Compete analysis shows that Facebook users are maturing. Source: Facebook vs LinkedIn Traffic. And you may have different approaches on networks.

Social Network 63

Social Network Network Professional Fun 63

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. The tools are changing, so if you've settled into one way of using a particular social media tool or set of tools, don't set yourself on automatic pilot. Good for you! Great work.

Social Media 98

Social Media Media Tips Social 98

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Jonathon, currently the functionality for capturing every value entered doesnt exist with this tool.

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

MAY 9, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" May 9, 2008 | Kaya Matteo Thanks for sharing. All rights reserved.

Advocacy 28

Advocacy Social Media Online email 28

Care2

MAY 8, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" May 9, 2008 | Kaya Matteo Thanks for sharing. All rights reserved.

Advocacy 28

Advocacy Social Media email Online 28

Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Think of those Google Alerts you excitedly set up in 2008 and haven’t read since 2009. That list of uses is apt: xAPI is the tool organizations should be using to study the efficacy, engagement, and value of online education. Slope of Enlightenment. xAPI: It is eerie how xAPI has exactly followed the hype curve.

Hype 60

Hype eLearning Model Badge 60

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Jonathon, currently the functionality for capturing every value entered doesnt exist with this tool.

ROI 53

ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Some of the topical themes I will work in more depth: Listening: I have focused on the free tools and have some great step-by-steps. Smart Social Media Tips, Tactics, and Tools Most of the resource organizing will be taking place over at the WeAreMedia wiki in preparation for the workshops taking place in 2009.

Goal 50

Goal ROI Wiki Metrics 50

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

A 2008 update on these initial reports, User Survey Analysis: Secondary PC Market Offers Growing Opportunity , continues to support both the supply and demand growth projections. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide. Order volumes have increased steadily since then.

Gartner 50

Gartner Marketing Laptop Trend 50

See3

MARCH 13, 2008

APPROXIMATE MARKET SALARY RANGE: $68,100 – $93,600 Actual starting salary of candidate chosen will be within the above-posted range and will be dependent on a variety of factors of analysis. Kellogg Foundation The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is currently looking for a New Media Manager. This is a newly created position.

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Foundation Job Open Management 40