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Lame Spam of the Day: Lehman Brothers Centre for Women 2008 Newsletter

Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

But the real clincher is that the subject line says it''s a newsletter from March, 2008. Subject: Lehman Brothers Centre for Women in Business March 2008 Newsletter. If you would like to subscribe to future Lehman Brothers Centre for Woman in Business mailings, please click the following link: Subscribe. To: Subscriber.

Spam

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A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Using the Wayback Machine – a website that allows you to view archived screenshots of your website all the way back to 1996, below is an exploration of how the World Wildlife Fund’s website and online fundraising campaigns have evolved since 2008. World Wildlife Fund Website :: March 15, 2008.

Websites

Websites Design History Online

Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Spamming is illegal, and often goes straight to a junk mail folder. Launched in 2008, Give by Cell pioneered the use of mobile fundraising and text messaging services to increase donor engagement. In contrast, text message spam is almost always viewed, making it more annoying to donors.

Communication

Communication Donation Tech Tools

Seth Godin on Innovation, Failure and Why Non-profits Should Stop Operating like Businesses

NetWits

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Back in January of 2008 he told us (the non-profit sector) that we should be looking to use the internet in new and innovative ways to build community and engage our supporters because direct mail, although still a huge revenue source, was beginning to show signs of fatigue. My Question to You.

Profit

Profit Business Stats Statistics

Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash!

Care2

MAY 31, 2009

Isn’t it curious how people who are young and enthusiastic about online communications are so firmly convinced that direct mail is dead or dying – while professional fundraisers, that is, the people who are responsible for bringing in the bucks, think the young critics are living on another planet? nonprofits in 2008.

Mail

Mail Rate Raise Fund

Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

Care2

MAY 29, 2009

In the next five years, money spent annually on direct mail will decline by as much as 40%, from $49.7 billion in 2008 to $29.8 “Direct mail has begun spiraling into what we believe is a precipitous decline from which it will never fully recover," said Borrell. Furthermore, many people view direct mail as “junk mail.&#

Mail

Mail Law Demographics Associations

Raise More By Avoiding “One Size Fits All” Email Appeals

NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

While nonprofits often deliver highly relevant content in direct mail appeals – based on giving history, interests and past actions – that approach isn’t always carried over to their email appeals. MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, MarketingSherpa “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide” 2008.

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email Raise Cancer Info

Three Ways Nonprofits Can Pioneer m-Advocacy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

As social media taught us, those nonprofits who act quickly and embrace emerging trends tend to experience the highest success rate, and similar to the rise of e-advocacy and “E-mail Action Networks&# beginning in 2000-01, the nonprofit sector is on the brink of transitioning their e-advocacy efforts to the Mobile Web.

Advocacy

Advocacy Mobile Nonprofit Adopt

10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations (and How To Track Them)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

In fact, social media has increased the consumption of e-mail. Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008. Mobile Subscribers. Pitches in Tweets and Status Updates help too. Online Donations.

Social Media

Social Media Metrics Track Myspace

Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits June 11, 2008 The Tides Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest.

Open Source

Open Source Application RSS Tech

Things We Like (October 2008)

NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Now your entire org can benefit from tools like "Mail Goggles", which promises to stop you from sending regrettable e-mails after a couple of drinks. Wow, some people take this zombie thing a little too seriously. Google Labs is now available to Google Apps users. Also, you can apparently use your Gmail account with OpenID.

gMail

gMail Hunger New York Wiki

What is private? What is public?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. What is public?

Public

Public Widget Open Source Demographics

Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

MAY 29, 2009

60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Main | The ROI of Social Media » Friday May 29 2009 Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? billion in 2008 to $29.8 The younger generation seems to prefer to donate online, rather than through the mail.

Mail

Mail Social Media Advocacy Online

Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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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Convio Award Social Media Advocacy

Care2 and NOAA Promote International Year of the Reef 2008 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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.

Social Media

Social Media International Advocacy Case Study

Free and open source tool #1: Thunderbird

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 3, 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 #1: Thunderbird January 3, 2008 Before the holidays, I promised that I’d do 100 posts this year on free and open source tools. So, I’m starting with Mozilla Thunderbird.

Open Source

Open Source Open Tools Free

Google Chrome

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Chrome September 4, 2008 The hiatus is over with a short entry about Google Chrome , the new browser from Google that I learned about on the twitterverse while I was stopped at one rest stop or another.

