Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Priority #1: Launch a new website that is responsively designed. One trillion text messages sent globally in 2008. As of September 2013, 91% of American adults own a cellphone , 61% own a smartphone , and 34% own a tablet. 63% of American adults now access the Mobile Web daily through mobile browsers and smartphone/tablet apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. If your nonprofit doesn’t, then either decide not to use Twitter or tweet minimally with low expectations. Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. In 2008, Gateway to the Arts was in need of a major overhaul. They decided to work with PICnet , a web design firm that works primarily with Joomla and exclusively with nonprofits.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2019

If you don’t have a software platform designed for peer-to-peer fundraising, or if you do but the software is difficult for participants or staffers to use, it might be time to look for a new platform. A few tweaks to your process can make a big impact. Re-think your software platform.

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DipJar

AUGUST 24, 2021

The idea for the first DipJar came from founder Ryder Kessler in 2008 as a way to tip coffee shop baristas. We adjusted the design of the DipJar to better serve nonprofits who were transitioning from traditional cash and check donations to accepting credit cards. And man, how it has grown since then!

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The Operating Reserve is designed to be built up to a target amount, and the funds must be replenished per the policy established by the board. The presence of a Board-designated operating reserve indicates the organization’s explicit intention to deliver on its promise for the long term. Promote donor confidence.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2009

Well, time to get out your most awesomely-designed (yes, I did type MOST awesomely-designed) campaign materials and enter the 2009 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest ! And we'll be hosting a free webinar with Evergreen — a 2008 runner-up for their materials promoting woop (worm poop!)

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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See3

AUGUST 1, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment University Update – YouTube – Change the Debate in 2008 [.] Sign the petition here … in campaign, youtube, politics, michael hoffman, see3 | No Comments » View Original Article » [.]

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AFP Blog

MARCH 18, 2013

A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising | Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits : Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications.

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History Social Media Design Websites 29

Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

Meet Cristina Ordaz, Senior UI/UX Designer . Qgiv: When did you first develop a love for user experience and design? I was the sole designer for many of the websites I worked on with the marketing agency and so I felt this ownership over the projects. That ownership changed my definition of what “design” even meant.

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Celebrate Tech Interview Leadership 98

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

September 19, 2008 Note: This blog entry was originally posted on Idealware’s new community blog. An LMS, or learning platform, is a system that is designed to facilitate some sort of learning process over the web. I’m honored and happy to be contributing blog posts there. What can an organization use a LMS for?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2010

With just a little graphic design help, you can easily brand the App yourself. We saw that with social media in 2008 and 2009, and the same will be true of mobile technology in 2010. After you build your App, all you need to do is pay the $25 a month hosting fee. Have some fun with it!

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See3

JANUARY 14, 2008

Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment fran Hey Michael Hoffman- for us, you are the one and only, the authentic, the essential, the amazing, the loving, the best, the brilliant Michael HOffman there is… F and B 19 Jan 2008 JackieSee3 Well, now you have other Michael Hoffman’s trying to catch your Michael Hoffman fire.

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Wikipedia Google FAQ Newsletter 40

NetWits

OCTOBER 4, 2012

In 2008, Barack Obama used one of the most successful online marketing and …

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Online Lesson Campaign Fundraising 163

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 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 #2: Limesurvey January 4, 2008 I am in the process of writing a survey for NOSI, which you will hear all about next week. So it has its challenges. It’s a LAMP stack application.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. A unique NFT will be designed by an artist and auctioned off during the event, with proceeds donated through the auction directly supporting the organization.

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Technology New York City Donor New York 83

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. For the past four years, I’ve designed and facilitated panels on social media and nonprofit topics that were fun learning experiences and well documented. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel. Chad Norman, Blackbaud.

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Comment Chad ROI Austin 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants July 27, 2008 This week, it is my pleasure to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. at 1:15 pm links for 2008-07-28 - Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog 07.28.08

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Consultant Open Source Nonprofit Websites 124

Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2021

They saw the need for something different than a food bank, which is designed to provide short-term emergency support, and launched the Your Local Pantry scheme. In 2013, just as austerity began to bite, the Stockport Homes Group noticed that several of their tenants were constantly struggling to make ends meet. About the Author.

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Community Support Data Local 108

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

40+ Inspirational Non-Profit Website Designs - Is a website redesign in your organization's 2009 plan? Check out some great designs that could get you thinking! 2008 Online Giving Trends - Connections - Want to compare your 2008 numbers/results to other organizations?

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

In 2008, I found Ravelry. In the middle of knitting the project the designer, Mathew Gnagy, emailed me through Ravelry to say that there was a mistake in the printed pattern and if I gave him my email address he’d send me the correction since the magazine hadn’t printed the errata yet. I know, it’s strange.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

Future Tense: January 4, 2008 Archives: "Twin Cities Rise! Together, they'll work for about 24 hours to design brand new Websites.The Overnight Website challenge is sponsored. is one of the Minnesota nonprofits that has applied to participate in the F1 Overnight Website Challenge - set to begin on March 1.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

website that is designed to: "create a unified place for nonprofits and experts to share their experience, pain, achievements, and discoveries." The site is beautifully designed, and engaging, with some good information and tools, as well. " I love the idea, really, I do.

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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.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Design for Web2.0. Apparently, it's simple : cheerful colors, rounded edges, and "Free, as in beer (not kittens)" We also recommend some advice from "web design from scratch" , but with reservations: their web site isn't as pretty.

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Djibouti Technology Hints Tutorial 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 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 #4: GIMP January 17, 2008 GIMP stands for Gnu Image Manipulation Program. I’m not a designer or photographic expert, but it’s a pretty amazing program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 23, 2008

Neil Soiffer of Design Sciences took this nice picture of me on the top of the mountain for the ICCHP conference's Mountain Attack on July 12th, 2008. I love my digital camera and taking lots of pictures. However, most times that means I'm not in the picture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” ” We will discuss ways that they can design capacity building efforts for NGOs using peer learning and a networked approach as well as how to measure and refine their own social media usage. Training Design'

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New Zealand Australia NGO Network 95

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2020

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. Now should be no different. A massive expansion of service is required to meet today’s challenges.

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National Service Americorp Intergenerational 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning analytics is an emergent field of research that aspires to use data analysis to inform decisions made on every area education, from understanding student data to build better pedagogies, target at-risk students, and to assess whether programs designed have been effective and should be sustained. Learning and Knowledge Analytics.

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Analytics Teach Training Train 97

Qgiv

JANUARY 28, 2022

Mark Becker, Founding Partner at Cathexis Partners – Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions. Learn more.

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Fundraising Registration Campaign Raise 98

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The rear-view perspective of a recession (officially designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research) means that we might not know whether we’re in one until after-the-fact. Economists say we are not in a recession – recessions don’t add more than half a million jobs in a month like in July 2 , after all – but the threat looms large.

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Strategy Marketing Giving Ukraine 52

Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2015

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 (including Server Core installations). An attacker can take over your system if your computer is unpatched and you inadvertently run malware designed to exploit this vulnerability. Windows 8 and 8.1. Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 (including Server Core installations).

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Time Flash Government System 36

Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Founded: 2010 Designed with fundraising staff in mind, iDonate’s overall mission is to move overall giving from 2% of disposable income to 4% by 2025. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort. MobileCause.

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Platform Donation Paypal Integration 98

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We decided to upgrade the Childnet Results Manager from a local area network based system using Microsoft Access to a web-based system using Microsoft SharePoint 2010, backed with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008. Can you say a bit about your process for designing and building the database?

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