Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

But for a long while, it took a lot to gather all of that information. And if you have a Gmail account, it’s the same username/password that you’d be using for Analytics, Google Docs, Adsense, etc. The effects could be disastrous if someone got their hands on that information.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

transaction Setup Fee: $0 Commitment: None Integration: Salesforce, MailChimp, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Google Analytics, Google Docs, HubSpot, Insightly, Stripe. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort. MobileCause. For a Fundraising Swiss Army Knife.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Information Coping Skills: How Information Overloaded Are You?

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

At Blackbaud, Dennis has managed the Strategic Services Practice, comprised of consultants in Business Analytics, Design & Information Architecture, Deployment Services and Agency Services. Her team raises funds to help secure and distribute more than 200M meals annually for families struggling with hunger.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Whether the movement of information is one-way (knowledge transfer) or a two-way flow (knowledge exchange), an organizations ability to pursue its core mission can depend in large part on effective communication. and give them the information that is most useful to them, then follow up to ensure that your message wont be forgotten.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The guy who built and runs this FileMaker database system is Tom Cattell, vice president of information systems ?at The Alabama Eye Bank operates the Global Sight Network , a service the eye bank started in 2008 to provide corneas prepared through long-term preservation to health-care facilities in developing countries.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Foundations have consistently remained conservative in their grant and operational spending since the financial market crash of 2008 and have been looking to do more with their limited resources. Data and Analytics. Grants that are Hyper Issue-Focused with Holistic Approaches to Problem Solving.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others. Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics. What's the tone, formal or informal? Hard Data Points: You can get this from Google Analytics. Are they tips?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

I heard about this from FriendFeed because Jonathan Colman shared this link and the resulting conversation prompted Jonathan to send me some additional information. According to Developer Analytics it has 5,217,180 installations with 521,718 or 10% active users. The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you need a good reason to read her blog, sit down for an afternoon with this incredible talk she gave in 2008 at an arts marketing summit and prepare to be blown away. When anyone asks me who's being thoughtful and analytical about social media in museums, I send them to Beck Tench. Want something a little geekier?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. We rarely train our analytical capacity to what is working. Change is sparked by feeling, not information. Our first instinct is to give people information. Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. Direct the Rider.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2008

For more information on how to fundraise effectively at the year’s end, look to Care2’s Procrastinator’s Guide to Year-End Fundraising. December 28, 2008 | David Kinard Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Knowing your audience and making sure to keep your message directed towards them and very clear is key.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Think of those Google Alerts you excitedly set up in 2008 and haven’t read since 2009. The real use cases for xAPI that we can see in the near term have less to do with SCORM-style strict monitoring of identity and completion and more to do with big data and analytics. Slope of Enlightenment.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. Go Mobile: Mobile applications have surged in this 2008 and some predict it will make the difference in the election's outcome. For the first time in U.S. Tools you can Use.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Main | Care2 Launches Americas Favorite Animal Shelter Contest » Monday Oct 13 2008 Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) Monday, October 13, 2008 at 01:21PM | by James OMalley Nonprofits take note: Google Analytics software application has shattered previous barriers to analyzing and optimizing websites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I first came across @paullyoung in September, 2008 when he implemented a birthday campaign as part of charity:water’s September campaign. In 2008, even more people joined and raised over $1 million for clean water projects in Ethiopia. charity:water continues to be an innovator in the area of online fundraising.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We shook up our e-news format again in November 2008. That November, we saw an 80% increase in blog traffic over November 2008. The blog/newsletter strategy drives most of that, as you can see from the increase in blog traffic as a percentage of total site traffic for the last few years: 2008: 17% 2009: 19% 2010: 22% 2011: 25%.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

With pre-populated designs, you just need to collect some basic information (including email address) from the sender. Similar to a card, you can also require basic contact information and include a soft ask on the confirmation page. Then, print out the cards and hand deliver to the doctor.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

link] Bit.ly: A URL shortener that tracks information such as number of clicks, traffic sources, and at what time the clicks occur. I also agree with you that social media were the buzz word of 2008, whilst now they are increasingly proving their worth in the real world. It seems to generate very accurate traffic information, too.

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Care2

JUNE 29, 2009

According to the latest Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance , the number of new donors dropped by almost 13%, as compared to 2008. The study also showed that for the first time since Target Analytics released its initial study in 2002, overall revenue per donor declined by 2.1%. compared to Q1 2008.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2016

This is early proof that you don’t need to start with an expensive tool—just make sure you collect information about your constituents so you can target them when you need them. Lesson #2: Consolidate Your Data. The database of those who engaged by volunteering and donating was the largest ever amassed by a previous presidential campaign.

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