Google

Google Open Source Virtual RSS

How to Design an Engaging Nonprofit Live Auction Catalog

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

If you have both print and digital versions of your catalog, you can send out hard copies with direct mail invitations and use the PDF to promote your event via email, social media, and your nonprofit’s website. Jeff and his team at Winspire have helped over 12,000 non-profits to date.

Design

Design Sponsor PDF Nonprofit

Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

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

Consultant

Consultant Open Source Nonprofit Websites

Top 3 Trends to Fool Proof your Future Fundraisng

NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

billion in 2008, the council’s fourth annual “Run Walk Ride Thirty” study reports. If you look at the shift in fundraising over time from door-to-door to the phone, mail, email, the Web and social media sites, you will also be able to see a fundamental shift in donors’ attitudes. According to stats from the RUN. The collective $133.9

Trend

Trend Attitude Stats Charity

Calling all Online Fundraisers! The Paperless Choice Challenge

NTEN

MAY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: licolnian Direct mail has been, and still is, the cornerstone of nonprofit fundraising. Online fundraising, something I spend a large percentage of my work week thinking about, accounted for just 2% of total fundraising in 2008. But direct mail has one big problem: it's not so good for trees.

Challenge

Challenge Online Fundraising Mail

The State of Online Fundraising

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. Giving USA estimates that $307.65

Online

Online Fundraising Offline Blackbaud

So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

JANUARY 16, 2008

com Passes 8 Million Member Mark » Wednesday Jan 16 2008 So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 03:57PM | by James OMalley Help us help you by taking the frogloop 2008 Reader Survey ! Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Main | Care2.com All rights reserved.

Survey

Survey Social Media Advocacy Case Study

Free and open source tool #3: Dokuwiki

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 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 #3: Dokuwiki January 15, 2008 I have become a fan, nay, a devotee of DokuWiki. have a look at this recent mailing list post: [link] 2 admin 01.21.08

Open Source

Open Source Mediawiki Open Tools

Goodbye Microsoft…

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Goodbye Microsoft… March 29, 2007 Just today, I received in the mail some Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops, courtesy of Gavin’s regular potlatch program.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Laptop Open Source NTC

Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. I use several Greasemonkey scripts for Flickr: AllSizes+, How Interesting?, Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Platform

Platform Benefit Open Open Source

Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. Kintera opens a Developers Challenge.

Kintera

Kintera Open Source Wiki Open

MPower Open keeps moving forward

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. So far, there is basically no activity in the forums and mailing list.

Open

Open Open Source Blogger Press

"2008 is going to be a challening year." To quote Yogi Berra, "It's deja vu all over again."

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2009

"2008 is going to be a challenging year." Direct mail-based donor acquisition is getting harder and more expensive due to postage rate increases, mailing list fatigue, and postal mail delivery challenges. He wrote that: "In addition to the recession, we are also seeing some other troubling indicators.

Empowerment

Empowerment Convio Mail Slides

Why sometimes eating your own dogfood makes you want to throw up!

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. I’ll send off queries to the right mailing lists and forums, and probably eventually get it all worked out. I even decided not to buy Leopard for my Mac Mini.

Open Source

Open Source Ubuntu Arts RSS

Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Then in September 2006 Facebook made the move to open their community to everyone (before you had to have a “ edu&# e-mail address to use Facebook). Then in June 2008 I launched the @ NonprofitOrgs profile on Twitter. The community was red hot. It was vibrant, active, kind and generous. It was ugly.

Social Network

Social Network Community Network Myspace

Giving up, a little

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Since Evolution is such a bad mail client, I’m going back to Thunderbird. I’m going back to using my mac for that – and installing Spanning Sync to sync google calendar with my mac calendar, so I have a calendar I can use on my desktop. » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 08.09.07

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Giving Open Source Calendar

AFP > Resource Center | Fundraising news > 'Isn’t Email Just Like Regular Direct Mail—But on Steroids?'

AFP Blog

JULY 21, 2008

AFP > Resource Center | Fundraising news > 'Isn’t Email Just Like Regular Direct Mail—But on Steroids?': "Isn’t Email Just Like Regular Direct Mail—But on Steroids?' By Harry Lynch(July 21, 2008) It’s been a while since a nonprofit executive asked me that question, but it still makes me smile.

Mail

Mail News email Resource

Email is Dead? Long Live Email

Care2

OCTOBER 23, 2009

First there were rumblings that direct mail was dying. Email grew 21% between 2008-2009. million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. Between 2008 and 2009 the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5 Then TechCrunch said Web2.0 In August 2009, 276.9

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email Social Network Journal Stats

Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web. Get social and mobile media buzz in their e-mail inboxes regularly! Get training.

