ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We welcome your comments and feedback. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger. This is great news.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

But some comments on the whole phenomenon. 9 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Willmott 09.25.06 at 9:17 am Thanks for this informative article! at 3:43 pm Hey gang I’m the product manager for Ma.gnolia, so I appreciate the comments here. Thanks for giving us a look, and again for the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

That post was one of my top ten posts for 2008 ! Even worse, hadn't made the attempt to comment on my blog or refer to any posts. It was a number of thoughtful comments on some blog posts. The best first date with a blogger is to leave a meaningful comment on their blog. Best way is to leave a comment in the post.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We welcome your comments and feedback. For 2008, the CPS put the Arizona volunteering rate at 25 percent.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

10 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 09.18.07 It’s fairly easy to extrapolate that even with the poorest of clients, we’re seeing web adoption especially as traditional sources of information for job and apartment listings leave print media. Your site, zenofnptech.org, is already on Quantcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

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. But, here are a few comments: Kudos to you for setting clear goals and starting off with measurement from the beginning. This is work in progress. You're almost there.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Modeling: As we’ve previously pointed out, it’s hard to define what AI is, and if you accept a wide definition of AI then it has been in use in eLearning for a while. As for that other definition of subscription learning, spaced learning, we are, again, all for it. Slope of Enlightenment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

welcomed everyone "The people on the end of your web site will be informed than the CEO. He mentioned that "digital natives" get their information from their peers. With so much information coming out, how we can get our message out and heard? You need to get past the information overload and information clutter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

In the spirit of demystification here is a definition and a couple of resources about the social capital market. The first SoCap conference in 2008 coincided with the launch of this paper, Investing for Social & Environmental Impact: A Design for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry A Monitor Institute Report [link] EnvImpact_ExecSum_000.pdf

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Our campaign managers in the field have been experimenting with using SMS to reach target audiences to spread news and information, campaign messages, and news about campaign activities. Brooke Sadowsky, Program Manager, RARE Conservation. Bogii partnered with Mobicom, the largest mobile provider in Mongolia. and regional offices.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. How much time, staff and money do you have to put into setting up your blog, writing your blog, answering comments, reading other blogs, and leaving comments on other blogs? How do you encourage comments?

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

Receive monthly updates 5 Comments | by Share Article in Email Marketing , Online Marketing , Online Organizing Reader Comments (5) Great post! I loved your idea of "avoiding the wonk" and summarized some tips for achieving this: [link] If you have any more insights, feel free to share them in the comments. Stay-tuned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Streamline: The literal definition is to design in a form that offers the least resistance to fluid flow. I need get rid of clutter, but I first need to do the redesign thinking process before getting into the details of the information design, look, and feel. And, I also need to make my information tracking a bit more systematic.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. Ramya Raghavan: I would definitely encourage any 501c3 U.S.-based based nonprofit to apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

We also utilized our blog to get more people informed about Facebook Causes. It was definitely a full time job during the last 2 weeks of the contest. We were able to be interviewed by the New York Times about the contest , which was a definite plus. Sometimes more! We had $94,000 donated before the top prize was announced.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition. Reader Comments (24) Hey, Justin, dig the slick interface. :-) From talking about this last week, the biggest question this has stuck with me is how relevant ROI is for judging the value of a tactic that might serve goals other than fundraising.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

We also utilized our blog to get more people informed about Facebook Causes. It was definitely a full time job during the last 2 weeks of the contest. We were able to be interviewed by the New York Times about the contest , which was a definite plus. Sometimes more! We had $94,000 donated before the top prize was announced.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition. Reader Comments (24) Hey, Justin, dig the slick interface. :-) From talking about this last week, the biggest question this has stuck with me is how relevant ROI is for judging the value of a tactic that might serve goals other than fundraising.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

A welcome message should be inviting, support your brand, and provide your readers with tasteful information that leaves a lasting impression. Be sure to limit copy to just the information the readers need. (No Point readers back to your website: Definitely provide a link, but also provide a reason. All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition. Reader Comments (24) Hey, Justin, dig the slick interface. :-) From talking about this last week, the biggest question this has stuck with me is how relevant ROI is for judging the value of a tactic that might serve goals other than fundraising.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. Ramya Raghavan: I would definitely encourage any 501c3 U.S.-based based nonprofit to apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. This will be a conversation that explores the changing media landscape and how the web can rise to the challenge of supporting our communities and their information needs. Definitely. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Submitted by Dave Cohn. Who are these for?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

A good site gives users the information that they need quickly and efficiently. You’ll find it’s not hard after spending a little time away from it to cut down unnecessary text and still convey the relevant information. Receive monthly updates 12 Comments | by Share Article in Misc. Nice blog.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. Definitely. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Making the Most of the News Cycle In September 2008, NWLC launched a voter education microsite that included a register-to-vote widget, and we started running Google ads on keywords like “register to vote.” Even for organizations that dont qualify for Google Grants, this informations extremely valuable. All rights reserved.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Second, in 2008 and 2009, when the economy dipped and membership renewal rates started to soften, we started to think more seriously about the emotional factor of supporting the arts in the community. This is definitely a challenge that comes up when you work with attitudinal segmentation. It can feel constraining. Absolutely.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

billion in 2008 to $29.8 Receive monthly updates 14 Comments | by Share Article in Direct Mail , Online Fundraising Reader Comments (14) This is a very interesting article and your points are definitely valid. Stan @SonicPrint May 14, 2010 | Sonic Print Direct Mail Copyright © 2008, Care2.com billion in 2013.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. Earlier this year, a group of informal science researchers, led by Rick Bonney of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, published an extremely useful report on public participation in science research (PPSR). This isn't just a rhetorical question.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

The new journal, the Journal of Information Technology in Social Change , is, I think, a needed part of our landscape of resources for the sector. In other words, don’t make a copies for a workshop, or for a colleague who isn’t inside your organization, and definitely don’t make a copy for your mother to read.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. at 12:12 pm { 8 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Robert Fischer 07.14.08

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Who stores the donor information and how quickly does the nonprofit get it? One of the biggest problems with all external giving sites is that lag time between the gift and the nonprofit being able to act on the information. agree with your comments that mobile is today where online giving was 10 years ago. smaclaughlin Peter.I

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

So she’s knee deep in and planning, and we’re going to share some more information about that because it’s not too late to check it out even though it’s only a few weeks away. My first time in really understanding what that meant was in 2008. They got an awesome event coming up here in just a couple of weeks.

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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. Receive monthly updates 13 Comments | by Share Article in Social Networking , Trends , Web 2.0 Its definitely worth mentioning in this post. It also tracks if the target responds to your petition.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

data from edison research from 2008 on podcasting listenership. data from edison research from 2008 on podcasting listenership. Maybe you just target your board members to keep them informed, etc.; Soundboards - definitely not necessary. use the show notes well, point back to the blog, more information, etc.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. And yeah, just happy that you two are sharing your knowledge today because like I said, this is definitely a hot topic and one I don’t know anything about. So there’s definitely a mix of both, but the majority of the ones are actually kind of in that gen-X category.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

I invite you to share your thoughts and reactions in the comments. 2008), in which he emphasizes the importance of designing evaluations to insure their usefulness, rather than simply creating long reports that may never get read or never result in any practical changes. . What if we get a negative comment? Coordination.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. And yeah, just happy that you two are sharing your knowledge today because like I said, this is definitely a hot topic and one I don’t know anything about. So there’s definitely a mix of both, but the majority of the ones are actually kind of in that gen-X category. So don’t be shy.

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