Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

Join hosts, John Haydon , social media coach for nonprofits, and blogger and internet marketing consultant, Chris Garrett , as they demonstrate how to get started with social media and the value this can bring your organization. The forums event is asynchronous (not live) and no registration is required, just show up and post!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. I generally see consulting firms serving the top couple percent of the market using APIs to do interesting edge cases. Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

What are our registrations for conferences? How many people are reading our materials in their RSS readers? How many people take advantage of discounts that we offer? What do they say in surveys that we conduct? What are the trends on all of the above? Where do we under-perform and can do better? What topics resonate with members most?

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

If your largest fundraiser is an event, do you have online event registration? In July 2008, rising costs and shortages of food were in the news. Jennie Anderson is is a Consultant at John Snow, Inc. His consulting and training practice centers on effective use of technology with a focus on the internet.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2007

His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy. Heres a link to the registration page. October 7, 2007 | Dan Bassill Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy. Heres a link to the registration page. October 7, 2007 | Dan Bassill Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In 2008, the event netted about $18,000. Each organization has access to a suite of services valued at approximately $24,000, including web design, graphic design, search engine optimization (SEO), and domain registration. The cocktail party had an auction and a raffle. In 2009, Red House 2009 generated $23,000 in donations.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Early Bird Registration for 2011 NTEN NTC is Open Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 12th, 2010 NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference is now open for early bird registration. All Rights Reserved

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

Leveraging our Constituent Management API organizations can build entirely custom acquisition and registration workflows. The only costs incurred will be from consultative services if the nonprofit doesnt have in-house developers. For example, many of our clients work with Heller Consulting. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

When I say total cost be sure youre getting not just the prices of the technology, but also any consulting or professional services youll need to include. Though Id love to direct you to our registration form, its a bit delayed since our head of marketings wife just had their first baby (welcome little Charley!). All rights reserved.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

At Treanor & Associates, his public affairs and political consulting firm, clients included RealNetworks, The Casey Family Programs and the American Bar Association. Thats why we typically provide a registration module and track this info for our clients. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com The future is live.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo? All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

consulted accountants, 40.8% consulted attorneys and 38.8% consulted financial/wealth advisors when making charitable decisions 55% of high net worth households gave their largest gift in 2009 to fund general operations at nonprofit organizations 54.6% s network of friends/peers 72.4% All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

And that giving experience needs to account for scenarios like recurring giving, memberships, and event registrations if you really want to help a broad section of nonprofits. But that’s not going to happen because the vast majority of applications are designed by 3rd parties — not Apple. Not to mention getting receipting right.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

The Bandwagon Effect In 2008, we launched a "single-sign on" method using Facebook Connect that allows our visitors to use their Facebook credentials to log in. At first, we focused on small-scale improvements to our registration process and search tools. Sometimes we've led trends. Sometimes we've lagged behind them.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

You can set up web forms (for donations, event registration, etc.) permissioning and integration with the user registration flow is probably the biggest holes in the Joomla integration. Users in your CMS installation will become users in CiviCRM when you install it, and be synched going forward. and have them be menu items.

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