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 Social Media Award Advocacy 28

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The last three months of the year represent a critical time for the fundraising efforts of nonprofit organizations. 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.

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Online Fundraising Offline Blackbaud 90

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. 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). The community was red hot.

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Social Network Community Network Myspace 192

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. 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 training.

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Social Media Media Social Stats 243

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

As a full-time user of both Firefox and Thunderbird, I’m really enjoying the benefits of these open platforms, and the immense creativity of people who create add-ons. Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. And it’s all free! I use several Greasemonkey scripts for Flickr: AllSizes+, How Interesting?,

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Platform Benefit Open Open Source 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

And, for all of that time, the Macintosh has been my primary desktop. I’ve tried making Linux my primary desktop many times (5 at last count.) More recently (last time I tried this was back in 2004) it was not being able to sync with the palm treo I had at the time. This is the 6th, and last time I will do this.

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Open Source Laptop Open 100

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. Setup of all three has a one time fee. Kintera opens a Developers Challenge.

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Kintera Open Source Wiki Open 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. One thing to keep in mind is that most new services when first launched are expensive, but go down in price significantly over time as new vendors flood the market. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months.

Social Media 195

Social Media Mobile Media Myspace 195

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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Open Source Ubuntu Arts RSS 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

As I might have mentioned, it was this very thing that stopped me last time (although, admittedly, it was much worse last time – I had to recompile my kernel to get my palm to sync, and I drew the line at that.) Since Evolution is such a bad mail client, I’m going back to Thunderbird.

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Giving Open Source Calendar 100

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.

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Open Open Source Blogger Press 100

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2009

"2008 is going to be a challenging year." That was the lead sentence in an article Convio Chief Strategy Officer, Vinay Bhagat wrote for the Convio Connection newsletter last January titled, "10 Online Marketing Strtegies for Fundraising in Challenging Times." It's worth reading again, or for the first time if you haven't seen it.

Empowerment 20

Empowerment Convio Mail Slides 20

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.

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Haiti Disaster San Diego Lesson 53

NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

The average gift size for a one-time online gift was $81.33. between 2008 and 2009, and for half of the nonprofits in our study, online revenue either held steady with 2008 or declined. between 2008 and 2009, and for half of the nonprofits in our study, online revenue either held steady with 2008 or declined.

Benchmark 70

Benchmark Studies Free Stats 70

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. All of these strategies take time and resources, but of different kinds. Some CRMs still don’t have openAPIs.

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Integration API Drupal Open Source 100

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The year is 2008. At that point in time, keeping ourselves employed wasn’t even a thought. With no time to spare and with no colleagues with whom to collaborate (we were all too busy), executive directors had to act. New ideas take additional time. That, however, would have taken more time. Defenders of Children.

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Organization Arizona Children Phoenix 68

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

So someone like Sun think that they need to give equal time to making their PowerPoint clone and their Access clone. Phil: I agree – with time and effort, OO or any open source spreadsheet could out Excel Excel. The 16 year old intern, though, is totally game, so maybe it is just about time. [2] More formatting options.

Open Source 100

Open Source Mediawiki Files Open 100

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.

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Boston email Fundraising Broadcast 47

Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] Regards, Mark South December 5, 2008 | Mark South Copyright © 2008, Care2.com If youre looking for some last minute help with your year-end fundraising, make sure you check out our Procrastinator’s Guide to Year End Fundraising. All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

Convio 28

Convio Studies Social Media Advocacy 28

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Despite the facts and the data, organizations small and large that are spending huge amounts on direct mail and telemarketing are reluctant to move spending to the online channel — even when the data clearly shows that integrating online with offline campaigns makes the overall program more successful. Tags: E-mail Fundraising.

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Convio Mail Newsletter Game 76

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

While the 2008 Women Who Tech TeleSummit was a smashing success with over 650 women including Arianna Huffington and Joan Blades defying the stereotype that the tech world belongs to pocket-protector toting guys hooked on sci-fi and video games, 2009 will be even better. We want to hear about it. Submit your panel ideas at here. Who was Ada?

