NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Blackbaud’s research found that online revenue grew by 46% in 2009 compared to 2008.

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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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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. Online Giving Tops $15 Billion in 2008. billion was given in 2008 to US charities, exceeding $300 billion for the second year in a row. billion donated in 2007.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

at 8:22 pm Writing a Donation tracking CRM on top of Salesforce? 4 admin 07.06.08 Haven’t heard about it! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

And, if Facebook offered in-kind donations of ads – similar to Google, I’m sure that nonprofits would flock to it. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

February 29, 2008 OK, so we all know that I have been eating my own dogfood (that is, using Linux on the desktop) for a while now. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why sometimes eating your own dogfood makes you want to throw up!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

revealed that while overall fundraising was down 2% in 2008, online fundraising. month of December accounted for 21% of the transaction volume in 2008 -- but. To get a 15% discount, you just need to be an NTEN Member. Choose broadcast email and online donations vendors. Develop an online donation landing page.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

There are a number of reasons for my deciding to slowly leave the Macintosh platform: I want to focus more energy and time on free and open source platforms – I might donate what I would have spent on Leopard to some deserving projects. Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

I just finished reading Allen’s recent posts about the new wave of widgitized donation functionalities that some big (and not so big ) players in the nonprofit technology web services space are pushing out. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the amount raised or pledged for Haitian relief efforts, including corporate donations during that period was $575.4 Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A To get your invitation visit [link].).

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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. Another purpose is for membership lists, or group lists, or perhaps live tracking of donations from a specific campaign. Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] Supporters can easily donate, rsvp to events, and take action, right then and there! In 2008, Smartphones only had a 10% market share, but in a short span of just two years, their penetration into the mobile phone market has almost tripled.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t.

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NTEN

MAY 29, 2009

2008 Nonprofit IT Staffing & Spending Report. Trends in Constituent Satisfaction with Nonprofit Websites: Building Membership, Donations, and Loyalty through the Web Channel. The government has nothing on the NTEN community's ability to find adorable animals online, though. Tags: NPTech NTEN Things We Like.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. What this means is that if you are in the program, viewers will see a “Donate&# button both on your channel page and when your video is playing in a standard page. What do you think Holly?

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. What this means is that if you are in the program, viewers will see a “Donate&# button both on your channel page and when your video is playing in a standard page. What do you think Holly?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. You can create groups based on first donation dates and thank constituents for donating to you over that time even if they only signed up to receive your e-Newsletter this month. In 2008, CAFB distributed more than 17 million pounds of food.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. 100% of donations went directly to disaster relief. By the morning of the 14th, donations had already hit $3 Million. . Updated numbers from last week show mobile donations at over $31 Million!

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

Recently, M+R Strategic Services — in collaboration with NTEN — released their own report , and also gave a presentation at the Human Rights Campaign on some of the report’s findings. donating money). donating money). As NARAL found, it could mean the difference in an additional 0.63

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Tags: dave greenberg NPTech NTEN Open Source IT Staff.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

M&R and NTEN just released an impressive benchmarks study that analyzed 32 nonprofits online advocacy and online fundraising programs in 2007 and 2008. Email lists are continuing to grow, though the rate of growth was 17% in 2008. Here are the highlights. This is down from 19% in 2007 and 21% in 2006. messages per month.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

We spent a lot of time at the end of 2008 working with one of our clients, the Humane Society of the United States, and our friends at the Watershed Company to come up with a nice mobile test for end of year fundraising. HSUS had already built a mobile subscriber list of about 12,000 activists through Mobile Commons by December of 2008.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

But today’s “older” donors are gradually being replaced by the newer, younger donors of tomorrow – people who have grown up managing most of their lives online – and this includes getting involved with their favorite charities and donating money to the causes they believe in, online. All rights reserved.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Security IT Staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2008

Jay Dedman is going to lead a video blogging workshop in New Orleans as part of the line up for the NTEN's NTC Day of Service 2008. Led by some great folks from Cisco (they also donated the hardware too), a second team of nonprofit trainers be going to the Community Center of St.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Andrew spoke about the huge access the Internet offers — citing stats from how the presidential candidates used social media in the 2008 election. Farra Trompeter, Big Duck. [Ed. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In a tough economy, it also wanted to offer opportunities to get involved, participate, and donate at many different levels, but also not forget its core base of supporters. When there, volunteers set up a laptop that guests could use to make a donation via CC’s web site. In 2008, the event netted about $18,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

In multiple years of testing, the result was the same: premiums lifted overall donations from prospects by more than enough to pay for the cost of the premium. EDF has repeatedly tested online premiums, and the result was the exact opposite of what HRC and Earthjustice saw: premiums FAILED to lift overall donations. What gives?

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

and Trackable (of 60 people who opened the email, 25 clicked to the donate page and 12 donated). We also ask for feedback on our donation forms and other web communications. In July 2008, rising costs and shortages of food were in the news. Tags: email Newsletter NPTech NTEN online communications websites.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. However, by equipping youth with donated GPS units and by using the tools and data repositories provided by the OpenStreetMap project, the Map Kibera project has been able to document huge portions of the community, cataloging resources, and providing a foundation for future development work.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. Want to do more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. Want to do more.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Other interesting findings include: For email newsletters, open rates and click-through rates fell slightly (1-2%) in 2008, though the changes were not strictly statistically significant. Email lists are continuing to grow, though the rate of growth was 17% in 2008. Average gift size across organizations was $71 in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. Jonathan Coleman is the featured Changemaker at Change.org ( hat tip NTEN roundup). " SocialVibe's proof of concept has donated more than $100K to charities so far. Alternative Approaches.

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