CauseVox

MARCH 31, 2021

A communications plan helps your team think more strategically and communicate more effectively about your campaign — internally and outside of the organization. Speaker : Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008. He oversees Cathexis Partners, ensuring every client receives the attention and quality of service they expect.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. Effective communication â?? and more precisely, the effective transfer or exchange of knowledge â?? There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the height of the 2008 recession, skills-based volunteering exploded across the corporate and nonprofit sectors. As a diverse swath of organizations are looking for of infrastructure supports, skills-based models must be diversified to meet changing sector needs, just as they did in 2008. New Skills-Based Volunteering Models.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

September 11 The 2008 mortgage crisis The Great Recession The 2016 Election The COVID pandemic The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tyre Nichols January 6 The current inflationary economy This lowering of esteem for organizations, whose solid reputations were previously taken for granted, is not anecdotal.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

How effective were your various marketing channels and efforts? Author: Mark Becker, Founding Partner, Cathexis Partners Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008, providing technical and consultative services to nonprofits of all sizes and types. Then, dig deeper to look at trends that might give you more insights.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Last week, I sent an email to our current members, thanking them for being part of NTEN in 2008 and reminding them about early renewal. It made me think back on 2008 and how much NTEN has grown -- in community and activity -- over the past year. NTEN Staff It's October, which means early renewal for 2009 memberships here at NTEN.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2019

Peer-to-peer campaigns and events are such an effective way to extend your fundraising reach that many nonprofits today consider them a key part of the fundraising mix. With a deep understanding of nonprofits’ limited resources, she is passionate about helping organizations get the most out of their technology.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2009

While an estimated $307 billion dollars was given to charitable causes in 2008; total fundraising declined an inflation adjusted of 5.7% With an estimated two-thirds of charities experiencing a decrease in 2008 overall giving, I decided to take a look at how things are shaping up so far in 2009. from 2007 levels.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The effects of employee turnover at nonprofits can be big. One effective approach is to emphasize software training. Just think: You put technology in place to help you run your nonprofit , but for it to be effective, your staff must know how to use it correctly. Talk to your client success manager.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008, providing technical and consultative services to nonprofits of all sizes and types. It should include things like: Easy event/campaign registration Simple yet effective email tools Gamification Progress meters 3. This guest post comes from Mark Becker, founder of Cathexis Partners.

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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. Achieve leverages technology in everything it does to cost-effectively help the nonprofit organizations it works with. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Recognizing remarkable creativity and effectiveness by non-profits across the globe, the John D. MacArthur Foundation named 13 organizations as recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Recognizing remarkable creativity and effectiveness by non-profits across the globe, the John D.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008. October 7, 2008 | Paul Greenberg Copyright © 2008, Care2.com October 7, 2008 | Paul Greenberg Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Great work. All rights reserved.

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Double the Donation

JUNE 10, 2021

About Mark Becker and 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.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

This morning at the Service Nation Summit , Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), represented by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, announced that they are introducing the Serve America Act of 2008. Barack Obama and John McCain have both agreed to co-sponsor the bill.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Learn about the problem, the effects, and the solutions. Focus on things that can have ripple effects, like influencing your work to adopt a new travel policy, helping your sport club organize carpooling, or taking part in local decision making. Read up on the topic. Make space for our childrens’ feelings in all this.

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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. Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Just added to our ever-growing Care2 in the News section is a great piece by Inside CRM highlighting Care2's partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) as an effective way for government and social media to team up for a cause.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2009

It’s one of your most effective marketing tools, but the 2008 GettingAttention.org survey showed that 72% of nonprofit organizations don’t have a tagline or rate theirs as performing poorly. 2008 Winners. View the list of winners of the 2008 Nonprofit Tagline Awards (selected by nearly 4,000 voters in the field).

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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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. This decline is not anecdotal. percent in 2009. He holds an M.A.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2009

The nonprofit sector works hard to use technology effectively, but it's an uphill battle. Financial resources are limited. Technology changes quickly, and there's a lot of it out there doing lots of different things — even within the same areas. What should your organization budget for IT expenditures?

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Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

For example, ask your top fundraisers to develop a short video about why they’re raising funds for your organization or what have been their most effective approaches for raising funds from friends and family. Your organization has shifted money or resources toward other technologies, and you need a more cost-effective solution.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2021

The pandemic had an obvious effect on the number of people needing to make use of the Pantries, but the Salesforce system allowed them to record those visits and report on a number of heartwarming statistics, which can be found in the full impact report of YLP. In March 2021 they recorded 9,500 visits to 35 Pantries. About the Author.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How to choose a CRM March 26, 2008 I’ll be doing a webinar on open source CRMs tomorrow. I’m glad to see that.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. There wasn’t much scalability in the way I was pursuing the project.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Since 2008, extensive research and conversations have revealed the state of women in nonprofit careers. She is also founding Director of the Centers for Effective Nonprofit Management in Austin and New Orleans, and the founding Board Chair of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Network for Good recently published The 2008 Online Fundraising Survival Guide: 12 Winning Strategies to Survive & Thrive in a Down Economy. This 45-page guide includes sections on avoiding “the four most common fundraising mistakes,&# answering the four questions required to get a donation ( Why Me?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Plus, if you release your auction catalog in advance, it’s an effective event marketing tool. In 2008 Jeff founded Winspre with the goal of helping non-profits across the country increase their event fundraising revenue and identify new fundraising sources. Jeff and his team at Winspire have helped over 12,000 non-profits to date.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2009

SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2008 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts. 29% of respondents reported raising over $250,000 in matching gift income in 2008. 29% of respondents reported raising over $250,000 in matching gift income in 2008. 63% raised over $50,000.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

The results of two new surveys paint a bleak picture of the effectiveness of social media for fundraising and volunteer recruitment. The first from Philanthropy Action , has the depressing title, " Social Networking and Mid-Size Nonprofits: What's the Use? "

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

It’s one of your most effective marketing tools, but the 2008 GettingAttention.org survey showed that 72% of nonprofit organizations don’t have a tagline or rate theirs as performing poorly. I’m trying to change that with this annual award program, highlighting the best in nonprofit taglines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

How many social media tools your nonprofit can use effectively is directly related to the number of hours your nonprofit can invest. If your nonprofit wants to use the majority of the tools listed here effectively, then you need to hire a full-time social media manager. The era of “winging” it in social media is over.

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Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

Mark Becker 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. Take control of your data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

What is their worldview, and how does that effect the taxonomy that they come up with – and how does that determine the effect of a taxonomy on people who are not the experts? Gavin says: “I’d recommend the wisdom of a few experts within that crowd.&# Good point, except – who are those experts?

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

The findings included: 96% of respondents accept matching gifts (down from 99% in 2008), but only 60% actively ask individual donors to request matching gifts. The survey also covers strategies for increasing matching gifts; the effectiveness of various techniques, tools, and vendors; and stewardship ideas. in last years' survey.

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