Technology 100

Technology Pledge Tech Info 100

Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Regardless of whether you believe direct mail is on its way out -- and many smart people seem to disagree with each other on this point – nearly everyone agrees that the role of online giving is only becoming more important over time. The total amount of money raised online increased by 26 percent from 2007 to 2008.

Social Media 47

Social Media Online Advocacy Media 47

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. And, for what its worth, Arizona organizations are getting new charitable exemptions all the time, more than 800 of them in 2010 alone. This is great news.

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Research Arizona Arkansas Phoenix 92

NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

When PID is kept in different buckets, it’s harder to manage and create customized communication -- like when mailing addresses and emails are kept in separate systems, due to legacy databases or department requests. . But not all of these solutions scale, and many don’t lead to better user relationships over time. . During his 4.5

Data 55

Data Support Synchronous Mashup 55

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

Those under 45 have faced the changing global dynamics of 9/11, the financial crisis of 2008, and the COVID-19 pandemic–the results of these major events have been felt extremely acutely as these younger Americans entered the workforce, built families, and attempted to build wealth against these headwinds. more on average.

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Donation Giving Nonprofit Massachusetts 347

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

The Board currently meets three times a year, generally in January, May and September. ZeroDivide's Board of Directors has 15 members. A Board term is three years, renewable once. Members are expected to attend all meetings. Each member is expected to serve on two committees.

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San Francisco California Philanthropy Director 100

Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

Demographics 45

Demographics Social Media Online Advocacy 45

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 23, 2009

When you make them on January 1st, you're feeling rested and relaxed after time off, and may have unrealistic expectations of what you can acheive. My six 2008 Activist Resolutions went so-so: I did. Carry my reusable shopping bag with me almost all of the time. It was closer to 3%. Clearly, I need to do less.

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Fun Oakland Sudan Darfur 40

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A Email and direct mail from nonprofits have virtually the same influence on consumers' decisions to give at 27% and 28% respectively -- email closed a 10% gap from 2008 to 2009.1. To get your invitation visit [link].).

Online 74

Online Giving Convio Mobile 74

Care2

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Well, you can start by reading some of the most recent studies by Blackbaud, Donor Digital and M+R Strategic Services with 2008 year-end highlights, and smart tactics to deploy in these hard times. Things didn’t end so bad in 2008. Now is not the time to throw in the towel. Average donations are down. Ask for money.

Case Study 28

Case Study Online Fundraising Studies 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

This is not a program that one or two people — who have other corporate responsibilities — can do in their spare time. Amazon, in 2005, and Google, in 2008, learned the hard way. Depending on the program design, participants may need time and support to mobilize their supporters.

Contest 88

Contest Amazon Sponsor Philanthropy 88

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Get the report and read it.

Attention 36

Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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Advocacy Social Media email Online 44

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

If you’re going to try something new, now is the time! Is it time to rethink Doctors’ Day , which is coming up on March 30, 2021? Most Doctors’ Day marketing efforts involve direct mail appeals, and we are not suggesting that you get rid of those traditional efforts if they have been successful for you.

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Mail Blackbaud Virtual Awareness 27

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Case in point: I shared some results from M+R Strategic Services' work with the Human Rights Campaign, where we've repeatedly tested online premiums as a way to get that all-important gift from first-time donors. And this at an organization that has an extremely successful, longstanding premium program in their direct mail. What gives?

Giving 44

Giving San Francisco Fundraising Test 44

Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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Advocacy Social Media email Online 44

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

More precisely, you have to give 5 times more good than bad. Is it difficult to get your first time donors to give again? Let's take the scenario of first-time donors who aren't making second gifts. Let's say your development staff shows you something like this: 782 first time donors in 2009. It's feast or famine.

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Data San Francisco Problem Gift 82