Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 5, 2020

in History from Arizona State University in 2008 and earned an M.A. The sector can achieve this lofty but critical goal of diversifying fundraising staffs and strategies by helping to develop programs with local and national universities and community colleges with heavy minority representation. He earned a B.A.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

When you compare that to only one trillion text messages sent in 2008, it’s clear that text messaging is growing faster than any other Web-based communication method out there today, and yet it is a tool almost entirely untapped by the nonprofit sector. However, I believe that’s about to change dramatically.

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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 responses came primarily from academic institutions, but also included significant numbers from healthcare, religious, and social service organizations. in last years' survey.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2019

Its popularity increased as younger generations, who grew up through the 2008 financial crisis, recognized that our financial system needed big changes. . Why would they donate cryptocurrencies instead of traditional methods? Bitcoin has been around for just over 10 years, and in that time it has become a big deal. What is Bitcoin?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

It seems to me that they could learn from the other successful projects out there – the really successful projects are supported by a wide variety of methods, whether it be a support model, a nonprofit foundation model, a hosted model, and others. However, that won’t happen. activeCollab is going commercial.

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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.) The geek in me thinks the Convio APIs are wicked cool, since they allow you to do client programming via AJAX, as well as more standard server-based programming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” Stephen is an expert in many training methods so this will be an excellent co-learning experience. I am excited for a return visit to Australia.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Eisenmann : The Lean Startup movement swept out of Silicon Valley starting in 2008 or so and has since been embraced by entrepreneurs around the world. Essentially, they apply the scientific method to their startup by testing hypotheses.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 19, 2016

Sure there are special broadcasts that detail typical training regimens for certain prolific athletes, and I for one am quite interested in attempting to eat the 2008 diet of Michael Phelps, who famously proclaimed he was consuming 12,000 calories a day. However, I am sure that sounds a little more glorious than the actual act would be.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. The choice of method for transferring and exchanging knowledge will depend on the audience and the message [but] knowledge is most effectively exchanged when using multiple methodsâ?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Carlyn Schulzke and Matt Hayes will discuss how current data on donor demographics impacts major-gift donations with specific emphasis on simple, safe and secure methods of attracting and engaging with cryptocurrency donors. New giving methods for your nonprofit. So that’s that self-custody method. You can probably.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 24, 2011

The type of tie depicted in a social network map depends on a study's content and purpose (Knoke and Yang, 2008) [3]. Introduction to social network methods. A tie varies in its strength, direction, and content, all of which depend on many independent factors, such as reciprocity and intimacy within the relationship. 78(6), 1360-1380.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

I’ve been a fan of Dan Roam’s work since his book “ The Back of the Napkin ” in 2008. Better Method: Create Visualizations of Important Data and Pull Together On One Slide. ” When you use automated excel or survey monkey charts, it encourages you to skip that important step.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning analytics is not brand new and first identified in the education area in about 2008 according to this excellent primer on Learning Analytics that found by searching the Project Navigator on the topic. It also has benefits to students themselves who can use the data to customize their participation in the class.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2020

I first heard Penelope Burk speak at the International Conference of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals in 2008. While we may have tried new approaches, event strategies and methods of communication, our work within the fundamentals of donor relations has not changed.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

If you have a researcher on the team and they are cut, this means that fundraisers, who are likely paid at a higher rate, will be spending double or triple the same amount of time learning new methods and likely coming up with sub-par results. Strategize with this economic downturn in mind, not the 2008 recession.

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Care2

JULY 19, 2010

There was a demonstrated shift in the adoption of social media by nonprofit organizations themselves: in the 2007-2008 Giving Challenge, a significant number of cause champions were volunteers; and in the 2009 Challenge, 40% of champions were staff of the competing nonprofit (only 25% identified as volunteers).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

As a result, an emerging method of investment, called social impact investment, has investors monitor the outcomes produced by their donations while simultaneously producing profit from their investment. Though the practice is decades old, the term was only coined in 2008, making it a relatively new field of study.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

Embracing a balanced approach between informal and formal mechanisms offers the best method for collecting useful client perspectives. Natalia Winberry completed her undergraduate studies at Beloit College in 2007 and started her career in 2008 as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Phoenix, Arizona. doi:10.1002/nml.21191.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Carlyn Schulzke and Matt Hayes will discuss how current data on donor demographics impacts major-gift donations with specific emphasis on simple, safe and secure methods of attracting and engaging with cryptocurrency donors. New giving methods for your nonprofit. So that’s that self-custody method. Full Transcript: Steven: Okay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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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. What methods do you employ to eliminate unwanted documents and media?

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2008

Date: Thur, Aug 21, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM EDT Duration: 1 hour Cost: Free Registration: click here Natasha Nummedal is Senior Campaign Manager at Care2. Comments Off | by Share Article in Email Marketing , Online Advocacy , Online Fundraising Copyright © 2008, Care2.com But it’s not always easy. To register, please click here.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. A critical part of the scientific method is the development of a hypothesis, which can then be tested with well controlled research. Experimonth started out as play. Once compiled, I also asked folks to vote on them, promising to do whatever the top twelve were.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

Its purpose was to reform society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and advance knowledge through the scientific method. Here are the percentages from 2008-2012: 27%, 29%, 28%, 27% and 27%. First it was Buddha and now it’s Voltaire… what do these guys have to do with fundraising? Not a lot of change right?

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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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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2008

Email remains the most reliable method for engaging supporters andraising money online. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Incase you couldnt join us or want to catch something you missed, youcan still view a free replay of the webinar in its entirety here. But its not always easy. To create a new comment, use the form below.

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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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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In 2008, the US economy was languishing in the Great Recession. These methods would also pave the way for new analytical tools to coordinate audit resolution across agencies and funding periods. Why the Environment Changed: Federal Grant News. “It This period laid the groundwork for the changes we see today in grant administration.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2011

If you've read our major donor study The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Major and Middle Donors , published in 2008 by Convio , Sea Change Strategies , and Edge Research , then you already know a few important things about major donors: half of wired major donors say that online giving is their preferred giving method.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

For example, our 2008 major human rights grants from the Oak Foundation and the John D. The second GAAP issue is the accounting method of capitalization, which delays the recognition of an expense by recording it as a long-term asset and then depreciating or amortizing it over its expected lifetime. and Catherine T.

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

We’re talking the big names at every social media conference, and they have very little new to say over the past few years (with the exception of my colleague Beth Kanter who is always exploring new methods and approaches). Creativity and innovation demands unique twists and turns and methods.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

If you want to know what’s on the horizon for increased security methods, then look to Europe. The CSC is pretty standard these days, but I’m amazed to sometimes seeing it not used. Look for 3-D Secure and newer security measures to become more widely used. Enable Address Verification System (AVS) on the card processing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

To make matters worse, Charity Navigator seemed standoffish and unwilling to work with the field or adjust its approach despite some pretty obvious shortcomings in its methods. Zooop — fast-forward to 2008: Charity Navigator gets new executive leadership in Ken Berger. So, what kinds of information, if not outcomes?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This class answers the question "How to leverage the power of new social technology to effectively create real social good." The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good. Metric: Content created.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

The Bandwagon Effect In 2008, we launched a "single-sign on" method using Facebook Connect that allows our visitors to use their Facebook credentials to log in. Use A/B testing methods to test a single variant in your workflow. Be prepared to return to old methods if it's not working. Sometimes we've led trends.

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