Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008, providing technical and consultative services to nonprofits of all sizes and types. They share their time to raise funds on behalf of your organization. That’s why you put time, effort, and dollars into recruiting participants in the first place. What impact are we having on our mission?

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Take the manufacturing industry, for example. For example, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) undertook a six-year lobbying campaign in New York to pass better protections for domestic workers. Funding to workers’ rights organizations increased since the 2008 financial crisis. As this sector declined in the U.S.,

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Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

Stats like these suggest that it’s worth investing more time in your peer-to-peer fundraising program. Analyze your data – Take time to gather, analyze and use data from your past peer-to-peer campaigns or events to uncover trends and find new opportunities to improve your recruiting efforts. Recruit more participants.

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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. Keeping donors engaged and giving during uncertain times can often feel like a challenging balancing act, but new technologies and strategies are available to keep us centered. Learn More About C.J.

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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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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. Target your coaching and fundraising emails too. Automate your targeted communications.

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Qgiv

JUNE 7, 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. Target your coaching and fundraising emails too. Automate your targeted communications.

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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. As an example, the ‘Millennial Impact Report’ was a study commissioned by the Case Foundation. As an example, the ‘Millennial Impact Report’ was a study commissioned by the Case Foundation.

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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 For example, donations to food banks in 40 cities increased by 2.2 percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. The vast majority of applications that have been built since 2008 match actions with related content: for example, by reading a blog post and searching the Social Actions dataset for related actions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Yesterday I did one of the Chronicle's Live Chat Discussions that was billed as "How Can Charities Figure out How Much Time and Money To Invest in Social Media." The transcript is here. This is an example of how you can use social media to crowdsource your professional development and learning. Thank you Kevin!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

I’ll leave the complaining about Croatian food and other things to my personal blog, when I get the time. My role has been to gather up the use cases (specific examples of translation processes). The event itself has been fab. How do we replace proprietary tools? How does this all get paid for?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I had the chance to sit down with Lindsay and discuss how volunteering has changed over the last few years, the multifaceted benefits of pro bono programs, and the power of skill-based volunteering to help us build resilience and navigate uncertain times. At the same time, people were even more interested in giving back.

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JUNE 24, 2014

79% of LinkedIn’s users, for example, are 35 or older and have high paying jobs. 2) Social Media Takes Time to Do Right. Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time. Not much has changed since 2008. 3) Response Time Matters. Not hours.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. For example, growth is a priority for many founders. Question: What is your advice for entrepreneurs for a post-pandemic time? For example: Be passionate! False Starts.

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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. At this point, I still have to futz with the configs every time I start up, and it still isn’t right. I’m also trying to eat my own dog food and model good behavior for my 2 yo all the time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

I’ve been learning about some interesting examples of the use of APIs in nonprofit organizations, as well as learning what vendors (both proprietary and open source) are thinking about the issue. If you have any API wisdom, examples, strategies, what have you, that you’d like me to hear about, please drop me a line.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. But the real story is much more complicated. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. 1 But let’s compare their numbers for 2008, the year for which the Chronicle recently reported. Giving USA’s number for individual giving in 2008 is $214 billion. Why the difference?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

How much time generally passes between major or minor releases? Minor releases are, for example, when a project goes from 2.2.3 0 release – for example from 2.x Look at the “download&# page (or “releases&# ). When was the last release? Depending on project, going from x.2 3 might be a major or minor release.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

The time is ripe for the early adopters in the nonprofit sector to embrace m-Advocacy, otherwise known as mobile advocacy. That said, in terms of online dollars raised for your nonprofit, e-mail is still queen and activism reasons aside, becoming a pioneer of m-advocacy to help build your e-newsletter list is a smart, uber timely move.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

From planting trees to cleaning parks, eating less meat and reusing plastics, my kids are real examples of living a values-based existence day to day so we can all do better for each other and the world. Tenacity — Climate change is not a quick-fix problem, and building a movement takes time. The science is frightening.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

They do a good job of using examples for each of these things (like why Southwest Airlines is so successful, and why the Kidney Heist urban legend sticks so well, among other stories. It uses examples and such, but it is not anywhere near as engaging and readable as “Made to Stick.&# He thinks that time-based billing is bad.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. At the same time I created the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel. Then in June 2008 I launched the @ NonprofitOrgs profile on Twitter. 5) Never abandon your communities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Nancy Schwartz of Getting Attention has some great examples (that I’ll be using really soon!) Maybe it’s time for me to go out and find some blue and yellow clothes. Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. for writing one-page fact sheets.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

So, here is a real life example of someone with a measly 195 records in her contacts database. But the last time I tried Evolution, it was a horrible experience. July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I rail against vendors who promote lock-in. 3) Evolution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

Is success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? Can other nonprofits reproduce it? I chronicled some of these back in 2008. Ice Bucket Challenge in winter time would not have worked. (6)

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Direct Content. Indirect Content. Why Social Media?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For example, your software might be highly configured or customized for your organization’s specific processes. Encourage your staff to play around in the software when they have time so they can better understand all of the software’s capabilities. Sign up for custom training and support.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. At the same time, it really doesn’t make a lot of difference to the customer that was going to hire Mpower anyway.

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OCTOBER 17, 2006

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Brand pages are expected to be launched some time this fall. So, when setting up your Google Profile be sure to use you real first name and last name (not first name “Amnesty&# and last name “International,&# for example). For example, my Google+ vanity URL is gplus.to/heathermansfield. heathermansfield.

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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. Should they spend a bit of time tying their RSS feed (if they have one) to a twitter account?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Their code on the server-based method examples only include PHP at this point (the client based method code examples are in the expected HTML and Javascript.) But I think time will tell. They have the gold standard in API and I think it will be a long time before anyone else gets to that level.

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