Social Media

Social Media Media Social Stats

Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

As mentioned below, the most solidly supported functions are those related to mail.&# We don’t need a platform neutral API to connect the CRM to mass mailing functionality because CiviMail is pre-integrated. For nonprofit use, the clear leader seems to be civiCRM/Drupal as it looks after, content, memberships, events and mailing.

Integration

Integration API Drupal Open Source

Get the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmark Study (It's Free! Also, Important)

NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

between 2008 and 2009, and for half of the nonprofits in our study, online revenue either held steady with 2008 or declined. Tags: benchmarks Data E-mail m+r NPTech NTEN Planning Communications. The average study participant sent 4 emails per subscriber per month, but Environmental nonprofits sent their subscribers 5.2

Benchmark

Benchmark Studies Free Stats

Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

When wildfires devastated the area around San Diego in October, 2007, citizen journalists used e-mail, text messages, and social media sites to collect and disseminate real-time information about the location of the fires, evacuation efforts, meeting places and emergency supplies.

Haiti

Haiti Disaster San Diego Lesson

Best day to send an e-mail - is there a seasonality factor? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

» Friday Jul 14 2006 Best day to send an e-mail - is there a seasonality factor? Have you been sending your e-mails on a Monday? Perhaps its worth revisiting the topic: which day of the week results in highest e-mail click through rates? Thats what I thought. Friday, July 14, 2006 at 02:15PM | by Agata K.

Mail

Mail Social Media Advocacy Case Study

Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

Next up, let’s see how the details of migration (web, mail, address book, etc. We’ll see how that works once I am able to download some of the good wireless GUI tools out there (like NetworkManager, which I hear is good.)

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Open Source Laptop Open

Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. Rather than reporting highlights from your Annual Gala Dinner in your print newsletter two months after it is over, or in an e-mail newsletter just a few days after the event, smartphones and social media Apps now allow nonprofits to report live from the event in real-time.

Social Media

Social Media Mobile Media Myspace

This guy is right on

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

That gets super confusing when you (I) have a google account (Moraving) and don’t use it for anything (eg, mail sent to moraving@gmail.com will never get to me because I never look at it.), Google is a little vague about the fact that when you invite someone to a spreadsheet they’ll need a Google Account.

Open Source

Open Source Mediawiki Files Open

Multi-Channel Approach is Key to Nonprofit Fundraising

Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

Channel

Channel Case Study Fundraising Offline

Attend the Boston Email Fundraising Bootcamp (at a Discount!)

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. It's definitely time to start thinking about your end-of-year e-mail. article published in our September newsletter , Blackbaud's Steve MacLaughlin. host the.

Boston

Boston email Fundraising Broadcast

Lame Spam of the Day: Lehman Brothers Centre for Women 2008 Newsletter

A Short, Recent History of Nonprofit Website Design and Online Fundraising

Trending Sources

Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Seth Godin on Innovation, Failure and Why Non-profits Should Stop Operating like Businesses

Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash!

Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

Raise More By Avoiding “One Size Fits All” Email Appeals

Three Ways Nonprofits Can Pioneer m-Advocacy

10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations (and How To Track Them)

Tidbits

Things We Like (October 2008)

What is private? What is public?

Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2 and NOAA Promote International Year of the Reef 2008 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Free and open source tool #1: Thunderbird

Google Chrome

How to Design an Engaging Nonprofit Live Auction Catalog

Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Top 3 Trends to Fool Proof your Future Fundraisng

Calling all Online Fundraisers! The Paperless Choice Challenge

The State of Online Fundraising

So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Free and open source tool #3: Dokuwiki

Goodbye Microsoft…

Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms

Tidbits

MPower Open keeps moving forward

"2008 is going to be a challening year." To quote Yogi Berra, "It's deja vu all over again."

Why sometimes eating your own dogfood makes you want to throw up!

Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Giving up, a little

AFP > Resource Center | Fundraising news > 'Isn’t Email Just Like Regular Direct Mail—But on Steroids?'

Email is Dead? Long Live Email

Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Integration of CRM and CMS

Get the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmark Study (It's Free! Also, Important)

Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts

Best day to send an e-mail - is there a seasonality factor? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

This guy is right on

Multi-Channel Approach is Key to Nonprofit Fundraising

Attend the Boston Email Fundraising Bootcamp (at a Discount!)

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