NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Jumo’s received a very warm welcome and a lot of press being that the founder Chris Hughes was also the co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign. ammado is one that might not sound familiar, but don’t worry, their doing something really special.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Properly is the key word here, as customizing Salesforce, despite the 10 free seats offered still costs dev time and ongoing management of your data. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort. MobileCause. For a Fundraising Swiss Army Knife.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&# Sounds like a reasonable idea.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2008

On March 19th, 2008, after spending 8 days in the hospital related to her multiple sclerosis, Cami Walker decided to give away one thing each day for 29 days : "I decided to do the 29-Day Giving Challenge as an experiment. This was the perfect suggestion for me because I had been stuck in a very self-absorbed space for some time.".

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

If this sounds familiar, you won’t want to miss TechSoup’s free online event and webinar: Basics for Beginners: Getting Started with Social Media Tools. Register now for the live webinar, Wednesday, April 15th, 9 AM Pacific Standard Time. How much time should you devote to social media each day?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

That sounded like good advice, since it might take me quite a while to get to step 1. (If, I still haven’t figured out how to get higher resolution on my laptop screen, but that’s mostly due to lack of time trying to get it to work. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I’ve been doing this work for more than 10 years now, full time for about seven of those years. It’s been an important part of my life for all of this time. For right now, I’m the part-time coordinator of NOSI. I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Frustrations March 9, 2008 As some of you who follow me on Twitter know, I ran into frustrations a few days ago with WPA. The problems I “solved&# by offloading the functions onto the web.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

’&# I do think that is something that we have a hard time getting across to folks. But what they gained, and it sounds like he’s not willing to give it up – is flexibility. I just had a great conversation with a IT manager at a medium-sized nonprofit that had implemented Asterisk for their call center.

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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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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2012

According to the US Department of Labor , in 2010 "the median weekly earnings of women who were full-time wage and salary workers was $669, or 81 percent of men’s $824.". However grim that may sound, another stat is encouraging: "Women are projected to account for 51.2 That said, ladies, we have a lot of work ahead of us.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Human beings use metaphors all the time to understand the world, and to frame it. " Software uses metaphors all the time as well. at 7:57 pm Interesting that you and Jamie are thinking similar things at the same time: [link] 2 Katrin 10.11.06 Metaphors are powerful in terms of the way we think about things.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2014

On the surface, it sounds daunting, but the first thing I say is that each person is probably already a leader - and a "leadership expert" to someone. I''ve found that often times a small change in perspective can make a huge change in what is possible for so many people, myself included. Never just one thing at a time.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

But I want to be clear: Is this something you can do with free tools in your spare time? We were so focused on our mission and what we were trying to accomplish, that no time was spent making sure we had a brand and a clear message. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

It sounded like an interesting and worthy project, and I figured I could set it up quickly and then return to technical project management and business development. This time, the one more thing was to take what I learned at SDFF and see if I could help other nonprofits make better use of technology.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2016

The only public pool in the city of Santa Cruz was closed in the 2008 recession for four years. Over time, they became a dominant force at the Lodge, taking on leadership positions and advocating for more active community involvement. When you are on the inside, this doesn’t sound like inclusive language. It sounds threatening.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

It is imperative that every board have a thorough understanding of their legal and governance responsibilities in order to first create sound policies, and secondly implement these policies. A long-time Arizona resident, she is passionate about increasing efficacy and the capacity of the local nonprofit sector. Sources: 1.

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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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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

When the economy crashed in 2008, we all felt the negative impact, including K-12 private schools. Having talked to numerous schools during these down times, I’ve seen many make adjustments and succeed. This allowed for sound, data-driven strategic decisions. Admissions offices were hit hard and enrollment numbers showed.

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See3

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

We wrapped compelling words, visuals, and sound into a thought-provoking series, with each video riffing on a different word: “Free&# , “Will&# , and “Power&#. And the timing for this initiative couldn’t be better. We even re-skinned their MySpace page to reflect the microsite creative!).

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For a long time I taught workshops based on Carol Lloyd's book, Creating a Life Worth Living. Which one sounds like you, or someone you know? Payment must be received by December 31, 2008. Some of you know that in addition to the blogging, podcasting and other nonprofit technology stuff I do, I am also a career consultant.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. It will play back all the data to show you where reports came from each day so you can see how the actions on the ground changed over time. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Do these statements sound familiar? In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™ Most of these organizations have one to three staff members, some are small affiliates of larger entities, but all had similar personnel, time and financial constraints — probably very close to the challenges you are facing.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

But I want to be clear: Is this something you can do with free tools in your spare time? We were so focused on our mission and what we were trying to accomplish, that no time was spent making sure we had a brand and a clear message. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Sounds easy right? But according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), in 2008 for every $6 raised by charities, they lost $5 through attrition and the 2009 numbers didn’t look any better – with $6 lost through attrition for ever $4.50 Author: Rachel Muir.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

We spent a lot of time at the end of 2008 working with one of our clients, the Humane Society of the United States, and our friends at the Watershed Company to come up with a nice mobile test for end of year fundraising. Matt Wilson, Mobile Commons.

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NTEN

JANUARY 29, 2009

Hmm, wait, that doesn't sound right. What's more, we've just made our entire archive of recorded webinars (through September 30, 2008) free to our Members , with more to be added on a quarterly basis. We've been working hard to make sure there are so many great breakout sessions , you may have a hard time choosing between them.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:10AM | by Justin Perkins Wonder if you should spend your time campaigning in social networks? And if youre going to spend time on social media, and you arent leveraging your email list to do so, youre doing things the hard way. let er rip.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:10AM | by Justin Perkins Wonder if you should spend your time campaigning in social networks? And if youre going to spend time on social media, and you arent leveraging your email list to do so, youre doing things the hard way. let er rip.

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See3

MAY 12, 2007

In fact, there are several Michael Hoffman’s in IMDb, including a sound and costume designer. I have never written an article in The Japan Times, though I have written articles on politics, fundraising and web marketing. Michael was the one on top for boys at the time and Jessica was the one on top for the girls.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

Twitter has had a banner 2008. • ~5 million users at the end of 2008. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. Some people say Twitter is just a bunch of noise, broken up into 140 character sound bytes.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

Twitter has had a banner 2008. • ~5 million users at the end of 2008. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. Some people say Twitter is just a bunch of noise, broken up into 140 character sound bytes.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:10AM | by Justin Perkins Wonder if you should spend your time campaigning in social networks? And if youre going to spend time on social media, and you arent leveraging your email list to do so, youre doing things the hard way. let er rip.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). Sounds like an European version of change.org ?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2012

Confession time: when I am not thinking about everything fundraising, I am a part-time energy economy dork. Starting to sound pretty familiar? Many organizations learned this the hard way during the acquisition cuts of 2008-2009 trying to save money during the economic downturn. Author: Miriam Kagan.

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